Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-05-03

oAu uBTaVe-yorQ undel
the hammer of the sheriff.
Many subscribers to the Ssnf,n.
and Republican paid up promptly tb,
past month. There are still a nnm
ber of others in arrears. How man,
OF them will come forward and pay
up this present month.
Newspaper thieves will be inter
ested in the fate Of one of tbei,
brethren who stole a COPY of tn,
Lebanon I'"ses from the doorstep O
! subscriber, Was arrested and paid
SIX dollars for the said paper"
The case in court last week. te
break the will Uf Levi b. Trego, de
ceased, because the will provided
for an unequal Lewiston of the prom
erty of the deceased among his chill
dren, was decided in favor of tn.
will.
A two horse team with iy nets or
passed through town last THURSDAY
morning, the teamster must bay,
made a mistake and put the net.
on the horses believing the nets
to be blankets. 1t however, was his
own business.
Up in Huntingdon county the,
want a new court house, and the
old bridges repaired, and the consid.
Grafton of the two questions have
stirred up the people more than a
little. Blessed are the people whose
wants are few.
George Jacobs Jr., will deliver an
Grafton In the Court House yard on
the afternoon of Decoration day, at
the time of the ceremony of the dec
oration- In the evening ex Judge
Junkin will deliver an Grafton in the
Court House.
The Sacrament of the Lords Sup
per Will be administered in the Pres
byterian chapel next Sabbath. Pre-
paritory service will be commenced
on Friday evening Rev. Mr.. Benaugh
will have assistance on the occasion
from abroad.
Professor Higbee, has informed
Wellington Smith, Superintendent of
Common schools in Juniata, that
school directors are not required to
be qualified under cath, or be affirm
ed when they enter upon the dis
charge of the Office of fSchool director.
Foorman of the Juniata Hotel, is
one of the ''olden time Pennsylvan
Ia hotel keepers, and his register last
week reveals the fact that 302 peo-
pie, made his hotel their stopping
place while in town. Foorman
speaks both German and English,
and understands how to conduct a
county hotel.
The camp meeting at Newton Ham
ilton, and the military encampment
at Lewistown will be in epperation
at one and the same time next Au-
gust The military is the strong
arm of the state, and the religious
congregation whether in a woods or
in house is the strong arm of the
church.
On Monday of last week, the wild
ow of Bushrod Smith, of Shamokin.
aged 81 years, cried out, MY God!
what is coming over mel send for
my mother quick" She was taken
to her home, and medical aid sum
but never spoke again, and
soon expired.
There are spots in wneat fields
where there is scarcely any wheat
growing, there are other places in
the same fields where the wheat is
large and thrifty in appearance, but
taken all in all, the crop cannot be
large one, even should the weather
be favorable from this to harvest
time.
The show business promises to be
overdone this summer, if about 40
circuses can over do it, as that is
about the number OF shows travelling.
There are however, about 50,000.000
people in the Republic, and in that
there are many that love
play once in awhile, and some as Of
ten as they can see show.
A Philadelphia paper of the date,
April 26, 1882, said; Mrs. Sarah
Holstein, widow of the late Major
Matthias Holstein, died at her home
in Norristown on Sunday, in the
ninety-tirst year of her age. One of
her last requests was to the effect
that none of her female relatives
should be allowed to attend her fun
eral She will be buried to day in
with her singular request.
Last Wednesday, John Heck was
a Texas pony. The pony
wound up the drive by hanging the
buggy on post alongside of Wesh-
ington street. The collision with the
post brought the buggy to such a
sudden halt that Heck was thrown
forward over the dashboard to the
ground; the pony however did not
stop till it reached the Kerchner
farm in Walker township.
A new feature in the temperance
question has revealed itself the pres
ent season in many counties of the
It is the active part
that women take in demonstrating
against the granting of license to sell
intoxicating drink. Juniata county
is no exception. the women move
ment manifested itself at the late
court, when over a half hundred Ia
dies sent up their names to remon-
strate against the granting OF license.
A man evidently a cattle drover,
who had papers on his person bea:-
ing the name of C. L. Walmsley, was
found on the morning of the 25th OF
April, lying in a horribly mansled
condition near the track of the
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad, above the