Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-07-19
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The merry harvest is over.
Plenty Of moon this month.
Mithintown people are early MS
ers.
The Cleariield region strike, is at
an end.
A copious rain fell last Wednes-
day night.
The growing corn looks strong
and green.
Eat watermellons to cure summer
complaint.
A number of citizens are of to
Gettysburg.
Snakes and snake stories are scarce
this summer.
Potatoes and cabbage will be
plenty this year.
Scarcely any country people came
to town, last week.
Lewistown people are fixing up
for the encampment.
Camp meeting begins at Newton
Hamilton August Is.
Machine grain binders are gradu
ally coming into use.
Col. Burchfield, from Altoona was
in town over Sabbath.
Pic MICS are raging; there were
three out from town last week.
Send 40cts and secure the Sentinel
and Republican for the campaign.
A deposit of roofing slate has
been discovered III Miffiin county.
The railroad company now examine
some OF its men on sight and sound.
The English sparrow, drives away
the blue bird and other native birds.
Bloomfield Perry county, people
have organized a Dancing Associa-
ton.
The boys in town have been prae-
ticing at making the hangman's
moose.
Shroln of the Newport Ledger has
been to Altoona to obtain relief from
malaria.
Exchanges mention how plenty
caterpillars are in their respective
localities.
Advertise in the Sentinel and Re
publican, it has large and growing
circulation.
The editor of the Huntingdon
Globe is suffering from hemorrhage
of the lungs.
A couple OF colored minstrals gave
an open air concert, on Mann street
Il few days ago.
The three hotels in Bloomfield
Perry county were burglarized one
night not long ago.
The Juniata Valley Medical society
expects to meet at Cresson ON the
18th of this month.
Teachers OF the Presbyterian Sab
bath school held picnic at Mace
donia, last Thursday.
All young people that pic mic at
Macedonia, climb the large conglom-
crate rock at the falls.
1t Is numerous tohear the political
summer settlers urge upon people to
stick to their party.
A festival was held in the Odd
Fellows Hail, last Thursday, Friday,
and Saturday evenings.
Banks has battery, with which he
sometimes shocks his friends, when
they call at the drug store.
The army worm came to late in
Montgomery and Berks counties to
do much harm to the crops.
Leonard Keiser, a Liverpool man,
caught a pound salmon Ill the Sus-
quehannah, few days. ago.
The English Sparrow is destruc-
tive to wheat, by AUD by, premium
will be paid Tor their scalps.
Miss Crawford, and Miss Knox,
both of Plttsburg, are visiting Mrs.
Caroline Adams III Walker township
/ All IeWistown extend their con-
gratulations to General L. +. Mccoy
rs the father of twins, just arrived.
Bedford county proposed to keep
her own insane people, and to that
end has erected Il building for the
insane, on the poor house farm
Franklin Weirick, SO long editor
and proprietor of the Sei'ngsgrore
Times has sold the paper to L. Ben
ton Ulrieh, of Selingssroye.
An exchange says: there is small
bug that has made its appearance
and declared war on the potato bugs,
literally tearing them to pieces
Two cows owned by James Barton,
of Beale townshis ate wild cherry
leaves, few days ago, and died
from the effects OF the Diet
The Series of articles, under the
title of "a Scrap OF History from
Susquehanpa township, by Rev. 5
G. Dressler will be resumed i'll next
issue.
The police force of Lewistown
will be increased to the number OF
20 men for the encampment days,
and nights.
The East Salem Union Sabbath
School, Will hold a Sabbath School
convention at East Salem, Oh Tues
day July 18th
A Lewistown man caught a 19l
pounds swapping turtle IN the rivel
IA few days ago. at the mouth OF
Granville run.
A Lewistown woman attempted
suicide by drowning, but her life was
saved by her neighhors pulling hei
out Of the canal.
David Murphy, a native Of this
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