Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-09-03
SHORT LOCALS.
The town schools opened on Monday.

Samuel Robinson, will soon be off to An
napolis Naval school.
(. S. Parker and family spent a few davs
at Peru within the past ten days.
Harry Holman will attend dental col.
iege in Philadelphia the coming winter.
The i'll bred father and mother may be
told by the impudence of their children.
John Kepner caught 8. pound bass in
the river at the head of the island on Fri
day.
Superintendent Auman has closed III q
public examinations for the common
schools.
The Maine election will take place on the
sth of September. The State will 90 Re.
publican
The Democratic convention of Perry
county, instructed conferees to vote for J.
c. McAlister for Congress.
Tie reunion to take place at Port ROYAL
will be largely attended if the weather
proves itself to be propitious.
1t is the tailor that makes the dude, for
evidence look at his pants. The dude will
take to wider points in the near future
John Kepner, of Chester, is visiting his
mother in this place and taking recreation.
His trips to the river are hard on the bass.
/ VIM. Crawford who has had a situation
IN the government printing office at Wash
ington came home last W ednesday morning
sick.
The LewiStown picnicers came to Mace
donia in boat last thursday. Miffiintown
picnicers went to the same place in bug
gies.
Ac ting Secretary of the Treasury, has is
sued a call for ten million three per cent
bonds that mature on the 3Oth day of Sep
tember.
Jacob Kurtz, of Delaware township, has
a number of pewter plates that his first
American ancestor brought from Germany
in l747.
""he Huntingdon Globe says, Ten 5eeves
eight sheep and two calves, were req Tired
TO supply the Juniata camp meeting peo-
pie with meat.
! NoTIcE-An persons are hereby notified,
not TO tresspass upon the orchard OF the
undersigned in Tuscarora township.
ALEXANDER MCKINLEY.
On Saturday, Mr.. Charles Corkin, of er-
ioho Mills, shot cOpperhead snake that
had fourteen young snakes about eight
inches long in her.
The high morality people that have con-
cluded to accept Cleveland, are excusing
themselves under the exclamation. "We
forgive, 60 sin no more"
Some days ago lightning destroyed the
barn OF VIM. A. Meyers, in Rye township,
Perry county. Loss 500. There was
some insurance on the building.
! 1t is asked, ''what is the war betw cen
: France and China about l'' In sentence,
! France wants piece of Chinese territory,
and the profits OF trade with the chinese
people.
/ An Oriental Young man travels from
farm to farm in the eastern part of this
county, shoeing horses and doing other
kinds of work that belong to the trade of
blacksmith.
! Vigorous health is mans finest estate.
| Ii weak and ncrvou5, send for circular and
free trial package of Past;Iles-a radical
cure. Harris Remedy Co., ST. Louis, No.
Sep. S-S4.
The man that will take butcher knife to
a camp meeting TO stab people with COM
mits otiense against society generally,
and should be sent through the court by
| speedy trial TO be hung.
SHOW fast your hair rs coming out, " said
Yeast TO Crimsonbeak the other day; ssdo
you use anything on it 20 '.No," vas the
! injured mans soft reply; ''but my wife
does. ."-Yonkers Statesman
While the French have been successful
against the Chinese In a naval fight, they
have been dreadfully beaten in battle on
land, in Tonquin. The French army is re-
ported to have been almost annihilated.
The finest fertilizing drill in the market
can be had from Kennedy & Doty for $50.
They also keep constantly on hand Amino
mated Phosphate, Dissolved Bope and Pure
Raw Bone. July - 1884, If.
Lawyers, Mccoy, Woods, Read, Mckee,
Utley and Elder were here last Friday, TO
attend the Sherif's sale of the Graham
tract at the foot of the Narrows. They
constitute a heavy percentage Of the Lew
istown bar.
A numter of farmers at the Grange pic
nc at williams Grove were pleased with
the manner in which steam engine drew
six plows around field. They say the
plowing was done as evenly as it can be
done by hand.
Lumberman Richards who was adelegate
to the late Democratic county convention,
expressed the belief while in town, that the
disturbance that took place at his saw milf
at Shade mountain was not caused by me n
in his employment.
ssThe Harrisburg residence Of Simon Cam
eron was entered by thieves several days
ago and some silverware stolen. The affair
was kept from public knowledge at the time
and now the thief has been caught and all
the stolen ware recovered"
Miss Annie Gray bill, and Miss Annie Par
ker. will attend Wilson Seminary at Cham
bersburg the coming term. Miss Emma
Strayer will attend a music school in PhIla
delphia the coming winter, and Miss Clau-
die Simons will attend Lutherville Semina-
ry in Mary land.
Senatorial conferees for Huntingdon and
Franklin district, met at Newport, to nom-
mate Republican Senator last week. No
selection was reached. The candidate from
Huntingdon is o. B. Crum, the candidate