Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-04-16
TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Mr.. WM HAWK is having his house
on Cherry street repainted
SHERIFF LoUDoN has put up a new
fence around his lots on Washington
Street.
PAINT. in considerable Quantities, i:
being dug on the Oter property, neal
McAlistervile.
MAJOR JoHY CUNNING, Of Selins
grove, died on the afternoon of the 7tl
inst, aged ~ years.
JOSEPH MARTIN is preparing to build
dwelling house on lot fronting on
Washington street.
NEITHER the National or State taxes
are hurdensome. The local taxes are the
ones that press hardest
Fish taken from waters west of the
mountains were offered, in the Miffiin
market on last Friday, at 13 cents per
pound.
On Thursday WIN. R. Lewis of Horn
fngto~n, while lying on the ground had
occasion to turn over. and in the act dis
located his leg at the knee. Medical aid
was called and the dislocation reduced
OS Friday last Mr. William Banks, of
Fermanagh township, shipped car load
of fat cattle to the eastern market. the
average weight being 1915 lbs, which
goes to show that .Iuniata county has
some good stock raisers.
On Friday evening spark from 10
connective set fire to a Tow of brush that
had been thrown along the river bank
below Pattel son. While burning it was
the object of considerable attention. Fire
out of place always is.
SPRING has opened in earnest, but not
with more variety and beauty TO the eye
than the opening of the large and com
Dictc Va pObuS az HUGH -
Espeuschade's Store There Goods are
fresh aud new from the East
On last Saturday the Council of the
Mifflintowu Lutheran Church declared
the pews in the church free. The fund
necessary TO pay the minister's salary.
&c, will be raised by the Envelope Sys-
fem. which has been adopted. Pay
nents will be made monthly.
The railroad engineers have again
taken up their line of march this way,
and may be expected here about the
close of this week. The President of
the road. in company with Directors Will
eon and Long, were i'll town yesterday,
looking up the interest of the company.
To prevent our es-royal journalistic
brother, A llison. from Safeguarding other
people. we are occasionally compelled to
announce Il authorship of the articles
that appear in the columns of the SEN
TrNEL, The editor of this paper is the
author of the articles that Mr.. Al!ison
blackguards others for writing.
THE County Commissioners should re-
ceivc proposals once every year from
publishers to do tho public printing. and
award it to the lowest bidder. The pub
lie would heartily endorse such an equi-
table manner of having the public print
ing done. The Sheriff's proclamation
also should be let in the same manner.
The business of the enterprising firm
of Showers & Scholl, carriage makers,
has so increased that in order to have
she proper amount of room, they are
about to build large threc-story build
ing on " Washington street The number
of hands that they now employ will De
considerably increased on the completion
of their new buildings
An old gent felt bighly elated because
his wife came near calling him Honey
s;.e called him OLD Beeswax. At the
Chair Works of WIN. f. Snyder, Mif'
Hintown, Pa you can just get the incest
Chairs ever offered in this county. Go
there if you need Chairs of any kind
He has just what you want, neat dura-
bic, and cheap for cash.
RUNAwAy.-On last Monday while
David Sulouf' Jr and Jacob VIII, Jr.
were out driving their horse broke into
a run and coon became unmanageable
and upset the buggy. throwing both Su-
louG and Will out. Mr.. Sulouff had an
ankle dislocated by the fall. and MIR
Will had wrist sprained. The horse
after running some distance was caught
and brought back to town
LAST Friday 1874 freight cars passed
Mifflin Station. During the month of
March 62,s2O freight cars passed tie
same station. The number of freight
ears that passed this point during the
month of March in the year 1867 was
22,oo6 this gives an increase OF 4o'724
in favor of the month of March, 1875
1t is no wonder, then, with all that vast
and increasing business that the Z. &. Il.
d Go. is about to lay another track
Local freight trains average one every
three hours.