Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-03-29
GERMANY has, population of 49,

year while in the act of coupling cars
JoHS BENNINGHoFF, Bradford, Pa,
millionaire, died few days ago, aged
81 years.
CoNKLING is practicing law, and is
no longer thorn in the flesh of the
Office seeker.
PLEURo- PNEUMONIA, a lung disease,
has made its appearance among cat
tie in New York State.
president ARTHUR gave a dinner
for General Grant last Wednesday,
Thirty-fve guests were there.
Rents. according to Philadelphia
papers, have advanced considerably
in the city of Brotherly Love.
THREE hundred and fifty houses
were destroyed by FIRE in Emod, Hun
gary, a few days ago. Nine lives
were lost.
OK Monday a week, Chicago ship
owner agreed to ship $4,000 bushels
of corn to Buffalo, n Y, for two
cents bushel.
The question of the Imprisonment
of American citizens in Ireland has
been brought TO the consideration of
the English Parliament.
A srATIsTIc1AS SAYS that the debt Of
civilized nations is increasing. In
1918 it was eight billions; in 1880 it
was twenty-eight billions.
The Allentown silk mill is turning
out silk goods. The ladies of the
place buy largely of the homemade
goods to make into dresses.
SAMUEL BLATcHFoRD has the ap-
pointment to the Associate Justice
ship. which Conkling declined. Mr..
Blatchford is New Yorker
HEyR WADswoRTH LoNGFELLow died
at his home in Boston at 3 o'clock
last Friday morning. He was dis
tinguished as poet. He was born
in 1907.
A DISPATCH from across the water
says, the Fenians are plotting to de-
stroy London. Suppose it possible
to destroy London, how would that
help the Irish!
WHILE debate was progressing in
the Canada house of Assembly, an
alarm was started by the burning of
some paper. The Assembly was ad-
journed pell-mell.
Mr.. TLDES is building a 100000
house in New York. Evidently he
did not empty all OF his barrels at
the feet of the Democracy when he
ran for the Presidency.
WEo would want the picture or
autograph of wretch like Guiteau |?
The murderer is permitted to sell his
picture, and autograph every Sunday
to callers at the Washington jail.
THESE are days of fast men and
fast women. The men of 60 years
ago-two generations ago-are looked
upon as "old fogies." Take care /;
"the stream cannot rise higher than
its source.
The colored cadet, Whitaker, of
whom it was said he slit bis own ears,
and bound himself to escape class
examination at the Military Academy,
was discharged from West Point a
few days ago because of deficiency IN
studies.
II is terrible to think that five men
were hanged in one day-last Friday
in this State, but society must take
care of itself. Those five men muir
dered six of their fellow mortals. Ii
it were not for the terror's of the
hangman's moose, violence would walk
abroad unblushingly at high noon,
and strike down whomsoever it
pleased, for gain, for lust, for jeal-
ousy, for malice.
THIS item, from Iowa, is cheering
news for ladies that are IN favor OF
women voting: iowa has fallen into
line on the universal suffrage ques-
ton, the Legislature having agreed
to an amendment to the constitution
of the State striking out the word
"male." The friends of the mea-
sure are confident that the amend
ment viii be ratified by vote OF the
people"
Ten tons of gold brick" were re-
ceiyed at the Philadelphia mint on
Friday. Each brick weighed Is to
90 pounds The brick were in boxes
each box held 200 pounds of the pre-
cious metal. The invoice was worth
FIVE million dollars. A special guard
sat in the cars in which the gold was
brought from New York city, and an
armed guard accompanied each
driver of the different wagons that
hauled it to the mint from the rail
road station.
The Foreign Affairs Committee at
Washington have been conducting an
investigation in regard to claim on
q guano deposit that certain Ameri-
cans say they hold against Peru for
S1.000,00O000. Mr. Blaine had got
the Garfield administration about
half committed to the interest Of the
claimants, but, as the saying gees,
New Lords, new masters, so IL TINS
case, when the Arthur administration
came into power there was a change
of policy with regard to the guano
business, and hence the investigation.
The Legislature of Ohio is wrest-
ling with the railroad pass business.
What power has Legislature to pre-
vent store keeper from giving hat
or pair of boots or anything else to
whomsoever he pleases ? What right
has Legislature to say that a doc
tor shall not doctor whomsoever he
pleases for nothing? What right
has Legislature TO prevent lawyer