Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-01-31
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.


Pull down your rooster.
Raster on the lst of April
Blair county has & colored juror.
Harrisburg has hsi . colored juror.
Blue birds warblsd on Sabbath. Too
carly.
The people of town and vicinity ar,
healthy.
Hard tin es broke three of Huntingdon,
trades people.
A large vein of lead ore has been
found In Blair county.
For Rent-A comfortable house. For
particulars call at this Office.
Twenty three inches of ice on the
river where the water is still.
Wantcd-A fair count as to the number
OF times you have sworn off since the New
Year
The assets of the Mifiin County Fair
Association are valued AZ SlS, 400, and its
debts are s5,6l3.S3.
Our Acknowledgements are rendered
to Senator Crawford for public docu-
nents.
Yesterday, cx-Sheriff Knouse moved
10 Lis farm, q miles east of Meal
is;erville.
Rev. Mr.. Gill, Chaplain in the United
States Navy, preached in the Presbyterian
church last Sabbath.
The remains of q dead infant were found
in the cellar of the Blair county court
house few days ago.
4 man from the east end Of this county
was lodged in jail on Friday evening on
charge of passing counterfeit money.
Borough and township elections Put no
men but good ones in nomination, and if
bad ones ara put on the ticket, defeat them.
The trial OF C. A Reese, for the murder
OF DR.. Shade, vas postponed at Hunting
don, because of an informality in drawing
the grand jury.
Massachusetts has thirty thousand mar
riAgeable unmarried women in excess of the
manageable unmarried men. Bachelors to
the front
Philadelphia Markets. - Wheat S1.5O,
tol.5S, Oats S9to42c, Corn 55to57c. Clo-
yerseed l4c per h., Cattle 4to6.c, Sheep 5
to7c, Hogs stOl0c per 10.
Communion services in Rev. 7. ]. Sher-
-ard's church next Sabbath. Preparatory
services on Friday evening, Saturday morn
iag .sd Saturday evening.
The chandelier in the Methodist church
II P2r: Royal fell the other eTening. just
before service, smashing it out OF all shape
and usefulness.
Tbs salary of the judges OF Pcnnsylva-
MIA last year amounted to four hundred and
seventy-fve thousand one hundred and fifty
nine dollars.
The sacrament of the Lords Supper will
De administered in Rev. Mr. Btrry's church
In this place next Sabbath. Preparatory
services on Saturday prev ious at p. N.
The arrests the past week were varied,
and comprehend such charges as that
of passing counterfeit money, adultery,
rape, and attempts to bribe to arson.
Last Friday night the coasters on Cherry
street hill kept up their sliding until after
midnight. The peculiar gruff sound of their
rleds could be heard half mile away from
the scene of the sport.
The latest slang phrase, which is intend
ed TO mean that man las more debts than
he can pay is, He's a good fellow, but he's
biz Oft more than be can chew" 1t is a
Ioculsr way of telling his misfortunes.
A Punch and Judy puppet show at the
corner of Main and Bridge streets. last Sat-
urday, awakened the deepest interest among
the young folks of the town. Occasionally
grown people stopped to see the free show.
The Huntingdon Monitor advertises scalp
orders for sale. Orders for what kind of
scsips . Has any one up there been out to
the Black Hills and proposes to sell orders
for the top-knots of savage miners, or what
Las: Thursday evening large delegation
Of Lutheran people drove in sleds and
,ieighs 10 ST. Stephens church in Licking
Greek Valley, to attend Rev. Mr.. Berry's
meeting, which has been in progress some
time.
A large company Of the Presbyterian
congregation in this place drove in sleighs
and sleds, as church sociabie, to the place
Of Hugh Hamilton, ESQ, in Walker town
ship, last Thursday evening. The weather
was propitious, and the sleighing fine. The
company numbered between one and two
hundred
A few nights ago thief stole string
of bells from horse that was hitched in
front OF the Lutheran Church in Licking
Greek Valley. Become conscience smitten
snd return them TO Mr.. Michael Siebor, of
Walker township, TO whom they belong. Z
Last week Mr.. G. P. Mir.z, John Hoffman
aud Adam Fisher, accompanied by their
wives, all parishioners of Rev. Mr.. Berry,
when he served the Lutheran congregation
at Northumberland, when he preached there,
sleighed over here to see their former pastor,
and sojourned with him one night.
Huntingdon, Of course, has had the gen.
eral panic, and on top of that it has had
two local panics within the past year. Some
months ago one of her business men passed
OF the business board with debt load Of
about one hundred and twenty thousand
dollars. Last week Q number of her busi-
ness men went the same way with heavy
loads each, but the aggregate OF their dsbts
have hst hsss given.