Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-01-27


A French scientist comes forward
with . charge against the mosquito,
that it propogates malaria. It3sting
or bite in most cases produceS ma
laria.
It il reported that another wildcat
roams the ridge northwest of Pat
terson. It is probably the mate of the
one that was shot on the Shores
farm by Node Sulouff.
There is no need for fear of the
Indian Bubonic Plague coming to
this climate at this time of year.
Jack frost has the reigns now and he
doesn't ride with the plague of India.
Several evenings ago some thief
entered the Lutheran church vssti-
bule and stole An ovsrcoat that be.
longed to Henry Hawk of this town.
Dir. Hawk WAS attending preaching
in the church.
Mrs. Peck during the breeze -
Our wedding was brought about by
a wretched matchmaker
Henry Peck.-Yss; and there's been
nothing but FIRE and brim stone in
this house ever since.
The many friends of John Hertzler
ST., of Port Royal regret to learn of,
his sudden prcstration by paralysis
at his barn on the morning of the
18th. His condition is not favorable
to a restoration of health.
Last week Samuel WsiIand of Mil
lerstown, was found guilty in tho
Perry county court for attempting to
wreck railroad train No. z, early in
the morning of October 81, 1896,
near Old Ferry, Perry county.
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Joseph Mowerv and James Lat
shaw Of Spring City, Chester county,
spent last week in town with their
kinsman John Bergy, and while here
bought carload of young horses,
which they shipped to Chester coun-
ty on Monday.
The Harrisburg railroad men who
did such valuable religious service in
the Methodist church in the early part
of the winter are now at religions
work in the Lewistown Methodist
church. John Ellis formerly Of this
town is one of the leading exhorters.
"a Mt Carmel justice has pur.
chased phonograph. He has a cyl
iudsr with the marriage service on il
and if couple wants to get married
when the justice is away from home,
all they have to do is to deposit the
license and fee in a slot and start the
machine. It does everything but
kiss the bride"
A correspondent of the New York
Press, claims that baked bananas are
the ideal food for nervous persons
aad brain workers. Hs also saws that
this food will unfailingly build up
and strengthen, lean, blood.poor per-
sous. The banana SHOULD be baked
in its skin in an oven for fiftesn or
twenty minutes until it is quite soft
and bursts open.
Lieutenant Governor Lyons pre-
sided at the public meeting OF the
State Editorial Association, held in
the House of Representatives at Har-
risburg, last Tuesday evening to dis
cuss the proposed new libel law.
Speeches wers made by Col. A. K.
Mcclure, Charles Emory Smith and
Lucian Rodgers. 1t is proposed to
change the libel law and make peo-
pie who furnish libelous data for the
newspapers as we'll as editors and
writer's responsible instead of throw.
ing the whole responsibility of libel
publication upon managers and own
ers of newspaper property.
A correspondent of the Chambers
burg Public Opinion gives the follow
ing among a number Of structures on
the normal schools. Too much of
the peoples money is appropriated
Unfortunately. We have aboul
come to the conclusion that our nor
NAL schools are receiving more of the
peoples money than is wise. 1t was
right for our state to assist these in
stitutions at first, but for them to bt
continually asking for appropriation
for the purpose of making fine dis
play is all wrong. We cannot un
derstand why it is that many Of thes'
institutions, claiming to have hun
dreds of pupils cannot sustain them
selves.