The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-11-26
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ION Saturday the mountains at the
upper part of this county were white
with snow.
II Last Thursday night was beautiful
night to stay in the house. Wind rain
and darkness prevailed without
Rev. Mr.. Collihower, former pastor
of the Reform ed church in this place
was on visit to this county last week.
Mr.. George S. Barnett will deliver an
I address at Arieview School house on
next Friday evening.
ut is expected that Rev. John Laird,
/of Juniata county, will lecture in the
Presbyterian church in this borough on
\ Saturday evening of this week. .
DIR. J. p. Clark has been appointed
postmaster at Newport. Mrs. Zinn,
wife of the former postmaster, has been
appointed deputy.
Abram Evans will sell at his residence
in Loysville, on Friday, December 18th,
1878, four wagons and a large stock of
new furniture.
There will be First Grand Reunion
of the Veteran Soldiers of Juniata coun-
}ty, on Wednesday, December 18th, 1878.
Bills are already out. II
Mr.. James North, of Patterson, had
valuable steer smothered under straw
stack short time since. He was cover
ed while the farmer was threshing.
G(On Friday evening, the 18th inst, !
coal meeting was held in the Germany
school house, at which some stock was
Subscribed for.
1--WE learn that Mr.. Solomon Bern
heisel, of Tyrone twp, while boring for
( water near his residence, discovered ore
\ which contains ninety-five per cent. of
NIron.
A colcred lad named Mills had his foot
mashed by freight train, at Duncan
non on Friday a week. The lad was
sent to the hospital at Harrisburg, where
his foot was amputated.
eNWild tufkies have not been plenty
this season. The finest one found in this
vicinity was an 1S pound gobbler shot,
by Ed Cloaser. He had shot two the
same day.
Judge Junkin has decided that "both
necessity and charity require that trains
carrying live stock and perishable freight
be run upon Sunday and that the statute
of 1894 is not violated thereby"
We thought CornmaR of the Carlisle
Mirror was in remarkable good humor
the other day when he called on rs.
The notice in the marriage column eX-
plains the matter, and shows that it was
all " Wright" 2g
The First District Union Sabbath
School Association of Perry county will
meet in convention at Milford on Satur-
day and Sunday, December 14th and
18th beginning on Saturday at 10 O'Clock
A. M.
The Teachers Institate at Lancaster,
Pa, last week held it's session in the
Courthouse. Nearly all the teachers of
the county belong to the association.
The daily attendance was about one
thousand.
%lNearly all the farmers around here
nave provided themselves with ammu-
I milton and are prepared now to give
lead injections, to sneak thieves. 1t is
the only good remedy and should be-
given plentifully.
The sheep law, which was voted upon
in many OF the counties of this state at
the recent election, appears to have been
rejected in every instance, and generally
by large majorities. In this county no
vote was taken on the question.
q The Peoples Freight Railway was
again sold by the Sheriff on Friday last.
Jacob Bevens was the purchaser for the
price of $110. Most persons will Won
der if this cum is not S110 more than
III is WOrCn.
There is an old law in this state which
provides that all persons who use pro-
fame language are amendabie to it, and
upon conviction may be fined 500 and
suffer an Imprisonment of three months.
If the law was enforced the fines would
soon remove the need of any other tax.
. Sudden Death.-On Friday last Gilbert
Branyan, of Duncannon, ate his dinner
as usual, but ia two hours after was
dead. The cause was supposed to be
rheumatism of the heart.
IaHuary Court Judge Junkin has orr
dered that the January Term, 1879, shall
I continue for two weeks, and that thirty
two jurors be summoned for the second
week, thirty-eight, being summoned
for the first week.