Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-01-17

this county, has been made the d.
D. Grand Master, to look over the |
Masonic Lodges, in Juniata, Perry,
and A1iffiin counties
The Pennsylvania R. r. c., notify |
people, who desire to have baggage
checked, that they must have it done
five minutes before train departure,
or it may not be checked at all, be-
cause of insufficient time.
The saw mill in Pine Swamp Fay
cite twp, run by a man named
Ulsh turns out thousands of feet OF
lumber per day. The lumber is haul
ed to this place to be CARED on the
railroad.
Warrants were issued last week,
for the arrest of "a boys, for skating
on an ice pond, near Altoona. Twelve
boys of the a were arrested, but
were let off after paying the costs.
The man that had them arrested de-
sires che ice for family purposes, and
does not want tobacco juice aud dirt
on the ice.
THE Pigeon Greek Presbyterian
church, ten miles from Pittsburg,
last Sunday a week expelled ~
members from the church for dane
ing. Twelve confessed their fault
aud were reinstated. The ministers
daughter is included in the number
of unrepentent, and was considered
the best dancer"
On last Friday evening, two men
had a barrel and a torch in Patterson.
They had a box on the barrel, in
which little pieces Of soap wrapped up
IN paper, each contained $500 bill.
They wanted people to buy three
pieces of soap for Scots and run the
risk Of getting three five dollar bills,
with the soap. They said well TOOL
you if We can. People didn't bite,
and the plan did not work, for the
reason that great many persons III
this place, were sold by the same
kind Of tricks during the stay of a
circus last spring in this place. Cir
cuses after all seem to be a good
thing in making people wiser,
An exchange says The secretary
of the treasury mas authorized the
coinage of a tlve cent nickel piece of
& pew design, which is considered as
being more in compliance with the
Law as regards weight and inscrip
tions than the present fve-cent nick
el piece. The new coin weighs one
millimetre more than the present
coin, and is a little larger and thin
ner. On the face of the new coin, Is
female head surmounted with a
fillet upon which is inscribed the
word Liberty the whole being sur
rounded by thirteen stars. The re-
verse side contains a wreath sur
rounding a Roman numeral repre-
sentiDg the denomination of tho coin
A lady contributor sends the fol-
lowing to the New York evening
Post; l wish to give my experience
in poultry raising. bought % com
mon hens and 2 Plymouth Rock
roosteers. My hens were young and
healthy and good layers, because we'll
fed. About the 1st of March my
brother came to visit me and made
me an incubator, that held 240 eggs.
The materials cost S6, and it took
him two days to mako it. Between
liarch 1st and July ist l hatched 5
incubators, full of chickens, or 96S
chicks in all. L sold them, when
they were about three months old,
at The hotels in some villages near
10y. The first16 dozen chicks brought
ne 500, or S6.25 per dozen; the
next 16 dozen L got $50 for, or So
per dozen. The next 16 dozen brought
] S72 and the remaining twenty-seven
dozen 1 got S8I for. Total, 1888.
1 paid for feed S4725, leaving me
for my labor S2S5.75, and this with
out any capital at all to start on.
An incubator is easy to manage and
takes but little time, one hour a day
being sufficient. You can hatch all
the the fertile eggs, and YOU can hatch
them early, before you can get hens
to sit. l have now five incubators
made and expect to raise 5000 chicks
next year, and l know I can clear so
cents on each chicken L only have q
small house and lot; but gyou need
but little room when you sell them
so young. This is work that any
woman, though in feeble health can
do. In fact, 1t is only good exercise
and it Is very profitable. 1 know
there are thousands of poor people
who would turn their attention TO
poultry raising, if they only knew
how much money they could make
at it. l hope that many Of your rea-
dera, who are ont of employment VIII
try The poultry business and report
their success.
The inundations in Germany and
Austria have assumed the character
of great public catastrophe. At
Vienna all traces of the quays and
banks are lost and Presburg is mum
dated. At Frankenthal. Bavaria.
5000 persons have abandoned their
homes. A part Of North Brabant is
submerged, hundreds being driven
forth. At Ludwigshafen, where the
great Rhine dam gave way, 1900 per
sons are homeless. The plain be-
tween AEannhoimand Worms is flood
ed, 1000 people being here driven
forth. The Rhine, however, is be
ginning to fall.
A gentleman, who had been in
Austin only three days, but who had
been paying attention TO prominent
Austin belle, wanted to propose, but
was afraid he world ba thnuorb+ 100