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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-05-13
G. A. r. General Orders.
sEn-ASxuAL INSPECTION AND DECORATION
DAY.

GEN. ORDERS, } H'D-Q'Rs 1t. D. Fl. WILSON
Posr, No. 1874, DEPT of
No. ]. Pa, G.. A. r., MIrYLIS-
TOWN, Pa, MAY 8, 1855.
COMRADES: In accordance with orders is
sued by WM. NJ. ALLISON, Assistant-Inspec-
tor-at-Large for llth Dist, Dept OF Psnna.,
u. A. R., the post will muster for inspec-
ton at their Head-Quar,ers, on Thursday
evening, May q, 1889, at $50 O'Clock sharp,
in tull dress Ii is expected that every CON-
rade who possibly can will be present on
that occasion. THos. j. STEWART, A. A. q, -,
has promised to be present and assist the
Inspecting Officer, Comra ade W. V. b. Cop
LIN, OF Post i76.
By order of
S. RBADY CAVENY.
ATTEST: Post C0mmonder.
WV. NJ. ALLISON, .4iiufant
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more or less, having thereon erected a
GOOD HOUSE, FRAME BARN, and 9TH
er buildings. A fine spring of water on the
premises, very fine Young Orchard, in
good bearing condition, aud a general va
riety of choice fruit trees, all bearing. This
tract OF land is well adapted for grazing.
and within two miles of Thompsontown
Creamery.
TERMS: Ten per cent of the purchase
money to be paid when the property is
stricken down, forty yer cent. on con6rma-
ton Of sale by the Court, and the balance
in eight months from confirmation with in
terest from same time. Deed TO be deliv-
cred and possession given when sale is con-
frmed and security for balance of purchase
money gwen. Last payment 10 be secured
by Judgment bond. SARAH WErZLER,
Administrators of Emanuel Wetzler, deed.
l5-l3-S5I
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nRPHAN'S COURT SALE,
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE

By virtue of an order issued out of the
Orphans Court of Juniata county, the IN
dersigned, !Adminis;rstrix of Emanuel
wctzer, deceased, VIII sell at public sale
on the premises, on
.SATU RDAY, JUN E 6, 1S6 5,
at O'Clock z. NJ, the following described
real estate situate in Walker township. said
county. bounded and described as follows ::
On the North by lands of George Herr and
Lewis Rank, on the West by lands of Jo-
seph Bostettler's heirs, or the South by
lands Of same, and on the East By lands OF
Henry B. HO>'ett'er. containing
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to double their profits BY introducing line
of new goods, Indispensable TO all families,
will address, for fuil particulars, HEALTH
FOOD COMPANY, No. -, f;h Avenue,
New York. Jan. {, 'S5-ly.
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EXECUTORS' NOTICE,

REGIsTER's OFFICE,
MIEFLIsrOws, Pa, May 5, 1885.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-02-14
Awaking from a Dream.

Twelve months ago, or very near
twelve months, The Watchman was
earnestly favOring the nomination OF
that SCARED and battered hero and pa
triot Francis T. Nichols for Governor.
The convention at Baton Rouge did not
coincide with Us in the choice of guber-
material timber. Did they not lay the
tried hero and patriot on the shelf and
give us in his stead the brother OF the
hero of Fort Secessionville who with
two hundred LOuisianians whipped two
Thousand Federals Did they not give
ma in his stead a Great Builder of LIE
wees 2 Were we not assured during the
canvass by the Times-Democrat and
the CapitOlian-AdVOcate and the Ban.
ner of Pointe COupee that the Grand
Levee was a splendid piece OF work
which only cost 80 3-4 cents per cuoic
ward. and which we owed to the snpeT-
human exertiOns of the greatest Leyee
Governor that ever lived IN the tides
If time ? Were we not also assured by
the same infallible oracles that POssum1
Fork Leyee was an assured fact !; and
tha rich marshes of MOrehOuse, Rich
land. Onachita, Caldwell, Catahoula,
the two CAROLS, Madison, Tensas, and
Coneordia would in a few weeks be
nrotected by work, it not as high, as
dnrable as the Pyramids of Egypt ?
Were not our querulous doubts quieted
hy The asseyeratiOn that our Levee and
drainage fund was solvent, plethoric
and secure In due course, the Leyee
Governor was elected and installed
The country was safe, the richest half
Of the State SO impregnably fortified as
fn laugh to scOrn all future foods.
What further need was there for a
watchman ? Our occupation was gone
like Othello's and we went to sleep on
onr most. "A day or two ago we were
awakened by the sound of the waters
rushing through q 500 feet gap in Pos
ann Fork, and by the wall of distress
from Point Cnupee which conveys the
unpleasant tidings that that magnifi
cent parish is cut in two by the floods
from MOrganZa. On awaking our first
questions were, where is POssum Fork
Where is Morganza Where is the
Federal gift, the plethoric Levee and
Drainage fund /? The answer comes the
Levees are gone the fund is gone too
or transferred, which is SYNONYMOUS In
the crash of Levees and Funds, all the
clan trap stock in trade OF the Levee
Governor is gone Is the Levee Cover
nor too Z Alas, no Clinton Watchman
St. Landry democrat., 1885-02-14
NUMBER 6.
Prohibition i'm the South.

