Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-02-14
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Advertise your business.
Iewi,town has a soup house.
Nominate good men for the local Offices.
Glamorsan Furnace at Lcwistown is in
bl4st.
The 22nd day of this month viii be legal
holiday.
Augustus Denge. is the new Post Master
=, Orient-.
Th. Knights OF Pythias Of Lewis;own
vii p.-a5e on Monday, the 18th inst.
The Jania,s Valley Csmp-meeting will
open oh the lith day Of next August.
Toe few items Of court proceedings omit
Ted This issue are not of of general interest.
Huntingdon will have a shooting match
or :he 22nd inst "Riie tournament" they
csii it.
Seeker fishing engages the attention of
amateur sportsmen and boys during leisure
hours.
William, H,wk has put q handsome and
substantial fence along his lot on Cherry
street.
The Huntingdon J5l nal says The sher-
;Fksyias .-gu;ted'' the town is now ''doing"
The coGut-y.
Benjtmin Hove, Of Derry township, Nit
lin county, committed suicide on the morn
iag Of the Srd inst.
Ph.!o Paunehaker caught seven pike last
EAa-'day. The aggregate length of the
-. was 10 feet inches.
E-e resa's revival IN the Presbyterian
church in Huntingdon added tweuty-nine
Lev members to the church.
The loss of the Wilson Brothers by the
t.Grring Of their business place last Wed
n-.iay morning is severe one.
Rhoads & Kennedy bought a car loa o
cows and car load Of horses last week,
aad shipped them east on Monday.
The As,ignse's sale advertised by bill
so- the 10Th of this month. BY Ezra Smith,
vii not take place till the 23rd.
The court room was not near large
.n-ugh last "Wednesday to hold the people
who came TO town to attend court.
The Democracy have been feastiug on
rooster siace November. Change your
Diet. gentlemen, the bird is out of season.
George wilson, Assistant District Attor-
ney of the Western District of Pennsylva-
ia, vas admitted to practice in the several
courts .; Juniats county, last week.
a grocer mad pound of sugar return
ed with note Stating: Too much sand
for table use, and not enough for building
purposes"
Two aged members of Rev. Mr.. Eerry's
Licking Greek Church, died last week &.
namely, Mr. Isaac Guss and Mr.. Henry
Aughey.
PhiIAdclphis Markets. - Wheat $3.50,
tol.52. Oats S7to4lc, Corn 54to56c, clo-
s.rse-d l5toi5c per lb., Cattle 5toeac,
Sheep 4tosc.
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1t contain more, and a greater variety of
good and useful readiTg matter than any
other county paper.
Tie Grand Jury, last court recommended, +,
or directed the Comfy Commissioners TO
md labor in which TO engage the tramps
that apply for board and lodging.
Frank Books always has trst-rate cigars
20 sell, and the best of tobacco for all who
cal on him to purchase. His place is in the
second door south of the Port Office.
The amount of unlawful work among
mes .1d women that worked itself to the
susface last week in the Quarter Sessions,
c-ased law-abiiing citizens to open their
eyes.
4 number of subscribers availed them
selves o. court week TO pay subscription
and ether bills. A number did not do so.
The latter. 1t is hoped, will come forward
between this date and the first OF April and
pay up
4 number of contributions this week
found destination in the waste basket. for
the reason that they were not accompanied
b. the authors name. Send the news, or
,uch items as are Of general interest, but
always send yonr name with the items.
County Treasurer Robert E. Parker has
the tail of coon in his Office, all that was
supposed to be left of the animal after the
late election, but since the count of the
Florida vote, the tail has shown signs of
life, from which it Is inferred that on that
tlii. il : few days, a full-grown coon will
derelOpe itself, and then look out for Dem
ocratic poultry. Hide your rooster.
Membe.s of the Presbyterian congrega-
ton beld church sOciab!e at the pace Of
residence OF Mr.. George kulp, on Third
street, iSst evening. Between one hundred
and two hundred people We're present. The
,ofs and chairs that have done service in
the pulpit were put up for sale, ana sold.
Mr- George Jacobs, Sr.. purchased the
chairs, DR.. Thomas A Elder bought the
s0is
Or Monday morning, between midnight
Gn1 daylight, the store, warehouse and
dwelling house. all under one roof, of Mr..
A. 5. cAeson, Of Port Royal, was destroy
60 by FIRE. Citizens of the town rushed TO
tie scene Of the contsgration aud carried a
large quantity of the store goods out of the
burning building, also quantity OF house
hold effects, but the progress of the fire
WAS not checked, and the buildings, with
much OF their contents were destroyed
The Gre originated in q room in the rear of
the sale room. 1t is believed to have been
,he work Of an incendiary. 1t is said that
o2'h the building and store goods wsre IN.
sased.