Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-09-10
LOCAL. INTELLIGENCE.

1t is lawful how TO shoot deer.
Since court the town seems dull.
The oyster season has commenced.
Northumberland is building new fur
mace
A circu. wagon killed Joy in Belle
fonte week before last
The Hun.ingtown Sabbath School held
celebration last Saturday.
Belefonte people INDUCED in "bal
masque" n few evenings ago.
Cornelius BARLEY is in full business op.
Grafton in Jacob Thomas parlor.
Lewistown has three spires. The same
number in this place point skyward.
Young ladies play croquette on the
green in the Court House Yard in the
evenings.
John North will sell you new shoes, or
repair your old ones, at his residence on
Cherry street.
A Huntingdon boy was arrested few
days ago and sent to the Lookup for jump
ing on a car while in motion.
Are the concerts of the Katydids enter
tertainments of pleasure and love, or is it
work reluctantly engaged in?
The Huntingdon Journal says certain
loafers are about TO have the seats of their
breeches faced with leather.
Gingrich is the name of a Centre county
farmer who, the papers say, raised 4Si
bushels OF wheat on one acre of ground.
School boards are advised to publish &C
counts of their annual r, ceipts and expen-
ditures, by J p Wickersham, State Super.
intendent
The Lewistown Gazette says Mifflin
county will realize between 1900 and $400
from the liquor fines imposed at the last
term of court:
Nr Pat O'Hara and Miss Sarah Waite
are the couple that were married AT Uni
ted Brethren camp meeting recently in
Huntingdon county.
Last Sunday was an admonition day.
The state OF The weather announced that
the time had come to put up stoves and
lay in stock of fuel for winter.
The Juniata Valley Bank has purchased
. lot fronting on Main street south of
Bridge street, of Judge Pomeroy, for $1,000.
The Bank will put up banking house.
The Northumberland Pres, says: Sixty
persons in Williansport have been indict-
ed tor selling liquor without license. In a
test case the jury returned a verdict of
guilty.
The Stambaugh Brothers expect to oc-
cupy new rooms in new building on the
Beliord property, at the corner of Main
and Bridge streets, in the course OF q few
months.
The Lewisburg Chrontcle says that Phil
lipsburg, Centre county people give grand
hops" on Sabbath evenings, and suggests
that it would not be out of place to send a
few missionaries over there.
Huntingdon is delighted with a new Bus
lately brought TO that town. The Journal
SAYS it is as pretty as Fifth Avenue belle.
Brother Durborough must have been
sauntering in New York, judging from the
comparison.
Lewistown has .treet sprinkler drawn
BY two mules, which perambulate the ma
chine through the streets. They think a
great deal of that sprinkler; its leisurely
motion around the sqnare breakes the pain
full monetony that possesses that portion of
the town these long afternoons.
Some time ago We were apprlsed of the
fact that the Graybill Brothers had pur-
chased largely OF Virginia lands. Forney's
Pre,s of the 4th inst, says of the purchase,
"Graybill l. Brother, of this city, have paid
s. per acre, in greenbacks, for l,07O acres
near Richmond, Va. Captain Robert Z.
Lee received the money"
The chandelier in the Presbyterian
church at Pine Grove, Centre county, fell
u iCW JuSs oS wv 'A''-A'''>A
was giving out the hymn. The oil in the
lamps Immediately took fire. The great
est confusion ensued Miss Goheen, Of
Rock Springs, extinguished the fire by
smothering it with her shaw. Who Miss
Goheen is we do not know, but we venture
TO say that she is a girl whose acquain-
tance ant. friendship is worth forming.
The liquor drinkers and sellers employ
all of The ways and means they know Of
to evade the Local Option law, the former
to crafty his appetite tor strong drink, the
latter to crafty his avaIicc. The Altoona
Tribune speaks Of the manner of evading
the law IN tina. town. 1t says the liquor
drinkers have organized clubs and conduct
their business as follows: The clubs or as
sociations have each "a constitution and
by laws end regularly elected president,
vice president, secretary, treasurer, and
other officers 1t meets sem;-weekly or
weekly. One OF the provisions of the
constitution is that no member shall be al
lowed to pariake of any spirituous malt.
or vinous liquor under penalty of ten
cents for each and every offense so CON-
miIted. Each member is required to keep
an accurate account of times he is guilty
of infraciion of this rule, and at the meet
ing Oh tnc aSSOCihtiOu, ihHSt pay oNct Tue
sum total of his fines to the treasurer
This official, from time to time as the de-
mands of the association may seem 10 re-
quire, invests the accrued proceeds in the
purchase of another barrel Of whskey or
another invoice of beer, and then the play
goes on as before 1t will be observed by
The plan here imperffctly outlined that no
LIQUOR is actually sold. the revenue to keep
up the supply being realized by the sys-
tenn of fines provided for in the cons'ifu-
tion. The amount of each fine, it Will
further be noticed, is precisely the cost OF
q drink of whisky"
t" PICKING CHERRIES DOWN THE
LANE" and "HApPY HOURS" are two
new songs by the renowned Millard,
both containing all Of the elements OF
popularity aud both really excellent.
They can be had at any Music Store,
for the triAe of 40 cents, each, or will
be sent free of postage, on receipt OF
price. by the publishers,