Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-03-23

call at this otice.
The Sherif7s office in Mexican county
was worth sl0,0UO last ear, and that, too,
after all expenses had been paid.
The railroad ferry has been supplied with
a new Hat, ard board walk has been laid
down from the pavement to the ferry.
Most Of the heavy hauling was done on
Sleds last winter, and a. a consequence the
roads this spring are not cut into deep ruts
The weather has been mid enough to
husk corn, but the damp ground and damp
fodder excludes all people from the work
excepting the real healthy ones.
5. r. Notes.-The was loser BY the fire
that prevailed III CurwensviIie, Cleariield
county, some days ago. The hotel that be
kept was one Of the buildings destroyed.
] ) ?. Wickersbam, Superintendent of
Pu0hc Instruction, has rendered his rcSig-
nation. Governor Hoyt has rendered the
office TO Or. Highly, President OF MERGERS
burg College.
Among the little items Of per.onal com
tort and economy are Ayers Pills. They
are the ready remedy which defeat many
disorders, If taken in season, aud should be
Kept in every family.
Jos ph Moist. a citizen Of NIiiiin county,
living near McYeytown, while attending a
sale al a ueighber's house, fell dead, last
Saturday a week. 1, is sId that 1t was
heart disease that took his hre.
One Of the Hats came near upsettinG on
Monday morning. ". Frank, the Mifiin-
town and SeiIn,grove stage route man. was
a passenger. lie speedily stepped INTO a
sk.H that vas attached To the dlt.
A new Life Insurance Company has been
:ormed in Mi.lgrsjown, Perry county. The
whole list of officers, from the President to
The end Of the list Of JLe Board Of Dir,c-
tors, weigh ON the average 30 pouuds-that
is, there is lot one Of the officers that
weighs less .han 30 pounds.
Harrisburg thieves sent one or two Of
mt AAlA-tll ~ -ffN if.fiA ~ i.f'N "a y ~
Other thieves followed, and the houses that
hsd been looked out by the advance agents
were robbed. 50 the Newport Ledger
saws. The thieves are in The Harrisburg
Jam, having Uvrn rravru Uy vUIC=r UHIry.
Yesterday the Board of County Commits
>ionerS received the following bids for the
building OF the bridge at Bealetown: John
Hcuch, TS95 John Crawford. $500; @. L.
Goodman, s5i9; o. L. Heuch, 500; J. c.
Crawford S737 Crawford 4 Milliken. S5s3;
J. G. Kennedy, s6s75O James MliIi,en,
S52l.
The Huntingdon Journal says: Ger
man carp, thirteen inches long auA weighing
about two pounds, was caught in the Juui-
ata, at Hollidaysburg. a few days ago. by a
gentleman who was dipping tor suckers.
This was one OF two tiny i,h put into the
water about year ago by Fish COmmis-
sioner Hewitt.
The sale at the John Adams farm, IN
Walker township, was a large one. The
sale Of property amounted to S3256-7l. The
highest price paid Tor a COW was fifty dol
lars. The best shOrt-horn bull sold for
SlG7.OO. Five head of cattle sold tor sos.
p. A yearling heifer sold tor $1,000.
Eight calves sold for $4,000 Yearliug
bulls sold tor 5000 and $500. The
highest-pnced horse sold for SlSO.50. The
total sum realized on the horses was Sl209.
Rev. r. Z. llson, former preacher for
the Methodist congregation in this place
but now stationed in Clearfeld county,
stopped over Sabbath on his way home from
the York Conference. A number OF the
membership of the congregation desired to
hear Mr.. wilson preach. A number of the
congregation did not desire 10 hear Mr..
Wilson preach. The latter people held the
KEYS Of the Methodist church aud kept the
doors locked until after preaching time.
Rev. Nr. Wilson, learning OF the situation,
went to the Lutheran church and attended
service under the preaching Of Rev. Ar.
Berry. In the evening Mr.. " i!son preach
ed in Mr.. Berry's church.
There is a family named Clugston living
at Valley Forge. this Sta'a. a few days
ago. about O'Clock in tie morning, Mrs.
/ CIugston awakened her husband ard de-
clared that a burglar had entered the house
Mr. ClugsJon spraug out OF bet and TELL
over a man VINO lay upon the floor, proba-
/ bly, for concealment, having heard Mrs.
I Clugstnn arouse her husband. The two
men took hold Of each other, and a des-
/ pcrdts struggle took place. The burglar
drew a revolver and shot Mr.. Clugston.
/ About this time a son Of the murdered man
| appeared upon the scene. He took hold OF
/ the murderer. Another tergitlc struggle
/ took place. They rolled down stairs. The
/ son tore the revolver from the grasp OF the
I burglar, but the murderer got away, leaving
. hat, two coats and vest and shoes. All
next day WAS spent by the people OF thar
community in search for the murderer, but
[ in vain. The following night house about
/ three miles from the house OF the murdered
man was entered and hat, shoes, aud two
coats were stolen thereirom, evidently by
/ the man who had murdered Clugston, for
the footprint Of a shoeless man was plain
in the soft ground under the window through
which the murderer entered the house.
Another Candidate.
By large majority the people of the
/ United tates have declared their faith in
/ Kidney Wort as a remedy for all the dis