Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-01-03
Locals.

| locals.
Th ere is report abroad, that Eu
rope will need 200,000,000 bushels
Of wheat before their next harvest.
There was q carnival of murder
and all manner Of outrages during
the holidays within the limits of the
Republic. The holidays bring mirtt
and happiness to many, to many they
bring sorrow and shame.
Annie Showers, q child aged IL
years, fell from the overhead of he,
fathers barn in Milford township
and broke both bones in left fore
arm. DR.. Banks rendered the prop
or surgical attention. The accident
took place on the 9th of last Decem-
Der.
Over in Northumberland county,
ON the night after Christmas, mar
ried man, Mosely behsved unbecom
ingly toward a Mics Powell hel
brother was present, and he demand
ed that Mosely's attentions cease.
For his interference Mosely, drew q
knife, and stabbed him to the heart.
Thomas B. Coder, who some weeks
ago broke a leg, by a fall on path,
in Patterson, died about noon on the
23rd of December last. Interment ID
Union Cemetery on Christmas. He
was about "A years of aye. He was
the Oldest living member of one of
the Odd Fellow orders in this town
Last Thursday morning, Jacob
Garner a prominent farmer, aged
about 80 years, committed suicide by
hanging himself with rope in his
barn. near Reinhold's Station. Ian
caster county He had twice before
attempted suicide. Dependency
and alteration Of mind Was the cause.
He leaves wife, but no children.
The Christmas entertainment, in
each of the churches, in this place,
on Christmas evening, came up to
the highest expectation. 1t is ques-
ton, as to whether there is another
town of the size of Miffiintown, with
in the limits of the Commonwealth,
that can on any such occasion, fill 3
large churches, with men women and
children.
Annie Z Sehweier, reci.ed from
memory, to her teacher Miss Laura
Hamiin, the New Testament book of
Mark, and the Titles. and the Golden
Text of the Sabbath School Lessons
for the year 1882. In appreciation o:
which fact, the Presbytrian Sabbath
School, presented to her. copy
of the Teachers edition of the Holy
Bible, on Christmas evening, Decem-
Der q, 1882.
The general sense of the people,
on the question of civil service, is n
desire for honest, sober men, for the
Offices. They would not make the
requirements of: "how many coloTs
there are in the rain bow, or how
many Red rivers are there in the
county, and so forth, the standard
of admission. A life tenure in office
generally speaking is abhored by the
people
The following is stated to be a
nearly correct rule for measuring
corn in cribs: Having ieveled the
corn in the crib. measure the length
breadth and depth, and multiply
them together, and deduct from the
product one fifth, and you hsvo the
number of bushels in the ear: fol
shelled corn take the one-half of this
To be strictly correct add haif bush
el for every one hundred.
David lines, a colored citizen O
Tuscarora valley, was in town, some
days ago, attending to business. Hc
is well preserved man of G3 years
and has been one Of the most pros
porous men in the valley. He has {
number OF sons and has succ&de6
in purchasing a farm for each anC
every one Of them. He is credit t.
his race, and substantial citizen, fol
the community in which he lives.
Tho tone of the Legislature vii
not be improved when Dukes th'
member from Uniontown reache
that body, if he ever does. 1t il
highly probable that society wouic
!, DO benefited if he were to be huni
to- morrow. The world is not i'm
proved in morals by having men liv
in it that betray young ladies, an'
when demonstrated with by parent
/ write insulting letters, and conclud
, the transaction bv shooting the faith
er IS Dukes did Mutt. There NIGH
have been some reason in the cas-
! If Mutt had shot Dukes for visiting
his daughter for the purpose that i
IS said that he visited her. Perhap
the better way is not to be positiv
as to the merits of the case till a
the evidence has been heard. Th
case as it stands now before the pull
lie is. clear only in one thing, an
A that is that Dukes shot and kille
!, Mutt. A later report says that Mis-
Mutt declares the reports concernin
: herself in connection with the cas-
: TO be untrue.
Ths; ensures digestion and enjoyment
food a tonic that brings strength to Il
weak and rest TO the neryouse harmle
: diarrhHa cure that don't constipate-ju
. what every family needs-Parker's Cling
= Tonic.
I 4 singular sale and transfer of
wife by her husband with her fu
consent has been discovered IN Stok.
d county, Mass. Alfred Jenkins,
II farmer, sold his wife to neighbo
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