Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-08-23

lOTuld Ou UuC SSHu lASt., lOA L ACeo
burg Pa, where it will arrive on
the 2Sth inst. A great ovation
awaits its arrival at Pittsburg.
Rev. Mr.. Plckea is down by the
sea on a vacation.
Glover blossoms drying in room.
drives flies ont of the room.
Two hundred Italians are at work
on the Lewistown trolly line.
Rev Mr.. Campbell preached for
the Presbyterians on Sunday.
w. S. Arbogast is placing extern
sive rer airs on the Jacobs house.
New Jersey ne wspaPers of August
II, report frost on the 18th inst. /
Ex-Judge Barnett of Bloomfield,
is recovering from an attack of pleu-
risy.
Senator Hummell of Snyder coun.
ty. is talked of as a candidate for
Congress. =
Mrs. VIM. Luck has been visiting
her brothers at Atkinson's Mills, Mif-
fin county.
This is the year for corn in Kan
sas, but in many other places it isn't
the year for corn.
The Republic IN State Convention
will be convened to morrow-Thurs-
day-in Harrisburg.
VIM. Criswell of this place says
that he is going to New York to shoe
horses q number of weeks.
How many American troops will
il take to make Americans of the FIJI
pinos is an unsolved problem.
Rev. S. P. Keeling of Morton, Pa,
conducted tie Presbyterian prayer
meeting last Wednesday evening.
Tn one hundred and ten thousand
employees of the Pennsylvania rail
road. have been ordered to vaccinate.
Cnons are said to be more numer-
Gus than in a good many years, and
hunters are locking for coon CATCH
irg days.
A patrol system to catch cer jump
ers has been established on the Mid
die Division Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad.
The Pennsylvania railroad com
pany are arresting and jsiling men
in every county for jumping and
riding on freight trains.
Editor John Griffith, wife and two
children of Ohio, are the guests of
Squire G. B. Horning. Mr.. Griffith
and Mrs. Horning are brother and
sister.
Eighteen Odd Fellows Lodges
from Snyder, Miffiin, Juniata and
Union counties, will hold a reunion
and picnic at Adamsburg, Snyder
Co., on Saturday, September 8.
Abram Wilmer of near Jhiddlesex,
Cumberland county says, that the
oats that he threshed from 20 acres
of ground was 1899 bushels, which is
within fraction of 50 bushels to the
acre.
Mrs. VIM. Spangler of Hanover,
Pa. was dreadfully burned while boil
ing apple butter a few days ago
Her dress took fire and her clothes
were almost burned off her body be-
fore the fire was extiDguished.
Rev. John Speedy of the Port
Royal Times came to town in his
horse and buggy lust Thursday. 1t
was q pleasure to note his appear
ance which indicates many years to
come at the good work of editinee ar d
pre- ching.
A log rolled over H. Q. Horning
and broke one of his legs a day or
two ago. He was at work in bis saw
mill in Licking creek valley. Mr..
Horning is one of the democratic
candidates for the cffice of county
commissioner. u
The water company used posters
last Friday to request citizens to re-
frain from using water, except for alb
solute necessity, because of the
drought. Don't use Sd much water
till after a good rain or two has
come. Agood rain came on Monday
evening.
To stop the growth of horns on q
calf, cut the hair from the base where
the horn appears; rub the horn spot
with stick of caustic potash. Two
applications 10 days apart are all
that is required. The end of the
caustic stick should be dampened be-
fore rubbed on.
Perry County Freeman, Aug. g.
A. N. Lyons and W. r. Hench found
two bee trees last week and cut them
on Thursday evening. There we're
about twenty persons out to see the
fun, but some of them found it nec-
essary to keep in the background
or take the consequences, as the
'kissing bugs" as they we're called
did effective work. Little or no hon
ey was found in the one tree and but
q few pounds in the other.
From the Fairview, Brown coun.
w Kansas Enterprite, Aug. 49,
A. s. Oksson of Okeson, Pa, brother
of G.. B. Okeson of Fairview, arrived
Thursday. Mr.. Okeson will make
a visit among his relatives in this
section and while here will look after
his large landed interests in other
parts Of Kansas. Mr.. Okeson visit
ed Kansas IL or IA years ago and
bought some land. He now regrets
that he did not buy more ct that