Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-02-12
SHORT LOCALS.
Twelve SHOWS have fallen this winter.


Measles prevail in the vicinity of Johns.
town, this county.
Citisens of Carlisle are interested in q
squabbie for the rosi-otfice.
There is a bill before the Legislature re.
quiripg Executors to give bonds.
Tomatoes are sold in Philadelphia, fresh
and Juicy from the Bahama Islands.
Such partridges as escaped the cod
weather have been caught by hawks.
The subscriptions 10 the U. S. 4 per cent,
loan amount to several millions day.
Chew Jackson's Best Sweet Navy To-
bacco. Dec. 4, ls7S-ly.
Governor Hoyt gave his first reception at
the Executive Mansion last Thursday even
ing.
John Huffman, citizen of Northumber-
land county, was in town on Monday, look
ing out place Tor business
The revival meeting in the Licking Greek
Lutheran church is pronounced as Of the
most interesting character.
CJhe boys cleaned a ring, on the ice, on
the river, last week, TO skate. 1t vas no
small Job to sweep the snow away3
NoTlCE.-Cash paid for tallow.
Janl5-4tJ JACOB SrLvIUs, Sunbury, Pa.
The bill in the Legislature, for the pay
ment of the claims of damages growing out
of rebel raids during rebellion, amounts to
So, 100000.
In the absence Of the editor OF the Lew
is:own Gd<etie, some one walks into the
Office and puts large APPLE on the table,
repeatedly.
William ". Allison, formerly OF this
place, but now from Hendersonville, North
Carolina. where he has been conducting the
Ne,r Era, is in town.
Jacob Fech:ly, who divides his time, in
overseeing his estate in Illinois and his
home in cAlisterville, this county, re-
turned from the West last Saturday
FOR RENT.-The Corner Store-room in
the Belford Building, now occupied by R.
E. Parker, is for rent. Inquire of
MARGARET BELroRp.
JanlS-tf
a member of the Legislature introdpccd
a t.ii that provides for the determination of
the Spitz dog. Guess he lives in a county
where they did not vote on the dog ques-
ton last fall.
s.The Lutheran Obssrrer contradicts the
report that Rev. DIR. F. ". Conrad Is insane.
He was treated at Kirkbride asylum merely
for nervous prosIration, caused by over
work"
Brooklyn Presbytery has appointed COM
mittee to investigate Rev. Mr.. Talmage. bu;
Cr what point, or points, he is 10 be investi-
gated, was not stated when the committee
was appointed, which was few days ago.
AS rule-clear, calm weather viii fol-
low a rain or snow, that has been preceded
by a storm of wind. Again-the snow or
rain that has been preceded by calm OF
several days will be followed b. day or
two of windy weather.
All subscribers in arrears, more than Il
months, on the LIST day of April, 1879, Will
be charged full arrear rates as advertised.
II.
Chsrles A. Beaver. aged 10: years, W bile
crossing the railroad in Altoona, on his way
from school, last Thursday, was run over
by the cars and killed. His head was sew
cred from the body. His parents live in
Altoona. His father is a railroa5er-fre-
man.
Next Tuesday will be election day. Then
will be the tire to put reliable mel, men OF
good business qualifications, into office.
People complain of the mismanagement OF
the public affairs, and yet they are the mas
tiers of the situation. The heavy taxes ara
the township taxes, and the people elect
the men who levy the taxes.
A despatch from Washington, on the 1th,
saws A short running debate in the Senate
to-day disclosed the startling admission
made by the Commissioner of Pensions
that 20 per cent. of the pensions paid were
fraudulently paid. If this assertion is cor
rect, there is no method of ascertaining
what it will take to comply with the arrears
of pension law.
The ground hog must be good deal per
picked, OF have general variety of weathe
to distribute, for reports from different 10
/ C alities throughout the country represen
different kinds of weather on the day wheT
it should have appeared. One report says
"At this place it was cloudy all day oT
ground hog day - another report says, ga
this place it was clear all day on grount
hog day.
They had quite time in Committee, a
Washington, last week, in examining Mar
BILE, the editor of the New York World. Ill
said he went to Flor ida 10 look after th'
electoral vote; that before he left he called
on Mr.. Tilden to say good-by, and that h'
got a cypher to despatch by from Pelton
Mr. Ti,den's nephew. Pelton was the mid
die man South during that time, that stood
in the background arranging the figures a
which the electoral votes were to be handed
over to Tilden.
The pith of many petitions at Harrisburg
is, "give the shad chance in the rivers
the State; take out the dams" But whe
we shout fish, we forge: the canals. II tn
dams are taken awsy, what will become o
the canals! 1t is hoped that the canal man
apement will not shout fish too; for in tina
event the shout would become so long an'
loud, that the dams in the river would
torn out and the canals destroyed before tn
echoes of the shout for the fish had die
out. "Which viii you have, fish or canal
Read the Riot Damage Bill, as published
elsewhere in this issue. In counties wher
the rioting took place, and where propert
was destroyed, the county shall pay % pc
cent. of the loss, and State 10 per cent.
the loss. To put 10 per cent. of the dan
-. .La St.,a Saems s0mewhat eytrays