Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-05-11

Tue ALTOONA 1rSoSnk remarks: People
may say what they please, but there Is luck
In horseshoes. a wonsn nailed one Ut
against the woodshed mouth ago, and Las,
week her husband eloped with the hired girl
The man bad not earned q cent far more
than two yeasa.
The executive or,nirtee Of the J. V.
Printers Association will meet in Ncvey.
town, Saturday, Nay IA, at 1880 g.. M, fol
the purpose or organizing and transactins
important business relative TO the annual
excursion. Every member is urged to b,
present at this meeting"
Nancy Heller, sg-d about IL years, dsuzh
ter of Benesille Heller, Of Fermsnsgh twp,
was seized by severe cough on Tuesday
night, the Ord inst. All efforts to break OF
abate the cough failed, and the child con.
tinued coughing for several hours when she
died. Internent in Union Cemetery on
Thursday, the 9th inst
The Selinsgrove Times of last week says
Samuel Meyer, Of Centre township, died
suddenly in the field while plowing. Geo.
Kline, his son-in-law, was plowing in the
next field, and seeing Mr.. Meyers horses
standing Idle long time be sent to see
the cause of it, and found Mr.. Meyer lying
on his back in the furro~ dead, with his
left hand upon his heart.
II is a well-known fact that Col. William
Bell is agent for almost all kinds of Agri.
cultural Implements and Machines. He has,
to supply a want, become agent for the In.
vincible Vibrator Separator Threshing Ma
chine. See sdvertiserrient elsewhere in these
columns. Experienced thresher men in Ju-
niata county have seen it working and can
! youch for its effective or thorough work.
A petition was circulated in town las;
week for signers, that request Post Master
General James to appoint DR.. Rogers Post
Master in this place. 1t is said that the i'm.
mediate cause for the petition for q new
Post Master Is found in the fact that the
present Post Master voted fer q Democrat
instead of for Republican in the late con-
vention for the election of Superintendent
Of Common Schools.
The many friends of Col. George r. Nc
Farland will rejoice to learn that the Colo
neps health is Improving. During the past
month he has suffered severely from his
woiinded leg. Last week DR.. Lucien Banks
lsnced the limb below the knee-ioint; about
two quarts of pus was discharged from the
limb. The Colonel's eilment comes from
wounds received at the battle Of Gettys-
burg.
District Attorney Jacobs has already re-
ceived the names of some three hundred
citizens, demonstrating against the building
OF county bridge across the river at this
place. How many hundred more names
will be sent in between this time and the
time when they can be presented in remOn-
STRANGE can only be conjectured, but the
probability is that many more will bo sent
in.
For tie town man that owns horse and
buggy and drives to the country there is no
business or profit in the drive for him, ex-
cepting in the renewal of energy for his
work in office, shop, or store. The cour-
tryman that owns horse and buggy and
drives to town finds business and profit a.
well as recreation in the drive, in this, that
in the drive he carries with him products of
the farm, butter, eggs and other things tc
market.
An exchange says: A gentleman who
has had long experience in raising tobacco,
gives the following account of his manner
of keeping rid of the worms which make
such fearful inroads upon the growing
plants. He says he has number OF artif-
cial jimson Aowers made in tin and stuck
upon poles in different parts of The tobacco
fields. He bats the flowers with sugar and
arsenic and the tobacco fy will eat it and
fall close by. He says few of these doses
saves the labor Ct two hands in an ordinSy
crop.
On Thursday a man named Zeigler was
errested in this place, by woman fron, AL
toona, that claimed to be his wife, for sife
desertion. Zeigier was lodged in Jail. If
there was aH enlargement. between the
couple, the trouble was sufficiently settled
so as to permit the woman to lodge with her
husband as visitor or caller on Thursday
night. Their difficulty was about harmon
lied, when Chief of Police Powell, of Al
toona, put in an appearance on Friday morn
ing, and re-arrested Zeigler, and took him
to Altoona on charge of having obtained
goods under false pretence.
A journalist whe has been giving atten-
ton to the predictions of people that fore
tell coming events, says: Among the pre-
be visited, is that of Norman Lockyer, the
astronomer, who claims TO have ascertained
that some time the moon will get out Of
balance and pay the earth sudden aud uu-
welcome visit. He has not figured ont the
exact time of the occurrence, but will prob
ably give us time in which to prepare a
national reception to the man in the moon
that We have so long gazed on in wonder.
He took her little hand in bis
She turned away TO blush.
He gently said " Ny darling, don't
You love the erening hush
The darkening shadows in the glen,
The red suns dying flush l''
"Oh! George" she murmured, soft and loa,
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