Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-09-06
SENTINEL & REPUBLICAN,
MIFFLINTOWN.
Wednesday, Sept 6, 1852.
3. F. S CH w E | E R,
EDITOR AND PRoPRIEroR

Robert G Ingorsoll, is reported t.
have said, that, "hang juries, is th,
chief law practice in Philadelphia"
CONFEDERATE bonds were bought
by Richmond Virginia brokers last
week, at seven dollars and fifty cent.
n thousand.
The political situation in Hunting
don county Is SO mixed that the poll
ticians are at loss as to where to
begin to -'whoop it up.
TaE Greenback and Democratic
fusion in Maine, are having a fuss
with each other, and that in all prob
ability will elect the Republican tick
ct with handsome majority.
THE butchers in the large cites of
the Atlantic sea board are uneasy,
for serious inr Dads have been made
on their business by cattle dressed
for market, being brought from the
west in refrigerator cars.
Pattison's pictures, as published
in the Democratic newspapers, do
not look like the picture of a reform
er. If his person is as course look
ing as his face how can he be re-
former! Perhaps the pictures do
him injustice.
Pattison is young man, he has
done nothing but go to school, read
law, and hold Office, and as he never
inherited any money, it is question
how SO great S reformer as he is re-
ported to be, should be the owner
of a $4,000 dollar estate.
WHAT is the use i'll having Con
greSs to meet every year!
The New York Sun declares this
to be government of clerks
PoLIrIcIANs that favor Beaver, de-
clare that the nomination of Arm
strong, the Greenback candidate for
Governor, 10y the Labor Convention,
will elect the General
WHILE in the State of New York
last week, President Arthur took part
in a fox hunt A number of the Ia
dies ofthe party, followed, the hounds
on horseback a distance of Z miles,
till the fox was holed-
IT looks as if the Democrats, in
Perry county have some what of a
Congressional candidate job ''cut and
dry for no nomination for Congress
in Perry was made, last week when
the county convention met. Perhaps
there are a lot of Democrats near
Harry Bechtels lines.
SALEM, q city of q population of
$4,000 in India, has been experienc-
ing the horrors of religious war.
between the religion of the Hindoos,
and the religion of the Mohamme-
dams. On the 2Sth of August an eye
witness sent the following despatch,
relative to the riot; saw the disem-
boweled body of a Mohammedan in
FAINT lying on the ground Its arms
Were also torn off. Headless corpses
of Mohammedan men and women
were lying on every side. Houses
of Mohammedans were burned, and
the principal mosque was almost raz-
ed to the ground. Dead pigs had
been thrown into wells with the
corpses of Mohammedan children.
Troops are still patrolling the streets
The 4Iohammedans are small MI
nority of the population.
ASTRONOMERS are preparing to sta
ton themselves at different places on
this little globe so as to see the plan
ct Venus, when it passes between
the Earth and the Sun, which will
take place on the 9th of next Decem-
Der.
BEAVER addressed meeting at Nc
Connelsburg, Fulton county, last
Thursday. He pronounced himself
as nobody's man Fulton is in this
congressional district As is report
ed he said that railroad interests de-
pend upon his election, in conjunction
with the election of Republican con-
gressmen. On the same day he ad-
dressed a meeting at Chambers
burg, Franklin county, also in this
Congressional district. There he
talked tariff, and urged upon the
people to support the Congressman
at-large Brosius for the reason that
the Congress may be close and en-
danger the tariff He does not take
account of the Stewart Republicans,
and for the first time since he has
been making speeches, he spoke of
Stewart, he would not have done SO
there but he was In Stewards town.
The Republicans held meeting in
Maine, at Lake Marancook last We'd
nesday; 25,000 people were present,
Blaine delivered 80 minutes speech.
Local politics, and the tariff We're his
subject.
A DESPATCH from France, last week
said: The annual report of the wheat
crop in France shows it is excellent
in twenty departments, good in forty
five, fair In eleven, poor in nine, and
Ddu III Ouc. luitt vi SOl olCd
A MAN named Brooks, shot DIR.
Canes, in Washington, Indiana coun-
ty, last Wednesday, for the reason
that the doctor had told Mrs. Brook,
that her husband was on too intimate
terms with another woman. 1t is al
ways dangerous to interfere between
a man and wife.
CHAIRMAN Heinsel, intimates that
Chairman Cooper is too fresh when
he says that the large percentage of
the Armstrong followers are Demo-
Gratis, and therefore Beaver will be
benefited by Armstrong being in the
race for the Governorship, to which
intimation Cooper says nothing but
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