Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-05-31

IL Is said that the Masonic order will pa
rade 10000 men tomorrow in Philadeiphis
A thief took the contents of the money
drawer in the toll house of the Xillersfowr
Perry county, bridge company about ts
days age.
Levi Goshen has bis new house we'll un
der way. The style OF architecture of a
the dwelling houses in and about the tow
is strlking!y uniform. The house just men
Toned is departure from the old style G
architecture.
On Sunday evening, the 2lst inst, tn
lightning struck the burn of Mr.. David Alter
in Wheatfield township, near the Aqueduci
and burned it to the ground. There wer
rwenty-one sheep burned, along with con
siderable hay. straw. &c. The sheep be
longed to Mr.. Kniseley, the farmer on tn
place.-Bioomtieid .4drocait.
Dom Pedro. is one of the fastest traveller
of modern times. He has travelled thou
sands of miles since he came to the Unite'
States of America. He Is ahead of every
body else, just like Samuel Sfrayer in tn
clothing line. He has Pants down in pric
as low as 75 cents. Cal and see Strayer'
line of Clothing II win pay if you wisl
10 buy.
"The Pennsylvania Railroad is one hun
dred and fifty-six miles shorter from Chi
cago TO Philadelphia than the route from
{ Chicago TO New York by the Lake Shor,
and New York Central. Baltimore is ais.
I thirty-eigbt miles nearer to Chicago by tn,
Pennsylvania Railroad than by the Balti
more and Ohio route. TO all points in tn,
west the Pennsylvania route offers CORES
ponding advantages. 1t also offers n shorte
line TO Buffalo This is, in fact, the grea
national highway to the west"
Purchasers, consult your interests at Johr
Yeakley & Sons New Centennial Building
Main street, Mifiiintown, Pa.-Grsnd open
ing of Dry Goods, Groceries, Notions
Eoots, Shoes, Hats and Caps, Hams, Shoul
dcrs and Dried Beef, Queensware, and Mer
chandise generally. Also, a full assort
ment of Clocks, Watches, and Jewelry.-
Goods sold at panic prices, fer cash OF
country produce GMay22-3t
According TO the Perry County .4drcedte
ground hogs climb trees. We submit the
case to Frysinger of the Lewistown Ga<e:fe,
as he Is a naturalist But here is the ac-
count of the hog on the tree, rs told BY the
.idrocats: On Monday. as George Spahr,
Esq, was working in his fields, one mile
souih of this borough, his dog treed an an
Iaial on small white oak. The Squire got
up the Tree and knocked the animal down,
when his dog attacked and worried it until
the Squire got down and killed it. The
animal proved to be ground hog
On the 5th of June. Col. George F. Nc
Farland Will send a large assortment OF
Towering plants and shrubs from Riverside
Nursery. Harrisburg, to Patterson and Nil
fintown, which viii be hauled through
most parts of the towns Among them will
be choice blooming Roses, GeranIums, Pc
tunias, Verbenas. Fuchsias, Jelly Flower,
Coleus, Centauraas, and other flowers, in
bud and bloom, fresh and healthy. These
plants are not forced out, hence viii bloom
much better than if they had been, and
in all probability will give the fullest satis-
faction.
An organ grinder rendered number of
tunes TO the town folks last Thursday, from
a musical box that discoursed much after
the kind of music played by circus band.
The musie vas like that made by an organ,
a tlageOlet, fiddle, horn, etc. the musical
talent Of ne village was puzzled to describe
the combination of sounds that the grinder
ground cut of his box. One enthusiastic
individual declared that nothing short Df a
musical encyclopedia could classify the in
strumeDt. and every body else acouiesced in
the declaration. The quality OF The music
was too stunning; people didn't throw pen
nies out by the handful, and the last seen
of the man and his box, he was out east of
town, on the NcAiisterville road, seemingly
s.foot-Sore and weary"
The Selinsgrove Loan Association became
the owner of house and lot, of man in
that place who was a member of the Asso-
ciItion. When the deed vas delivered the
parties acting for the Association gave the
wife of the man who had transferred his
title of ownership Of property mentioned,
the sum Of fifteen dollars. The new owners
put tenant in possession of the property,
who discovered that three valuable grape
vides had been cut off below the surface of
the ground. and thereby killed. The Asso-
citation are talking about prosecuting the
roman they gaze the fife dollars TO. for
killing the vines Intentionally. 1t is said
that the, have reliable evidence that the
woman cut the vines off and poured boiling
water on the roots to xiii them
Last Saturday night about l l o'clock, Mr..
James North, OF Patterson, not realizing
the depth OF water, attempted tn cross the
river from the Tuscarora Valley side TO
Mexico. Fortunately the bride reins of
the team were unloosed. and when the
horses stepped into deep water, which was
reached not far from the shore, they swan
easily. The carriage was light one, and
having no occupant but Mr. North, the an