Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-06-21
GOC.zL INTELLIGENCE.

The Normal School closed this week.
Huntingdon has two brick-yaris in oper-
alton.
wanted-500 cords of bark, by J. B. NJ
Todd.
Lewistown cOlored men have organized d
military company.
wagon load of potatoes sold in Lewis
town al - cents per bnshel.
rrams has been imprisoned in Mifflin
county tor firing Jacks Mountain.
The Juniata Valley Camp Meeting viii De
opened August %, and continue ten days.
Tramps are not now SO plenty. The cause
of their thinning out Is, well-paSt finding
out.
Philai s,phia markets Wheat 81 .40tol.
II, Corn 5Sc, Oats 36to42c, Cattle 4tO5c,
Sheep ito5c, Hogs 9to9.c.
Corn is presenting a promising appear
4nce, but the time TO make corn is the sea
son when the pollen displays itself.
This is the way an exchange puts it: Now
is me tine when boys disobey their parents,
60 bathing, get the cranp and drown.
Citizens of McCoysville and surrounding
country are preparing TO celebrate the 4th
OF July in the s'good oid-iashioned" way.
Isaac Sieber's spring house in Fermanagh
township, was entered last Friday night by
thieves, who went for milk and pickles. -
D. VI. Harley has been drawn as a juro
for the United States Court, and is away
discharging duties as such juror, at Viii
Transport.
Ii you want to buy cheap, go TO Todd's
cash store in Patterson.
Inquirer - from Mexico, should send
name uf contributor. Without the nam Ot
the contributor We cannot publish the COM
nualcztlOn.
All the towns along the Juniata Valley
have frog hunters this season. The tastes
Of many OF the inhabitants have become
decidedly Frenchy.
Jacob Weller, who lived near Church
town, Lancaster county, was murdered las
week, it is supposed, by an illcgitimate sol
Of one of his daughters
The festival held on the evenings of the
three last days of last week, by the ladies
OF the N. Z. church, were well attended
and resulted In cash profit Of about one
hundred dollars
Last Sunday morning family, consisting
OF David Reed, his wife and two sons, citl'
zens Of Huntingdon county, were drowned
in their efforts to get out of the reach o.
the food at Coalmont
The wife of Solomon G. Dressler, of Sus-
quehsnns township. died of apoplexy, after
brief illness of from $50 A. NJ. to 6. IL
p. NJ, of the 18th inst. She Was aged AZ
years, months and l6 days.
The Bard, despite the rain, made a toul
OF portion of the county last Saturday
and came home IN a storm, playing lively
tune, as much as to say, Never mind thS
weather when the wind don't blow"
File this number of the Sentinel and Re-
publican, so that it may be handy as pa. e.
of reference to The time of holding the
Primary Election and to the proposed chang'
of announcement of candidate from four iC
tao weeks.
You can buy children's shoes at the low
est prices At Todd's.
Outlaws attempted to enter Strayer''
stOre-room in Patterson last Thursday nigh
by the front door. The noise they made
IN cutting a door pannel awakened neigh
bors, and their movements, il is believed
scared the outlaws away.
The Scouts were out On parade on Sat
urday. OF course they marched through
the rain with as much delight, seemingly
as II on parade on one of the finest days
The year. There is no company OF horse
men in the Commonwealth that surpasse
them in anything that is needed TO make ul
the appearance of complete soldiers.
A boot, that II is alleged was stolen from
the shoe store of Mr.. Diem in Patterson
was returned for repairs to neighborinl
Shop by young man named j. O'Donneil
and recognized as one of the Diem boots
The young man who brought il was charge
with the theft. He denied il. He was pu
under arrest, and in default of bail was sen
to Jail.
In pursuance of instruction of the Gen
eral Assembly, an historical sermon viii D
delivered in Presbyterian churches through
out the United States on the first Sabbat
OF July, 1876, ard a collection will be take
IL The same morning service, for the pur
pose of raising fund to build fire-proo
building, in which to preserve the Centen
mai sermons and other records of tn
church.
A series of heavy rain showers prevaile'
on Saturday and Saturday night here, an
must also have prevailed westward, for tn
iVer rose on Sunday to point within
inches of the flood of 1865, when the cans
sld river at this place was one sheet G
water On Sunday evening the water froI
,ne river ran into the canal in places.
xge quantity of drift wood tioated dow
snd away. 1t is said that large breaks i
'ns canal have been made in the Ma arrow.
and below Mexico.