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

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dence. and was sentenced to four years aid
six months.
Chest expanding suspenders, just tn,
thing you want TO do double duty, IN keep
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development between the shoulders instead
of development of the chest. They viii
help you TO keep from getting stoop- should
cred. For sale at the Drug Store of Bank.
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Mexico has three Presidents, or thrct
men who each claim TO be the lawful Pres
ident, and among them they have got tht
country into a state of war. South Caro-
lima has Two Governors, or two men who
each claim to be Governor. Ditto, Louisi
ana, and the only power that has kept them
from plunging their States into wa, ha'
been United States troops.
On Thursday evening, December 2S, 1876
James Kreider, formerly of this place, was
married to Miss Annie Z. Walkey, of Davis
Illinois. The wedding ceremony took place
in the NJ. E. Church of the place mentioned
The Davis Brass Band discoursed its rich
est music. Rev. p. e. Stire tied the mat.
rimonial knot. Nay they ever be happy
and may the bonds ever remain unsevered
The regular annual scrubbing of the Re.
corder's Oi,ice took place on Monday, the
orthodox wash day, and now the Office
looks fresh ike a new pin. Mr.. Metlin, in
every linament of whose face the Scotch
manly as ever, helping the new Recorder,
M. Musser, through with the crowd Of
business that has come into the Office.
The s., COO sent to Oregon from New
York has been traced as coming from the
bank in which Mr.. TilGen is S6S 600 stock
holder. The ,ngressional Committee will
likely hint, il Eot say, that it helped TO fix
the Tilden elector. This belief is strength
ened by the fact that Pelton, Mr.. Tilden's
private Secretary, telegraphed the 5000
draft TO Oregon. Reform
II the Post Office Department at Wash
ington knew the amount of dissatisfaction
that the present mail delivery, as arranged
by the route agent, creates in the Juniata
Valley, the Old way mails would be speedily
reinstated. viii the Post Master General
wait till he receives petition nearly mile
long before he gives the people on the route
spoken Of satisfaction
The lawyers for the management or the
Selinsgrove and Forth Branch Railroad
Company have appesled from the action of
the Board appointed by the Court TO lay
the amount of iamagcs that in their opin-
ion should be received by certain land
holders through whose property the pro-
posed road is to run. But more by and by
ON this question.
In the standing committees of the House
of Representatives at Harrisburg, Repre-
sentative Garman has been appointed on
four. 1t is our rule never TO detract from
a man because of politics, and therefore
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mans political friends that he has the ability
and industry 10 make useful and just
member of the respective committees to
which he has been appointed. The COM
mitees are, Labor and Industry, Manufac
turing, Military, Printing.
Hard times have not frightened the mat
rimonially disposed people in Bedford coun-
ty, as is evidenced by one issue OF a paper
OF that county, last week, in which twenty
four marriage notices were published. They
seem to go on the principle over there, that
circumstances do net affect love; that love
can exist equally well in palace or cot, on
land or sea. Bachelors should profit BY
the example of Bedford people. Ii We were
Dictator OF this or any other country, no
man should go beyond the age of 90 years
without wife. The scriptural injunction,
as nearly rs possible, should be fulfilled.
There are few ADLER lawyers in the Com
monwealth than +. s Doty, and still fewer
genteel speakers than he, and yet his name
has not Travelled much abroad. If the legal
business of this mountain-girt place had
been far-reaching, or if he had the political
ambition and tact of many inferior men in
utsIion equal to the eminent lawyers of the
land, and political influence second to few
Democrats in the country. On Christmas
day he sent five dollar bill TO every poor
family within his knowledge in this his na-
tive town, and that kind act his spread his
name abroad further than all the other works
of his life put together The newspapers
are proclaiming it everywhere.
The Juniara Scouts served out their term
of organization, and regularly passed ont of
existence as military company last Thurs
dav. II was both sad and glad occasion
when after the laws of the Commonwealth
made aud provided for the disbandment of
such organizations had been fulfilled and
the Company had assembled in a social Ca
pacity in the chief parlor of the Jacobs
House TO pass the amenities Incidental to
the adieu Of the occasion. Sergeant Fink,
in behalf of the ScOnts, in a neat speech
presented to Col. Robson fur cap, collar,
and pair of gloves, to which the Colonel
responded in an earnest speech that doubly
endeared him to the Company a. the part
ing moment.
new feature was introduced by the
management of the union prayer meetings
he'd alternately in the Lutheran and Meth
odist churches last week, namely, the en-
couragement TO speech-making, exhorta-
tion, or preaching, by members of the con-
gregation, between prayers. on the subjects
before the meeting for prayer. During the
week number Of gentlemen delivered
themselves as the "Spirit moved" them,
and those present report that the remarks
greatly deepened the interest and enter
tainment of the meetings. Those who
preached were Rev. Mr.. Berry, Rev. Mr..
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