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the Mifflintown congregation to be an indepen- dlent congregation led to a meeting December 9, 1874, at which it was resolved to petition Presbytery at the April meeting. This action coming to the notice of the Lost Creek congre- gation, that body protested, by resolution, Jannary 8, 1875, against the dissolution of the charter. These proceedings were read before Presbytery April 13, 1875. A committee was appointed, and, on the 15th of June, 1875, the Rev. Mr. Laird, on behalf of the commit- tee, preached to the Lost Creek congregation in the morning and the Mifflin congregation in the evening, and read to each the decision of the committee and the Presbytery, to the effect that the congregations were divided and each independent. This occasioned ill-feeling, and suits followed, which resulted in the church prop- erty at Mifflintown coming to the jurisdiction of the Lost Creek congregation, who now hold it.
The old stone church was used until 1838, when it was torn down, and the brick church, now standing on Main Street, opposite the site of the old one, was built in the summer of 1839 and used until it came to the jurisdiction of the Lost Creek congregation.
The Mifflintown congregation leased a lot on Washington Street, and erected the present chapel, which was first opened for service Oc- tober 11, 1879. The Rev. T. J. Sherrard con- tinued as pastor of the Mifflintown Presbyterian Church until April, 1880, when he resigned. The Rev. George Benaugh was called to the pastorate July 2, 1880, and accepted August 2d. He served the elmirch until November 1, 1884. The Rev. L. Y. Hays was called as a supply June 1, 1885, to serve the church for one year, and it is now in his charge. The so- ciety has at present about two hundred and fifty members.
MESSIAn EVANGELICAL CHURCH. - The first minister of the Lutheran denomination of whom anything is known as having preached we-t of the Susquehanna River was the Rev. Mathias Guntzel, who preached to the settlers in Pfoutz Valley from 1789 to 1796. 110 was succeeded by the Rev. John Herbst, who preached in the old church in Half Falls Mountain Gap, in Perry County. He traveled
through the more sparsely-settled parts of the country, preaching to the people. He was sie- ceede:l, in 1801, by the Rev. Conrad Walter, who labored, in this region, until 1809. In that year the Rev. George Heim began to preach statedly in Tuscarora Valley, at Mif- flintown, Lewistown, Decatur and a number of other places between the Juniata and Sus- quehanna Rivers. Abont 1800 the Luther- ans resident in Mifflintown became desirous of having a house of worship, and accepted the donation of a lot of land from the heirs of John Harris as a site. Services were occasionally held here by missionaries, and in 1809, through the preaching of the Rev. George Heim, the society were invited to erect a house of worship. The effort was made, and by 1811 a log house, about twenty-eight by thirty feet, with galler- ies on three sides, was created on the southwest corner of the present church-lot. The Rev. George Heim preached to the congregations in the valley until 1814, when the Rev. John William Heim, his brother, having been licensed to preach, received a call from the Entheran congregations in Mifflin County, Tuscarora Valley and Mifflintown (now Juniata County), Lewistown and Decatur, Cumberland County, Pfoutz Valley and Greenwood, New Buffalo (now Perry County). The trustees of these congregations, Jacob Byner, of Decatur, Mifflin Comty, John Kepner and John Rice, of Mil- ford (now Juniata County), and Henry Fry, of Greenwood (now Perry County), purchased one and a half acres of land on the road from Mif- flintown to Mexico, of John Riddle, on the 1st of April, 1814, and erected thereon a parson- age. To this land the Rev. JJ. W. Heim moved and began his labors. He preached, for the first time, at St. Mary's Church, Mifflintown (now Messiah), on the 26th of June, 1814, and thereafter to cach congregation once in four weeks. He resided in the parsonage near Mif- flintown until the spring of 1828, when he moved to Loysville, Perry County, and discon- tinned preaching at Lewistown and Decatur.
