Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-04-07
SHORT LOCALS:

Judge Elder held court on Monday.
Splendid rain on Saturday evening.
The l5 game is called the brain-wrecker.
R. E. Parker keeps full line of groceries.
Many people were In town on the first of
April.
Almost everybody made more or less gar
den last week.
Sheriff Kelly and family moved to town
on the lst inst.
On the lst, almost everybody seemed to
be on the move.
Ex-Sherif Walls moved TO his farm in
Tuscarora valley.
Colored men in Huntingdon have orgati-
lied a debating society.
Cuba Sabbath-Scho will be opened next
Sabbath at o'clock P. NJ.
Trimmings for ladies' dresses for sale at
r. E. Parker's store.
The barn of William Sieber, near East
Salem, was unroofed by the storm on Sum-
day.
John S. Grayb David Hamilton and G.
w. Crib6s caught I79 trout on the first of
April.
The choir of the N. Z. church has the
reputation of being one of the best in the
county.
Cumberland county people are talking of
lynching house and-barn burners that Infest
the valley.
About half.past o'clock on Sabbath
evening storm of wind, hail and rain
passed over this place.
"a butcher in Columbia, Pa, was de-
tected selling the carcass of a sO-year-old
goat for spring lamb"
The Democracy are looking about for a
man without a record, but a well-tilled
Dar'l, for the Presidency.
On the 2nd inst the Altoona Tribune re-
ported ssexcellent sleghing" on the top of
the Allegheny mountain.
SEED POTATOES Snowflake, Bur-
bank, Seeding and Early Vermont-all new
varieties, at HollObaugh's.
The storm on Sunday afternoon did con-
siderable damage to fences and orchards
north and east of this place.
The storm last Sabbath was hard on the
fences, fruit trees and out-houses of Philip
Harley in Delaware township.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company ad
vanced the wages of their men on the first
of April, to the figures of 1871.
They come from all parts of the county
to buy hats at X. +. Parko.'s store.
Rev. J. Ii. Mathers preached in the brick
Presbyterian church on Sabbath evening.
In the morning he preached at Lost Greek.
Mary Steck. Of Allegheny, Pa, believed
that she had a command from God to starve
herself, and she did it in the period of six
week.
The closing of the schools let large
number of boys loose on the community.
They fish, play ball, and amuse themselves
in various other ways.
A son of Mr.. Garman, editor of the Tri-
bune, had the misfortune to fall and break
an arm, or rather re-break an arm that was
broken some months ago.
The storm on Sunday, that damaged
fences, uprooted trees, and unroofed build |
ings in this county, manifested itself in the
same way in Perry county.
Two men in Altoona claim to have found
an abandoned gold mine in the mountains
along Min run. Copper picks, and other
copper tools were found in the mine.
The European quail in large numbers have
been introduced in this S tate within the past
year, and, if they do not emigrate, it will
not be many years till the State will be fully
supplied with them.
FOR KENT-A good stand for black
smith, at Van-Wert, Juriata county. Shop
and a comfortable house. For further par
tfculars address Samuel McMeen, Van Vert,
Juniata Co., Pa. [Mar.3l-n
The Democratic Senatorial conferees met
in Patterson on Tuesday and elected VIM.
Mcconnell, of Monroe township, to repre-
sent the Democracy Of this Senatorial dis
trict in the State Convention.
A son of Zachariah " ezler, aged 5 years,
was run over by a colt, on Monday evening
a week, near his fathers house about quar-
ter of a mile southeast OF Center Church.
The child fingered till Tuesday afternoon,
when he died.
Secretary Sherman is a candidate for the
Presidency, and is home in Ohio, at work
for the delegates from that State. The Sec
retary is good mar, and if nominated at
Chicago, will be elected by large major
| ity in November.
.-Numerous requests have been
made that we extend the time in which to
send bills for subscription that have been
standing or owing for a period of more than
one year. The time is extended to tire last
of May, 1850.
The Huntingdon Monitor tells that an
otter was caught in lish-net by a young
man named Showalter, on the river near
Smithiield. on Tuesday. He realized s.
from the sale of its fur 1t was a beautiful
animal and measured five feet in length.
The Riot Damage Act bribers, who ran
away to escape sentence at the hands of the
Dauphin county court, returned last Mon
day morning TO Harrisburg, and, as the
court was not in session, they were again
bailed for their appearance at the next term
of court.
The Blaine men declare that they will go
into the Chicago convention with almost a
majority on first ballot. Grant has num-
her of strong men ON his side, but the ma