Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-01-29

ioooit uriv0S thl0 season
IN C.esia county. Idaho, some 5000
rabbits have been killed. Betvean
1000 and 10000 rabbits were killed
on the second day of tho annual
roundup at Damar. Col"
| "A Musicale will be given in the
fresbyterian church Of NcAlister.
vile, Jan. 80. An excellent prooram
has been prepared, and with the "a
dition OF Miflin Orchestra, il viii
certainly be grand success. Come
one! Come all!''
Oolonel Iugersoll wickedly OBJ
serves that he feels toward those who
have been praying for him az the
girl did toward the young man who
squeezed her hand. She said:-sIt
pleases him and doesn't hurt me-
Better give him up.-Boston Herald.
The Huntingdon Journal of the
24th inst says:-Last week at Birm.
ingham, thousands of fish could be
seen coming to the shore of the river
and could be caught With the hands.
They were blind. This is caused bv
tho pollution of the water bv the
towns above.
There were 2S. 1856 horses killed for
food in Paris in 1894, also 43 mules
aud 3S3 donkeys. The price ranged
from 4 to 8 cents pound. Two.
thirds OF the meat went into san.
cages. 1t was sold ct 1856 places.
which are not allowed to sell anv
other kind of meat.-Ex.
Capita lists propose to bors for
Natural Gas and coal oil near the
Rope Ferry, Perry county. The
Trenton limestone IL the base of tho
great gas and oil basins of the west.
The Trenton limestone lies away be-
meath the rocks that appear on the
surface at the Rspe Ferry.
Some one comes forward and saws.
the reason the girls are leading in
many OF the pursuits of life, and are
leading in school studies, is owing to
the fact that the girls do not chew
and smoke. Smoking and chewing
it is said, blunts the physical energy
and mental powers of the men.
The Juniata County farmers In
stitute will be held in the United
Presbyterian Church, Mexico, next
Friday and Saturday, being January
81 and February 1, 1896, and on the
following Monday and Tuesday, Feb.
ruary 8 and 4, the Institute will be
held in the Presbyterian church at
Port Roysl.
"a tumor weighing several pounds
was removed from a 10 months'-old
child at Msadville hospital recently.
The operation required the removal
of one kidney with the tumor. This
is the first case on record of such &C.
we're surgery on a child under ono
year of ago. The chances of recov
cry in the case appear to be good"
An exchange remarks: - The last
Legislature passed al Act that com
pels the election of constable in ev
cry District. The officer so elected
VIII serve three years. The change
was made to correct the error and
confusion caused by the former act,
by which some Districts elected
constable for one year aad some for
three years. Under the new law each
District elects q constable this spring
and each third year thereafter.
Harrisburg and Newport people
were startled last week by q despatch
which stated that the Hagerstown
and Potomac Electric Railroad Com
pany. which obtained a charter for
an Electric Street Railway in Hagers
town, has announced its abandon
ment of tho road. It has been stat
ed that about SIS 900 has been sunk
in the defunct enterprise, $4,000 or
thereabouts secured in Harrisburg
and about 81 400 or 81 500 in New.
port, Pa. 49,
It is a nice theme for the fourishes
of rhetoric to dwell upon the univer-
sal brotherhood of man and the sub
ject of frea trade, but it is more
practical theme to dwell upon the
fact that the affairs of nation are
like the sffairs of an individual and
family, their necessities and wants
have first to be provided for before
the outsiders are helped. The eyes
of the fool are - the ends of the
earth and he neglects his home Of
fairs, and so it is with free trade.
The Newport Ledger of the 23rd
inst, relates the following singular
and fatal accident: - Last Saturday
while jeff Ickes, who lives near Ickes-
burg, vas cutting corn fodder with a
horse power cutter, large cog wheel
burst, a piece of which flew out Of
the barn striking John Rambler,
hireling, who was on the horse power
driving, knocking him off the power
among the horses. The team was
stopped as soon as possible and the
man pulled from beneath their feet.
He sustained an ugly gash in his
head from which the brain oozed
when picked up. He was taken to
tie house where he died in the even-
ing.
There will be given away with
Tho Sunday Inquirer of February 2,
toy theatre, complete with stage.
proscenium arch and q full cast Of
characters. necessary for . reproduc-
ton in miniature of that most popu.
lar melodrsma, "The Still Alarm"
Included in the scenes depicted is
that of a great building in flames,
while all around q complete fire de-