Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-07-13
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i lONAy ~ JAM
Fishermen are just finding out that tn
way to catch bass is to use ny.
A Newport, Perry county, man was sun
struck few days ago while plowirg.
Bedford county Republicans in conven
ton nominated John Cessna for Judge.
Ms. Henry Dixon, of cumberland county
fell from a cherry tree and broke her neck
Jefferson Moyer vas seriously affected b,
the sun last Thursday while hauling il
wheat
A man IL Seinsgrove dislocated a shout
der the other day, 1t took six men to re
locate it.
Huntingdon and Lewistown. each, are {,
have circus performance during the last o
this month.
Last Thursday Josiah Prior, Of Leesburc
Cumberland county, fell from cherry ire,
and broke his neck.
K. w. II. kreider went ont to dip " bal
fish," In his dipping he caught an eel
suckers, sun-fsh and catfish.
Judge Sterrett and daughters, and ]. w
Laughin and family are on a summer So
journ at Pstterson's at Peru Mills.
The report of cholera being in Philadel
phia kept number of people from visiting
the Quaker City on the 4,h of July.
Some one has said that the earth passed
through the tail of the comet, and that Wa.
what caused the great rain fall in June.
A number of people in this community
believe that The comet was the forerunne,
OF the assassination of President Garfield.
On Friday last Jacob Cleck, a citizen OF
Fermanagh township, died after lingering
illness. He was aged ~ years, 9 months
and 10 days.
A young man passed the door of this Of
fee last Wednesday, and said, ..prt in your
paper that you have seen once, sober UNI
brelia man."
The European press is remarkably pro-
fuse in IFS sympathy for the people of this
county in the inlction that was brought
about by the assaSsin's hand.
Three men unloading iron ore from a
sunken boat in the canal in the Narrows,
were SO affected by the sun on Friday that
they were unable TO go home without help.
A terrific storm passed over Millerstown,
on the 4th inst. Heavy raiu and large guam
titles of hail fell. The wind blew down
several barns, leveled fences and uprooted
orchards.
Samuel B. Pannebaker died at his place of
residence in BrcoksIle, Jefferson county,
Pa, last Thursday night. He was son of
Samdel PannebAker, druggist in this place
fifty years ago.
A few dars age, while Martin Crawford
and James Speedy were rowing boat
across tire river at the head of the Island,
a bass leaped into the boat, and was cap
tured by the rowcrs.
Thomas Ha,ter's dwelling house in Spruce
Hill township was destroyed with all its
contents, on Saturday, July 2, 1881. The
house ard contents were insured to the
amount Of five hundred dollars.
The annual meeting of Court House Off
cials of this Commonwealth will be held at
Wilkesbarre, Luzerne county, July ! Il, 1881.
Hotel rates have been reduced for attending
officials and their ladies'.
A horse owned by Mr.. Foorman, Of the
Juniata Hotel, frightened at the cars on
Friday and ran away and broke TO pieces
spring wagon to which he was hitched. The
horse and wagon at the time of the run-of
was in charge of The hostler.
The excursion to Gettysburg and return,
beginning on the 23rd inst. and ending on
the 3OIh inst will cost $3.50. The occa-
sion for which the excursion Is given is the
encampment of the g. a. K.
Mrs. Boyer, wife of Rev. 5. r. Boyer,
who built the first brick Lutheran church in
this place forty years age, is in town visit
Mr. Boyer died last spring.
Col. VIM. Bell, who has been through
large part of the county as agent for various
agricultural implements, reports the crop OF
wheat larger than It was expected 20 be at
a period two weeks before harvest.
Rev. David Beale, a native of Jnniata
county, now Presbyterian preacher in Bal
timore, Maryland, will preach four Sabbaths
in Lost Creek Presbyterian church, in the
month of August, 1881.
Luther Haller, who held the position of
subdivision boss on the railroad at Thomp-
sontown for a period of nineteen years,
died on the 29th of June last, and was
buried at Thompsontown July I'd inst.
A man from Port Royal was overcome by
too much drink few days ago. A friend,
assisted BY several persons, placed his limp
body on buck wagon, and there tied him
fast and hauled him to Port Royal.
Asunken boat in the Narrows west of this
place caused the water to be let out of the
canal last Wednesday. Ii gave fine op-
portunity to catch fish, several bushels OF
which were caught at the sluice below town.
A coIored man, who lived near High
spire, is in the Harrisburg Jail under the
suspicion of having killed his wife and burn
ing the house down over the dead body to
conceal the crime. The house in which he
lived was not his own.
The squib must go. The intelligent civ
ilizatIon of to-day is about to enphaticsiiy
pronounce against this Chinese nuisance.
Over one hundred arrests have been made
in Philadelphia for selling and shooting
squibs.
The town School Board met last Friday
evening and elected Ed. Lindsay, of Mil
ford township, teacher for the End school,
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