Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-05-16


THERE were 60 infants on exhib
ton at the Pittsburg baby show, las
week.
THs State Medical Society held Ii
34th annual session at Norristowl
LIST week.
Mr. KIM has withdrawn his nam
for appointment as chief examiner o
Civil Service Reform.
THERE is talk among the Democ
racy of re-nominating Hancock TO
the Presidency in 1884.
THE Indiana Republicans are re
ported to be in first rate fighting
trim. Political fighting is meant
ALARGE percentage of the Phila
.delphia Methodists are opposed to
holding religious conferences in thea
ters.
GOVERNOR PATT1sos's first recep
tion since the Inauguration was Civ,
en- on the evening of May 9, it began
at s o'clock and was over by half
past IL o'clock
l. is said that the Confederate sol
diers are organizing to make united
effort ON Southern Congressman to
secure pensions for them, Just rs
pensions are secured for Union sol
diers.
The New England Genealogical
Society have sent Henry F. Waters
to England, to find out how blue
the blood of certain New England
families WAS previous to their coming
to America.
JUDeE KELLY of Philadelphia, had
adifficult surgical operation perform
ed on the interior right side of the
mouth, few days ago. 1t was a
tumor that grew in his mouth. He
is doing well.
Ono, Kansas, Minnesota, Indiana,
Iowa, California, Michigan, Illinois
Kentucky last year produced 500,-
000,00o bushels of spring and win
ter wheat 1t is thought the yield
this year Will show shorting of 20
per cent, as compared with that of
last year.
Question, did the Pennsylvania
Legislature bury the bloody shirt
when it marched through the streets
of Richmond to the step of Union
music, a.d with Rebel flag waving
at the head of the procession! The
visit to Richmond was made two
weeks ago.
San ANTONIO, Texas, had sensa-
ton few days ago, over the confes
sion of Major Wesson, government
paymaster, that he was robbed Of
S24,000 was fraud. He was not
robbed, the story was gotten up to
cover his short account with the gov
ernment. He was put under arrest,
and will be court martialed
The Philadelphia Times suggests
the propriety of giving a pension to
all such members of the Pennsylvan-
in Legislature as took a headache
while visiting the battle fields of
Virginia. For SO advocating the
Times should go head The Times
understands that it is a popular thing
TO get pension these days.
THE objections that have been sta
ted against Keim as Examiner of the
Civil Service Commission, so far have
all been of;a trivial nature not worth a
feather in the mind of an intelligent
man. Ii Mr.. Keim is not the right
kind of a man, why are the disquali-
fyiRg defects not stated? If he is
not a fit man for the place, why is
he not fit What are his defects
The New York Independent re-
marks: The Democratic Party does
MT know what to say about the tariff
question; and yet it must next year
define its position when asking the
people to trust it with power One
difficulty, and perhaps the most ser
ious one, consists in the fact that
Democrats are very far from being
agreed among themselves on this
subject The party, as such, doesn't
know what it wants, or what will
best mite it.
The opposition that certain jour
nalists declared to the appointment
of De B. r. Keim, as examiner of the
Civil Service Commission seem to be
grounded on the fact that Keim is a
friend OF Cameron. 1t will not be
many months till these same people
that are deDouncing men because
they are friends of Cameron will be
anxious for the support of Cameron
and his friends to help prop up po-
lit:cal organization so that they may
enjoy the spoils of Office.
GENERAL GRANTS mother died in
New York, last Friday after a sick
ness of few hours She said that
she felt weak, and lay down on a bed
and before her son could be called,
she died. She lived with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Corbin. Her maiden name
was Simpson. She was born in
Montgomery county, Pa, in 1913.
She was a woman of good common
sense" The fame achieved bv her
eldest son never disturbed her. To
her he was her boy Hiram.
The North American speaks of the
spirit of Democracy as expressed by
Mr. Hendricks as follows: Mr. Hen
bricks, of Indiana, has no doubt ex-
pressed correctly the spirit OF the
Democratic party generally in refer
ence to the tariff in the present i'm
me.Sency. The main point seems to
be that if the country generally ac-
quiesces in the new tariff, and trade
becomes prosperous and hourishing,
the Democrats will not, of course,
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