Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-06-13

Lewis;own is to have a steam pleasure
boat The wonder is that the people of
that town have not had one long ago, con-
sidcring the stretch of river DO suitable for
pleasure boating.
By the late time table the Miffin accom-.
mediation train leaves this place eastward
bound at 9 O'Clock in the morning, instead
of 6 o'clock. 1t will be convenient train
foI local travellers eastward.
With the 10th of this month the legal
season for catching shad closes. The sea-
son is from the 10th of April to the 18th of
June, and the penalty for catching shad
after that date is five dollars for each shad
SO caught.
Al meeting Of the stockholders of the
Juniata Valley Bank, held on Tuesday a
week, it was unanimously agreed 10 con-
tinue the banking business under the old
articles Of agreement, also to pay five per
cent. on deposits
A writer IN the Scientific .dmsricoa recon :
mends Sulphate of Potassium as a remedy
for potato bugs. BY applying It TO the
leaves in a solution with water the eggs are
dissolved, and after forming into a pasty
mass dries up.
The Roman Catholics In St. Louis pa
raded on The Sd of June, as they did in
almost every other city in the world, in
honor of the fi.ieth Episcoracy of the
present Pope. The procession in St. Louis
was seven miles long.
Some days ago fire was discovered In q
bed in room up stairs in the house of Mr..
Amos stoutfer, in Walker township. 1t is
believed by those about the premises that
the fre got into the bed from a pipe that
the hired man smoked.
Maggie Hollobaugh, aged about 8 years,
daughter of John Hollobaugh, in jumping
off porch in her fathers yard in Patter-
son, broke her right leg, about three inches
above the ankle joint, on Monday. DR..
Elder rendered the surgical aid necessary.
The Pacific Express eastward, the time OF
which is 1923 A. M. at this place, acts the
part Of Way Passenger train from Altoona
70 this place, stopping at all passenger sta
tons. From this point eastward it stops
at few places, and at Harrisburg ag ain be-
comes a through train
The society editor of the Butler Eagle
reported a high-toned wedding, and SAID
the BRIDES trousseau was the loveliest he
ever saw. The printer set it up ''trowsers," I"
and since that time there have been two
vacancies on the paper, in consequence of
two admissions to the hospital"
J. Sweyer, of Circleville, Ohio, has fine
farm for sale, in the best wheat growing
district in the tate of ONO. See a more
extended description of i; in this paper, in
the list under the head of Private Sales
For more definite information address J.
Sweyer, Circlevile, Pickaway Co., Ohio.
An ingenious girl up on North Hill, who
has never feller" in the world, goads,
ness BY lighting up the parlor brilliantly and
then setting her fathers hat where its shtd-
ow will be boldly marked against the cur
tain.-Hapkeye.
On Monday the horse of VIM. 6. ThOmp-
son, of Fayette township, scared at troupe
of Gypsies, south Of town, and before Mr..
Thompson recovered control of the animal,
be had turned around on the back track far
enough TO crush front wheel under the
bed of the buggy. The broken wheel was
Immediately repaired by Showers & Scboll.
"Nothing 50 thoroughly pleases a man
who has learned that a collection is to be
taken up in his church on Sunday morning,
and who has consequently been unable to
be present on account of a severe pain in
his back, as 10 attend the evening SER, ice
ana hear the clergyman announce that I" as
many who desired to give were not present
at the morning collection, it will now be
repeated"
The matter in DISPUTE between Wheeler
& West and Hawn 4 Ce.' came up before
arbitrators last week, in the Orphans Court
room, in the Court House. The latter Ealf
of the week was devoted to the case with
out bringing it to close. To-day (Wed-
nesday) the lawyers in the case-Atkinson,
Parker. Patterson, and West-srgue before
the arbitrators The arbiirators are James
Simons, amuel Loudon, William Given.
This age, above all others, is the age of
mechanical invention, at least so far as peO-
pie know. If there was an age in the past
that equalled it in that particular, human-
kind now has no knowledge Of it. 1t is an
age of railroads, and just now the large
corporations from the Eastern seaboard are
reaching out to the West, for the trade of
that country, and such a struggle as is now
gong on between them was not dreamed of
dozen years ago.
A collection in Rev. Nr. Berry's
church, on Sabbath evening, for For
eipn Missions amounted to $1,000.
+ Mr.. E. ID. Parker is putting q new
pavement in front of bis residence at
the corner of Bridge and TDird streets.
Colored people will hold a basket
pic mic, at Gin Springs, near Mexico,
u elker township, on Thursday, the
2lst o: June.
On Monday afternoon a tight-rope
performer displayed bis skill IN Patter-
son, on a rope stretched across Main
street, from house-top to house top. 1t
was quite q show for our Patterson
neighbors.
The waters of the Danube have
raised, so that tbe crossing of the Rus
slams is delayed. When the waters
run down, the war cry will be, "On to
Constantinople!" !" if the Turks do not
drive them back.
The bitch in the School Board was
taken out on Saturday, by a complete
organization being effected, James w.