Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-06-28

4 ~ b va eAio eAo Soei
day of June
TIE Masons celebrated the 15Otl
Anniversary of their establishment il
Pennsylvania, last Friday.
! SENATOR CAMnoN's term of offic
will expire before the term of offic,
of Senator Mitchell expires.
WASHINGTON people say, that NOR,
ladies call upon President Arthur
than called upon preceding presi
dents.
Az exchange says; Camphor on ,
handkerchief placed on your pillow
at night viii prevent the mosquitoes
from disturbing your slumbers.
By new law in Virginia. drum
mers that sell BY sample have to pay
license tax of $3.50, and $50, fol
every $4,000 worth of additional
goods sold.
The relatives Of Thomas jefferson
have protested against having his re
mains taken to Washington city, aud
there re-intsred Good for the rcla-
tives.
THz Philadelphia Record says; The
Sey5oldt girl il Chicago, who tool
poison because her mother wished the
family to die all together, has had u
parallel in Danville, Illinois, where
Allie Mills, a girl of II years, took
arsenic because her father had mar,
ried Shameless woman; a compan
ion named Mary Oglie, II years old
took the same kind of poison because
she was an orphan; while Mary
Jones, aged II, took it because the
other two hli taken it. In the face
Of such suici1es as these the question
may well be asked; Is not the sa-
creiness of human life becoming less
and ,oss felt in this country.
THE NORTH american SAYS; The
bill now bsfore the Senate known as
the Head Money Bill" which i'm
poses poll tax upon emigrants for
the purpose of maintaining an emil
grafton bureau, is a proper one, and
should becoms law. Oi the thou
sands OF immigrants who are pouring
into this country every week there
are many whose room is worth more
than their company, who are at once
without means of supp ort, and with
out ability to render useful service.
These only go to swell the ranks of
paupers and criminals. and if we
were alive to our own interests, they
would he sent back to where they
belong. The time is coming when
we shall have to give more attention
to this subject than We have hitherto
done.
The North .7mer.can of last Fri
days, says Some persons who pre-
sumably mean well, but Who certain
iy are deficient both in sound Judge
ment and In good taste, called upon
the President yesterday for the pur-
pose OF convincing him that he ought
TO interfere ID Guiteau behalf by
committing that eNecrdple N Ir1erer s
sentence 10 Imprisonment for life,
upon the ground that he -is insane.
Most people have an idea that this
question WIS finally disposed of
when the jury found the man guilty,
for his alleged insanity was the sole
basis upon which his defence was
rested. There is no excuse for re
viving an issue which has been thus
authoritatively settled, and to give
tee President advice upon the sub
ject after al that has occurred is q
piece of llnpertineuce.
E1CaIgF JUsrIcE Aaskw, is out in
u sem.-Di1ody suirI letter a. g,ainst the
Philadelphia Republican State ticket
and IN iavor OF the Harrisburg Re
publican State ticket. The Judge is
dreadfuily afraid OF the Democrats,
but it is probable that if he we're q
candidate he would be satisfied to
nave IS many vote for him as could
be induced to do SO. Ii the Judge
| had dehvered himself half as vigor
ousiy against certain abuses WITHIN
the lines Of the Republican party hit
letter would have mad more affect
He is learned man, but not Just the
bell sheep to follow. He ls the gen
tleman tnst was put forward to write
4 pamphlet for the benefit OF the le
gal fraternity AMI others, advocating
the doctrine that this state should
pay the S4,09J,0J0. for riot damages
done to property by the fiol
IN 1877. 1t would have beer
an unfortunate step for this Com
monwealth had the Legislature act
ed upon that advice. He is tine best
Republican that advocates the most
thorough system of representative
government. Machine boss rule, il
the very opposite OF Repnblicanism.
The Philadelphia Record says
Drunkenness is often pleaded in ex
tenuation of crimes OF the graves
character. 1t is often the only at
tempted palliation of brutal murder
The excuse Is not without its weight
If not with lawyers, at least with Jur
les. The legal aspects of the matter
have lately been carefully discussed
in a case argued before the New
York Court of Appeals, and the de
cision reached Is OF interest. 1t wa
GAINED by the counsel for a con
demned murderer that his client wa
the victim of an appetite for drinl
which amounted to a disease tina
destroyed his wlll-power and render
ed him legally irresponsible, as il
the case OF insanity. A new tina
was therefore asked, because tn
Court below had refused to charg
the jury that the accused was not re
sponsible if the crime had been CON
mitted when be was the victim O