Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-23
LOCiL INTELLIGENCE.

The schools were closed or the 22nd.
William Banks, Esq, had 1000 pound
steer to die last week.
Northern lights" displayed themselves
last Saturday evening.
The Scouts and Zouaves were out yester-
day and looked well.
Bellefonte has a temperance society that
numbers six hundred members.
The ground has been staked for the new
Lutheran church at McAlisterville
A large congregation attends the preach
ing OF Mr.. Sherrsrd every Sunday.
There will be preaching in Horningtown
School House every evening next week.
The Presbyterian church in Huntingdon
received 90 new members on Sunday
week.
For Reet-A comfortable house in this
borough For further information call at
this office.
The postal cars run BY the Pennsylvania
Central Railroad are all to be painted white.
So it is said.
Fifteen new members have been added
to Rev. Mr.. Hornberger's church in Patter-
son this winter.
II is said that western editor is prepar-
ing list OF subscribers who are in arrears,
to send 10 Moody and Sankey for prayers
Philadelphia Neutrality-suspicious. red
wheat SI.40; Corn 55to6lc; Oats 42to46c.
Cattle 4to7c gross Sheep 4to7c gross |;
Hogs &c nst.
There vii bc lreachiug in the Lutheran
church OF this place On next Sabbath, 9th
inst, morning and evening, By Rev. A. {.
Felker, of Lewistown.
Mr.. Hutchinson McAlister is preparing to
improve his lot at the Intersection of Cherry
and Parker streets, by collecting material
to build house and stable.
Last Sunday Rev. Mr.. Blackwelder ten
dered his resignation of the charge that he
now ministers to, not, however, to take
effect until the first Of next April.
The plot of ground between the Academy
and the town of McAlisterville has been
laid ont into town lots, by Col. Mcfarland.
of which eleven have already. been sold.
Some days ago Mrs. John Hamilton, of
I.ewistown, fell on the ice in her back yard
and Law there an hour before she was found,
being entirely unable to get up because OF
severe injury to her hips.
Next week we will publish weather re-
port of three months of the year 1873, fur
nished by II. 7. McAlister, Esq. The report
shows how like this winter was the winter
of the year mentioned above.
The ground hog, as prophet, is at DIS
count. However, amateur hunters insist
that his failure at weather predictions has
not impaired him in the least as an article
of diet. He is said to be rare dish.
The i44th birthday of George Washing
ton was celebrated in many places through
out the country yesterday. Lewistown OBJ
served the day By grand parade that was
Participated in by citizens, fremen, aud
secret orders.
jeremiah Lyons, Assignee Of c. B. Bart
ley, will sell at public outcry, at the Court
House in the borough of MIffiintown, on
Saturday, March 4, 1876, thirty shares Of
stock of the Odd Fellows Hall Association
All business in the Executive Department
of the General Government was suspended
Yesterday by Proclamation of the President
in conformity to resolution Of Congress t'
observe the birthday of George Washing
ton.
Mr.. George Wise, an aged citizen OF thi'
place, died at Columbia, Pa, last Thursday
night. His remains were brought to thr
Mace on Saturday, and were buried on Snn
day in Union Cemetery. He was aged q
wears and l6 days.
A parcel of township officials in schuyl
till comfy have been taken into court ol
the charge of corruption in the manage
ment Of school and road funds. They hav
been evertaxing the people to line thei
pockets with money.
Hon. Bruce Petriken is earnestly support
ing the Efforts to stock the rivers and creek
Of this State with superior fish. he is tn
earnest advocate now Of new hsh-way 10
dams. II is zigzag way, like Virgin
worm fence, whereby the force OF the waite
is broken and the fish enabled to pass be
yond dam through it.
On Tuesday morning week ago, the ne
house and pig sty of Ephraim Kaufman
who lives at Mount Pleasant. about midwa
between this place and Mexico, was d'
st-oyed BY fire. The henery was over tn
pig pen, and contained about twenty-elgi
chickens in the evening preceding the mr.
After the fre seven chickens were foun
about the premises, alive, and the ashes an
Goals of the building contained the remalr
of seven more, being fourteen of the twel
ty-eieht. The belief is that thieves stole
lot of the chickens and then designedly
uudesienedly fred the building. One no
was burned in the sty.
Last Thursday, between the hours OF
and 10 O'Clock A. NJ, young man name
Pickett, brakeman on a freight train, Il
from car in his train while westward boun
at Slip Rock, between Port Royal and Me
leo, and lit on his head and shoulders,
which accident he was disabled SO that
was compelled to lay over at this place uni
the western mail train came along In Il
afternoon, on which he was enabled to
10 his home in Huntingdon.