Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-04-20
SHORTLOCALS.

Lent season closed on Saturday.
hoop-skirts are coming into fashion.
Wills betel has been undergoing repairs.
Buy Dr. Morrison's anti bilious pills.
There are three subscription schools in
town.
Orators for Decoration day are belus in
vited.
The late rain freshened up the growing
wheat.
There are six Indians living in Bedford
county.
There is boom in potatoes-up they 20
in price.
Sleighing was good in ClearfieId county
last week.
The north side of the mountains are still
snow clad.
For spring trade goods, call at Espen-
schade's store.
James McAuley sells ons-horse wheat
and oats binder.
The man that repairs umbrellas was in
town on Wednesday.
House cleaning" with its discomforts
is all the rage now.
IA Western minister charges 81 extra
for kissing the bride.''
A number of citizens in town are having
their houses re-painted.
Scarlet fever Of a modified type prevails
in certain parts OF the county.
Good Friday was not observed by the
business people of the town.
Second-clsss tickets to the West may be
bought st the railroad station.
This place vac visited by q refreshing
shower of rain last Wednesday.
There is a man in Cambria county who
has taught school go years.
There are SO prisoners in the Eastern Pen
itentiary from franklin county.
Waafed-Two shotes, that weigh about
60 pounds each, at cents per pound.
&. ID. Parker has been kept closely in
doors by a painful ailmeut in the head.
Harrisburg receives 500 gallons of milk
from Cumberland valley every morning.
Huntingdon Presbytery will meet at
Spruce Greek on the first Tuesday in Octo-
Der.
Joseph Rothrock and wife, of Fcrman-
agh township, started on q trip to Nebrasks
on Monday.
A boy revivalist is securing many con-
verts to the U. B. Church in Cumberland
county.
"The proper remedy for a young lady
who is shUrt of stature is to get spliced as
soon as possible"
The most curiously constructed bridge in
this county is in Susquehanna township. 1t
is stone bridge
See the new style OF Plow Shoes at Heck's
shoe Store They are the best dirt exclu- !
ders We ever saw.
People in the vicinity of Manayunk, Mif-
fin county, believe that gold has been |
found on a farm near the station.
The Aiftiin Bridge Company advertises
for contractors to send in their bids for the
rebuilding of the river bridge
Ii is said that "smal -pox can be cured by |
the application of raw onions TO the hands, |
feet And arm pits"
Mrs. King, mother of Edgar King, editor
of the Altoona Radical, died few days ago |
at her home in Duncansvile, Pa.
Preacher Benaugh, of this place, and !
Preacher McLane, of Lewistown, exchanged |
pulpits on Sabbath.
Mrs. Saylcr died at the home of her SON.
ir-law, Mr.. William Conner, in Patterson,
on Saturday. She was aged So years.
The property of W. H. Kreider, as ad-
vertised by Sheriff Kelly, will not be sold,
the claim az alnst it having been paid.
TO LOAN-Five hundred dollars, for a |
period of one year, upon satisfactory secu-
rity. For further information call at this I
office.
A child of Samuel Gushard in Patterson, |
and a child of John Deering in Licking |
Greek Valley, died of scarlet fever last |
week.
A second child of Mr.. Gushard died in
Patterson, and was buried on Monday, scar
let fever being the disease that produced |
death. Three other children of the same |
family are lying dangerously ill with the
same disease.
The Huntingdon Journal says: Maple |
sugar is now made of cheap brown sugar /
and favored with maple, giving it the taste
of the genuine"
At the late meeting of Huntingdon Pres
bytery at Osceola. Clearfeld county, Rev.
J. II. Mathers declined the call extended to
him by Lost Creek Church.
An endless variety of Boots, Shoes and
Slippers for everybody, rich and poor, at
Heck's Shoe Store.
The Court House corridors are solid and
smooth enough for roller skating, and a
number OF girls occasionally asai. them
selves of that place TO skate on.
The Republican State Convention will not
be held until on the 9th day of September.
The Office of State Treasurer is the oRly
Office to fill by election.
An Alderney COW belonging to Squire
Loudon obtained uninterrupted access to
the feed chest in the stable a few nights
ago, and the result is dead COW.
A Maryland man landed twenty Percheron
horses at Baltimore, from France, last week.
J. K. Patterson, of Beale township, owns a
valuable horse of that stock.
The Per cent. Government bonds falling
due in June are now quoted in the money
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