Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-09-12

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PsRsoSAL.-Reuben Caveny is the mem
Der of the Republican State Central Com
mittee for this county.
| Under President Morton's management
the international Exhibition at Philadelphi.
is daily increasing in popularity.
A handsome young lady named Mis-.
Blaine is making the question of election Of
superintendent Of Common Schools IL Mon.
terey county, California, lively question.
The Southern policy of President Hayes
takes better than his policy of Civil Service;
They do, and say queer things down in
Georgia, but the queerest talk yet from that
region is the talk of Ben HILL becoming a
Republican candidate fer the p Presidency.
Sulouff7s draft horse could not break the
cenent-repaired strap that the cement man
had hitched to pos, In front Of the Juni-
sts hotel, on Saturday evening, but Simon
eish's pair of draft horses broke the iron
couplings that were tasted to the leather.
Rev. VIM. Patton, formerly of Tuscarora
Valley, now of South Carolina, was in to sn
an Saturday
The handsome vase, for flowers, that dec
crates the pulpit in the Presbyterian church,
~as presented by William Wagner.
They are trying to prove that JEFF Davis
did not try to escape in a vomsn's dress.
After that let them try to prove that he did
not try to escape in any way.
Judge Junkin, while holding court here,
is generally found at work in the morning
in the Court House, long before the bar puts
in an appearance.
Our Hebrew citizens, Schott and Siegle-
baum; had their business places closed last
Saturday, in observance of the time when
''God created Heaven and Earth" IT WAS
the New Year anniversary 5633 of the
Jewish people, and that's how old the world
is'according TO Hebrew calendar.
John Balentine, of Fcrmanagh township,
is using guano as a fertilizer on his farm.
Rev. E. E. Berry is OFF to the State of
Indiana, on visit TO his mother.
fire at Gay City, among the Black Hills,
destroyed a store owned BY B. F. Walters,
formerly resident Of this place. The
property destroyed was worth 5000.
c. c. Eddy, of Lewistown, who lost a
fort Under the cars at Patterson, WAS taken
20 his home in Lewistowu last Wednesday.
The Huntingdon Monitor SAYS: C. AZ
Reese, who was sentenced to ten years i'm
prisonment in the Western Penitentiary, for
killing DR.. Shade, is working in shoe shop
of the prison.
J. W. Batesholtz, of this borough, ha. a
correct time-mark, made so by the closest
observations OF the North Star by night, and
the Sun BY day, and the bringing of The in
dications of these two orbs into harmony,
Should an important dispute as 10 time
arise, his dial would be just the plate to
consult.
II. C. Kurtz, son IF S. J. Kurtz of Della
ware township, this county, has been en-
gagged in raising tobacco in Lancaster coun-
ty, this season. Many of his plants pro-
duced large leaves, measuring sc inches in
length by 26 inches in width.
When the Presidents party in New Hamp-
shire approached the Fabyian House, a fash
Ionable dame was heard to say that they
:. didn't seem TO have much style abort
them" Somebody repeated this to Mrs.
Hayes, and that lady, with a merry look in
her bright eyes, said that the fault should
De remedied. "Mr. Evarts wears a shocking
bad hat, and he must get new oneI'
The saw mill of Joshua Roush. one mile !
south of Richheld, was stopped by run of
-els on Saturday. How many of the slip |
perry fish got through between the wall and |
he water-whecl no one knows, but certain |
i is, only thee large eels brought the ma
chine or mill of Mr.. ROush to a stand-still. |
One of the eels was cut into pieces, but the
1ther two were too tough to be cut, and |
slippery as they were, they made admirable
1t was no small work to remove
he obstruction.