Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-06-11
SHORT LOCALS.

dency.
Plant potatoes on the longest day." is
an old saying,
The Presbyterian church in Lewi.town
has pipe organ.
The Democratic primary election viii take
place on Saturday.
The young corn is large enough for this
time in the season.
The sparrow is befouling the cornice of
the Court House pilasters.
Snow storms were hard on the growing
crops down in Vermont on Saturday.
Why not have ten-mile walking match
fer men, at Riverside Park, next fair time.
Chew Jackson's Best Sweet Navy To-
bacco. Dec. 4, ls7s-ly.
Sabbath was adelightful day, and brought
out large number of people to the churches
Harrisburg is making extensive prepara-
tions :or the celebration of the 4th of July.
The meetings of the German Baptists at
Il
day were largely attended.
If all preceding rains this summer were
venting in thunder, the loss was more than
made up BY the storm of last Thursday.
The House, when it adjourned, was turned
into a mutual admiratIon society, asd almost
every member gave some other member
present.
And still no one has learned the habits of
the bass well enough to lay down rule to
ing out.
Marks, the peanut vender, has a herd of
goats. which pasture on ground that slopes
at an angle OF 45 degrees, from the canal TO
the pike, north of town.
The Lewistown GG<effe says: Mr.. Moore,
who figured in our town and county some
time since as an eloquent preacher and lady's
man, is now in the New Jersey insane asy
lum.
Vacation season of Soldiers Orphan
Schools will commence July 18th, and con-
time till August 80. Regular examination
of the McAH>tervilTe School will commence
at O'Clock =. NJ, July Is.
The heaviest storm Of the season prevail
ed last Thursday evening about 6 O'Clock.
The rainfall Wa heavy, dashing, the light
ming was bright and flashing, and the thun-
der was continuous roll and crash.
By special meeting of the Committee
appointed to examine legal students, Bro
die Crawford passed highly creditable ex-
animation last "Wednesday. TIL Commit
tee consists of Lyons, Patterson, Atkinson
aad McMeen.
Theodore Thompson and family from
Thompsontown. Alton Adams and friends
from Walker township, and Theophoius
Thompson and sister from Fayette, attend
ed preaching at the Presbyterian church in
this place on Sabeaih.~
II Some days ago a fve-year-old child fell
off an emigrant train near Van-Dyke station,
this county. Thechili was not hurt, but
was taken on the train again, which had
been stopped, as the f-'l OF the little one
had been seen by brakeman.
II the Harrisburg lobby, that did its best to
pu: The Riot Damage Bill through the Leg
islaiure, was acting sor itself, and had no
: money 10 spend, or, if acting for other par
ties, put ii money into Its own pocket, and
tried to get the bill through on promises.
On THURSDAY evening about O'Clock the
lightning struck Darr's barn, in Snyder
county. about one mile east Of Richlield,
this county. The barn was destroyed by
the ire that wa, kindied by the lightning.
The rain and hail did great damage to the
crops in Monroe township.
The second regular meeting of the Mii-
. iintOwn and Patterson 8. s. Association
. was held in the VI. E. church on Monday
evening, and was largely attended. The
next meeting will be held in the Presbyte-
, rian church next Monday evening, at q
O'Clock.
! The storm on Thursday evening seems TO
have extended over large district. 1t was
violent in parts OF Perry, Cumberland, Dau-
, r.lin, Berks and Montgomery counties
Barns y ere destroyed by ligh .Ling in all OF
the counties mentioned, and in places hal
A.. damaged The standing wheat to a consider
, able extent.
y The rains this summer have been of the
n most beneficial kind falling SO moderated.
]
: Not enough water found its way into The
streams to color the water, and yet enough
v water fell from the clouds to put suthcien
v moisture in the ground to make plowins
+ easy.
# [The gas machine in the NJ. Z. Church
-, which has been out of condition the pas
K three or four months, has been put in work
ing order. The obstruction N the machine
was a trifiing one, and it required machinls
Ed. Shellenberger but a short time TO re
move the obstruction, and now they hav'
E satisfactory light.~>
. ssSamuel Wagner, an old and respecte.
resident of Duncannon, was instantly kille'
or the railroad at that place on Saiurda,
morning. He was walking on the mort
track. and in order to avoid an approachin!
: train stepped 10 the south track, when b
= was struck from behind ard hurled lat
% eternity"
10 Postmaster Books was up to mountai
e. stream 10 fish for trout. last Friday
d fishing pool he discovered large eel, bu
d all the efforts to capture the slippery thin
Y was a failure. Ii was new thing to find |
le a stream in the gap of a mountain 100 fee
D, above the leveI Of the river but mountain
al eers say eels are plenty at this time in tn
n year, in mountain streams.
al 4 friend contributes the following, whic
'g explains itself: 4 record, kept in Ralelgf
Us n. c., in the closing Confederate days
is February, 1865, show that app'es were sol
LANA