Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-12-09

tempiated enterprise of Profeeeor
Dysinger iu>the erection of an cdv.
cational building.
The late hard times demonatr.t.a
that the people Of the United Sac.
ate on an average two bushels Of
wheat less year, during the panic
snan they did previous to the panic.
Thaddeus Zimmerman of Iekes.
burg, Perry county. killed his two
sixteen months old hogs on the 2nd
inst The hogs dressed respectively
4S9 and 5011 pounds. Total 99O1
Letters remaining uncalled for i.
!ne the post Office at Nifiintown. Pa.
Dec. IL, 1896, are as followe: n Y
Burlington. VIM. I. Evans. Arthur
ler. -'
Two boys of Haskell county, Kan.
recently applied lighted torch to a
squirrels tail to see If it would burn
The squirrel ran under the house.
and the blazing tail soon set the
Dullalng on flre.
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Peter Loudonslager, formerly a
citizen of Juniata county and father
of Mrs. McClintic OF this town and
an uncle Of County Commissioner
Jeremiah Loudenslager, died last
Saturday at his home in Lewistown.
aged 7s years.
President Cleveland's message ia
long and suggests to Spain home
rule for the government of Cuba.
He favors the withdrawal OF the
greenback note and the issue of
long time interest bearing bonds in
their stead. He favors a further
trial Of the present tariff.
Young man you want to avoid any
thing and everything that diminishes
respect for manhood and woman
hood. Manhood and womanhood do
not suffer for disrespect shown them.
The sufferers are those who disre-
spect themselves, and the manhood
and womanhood of others.
"My brother" said the minister,
edo you not know that the use of
liquor shortens your days!"
'Zass zs reason stay up so late at
night to get even," replied MIR.
Lushforth, cheerfully, and the good
man moved on.-Indianapolis Jour
nal
With the government runnirg be-
hind at tie rate of millions month
where IS the revenue to come from,
unless from q tariff on foreign i'm
portations. A direct tax upon our
own people will not be tolerated. 1t
has never been tolerated except for
war purposes.
"How did your wife catch that ter
rible cold!"
Ssh! A new family moved into the
house next door on one of the cold
est days last week. If you or I had
stood beside an open window all af
ternoon, we'd SIMPLY be deadr'-
Cleveland Leader.
A fire broke out in a room above
the store of John Hibbs in Patterson
about 3 P. M, on Friday. The fire
alarm was promptly given and the
fire promptly put out. The fire Com
pany from this side Of the river turn
ed out quickly, but their service was
not repaired. The fire was put out
before they got there.
"Don't you know you did wrong
thing in breaking into Colonel Baw-
sons chicken coop. Rastns!"
"Yassir." I knows hit wuz wrong.
Jedge, but it wuz 30 dark, sub, I
couldn't see jus' whar 1 wuz. I
meant to break into Jedge WilIesby's,
suh-he' 80 deaf it would ha' been
safsh. ."-Harper's Bazaar.
The Huntingdon journal of De-
cember 4, says:-Daniel Africa, who
was born, reared and lived in this
town, and who is now past 86 years
old, seems to be the champion rabbit
hunter in this place. From the open
ing of the season of 1896 up to this
Tina he has killed 81, and expects to
kill as many more before the close of
the season.
The remains of Miss May Roberts
were brought from Philadelphia ON
Saturday for interment in the Pres
byteriau cemetery. She was
daughter of Samuel Roberts former
ly of this town. Miss Roberts died
of a fever at the home of a sister in
Philadelphia. The funeral took place
from the home of her aunt Miss
Bell Roberts. Interment in PresbJ
terian cemetery.
The Comm ission to run the coun-
ty line between Juniata county and
Huntingdon county will begin work
on the 10th of January, 1897. The
surveyors are Squire VIM. Il. Gron-
niger of Juniata county; j. hurry
Africa of Huntingdon county; Sur
veyor Mitchell of Centre county; NJ.
E. Shapghnessy of Union county;
Silas Wright of Perry county.
Joe Lodica an Austrian aged about
80 years, was put in Jail for hospital
treatment on Monday morning, No
vember 80, having been found lying
along the railroad near Tuscarora sta
tion, where he fell off a freight car or
was knocked off the railroad by
&r.inhk oar Railroad anfhorifv took