Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-09-29
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n.nu' 'he feisburg Band from Lewistown,
ainlih county. and the Miffiintown Band.
LOOKOUT fcr the Democratic still hunter
MS cebauchery is worse by MANY times
Shen be has money in his hand. than the
man who wields bludgeen over your head.
Inc Pan-Presbyterian Council, now in
session In Philadelphia, pronounced posi-
.Neiy against recognizing an invitation to
'he State Fair, because it was kept opeu for
visitors on Sunday.
The reason Hancock is the Democratic
Candidate for the Presidency is found in
the fact that he was the General that sec
onded Andy Johnson's efforts to nu,lify the
reconstruction acts of Congress.
one OF the soldier orphan boys, belong
ing to the acAlisterville school, had a
leg broken about ten O'Clock on Thursday
night OF last week, by wagon on Which
he was to take passage TO the McAlisterville
school.
cufing the continuance of the Port ROYAL
Fair, young ladies will have a table set for
all who desire to partake of a substantial
dinner. The money paid for dinner will be
used for the benefit of the Presbyterian
church,
l. e. Marks, teacher and life insurance
agent, was in town in the beginning of the
week. Only few days ago a report was
current that he had died, ana obituary no.
tices came near being put in the papers for
him.
"The Berks County Commissioners are
working with the Lancaster Commissioners
to bring about conference OF Commission
ers from all the counties in the State. The
idea is that room for reform in county af-
fairs may be found''
Hancock says that he will not pay the
rebel claims. He also declares himself as
against the payment of Union claims. Such
as have not been paid are 60 become stale,"
and are barred by the lapse of time. That
will suit the origadiers. None or both.
A Harrisburg womsr started to the rail-
road to commit suicide by throwing herself
under, or in front of the railroad engine
that her husband runs, but before she reach
ed the railroad she changed her mind, turn
ed about and walked home. How sensible
she became just at the critical moment.
E. B. Cramer, telegraph operator a, Har-
risburg, has not been in good health for
some time. Last week he spent at the home !
of Mr.. Wm. kurtz, in Walker township, |
Mr.. kurtz being his father-in-law. Mr.. |
Cramer is an efficient employe in the ser
vice of the railroad company.
Republicans of Spruce Hill township |
have organized Garfield and Arthur Club, /
with Samuel Mowery as President, J. F. O. /
Long, S. p. Wharton, T. T. Patton, Jona- !
than Swartz, J. l.. Barton and Theodore /
Meminger, Vice Presidents, Sam1 c. Pome-
roy, Treasurer, and n. II. Esh, Secretary.
The Republicans indulged in grand dem
onstration last Saturday night in Philadel-
phia. Thirty-six thousand men We're in
line. James q. Blaine was at the Union
League building, but speech-making was
beyond all question in the presence of such
a multitude.
The Bloomsbury Republican says: &c We
have been informed that at the close of a
Democratic meeting held at Bendertown,
this county, three cheers were offered first /
for the speaker, second for the Democratic .
party. and third for the southern confeder-
acy. What do the loyal people think of
this l''
A Batavia, Ohio, paper says that on the
Goth inst, at that place Congressman J. {. |
s. Blackburn, of Kentucky, said in his /
speech " Let the Radicals cease their /
brawl about solid South. She is solid,
thank God She ras solid for JEFF Ddri, in
1866, md rs WiH be solid for Hancock in
1880"
The Democracy are still pounding Bob 1
Ingersoll. Now, considering the fact that
Hancock has pronounced himself as such al /
admirer OF the doctrines of Thomas Jeier- /
SUI Dti Au' Uufstitu vi paihR ch's, anu 10
Jefferson was also an infidel of the Inger |
soil school, would it not be more becoming !
for them to take a little talk of Jefferson |
and Hancock along with Ingersoll.
The Republican Rally at Nc Alisterville on
Tuesday evening of last week was spien-
did affair. One hundred and twenty-five
L in, lin. and
with the hundreds of footmen tOrch-bearers
was a sight that delighted the eyes of all
who witnessed it. Mr.. Furst, of Bellefonte,
Center county, addressed The assembly that
convened in the Academy after the process
sion broke ranks.
The election in Maine is so close that it
will take the official returns to deter mine
who is the governor elect. The vote will
not be officially counted till in January,
when the legislature meets. fair count
and no gouging, is what everybody asks for.
The man who cheats at the ballot box, or fall
sites a return, is thief at heart, and only
requires the opportunity to develop him in
The Fermanagh Township School Board
he'd meeting on Saturday, the g5th inst,
at their new ssArch Rock" school house,
for the purpose of taking the building of
the hands of the contractor, If found salts
factory. On examination it was found that
the contractor, J. Nelson Van-Ormer, has
built them a school house complete in every
particular, and they take pleasure in recon-
mending him as an honest, upright man.
II you garble Hancock's letter on South
ern claims il appears to be in accord with
the views of the majority of the people OF
the North, but when you take the letter as
a whole it is susceptible of two-fold con-
struction. 1t is against the payment OF
Union claims. 1t is against the payment OF
all claims arising out of the war. 1t Will
suit the brigadiers, They can now shout,
H.. ,,nd.r the comuon uSages of war no