Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-22
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LOC.iL INTELLIGEACE.

LOC.dL INTELLIGENCE.
Pay the printer.
Chicken thieves.
A long Indian summer.
Read the subjects for the Week of Prayer
Good buckwheat -four from Dimm's mill
the meeting in tho Lutheran church con,
tinues.
Visiting cards printed at this office, 5C
Cor 10 cents.
Mstilda Furnace, in MifHin county, ha,
ceased operation
ain ike q lamb, and out like a lion,'' i,
what they say of this month. Watch and
see.
Mrs. Martha Spear ~ife of ex-Congress-
man Spear, died at her home in Huntingdon
last week.
Nifflin county people say that a panther
h.s been seen a number Of times in Wayne
township.
The schools OF the borough are closed
his week, that the teachers may attend the
Institute.
tridges that hunter shot this fall in West
more county.
The new fence around the Presbyterian
graveyard is a great improvement in the
appearance of that sacred spet.
As far north as York county, this State,
cheers for JEFF Davis have been publicly
given since election day.
"That's the only wedding trip I shall
probably ever take" said an old bachelor,
xs he stumbled over BRIDES train.
Mr.. Pon;ius, a citizen of Middle Creek
township. Snyder county, fell from a load
OF cornrodder, last week, and was killed.
The reliable news from South Carolina
has caused the Democratic rooster to look
.s.f BE had severe attack of bilious colo.
The street lamps wera unlit during the
dark nights OF izst week. There has been
no cf.icia. announcement of the reason why.
Cattle hold their price better than other
property; thus far there has been less
shrinkase in them than in other kinds ef
property
The preparatory services in the Presby-
terian church attending the administration
Of the Lords Supper on Sabbath, began on
Friday evening.
Jacob Strauser and Irwin Grsy5ill, each
stripped the husks off 40 bushels of corn,
in one dsv, on the farm of Samuel Ober-
holtzer, near Richtield.
South Caroliaa has enthusiastically gone
r. " ,.e
the vote BY the State Board is accepted by
ST parties in that Commonwealth as cor
rect.
The Reunion of the 49th Regiment Pa.
Vol, was held at Huntington on the i4th
inst Mifii.ntowu has been selected as the
place tor The Reunion to be held at next
wear.
"Joseph Aitland. aged seventy years,
carried the election returns on the morn
ing of the 9Th, from Jackson township,
YORK county, 20 York borough, distance
of eleven miles, on foot"
The Philadelphia H,To!i scored s.bulI's
eye" when 1t said that according TO DEM
ocratic reasoning, whenever State goes for
Tilden it is an honest vote, and whenever a
State goes for Hayes it is fraud"
The largest fish caught in this county, as
far az known, was caught by Mr.. David Su-
louff, of Patterson, in Licking Creek, a few
days ago. 1t was pike. Its length was
nearly 26 inches, and its weight was almost
five pounds.
At Altoona, last week, a man named
Lsntz killed a man named Haney by strik-
ing him on the head with a wooden maui.
They were both employees of Allegheny
Furnace. Politics was the cause Of the
ki,.ins. The murderer is In jail.
The Teachers intellectual feast is in a
state of happy progress in the Court House,
under the management of the County Su-
perintendent, assisted by such brilliant peo-
pie as Miss Florence Chidester, DIR. HAYS,
Dr. Shoemaker, and number of local ce-
lebri;ies.
The rascaIs who attempted a few weeks
ago to steal the remains of Abraham Lin
coin from its vault, for the purpose of OBJ
tanning the release of a noted counter
feiter now in the State Prison of Illinois,
have been captured. What punishment
should be meeted out to such people
If the people generally had as little for
bearanee as the average politician, the coun-
try now would be in the throes of civil war,
and the days of free government could be
numbered. Bad men must not be allowed
TO break down the barriers of law, and open
the door for war to enter.
Men talk Of going to war to settle dis
putes of bad men. There is no trouble in
the political situation but that can be set
tied through the forms of Law. If the
American eople cannot settle their disputes
without going to war about them, their
boosted civilization is farce, and their
government a snare, delusion.
As to the running of railroad trains on
Sunday for the accommodation of the trav-
cling public, Judge Pearson told the Grand
Jury at Harrisburg there was no law for its
prevention, the courts having repeatedly
declared that the carrying of passengers on
railroads and across ferries was legally per-
missible.
It has been the custom for the religious
bodies OF thi= place 10 hold union service
on Thsnks-ivirg Day. This year union
Thanksgiving service viii be held in the
Presbyterian church, in the morning at 10
O'Clock The sermon on that occasion will
be delivered by the Rev. Mr.. Sherlock. All
are cordially invited TO attend.
party OF four amateur hunters, from
Middletown, last Tuesday. Wednesday, and
half of Thursday, shot in the woods of Tus-
carora Valley, nine wild turkeys, twelve
pheasants, fifty squirrels, and number of
partridges. and returned to their homes on
Friday morning, impressed with the belief
that the field of their achievement in shoot
ing game is the very paradise for hunters.
Mr.. Edgar King, editor of the Altoona
Radical, has been appointed to an office in
the Revenue Department. 1t is almost a
miracle for a newspaper editor to get an
Office; their lot seems to be TO battle for
other people, for people who rarely ever
pay them to the value of the paper used to
advance them before the pubic. We hope
the office will prove Pleasure, and place of
profit to Mr.. King.