Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-11-30

~SS, az A1oce Olut, OH THANKS
giving Day at p. M, caused furry
OF excitement in that part Of the town.
~~foker playing is getting to be too
slow game for gamblers. They saw.
what's the use Of playing whole nights
away, when one can lose or win much
quicker at faro.
The farmers institute will be held az
East Salem, December 5th and 9th.
and at Port Royal, on the 7th and sth.
An interesting programme has been ar
ranged for both places.
Boston had IA inches of snow last
Sunday. The greatest storm they have
had within a period of so years. Ifthe
coming winter is to be measured by its
beginning, it will grow to be terror.
Since the trouble with Spain has
come to an end many thousands of vol
unteers soldiers will be mustered out of
service, but the regular army will be
increased by act of the coming Con-
gress.
Mail and passenger trains on Sum
day from the east were all late on ac-
count of the snow in the eastern part
of the state. Railroad travel about
Allentown, Pa, was almost entirely
blOckaded.
Mallaby-Bragleigh boasts that no
living man could forge his name sue
cessfully to check and get it cashed.
Has he such a very peculiar signature? :?
Homans-No. But he hasn't any
bank account.-New York Truth.
The Globes poll of Hagerstown
shows in 400 people 26O in favor of a
curfew law to keep children under is
off the streets after p. m. in summer
and p. m. in winter lis were against
the law and 25 were non-committal.
The weather on Sunday and Sunday
night was cold enough to freeze loose
ground to the depth of three inches,
which was proven on Monday morning
when Charles Renninger began to haul
away the pile of loose ground that had
been placed at the side of the street, at
East Point, from his cellar excavation.
The syndicate organized for the pur-
pose of promoting manufacturing en-
terprises in this community held
meeting in the Court House, on Mon
day evening, and elected Jerome Sieber
president, w. III. J. Holman secretary,
and Il. V. Irwin treasurer Upwards
of thirteen thousand dollars have been
subscribed.
""How women change" said the
man who has been married a year.
"My wife used to write to me and send
me bushel of kisses in her letters"
"Um," said the man who has been
married quarter of century.
"But now when leave for the Office
she just gives me peck, and a short
one at that. t."-Indianapolis Journal.
-FoR SALE The Board OF Di
rectors If The Farmers Mercantile As
sociation in Patterson, I'm t. g, fflrs
for sale, or rent. their Store in Pat.
terson. Terms essy-For particulars
il quire of ". N S.e'rett, on the
premises By order of Board:
Aug. II, St. LEWIS DFGAN, Sec.
Husband-Why don't you wear your
new dress?
Wife-It is unbecomming, or else it |
is out of style, or possibly it is hor-
rible misfit, Pm not sure which, but
must look like fright or a simpleton |
in it.
Husband-Why so?
"All my friends praise it."-New |
York Weekly.
= The late snow was hardly deep
s0esgh to save the delicate stalks of
the growing wheat from freezing. The
usual Thanksgiving storm is the hard
est on wheat, if so chills the weak
stalks that they never recover, but by
spring time are killed. If protected by
snow during the November blizzard
the weak stalk has chance to recover
itself in the spring and develop a pro-
fitable head of wheat.
Newport Ledger, November PA
license was granted last Mon
day in Harrisburg, to Herman &. En-
nest, of Miffiintown, and Hattie &.
Hollenbaugh, of Newport
John Westfall, living at Inglenook, a
oh TN,,n iyl
the act of lighting his pipe last Friday,
while helping at butchering, fell over
dead from heart failure. He was aged
20 years, and leaves a WIFE
Lewistown Gazette, November "a
Hunters were plenty over in Rag hol-
low last week, there being one party
from Harrisburg, one from Pittsburg,
one from Philadelphia, one from Port
Royal and one from Centre county,
making over one hundred hunters in
all. Four deer were killed over there
last week and SO many hunting they
scared the deer across the mountain,
four having been seen on this side of
Stone mountain the past week, which
will give our hunters a chance to get
some venison.
An exchange says the property own
ers of the State will be gratified over
the verdict of Bucks county jury
which awarded DIR. John Marshall
S737 damages against the American
Telegraph Company for the destruc-
ton of over sixty shade trees in front
of his summer residence. At a previ-
Gus criminal court Dr. Marshall prose-
cuted the company's employees who
had committed the acts Of damage and