Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-12-13

The Altoona glase factory will
soon be put in operation.
Moss gathering for Christmas
mas been indulged in by a number
OF town people
Dr. Klng'slNew Discovery.
Colonel Thomas MOOrhead has
gone ona business trip to Arkansas
william Campbell, of Tuscarora
Valley, accompanied him.
The BOer war has sent the price
OF diamonds up, or rather the wal
mas given the dealersan excurse to
raise the price of diamonds.
DIR. Kings New Discovery.
The Union Sabbath School at Lo
Gust Run will hold a free entertain.
ment on Saturday evening, Decem-
Der 23rd, 1899. Everybody invit-
ed.
There is a street report that the
railroad offices that some time since
were moved from this town to Lew.
lstOwn Junction, will all be return
ed to this place about the 1st OF
the coming year.
DIR. Kings New Life Pills.
Actually Insulting Conductor
(hastily)-HOw old is that child.
Young Mother Indignantly
do | look old enough to have a
child old enough to pay fare!-
New York Weekly.
The one hundredth anniversary
of the death of George Washington,
will be observed in good many
places tomorrow, Thursday, De
cember II, chiefly by the Masonic
fraternity. He was a mason.
The rise in the price of leather is
blamed on the British and BOer
war. That it was made the scape
goat for a great many things.
Young ROckefeller's loss of 81,
900, 900 may also be charged to the
British and BOer was, if the leather
excuse for the boom is true.
Americans laugh at Chinese wom-
en- rorturing themselves with small
shoes, and then practice tight lac
ing. The Chinese say, "a small
foot looks nicer than small waist -
The American says, ga small waist
looks better than small foot. -
There is no accounting for the diff
ferent tastes of people.
A bold thief stole four sheep
from the farm of J. Grier Dain, at
Warren Tavern, Chester Co., early
on the morning of the 18th inst.
The thief drove a wagon to the
sheep pen, tied the legs of two
SOuthdown ewes and two common
ones, and hauled them away.
The British and BOer war has
affected prices of a number of
things, it has stimulated the busi-
ners of ship building and transpor-
tatiOn by ships. Nearly every
thing that the British need to car
ry on the war against the Beers has
to be shipped to Africa, on sea 60
ing vessels. The war has stopped
gold and diamond mining in BOer-
land.
Look out for the weather on Sat
urday say the weather wise, a
dreadful state of the weather will
then fake place, because a number
of the planets, the moon and sun
will be in a certain relation to each
other, that they have not sustained
since 1000 years ago, SO look out
for the weather on Saturday. The
weather prophets might be mistak-
en- on the bad weather for that day.
The peculiar position of the planets.
sun and moon, may produce pro-
foundly peaceful state of weather.
Bloomfield Times, December s.
THAT there are people in Perry
county that have no respect for
sick people and no respect for
dead people and no respect for well
people finds an illustration in what
took place on Friday morning
about two O'Clock, while Abraham
S. Dile's dead body was lying in
his house in Centre township and
his daughter, Mrs. Edward Reed
er, was almost at the point of death
in the same house, from having
swallowed pin about a month
ago, some vile miscreant attempted
to break into the house, probably
for the purpose of robbery, but
was discovered and driven away.
Christmas oaly IL days ahead.
Next summer the census taker will
be around
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