Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-20

| NN'thtnoudteu Witni0 the Gen.
tehh,ai E.hinitlon grounds. A larger mum
Der than that is expected on pennsSlr,n;a,.
day, the 2Sth of this month. if the wc,,bs,
be propitious.
MOI less than t~enty-six parties in Sc.
ilnsgrove have now been sued for tbe,,
subscriptions TO the Selinsgrove 4 North
Branch railroad, and We believe all intend
10 contest the payment of the same.-Se-
linsgrore Times.
The Second Annual Reunion of the 18th
Regiment. Penna. Vols, will be held in
Huntingdon on Tuesday, November 18th.
io'6, Come to this meeting, as it is conf
dentiy expected to be an interesting and
pleasant Reunion.
An exchange sayst Forty bushels of
photographs found in dead letters. are in the
Dead Letter Office museum, at Washington
i"ung man, II you never received that one
she sent yon, you are at liberty to hunt
through the forty bushels for it.
How dull rnatrimony is. WHY don't sop,r
one get married What's become of Gu
pld Has he lost his power Have hard
times frightened him away OF what's the
matter The question is respectfully sub
mitted 10 the brotherhood of bachelors for
consideration.
The management of the Juniata Valley
Bank have discontinued the branch bank al
Newport, Perry county. The efficient
cashier of the branch bank, Mr.. Holmes
Irwin was Immediately elected cashier of
the Newport Deposit Bank, by the board of
directors of that institution.
A very destructive storm of rain and
large Lail or ice passed over Spruce Hill
township last Thursday afternoon, causing
much damage To roads, bridges, fences.
irult and the lately prepared grain fields.
small streams in some places became So
/ swollen as TO move fences and buildings.
| Judge Jerry Black is ont in an article or
corruption OF course the article is well
written and is strong criticism. but then
what joke Tor gentleman who has been
IN the habit OF taking mOnstrous SUNS as
lawyers fees 10 talk of corruption. Where
Is the moral difference in the sklnning of a
client and the skInning OF the public
The dwelling house of Samuel Potter.
ESD, in Wheatfield township. this county.
WAS consumed by fire on the morning of the
% inst. No personal property was saved.
On the previous evening the family had
boiled aITlcbutter, and it is probabl, that
the lre originated from the coal left after
the beilinc.-Perry County Freeman.
An eight-hour man, on going home for
his supper, found his wife sitting in her best
clethes on the font doorstep reading a
volume of travels. How i this 20 he ex-
claimed; ''where is my supper l'' Il don't
know replied his wife; :. began 10 get
your breakfast al six O'Clock this morning,
and my eight hours ended AT two p. -
Century for Womsa-
The destruction to fences along the water
courses, and the washing of newly plowed
fields for wheat in this county Is great. But
why pine Were not all things made for
successive changes By and by all these
hills will be washed into lower places. and
then the globe viii upset, and the dry places
will be covered by water, and the wat..rv
places viii become dry land, and then will
begin, again, new leVeiins down. What
are 10000 Years in the calendar of time
What's the Use OF pining
S.Why," exclaims an eloquent and cul-
tured Democratic orator, '-why should the
proud il of Iowa be polluted with Repub-
lican professions when eggs are only eleven
cents dozen, and nearly half of 'em are
sure to be bad i'' And thus the noble eS-
ample of the ku Klux and White Leaguers
is emulated by their humber diriier breth-
ren up north, the knights of the bad egg.
He and lngersoll might travei together.
Fish Warden Joseph Berrier. and Deputy
Sheriff WeSibrook returned to-day from a
trip up the >nsquehdnna in search of yio-
lators or the fish law. They brought with
them a number OF nets, etc, which were
seized on the Perry county side of the
river below Millersburg. Yiolators Of law
which was enacted for the public good
should be dealt with in a summary manner,
and We are pleased 10 note the fish warden's
vigilance Harrisburg Telegraph, ljii inst.
Mcclure sent stylish reporter mp to
Reading TO attend the Berks county Fair.
He was too full of airs. and couldn't talk
Dutch, and The result was that he was look
ed upon by the sturdy, solid Dutch people
Of Old b erkS as a city innovation, to Dc
Stunned and SHE'D from The reporter
cOuA not stand this treatment. He got
mad and shouted, - Beer Yaw, yaw, zwei
beer uei brer Helm geh now Eu dem
Tunes zcitung, der Mcclure zu saga" and
he lett ola the first train. When he reached
the Times office IA Philadeil Ina, the gallant
Colonel gave him pretzel aud :onsOled him
with a cathartic. He is learning Dutch
ROW. and has concluded not 10 take on SO
many airs hereafter.
A Western Republican speaker named
Ingersoll, delivered himself OF a speech in
Philadelphia last week. He said things
that no man OF sound Judgment i'll say.
IL is an unpleasant thing 10 be compelled 10
apologize tor the speech OF a blaiherslNi;c,
which Il not done further than to say that
the Republican party is not responsible for
what a speaker of their political faith may
say on questions that do not belong to the
canvass. Mr. IngerSoll, in his speech, un-
wisely dragged the Church into the ques-
ton. The Church question does not be-
long 10 the canvass, and no one should feel
aggrieved because a bag of uiRd took ad-
vantage of his opportunity before pubic
audience TO ventilate his dislike Of the po-
sitiou of the Church.
A HAYES aud Wheeler Club was organized
in town on Saturday evening. with L. b.
McCrUm for President, A. III. VIII AID ). IL
Snyder Vice Presidents, David Halier Re-
cording Secretary, Philo IL. Hamlin Cores
pondiDg Secretary, and Jeremiah Lyons
Treasurer Finance Committee, Solomon
Books, G. B. horning, ). ) Wilson, j. ,.
Martin, W. f. Snyder. Committee on Or
ganiza;ion, q W. Smith, Henry Hawk, W.
". Allison, ii. a. Stanibaagh, George
DOHINnldlI
Hess. Jacob Slautterback, Olin Martin,
Frederick Espenschade, Samuel Rollnan.
Committee ON Constitution and Bylaws,
Solomon Books, Phiio ii. Hamlin, Joseph
S Martin. There will be meeting in the
club room on Thursday evening, list inst.
All are expected to be present.
We desire to direct public attention TO
the attention to the fact that the riverside
Park Agricultural Fair opens to-day, ,he
10Th inst. Not only come yourself, but
Iand encouragement TO the association by
bringing something to exhibit, IL is strong
| lv desired that every household should be
represented by some article of industry in
household. field, or stock pro iuct- Inc
success of the exhibition is with the people,
and it is hoped that they will lend helping
hand in making it not only happy social
reunion of friends, but days OF proht ana