Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-08-22


GOVERNOR PATrIsoS's extra session
has already cost the state over 5000,
600.
A NATIONAL bank has been orga
nized at Punxstawney Jefferson
county.
The King of Sweden is an early
riser, and takes ride on horseback
every morning before breakfast.
PREsBYTERrANs that are opposed to
organ music in the church held q
convention in Pittsburg last week.
BUSINESS on the first floor, a fail
ure of two million less than nothing,
such as is the case with Boston
leather house.
The Democrats are jubilant over
the fact that they have carried Tex
as, which is a good deal like the
Dutch taking Holland or the Irish
taking Ireland.
VIZ. H. BARNUN is reported to have
said that Tilden gave his check for
S25,000 to aid the election of Han
cock, when the general was candid
ate for the presidency.
The Wilkesbarre Record asks it in
this way, if the members of the Leg
islature obtain so day for doing
nothing how much should hard
working man receivef
SOME of the strongest speakers that
the Democracy have in the Legisla-
ture, are among the quietest mem
Lers since the SO day session for
each member opened. Why is this
5a;is?
iHE Perry county Democrat, a
Democratic paper, tells it in this way.
Jefferson Davis walked up the wrong
raesenger when he attacked Judge
S!aclS Wait and see how he will
make the bones of the old rebel rat
tie.
JyGGE BARNETT, decided the Bos-
icI Wagner contest in the Carlisle
ssnatorial district, in favor of Wagner
Tor the senatorial seat. The Legis-
iature provided for the payment of
the cost of both parties to the con-
sest.
TLDES is SO, and has just bought
himself span of trotters. Good
he can afford it. But if the Democ-
racy expect Kim to use them at his
own Inauguration as President of
the republic they will have made a
mistake.
CANADIAN authority, will if possible
prevent any one from attempting to
swim the Niagara rapids. If other
peoples rights are not involved, what
use is there in preventing all the
cranks in the country in going to the
rapids and taking plunge'
That women are scarce in certain
parts of the west is evidenced by the
statement of a western paper which
says: The first woman to arrive in
Carbonate, Col, received an ovation.
marked by such substantial tokens
of welcome as town lot, a mining
claim, and the money with which to
buy silk dress.
SENATOR ALLISON of Iowa. on the
l1th inst, started on tour to speak
in a number of the counties in the
State. On the 18th his wife went to
the river and drowned herself in two
feet of water SShe had cut up her
gossamer, placed some stones in it,
and tied them securely about her
neck and lay down in water only two
feet deep
SOME of the citizens in Hunting
don are protesting through the pa
pers against certain other people
standing on the streets at midnight
engaging in serenades. 1t is claim
ed that no people have a right to
stand on the highway and by harmo-
nious musical noise, or by unharmo-
nious discordant noise disturb the
sleep of neighbors.
IT is said that W. II. Vanderbilt,
while stopping at hotel in New
Hampshire was informed that 80 of
the servants in the hotel were stu
dents who were there at work during
vacation to raise money! to help them
on with their studies de conclud-
ed from the manner in which they
did their work that they were a
worthy set, and concluded to give ev,
cry one of them one hundred dollars
to help them on with their studies.
He drew a check of $4,000 to be di-
vided equally among the thirty.
This is what the North American
saws about the action of the Cana
dian government to prevent cranks
from attempting to swim down Ma
CARA rapids: The Canadian authori-
ties have taken very sensible course
III regard to the attempts to repeat
Captain Webb's melancholy fiasco.
They announce that any person es-
saying to swim the whirlpool or Civ
ing notice of an intent to do SO will
be looked upon and treated as lun
attic. This is just one step below 6
criminal category; and it is undoubt
sdly the true status of such foolhardy
ambition.
REPUBLICANS in the Legislature
claim, that they have the right to
join Republican counties in Congress
ional and Senatorial districts SO a:
to get large majority of congress
men and senators because the State
has been Republican by large ma
jority ever since 1860. The Demo
Gratis claim that because the STATE
last fall went Democratic that they
are entitled to much larger share
of the Congressional and Senatorial
districts than they have had in thu
past 20 years, and that's all there i,
In the SO day extra session of th'
Legislature. Does it pay, to pa.
$4,000 a day, to have such wrangl'
like that going on at Harrisburg