Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-03-08
SHORT LOCALS.

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Good Friday will be the next lepal
holiday.
Gardeners looked up their seeds
last week.
The roads are reported as in a bad
condition.
l. D. Musser has been quite sick
the past week
Resumed-Many that swore off on
New Years day.
The preachers in the United States
number 1900.
Many people in Walker township
have the numps.
The wild geese are on the wing.
going northward. "
Frank Noble is preparing to build
a stable on his lot.
Young ladies in Sehnsgrove have
carpet rag parties
Cows and horses sell at good
prices at the sales.
Young America has been scooping
and hooking suckers.
Fresh shad can be ordered from
dealers in this place
Horses bring good prices this
spring. Cows, ditto.
A number of cases of spring fever
have been announced.
A complete assortment of furni-
ture is kept by Snyder.
Plow shares of all kinds made at
the Mifilintown Foundry.
Rev. John c. Laird was in town
among his friends last week.
The ladies are pleased that the
river bridge has been swept.
A full line of Cooking Stoves at
McClintics, Odd Fellows Hall.
John Tyson sold his wild cat to
Martin Leonard of Harrisburg.
A hermit lives on the side of a
mountain in Huntingdon county.
Catholics are about to build an
other Catholic church in Altoona.
Subscribe for the Sentinel and Re
publican and thereby get a newspaper.
Miss Kate Leib, who lives with her
mother on Third street, is in poor
health.
Harry Stone is learning Telegraphy
in the railroad telegraph Office in
Patterson.
Farmers in Huntingdon county
post the tramp law on the doors Of
their barns.
A thunder shower awoke the in.
habitants of the town last Thursday
at midnight.
NJ. I. Zellers, a young man from
this county, is learning Telegraphy
at Oberlin, Ohio.
Mount JOY plows, and plow shares
for sale at the Miffiintown Foundry
Good corn planter at $500.
The foundation is being dug fol
the house of the Misses Adams, on
Washington street.
Presbytery has approved of Rev
Hollifelds resignation of the Hunt
ingdon congregation
The Democracy are in muddle as
to what shall be the platform to run
their candidates on.
Jonathan Meyer will be hung in
Middieburg, Snyder county, on the
oath day of this month.
John Burchfield, citizen living in
this borough, has been quite sick the
past few weeks with cold.
The Chambersburg Repository says
that ''Pink-eyes" is spreading rapidly
among horses in Franklin county.
The weather prophets are in con
flict as to how March may end. Thus
far the month has been a surprise to
all.
Graybill has been doing a lively
business, selling furniture, lately. L
you need carpet or furniture, call al
his place.
John Motter, Of Harrisburg, tool
a car load of heavy weight horses
away from this place by rail on Sat
urday.
Everything in the Tinware line al
very reasonable prices at McClintic' S
Odd Fellows Hall.
There is no word from the Literary
societies this year. A few season:
ago literary societies hourished Wig
orously III Juniata-
Col. Mcclure. of the Philadelphia
Times, lectured on Tuesday evening
in the Lutheran church in Yeager
town, Mifflin county.
Auditor General John A. Lemol
was kind enough to send us a cop,
of his annual report for 1881, fo
which we return thanks.
Many farmers SOW cloverseed il
the ''down sign many others SOW
whenever they consider the grounC
to be in ''the right condition.
Holman of the Miff1intown Foun
dry is agent for the Wizard chilled
plow. Call.
| C. B. Horning and G. ". Smitl
are actively engaged at wood-cuttins
and railroad tie making. They hav'
had a number of wood-choppers a
work all winter.
Joseph Brindle. contractor an,
builder, says that there arenot enougl
brick to build house with, for sale
within a circle of 100 miles of Mil
fiintown.
Ex-Representative Abraham Rob
rer and son were in town on Satur
day. The son was on his return tri
to Colorado, of which far-away coun
try he has been citizen the past fiv