The agitation in favor of prohibition
or temperance legislation which has
swept through the country, and
especially through the Northwest during
the past two years, has greatly affected
the South as we have already shown.
There has, indeed, been as much anti
liquor legislation south as north of ''the
line" but whereas in the latter section
this has taken the form of acts of the
Legislature affecting the people of the
entire State, II the South the prohibi~
ton has been of the "local option" or
der, each county, town or township
being granted the right to decide
whether it will permit the sale of liquor
or not. Under the present temperance
wave great numbers of Southern coun-
ties aud towns have pronounced against
licensing, and there has probably never
been SO much prohibition in the South
and SO little liqn0r drank in proportion
to the population as now.
1t begins to look as if the Prohibi-
tionists would force themselves promi-
nently forward into State politics III
the Southern States, as they have al
ready done in the North. A meeting
was held in Nashville, Tenn, two on
in that line in view. The meeting was
an influential one, no less than twenty
one State Senators and nineteen Repre-
sentatives being present.
These gentlemen thought it possible
to secure legislation that would restrict
and suppress liquor traffic, and it was
decided to hold State convention in
Nashville, Feb. 25, to devise such
means as would best forward the cause
of prohibition in Tennessee. While
this call does not look forward to the
organization of new political party
wholly on the basis of prohibition, it
would seem to indicate that in Tennes-
see, as in Ohio, Indiana, Kansas, and
other States. prohibition is to be taken
up as an important political issue and
forced into the politics of the State. An
attempt of this kind has been made
before in several Southern States, but
never in so vigorous q manner or SO
strongly backed as this.-Times-Demo-
crat.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-02-14

The revenue derived by the Parish of
DeSotO from the sale of liquor during
1884, was ST ,S55, and the expense of the
trial and conviction of prisoners, who
committed crimes while intoxicated
was at least $4,000, and still the police
jurors say that they can't run the parish
without the whisky revenue. The as
sertion is silly.-DeSoto Democrat.
The same ratio will no doubt apply to-
every other parish in the State where
whisky is sold, except that in some in
stances the difference is greater. The
advocacy of the liquor traffic as @
revenue policy is the thinnest argument
that can be hatchedup in behalf of Ii
cense. 1t is an easy enough matter to
prove that the revenue derived from
the licensing of the sale of whisky cam
not be made to pay the expense it runs
the parish to. As the fnanclers of
parish police juries are recreant TO
the interests OF their constituents IN not
prohibiting the sale outright as a mat
ter of financial policy. How can it be
otherwise if they admit that the license
money will not pay the expense caused
by the sale of whisky, and how can they
deny fact so patent as that it will not
do it ? In discussing this subject in
this instance, we do so from q financial
standpoint, and do not take into con-
sideration the immoral tendency of the
traffic. It is an incontrovertible fact
that the liquor traffic benefits no ons
but those who engage in the sale of it.
and that everybody else is more or less
linjnriOusly affected by it, and hows
under the circumstances. people who
are not prOfited by it and who have any
respect for morality can conscientiously
advocate it's cause, is something We
cannot understand.-Ruston Caligraph.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-02-14

The proposition of Prince Bismarks
to treble tax on wheat and double that
on rye imported into the German En-
pire from all countries except Russia, ie
likely to lead to diplomatic controversy
between Germany and the United
States. It is already understood that
our State Department will insist that Il
Russian grain is to be excepted from
the higher rates under the stipulationa
of treaty, American grain must also
be excepted under the fifth article of q
treaty of commerce and navigation con-
cluded between the United States and
Prussia, in 1928, which reads as follows
"No higher or other duties shall be im~
posed on the importation into the Unit
ed States of any article the product, or
manufacture of Prussia, and no higher
or other duties shall be imposed on the
importation into the kingdom of Prus-
sia of any article the product or manu-
facture of the United States, than are
OF shall be payable on the like article
being thu product or manufacture or
any other country"
St. Landry democrat., 1885-02-14
The Murphy Murder Case.

