Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-06-16

Mrs. Robert Nixon Jr., and little
daughter, are visiting relatives in
town
Hiram Wiieman caught IA pound
carp in tae river at Espenschade's
farm on Tuesday.
The Beale family held a reunion
at the home of Peorus Nicely in Tus-
carora valley last Thursday.
Miss May and Miss Edith Burch.
field of Altoona, are visiting their un-
Gle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace
Fasig and family.
Mr.. George Curns and sister An
ME of Mifflin county spent Saturday
and Sunday at the home of Mr.. Jo-
seph Rothrock and family.
Attorney Schweyer and Recorder
Wills in drive to Lewistown on Tues
day, killed a copper.head and rattle
snake. The latter had seven rattles
Miss Hall Jackman is home from
PIttsburg where she was engaged in
a store-one of the large stores that
was destroyed by the great fire some
weeks ago.
Mrs. Ezra @. Doty, after a protract.
ed visit through the western part of
the state among friends and rela-
tives has returned to her homs IN
this place.
Druggist Charles Mussina and wife
and child of Washington, d. c., are
visiting Professor Gortner. Mrs.
Gortuer and Mr.. Mussina are broth
er and sister.
Mrs. Dock is visiting friends in
Phiiadelphio, and her mother Mrs.
Fisher, wife of DIR. Fisher of Meal
istervi!ie has charge Of her house
during her absence.
Judge Thomas Cappett, of o akland
Md, was in his cornfeld with son
and two daughters when a sto.m
came up and bolt Of lightning
knocked all senselesg-
Harry Ellis and Geo. Gusbard are
getting sand out OF the river bed be
low the point OF the island for Pro
fessor DysInger's new Academy build
ings now in the course OF construc
ton.
Almost every trace of the canal
waste way or sluice at this place, has
been washed into the river, and a
deep gully through the canal bed
marks the foundation place of the
sluIce.
Hail stones almost as large as hens
eggs. were hard on grain fields and
window glass in and around Cald-
well, Odio, on Sunday. The wind
was high and many buildings were
unroofed.
The Christian Endeavor Society of
the Lutheran church, Miffiintowr.
Pa, viii hold flower Festival on the
church lawn, Saturday evening, june
10, 1897. Proceeds for the benefit
of the church.
An Office and studio building 50
stories high is to be built in New
York City. at cost of twelve million
dollars. The building will be 700
feet high and cover three hundred
feet of ground.
Someone who is 700 modest to en-
close their name, has sent Us Mans
field, Ohio papers, containing pro.
ceedings Of the General Synod OF the
Lutheran church in session in that
town. Thanks.
An attempt to shoot Felix Eaare.
President Of France was made last
Sunday while he was driving in Par
is. The would be assassin was
crack Drained Frenchman, who had
imagined grievances.
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Henry Gloss of Walker township,
had clover cut for hay last week, on
the 10th of May, which is the earliest
hay-making reported in this county,
this year, and the earliest reported
in good many years past.
The young man who catches on to
the truth that industry. honesty,
economy and sobriety lead to success,
cannot fail of msking a success of life.
There is no such thing as fail for the
man who lives up to those standards.
Persons who do not have work,
persons who do not want work, peo-
pie who have means. aud do not need
to work, people who need work, and
people who are tired resting, which
all told numbers quite an assortment
of people have already looked out
places in the narrows to camp.
The Republican primary was well
attended on Saturday. Election days
bring all the Fermanagh township
men to town as the polling place is
here. Two generations of Ferman-
agh township men have been so used
to voting III town, that it has become
second nature for them to come to
town to vote. The most of them
stay in town all day.
At the session of the Juniata con
ference, held at New Bloomfield, it
was resolved to effect union OF all
Lutheran young peoples societies
within the bounds of the conference,
which includes Miffiin, Snyder, Juni-
alta and Perry counties To this ecd
a grand rally of the Lutheran young
people from the counties named will