Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-01-05
SHORTLOCHLS.

, Rent.
). Go to prayers.
$ The new leaf has been turned.
Post-office officials are to be uniformed.
The deepest snow fell on Christmas night
An adjourned court was held last Wed
, nesday.
The Democracy in New York city are a
l dagger's points, among themselves.
The thermometer stood at degrees belo,
zero on the first day of the new year.
John W. Forney says that he has gon
back TO the Democratic party TO stay.
The speculative lite insurance business j
on boom in this section of the county.
The Lutheran Sabbath-school held thei
holiday festival on New Years evening.
For Sale-A secondhand Golden Tongu,
Organ. For particulars call at this office.
Thermometers in town ranged from to /
degrees below zero, on Thursday morning
The old year was closed, in the Cour
House corridors, by the Band indulging in
cake walk.
FOR SALE-Five shares Odd Fellows
Hall Association stock. If you wish to buy
call al this office.
Man luvs change so well that he had rather
win fifty cents than earn two dollars regu-
lar.-Josh Billings.
Miss Holobaugh figured as Santa Claus.
in the festival in the Methodist church on
the night before Christmas.
Mrs. De-Huff, and Mrs. Kaufman, of Pat
/ terson, each, received Sili from the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Engineers.
John Rnoch McCrGm and Mrs. NcCrum
celebrated their silver wedding at their home
in Milford township, on Christmas day.
Samuel B. Ricsenbach is paying the high
est prices for calves. Leave word at Muir
rays hotel, Mlfiiintown. 2t
John Kaufman, brakeman on freight
train, fell off the train last Wednesday near
Spruce Greek, and was killed. He W., a
resident OF Perry county,
Christmas, when it comes on Saturday, is
said TO be unlucky. In the summer that
follows, it is said that The fields, the vine,
aud the tree will yield spiringly.
The jury wheel was filed last wednes-
day. A large numbsr OF names remained
in the wheel that were put in one year ago.
/ They were taken out and burned.
! The late holidays We're prolific in criT:e of
all kinds This community, however, es-
capped the carnival of domestic and public
rows, for which it should be duly thankful.
"Tbe Bethlehem Times charges the re-
cent lynching in the vicinity of that town
10 the lax manner in which criminal prose-
cutions are conducted and the ease with
murderers escape"
If you failed to see the eclipse on the sun
last Friday morning, you failed to see what
canrot be seen again until in 1900, and then
you will have to go so far south as to the
Carolinas, or Virginia.
The thermometer on Friday morning va
ried from II TO Is degrees below zero, but
the cold did not prevent a number of per-
sons from going out with smoked glass at
sunrise TO see the eclipse.
Farmers viii find it profitable to use Whit
mans Corn and Cob Mill. Col. Bell, of this
place, has the agency for selling them in Ju-
niata county, and is prepared to supply
farmers. [oct21 -2m.
"Don't you forget it - the animal game
that you may shoot now, are skunks, foxes,
wild cats, weasels, bears and musk-rats.
The cold, aud the snow viii likely shorten
the rabbit and turkey crop for next year.
Jacob @. SNYDER, a citizen of this bor-
ough, received a dispatch from Little Falls,
Minnesota, stating that his son, William
Snyder, had died on the 2Sth day OF De-
cember last, OF Pneumonia. He was aged
% years.
Members of the Licking Creek Lutheran
church came forward with all kinds OF good
things. on the last day of the year 1880,
and presented them to their pastor, Rev.
Mr. Berry, to square up back salary for the
year 1879.
60 The astronomers have promised us four
eclipses during 1881, two of the sun and
two of the moon. Two of these phenome-
ma partial eclipse of the sun on May llth,
and a t6tal eclipse of the moon on June IL
l2th-wil be visible in North America"
Hauck's Fodder Cutter aud Grinder is the
best machine in use for that purpose. Col.
Wm. Bell has the agency for selling them in
Juniata county, and is prepared to supply
all farmers who want that most useful, prof.
liable and economical machine.
Oct. 27-2m
Sam Albright, the man who murdered a
man named Miller in Perry county, is in
California A Perry county man, who re-
turned from that State, says that Albright is
leading dissolute life. Whose body was
it that was buried as the body of Albright
shortly after the murder :
A Literary Society was organized at
Kelly's school house, Milford township, on
Tuesday evening, December IS. The fol-
lowing officers were elected for term of
six weeks: President, II. r. Stewart, Vice
President, ". N. Sterrett; Secretaries,
Eta Ernest and Ella Waldsmith, Treasur-
er, John Allen. Eighteen members were
enrolled. A temporary programme was dis
posed of. The prospects are encouraging.
The Society will meet hereafter every We'd
nesday evening.