Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-09-03

The State Fair opens on the och and
closes on the 2p'h of this month, in Fair
mount Park, Philadelphia.
DAVID Beshoar, Sr., of Fermarsgh town.
ship, cut his left foot quite badly with a
scythc, on Monday evening.
Samuel Myers, of Fayette township, had
two car loads of York State grain drills
brought to this place last Thursday.
:. B. NJ. Todd has been filing contract
for heavy oak timber for party in Newport.
The timber has been cut ia Licking Creek
valley.
There have been more hops this season
than is known to the recollection Of the
Oldest inhabitant, in any given time Of the
same period.
\ large company went to Macedonia on
fat, last Wednesday, to picnic. They took
music with them, aad many indulged in
merry dance.
A few farmers have sown wheat. Int BY
far the greater number of farm rs who have
their ground ready, fear to SOW early on ac-
count of fy.
Preserve this paper, with Premium List
for Riverside Park Fair, SO that you may
be posted as TO the premiums to be given
by the management.
Bnoch Pannebaker, who lives about mid
xuaN h.astu A.
raised a cluster of six tomatoes tho sggre-
gate weight OF which was six pounds.
The Perry county Fireman publishes the
following: alt is the Italian bee that de-
stroys the early fruits, especially the peach.
The common bee has never been known tc
injure fruit
The club of six inches in length is better
eating than large old bass, or any other
Old fish. So says an experienced fsh-cater.
He says be- believes in diet OF voting fish,
y0ung PoTs, AM Young tcef. - I,
FouND.-A satchel containing apparel for
a woman and child, was found on the road,
in Fernsnash township, near Mnirtown.
For particulars cali ON or address Jacob
Shirk, Van Vert, Juniata Co., Pa.
The Dauphin county grand jury has found
true bills against a number OF such as were
accused Of the effort 10 bribe the Legisla-
ture IN the interest of the passage OF the
Riot Damage Act. The trial has been put
off till in November.
Colored people held picnic in Fowles'
wood on Thursday. Th.se who like to
dance indulged in the pleasure. 4 number
of white people participated with the COL
ored folks in the festivities of the occasion,
and IN the evening closed The occasion by
hop in Graybilrs Hall.
The picnic of the Lost Creek Presbyte-
rian and McAlisterville Lutheran Sabbath
schools is by mutual consent postponed
from Saturday, September 9th to Saturday.
September 18th. To be held in the grove
at the Presbyterian church, commencing a.
10 O'Clock 4. N.
DIP. Sulouff. son of Jacob Sulouff of
this borough, died in Philadelphia on Sat
uriay evening, of congestion of the brain.
He was Ill f.cm O'Clock in the morning
till O'Clock in the afternoon, when he died.
His remains were brought to this place, and
on Tuesday afternoon at % O'Clock were
buried in Union Cemetery.
ga Pittsburg man, sick and nigh unto
/, 10, Ill
bearers at his funeral. His wife mentioned
somebody for one Of them, when the in
valid raised himself on his elbsw and said
THAT fellow isn't going TO be one of my
pall-bearers. l don't like him, and never
did, and If you are going to have him, I'll
get well, see if | DOM, t,'-and he did,
"Speaking of tie intention TO celebrate
the one hundred and fftieth anniversary OF
the white settlement of the Cumberland
Valley next year, the Prssbytsrian Banner
exclains 90 What a gathering back there
will be to the famous Old Valley, OF the de-
scendants of the original settlers and of
those who CAME in at later day, if the pro-
posed celebration should be held, as we
hope it will be ~
At the date of the laying of the corner
stone of tie Lutheran church which is now
being enlarged, Martin Van Buren was Pres
ident of the United States, Joseph Ritner
was Governor of the Commonwealth, join
Reed was President Judge of the Court.
The ministers present were, Samuel Sprech-
er, pastor of Zion church, Harrisburg, and
William German, pastor of EmanuePs
church, New Berlin, Union county.
Out in Iowa, onion parties are all the rage.
Six young ladies' take an onion with them
into a room and one of the humber takes a
bite Of 1t. Then a young gentleman is ad-
mitted, and, after kissing all of them, If he
| fails to tell which one of them bit the "in-
gun,'' Why, then the girls are al of them
compelled to kiss him, or he is compelled
to kiss all of them. The play has great
run.
| Senator Wallace's smelling committee
among Northern business men to find out
whether any of their hands have been urged
to vote as the proprietors voted, is meeting
with the scorn and contempt that 1t de-
serves. The Democracy organized it, under
the belief that by it they can break the
force Of tine murderous bull-dozing opera
tions in the South, but the country has
more intelligence than to be deceived IL
that way.