Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-03-08

BUDS On peach trees down in Dela
ware are pronounced as all right
CONGRESS proposes to look into the
Chill and Peru question, by investi-
cation.
HUNTINGTON is not to have a peni-
tentiary; it is to be Reformatory
School
TIE American poet Longfellow Gel
ebrated his 18th birthday on Monday
q week.
The Emperor of Germany will be
IS years old if he lives till the 22nd
day of this month
MR BAYARD, of Delaware, has many
friends among the Democracy for the
Presidential nomination in 1884.
The social evil has become SO
strong in Toronto, Canada, that a
society for its suppression has been
organized.
PREsrDESr ARTHUR has nominated
Bltler B. Strang as United States
Marshal of the Territory of Dakota.
A good nomination.
"a MAN who received an insulting
valentine at Hohokus, \. j., threat
ems to prosecute the postmaster for
refusing to tel who sent it.
A. NJ Brown has been requested by
members of the Allegheny Bar to be-
come a candidate for Judge of the
Supreme Court. Mr.. Brown has con-
sented.
The Temperance people are getting
up en- address to the people in gen
eral on the question of Constitu-
tional amendment prohibiting the sale
of liquor.
A VERBAL message of coincidence
from the Queen of Spain was deliv-
cred to Mrs. Garfield last week by q
special messenger in the person OF
Mr. Fairchild, ex- Minister to Spain.
ROBERT INGERsoLL is an entertaining
critic, but he is making no converts
against the Christian doctrine OF the
resurrection and the life to come, as
taught by Christ and the Holy Scrip
lures.
The Egyptian government has dis
patched to England that upon a re
cent consideration of the subject OF
slavery, the maintenance of slavery
for the Egyptian people is deemed
necessary.
A METHODIST journalist who has
been keeping count says that since
the 1st of January there have been
23,39S people, or souls converted
That would be an average of 1858
conversions per month.
The prosecution of the Star Mai
Route contractors goes on at Wash
ington. The counts against the
chief agents number one hundred
charges of fraudulent acts, embraced
in the business on u post routes.
OBERL1N, Ohio, has a sensation il
the fact that the officers of one ot
churches in that town refused to al
low Rev. Henry Ward Beecher tc
lecture in their church building. The
lecture is to be delivered ON the 1Gtl
inst.
FIVE times has an attempt beer
made to take the life of Queen Vic
toria since she became the head o.
the British government. She escaped
without injury every time the hand
of the murderer was raised against
her.
BLAIxE's eulogy of Garfield, delivered al
Washington, was an effort worthy of him
but when he spoke SO glowingly of the tao
tics of Thaddeus Stevens in deprivIng Pres
iGent Johnson OF Executive prerOg atives
did he not over-reach himself in his con
demnation of Conklipg for seeking to cur
tail the Executive prerogatiye in the inter
est of the Senate to reject appointment
sent in BY the President.
OK Saturday evening a meeting oi
citizens of Philadelphia was held IL
the Academy of Music, TO express
sympathy for the Jews that have been
treated so barbarously in Russia. and
to protest against such acts of barbar
ism as have been committed agains;
the Hebrews in the country mention
ed. Several hundred of Russian
Jews are now in Philadelphia.
The decision OF the State Supreme
Court gives the members of the late
Legislature $500 each, additional
pay. Each member has been as
sessed $50 to pay the two lawyers
that conducted the case. The sum
that the lawyers will receive is &c.
$50.
POLITICIANS that profess to under
stand the cut and dry politics of the
State say that Beaver will be the Re
publican candidate for Governor, and
that Wolverton will be the Demo
cratic candidate for the same Office.
The states of the Independents, OF
ktue- kSSuc l1OI 81 dO
fined
PHILaprLrHIx held a town meeting in the
Academy Of Music, and roundly denounced
Russians for abusing the Jews Philadel-
phians can hold as many town meetings as
they please. What would Philadelphians
think of people of st. Petersburg or Mos
COW holding a town meeting if such q
meeting could De held there--and denounc-
ing Americans for abusing Cinnamon that
live in America 1t is, perhaps, not right
TO criticise Phiiadrlphiaus for not taking
the Chinese into consideration in tEeiI
meeting of coincidence. The meeting was
called TO sympathize with the Jews in theil
misfortune in falling under the barbarous
displeasure of the Russians.
-, L H.