Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-10-06

Robert Hughes and wife and five
handsome young ladies from Lewis
town paid this town visit on their
bicycles last Friday.
Algy.-"I dreamt last night that
died"
Ethel.-''Yesa Your sister told me
she heard you crying out for water in
your slesp."-Puck.
Mrs. T. J. Middah, Miss Mary
Rertzler, Miss Mary Kaufman, Miss
Gertrude Jackman and Hon. VIM
Hertzler are with the Juniata Valley
Editorial Excursion to North Caro-
lima.
A ship with yellow fever sufferers
arrived off the Delaware break water
below Philadelphia on Saturday The
fever is too late. Jack frost has put
in an appearance and frost destroys
the fever.
Macedonia water now flows under
Lost Greek instead Of over the stream
as it was first run by the water com
pany. Floods cannot now interfere
with the water pipe at the Lost
Creek crossing.
Hunters say gray squirrels are
moving because of the scarcity oi
nuts. They are on the move hunt
ing place where nuts are plenty
enough to carry them through the
coming winter.
Rharlas Noble, son of ex.sherif
Sabls had his head severely hurt by
stroke of the handls of the wind
lass, that he was working, in the well
thst is being sunk on the DR.. Suloufl
LOT in Patterson.
The gray squirrels are so plentiful
in some parts of this comfy, that
some property holders have not been
able to resist the temptation to kill
them with stones, when they invade
their orchards and barns.
The slugg:shness of the markets is
said to be owing to the uncertainty
of the outcome of the relations with
Spain On the Cuban question, and
the partial suspension of business 10
the south, owing to the yellow fever.
Reports from all parts o. the State
say, potatoes are rotting. The pota
toes most affacted by the lot are
those raised on low-land and clay
soil. Tie potatoes grown on upland
sheie and sand are not much affected,
Miss Beckie. Cunningham instead
Of going to Wayne, Nebraska, as was
stated in last weeks paper is visiting
in Clarified county, and we are glad
to ssX will retu, to spend the winter
in Patterson.-Democrat and Regis.
teg
1.-The Presbyterian church at the
north end of Main street is being
torn down by J. g. Nipple of Patter-
son. Mr.. Nipple became the owner
of the property by private purchase.
He expects to erect couple of dwell
ling houses on the lot.
People sigh and mourn on account
of impending death. II the propo-
cation of animal life should continue
as now several centuries without the
Intervention of death, there would
not be standing room for people and
animals on this globe.
A professor in California says
If it is right to execute q sane man
for murder it is right to hang an in.
sane one. He says that it is as prop
er to prevent pauper insane person
or criminal from reproducing his
kind as it is to punish him.
CASHIER William Irwin of the First
National Bank of Lawistown accom-
panied by Misses Mollie Jacobs, Es
ther and Florence Pannebaker, drove
down the nsrrows on Tuesday after
noon and after calling on friends here
returned by the same route.
Robert Hughes and wife, Carrie
Hughes, Mrs. Doctor Amic, Miss
Marie johnson, Miss Andrews, Miss
Meyers, all of Lewistown, came to
town on their bicycles last Friday az.
ternoon, and after partaking of sup
per at the National House returned
to Lewistown on the cars.
EThe Juniata Valley excursion train
for Gettysburg last Sunday, was one
hour behind schedule time when il
passed this station. 1t was to pass
here at A. NJ, but did not come till
8 NJ, and then it was long train
Aof II passenger cars. The Company
Eas net looking for such turn cut
Thirty persons got on at this station
The State fish authority has SEM
the sheriffs ofcertain counties instruc
tons upon the annual autumnal past
tiae of tearing fish dams out of the
Juniata river and its tributaries
which the inhabitants speedily re
build when the sheriff snd his assist
ants have waded to the shore and
turned their backs upon the late
scene of their fishy labor.
On the information of DR.. A. W
Shelly Of Port ROYAL, Grin Swarnel
of Port Royal, was arraigned before
Squire J. Frank Patterson of thi:
place last Friday evening on the
charge of hurglarizing DR.. Shelly s
house on the night eff May 4, 1897
and stealing therefrom two gold
rings valued at fifty dollars and steal
ing goods and property and money
To the amount Of fuo dnllorc In Io