Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-06-08

limbs broken by the upsettinG Of the wagon.
Along the Juniata river the ague is called
the "Juniata jigs !" along the Susquehan-
na proper it is called the Susquehanna
shakes; )" on the West Branch of the same
stream it is called the &c West Branch
twitches."
Sheriff faylot, 81 Philadelphia, was mar
ried to the widow of Presby terian preach
er, in Philadelphia, the otherday, so quietly
that they scarcely found it out at the Sher-
if's Office till the marriage was over. No
persons were invited but near relations.
Some time ago it was published in the
Sentinel and Republican that the United
States silver dollar contains three "M's. 4"
Mr.. Enoch Shellenberger, of Fayette town.
ship, informs us that each United States
silver dollar contains four "M's."
Miss 81. Annie Lucas is Corresponding
Secretary of the Women's Silk Culture As
scciation of the United States. Letters on
tie question of silk culture will receive at
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Chestnut street, Philadelphia, Pa.
A. a. Weidman has been improving the
grounds about his home on Washington
street. A terrace has been put up at the
south end of the house, and at the east and
west sides OF the building. John McNulty
was an efficient hand at the skillful work of
the terrace.
| Mr.. Joseph Madison and wife, of Birming-
ham, Huntingdon county, have beer mar
ricd twelve years, but in all that time had
no children until within the past month,
when pretty little girl baby came to in
crease the happiness and noise of their
home. :
Some boys, while out in the woods, caught
an owl-a screech owl-snd presented it to
Constable Lapp. The Constable took the
bird to the shop of Showers & Scholl and
had the hands to believe it to be a species
of parrot-a Slim Valley poll-parrot.
Sometimes little assistance at the right
time will enable the system to throw off an
attack which might otherwise result in
serious sickness. Ayers Pills should al
ways be kept on hand, and promptly taken
for the relief of slight ailments, before they
become formidable diseases.
Stanton Wilson and William Auman,
each, have Slim Valley parrot, as they are
called. They are owls. William Bender |
captured them in hollow tree, in Switzer's
wood. Young Auman keeps his bird in
the Musser grain house. The owl is fond Of
mice, and catches them as they appear
among the grain during the day time.
The hand of the despoiler was laid on
shrubbery in lot owned by the editor Of
the Newport Ledger in the Newport Gene
tery. The editor offers five dollars reward
for information that will lead to informa-
ton that will lead to the detection of the
people that defaced and broke down the
flowers on the graves of his friends.
The Derby race at EPSON Downs, Eng
land, was won on June LIST, by an American
horse called Iroquois-an Indian name. |
The owner of the horse is Mr.. Lorillard, to-
bacconist of New York city. The horse
that ran the ran the race is three years old, !,
and seven thousand dollars were paid for :
MIN when he was one year old. !,
He must be a wicked exchange writer /
that produced the following: A poetess
asks, sis there nothing for me to do i'' Oh,
you may be sure there is. Return the flour |
you borrowed from the woman next door,
patch up your husbands clothes, let poetry |
alone and turn up that old last years bon |
net. There's plenty of work for you to do |
in this world.
An exchange says that a hard-freezing |
winter like last winter will kill the gem in |
thick-cobbed corn, and that is the reason |
that so much of the corn that was put into |
the ground in the spring did not come up; |
the vital part or germ was killed by frost; :;
the cob was thick and the sap was not suf- |
ficienty dried out when the freezing weather |
came, and the cob froze and killed the seed. |
1t seems that .he process of making but
ter out of the fat of beeves is not on the
decrease. An exchange says Of it: "All
that has thus far been said on the subject
of oleomargarine has not decreased its man
ufacture pound. One firm in New York |
city turns out forty thousand pounds every |
twenty -four hours, while there are over |
twenty other concerns which turn out from |
five to ten thousand pounds daily. 1t is cal |
culated that on an average one hundred |
and fifteen thousand pounds of this butter
is made in New York city every day."
During the forenoon of the Slst ult., as
Samuel Hetrick was on his way from Mexico
to his fathers farm, he noticed something |
float in the canal. The object had pecu-
liar appearace-so much SO that the young |
man obtained a stick and drew it to the
shore, when to hi. astonishment it was an
infant child, wrapped in a cloth. Mr.. Het-
rick hastily returned to Mexico and inform
ed the people. A number of citizens as
sembled and proceeded TO the spot where
the dead infant lay. An inquest was held,
and the child was taken in charge by the
overseers of the poor, and buried at Mexico.
The boy is supposed to have been several
weeks old.
Jefferson Adams. the man charged with
having stolen Samuel Rickenbach's horse,
made his escape from Jail last Thursday
night. He was confined in the northeast
corner room. He cut hole through the
ceiling and passed through to the garret.
and from there to the roof of the Jail, by
way of the shatch" in the roof. From
the roof he passed to tie ground by Means
of rope made by tying his bed-clothing
together. Some years ago, on certain
night fire took place in the Jail. The fire
burned hole in the garret floor above the
northeast corner room-the room in which