Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-03-19
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Next year will be leap year.
The water has been let into the canal.
Eat onions they are good for scurvy.
Eat iishs they are good for the brain.
An Orphans Court was held on TUESDAY.
The 18th snow fell on the morning Of St.
Patrick's day.
Wild geese are looking out their summer
quarters in the North
There was sunshine and ram by turns
last Friday. Fickle day.
wash tub was stolen from in front of
John Kinks store, some nights ago.
Chew Jackson's Best Sweet Navy To-
bacco. Dec. 4. ls7s-Iv.
The railroad dcTot at Middleburg has
Snyder county, has been burglarized four
times.
The Common school pupil is happy in the
knowledge that the long school term is near
an end.
For Sale-Turnip Seed, by the pount -
Address J. s. P. AuKER, MIfiiintown, or Nc
Alisterville.
Read the advertisement of Airy View
Academy, as published in another column.
Major General Thomas W. Sherman died
at his residence in Newport, Rhode Island.
on Sunday.
Sorosis is the name of woman's club in
New York city, that has two thousand dol
lars in the treasury.
The Arcade Club have general assort-
ment of reading matter constantly on hand
on the shelves and tables, in their room.
All subscribers in Arrears, more than l2
months, on the LIST day of April, 1879, will
be charged full arrear rates as advertised.
A lively time may be expected on Satur-
day, as on that day the question of the tie
vote for Justice of the Pea e will be decided
by a new election. It's Haller and Parker
The wheat that was ,own last fall, when
when the ground was In the proper condi-
ton to receive it, is looking well, neither
insect or frost having up to this time dis
turbed it.
A SELECT SCHOOL viii be opened in
the Public School Building in Miftiintown,
for a term of Twelve Weeks, commencing
April 9Th, and closing June both, 1879.
|. G.. MARKS.
the Perry county Freeman says; Some
scoundrel entered the house of Lewis Har-
ling, of Duncannon, Sunday night a week
and carried away sl6.20 in money. The
family were at church at the time.
Last Monday a week. Kearney Willis, a
boy o. Lisburn, Cumberland county. while
handling pistol accidentally shot himself
in the hand. The ball passed through the
hand, breaking one of the bones.
The entrance TO the baggage room at the
railroad station in Patterson has been
changed. so as to be more convenient for
all parties, doing, aud having business done
in that department.
The Legislature will pass an act TO create
a loan of two million dollars at a rate of in
terest not exceeding five per cent. for the
redemption of maturing loans of the Com
monwealth.
First swell - Look here, Fred, you
shouldn't wear SO many big diamonds. It's
awfully bad form. Second swell Bless
your soul, dear boy, they amt real.-Fun-
ny FOtIs.
A Nevada girls love-lettel " Dear Jim
nv It's all up. We amt going to get
Ma says you're too rough, and
guess she's right. Pm so sorry-but can't
you go to Europe and get filed down!''
TO-day-W ednesday - Col. A. K. Ne
Clure and Miss Clara V. GraiE, of Philadel-
phia, are to be married. The Colonel's uu-
merous friends in Juniata present them con-
gratulations.
The talented blind musician, McCOllins,
who attended the late Teachers Institute
in this place, gave an entertainment in the
chamber of the Lower House at Harrisburg
last Wednesday evening.
\, On Tuesday the Commissioners were out
viewing the sight for new bridge on the
pike at Thompson's lock, or rather, view
ing the old site on which to pat new bridge
at the place mentioned.
The time for holding Orphans Court in
Juniata county is as follows: On Tuesday,
March Is, 1879; Tuesday, June IL, 1879;
Tuesday, September l6, 1879; Tuesday,
December l6, 1879.
Squire Richard Doyle's Office, at Johns
town, this county, was broken into few
nights ago, and several thousand dollars
worth of notes, left with him for collection,
were stolen.
Holhdaysburg and Altoona sports have
been getting up cock fights, and betting
money on the roosters. On Tuesday of
last week one sport made S55 in betting on
certain chicken. So the Altoona Tribune
says.
Three months ago Bayard Taylor, the reg
ularly accredited Minister from this Gov
ernment to the German Court at Berlin,
died. Last Saturday all of him that was
mortal was buried al his native place, near
Kennel Square, Chester county, this State.
During the past few years ne; fishing was
prohibited by law, and the result of the
prohibition is seen In the long strings of
fish that have been caught in the river this
season. If net fishing were entirely pro-
hibited by legislative enactment, fishing by
hook and line would become profitable in
this way that any person at any time in the
fishing season could 60 the river and catch
a string of fish.
Here it is again, as told by the Philadel-
phia Record of the 18th inst, as follows:
An Italian boy named Joseph Gondolf, IL
years of age, residing at 9O9 South Sew
enih street, was shot last evening by a CON-
panion named Timothy Rafferty,, on Marriott;
street above Eighth. 1t appears the lad