Services were held in the log house in Mif- flintown for the first time in 1811, at which time the Lord's Supper wa- administered by the Rev. George Heim. In the next year the
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society numbered forty-six members. The Rev. J. Willisun Heim remained in charge of this church until 1835, and in 1831 he served the following congregations: Mifflintown, Tusa- rora (near Port Royal), Zion (at Blain), Loys- ville, St. Peter's (Bloomfield), Mount Zion (or Fishing Creek), Liverpool and St. Michael's, in Pouma Valley.
The St. Mary's Church (now Messiah), at Mifflintown, and the Tuscarora Church, desi- rons of having more constant service, in Octo- ber, 1823, petitioned the Synod for another pastor, and the Rev. Charles Weyl was assigned to the church, in 1831, to take charge of the English portion. The Rev. Mr. Heim still continued until 1835, when he resigned the charge of all the churches in Juniata County, and devoted his time to the congregations ! April, 1835, the parsonage lot, about two miles from Milllintown, was sold to Solomon Haas. | The deed was given by William Raumnel-, Sr., Jacob Kepner, John Weishaupt and John Murphy, trustees of the Lutheran congrega- tion, and Peter Diven and William Waldsmith, trustees of the Reformed Church. The prop- erty, in 1838, was sold to Mrs. Peter Diven, and is now owned by Miss Susanna Weaver. No account of a Reformed congregation is obtained other than the above.
On the 15th of March, 1835, the Rev. S. R. Boyer took charge of the society and preached in both English and German. He contimed as pastor until March 15, 1846, when he preached hi- farewell sermon.
On the 28th of August, 1837, the pastor, the Rev. Mr. Boyer, called the society together to consider the propriety of erecting a new church
church was laid in the southeast corner of the sone lot, on the 11th of August, 1838, and the building was completed in the next year and dedicated February 23, 1839. Services were held by the Revs. William Heim, William German, D. P. Rosenmiller, Emannel Frey and the pastor, S. R. Boyer.
The church building was fifty-one by sixty- one feet. It was used until its partial destruc- tion, in 1879, when it was enlarged by the addition of twelve feet on the front, and other- wise improved, at a cost of forty thousand dollars. The society also are in possession of a parsonage at the head of Bridge Street.
Since the retirement of the Rev. S. R. Boyer, in March, 1816, the following pastors have served the society :
Rev. Jacob Martin, 18446-48; Rev. Levi F. Wil- southwest of the Juniata River. On the 1st of | liams, 1848-58; Rev. Philip Willard, 1858-61; Rev. Robert 11. Fletcher, 1861-67; Rev. J. B. Anthony, 1867-70; Rev. D. M. Blackwelder, 1870-76; Rev. E. E. Berry, April 1, 1876-April 1, 1885; Rev. Philip Grait, June, 1885.
A branch society, the St. Stephen's Evangel- ical Lutheran Church, was established in Milford township about 1860, and which, in 1861, erect- ed a frame church building. This branch has eighty members, and the present society has about two hundred and sixty.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. - About the year 1830 the first sermon was preached by a Methodist minister, by the Rev. - Kincaid, a brother of James Kincaid, in his office, he being a justice of the peace. From that time mtil 1811 sermons were occasionally delivered by Mr. Kincaid.
