Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-06-19

There are a good many heads of blooded
stock brought into this county from Ken
lucky.
HUNTINGDON COUNTY, AS PER HUNTINGDON
PAPERS.
The farmers of Trough Greek, whose cat
tie have been allowed to run in the barrens
extending along the valley, report that the
cattle are dying from eating frost-bittcn
leaves
The grain in the neighborhood of Hunt
ingdon has been beaten to the ground by
the heavy rains of late. Whether it has
been injured any, we are unable to state.
Our county Jail has within lis walls six
teen prisoners.
A party OF men, selling furniture, have
been through the town, visiting houses and
insulting the inmates. Smut the door in
their face. The same chaps have been SELL
ing what they call ga furniture polish" to
the good people of Altoona, and in every
case where the stuff was applied the furni-
ture was ruined. Keep a lookout.
Fishermen say that bait-fish are more diff
ticnlt to catch than bass the streams are
almost depopulated of minnows and other
small fish.
correspondent who has gone to the
trouble and labor of comparing the mercan-
tile appraisers list of 1878 with that of 1874,
finds that there's are fifty-two less dealers in
1873 than there were in 1874, and that the
license revenue is S5S5.50 less in 1878 than
il was in 1874.
Our townsman, Robert Lott, who started
out on Jamboree, one day last week, pulled
up in Altoona, where he made the acquain-
lance Of party of loafers and thieves, who
succeeded In robbing him of some $3.50,
the money be had received for his horses
and bus. From Altoona the party went to
Pittsburg, Robert footing the bill, and
whilst in the latter city they cleaned him
out. They put him on an eastern-bound
train and gave him a ticket for Altoona,
from which point he had TO borrow money
TO reach his home in this place. We SYM
pathize with Robert in his loss, but he has
lived years enough TO have better sense than
he displayed on this occasion.
On Friday afternoon stranger called at
the residence of Mr.. Adam Maus, in West
Huntingdon, and informed Mrs. Maus that
her husband had torn his pantaloons and
had sent him to procure another pair for
him, to enable him to get home. Mrs. Maus,
who had read, the evening before, an ac-
count of a stranger swindling an Altoona
gentleman out of pair of pantaloons, re-
marked that perhaps he was practicing the
same game, and she was loath to hand over
the pantaloons. The man assured her that
such was not the case, and that he had been
sent by her husband. After little more
hesitation she went TO the wardrobe, took
out her husbands .sSunday go-to-meetin' -
pantaloons and handed them over, when the
stranger started in the direction of the p.
X. r. shops, where Sir. Maus is employed
as foreman, bat it is needless TO say that he
never reached that place. When Mr.. Maus
returned home his wife was made aware
that she had been the victim of very nea;
swindle. MoRAL-Don't give your hus-
bands clothing to strangers, no matter how |
plausible story may be told you.
PERRY COUNTY, AS PER BLOOMFIELD
PAPERS.
Marshall furnace at Newport is again in
blast.
Chicken-pox prevails in parts of the
Spring house thieves still operate exten-
sively in the country.