Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-08-08

Mr.. SingerlY the democratic can
didate for Governor it is said is ,
Catholic in religious belief.
Superintendent Marshall will hold
q special examination Of teachers in
Mihiintown, Friday, August 81.
Mrs. Maria MeKim, a colored
woman, died in Lewistown last wesl
at the advanced age Of 81 years.
A good many people from thii
county expect to attend the Gran
gers Exhibition at Williams Grave.
The VIM. Kohler farm in Turbett
township has been purchased by
VIM. Shearer for the sum of $4,000
Frost damaged corn in Wisconsin
and in sections of country further
northwest last Friday and Saturday
nights.
Rev. Lemuel Sieber preached in
the Lutheran church on Sabbath
evening. Mr.. Sieber is an able
preacher.
There is an excursion to Niagara
Falls on the 9th inst. Read of it in
another column. Round trip from
.Miffiin $500.
The Fayette Harvest Home Asso-
citation, will hold their first Harvest
Home Picnic in w. s. Browns
Grove on Saturday, August 18.
Pittsburg newspapers express the
belief that the $50 needed to en-.
tertain the Grand Army Encamp-
ment cannot be raisedln Pittsburg.
The Prohibitionists will hold a
County Convention in the Court
House which will be addressed by
Fred P. High of Pittsburg and others.
The letters remaining uncalled for
in tho Mifflintown post Office for the
week ending August 4, we're for
Mr.. Alexander Page, Mrs. Julia
Kleck.
A couple of Cinnamon visited the
town on Monday, but did not open
a recruiting Office for the Celestial
army as the armp of China is often
called.
One of the Chinese war ships has
q jaw distortipg name that no Amer
ican can pronounce, but in the
Chinese language it means Everlast-
ing Peace.
A tack dropped into a picker ma
chine in a carpet factory in Philadel-
phia last Friday, and started fire
that destroyed the large factory.
Loss, 10000.
Last Saturday afternoon while
Michael Broad was attending the
Sabbath School picnic at Hornirg-
town, a thief entered his house and
stole two watches.
This is big week in the criminal
court annals of Perry county, there
being 80 cases for trial, am ong them
the trial of the owners and officers
of the looted Bloomfield Bank.
Two laws that should not be pass
cd by the next Legislature, arc TO
make democratic editors tell the
truth about the tariff and the other
to teach music in the common
common schools.
There doesn't seem much OF q
chance for European nations to be
come involved in the war between
China and Japan for England and
Russia propose to act together tc
bring about peace.
The Huntingdon Globe of lasi
week says: During the month Of Ju
ly, the Huntingdon and Broad Tor
Railroad carried 300, 1877 tons of coal
which is the largest monthly tonnage
in the history of the road.
"This year the appropriation t.
each county for holding farmers in
stitutes will be reduced from S75 to
s65, owing to the demands of q mum
Der of counties that have asked fol
Japan has apologizcd to England
for sinking one of her ships that was
IN the Chinese feet when the battle
took place. The English ship was
flying the British colors at the time.
That much for being in the wrong
company.
s'These Is terrible hard times, "
said Meandering Mike.
"You bet they is,' replied plodding
Pete ga fsller can't go nowhere
lookin for work nowadays without
hevin some offered to him
ingon Star.
The Seventh Annual Convention
of The Republican League of the
State of Pennsylvania to elect officers
and transact such other business as
may be necessary, will be held in the
Opera House, Harrisburg, Penna, on
Wednesday, September 5th, 1894, at
10 o'clock A. NJ.
To make the taxpayers pay for
the riotous work Of strikers is not
right. Severe punishment should
be meted out to the men who de-
stroy other peoples property. 1t is
an outrage even to propose that law
abiding people shall pay for dam
agse done to property By the violent
classes.
DR.. J. L. Rotbrock, son of Mr.
Joseph Rothrock of this place has
returned to st. Paul, Mimi, for the
practice of his profession. He was
located in that city some years ago.
The past year he spent in the great
medical colleges of Germany ard
France, and visited his father several
waeks aOo