About 1835 a frame school-house was built by the Methodists, in which they held both schools and meetings. This was used until a edifice. After due consideration, it was deemed . brick church, about thirty-five by sixty feet, was advisable to endeavor to erect a new house. built on the present site. It was remodeled in 1862 and practically rebuilt and enlarged in 1873, and dedicated January 1, 1874. It was damaged by the great storm of 1879 and re- paired. The society at present numbers two hundred and twenty-five members. JJacob Ziegler, John F. Saiger, Abraham Guss and Sammel Davis were appointed a committee to raise a subscription, and, if advisable, to pro- verd to the erection of a church. A subscription was begun and in three months time two thou- sand dollars was raised and contract .was made The following is a list of the pa-tors since the church became an independent station : with Peter Bernheisel to erect a brick edifice. The log church was in the southwest corner of the church-lot, and the corner-stone of the new
1811- 12, Jacob Gruber; Ist I, J. N. Spangler ; 1516 16, Henry Ewing: 1817 15, Franklin Dyson ;
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1849-50, George Stevenson ; 1851-52, Ephraim Me- Collum ; 1853-54, N. S. Buckingham ; 1855-56, Franklin Gearhart ; 1857-58, W. A. McKee ; 1859-60, John W. Langley; 1861, Philip B. Reese; 1862-63, Jolin Stine; 1861 65, S. It. C. Smith ; 1867 -68, E. W. Kirby ; 1869-70, A. M. Barmitz; 1871-78, 11. C. Par- doe; 1874-75, G. D. Pennepacker ; 1876-77, Thomas Sherlock ; 1878-79, R. E. Wilson ; 1880-81, W. V. Ganoe; 1882-84, M. L. Smith ; 1885, J. B. Mann. .
CEMETERIES .- The first burial-place of the carly settlers of Mifflintown was unknown until 1874, when, upon excavating for the present court-house, two skeletons were found buried horizontally, about two feet beneath the surface, lying east and west, about eight feet apart. They were south of the foundation wall of the court-house, and it is thought the place was used as a burial-ground before the Presbyterian bur- ial-ground was first nsed, in 1794. The latter was laid ont by John Harris for church and burial-place in 1793, and he was the first to be buried in it, having been laid there to rest on the 23d of February, 1794. It is still used and was added to in 1871, by purchase from John Wright.
The Lutheran Grave-Yard was also donated for church an! burial purposes, and has been used to the present time. In 1868 a number of citizens of Mifflintown formed an association under the name of the " Union Cemetery Asso- ciation," and presented a petition to the Juniata County Court, asking for an act of incorporation, which was granted on the 12th day of Decem- ber, 1868, with the following corporators; W. II. Maxwell, Samuel M. Elliot, R. P. Me Wil- liams, William Wise; Rev. J. B. Anthony, J. E. Hollobaugh, F. M. Mickey and Isaac Coff- mau. The association purchased of William II. Noble fifteen acres of land in Walker township, south of the borough, aud about three-quarters of a mile distant. It was properly graded, fenced and laid ont, and it was dedicated Aug- ust tt, 1869. The following remarks by the Rev. J. B. Anthony, as prefatory to the charter and by-laws, are of interest :
" A suitable place for the sepulture of the dead hay been an acknowledged want by the citizens of Mit- thutown, Patterson and adjacent neighborhoods for years. Earnest and well-meant efforts have been made by certain of the citizens, from time to time, 10 se- cure such a place, but cach undertaking met with
objections, and owing to various causes, was in its turn abandoned. The only two grave-yards in the vicinity-the one adjoining the Presbyterian Church, and the other that of the Lutheran Church-are said to be full, or nearly so; hence the necessity of secur- ing some other convenient and eligible resting-place for the dead has become an absolute necessity. Be- sides this, there is a general wish pervading the heart of the community to have a place for interment, where they can be assured that the graves of their friends and themselves will not be molested by the extension of the town or the onward march of im- provement, and where they can have good and sulli- cient safeguards guaranteed to them, that the sacred inclosure shall ever be kept in good repairs. Another very general desire of the community, including all classes, is to have a burial-place where whole families may be grouped together side by side on the same plot of ground.
" Actuated by a desire to meet these felt and ac- knowledged wants of the community, the stockholders of Union Cemetery have appointed a board of managers who have purchased the pleasant and beau- tiful grounds, which are now laid off and prepared for the burial of the dead : and thus have given a practical exhibition of their desire to do good to oth- ers, rather than from any expectation that the invest- ment in this sparsely-peopled section will, at least for a long time to come, if ever, be a profitable one. Neither have the stockholders reserved or set apart any portion of the grounds for themselves, but, in common with all other citizens, they will make their selections for lots and will pay for them at the estab- lished rates.
