Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-01-15
SHORT LOCALS.

Anere IS Nhe sAatlnS on the river.
A million aud a half people live on
/, the island of Cuba.
The electric light in Huntingdon
works unsatisfactory.
The February election comes on
the 18th day of the month.
Lewistown people boast of having
built SO newhouses last year.
The sksting on the river was en-.
joyed by many peop'e last week.
The union prayer meetings held
last week in town were well attend
ed.
1t is said that sleeping oa feathers
gives great relief to people subject to
rheumatism.
If is were not for dyspepsia, people
would live another time longer than
they now do.
Senator John Sherman has been
continuously in office since 1854
, forty-two years.
n If you desire neat sale bills at rea-
sonable prices, come to the Office of
the SENTINEL AND REPUBLICAN
Blood and nerves are clossly relat-
ed. Keep the b.ood pure with Hoods
Sarsaparilla and you will not be ner-
vous.
Nervous women will find relief ia
Hoods Sarsaparillo, because it en-
riches the blood and thus strength
ems the nerves,
ssColored men of the south have
taken steps to arrange for National
Celebration of Emancipation day on
January l, 1897.
There are some active gossip busi-
ness men and women in this town,
watching other peoples business and
negie ting their own.
Samuel Kissinger died in Milford,
ast Saturday, aged about so. Only
few weeks ago his sister Mrs. Sam
I uel Elliott died at Renova.
". T. Brubaker has had a gable
put on the front roof os bis house at
the east of town, and has had the
whole building re-psinted.
In the year 1895 the paupers OF
Juniata county cost the tax payers
elevsn thousand, three hundred and
ninoteeu dollars and forty cents.
Rsv. A. s Fas;ck was csllad home
from Harrisburg on account of the
!, dangerous illness of bis father and
! smother, who are both prosirated
with pneumonia.
Thomas S. Moorehead, President
Wand Wilbarforce Sehweyer, Vice
President of the Tuscasora Valley
Railroad, were On business trip to
Richfeld last week.
Preaching has been going on every
night this week in the Presbyterian
church by Rev Mr.. Raven, prepara-
tory TO the observance of the Lords
Supper next Sabbath.
The ,,ondsmen Of tax collector
~Ha, shberger of Bratton township,
. .Miff1in county, are uneasy over the
statement that the collector is short
$1,000 in his account
Kauffmsn Il Harley, carpet weav-
ers, are having regular run OF work
in the manufactory in this place.
They and their fore man Culbertson,
have the trade well in hand.
Stewart and Daniel Hertzler came
from Huntingdon last week to see
their mother Mrs. Heikes, who Is Ill
, at the bone of her son Mr.. Heikes
us Milford township. Their mother
is 81 years old.
ssOne of Judge Williamson's last
official acts, was to refuse new trial
in the Goodheart case. tried in Mlff1in
county, where the plaintiff recovered
$4,000 damages for being injured in
. railroad collision"
Mrs. Jacob Frank, mother of w. H.
Rollman aud s. II. Rollmnn of this
town, and mother Of John Rollman
of Tyrone, died at the horae of her
daughter Mrs. n D. Funk in Patter
kson on the 9th inst, aged 73 years.
Tue PENNSYLVANIA Railroad Com
pany are offering inducements in
rates and Recommendations in car trav-
al ~ ,ao,,le who desire to 90 to Cali
fornia and Florida. See more ex
tended notice elsewhere in this paper.
The crew of an east-bound freight
train were highly entertained the
other day while coming through the
narrows. in seeing black bear climb
over a ledge of rocks on the noun
tain side on the other side OF the rlV
er from the railroad
The Republicans of Perry county
will hold two County Conventions
this year. The first one will be heid
in March or early in April to elect
delesates to the State Convention
Rhe second one will he held in Aug
nat to nominate county ticket.
We are again in receipt OF the
Philadelphia Times Almanac. 1t has
been a welcome visitor the many
years past, and as every new year is
ushercd IN, we look for it, and are
never disappointed in its coming and
in its contents. It is always full OF
data that is valuable to the student,