Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-06-25
SHORT LOCALS.
Sailor hats for ladies'.

The longest Cay is over.
Wheat harvest begins this week.
Z. S. Parker has moved to his farm nesf
Johnstown.
Rust In wheat is reported from all parts
Of the country.
The Huntington Globe is So years old.
and prosperous.
Green apples, and the 4th of July, de-
light small boys.
Fourth of July iemonade-One lemon to
barrel Of water.
Port Royal people iudulged in a cake
walk, last Thursday evening.
Rev. J. T. SherrArd has improved the mo-
ton of certain movements of his type
writer.
Lawyer Parker paid Ph;ladeiphia and
New York flying business visit last week
a Sunbury man caught 3U0 frogs near
Middleburg, Snyder county, q few days ago.
Chew Jackson's Best Sweet Navy To.
bacco. Dec. 4, lS78-ly.
Huntingdon has the man who is perfec l.
ing the electric light machine. His name
W. W. Gary.
Beidlsr's bees swarmed the other day.
Ditto, bees owned by Sheriff Walls anti
George Heck
Ed. Davis spent Sabbath in town, and at
tended preaching in the Presbyterian church
in the morning.
Iymen has got among the school marms
of Altoona, the result OF which Is that six
are 10 be married.
W. W. Troup has retired from the Lew
istowu Seatinsl. II. ]. Walters has become
its editor and publisher.
Some one predicts that in the year 1880,
half the people on the American continent
will die of contagious diseases.
lawyer Lyons and wife and Squire Lou
don and wife formed an excursion and
drove to the upper end Of the county last
week.
"A base ball club of this place played q
Port Royal Club at the latter place on Sat
urday. The Mifiin club were the victors !;
score, 20 to ii.
| The question of 80 Who stole the ballots l''
has been postponed for a further hearing,
on account of the absence OF important wit
nesses, to July l6.S
An owl perched on the sieeple of the
Lutheran church in Huntingdon the other
day. John Mccoy shot it. The measure of
the bird from tip to tip Of wings was four
feet.
(By the festival last week in the Eyangel-
ical church in Patterson, Rev. +. Z. Berry,
OF the Lutheran church in this place, had
the preachers cake awarded TO him, by vote
or ballot.
We are in receipt OF card announcing
citizen of Patterson for Jury Commissioner,
but as its paternity or its authorship is not
mentioned of course il has been consigned
to the waste basket.
n. G. Wilson, who during the past ten
years was such an efficient clerk in the In
terial Department at Harrisburg, is making
Lewistown his place of residence slice his
retirement from office.
"The man who goes a fishing and sits in
i srlmp-inviting posture on a narrow plank
from early morn till dewy eve, ana calls it
fun, Is the same chap that never goes to
church becanso ;Le pews are not comforta-
/ be-"
/ The season is al hand, says the Boston
/ Courier, when whole family will carry
I their dinner three or four miles iato the
! woods, and sit down among the bugs and
ants and snakes TO eat it. They call it a
picnic.
! \ Some graceIess scamps st1rted large fire
at the intersection of Main and Bridge
streets, about IL O'Clock on Monday night,
whereby quite number of citizens were
aroused, and alarmed, till the harmless char
acter of the fire was found out.
a legal gentleman met brother law
yer one DAY last week, and the following
conversation TOOK place: Well, Judge
how is business p Dull, dull. l am living
on faith and hope Very good; but have
got past you, for am living on charity"
The borough school board let the schools
on Monday evening. The applicants num-
bered 10. The first school is to have for
teacher, ". /. Hib5s; the second school,
lI.G. Marks the third school, Miss Lizzie
Deea; the fourth school, Miss Clara Robin
son.
Hall destroyed field of wheat, tcld OF
corn, and nearly destroyed field of grass
for Commissioner McMeen. The field OF
wheat was plowed and sown in buckwheat
the corn-field was re-furrowed and re-plant-
ed, and the grass has been left to revive as
it NAV. The strip of storm that showered
the hail was quite narrow.
An exchange says: 90 The State Agricul
tural Board has issued its edict prohibitiEi
county agricultural societies that receive th'
annual 500 State appropriation, from offer
ing premiums for horse racing. There cal
be trials Of speed, but no premium can u
offered without losing the 500 appropria
ton"
Harrisburg is preparing for the grandes
tiremen's parade on the ith of July, tha
has ever taken place in that city. The Penn
sylvania Railroad Company will issue excur
sion tickets for the 4th, for the day. Peo
pie from this place can go down in tn
morning and return in the evening" pfic
of ticket for round trip, Sl.45.
TIE Democracy have two candidates II
+ the field for Sheriff. Mr.. Fowles is the on
/, that the convention put in the field. Nh
Shivery has been announced by the reforr
, element. He claims that he is the real nom
, inee of the party--thst majority of tn
delegates had been instructed for him. II
n came within one vote of the nomination i