Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-05-30
Rain is needed.
Who violates the bass iave

said to be poor.
Col A. K. Mcclure is still q youp,
roan-not yet in his fftleth year.
The grass appearance promises
large yield Of hay, mostly timothy.
The crops are reported as appearin,
most favorably in Ohio and Indiana.
The newsboys on the Penusylvani,
Railroad are hereafter to wear uniforms
Snow fell on the mountains in Lu
Eerue county last week, also in Sny de-
county.
Philo Pannebaker and John Hollo
baugh gigged % eels in the river yes
terday.
John Caveny, of McAlisterville, died
of pneumonia, on Tuesday, aged abou
81 ears. a.
Amateur fishermen gig eels in the
river IN daylight. They chase the eel.
from under stones. : fs.t
" A new and fatal horse disease i.
playing havoc among the equ,nes oil
Berks county"
Thirty Eve sheep we're killed BY 9
single stroke of lightning in New Jer.
sey some days ago."
The Government is making q raid on
the psrties who are steaIing Govern
ment timber in Minnesota and Louisiana
The most picturesque drive in the
county, on a good piece of road, is from
town to the Park aud back, along the
canal, about sundown. T
The Lehigh Valley Railroad Com
pany have announced a reduction OF
wages for their employees. On Friday
the hands will determine as to whether
they will strike or not strike.
This is Decoration Day. The Nor
NAL School will decorate the Monument
that has been erected in the Court
House Yard to the memory of the citi-
zen soldiers who fell in battle.
DR.. Joseph Kelly, we'll and most IA
vorably known to former generation
Of people of Juniata county, died at
the residence OF bis son-in Law 10 Port
Roya!. last Saturday His funeral took
place on Monday. He was aged about
81 years.
"The Young Cynic-Rosa: say, Tom,
thai odious Mrs. Mollycoddle does go to
town with her new old husband so often as
she did, does shel Tom: Not she. No
occasion TO look after him now She's in
sured his life,"
General Harrison Allen, of Warren, has
domestic infelicity in his family. He
charges his wife with infdelity of person.
Her friends say that all he wants is TO get a
divorce, aud so Tire unfortunate case drags
along. Such matters are greatly to be re-
gretted.
The growing custom of putting the choir
at the pulpit end of the church has the very
serious drawback that it prevents a man
from turHiug around and looking up at the
organ in a critical manner just before the
contribution box approaches his pew.-BGl-
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Last Thursday night, S. S. King, travel
ing agent for the Duncannon Iron Company,
suicide by shooting himself in
the head, at Danville, this State. He lett a
note on the table in the room in which he
the act, stating, "My life has
been a failure; | am tired of it,"
II was hoped that the potato bug bad not
determined to settle in these parts, and that
last year was the concluding one OF his
soj0urn; but all that was mistake; he will
remain this season, aud the fears now are
that he has concluded to become permA-
neat settler. His presence is discouraging.
The Car of Russia said, when he entered
on the war, that ii was for the better pro-
lection OF Christians, and now coilss the
PROCLAMATION OF the King of the Turks, that
the war is for the maintenance OF Islamism,
and the banner of the Prophet has been
injured. Ii Russia gets Out of~a long
" ar, she will have TO do it speedily.
ON Thursday evening Col A. n Mcclure
made his appearance in town. He came
here By way of Mexico-not the Mexico
that lies off the Southern border OF the
Uuited States, but by way of the Mexico of
our own county While he sojOurned there
be was the guest of John Motzer, Esq. Mr..
MOtzer brought him to Miffiin on the even
ing mentioned. The Colonel remained in
town only till midnight, when he took an
eastward bound train and went away. While
here he was called on By quite large num-
Der of citizens.
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