Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-01-17
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Uppish-Grain and potatoes.
A weather indicator-The corner loafer.
Half of Bo:ton is said TO be mortgagcd.
IL is said that Bennett has fed TO Europe
Plenty of ice for your cooler next sum
mcr.
Alexis aud another Grand Duke is in thi,
county.
The prayer-meetings last week were vel
attended
ga man may smile and smile and be a u
minister.
Huntingdon has first-class Jail, what
ever that is.
Harrisburg will have masquerade ball to-
morrow night.
Reveal the secret, of the telegraph, is
what Congress asks.
Hard times closed Marshall Furnace, Al
Newport, Perry county.
Old-fashioned, long purses to hold coin
are coming into use again.
For Renr-A comfortable house. For
particulars call at this Office.
House 10 Let.-for particulars call on
Mrs. n. j. Kreider, Cherry street.
They set up another government in the
State Of Louisiana on the Sth. Mexicans.
There are more church goers in Mfllin
than in any other town of its size in the
State.
Philadelphia Markets. - Wheat Sl.5O,
Oats 43c, Corn 5G.to5Sc, Cattle 4to1c, hogs
stoIOac.
Compel the township authorities to shrink
the taxes to correspond with the shrinkage
in property.
The railroad shop hands at Altoona have
had their hours of labor extended to ten
hours per day.
Rhoads & Kennedy will ship cattle and
horses from this county, Oh Friday, TO the
Eastern markets.
Never before in the history of the churches
of this place had the membership as many
praying members as now.
Oh. the snow, the beautiful snow, on
which they go, to trip it on the light fan
tastic toe. Don't you do it.
Jacob Sharp stepped into the Office OF the
Huntingdon Journal and paid his subscrip-
ton in gold, last week.
Lewistown turned cut a sieighing party
of twenty, who dined at Murray's hotel in
this place yesterday.
1t is said that Pinchbick, with five other
colOred Senators have gone over TO tho
Democratic government in Louisiana.
A son of Bruce Petriken, ESD, of Hunt
ingdon, had a rib broken a few days ago,
while coastng in the town jast named.
The family of Mr.. Abraham Guss, Sr.,
held a reunion at the residence of Mr..
Uriah Guss in Milford township, recently.
Traster's Valley, in Miffiin county, has
three panthers prowling in its deep woody
retreats. The beaux don't 60 that way
after night-fall.
John Minich, of Tyrone township, Perry
county, has returned from the Black Hills
gold region. How much gold he has Perry
county papers do not say.
Senator Crawford has been appointed a
member OF the following standing commit
tees of the Senate: BANKS, Railroads, Ca
mails and Inland Navigation.
Gold has a downward tendency, because
the importations are not large, for all OF
which gold has to he paid, and such pay
ments take it out of the country.
Over seventy members of the Vermont
Legislature attend a prayer-meeting every
morning. Will the members of the Legis-
lature of this State think of the Yer
monters7
The Congressional investigation into the
Oregon election case has revealed the fact
that large sums of money were sent to that
State from New York, to fix up the elec-
toral business.
"Smith proposed to quit smoking at the
end of the year. A friend asked him to-
day if he had stopped smoking on New
Year day. Yes he replied, 'and several
times SINCE"
Excuse me, madam; but should like
TO ask you why you look at me SO savagely,'
said gentleman to a lady at party. 80,
l beg pardon, SIR l took you for my hus-
band"
Last week a white married woman in Ty-
rome proved her peculiarly of taste, and
disregard of marriage VOWS, by elopng with
colored barber Of that place. Tyrone is
greatly exercised over this exception to the
rule.
Cornin, the wouid-be elector fiom Oregon
is not happy with the $1,000 that he re-
ceived for the part he played in the business
of trying to become an elector. "Be viz
tuOus and you'll be happy"
The Sl2, 900 stolen from the United States
Treasury at Washington have been return
ed, and now they want 10 know who stole
the money more than ever. Was it con-
science or fright that returned the money
Certain people propose to put the valna.
ton of property at higher figures, when the
value of property is galloping down to the
prices of twenty-five years ago as fast as il
Can. That's reform with vengeance.
1t is reported that Governor Williams, OF
Indiana, has declared his intention of put.
ting the State militia at once on a war foot
ing. There may be, and there may not
be anything in the report; and then if it
true, it may mean nothing serious.