Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-03-18

I Everything in town. that ccrIa !.
Used to sleigh or sled, Wa ~ nse ~,
aS aap:sdsy night for pleasure, in th.
The weather wise cav M.-.h {;
cold, because The moon chaure. !,
the morning. How does that effsc
the ground hog.
Miss E. Mauds Robinson Of Water
100 mas entered the list % q csndi
dsts tor the Office Of Superintendent
OF public schools.
Preachers Of the Central P.pn.vl
vania Methodist Conference, oonven,
IN Conference at Williamsport TO
day, Wednesday.
The survey Of the five mile branch
OF the Z. V. r. R., has been mad.
from Bsaltown to the phosphate
mines at Reeds GAP.
The fifteenth International Christ
ian Endeavor Convention will con.
vene in Washington, D. c., from the
9th to the 18th Of July.
It is believed that Holmes Who !,
to bs hung in Philadelphia on the
7th OF May for the murder of Pistz
oil. murdered 21 people.
William Valentine living near At.
kinson's Mills. Mifilin county, has q
four cared pig. Three OF the ears
are on one side of its head.
1t is not true that Ramsey tried to
commit suicide in Jail. How much
better, If he had committed suicide
instead Of numbering his wife.
At Salem the Thermometer regis
tered 10 degrees below zero last Fri
day morning. It was zero weather
here along the river that morning.
Some wood cutters say that chest.
nut posts cut in March on clear, cold
days will last longer than when cut
at any other time and in cloudy
weather.
The upper end of the Juniata Val.
Icy 10 being searched for relics for
the Blair county semi centennisl col
ebration to take place tho coming
summer.
The AcAlistsrvills band played to
. large audience in the Court House
on Saturday evening. The proceeds
of their visit to the county seat
amounts to $S5.
The ground hogs term of proph.
ecy closed on Sunday and it was true
to the letter, but some dyspeptic crit
ic says, 'tsny blind hog may once in
q while find an acorn"
We havo come through the etern.
ity of the past and know nothing
about it, and will 60 into the sterni
ty OF the future, and are told will
there learn all about it.
The survey Of shs T. v. R. R.
branch to the phosphate mines at
Reeds Gap is opening the eyes OF
the sksptical Of that section OF the
county as to what good is in store
for them.
Judge Stewart Of Franklin county
who was to hold an argument court
last Thursday. did not appear on &C
count Of the snow storm, and the
court was adjourned till the coming
Thursday.
The finding Of phosphate in Tus:a.
rora Valley has set great many men
to prospecting for different minerals.
Some are after iron ore; some for sill
yer; some for lead; some for stone
coal; some for paint.
The class of 1897, Mif1intowu high
school will give poverty Soshul'
in the corridor of the Court House.
The proceeds will be used in the
purchase OF apparatus to conduct ex.
periments in practical science.
IF the snow that foil on the 18th
and 18th of March had fallen three
months earlier, what a time people
could have had sleighing. Why We
are having winter in spring time, is q
puzzle that tho weather wise cannot
solve.
First Democrat.-"I think Grover
will run again. Second Democrat
II don't think hell actually run, but
ii the Senators pitch into him once
more. he'll very probably sneak cut
BY the back way and 60 duck shoot
ing again"
Someone proposes an amendment
to the State Constitution to have the
Legislature meet once . year instead
Of once every two years. It would
be moro popular move to provide
for the meeting of the Legislature
once in five years.
The italian people are wild over
the realization of the fact that an
army Of Abyssinisns defeated an
army Of Italians that were engaged
in conquoring Atyssinia. The Ab-
yssinians have provided themselves
With modern guns and other appli
ancss OF war.
Tho Louisiana Agricultural Ex-
pertinent Station in q recent bulletin
says:-.Peanuts are excellent for fat
tening hogs aud children" And
they certainly should be, as they
contain 40 per cent. of as pure and
wholesome a vegetable oil rs can be
found anywhere.
Men and women who arc out of