Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-10-07
Neighboring News.

MlFFLiN COUNTY, AS PER LEwIsTowN
PAPERS.
Lewistown had a town meeting to
organize Fair Association
Two men calling themselves f. Suth-
erlaud and y. &. j. Smith, and repre-
senting themselves as agents of f. S.
Clark, of Buffalo, N Y, who claims to
be the patentee fol certain improve
ments in Tanning Mills aud Seed
leaners, disposed of the ri ght to said
patent in and for M,fiiin county, Pa, to
Jonas Zoot and David llostetier, Of
Menno township, in SAID county, for a
valuable consideration, and also prom
ised to ship TO their order number OF
the machines, taking their notes for
several hundred dollars. As soon as
the parties succeeded in getting the
money for the notes, they deeamped,
driving to Mount Union in a buggy.
which they sent back 70 Lewistown in
the care Of boy, and doubtless taking
the cars there for some distant point.
\ reward of Sl00 is offered for the
arrest Of the s0indlers.
Fifteen Lutheran ministers, on their
way to Synod at Aaronsburg, in body
paid visit of coincidence TO the wife
and children of the late Rev. j. Ii.
Brown.
The crack of the gun is still fire.
queutly heard in the woods across the
river on Sundays. The wonder is that
any body will run the risk attached to 1t.
HUNTINGTON COUNTY, AS PER HUNT
INGDoN PAPERS.
A perfectly reliable gentleman,
whose residence is not thousand miles
from Huntingdon, tells the following
good one, aud vouches for Its truth
One evening this summer, while taking
a walk over one uf tue hills near his
home, the gentleman aforesaid saw two
ooys very husily engaged in shooting
whirpocrwills. Approaching the lads,
he kindly informed them that they were
violating the game law, which imposes
fine q: FIVE dollars for the killing of a
whippoorwiIl, or other insectiverou.
bird but he was completely non
plu-sed by the reply" Oh, you gi'
ont. old leatherhesd we've been there
before you can't shut our eye up;
Squire Blank says them's hawks, an
he gives us City cents for every one We
kill We made four dollars yesterday
There goes another one, Johnny
bang
MIR. Thomas Irwin, Sr., last Friday
was a m ,st instantly killed on the rail
road opposite Bridgeport. lie was
walking en- the dowu track and .a'ied ''
ustice the approach OF the Pacific east
which struck him. with the result above
stared. Mr.. Irwin was an exceilen
citizen. and the father of large iam
ily of boys, who are principally in th'
service of the railroad company.
The Catholic Caurch in this piac'
paw their urganist Que hundred and te'
dollars year.
We want a bo!ough ordinance t.
keep the COWS that open yard gates an'
break fences, from running at large.
nruukards' Retreat is just beyon'
the fair ground.
Fifty new cars is the latest order a
the car works.
On Saturday a week the Brethre'
dedicated their new church IN Hi
Valley. The church is of very com
Portable size, being forty or fifty fee
in length.
Week before last Mr.. Jacob c. Mil
Ter. of Barree township, took grist o
grain to Cornpropst's mill to have l
ground. Whilst waiting until it woul'
be ready for him, he amused himsel
BIZ fishing. What was bis surprise t
| k,,.l, b.es that weighed on