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"Descended, as most of us have, from European ancestors, representing many of the different States and nationalities of the Old World; and composed { as we are of different Christian denominations, and destined as we all are, ere long, to mingle together in the dust, the name of Union Cemetery has been unanimously agreed upon as the most appropriate appellation for this sacred repository for the dead.
" The first interment in this sacred ' God's Acre' was that of Joseph M. Belford, Esq., a most worthy and estimable citizen of Mifllintown, in the 47th year of his age. The second, that of a nameless infant child of Win. J. Jackman, Esq., but two days oldl."
FIRE COMPANIES AND FIRES .- The first fire of which anything is known in the limits of the borough was that at the " Yellow House," in 1811, a tavern which stood on the site of the brick house at the west end of the bridge. It was then kept by Joseph Fetterman.
At what time a fire company was first organ- ized is not known, but is said to be soon after 1800. The next organization was effected June
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21, 1831. At that time a constitution was drawn up and signed by the following persons : James Mathers, William W. Kirk, Thomas MeCardy, A. Gustine, Caleb Parker, R. C. Gallagher, Andrew Parker, John Schweier, C. Cottle, James Frow, Tobias Kreider, John Fer- guson, E. Wise, Jol T. Saiger, S. G. Nesbitt, George Jacobs, John M. Thompson, Thomas Kerr, Samuel Davis, Charles T. Swearingen, William Kenny, Benjamin Akley, Samuel Pen- nebaker, William Henderson, Jonathan MeCoy, Philo Hamlin, Alexander M. Nesbit, John J. Eberley, William C. Hershey, John B. Bratton, Henry 11. Murphy.
The preamble of the constitution is as fol- lows :
" Whereas, it is at all times the duty of members of society to assist each other when assailed by misfor- tunes; but in no case is the dependence of man upon his fellow-men more forcibly exemplified than when his property is exposed to the destructive rava- ges of fire ; thus, next to Divine assistance, relying upon the mutual aid and exertions of each other, it becomes no less an object of policy than a principle of duty, to associate for their mutual security.
" Therefore, we, the subscribers, residing in the Borough of Mifflin, do hereby associate and form our- selves into a company, and agree to adopt and be governed by the following rules and articles of asso- ciation."
This is followed by the rules which are com- mon to such organizations. No further infor- mation concerning the company is obtainable.
The first official record of a company is in Council records of April 18, 1842, at which time Conneil authorized the fire company to have the engine repaired at the expense of the borough. An engine-house stood on the public grounds, near the northeast corner. At the same meeting Council ordered six ladders of different lengths to be made for fire purposes, and kept on the public grounds ; also ordered cach family to purchase and keep two fire- buckets, to be paid for by the owners of the property, and to be left on the premises.
Robert Parker says this company was com- posed of boys of the town, who had wool hats, made at Ferie's hat-factory, for part. uniform. The engine became of no use from rust and disuse, and the company ran down.
Mrs. Jane Bryson's were burned and the matter of a fire company and fire engine was discussed, which resulted in Mr. Anthony Sandoe, then a member of the Council, visiting Harrisburg with a view of making some arrangements for the purchase of an engine.
Ile succeeded in trading the old engine for another second-hand brake engine by the pay- ment of two hundred and twenty-eight dollars. This was brought to the borough and repaired. The engine is still in possession of the borough, but useless. An effort was made after the fire of 1883 to form a fire company, which was sue- cessful in organizing with ninety-one members, but not successful in retaining organization, and the borongh is to-day without a company, and is dependent for fire appliances upon its adjoining town, Patter-on, for help in case of disaster by fire.
The three notable fires of Mifflintown occurred in 1870, 1873, 1883. The first occurred De- cember 31, 1870, in the building next the bridge on the south side of the street, and swept cast to the residence of E. D. Parker, and southward, embracing all the southwest quarter of the town, except the dwellings of E. D. Parker, Noah Elder and Alexander Ellis.
