Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1873-10-22

which meets annually at Stoneboro, has
Just declared a dividend of thirty-five per
cent.
A horse belonging to Mr. II. Fl. Shrcyer,
of Mas ,atown, Fayette county, had lump
upon his neck, which, upon being cut open
was found to contain single nail.
GA nan who can marry and does not,
ought 20 be damned" is what the Rev. j.
E. Wicks, of San Diego, Cal, is reported
to have said IN sermon on marriage.
James M. Miller, clerk in the Post-cffice
at Fannettsburg, Franklin county, Pa, has
been bound over In 5000 bail, to answer
the charge of robbing the mails.
A family, consisting of a widow, three
sons and two daughters, were all married at
once in Cincinnati recently. The Justice
sold his services cheaper when ordered by
the half dozen.
A car load Of nails were made in three
hours, at Duncannon 4 few days ago. The
iron was folded, cut into nail plate, an
nealed, kesged and put in the cars In the
time stated.
Joshua Forrest, of Washington county,
was fined Sl0 and costs for cutting waltz
able COW with hatchet. T.e COW had
found her way into the garden and destroy
ed some vegetables.
The Supreme Court Of New York has
jus; decided that man can pick all The
fruit from a tree growing on his own land,
though it hang over on a neighbor's land
The question is an old and oit-dispntcd one.
Among the consequences of the financial
crash in Wall street is said to be the with
drawal of many persons well known by
their long continued presence there. The
necessity of the occasion has forced them
to pursuits other than speculalons.
A colony of RussiADs-mechanics, farm
ers, millwrights, &c.-have purchased sew
eral thousand acres OF land in Huron coun-
ty, Michigan, and will very soon settle,
build houses. school-houses and mills, and
establish a thriving, self-sustaing commu-
nifty.
In the southwestern portion of Kansas
considerable bands Of wild horses are said
to roam. They are matchless n speed and
beauty. Hunters not unfrcquently attemp.
10 crease them, with view to their cap
turc, by well-dircctcd shots through the
upper part of the neck.
A blooming Irish widow went into the
banking house of Lloyd & Bowers, of Bed
ford, and drew some $500 of her earnings
Scarce Knowing what to do with il she ask
ell Mr.. John Bowers, the cashier, TO en-
Tighten her. He told her to get some good
man to take care of it for her, whereupon
she handed TO him. re marking that he was
the man." lie accepted the trust, placed
the money in the vault, and saws he will de-
fend il with his life.
A polite young Bostonian, while in churcll
on recent Sunday morning, Owed down
to the bottom of pew TO pick up parasol
which fair neigLbor had just dropped. He
grabbed the parasol, aid q, the same mo-
ment saw an embroidered edge of her pock-
ct handkerchief sticking from under ber
dress. He thought he woHId pick that up
TOO, and commenced tugging at II. There
was fierce little struggle for a few mo-
ments, and TWO very red faces appeared in
that pew, and the young man sat pondering
all through the re ST of the service how he
could have mistaken a white undcrskirt for
4 cambria handkerchief.
| A few days since, it is related, ]. "
keene, of Pembroke. New York. took his
mare from the barn, IeavIf,g a two month,
colt behind. On his return, some two hours
after, ne found the colt on fbe roof + tIe bayn
Being unable to follow the mare il had
sought some means of escape. In the first
place it had gone up fight OF stairs-ff.
teen steps-then over the hay NOW, and onl
OF window in the gable end of the burn,
on to half roof. From this elevation j,
worked its way to the roof of the main
barn, which is very streep;; then it returned
to the half-roof, whence, on the return OF
the mother, 1t jumped to he gound, dis
lance of fifteen feet, feat winch it accom-
/ plished without being the least Injured.
The newsboys on Wall street are nearly
as sharp as the brokers. They have once or
twice. during the crisis, almost raised a
/ financial panic on their own account. On
Black Friday No. . one keen chap, whose
papers announced the suspension of the
First National Bank cf Washington, drops
ped the 'sWashington" part of the news,
and left it to be inferred that it was the
First National Bank Of New York. His
papers went of like hot cakes. Observing
this, the other boys on Thursday tried the
same game when the First National Bank
of Memphis failed, and produced such a
horror among the business men that the
police were called upon TO interfere, and
did arrest ,ne or two of the knowing gam
ms. Ia a dozen years these young ones
vii. have experienced sort of transmigra-
ton from honest and respected newsdcal-
crs into sanguinary bulls and bears.
useful hint to many Young men may be
derived from this little story which the
Springfield (Mass) Union prints: "Not
long ago young man of this city had a
most favorable opportunity to enter bnsi-
ness house in this State, at large increase
over his present salary, with a prospect of
soon getting place in the firm. His re-
commentators were frst-class, and the
officers of the institution were decidedly
pleased with his appearance. They, how
ever, made him no proposals, nor did they
state their favorable impressions. A gen.
tleman of this city was requested to ascer-
tain where the young man spent his even
ings and what class Of young men we7e his
associates. 1t was found that he spent sew
eral nights Of the week in billia-d-room