Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-04-25
Ice In some of the lakes in Canada
q said to be four feet thick.


The General Assembly of the Pres
byterian Church will meet at Sara
toga Springs, May H.
IT costs go per cent. more to rail
road dressed meat from Chicago than
it does to railroad live cattle.
The 21st Emancipation day was
celebrated in Washington by the col
ored people with uncommon enthu
siasm.
WHENEVER a number of Democrats
hold convention, or any other pub
lie meeting, they talk about Thomas
Jefferson. How comes that to be so?
A PROFOUND sensation was created
at Washington on Saturday when in
formation WAS received that Presi-
dent Arthur was taken seriously Ill
at Savannah, while on his way home
from Florida
BRITISH gun boats, it is said, are
cruising off the Irish coast to inter
cept American ships, that are believed
to have Internal machines on board
10 be landed for the Irish that desire
to blow up the British.
1t is almost enough to take ones
breath, to read of the expectations
OF Philadelphians, when they tell it
In the Philadelphia Times, that with
in the next hundred years the city of
Brotherly Love will draw its supply
of water from Lake Erie.
A LAWYER in Tampa, Florida, took
part in lynching operation, and the
court before which he practiced, dis
barred him for the act He appealed
to the Supreme Court of the United
States to restore him to legal bar
privileges, but the highest court re
fused to interfere.
ST.. LOUIS wants the Democratic
National Convention in 1884 They
say that it will be an honor to have
the convention that year, for the re-
turn to power by the Democracy Will
date from 1884 Have the Democ-
racy forgotten that there is "many a
sip betwixt the cup and the lip?'
IT Is said that Jay Gould has re
tired from active business upon for |
tune of one hundred million dollars. |
The probability is that Mr. Gould is |
not worth the one-fourth of $780,
100000; but even twenty five mil
hon dollars should be sufficient to
keep one in comfortable circum-
stances.
THURSDAY, the 18th inst, was an
anniversary notable in American an
mails. 1t was just one hundred years
since George Washington caused to
be read at the head of the Cont
mental Army the proclamation that
the independence of the American
Colonies had been finally secured by
the treaty of peace between Great
Britain and the Colonies.
The Southern people used to be
fond of gambling, but the business
of keeping gambling house has
fallen into disrepute to such degree
IN Tennessee, that the Legislature Of
that state has passed an act making
it felony to keep gambling estab-
hshments, or to rent houses for gam
bling purposes. The penalty is i'm
prisonment for not less than one nor
more than three years
The New York Independent under
stands that Mr.. Polk, the defaulting
treasurer of Tennessee, proposes to
settle up his accounts with the state
in full, dollar for dollar, so that the
state shall lose nothing by him. That
is Just the square thing for him to do.
The square thing for the state to do
is to deal with its creditors in the
same way. This would be honest,
and every other course is dishonest.
SENATOR BAYARD delivered speech
at Chicago 8 day or two ago. He
predicted that the Democracy will
carry the elections in 1884, but there
is nothing new in such prediction.
The Democracy have SO predicted
every four years since Buchanan
time. There isn't much left of the
erring brethren but their predictions,
and if they can be happy in predict
ing and waiting, let them enjoy their
happiness in peace.
People no longer wait for the ad
vent of warm weather to visit sea
shore resorts, as may be learned from
the North American of last Wednes
day, as follows The present month,
April, appears to have been thus far
the height of the fashionable season
at Atlantic City, and perhaps some of
our readers may be surprised to learn
that five large hotels in the fashion
able quarter on or near Pacific ave-
nue. have been full to overfowing
with transient visitors.
A BRITISH dispatch says: A school
in the old borough of Bedford, Eng
land, was endowed some 400 years
ago by London merchant with thir-
teen acres of London land. The ad-
vance in the value of the property |
since that time has been such that
the revenue now supports a first
class grammar school, preparatory
English school, girls school and an
infant school. The wisdom of the
benefactor is evidenced by the supe
rior intelligence of the citizens, which
is so marked as to be noted at once
by strangers visiting the town
THERE is bill In the Legislature
that proposes to abolish the custom
of treating, of which the North
American says: 1t might certsiDly
be to the public advantage if the alb
surd system of treating could be
abolished, or very considerably mod
flied; but it does not seem probable
that the proposed action of the Leg
islature is likely to effect such re
suit. 1t may gravely be doubted
whether any constitutional right to