Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-01-01

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The Wealher on Christmas day was old
festioued Christmas wea,her-cold, pierre
! ing cold.
The man who predicted a hard winter, is
happy in the belief OF his ability to fore;eil
the kid OF weather.
When You wake up at night and hear
the baby crying, look out for canger-fU-
! there's a rock ahead"
The sixth snow of the season fell, to the
depth OF ihree-four;hs OF an inch, on Mon
day morairg, before Daylight.
.sThe man who had married an iIcorrigi-
hIe slrew declared to friend that he had
contracted a dangerous scold.''
The Cuba Sabbath School celebrated the
birthday of The Releemer of man By meet
ing IN Cubs school house, and distributing
quits.
Eorningtoxn Sabbath School participated
in the Christmas festivities, on Christmas
evening, by school recitations and Christ
mas tree decorations.
On Friday 4 number of town boys skated
up the canal as far as the Lewistown dam,
bat Lewi,toun boys did better, they skated
down the canal TO this place.
sD. NJ. Rickabaugh, merchant, of Nil
lcrstown, Perry county, has presented the
Presbyterian congregation of that place
win a handsome clock tor their church. -
The winter has been hard enough to sat
iscy the lover Of hard OF cold winters. 1t
was said last winter that the Russian and
Turkish war caused the mild weather here.
Ten days ago two variable blooded heif
crs w.re rcceIved by General Langhorne
Wister, from England, and placed among
his herd OF cattle, on his farm in Perry
county.
Skating was quite good in the canal last
week, and e suinber OF lofty tumbies were
experienced b beginners, and more than
ls tf"s 81 y hesdF n i6e mofnine '
An ,fsort viii be made in the PRESENT
Congress to I@iSe the silver dollar FROM 4l2aa
grains to 4o0 grains, 50 as to make it ex-
.langcab.e =, rsr with gold. See bill pub
iished el,eN here in this issue OF the Seafi-
nel and ReyEbiieaa.
The pupils in The school taught by 1. c.
Marks presented their teacher with L gold
pen, a silver penhoide and bottle Of musk,
as Christmas present; which was acknowl-
edged BY thanks, and distribution of
mixed candies among The scholars.
4 German paper asserts that prussic acid
only causes suspension of life at first, and
that one who takes II can be restored TO an
ilnation by the pouring OF acetate Of potash
and salt, dissolved in water, On the head
and spine.
a rich Californian named Smallman has 4
money price on the virtue OF his wife. as he
has commenced suit in court, in Sah
francisco, for the sum of SD, 600 against
man named Mackey for unlawful intimacy
with his, Smallmau's, wife.
a coal oil lamp exploded in the residence
OF Ar. Sohu ". Muthersblugh last Friday
evening. The Timely arrival of citizens at
The fire saved The building from destruction.
Considerable damage was done TO the furni-
ture in The room where the explosion took
p.ace.
San extensive PLOT TO iberate az the
prisoners in the Scranton Jail was discov-
cred last week. Two women, Belle Ne
Donald aud Minnie HUSTON, who asked to
visit the prisoners, were searched, and in
the hollow of theiE feet under their stock
ings, were found perfect keys to fit the cells
and outside doors.
Ar. Shcriard, pastor OF the Presbyterian
congregation in this place, has requested
that each member OF his church read the
Bible through the coming year, beginning
on New Year day. To do so, will require
/ the reading OF % chapters every week, or
the reading of three chapters each secular
day and five chapters each SGnday.
The Master in the Church case between
the Lost Greek Presbyterian cougreg atoms,
| rook evidence in the Orphans Court Room
on the 18Th and 2Uth of December last.
/ Lawyer Smiley, of Bloomfield, is the Mas
ter. MessrS. Atkinson, Doiy s Son, Par
ker, Patterson, Lyons, Burnett, and Spang-
/ Ter are the lawyers. The case will be up
on the 25d OF this moain, again.
Owen Jones, prominent citizen of Phil
adelphIa, and known TO many of the citi-
zens of this county, as Captain, as Major,
as Lieutenant Colonel, and as Colonel of
the First Pennsylvania Cavalry, was found
dead on Christmas night at IL O'Clock,
about quarter of a mile from his house,
near Wynnewood Station, along the Penn
sylvania Railroad.
The PrestyteTiar Sabbath School, as has
been its custom in past years, this season
celebrated Christmas by a school meeting
in the church. on the t, ening after Christ
mas. The children were fresh and rosy
looking. clearly indicating that in the house,
holds from which they came there had been
no Wild dissipation to break them down.
Prof. u. ID. Stone delivered al address, af-
ter which the school engaged in regular
class exercises, quite a While, which, when
completed. was followed by distribution
of paper cornucopias, filed with candy
toys, that had been hung OF a pyramid OF
| ten feet in height, that stood in front of the
pulpit. Az evergreen arch had been sprung
over the pyramid, and arch and pyramid
were radiant IN light, that beamed from en-
| dies that twinklvd like so many stars from
srpidst the toy bags snd evergreen.