Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-05-17
MORT LOCALS.

SHORT LOCALS.
Speaker Reed is in France.
Miss Sallie Murray is visiting
Philadelphia
Peach growers report few peaches
on their trees.
White washing is going on in
many premises.
The Misses Adams have had their
house repainted
The weather-wise predict frost for
the oath of May.
The Filipinos are expected to lay
Sown their arms shortly.
Mrs. Ezra Doty spent Saturday
and Sunday in Lawistown.
Don't kill robins. One is liable to a
fne of 50 to $40 for each bird killed.
Mrs. John Th rush has returned to
Washington, D. c., after a six weeks
visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hover spent
Thursday and Friday in Hummels-
town.
Edward Atkinson might do as a
democratic candidate for the Presi-
dencv.
Mr.. Jan es Mathers of Altoona,
spent Saturday and Sunday with his
relatives IL Juniata-
There is vet some corn to plant in
Juuiats. Some corn is showing
nicely above ground.
TIE Lutheran Missionary Society
held festival in the Kirk building
on Saturday evening.
A good many Mifnintown people
had business at Lewistown on Mon
day to see the circus.
The estimated wheat crop in the
United States is 31S. $50. 600 as against
34S, ,460,0 last year.
Rev. Curtis Bosserman of Harris
burg. preached in the Presbyterian
church morning and evening on Sun
day.
VIM. Hawks peach orchard, a mile
and half north of town blcssomed,
aod it is said the promise of fair
peach crop is good.
Squire G. b. Horning went out to
his farm one day last week and Gov
cred FIVE acres of corn with a hoe.
He had three droppers.
Locust trees are blooming and
there are those who say when the 10
Gust blooms profusely the corn crop
will be good that year.
The February blizzard did not
destroy all the cartridges and rab-
bits. A number have been seen on
farms near town.
Peaches the coming season will be
. surprise to see. and yet some OF the
orchards in Juniata county have
enough peaches to surprise the pub
lie.
James Williams peach orchard,
four miles north of town blossomed,
and if the blossom is a certain fore
runner of peaches, Williams will have
4 crop.
President Mckinley will 60 down
to history as the President under
whom WAS organized the first mill.
tary and naval warfare against a ma
ton beyond the North American con-
tinent.
Plummer S. Page of Scranton sent
for his doctor last Sunday. When
the doctor came Plummer stood on
the floor of his house explaining his
symptoms. Suddenly be sank to the
floor and died.
Tonsorial professor Craig was in
bis business place on Monday, and
did some work in his line of busi-
hess, the first that he has done in a
number of months. He became af-
ticted with rheumatism last Novem-
Der, and that housed him all winter.
Jacob Hover and his two sons
Clay and Elijah have several large
peach orchards in Fermanagh town
ship that blossomed profusely. The
prospect for peach crop with them
is fine. The singular part of it all is
their orchards are the only ones that
bloomed. One of the orchards is II
years old.
Francis Hover, ex County Com.
missioner, received letter from his
daughter Miss Martha Jane Hover
the other day, from Colorado Springs.
Colorado, where she hes been the
past four years. The letter contain
ed specimens of gold quartz, some
thing that few people in Juniata
county have seen
Matters have the appearance of a
squali IN Cuba. The Cuban army
was to get three million dollars from
The United States when they surrend-
cred their arms to the American
General Brooks in Havana. The
money WAS forwarded to pay the
army, but last Saturday General
brooks was informed by the Cuban
General Gomez, that The Cuban
army has refused to surrender their
Arms.
MErTuurs ~. .,r,c.