Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-01-12

The price of coffee has declined.
The severe weather was broken on Thurs
day.
The comet of 1872 is expected to appear
this year.
G. ". Jacobs, of Port Royal, died last
Thursday.
The prayer-meetings last week were well
attended.
Mrs. Cyrus Morrison (colored) died on
Sabbath night last.
Jacob Frank, a well-known citizen of Pat
terson, is quite i'll.
James Thompson, of Mexico, has return
ed from Leadville.
Measles are reported in number of
places in the Stste.
TheAltoona Tribune moved into its new
office last Thursday.
The most enthusiastic adnirer OF the
beautiful is satisfied.
Many people in Hare's Valley, Hunting
don county, have munlps.
The thermometer was within two degrees
of zero on Thursday morning.
The streams are getting lower and lower.
The breaE-up cannot be far away.
Tramps in Lebanon Jail observed Christ
mas By putting up a Christmas tree.
Mrs. Jeremiah Lyons is among the num-
ber that have been sick this winter.
D.B. McwRliams, of Belle township, has
been appointed Mercantile Appraiser.
The editors Of Truth have confessed that
the Garfield Chinese letter was forgery.
The Sentinel aud Republican Office is the
place at which TO have sale bills printed.
For sale-A secondhand Golden Tongue
Organ. For particulars call at this office.
The chapel Presbyterians are holding ser
vice every evening this week ct o'clock.
Read Professor Wilson's address as de-
liz cred before the recent Teachers Institute
The old Presbyterian church in Hunting
don has been sold b, the trustees for So 900.
Seven persons were admitted to member
ship in the Licking Crack Lutheran Churc h
last Sabbath.
VIM. A. McClintic, of Bloomfield, Perry
county, has been visiting friends and rela-
tives in this place.
Seventy is the number of bees cattle that
William Banks, of Fermanagh township,
feeds this winter.
The State Editorial Association will meet
at Harrisburg Tuesday, January Is, 1881, at
4 O'Clock P. NJ.
George Jacobs, Jr., has returned from
quite an extensive trip through the oil re-
gions Of this State.
A store-keeper at Aillersburg, Dauphin
county, died of smallpox last week. He
was buried at night.
Our thanks are due J. p. Wickersham for
a copy of his annual report of Soldiers Or
phan Schools for the year 1880.
The Lutheran congregation in this place
hold service in their church every evening
this week at O'Clock.
Rev. E. E. Berry accompanied the funeral
OF Mrs. John Rothrock TO Miiiiin county
last Saturday.
FOR SALE-Five shares Odd Fellows
Hall Association stock. II you wish TO buy,
call al this office.
There has been such an abundance of
snow this winter that the boys are tired of
coasting.
The local politicians are beginning to look
at the coming spring election. Elect good
men.
Michael Secrist, of Maplston, Hunting
don county, died few days ago, aged l02
years.
On Thursday, December q, 1880, John
NJ. Bowman, of the Everett Press, and Mrs.
Bowman enjoyed a silver wedding.
James Chambers, Of Indiana county, re-
manned in town over Sabbath, with dozen
horses, which he is taking east TO sell.
The Millerstown, Perry County, NJ. E.
church has enjoyed protracted meeting.
A number of conversions is the result.
Mrs. Solomon Books. has been quite i'll
during the week just closing. She was
threatened with an attack of pneumonia
There has heen sn open space in the mid
die of the river, below the bridge, all win
ter. The eoldest weather failed to close il.
Robert ii. Patterson, Of Peru Mills, has
been appointed Chief Engineer at the Cap
itel st Harrisburg. A merited appointment.