Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-10-08
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.


at AleXandria this week
Tanners of this State talk of establish
ing an insurance company.
Paper on the river above us note the in
PRODUCTION of black bass in the river.
More second crop hay has been made IN
This county this season than in many years
past,
The chief of police of Altoona shoots
dogs on the streets of that town with a
revolver
The pastor of the Presbyterian church at
NcVcytown gets thirteen hundred dollars
per aaEuu.
A salmon weighing 13pounds was caught
in the West Branch of the Susquehanna at
Williamsport some days ago.
Two Lewistown children each had an
arm broken last week The one fell off a
"see-saw, the other out of a buggy.
Marrying in Pittsburg is lively, three
hundred couples having within the past
two months been married in one church.
Catholic.
Perrysyille is becoming quite belligerent.
On Saturday, g. w. Jacobs, a prominent
citizen of that town, was knocked down
10y fellow citizen.
A city banker sent $4,000 in fractional
currency to Russels bank al Lewistown.
The banker of that institution sent it back.
He wouldn't take the time to count it.
Fred. Espenschade, of the firm of Tilten
& Espenschade, has been prospecting for
IRON ore near Tuscarora mountain, in Tur-
bett township, and been fortunate enough
10 find vein four feet in thickness.
Advertisers who do not wish their ad.
verlisemenrs 10 appear in the SENTINEL
AND REPUBLICAN should demand their dis
continuance. Ii not ordered out they will
he continued aud charged for
Last Friday William Messerman, in a
woods in Beale township, before dinner
shot eleven squirrels and turkey. The
Lewistown Ga>etts hunter may put that in
his pipe ana smoke while at it,
Two members of the Francis family in
Armagh township, Mifilin county, died re-
Gently from the effects of crock poisoned
applebuiier, eaten three months ago. The
applehutter was made one year ago.
One night last week Dan Updegraff while
gigging in the river above Dewart encoun-
tered school Of salmon and succeeded in
capturing a dozen fine fish, two of them
weighing over ter pounds each.--Miltonian.
If our patrons stop moment for thought
and realize how we lost by the fire, and
low we have incurred heavy expense in
the purchase of the REPUBLICAN, they will
not he tardy in paying their subscriptions
and other Indebtedness. Now is the time to
help u.s. Don't let us dun"
Two Lewistown boys left home last week
withou, the consent of their parents. The
GG-efe says il WAS the blood and thunder
stories that tie boys had been reading that
induced them to leave" Ii had better said
it was the -- mischief that led them
away.
Tie Democrat aud Register published the
name of Tuscarora man, last week, who
had received that paper two years without
paying for it, and then ordered it discon-
tinued.. The only wrong in IL WAS that
they failed 10 pu, his name in larger and
blacker type If you wish to discontinue
paper, do so by paying all arrearages, and
no one viii object.
Rev. z. ". Kirby has been restored to
the ministry in the NJ E. Church. The
Methodist Home Journal, of Philadelphia,
says: "A new n. f. Church has been or
ganized by Rev. W. II. Elliott, presiding
elder at the corner of Broad and Hunting
don streets, TO he called the Fourth Broad
Street NJ. E. Church, and Rev. E. W. Kirby
has oeen appointed pastor"
On last Friday, in the forenoon" be-
tween The hours of II and IL O'Clock,
Henry Keller, aged 73 years, latterly res
ident with Samuel Stimeling in this Dor
ough, fen dead while engaged in picking
potatoes for Noah Elder Mr.. Elder saw
him fall and hastened to him and found
him in the throes of death. He breatbed
only a few times after Mr.. Elder reached
him.
A scaffolding on the new Methodist
church gave way last Thursday, precipita-
ting to the ground John Kennedy, boss
bricklayer of the building, and two other
workmen. M. Kennedy was so much
hurt that he was compelled TO go home to
nurse his injuries. The others received
but slight injuries. Rev. Mr.. Pardoe was
on the scaffolding at the time it gave way,
but was caught by a man-whose name we
have not learned-who was on an adjoin-
ing scaffoid, and helped to place of safe
ty. The Reverend gentleman descended
to the fallen party, and III consoling words
said they all should praise the Lord that
things were no worse.
Last Friday morning Postmaster Books
met with mishap thus: At the hour des-
ignated Mr.. Books was preparing to go
cunning for squirrels Hurrying across Mr..
Smiths lot, which is adjacent TO his
own, he entirely forgot that Smith had
made an excavation for cistern. Sud
denly, however, he was brought to reail'
cation of the forgotten fact by finding HIM
self going headioremost into the hole He
reached the bottom, some seven feet dis
tant from the surface of the ground, with
out much trouble, but fortunately received
no serious injury. The top of his head was
cut in several places, which only wakened
him up and increased his zeal for the hunt
CoCALAMUs LODGE, No, 397 K of
P, meets every Tuesday evening at Z
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