Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-06-02
SHORTLOCHLS.

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heartincss.
The gypsy bonnet is the rage in Paris and
New York.
Sunday was the first rainy Sabbath day in
many weeks.
Your grandnother's bead bag, if you have
one, is the acme of style in reticulcs.
Colonel Robert IngersoIl and wife went
By this place west on Sunday on the Niag-
ara and Chicago express.
James Mclaughlin was instrumental in
hating Church Hill Cemetery trimmed up
in readiness for Decoratloif day.
Lawyer Lyons has supplemented the i'm
provements on his well by a new pavement
in front of his place of residence.
Remember the sails OF Hay Rakes at the
Court House, on Saturday, June S, 1880, at
2 O'Clock z. NJ, by Kennedy & Defy.
On Sunday night narrow storm passed
over Muncy valley, Pa, destroying houses,
barns, fences and trees, and growing wheat
in its course.
The graves of Revolutionary soldiers and
graves of soldiers of the war of 1872, as
far as known, were also strewn with flowers
on Decoration day.
The first new wheat of the season re-
ceived at ST. Louis was from Texas on Sat
urday. 1t was sold at auction on change
for 81 .62s per bushel.
Two horses were stolen from the stable of
Porter Thompson, in Walker township, last
Sunday night. The thieves hitched the
horses to ThompsOn's buggy and drove
away.
! The Presbyterian Sabbath-school held
festival in the s;ore-room III the Odd Eel
lows Hall on Saturday evening, to raise
money TO replenish their library. Eighteen
dollars were raised.
A Kentucky girl says when she dies she
desires to have tobacco planted over her
grave, that the weed, nourished by her
body, may be chewed by her bereayed
lovers. There is poetry in the idea.
James Phil Lowe, of whom it is said, she
was the Oldest passenger engineer on the
/! Pennsylvania Railroad" died at Bedford
Springs last Friday, of Bright's disease of
the kidneys, and was buried in the Harris
burg cemetery on Monday.
According to the New Haven Register,
the divorces granted in Connecticut average
one for every eight marriages. That is 70 |
confess that of one hundred matches in |
that tate, twelve are not made in Heaven |
by large majority.
A man in Bellefonte, Center county, some |
years ago was overwhelmed with grief over
the death of his wife, and he had a slab put |
ever her grave, on which was inscribed,
ssEvery day brings me nearer to thee, dear
est" Since then he has been twice mar
ried.
Every one is anxiously awaiting the news |
from Chicago, which should be heard along |
the telegraph lines by this "wednesday |
evening, and no wonder. The choosing of |
a ruler for q tribe or nation is at all times,
or every time 1t becomes necessary, most !
important event.
Joseph 3 att, in working up the top Of
tree that was blown down in Schweier's
woods by the storm of July II, 1879, came
across the combs Of bee that was SO dis
turbed by the fall of the tree top that it had
to look up another place to hive in. Where
the bee went to is not known.
"a young lady who is studying French
lately wrote TO her parents that she was in
vited on. TO a dciHaer the day before, and
was going to a f~fc chamPefre the next day.
The professor of the college was surprised
to receive dispatch from the 'sold man."
a day or two after, saying: Hlf you can't
keep my daughter away from these blasted
menageries and side-shows, 1 will come
down and see what ails her."
The Court House yard in front Of the
building has been mown and trimmed up,
and now presents a pleasant appearance.
The general opinion of people about town
is that if the fence that surrounds the Sol
diers' Monument be taken away, that such
removal will add considerably 10 the appear
ance of both monument and yard The
yard has never before looked so.neat. Most
of the work has been done by Irwin, clerk
to the Commissioners.
Strong expressions have been made
against horse thieves. since the stealing of
Thompson's horses. II a few more horses
are stolen in this county it will turn one
half of the better people into the advocacy
of serving horse thieves as they are served
in the Western country. The adv coates of
the abolition of capital punishment are
growing less and less, and in their place
men are springing up who advocate That
capital punishment should be extended to
embrace the horse and cattle thief, the
house breaker, and the incendiary.
The parade on Decoration day was sight
worth seeing. The Band in its suit of gray, |
the Post in its suit of blue, the members of
the Patterson Fire Department in white
shirts and dark pants, and the almost " un-
numbered host" of school children with |
wreaths and flowers, was a sight not often
to be seen. During the ceremony around |
the monument in the Court House yard, it |
perhaps would have been bes. to bave kept
the children in line. When they broke
ranks and mingled in the crowd, they be-
came noisy to such a degree that the
speeches, prayers and music could not be
heard. A number of grown people also
talked.
The Post of the G.. A. r. turned out on
Decoration day, and at liz O'Clock went to
Port Royal, where they were Joined by the
Port Royal League and Port Royal Band in
procession, and together with many citizens
marched to Church Hill Cemetery to deco
rate the graves of deceased comrades. The