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

Hog cholera in cumberland county.
House wives now give attention to pre-
serving fruit
The public schools of Altoona are taught
by forty teachers.
The town of Bedford has debt of forty
thousand dollars. Move out.
William Oles found hens egg in his
barn that measured s by 6s inches.
An enterprise that has nothing 70 back it
excepting debt is nothing but fraud.
The belief prevails that Charlie Ross Will
yet be found in York county, Pennsylvania.
Ten dollar counterfeit notes on the Ma
tional Bank of Newburg, n. Y, are in cir
culation.
A few days ago David Wasson, Jr., of
Lewistown, was overcome by heat and fell
TO the floor.
Philadelphia Markets Wheat. Southern,
Sl.95to2 03, Western, old amber, S2.20 /;
Corn 62a63c; Oats 4Oto45c.
Across the ocean, they toast President
Grant as ssThe Soldier and Statesman who
brought peace to his country
a bounty of twenty-five cents is paid
by the city of Thayer, Kansas, for every
tree planted within its boundaries
Thomas Coder. of Patterson, had valu-
able COW killed few days ago by locomo-
tive knocking her of a railroad track.
They had another meat shower from the
ciouds, in Tennessee They call it san or
gsnism--a lorcated infuzoria." You un-
derstand il now.
Harry Moore had a valuable COW TO die
on his farm at Van-Wert, few days ago,
from the effects of pasturing a few hours
on the second growth of clover grass.
The men with the two-horse carriage and
fire gilt iewelry, did Lewisburg last week
TO the tune OF one hundred dollars. ssYou
pays your money, and you takes your
chance"
Some DAYS ago the barn of William
:.
Perry county, was struck by lightning, set
on fire, and entirely destroyed Insured in
the sum of $4,000
Fishermen unnumbered went to the river
early on the 2nd TO catch bass. Jacob
Thomas caught the first one. 1t was the
ouly one caught by them who went from
this side of the river &c fish.
There is q talk of a railroad from Port
Roval to Mexico, fro m Mexico to Thomp-
sontown, and from Thompsontown 10 Trev-
erton. 1t is not a bad thing TO talk about,
Unless it is bad enterprise
Tomorrow, the 18th, the Juniata Medical
Society, composed of Medical Doctors of
the counties of Bedford, Blair, Centre,
Huntington, Perry and Juniata, will meet
on the Newton Hamilton Camp-meeting
grounds.
The editor of the Lewistown Gazette
writes discouragingly of the English spar
row. They visit his cherry trees, but not
to catch caterpllIars they close the spout
about the roof of his house, and he has
seen them in numbers eating wheat in fields.
The Reese-Sha6e murder trial resulted in
verdict of murder IN the FIRST degree. The
murderer was sentenced TO pay fire OF
five hundred dollars and undergo an i'm
prisonment for period Of ten years. The
trial cost Huntingdon county about ten
thousand dollars.
The question OF the negotiability of a
promissory note that contained the printed
stipulation that per cent. collection fee
shall De allowed, went up TO the Supreme
Court from Huntingdon. The Court holds
that the note as far as the endorser goes is
destroyed nv the per cent. demand.
Some DAYS ago a number of late em-
ployees Of the Reading Railroad Company
attacked new employees of said company in
the city of Reading, which resulted in the
wounding of a number of men. Two OF
the disturbing party have been arrested and
put under bonds of 81 200 each.
Holmes Irwin, was not able to discharge
the duties of cashier of the Newport Bank
last week, being quite SICK at the residence
of his mother, Mrs. Jane Irwin in this place.
Mason Irwin, a brother, discharged the
duties of Holmes at the bank, during the
illness Of the latter.
The evening of the 2nd being cloudy,
Henry Suloufi deemed it best to haul whea.
that stood in "open shock" into his barn
that night. He joined the work with two
wagons, and before the rain came on-by
I O'Clock at nigh:-had IL loads of new
wheat in the mOws of his barn.
The Lutheran congregation in this place
have renovated their church, and put new
mating in the aisle. In raising the funds
for the purpose, they abandoned the course
pursued by most churches /" now days
when such things are to be bought. The
usual way "now' days" is to hold festival
In this case the funds were raised by sub
scription.
"The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has just adopted on its road form OF car
Tor the transportation of cattle for long dis
tances which will put an end to the COM
plants of humane people in regard to the
methods heretofore in use for the carriage
of live stock. In the new cattle cars feed
ing and watering can be attended to, and
the result is not only to be commented
upon principles of humanity, but also for
its effect aud benefit to consumers of meats,
by iIiproy ing the quality of our food"