Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-03-04

appointed.
The wheat crop in Australia i,
poor. and will not average over 6
bushels to an aero.
A chimney in Editor Bonsalr,
house took fire last Thursday and TO,
awhile created An excitement ct East
Point.
The Commissioners of Blair Co.
will erect an $1,000 Soldier Monu.
ment. The monument will be dedi-
Gated next June.
Pure, rich blood il the true cure
for nervousness, and Hoods Sarsa-
parilla is the One True Blood Puri-
fer and nerve tonic.
2 BY vote of 81 to the United
States Senate passed a resolution last
Friday in favor of recognizing the
belligerancy of Cuba.
Thousands have tested the great
building-up power of Hoods Sarsa-
parilla and have found renewed
strength, vigor and vitality in its use
Foster q. Stein of Lewistown,
cutter and designer OF. Gsntlemsn's s
Garments, spent Tuesday evening in
this place. Foster formerly lived
here.
The Misses Hayes. daughters of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hayes, gave leap
year party at their home in Patterson
on the evening of the 2Stb day of
February.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
monthly meeting will be held in the
Methodist church on Wednesday
evening. Mrs. Heaton will address
the meeting.
Mrs Hettie Carpenter came to
town on Monday evening after serv-
ing two years in the penitentiary for
completely in the murder of her hus
band James Carpenter.
The Scientific American saws:
Since the invention of the first har
vester this implement has been con-
stantly improved, there being no less
than O,155 patents upon it or it's
parts.
Mrs Muggins-"Do you believe in
hereditary infiuences7' Mrs. Bug.
gins-'I should say I did; Buggins
used to keep me up late nearly every
night, and now the baby does the
same thing"
It has come to be observed that
stone coal miners are free from the
dreadful cancer disease. What there
is about the work of coal mining that
exempts them from the disease 70
mains to be found out.
A great interest has been mani
tested in tie protracted meeting that
Rev. Mr.. Mortimer has been holding
at Arch Rock. People from far
away attend and a number of happy
conversions have been announced.
The cases from Juniata county on
the Superior Court trial list, are:
The E. Keeler Company against Emil
Schott: D. 3. Stouffer against VIII
liam Stcuffer; Overseers of Susque
hanna township against thu Over
seers of Monroe township.
A number of farmers sowed clover
seed in February. They considered
the sowing early, but late sowing the
past number of years, has done no
good, and they will be no worse off
by sowing carly. Perhapfearly SOW
ing will be just what is required to
produce crop of clover.
S33 will pay for six weeks, board
and thorough instruction in music
at the Musical College, Freeburg,
Pa. Special instruction will be Civ
en- to those desiring to teach vocal
music in the Public Schools. Spring
Term begins, May 4. For catalogues
address. HENRY b. MOVER
March 4, go.
The Lower House of Congress
adopted an Amendment to the Agri.
cultural Appropriation bill requiring
the Secretary to e1pend S15O,0O0 in
the purchase and distribution u
seeds, the best that he can procure,
without reference to the requirements
Of the law about the varieties being
rare and uncommon"
Cashier T. V. Irwin, and wife and
daughter are home from Philadelphia,
where they had gone to have an oper-
alton made on the windpipe of the
daughter for the removal of a piece
of turkey bone that lodged under
the child's vocal cords. TIE little
sufferer is doing quite well, and is in
q fair way to . restoration of health.
An exchange says: There are pat.
ents upon almost everything. The
young American is taught to shoot
by me ans of 1913 patents, issued up.
on as many educational appliances.
The old.fashioned birch ruler or sec.
ton of rubber hose used in educa
ton is not protected by patent, and
may be employed by any pedagogue
List of letters remaining uncalled
for in the Post Office at Patterson
Pa, February 20, 1S96:-Mrs. 81. E
Fettermar, Chattie Serbian, Ger
trude Robinson, Annie E. Kirk, NJ
L. Donahue, Maude Bowersox, Viii
liam Wilson, Harry Taylor, Penal
Ohern, Saml w. McCahan, W. }
Hill, L. NJ. Hamilton, James Hen
derson, I. NJ. Brannon, SamI NJ
Allen, Mr.. Mauger, Chss. Frost, Ger
angi Gandolfo.
The commencement exercises o
the class of 1896, Philadelphia Dent
] al (yollaoo will I,o h>1d in tho pbiIo