Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-05-17

rHsRE are over two hundred grave
yard insurance companies in this
State. Proceedings have been insti-
tuted at Harrisburg to have them
Dissolved
The court in Trenton \. J., is
wrestling with case in which one
man charged another, with having
accepted a bribe, while serving as a
member of the Legislature.
TIE Supreme court in It's decision
last week leaves no room for Ser
geant Mason, to escape the verdict
OF the court that tried him, excepting
a pardon from President Arthur.
LAST week the management of the
Boston Mystic Rubber Company pro-
posed to reduce the wages of the
people they employ. 25 per cent.
They employ 400 women. The wo-
men all struck, that is they quit work.
The people in favor of amending
the state Constitution, so as to for
bid the manufacture and sale of in
tozicating liquors, excepting for med
icinal and scientific purposes, held a
convention in Huntingdon last week.
The Republican State convention
in its nominati0 of Davies, and Mar
shall should give satisfaction to the
foreigners by birth. This is the
home of the free, and the land of the
oppressed. excepting for John China
man.
The statement that Sergeant Ma
son would not accept pardon from
President Arthur is most forcibly
contradicted by his wife Mrs Mason
calling on the President last Friday
and asking him to pardon her hus-
band
PRESIDENT ARTHUR, issued o pro-
clamation against certain rioters in
Arizona, and called upon them to de
sist from their riot work, but so far,
the proclamation has only had one
effect and that is to cause the rioters
to hold Indignation meetings to de
nounce the President.
A PHILADELPHIA newspaper says
that Rawle, the Republican candid
ate for Supreme Judge denounced
Cameron's politics as being damnable
Perhaps the newspaper was misin-
formed rs to RawIe's expression.
Rawle would hardly be SO unwise as
TO give expression to such utterances.
HE election in this state the com
ing fall will be a lively one. The Of
fees to fill will be a Governor, Lu-
tenant Governor, Secretary OF Inter
nal Affairs, Justice of the Supreme
Court, two hundred and one Assem-
blymen, twentyseven State Senators
and twenty-seven congressman, and
numerous local officers.
AMERICANS, that believe that for
tunes 100 years old, await them in
Holland or the Netherlands are in
formed by both the National and
State government that no fortunes
can be obtained by heirs that have
been away 100 years; the laws of linn
itation debar heirs from Inheritance
long before they had been away 100
years.
UNDER date of the 9th inst the fol-
lowing WAS despatched through the
land. Rev K. Dove, a Methodist
minister of Peerfield, has been ar
rested charged with burning par
eonsge two years ago. He las been
absent for long time IN England,
AM Sas arrested Immediately on his
return. He. gave bail for his appear
ance." The probability is that the
charge against the preacher Is a false
charge. A man IN committing a
crime always has motive; what mo
tive could a preacher have in burn
ing q parsonage?
A COMMITTEE of ex Union and e1-
Confederate officers appointed 'to
arrange series of joint reunions of
the Army of the Potomac and the
Army of Northern Virginia, to fix
historic points for the Government
history of the battle of Gettysburg
has decided on June for those en-
gagged at or near the Peach Orchard,
Wheat Field" 'Devils Den and
'.Round Top" June IA for those en-,
gagged in the first days battle, and
October Is for those engaged at OF
near Cups Hill or East Camden
Hill. The hour and place for meeting
to be the eagle Hotel, Gettysburg,
at s P. NJ. Other meetings will be
called as the history progresses"