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

vile.
The oldest printer in the Juniata
Valley, is aged 80 years, and lives in
Lewistown- His name is Major W. |
2. Elliot.
A Pittsburg man is experimenting
in making glass blocks, with the idea
of inyenting a way to the building of
glass houses
1t is reported, that the proposed
railroad, which will run through the
western end of Junlata Co., is to have
two tracks.
One of the murderers of the Kintz-
Ter family, Uriah Meyer, will be
hanged at Middleburg, Snyder Co.,
on February 18th.
Last week q couple of men, in
Reading, were arrested, charged with
selling, into the market, some hogs.
bitten by mad dog.
4 frog was found hopping around
in the snow, IN Blair Co., last week.
A man named William Walls, found
it, by its tracks in the snow.
4 large number of the Academy
scholars, took a sled ride to McAlis-
terville on Monday evening, and par
took of supper at Sharons hotel.
Three young men of Reading, last
week tlespassed on an ice pond and
were fined $50, each, for injuring the
ice, so says the Bloomfield Advocate.
The Franklin Co, Repository,
have in their Office pistol, used
by John Yonger- of the Jesse James
gang Many people call to see the
weapon.
Miss Sallie Hawk, has bought
John Monahan's house and lot in
this borough, and Mr.. Monahan has
bought the ParviD house and lot in
Patterson.
"A dangerous counterfeit quarter
dollar, OF the date of 1878, is said to
be in circulation. They are plated
with silver, and the edge or milling
is imperfect"
Howard Z. Butz, has purchased
the Globe printing Office, of Hunting
don, formerly owned by Mr. Tyhurst,
now deceased Mr.. Butt, paid
S3, $50 for the Office.
J.F. Smith, created havoc among
the beeves and hogs Of his neighbors
in Fayette township the past butch
ering season. Having butchered II
beoves and 81 hogs.
According to Information, given by
exchange papers, the preachers,
everywhere, are directing vigorous
blows at the dancers within the res
pective congregations.
~ fourteen year old boy of Cham
bersburg on Tuesday placed pound
of powder in a bottle and then went
too close to a stove. The doctor is
now attending the lad.
Governor Hoyt's son, Henry Hoyt,
it is reported VIII be married to
Mss Mc1IichaeI, daughter of the
editor of the North American, of
Philadelphia, on January 81, 1888.
Lieutenant Dannehower one of the
survivors Of the ship Jenneatte, has
distributed seed Of the Artic pines
among West Chester nurserymen
from which they viii attempt TO raise
trees.
4 petition in favor OF submitting
tie question Of the liquor traffic to n
popular vote CT the people, has been
signed by many citizens of this place,
and Will be this week sent to the
Legislature
Several days ago, on account of
cold weather, railroad switchmen,
had a coal fire built on the ground,
along the railroad, north of Patter-
son, To keep themselves warm, while
attending to the switches.
The long evenings are at hand,
subscribe for the Sentinel and Repubit-
can a pleasant newspaper companion
full of news and information that viii
do you and family good during the
winter nights and days TO come.
On Monday night a week a car in
an eastward bound freight train
broke en- axle at Anderson station IN
Miff1in county, causing six cars to be
wrecked, tearing up the track for
over 4 hundred yards. No one was
hurt.
Spelling matches seem to have
broken ont il earnest IN the county.
! There WAS one at Mt. Pleasant on
Tuesday evening, at Cuba on Thurs
day night, and one at Reno,s school
house on Friday night
TIE Pottsville Miners Journal has
o nice kettle OF fish to look after IN
the shape of & suit for libel against a
Air. Neck who last summer went on
q trip west. The journal minated
that he had eloped with an other
mans wife.
There was a spelling match at Re
nos school house last Friday night,
after the spelling match, the school
held an entertainment, which con-
sisted of declamations, select read
ing, music and the the reading of
the Renoville Eagle, by the editor
Our friends who are indebted for
two or more years subscription to
the Sentinel and Republican are earn
estly requested TO make payment
without delay We have names on
on our mailing list, who owe us for
eight and some over ten years"
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