Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-16

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bacco. Dec. 4, ls7S-Iy.
The State FAIR VIII open at Philadelphis
on ths Sth OF September, and close ou the
18th.
Several cars loaded with foreign Nor
mons passed this place for Salt Lake last
week.
The Grangcrs' State picnic will be held in
Williams gooye, Cumberland county, Au-
gust %.
Thomas A. Scott, President of the P. r
K. Co, writes that he will be home about
the middle of september.
Rev. X. E. Wilson preached in the Luth-
eran church on Sabbath evening. His ser
mon was about an hour long.
Squire Loudon, Lawyer Lyons, Landlord
Murray and John S. Graypi.l, each with his
wife, formed a party 10 Macedonia last Fri
day.
Solomon Beshoar, of Fermanagh town
ship, tried pike fishing in Licking Greek
last Thursday, but the day vas not a good
one.
The wheat harvest is over, and while it is
not as large as last year in this county it
will still be the source of considerable rev
euue.
O.Ivia's appropriate lines on the storm of
tie llth of July, 1879, came too late for
this issue; they will appear in our next
issue.
u Mrs. Margaret Dunn, of Fayette township,
has bought, of James North, the house and
lot in this town known as the David Watts
property.
A fve-year old son Of Mrs. Pierce, living
IN this borough, fell out of one OF A. b.
Weidman's wagons few days ago, and
broke an arrs-J
General Government has issued stamps
10 Eost-mSsters 10 put on all letters on
which Sufficient postage has not been placed
or stamped.
A little island, formed in the river at the
fish-way, in an old fsh-dam, below town,
Is getting quite a reputation as place from
which to catch bass.
Mr.. Long Speaker of the House of Rep
resentAtives, has appointed William 4.
Cooper, of Harrisburg Resident Clerk, in
place Of John A. Smuil, deceased.
An exchange says: Plant tarsey at the
roots of your plum trees or hang branches
| of the plant on the limbs Of the trees, and
You viii not be annoyed with curculia.
Fishing for bass goes persistently on
Those who continue fishing. and are moi
discouraged by repeated failures, some time
or other meet with success and catch Ils
gamy FISH.
A horse that George Smith, of this Dor
! ough, bought but short time ago, had tC
be shot last week, because of crazy spell.
that came on him and made him unfit TO
work, and dangerou. to have about:
First young man-.'Well, you'l own sh'
has a pretty foot, won't yOu' '' SeconC
young man-"Yes, IN grant you that, tu
then II never made half as much of an i'm
preston on me as the old mans"
The time te SOW buckwheat is at hand
Last year Daniel Thatcher, of Lax town
ship, raised stalk tIat contained 37sI
grains of buckwheat, and is now prepArin,
to reprrduc some of the same kind.
"a new secret order, composed Of ladies
is organizing in tie northern part of th'
State under the mysterious initials of F. .
r. q. Eiie contains one of them and tht
young men are almost crazed 10 know whs
i, is,''
"A storm of wind, rain and hail passe
over Tuscarora township on Friday. Man
trees and fences we're blown down. Tn
barn of James Mcclure, II miles fror
, Bealetown, was unrooied and othcrwis
, damaged
"A few days ago, a Fermanagh townshi
woman brought charge before Squire Lot
don, against three Fermanlgh townshi
men, for improper conduct toward her on
certain evening along the pike, opposite tn
Presbyterian grayey ard
Books and Graybill brought forty cord
of wood from the Narrows in boat, fe
days ago. Eight men went to work to III
load the wood. The work was begun at
O'Clock in the evening and completed I
half-past the next morning.
{ The bon-fires that usually are kindled
! midnight on the Bra and 4th OF July wei
J prevented this season by the vigilance I
Officer Hamilton, who patroled the place
S where such demonstrations usually tax
2 place. lie was on duty two nights.
: Last Friday was the day appointed by Il
Adventists for the world 10 come TO an en-
; If that had been mentioned that day at q
time the storm was tearing the churches
pieces IN this place, and PLAYING havoc wi
e other property, many doubtless would ha'
:, believed it.
I To-day-Wednesday- grand excursiC
by Pacific Express goes 10 the Ocean. Fro
this point, the round trip costs only $4-1
Tickets good for days. Once the peop
: OF the country along the Pennsylvania ra
road learn that they can see the ocean foI
few dollars, many will make the trip.
2 Town people, throughout almost the e
: fra length and breadth of the land, eel
9 prated the late 4ih of July. Is PATRIOTS
= on the increase or what occasioned suct
r general observance Of the Attn by town pc
q pie People outside of towns did not pa
3 iicipate to any extent II the observance
e the day, and certainly the country peoI
9 are as patriotic as any people within {
limits of the Republic.