For the past week every body in New
Orleans has been carefully reading the
evidence in the Ford trial. The result
of this has been the general conviction
AS the Times-DemOcrat fas stated
that nothing but a verdict of guilty
should have been rendered. It was with
Indignation and disgust, therefore, that
the community learned yesterday after
noon that the jury could not agree and
the feeling became much stronger when
it was known what had taken place in
the jury room, and that the jury had
stood eleven to one for acQuittai. We
publish elsewhere interviews with sew
eral of the jurors, from which it will he
seen that the negro Edwards was the
only one who stood out from the be-
ginning for conviction, whereas most
of the white jurors either wanted so e
compromise or were for absolute acQuit-
tai. Edwards intelligence and fOrti-
tude is in singular contrast with the
contemplate weakness of the white
members.
The result is very discouraging to the
system of trial by jury and shows it at
it's worst. The State certainly did all
that could be expected OF it. 1t pro-
duced an abundance of testimony OF
conclusive character it worked up the
case thoroughly, and at great expense
and presented it in such manner as to
make the entire story of the atrociOns
murder clear and comprehensive. No
clearer or stronger case will ever be
made. After two weeks of hard work.
after heavy expense to state and city
the result is that most unsatisfactory of
verdicts--a mistrial, and that by the
vote of II to 1.
All the bad points of jury trials are
brought out prominently in this case, Sc
prominently as to render necessary
some change in our system of criminal
trials. The jury, as now chasen, is q
powerful weapon for the accused, at
fording them every opportunity to es-
cape justice, The good jurors refuse to
do service, or are challenged, and the
inry is finally made up of men anxious
TO serve in order to acquit, or men who
get upon it simply on account of theiI
ignorance. When the system of dis
barring men from service for having
heard of the case is taken into conside-
ration, when it is further remembered
that the prisoners have a right to chal-
lenge twice as many members of the
panel as the State, and finally that it il
necessary to secure only one BAD, IN
competent or dishonest man in twelve
in order to prevent the law being vindi-
cated-the dangers of the jury system
as at pesent administered-are most
cOnspicuously shown.
There are several points about thli
verdict that deserve thorough lnvestl-
CATION and inquiry. Runte's letter
wherein he asserts that communicates
was had between the prisoners and the
jurors, certainly deserves the attention
Of the grand jury. Another point de.
manding their attention is the asser.
ton made by Edwards that in his alb.
sence while serving on the jury, his res
idence was visited by friends of the
accused, who frightened his family by
threats Of violence in the event that ht
failed to bring in a verdict of not gull
ty.-Times- Democrat.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-02-14

BONE FELoN.-Of all painful things
there can be none SO excruciatingIy
painful as bone felon7 We know of
none that flesh is heir to, as this malady
is quite frequent, and the subject of
much earnest consideration, we give
the last recipe TOR its cure, which is
given by that standard authority, the
London Lancet: "As soon as the pulsa-
Jion which indicates the disease is felt,
put directly over the spot a fly blis-
ter, about the size of thumb nail, and
let it remain six hours, at the expiration
of which time directly under the sur
face Of the blister may be seen the
felon, which can be instantly taken out
with the point of a needle or lancet.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-02-14
Lighting the Ocean Pathway.

