Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-18
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= The peach season has opened in
-Juniata.
, Hon. James North has re-roofed
ios-esidence.
A swallow flies at the rate of 12O
miles an hour.
Mrs. Slmons has been quite i'll
within the past week.
Mrs. VIM. Wagner is visiting in
Altoora and Coalport
Miss Pierce Nevin is visiting her
aunt, Mrs Robert McMeen.
Corbett the bruiser is n first rate
base ball player for money.
John F. Sctweier spent las. week
in Philadelphia on business.
Tas IndiAn MounI Harvest Home,
is to take place on Saturday.
Thsd Wetzler of Tyrone, was
among friends in town this week.
.~>Re'. Mr. Fahs, returned from his
Ss'ac .tion and preached on Sunday.
james Speedy of Harrisburg, spent
? Sunday With his family in this place.
Squirrel shooting season does not
come in ;his year until tie 18th Of
October.
The Republican State Convention
willmeet at Harrisburg on tha 26th
ofAugust
The Democratic State Convention,
will be held AZ Reading oa the 31s5
of August.
- The water company's reservoir
north west of Patterson il nearing
completion
DR.. Holman has bought the home
stead of Miss Rebecka CUNNINGHAM
in Patterson.
Mrs. G. A. Stager OF Philadelphia
was the guest of Miss Jennie Howe
over Sunday.
Ms. Elmer McCastley is visiting
q Eer husbands parents and other rel
afives in town.
The Mt. Union chair factory is
again at work having been complet-
ly reo:ganized.
Virginia democrats, in State con.
vention last week re-endorsed the
Bryan platform.
. There are large hs1 stories told of
carp seen in Baavsr hole, in the river
when the water is clear.
Mrs. Darwin G. Dimm of Harris
burg. sp 1T week with her sister
Mrs. John Hollobaugh, Jr.
J Mrs. siebsr. Slis of William Sc.
Der. deceased, Of Delaware township.
died last Saturday, aged So years
Manbeck & Nelson have broken
ground for the erection Of hand
some dwelling house in east Mifflin
town.
II $. Kaufmap, wife of David
Kaufman. deceased, Of Walker town.
ship, died on Saturday, aged 76
years.
Johr Horning bought the George
Suits house and Let ct the south side
of the Presbyterian cemetery for
$1,000.
The Festival held by the Methodist
church on Doughmsn's lawn IN Pat
$21 35.
~ H frost remains away till the 1st
of October, the stunted corn will
have chance to produce a crop of
nubbins
The L. E. Atkinson base ball team
of this place, will play garca cf ball
with the Reedsville team at Belleville
on Thursday
The Misses Speedy, Sarah and
Gertrude, of California are visiting
their uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs.
Adam Weidman.
VIM Adams of Fittsburg and
James Adams of Philadelphia, are
payipga ten davs visit to their pa
rents at Van Vert.
Mrs. Chas. Stone and children of
Washington, D. c., are visiting Mrs.
Stones parents, Mr. and Mrs Sam
uel Strayer in Patterson.
Ira Cramer has moved from Pat
terson to take charge of the farm OF
his father-in Jaw ex-Sheriff David
Fowles in Walker township.
The only coIored woman lawyer
on earth is Edna Lytle in Topeka,
Kansas She is graduate of the
colored University at Nashville, Tenn
Hardware merchant .McOlint;c has
bicycle stalls for his bicycle ride,
friends to piece their bicycles in
while they are calling on him for bus
mess.
Henry Yocum late of Company T.
126 Pa. Infantry, has had an increase
of pension to $l2 per month, grant
ed through the agency of VIM. Fry
Mexico.
Mrs. Stewart Ellis and daughter
= Fannie, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hawl
aud Miss Jennie Hawk have beer
tenting at Newton Hamilton Camp
meeting.
It will take Ne. l potatoe farmer
to come up to farmer Jefferson Dot
ter of Bechtelsville, Berks county
who recently gathered 81 large pota
toes from single plant or hill.
Teacher-Now, in this sentence
"The horse kicked the bucket" W.