Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-05-25
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iue iaSuionaOie dinner hour Is Z ~ +. N.
Buy DR.. Morrison's snti- bilious pills.
The Sabbsih-school Convention is in ses-
sion.
Cocolsmus, this county, has a new post
master.
Peach trees on low land did not blossom
this year.
Contractor Keefer has began operations
on the bridge.
Snow fell in different parts of the State
last Wednesday.
There was q refreshing shower Of rain last
Wednesday night.
There will be partial eclipse Of the sun
On the 9th of May.
John Horning is canvassing for the re-
vised New Testament.
The banks will be closed on Monday, the
30th-Decoration day.
Adam Showers, the oldest man in Walker
township, died last week.
The banks sill be closed on Decoration
day, Monday, May 3oth.
". W. Wilson one of the sged citizens Of
this town, is dangerously i'll.
Most all people of a manageable age are
getting married in Clinton county.
Newport, Ferry county, fishermen have
been quite 6uccessful in catching shad.
A new reformer says that ice cream has q
demoralizing tendency. What next7
David eisber, IN Walker township, has
four ewes that each gave birth to .ro lambs.
An effort is being made to stop the run
ming of ice-wsgons on Sabbath in Harris
burg.
The agriculturist and the potato bug are
waging fierce war fer the possession of the
potato.
D. B. Hyper, in North wooaberry town
ship, Blair county, clipped lz6 sheep in 50
hours.
Road making has been engaged in by a
number of the supervisors of the respective
townships.
Refreshing showers of rain, good for
wheat, oats and grass, fell last Friday and
Saturday.
Farmers reports that corn is slow about
spro uting, and that good deal of the seed
planted was defective seed.
There is prospect of about one-third of a
crop of peaches in Harry Stambaugh's or
chard in Fermanagh township.
The watch dog that belongs to the hard
ware store, weighed l25 pounds the time
that he was last put upon the scales.
The sacrament of the Lords Supper viii
be administered in the Licking Creek Luih-
eran church next Sabbath, May 29.
Tosacca plants for sale, at l5 cents per
hundred, by Absalom Yoder, near Pine
Grove church, in Fermanagh twp. 81
The contest for change of postmaster,
in many towns involves almost the whole
population in personal fight with each
other.
PTothonotary Reynolds has been out of
health to such degree that lawyer BeidIer
has been called to discharge the duties OF
the office.
John Wray was killed by lightning while
standing in the door of his boarding house
in Decatur township, Mitfiin county, on the
IGth inst.
The Pennsylvania State Teachers Asso-
citation viii hold its meeting this year in
Washington, Washington county, Pa, July
&c, q and IS.
Hollidaysburg authority is making inqui-
rs for men that have been putting poison on
meat and then giving the poisoned flesh to
their neighbors' dogs.
Huntingdon's new industry is tannery,
backed BY capital of sl5C,OOc. Chestnut
wood is the material that will bs used to
tan the leather with.
Communion services in the Lutheran
church in this place on Sabbath a week,
June 9th. Preparatory services on Satur-
day evening previous.
Miss Lydia Stouffer had limb severely
hurt by fall from stool on which she
stood to wind clock. The accident took
place list Thursday.
Michael Hawk and wife, citizens Of Pat
terson, were both prostrated by pneumonia
last Thursday morning. They have been
quite i'll ever since.
A Cincinnati doctor recommends the use
of lemons in cases of smallpox. His state
ment will appear in the next issue Of the
Sentinel end Republican.
There has been such general application
of paint to houses in this place this season
that it is hard to find town that presents
a fresher appearance than this.
Last year the cut worms ate the yUupg
corn stalks as fast as they grew from the
ground, for quite while, but with all that
the corn crop was large one last fall;
On Sabbath morning colt owned by
Jefferson Meyer, kicked its owner in the
region of the abdomen so severely that Mr..
Meyer was quite unwell sail Sunday"
The Post will attend Divine service in the
NJ. E. church on Sabbath morning, May 30,
the day before Decoration day. Rev. w.
V. Canoe will preach the memorial sermon.
]. Merrill Linn, of Lewisburg, viii be a
candidate for President Judge IN this dis
trict, provided the Legislature unite Juniats,
Snyder and Union county as Judicial dis
trict. He is an able lawyer, and il is be-
lieved that he has Judicial ability of high
order.
A concert for the benefit of the Metho-
dist Sabbath h-school was held in the Meth
odist church on Tuesday evening. The