Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-03-29
SHORT LOCALy.


siding near Hawn's mill in Milford
township, died last Saturday. Inter
ment in the Mennonite graveyard in
Lost Greek Valley on Monday.
Mrs. Beshore, widow of Hon. Da-
vid Beshore, deceased, is living dan
gerously i'll with pneumonia at the
home OF her daughter, near McAis-
terville, to which place she went on
visit.
VIM. Hetrick & Co. will sell all
kinds of store goods at auction sale
at their store in Mexico, April 3.
1882 Sale to be continued every
day and evening till the stock has all
been sold.
The Methodist Conference, that
met at Lock Haven, made the follow
ing appointments for Juniata county:
Miffiin.own, Rev. Martin L. Smith
Port Royal, Rev. H. NJ. Ash; Thomp-
sontown, Rev. Frederick Rogerson.
The timely discovery of fire in
the roof of the house of Isaac Dep
pen in Walker township, one day last
week, saved the building from de-
struction. The fire in the roof was
started by a spark from chimney in
the house.
Whenever a lawyer becomes a can
didate for an office, and goes from
home, he is always attending to some
legal case and does not know thing
about the situation. There are law
yers playing that joke now in Penn
sylvania-
A number of the wags of the vii
lage sent to Philadelphia for oleo-
margarine butter, to test the ability
of butter expert. The expert could
not tell the oleomargarine butter
from the genuine butter, such rs is
made from the mix of the COW.
The women should say something
about tic man that wrote the follow
ing A woman may not be able to
sharpen pencil or throw stone ut
a hen, but she can pack more articles
into trunk that a man can into a
one horse wagon.
The Harrisburg Patriot, of the 18th
says that an up town man has been
held for court to answer the charge
of selling diseased meat in the mar
ket. At hearing it was shown that
COW had died and, at the owners
request, the animal was dressed and
the meat sold in the market.
Allen Rathfon died at his home in
Richfeld few days ago. He was
aged II years Deceased was for
some time last summer in the employ
of Mr. Weidman of AIiffiintown. He
was a young man of promise, and
died respected by all who knew him.
Cause of death, typhoid fever.
Tax payers in Center county will
hold county convention April 2lst,
to organize with the view of having
the county and township taxes re-
duced. They maintain that some
parties are pulling the wires for
spoils, and making them pay too
much tax.
John Querry, aged Q years, son Of
Jacob Query, residing at Manyunk
station, Mililin county, WAS run over
By the cars and had both legs crushed
at the knees. Dr.. Banks was called,
but the lad WAS SO severely shocked
and iniured that reaction did not take
place, and ampuiation could not be
performed. The lad died about seven
hours after the accident occurred.
The boy was in the act of carrying
an armful of wood across the rail
road and got in the way of freight
car. The accident happened last
Friday.
On Sunday passenger jumped OF
fast train as it passed Lewistown.
, He jumped in the opposite direction
from that in which the train was run
ming. Result-he rolled under ths
wheels of the cars and was killed
{ His name was Wildman; he was from
t Snyder county.
On Saturday man was killed in the
same way by jumping of a passen
ger train ON the Lehigh Valley Rail
road. Men should not leap into the
jaws of death.