The next fire began in or near the Sentinel office, on the north side of Bridge Street, at Elbow Alley, embraced the Nevin building and all on the square east and north to the Juniata Hotel.
The last fire, August 25, 1883, began in the stable of the Juniata Hotel and destroyed four general stores, hardware-store, drng-store, print- ing-office, hotel and other buildings.
BANKS .- The banks of Mifflintown are pri- vate institutions. The first was established in August, 1861, by Doty, Parker & Co., in a building on the corner of Bridge and Water Strects. Business was opened August 31st in that year. The present banking-office was fitted up and occupied in January, 1872. Edmund S. Doty retired from the firm Angust 31, 1879, since which time the firm-name has been Parker & Co.
The Juniata Valley Bank (Pomeroy, Patter- son, Jacobs & Co.) was organized in '1867, hav-
In the winter of 1851, stables in the rear of ing twenty stockholders and a cash capital of 46
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forty-one thousand dollars. Business was begun August 5, 1867, in the residence of John J. Pat- terson, and there continued until the completion of the banking-office in the Jacobs Block, February, 1871. Joseph Pomeroy was chosen president and continued till his death, in 1875, when he was succeeded by his son, J. Nevin Pomeroy, who is still president. The first cashier was F. S. Jacobs, who served until April 1, 1869, when he was succeeded by T. V. Irwin, who still holds the position.
THE PRESS .- The greater part of the history of the press of Mifflintown is taken from an article read by Professor A. L. Guss before the Juniata Valley Printers' Association, Septem- ber 6, 1879. Some additional facts have been gathered and are given. In an article written by Andrew Banks, about the year 1844, he says : " The first newspaper published in this county was edited by Michael Duffy in Mifflintown, about the year 1794. It was discontinued in a year or two." This is the first and only positive information found in regard to this pioneer enterprise, except two receipts, indorsed " for the rewspapers" and signed by Michael Duffy in March, 1797, which, like Mr. Banks, are strangely silent in regard to the name of the paper. From the fact that Duffy, on July 4, 1797, started the Hunt- ingdon Courier, it seems clear that he removed his office from Mifflintown to Huntingdon in the early summer of 1797. But the name of his first enterprise has been lost, and not a copy is known to be extant. It may yet be recovered.
some years under the same title. The paper on which the Eagle was printed was made at Nor- ton & Selheimer's mills (1817 to 1830), on Licking Creek, seven miles west of Mifflin- town.
Mrs. Jane II. North, daughter of Hugh Me- Alister and mother of' Hon. Hugh North, of Columbia, and Calvin B. North, of Selius- grove, was at the time of the first publication of the Mifflin Eagle a young girl, and visited the office when the first edition was struck off. She then resided at MeAli-terville and says that the first batch of the papers for Lost Creek and Me Alisterville, then a village of but three houses, was carried by her on horseback. The paper being published late in the evening, the greater portion of her journey was made after dark. The road, especially along the ridge back of Judge Christy's farm, was rough and dangerous, the county wild and thinly populated; and there being no bridges in this section, Mrs. North was compelled to ford all the creeks be- tween this place and her destination. She at last reached home safely with her papers, to the delight of the population, as well as herself.
The Mifflin Advocate was started September 8, 1820. A copy of No. 16 is in possession of II. Frysinger, of Lewistown. Published by David McClure, at Mifflintown ; four columns, two dollars per anmann.
After the removal of the Eagle to Lewistown there was no paper published in Mifflintown until after the organization of the new county of Juniata. There were two papers then started, the Telegraph and Free Press. We will follow these.
