Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-01-27
SHORTLOCHLS.

evening stars.
The Huntingdon Journal is 81
years old this month.
Blaine will be 81 years old next
Sunday January 31st.
Boys had day or two of skating
on the pavements last week.
Lewistown has been made a flag
station for Keystone express.
Mount Pleasant, Walker township,
has fiourishing literary society.
DIR. Dowd Crawford spent couple
OF days last week in Philadelphia.
j. N. Thompson of Middleburg,
was In town on Saturday evening.
Miss Harriet Parker of Lewis.
town visited friends in town on Mon
day.
Within the past II months Is
young ladies have been married in
the two towns.
Mrs. Nankiville of Licking Creek
Valley aged II years, died on the
18th of present month.
Rufus Elder and Horace Culber-
son of Lewistewn were on profess
onal business in town on Saturday.
Among those who were present at
the Merick Allison wedding was
NJ I s.
hamilton.
George B. Orlady and Thomas S.
Johnston are talked about as prob
able candidates for Congress in Hun
tingdon Co.
Mrs. Joseph Butt, of Patterson,
fell on the ice, in tie yard, in the rear
of her house, one day last week, and
broke an ann
As we go to press there is no re-
port of the Lswistown conference at
hand. The forth coming report will
not spoil for want OF immediate pub
hcation.
Last Friday afternoon Happy Hol-
! free school came to town and engag-
ed in a spelling match with pupils of
the town free schools in the public
school house.
The Lewistown Academy has
again changed hands. 1t seems to
be as changable as the seasons. The
truth is, the state normal schools
have uprooted the academies.
Beaver Snyder County Herald
Mr.. Philip Harley, Of East Salem,
Juniata Co, has been spending sew
eral days with the family of his son,
W. E. Harley, at this place.
Farm lands in the Eastern counties
are advancing in price and the boom
will soon reach us. Call at B. F.
Barchfield's Real Estate Office and
buy now while you caa buy cheap.
Col. John J. Patterson was again
taken severely i'll at Wilkesbarre last
week, and on Saturday despatched
fer his sons John and Silas, his
daughter Mary has been with him
ever since MS 0fSJ l.lHSSS.
At q recent meeting of the Juniata
county Horse Insurance Company,
located at Thompsontown, Jonathan
Keissr was elected president; DR.. l.
n. Grubb, secretary; r. w. Humph.
rey, assistant secretary, and Uriah
Shuman, treasurer.
4 Festival will be held by the Fp-
worth League Of the Methodist
Church, on the 4th, 5th and 9th OF
February, in the Odd Fellows build
ing. Oysters, ice cream, cake and
other delicacies Will be served. Al
are cordially invited.
Airs. Jeremiah Keller slipped or
the floor in her house in Patterson
last wednesday evening, and in fall
ing, threw her hand upon hot stove
burning it quite severely. DR.
Crawford rendered the necessary
surgical assistance.
I'M. Wright has been made chair
maa of the Democratic State Com
mittee. If Wright is rs successful
at sending false statements as hii
predecessor Kerr was, Democratic
newspapers in the state may prepare
Themselves for q plentiful crop o.
libel suits.
At % meeting Of the Jnniata Farm
er's Mutual Fire Insurance Company
held at McAlisterville, the following
directors were elected for the cur
rent year: Joseph Rothrock, Luke
Davis, George Martin, Jonathan
Keiser, J. T. Smith, R. W. Humph
rey. J. Banks Wilson, W. Il. Knous'
Joseph Seiber.
The holy communion will be ad
ministered in the Methodist Churcl
next Sunday morning and evening
Rev. S. Milton Frost d. D., will preact
in the morning on The Certaintie'
Of Heaven" Rev. J. H. Lantz, th,
Presiding Elder of Juniata District
will preach in the evening. All are
cordially invited.
Mr.. Elihu Benner of Thompson
town, died on the 22nd inst, aget
about rs years. He had that day en-
ioyed reasonably fair health, and at
tended to his business affairs salts
factorily. 1t was 4 o'clock in the af
ternoon, when he and his wife were
in their room that he suddenly sanl
to the floor, and before Mrs. Bennel
could call in friends his spirit haC
left its earthly tenement and passeo
into the great unknown future. MIR
Benner was native Of Chester coun