Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-03
local INTELLIGENCE.
Sassafras tea.


Huntingdon has 8 soap factory.
Decoration dsy is already talked Of.
The public schools in this borough closed
lat week.
Pennell is moving his store into the room
that Tiitsu kept.
Many people were in town on Saturday
and on Monday.
There is a concentration of the dry goods
trade on Main street.
How will they pu, In the time now tina,
the auctions are all Overt
a coat of pain. has been put on the Buy
era < Kennedy warehouses;
CPsrkcr is moving his store from the PAT
acc to the late auction room:
Notes of preparation for the holding IF
Sabbath school
The first Presbyterian congregation in
Altoona are about to build 4 church.
Tho tailoring establishment of S. B.
Louden has been moved one door eastN
On the second Tuesday in April Hunting.
don Presbytery will meet in Milroy, Mifiin
county
q broken aSletres of freight car wreck
Cd freight train sear Nillerstown few
days sgoA
TT. Samuel Brown expects TO build
brick dwelling house in Patterson tie com
ing summerA
Several fiocks Of partridges have passed
through the winter safely, and frequent the
felds near town.
N%-Genrge Jacobs, Jr., hangs out his le-
gal .hing,e from the door adjoining the Of
ice OF the District Attorney.
Samuel Sinclair, of Chestnut Ridge, Sny-
d.r county. hung himself, in consequence
of financial embarrsssments.
Ehs eyes of horses OF farmers Of certain
districts in thus county are afflicted with
disease that makes the eye sore.
Lswyer Stone has moved his office to
Bridge street, in tn. room occupied by
Hon. James Nathers, decd, as a law Office.
Ezra D. Parker, admInis traitor of George
Wise. deceased, sdvertises a house ard lot
for sale in this borough. See adver-
iiscment-
Enlcbaugh's billiard saloon is to he convert
I'd into law Office. Mr.. b. F. Burchield
viii dispense legal lore, and help settle dis
putes. where not long since men were wont
20 amuse themselves at biIliirdsO
Huntington county has Z e1-sheriffs liy-
Ing Juniats county has a larger number
of eI-sh-riff's living than that. The fam
lly name of each living e1-sh.riE in this
county is here given: Wilson, Bel. Bell,
-5smison, Reynolds, Hamilton, Loudon t,
Deitrick, Ard, Knouse, and Walls.
A meeting was held some days ago in
Selnsgrove, and the following named per =
sons we're elected directors of tbs North
Branch and Selinsgrovs railroad Z. s.
Doty, Jacob Sulouf, Banks Wilson, jacob
Smith, Peter Brown, Jacob SchHoe, vii .
liam Meyer, Augustus SpringmaR. Henry
q. Grimm, J. ". Gauglsr, and W. f. Eek
bert.
The Democratic County Committee met
In the Court House on Saturday, and select
ed DR.. 5. B Crawford as Representative
delegate to the State Convention, j. l..
Dsering, John Fink and I. D. Musser were
chosen Senatorial conferees The 10th of
August was fixed As tbs day on which to
hold the primary election, and Monday, Au-
gust 18th a. the day on which 70 hold the
County Nominating Convention
The reader has not forgotten that few
weeks ago, John D. Hostler was knocked
of the railroad bridge At Port Royal INTO
Tuscsrors Creek, and that all efforts made
TO find his BODY failed to secure his remains.
Last Thursday, Miss Susan Gross, while
crossing the river in a skif about miles
below where Hostler was knocked into the
river, saw an object in the water near shore
that looked like the body of human beng
She impaired her information to others, the
object was taken out of the water and was
proven to be the remains OF John Hostler.
The Chester County Republican says
"Progress Loan and Building Association,
at Downingtown, has been compelled to
wind up its affairs because there were no
borrowers In the organization. Some loans
were made at four per cent, without premi-
um. The members concluded that this did
not pay, and they resolved to wind up its
affairs on the first of April. The stock is
worth $40 per share, and 1t would not run
out until its valued reached $500. This il
the strongest evidence that could be fur
nishod that parties are afraid to invest cap
itsf in the present depressed condition Of
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