Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-05-26
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Treat your girl coldly, with the flavor O
vanilla.
1t is said that coal tar water will kill No
tato bugs.
A Lewistown man caught a 8 lb. or. e,
the other day.
Lawyers are off to attend the Suprem
Court at Harrisburg.
Budd Hamilton lost horse by some up
Known or underlined disease.
Cieardeld, Blair and Center counties sus
tered last week by hail storm.
Caleb Parker had horse to die from tn
effects of wind-colic last week.
ID. ID. Stone, Esq, was admitted to prac
tice in the Supreme Court, on Monday.
City ice cream people say that countr,
people always ask for ice cream Favored
with vanilla.
A large assembly of people were presen
at the Mennonite church near East Salem
during the late communion season.
The Juniata County Sabbath-school Con.
vention meets to-day-wednesda tn,
Presbyterian church at McAlisterville.
Coffee and all other kinds of grocerie.
for sale at Parker's store. Country pro-
duce taken in exchange for store goods.
Joseph Hersh, residing in Milford town.
ship, has a living chicken that has four legs
two Of which, however, the fowl does moi
use.
Cut worms are reported as at work on the
corn. So destructive have they been that a
number of fields will require good deal of
replanting.
A new Time Table has been put into use
to run trains by, on the Pennsylvania rail-
road. See corrected time table as publish
ed in this issue.
The first Sabbath-school was established
or founded in London in 1880, one hundred
years ago, by Robert Raikes, who was both
an editor and printer.
Just when people who predict weather,
had declared that drought of three months
had set in, the rain came along. The rain
came on Saturday morning.
Public prayer-meetings were held in many
places in New Jersey, and in a.namber of
places along the Philadelphia and Erie rail-
road ua.tx
Lawyer Lyons had the well in front of
his house cleaned out, and sunk about four
feet deeper, and retubed. 1t has not been
doing well since the first great fire.
A Lancaster paper says: At q conference
Of Dunkers held in Lancaster county il was
decided that birthday or surprise parties are
not permitted among the brethren.
The Executive Committee Of the Juniata
Valley Printers Association held a meeting
at Huntington last Saturday, and appointed
4th as the day on which to picnic.
The Huntingdon Journal says: Mr. Jas.
N. Barndollar, of Everett, aged IS years,
was united in marriage to Miss Kate Alex
,nder, of Fulton county, aged 81 years, the
other day.
Rev. E. E. Berry interested himself to
such a degree that be secured subscription
enough to warrant him in employing Minich
% sink well at the Lutheran parsonage on
he Washington street side.
Andrew Bossinger lives about nine miles
up Licking Greek valley. Last Thursday
morning Mrs. Bossinger went to the creek
% get bucket of water; she fell into the
,reek and was drowned.
Isaac Woiyerton. of Huntingdon county,
las leased the Hawn mill in Milford town
hip. Being both a practical miller and
the mill will be put in the best
Of running order.
The hay crop will be small in Juniata this
rear, for the reason that the grass seed did
lOt catch evenly in the fields. Most of the
ieIds are so spotted that the yield win not
be half what it is when the fields are evenly
,o-ered with grass.
The Perry county Fireman. says: The
of Cumberland county offer
. reward of fifty dollars fer the apprehen-
'ion and conviction of any person who wan
only sets fire to woodland, lSc. The Com
nissioners of Adams county offer a similar
-cward.
1.-THE latest swindle is butter contractors
fellows going through the country making
contracts with farmers to take all their but
er during the season at large price. The
Usual result. Contracts turn out to be a
lote the farmer has to pay. Sign nothing
rou do not fully understand"
1t is reported that some friend of the
Democrat and Register from Tuscarora val
ey presented that journal with double
,hambered drinking cup, through which one
nav imbibe both of cider aud water &c one
.nd the same time. Once the courtesy OF
In invitation to examine it has been extend
ID, we may be able to speak more definite
Y with regard to it.
This is what an exchange says The bass
ishing season is approaching, and it is
ong spell, lasting all the way from June LIST
10 January lst. There are some things to
be remembered with this If you catch
bass less than six inches in length you must
return it to the water. Nets of less than
hree inch mesh are forbidden. And there
IS penalty of $40 for disregarding either
IF these provisions, and an increased one
or the repetition.
Ii was the most fortunate turn for Mr.
Jacob Bei6ler that the tubing of his well
vas so put out of condition that it could
not be used, and that therefore he was COM
Delled to sink new well or do without
water. The new well is one of the marvels
IN this county. At the depth of 16 feet the
,r;Il struck an opening, and il went down