Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-08-22

". 1tlckeahangh a1d N. h.
Groninger have bought Perry CO.
for the sale Of the autOmstic yesh'' ;
ing machine. They win beoin tha
work OF Introducing the mschine
at once In that county.
Two plows owned by Harrison
Casner on the farm of B. r.
Scnweler were broken by some evil
disposed persons last week The
mould boards of both plows were
broken with a large stone:7
Ex-senator Ingalls, Of Kansas.
dled at Las Vegas, New Mexico.
on the 10th Of August, aged 81
years. He was a Massachusetts
man by birth. He died of some
form of cancer of the throat.
Begister of Wills, Levi s. Malrv
81 berks county, has been sued bv
Jacob 8. POtteiger for MARRYING
his son without father Potteiger;e
consent. There is a fine of one
thousand dollars for marriage in
such cases.
A swarm of bees in Franklin
county lit on T. M. Goetz. who
was picking peaches. The swarm
settled over his his head and
shoulders. His body was dread.
fully swollen. His suffering was
great. AT last report he was alive.
G l.. Goodhart's flock of6O tur-
Keys strayed from their home at
Centre Hall, Centre county, some
tour weeks ago. Last week Mr..
Goodhart found them ten miles
from home on the farm of James
Peters beyond Boalsburg. Two
small chickens accompanied the
turkeys on their travels.
lis. Boyd Murray reports that his
friends William Fasick, Frank
nv arner and Thomas LOwrey were
at Cuba Mill dam when their doc
treed an O'pOssum, which was
shaken off the tree. The dogs kill.
ed it. When weighed the opos,
sum tipped the beam Of the scales
at the % pound notch.
A fire destroyed a butcher shop
and an adjoining house and partly
destroyed a third house and three
poles Of the Tuscarora Telephone
Company in Newport last Friday
night. The water supply it is
said was inadequate to the occa-
sion, the drought having reduced
the supply in the Buffalo noun
tain reservoir.
/ Mrs. James s. Pannebaker, OF
Lewistown, spent last week very
pleasantly at the home of her
mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Lesher, in
Dimmsville, and while there she
attended the picnic on Saturday
ION her return home she stopped
off here to spend a day at the home
of Mrs. Philo II. Pannebaker, on
Washington street.
| The shirt waist for men have
come suddenly and unexpectedly
and that puts the shirt waist man
in fashion with the shirt waist
woman. Possibly the hot summer
has had to do with the advent OF
the shirt waist for men. The
shirt sleeve man has been on deck
ever since the shirt BECAME gar
ment for men to wear.
\ The corner stone qf the new Luth
eran Church of Mifflintown, Pa,
win be laid on Sunday, September
t2nd. Rev. G. w. Heisler, D. D.,
President of Susquehanna Univer-
sity, SelinsgrOve, Pa, and Rev.
NJ. H Stine, Phi. D., pastor of
Christ's Lutheran Church, Harris
burg, Pa, will be present on this
occasion to assist in the services.
All are cordially invited to be
present Services 1890 a. m. and
$50 p. M:
The courses of study at Mifflin
Academy are arranged so that a
graduate from the MifflintOwn
High school or the Patterson High
school can complete course in
two years. These courses are
broad and liberal, including Latin,
Greek, Mathematics, English and
the Sciences. The graduates are
admitted to all the colleges and
universities of the state. No one
should think of going away till he
has completed one of these courses
in the Academy
The United Presbyterian church
at Sardis, Westmoreland county,
was left a legacy of two hundred
and fifty dollars years ago by John
Ludwick with the prOvisO that the
money should be returned when
ever an organ was introduced in
fhe church. On Sunday, August
13, the organ was played with the
singing of the 23rd Psalm. A
number of the congregation arose
and walked out of the church aud
say they will not return until the
organ is removed, so information
from Greensburg reports.
A man writing from Cape Nome.
the~far north gold field says, chick
ems cannot live there in summer.
time. They die of exhaustion ir
walking about waiting for the sur
to set. The sun sets at 11.3O and
rises at LIS. The sun is not hid
long enough to produce darkness
for a chicken to sleep. A week OF
such long days kills the stOutes'
chicken. Chickens are taker
| thorn in cold storaUe and se1I fO,