Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-25
SHORTLOCALS.

Ssturday morning was cool enough
for overcoats.
x A few farmers will be ready to SOW
grain next week.
REV. Mr.. Mortimer has returned
from his vacation.
- Thomas Fasick of Philadelphia il
visiting in this place.
Wheat sold in Philadelphia on Sat.
urday at $1.O6 to $1O9.
/Ed. T. Auker visited at Atlantic
City number of days last week.
Miss White of Harrisburg is visit.
ing Miss Mary Kulp on Third st.
Mr.. Orlando Mathers is preparing
to build new house on the island.
The catch of grass in the wheat
stubbles is not as good as last year.
PROF J. 81. Dysinger spent a num-
/ber of days in Mifflin county last week.
, There is talk of fast railroad
\ trans stopping to take coal at this
station.
The times are slowly improving
and Mckinley has been in Office only
six months.
Tomorrow, Thursday, the Repub-
lican State Convention will meet at
Harrisburg.
Look ont for Meyers Grand Furn
iture Opening, Wednesday, Septsm-
Der 1, 1897.
John Kirk, of Lancaster, spent
Sunday with his brother Howard
Kirk, IN Patterson.
Observation-Disclosures nests are
reported more numerous than in
many years just past.
Sulphur lightly scattered over seed
potatoes prevent "the potato scab."
You can try it next year.
(Charles W. Book has bought the
Byron l.. Shuman farm across the
river from Mexico for $500.
The Patriotic Order of the Sons of
America is holding a series Of con-
ventions in Reading this week.
William Adams after brief vaca-
ton Of 10 davs is again off to his
work at clerking in a Pittsburg store.
The L f. A. team of this place,
beat the Reedsvllle base ball team at
the latter place last week. Score 10
to 13.
y. They are working the gold racket
~ Mexico for all it ia worth. Gold
.-sIa A.. 16iiat and iSrty cents 1ass
week.
The Gin Spring dance used to be
q day dance The Port Royal dance
last Thursday night was an all night
dance.
Druggist Charles Adams rode nv
Nbicycle from MELVILLE, Cumberland
county to this place last week to see
his friends here.
The Juuiata Veterans Association.
will hold a four days encampment at
Mcclure, Snyder county, commenc
ing September 6.
Misses julia and Nellie Reynolds.
of Harrisburg, after visiting in the
county several weeks, left on Tues
dsv for their home.
Civil service will soon degenerate
into an official aristocracy. Civil ser
vice outside Of integrity and capable
itv is not American.
People who are troubled with
wakefulness at nirht may win sweet
sleep bv bathing their feet in warm
water when they go to bed.
There is as much talk of fine Klon-
dyke gold field now as when its gold
bearing qualities first became known
east of the Rocky mountains.
The Manitoba government wheat
reports Weld of over 16 bushels to
the acre, which is the best average
for whole government this year.
Mr.. Henry Berger and wife, spent
Saturday and Sunday with their son
Charles on the Wells farm in the
Cove near Marysville, Perry county.
According TO the Lewistown Ga,
zette:-The Fultz wheat still leads all
others, taking only dozen sheaves
this year to make bushel of wheat.
The churches these summer eve
SsHsgs are not attended by large con-
gregations. The time for large con-
gregatiops in the evening, is winter
time.
The L. r. A. team of this place
will play the Reedsville base ball
club on the home grounds on Satur
day afternoon. Game called at 3
o'clock
A~Mrs. Robert Zeigler, of Miff1in
I coupty. drove from there on Friday,
spent Saturday at Indian Mound
harvest home, and Sunday with the
Misses Laird
The thirty first annual eDcamp-
ment of the grand army of the Re-
public is being held at Buffalo, N. Y.
There are two hundred thousand
visitors present
William Adams, of Pittsburg, af-
ter spending 10 days vacation with
his parents in Walker township, re-
turned to his business in the Smoky
city On Sunday night.
There was Joy in the home of B. F.
Tedro, aged SO years and his wife
aged 62 years at Bourbon, Indiana,