Andrew Gallagher started the Mifflin Eagle in the spring of 1817, in the lower part of the The Juniata Telegraph and People's Advocate was started May 25, 1831, by Sammel Mc Dowell and Charles W. Kelso. How long it was rim has not been ascertained, but it was probably succeeded by the Juniata Journal on July 29, 1835, five columns, by F. C. Merklein. He seems to have run the paper about a year and then went to Lewistown. In the latter part of September, 1836, Sammel Shrack commenced the Spirit of the Times and Democratic Press, who, after October 31, 183%, had associated Gallagher Mansion, on Water Street. In the summer of 1 823 Gallagher died and was succeed- ed by his brother, Robert C. Gallagher, whoissued his first paper July 5, 1823. It had four col- umns, two dollars per annum, payable half- yearly in advance. At the end of one year it passed into the hands of Joseph Mathers, who started a new series September IS, 1821, and conducted it a year or two. Whether any one succeeded him or not I could not a-ecredin, but the office was removed to Lewistown about the , with him Jacob F. Saiger. They were she- lot of May, 1526, where it was published for, ceeded by James G. Sample. 1840, who about
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June 6, 1811, changed the name to the Juniaty Times. In the middle of April, 18 15, the office passed to Jacob F. Saiger. Dec. 1, 1817, it was sold to S. R. Magonagle and J. P. Thompson, and the name was changed to Pennsylvania Register. Dec. 1, 18 IS, the office was purchased by William P. Cooper, and the name changed to Juniata Register. In 1851 the office passed into the hands of Samuel E. Hench and Amos G. Bonsall, who, in 1852, changed the name to ; the Tuscarora Register. In 1852 Bonsall be- came the sole proprietor, and on January 1, 1858, sold to A. J. Greer and Andrew G. Alli- son, who changed the name again to Juniata Register. July 26, 1858, Allison retired, and his brother William took his place. December 23, 1858, Greer & Allison sold the office to Amos G. Bonsall, who conducted it until the consolidation with the True Democrat.
On September 11, 1839, Jacob Myers, a doctor, druggist and printer, established a five- column paper, under the name of the Juniata Valley Berichter, a German paper, and later he changed the name to the Juniata Aurora and the Perry and Miglin County Advertiser. In the spring of 1811 be sold his interest in the paper to Peters & Richey, and in the fall of that year went to the West. His printing-office was in the rear of Captain Jonathan W. Aitkin's store, now Dr. L. Bank's drug-store.
The Juniata Free Press was started by Sam- nel G. Nesbit, June 23, 1831, five columns, from whom it passed May 31, 1836, to Stephen Cummings, who, after about a year, sold it. The material then went into the Juniata Herald and Anti-Masonic Democrat, started by George F. I Humes, in the fall of 1837, and continued a year or two.
The JJuniata True Democrat was started June 7, 1860, by A. J. Greer and Calvin B. Harris, in connection with Dr. E. D. Crawford. Greer soon after withdrew. Harris had charge till Aug. 14, 1862, when he enlisted in the army, ; where he died Jan. 18, 1863. Jan. 8, 1863, Greer again became editor. June 11, 1863, Joseph Middangh and Samuel A. Mckenzie took charge of it. Feb. 25, 1864, Mckenzie retired. June 9, 1864, Greer associated him- The Juniata Sentinel was a new paper, issued first, December 9, 1846, by Alexander K. Me- CInre, then only nineteen years old. Professor David Wilsou, Hon. James Mathers and others were stockholders. In March, 1852, he sold the office to John J. Patterson, who, after one year, sold it to A. J. Greer and E. B. MeCrum, Feb- ruary, 1853. After the fall of 1855 Greer was sole proprietor, and in the fall of 1857 sold it to Jolm M. Laird and W. J. Campbell, from self with Middangh. Nov. 10, 1861, Wm. J. whom the paper passed to Wm. W. Davis, who soon after associated John H. Bentley with him. On July 23, 1862, A. L. Gnss became owner and editor. During January, 1864, John JJ. Patterson became owner of a half- interest, and was represented by W. W. Davis for fifteen months. On October 11, 1865, Gnss sold the other half to Patterson, and it was then edited by II. 11. Wilson until Angust, 1869, when M. 1. Littlefield bought it, and in turn sold it to B. F. Schweier, June 8, 1870.
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