Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-02-22
SHORT LOCALS.

"A sketch Of the early history of the set.
tiement of Lost Greek Valley will ,nne,,
next issue.
iou ought to see the beautiful Organs W.
Ii. Aikens is selling for Sos.
Inc Lutheran congregation has lost four
OF Its members recently BY death, namely
Mrs Hamiin, Mr.. Conner, Mr.. Jacob Frank
and son.
For Sale-Five shares of Odd Fellows,
Hall Association stock. Call at tb;, office
tds Lewis has saved two members of a
brass band from drowning. The mitigating
feature Is that she didn't know what tbev
were until she had yanked- them out.-Oil
City Derrick.
To every subscriber that is in arrears
more than one year, bill will be sent he.
tween this date and the 2sth day Of Febru:
airy, 1882.
Attend the large sale of Jersey Cows and
hei'ers, Horses and Colts, Sheep, Pigs.
Poultry, &c which John McMeen adyer.
tises. also his farming utensils, on Tuesday.
March IL, 1882, at his residence in Walker
township. Sale to commence at 10 O'CLOCK.
BY having your bills Tor sale of personal
property printed al the Office OF the Senii=
mel and Republican you may obtain a num-
ber of blank promissory notes to be filled
up for purchasers that are entitled to credit
under the terms of sale.
No man, or woman, or child with a
healthy digestion is afflicted with malaria or
typhoid fever. If possible, get your chill
dren to believe that it Is gluttony that i'm
pairs digestion, and that it is impaired di-
gestion that is the source from which spring
most of the diseases that affiict human kind.
4 jocose old fellow declared that his wife
told the truth at least three times a day
Said he - Before rising in the morning she
sars: .0h. dear, must get up, but don't
want to- Alter breakfast she added w ell,
suppose must go TO work, but 1 don't
want to- And she goes to bed saying /:
There. have been on the move ali day
and havn'r done anything '''-Nev York
Post.
Wellington Smith. Superintendent of
Public Instruction, was severely hurt in
Port Royal, last Saturday. He was in the
act of un;ying liis horse, when a man driv-
ing a two-horse team cracked his whip
The crack of the whip caused Mr.. Smiths
horse TO leap forward, throwing his master
to the ground, and bringing the buggy up
with such force upon the body of the ST.
perintendent that he has been quite lame
ever since.
Last Saturday evening FIVE masked men
entered the house of Michael Ulrich and
wife, living about five miles east of Harris
burg, for the purpose of robbery. They
searched the house, and then compelled the
aged couple to accompany them to an un-
occupied house adjoining, and there the
robbers secured about one thousand dollars.
Revoiycfs were held to the heads of Uirich
and wife and they threatened with death if
they did not tell the whereabouts of their
money. The old couple had their money in
a lard stand, kettles, and crooks, and in a
chest. Ulrich's nearest neighbor lived
about 4 hslf mie distant, and there was no
way of srousing him.
Here is the same old startling warn
ing to country people That 80 to the
city and put up at hotel and blow
outthe gas instead of turning It OFF
Thomas J. Durand, 80 years old, a
shoe cutter, residing in Connecticut,
was found dead in his bed on the 10Th
inst, at the Occidental Hotel, New
York city, the result of having blown
out the gas instead of turning it
of upon retiring.
A man from Hazelton, while on his
way to the west, stopped long enough
ut LewisJown on Saturday week to
become so demonstratiye at the rail
road station that he was put to jail.
When in the prison, he kindled fire
with his coat and vest, which raised
such a smoke and stencil that to es-
cape suffocation he put his head in
the opening to the sewer. The un-
fortunate man lived only two hours
after his distressing condition was
discovered. His name was Albert
Dick. He was ON his way to Madi-
son. Wis. His wife took his remains
to Hazleton for intermeDt.
A New York clergyman, in a ser
mon on courtship an,i marriage, saii
he believed that "there is mate for
every one ii they will but wait till the
right one comes along" The female
portion of his congregation who have
passed two score years said they
never heard such nonsense. and that
the man didn't know what he was
talking about If the right one does
not come along till woman reaches
forty, the chances are nine in ten that
he is showed under, or dead, or worse
still. has married the wrong woman.
-.Norritoun Herald