Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-07-11

with considerable animation.
Stoverdale camp meeting, near Hum.
melstown, will commence on Angus
l4th.
Last summer was exceedingly warm
This summer, thus far has been exceed
ingly pleasant.
Freight on corn from, Chicago to New
York, By way of the Erie canal is 5,
cents per bushel.
10 the Huntingdon Reese Shade muir
der case one hundred and sixty nine
witnesses we're sworn
Jefferson Middagh bought two
handsome trotters in New York anc
brought them to this place.
"Chambersburg merchants close tbei
places Of business at eight o'clock ever,
evening except Saturday"
On the 5th a man in town in Yorl
State was killed by stroke of light
ming, while be lay in bed.
A great storm visited Hamburg Pa.
on the evening of the 5Ih inst. Yb.
loss IN property is estimated at S30, 600
Boussll of the Democrat and Regis
ter has bought himself handsome car
rage and al honest and fine looking
horse.
The examination exercises at the
McAlisterville Orphans School tool
place last Friday, a nuilber of citizen.
from this place were in attendance.
4 Danbury man describes a chu-ci
festival for raising money as an opera
tion where ia one-half the church buy,
berries at fifteen cents quart and sell.
them to the other half for a dollar.
The LandisvilIe NJ. L Camp Meet.
ing will begin Oh July 26tb and close
on august 7th. The cumberland Vail
NJ. Z. Camp Meeting (uear Oakvllle,
will begin on August 9th and close OF
the 23d.
On the Rrst lawful day, Harris BURG
bass fishers were successful In catching
large strings of bass; /; as many as doz-
en- were caught by one Esher, the
largest fish of that number weighed
three pounds.
"How many children have you o.
asked one frienI of al old acquaintanc.
"Well, l have FIVE, but they were
eating cucumbers when | left home and
they may be all doubled up now."-
Oil City Ne,os.
An Onondaga county mau has had
all his teeth pulled to help him stop
chewing tobacco. This is on the
principal in vogue among the Chinese
where they cut of a boys head TO cu.e
him of swearlng.-.N. Y. Com. .7dt
The barn of } Ohm Osman in Dauphin
county was struck by lightning on the
3rd inst and consumed by fire. His
entIre crop of hay, two head of cattle
and all farming implements were de-
stroyed. Loss about 81 900, with no
Insurance.
Half the lager beer sold be,e has
strychnine or other unhealthy drugs in
it. Every scoundrei caught drugging
malt or other liquors should be punish
ed to the full extent of the law.
Strychnine is put in malt liquors to
preserve them.-Huntingdon Journal.
A Buffalo clergyman who was hust-
led cut Of bed in the night TO tie the
knot for an anxious couple, read the
baptiswal service three fourths through
and was brought to his senses by the
bride, who snapped out, "We came to
get married it isn't time for baptisms
yet"
Engineers of the corps that made the
survey for railway route from this
place to the Potomac, when at Burnt
Cabins attended a meeting of spiritu-
alis,s that assembled at the house of
Rev. Cyrus Jeffries, and exploded the
false statement of communication from
the spirit world that was made to one
Of the corps, relative to feigued de-
ceased brother.
Justice Sharswood decides that the ad-
dition of a per cent. collection clause rem
ders note of uncertain value and not nego-
table. Neither is the endorser legally lia-
BILE unless the endorsement Is drawn so as
to be binding in an irregular way.-Harris-
burg Telegraph.
Officers connected with the United States
Survey, in order to receive data tor a geo.
logical survey Of this State, have establish
ed signal stations at different points in the
Commonwealth. The nearest one to this
place is about eleven miles distant. on the
Tuscarora mountain, about four miles west
of Millerstown.
Members of the senior Band are now
canvassing the county for subscribers TO a
fund of five thousand dollars, which shall
be appropriated TO the payment of the
B ard, for its services in furnishing music,
free of charge for a period of one year, for
agricultural fairs, s~hool exhibitions, polit-
teal meetings, festivals, pic-nics, &C.
An exchange says: Some persons are in
the habit of punching or drilling holes
through silver coins, whether for amuse-
ment or for what purpose We know not.
CONS so defaced are not received by the
banks at their face value, but the holder is
obliged to suffer discount. If this were
generally known we think there would be
less number of coins thus defaced.
Here is bit of interesting information
The indianapolis Journal says it had posi-
tive information, when a party of Eastern
delegates to the ST. Louis Convention
stopped at indianapolis last year. that
pledges were exacted and given that if Mr..
Hendricks would accept the second place
on the National Democratic ticket, he
should have the first place in 1880. Is this
the secret of Mr.. Hendricks tremendous
vigor
A number of students attending Prince