Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-03-29
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Japan and China
Dates at Hackenberger's.
Last Wednesday night was wintry.
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IN the street.
The Duncannon rolling mill is to
rebuilt at once.
Candidates in Snyder county are
being announced
Methodist preachers are fitting
into their new homes.
MIR. Shuman is pushing the repairs
to his hotel IN This place.
An old teacher says that the use of
the rod makes boy smart.
Mr.. Kinzer, of Fayette, has been
selling good hay at SIS per ton.
Thomas q. Parker and wife were
in town last week, visiting friends.
Showers is the only weather proph-
ct that holds out. Vennor has failed.
There will be twenty new houses
built In Lewistown the coming sum-
mer.
A valuable bull, owned by Francis
Hover, in Fermanagh township, died
last week.
An observing christian says, the
country roads are like Jordan, "hard
to travel
The Presbyterian church sociable
met at DR. Elders home on Tues
day evening.
Colonel Dank's lecture was we'll re-
ceived by people that heard it last
Friday evening.
People in Sunbury have a disease
that resembles the horse disease
called '.pink-eyes."
The attendance at the various
churches on Sabbath was large, the
day was a beautiful one.
There was temperance lecture
delivered in the Presbyterian Chapel
on Monday evening.
Selinsgrove. Snyder county, people
have slight belief that coal oil may
be found near that town.
To prevent sheep and rabbits from
gnawing bark of young trees, grease
the bark with tallow.
The wheat and the grass, with the
exception of field here and there,
looks poor enough
Robert Parker and William Rick
enbach have bought the John Emery
house and lot on Water street.
Henry Book. of Walker township,
had an arm hurt by a strap on ma
chinery in his steam mill.
Horses sell at 800 up to 5000 in
this county. A few horses have sold
at higher than the last named.
The cornerstone of the new town
hall in McVeytown will be laid next
4th of July. So they expect
FIRST of April is coming Look
out for stuffed pocket books. and
stuffed old hats on the pavements.
Grasshoppers are hopping about
in the fields in Montgomery county.
So say the papers from down there.
The State Committee of the Green
back party meet in Harrisburg to-day
to fix time to hold State Conven,
ton.
Indiana county Republicans have
expressed preference for Beaver for
Governor, and Brown for Supreme
Judge.
Bears, the past season, gave nc
heed to Tysons traps. He has
caught nothing larger than wild cats
and coons.
The Home Missionary Society o.
the Presbyterian church will meet a
the home of Mrs. Z. D. Parker next
Saturday.
Allison Christy, a native of this
town, but now a citizen of Duluth
while on his way to New York. visit
ed his mother and his sisters in thi:
place.
The quilting mattel" and the "sew
ing society have been ratified out O.
existence by the modern invention o
the sewing machine.
Two dogs, owned by Emery Nc
Cahen, were swept over Zook's dam
in Fermanagh township, few days
ago, and drowned.
Upon consultation with rumbel
of citizens the borough school direc
tors have concluded not to enlarg'
the school house in town
Mrs. Nancy Knisely, of Walker
township, died last Saturday, ageC
about rs years. Interment In Roth
rocks graveyard on Monday last.
Milliners have planted sprins
bonnet in their show window, ant
, now every lady desires to have
spring bonnet planted on her head
One of the distinguished gentle
} men present at the marriage OF Geo
Jacobs, Jr., and Miss Mary North
last Thursday evening, was Mr.. Dern
of the Altoona Tribune.
Major E. L. Christman, of tn
, Washington, Pa, Reporter, has man.
friends who are desirous of seein:
him nominated for the Office of Sec
retary of Internal Affairs.
VIM. Banks, of Fermanagh town
{ chin has 30 Kentucky steers, tina