One of the most startling projects Of
the times is to illumine the Atlantic
ocean by means of electric lights-actu-
ally to make "a path Ot. silver light
across the water from the banks of New
foundland to the shores of Ireland. Ten
vessels are to be anchored at q distance
of 300 miles from one another in a
straight line, each riding at "mush-
room" anchor, which permits the vessel
swinging round with the tide without
fOulinR her anchor" These lightships
are also to- be connected together and
to the shore by an electric cable to send
messages TO auy part of the world.-New
York Sun.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-02-14
How The Levee System Looks
TO a Jackson Parish HOOsiero


Editor Ruston CalioraDb,-There is
and has been so much said about the
levees of the Nississipni river. ask a
little snace in vonr Valnahle columns
Rmston Calipranh tn nresent the views
Of a Jackson narish hoOsier To the nnb-
lic reoardinp the actuaI cost of levees
with canacifv to withstand those tel
rihle floods and free the garden snot of
tbp world from the same, Here let me
saw NV fionres NAV seem to he whom
ners t0 the levee hnilders of the MIssis-
sinni river. Rnt before they succeed in
controlling this grand ana persistent
old Father of Waters they will see and
aclrnnwledoe NV firnres to he consider
ahly under. rather than over the true
estimate. This oyerflowed district
stretches itself from the hills east Of the
Nississinni To +he hills west of thn Ona
chita and varvino IN width from 60 to
ion miles Tie water rises over this
vast territory from to IS feet deem,
Now. the average width of this terrible
wafer is 80 miles. and the ayera ne
depth over the same is IS feet. But
in Onr estimate we will mt the
wafer at an average 10 feet. IF the
leyeps we're nut lust one mile apart. it
wonld reG1,ire two leyees. one on each
side of the river. 500 feet high. TO hold
| this immense volnme Of water. But as
the river washes and caves so badly, we
will give them two miles between the
llavees. which still will necessitate a
leevee of 400 feet high to contain the
water. And in order for a levee of dirt
to be sufficiently strong to contain two
miles of water, 400 feet high they must
be nearly one mile If not Guite. at their
base. and taper to half mile at the top.
For this water to be kept within the
bounds of these leyees, they must build
solid levee from the Gulf of Mexico to
whithersoever they carry it. If they
leave gap at each tributary the water
will rnsh ont and overflow the country
anv way, and their levees would be of
no effect. But they must make her solid
and erect engines, windmills, and other
machinery along the levees with proper
capacitv to throw the water of these
tributaries inside the levees. But the
cost of this machinery we will have
nothing to do with. but simply with the
cost of erecting such levees.
So. now let us figure a little and see
how It looks. We will only build one
Thousand miles of leype. five hundred
miles on each side. which will give our
levee builders good starting point. We
will mt the average width of our lev
nas at 1 oOO wards and estimate the cost
St. Landry democrat., 1885-02-14
The easznator and she Negro.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-Senator Ba-
yard was walking up Vermont avenue
yesterday at 2 O'Clock and had reached
Thomas Circle when he saw a roam
pony running away and a colored boy
chasing it. The Senator headed it OH.
and calling to other passers by it was
cornered and caught. The boy througS
whose carelessness it was left united
thereupon mounted the pony and pro-
ceeded to beat it in cruel manner. Sen
ator Bayard appealed to the negro 20
cease beating the horse, wbereupon th6
fellow cursed and sWOre at the SenatOE
i'm the most outrageous manner.-Spa~
cial to the New York World.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-02-14

Much has been written in years back
of the simple life and stern morality of
the little colony on Pitcairn Island, in
the South Pacific the descendants OF the
famous mutineers Of bhe ship Bounty.
But they are represented to have sadly
degenerated. If recent visitors tell the
truth, the continuous intermarriage for
a century, their isolation and their small
are showing their evil effects in a
marked physical, mentU and moral de-
generacy. Their i=~norality is, indeed,
declared to be sot8agrant THAT there4 is
talk that the En- t4ish government Will
before long remGae- them from t5eir fa,I
away paradise. -Staapss ~
St. Landry democrat., 1885-02-14
The acenmnlations in

The accumulations in Asss2tfl - the
railroad magnates of this cop.1GSTy are
something enormous. Sc farfs the ap-
Draisers of the estate of the late John
w. Garret, of Baltimore, hayiI gone, it
has been found that the estase is worth
more than at first supposed. ut is now
believed that the appraiser mt will run
no 10 at least $4,000 0,OOO.1 Miss Mary
Garret, his daughter, represented as a
young and sensible woman, inherits
nearly One-thiTd Of it.-States.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-02-14

!. THE HEIGHT oFBLIss.-If there is
anything above ground more Thoroughly
permeaGed with blissful serenity than a
woman with some new clothes, it is a
boy who has just learned TO whistle
Chicago Led ger.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-12-24
The Mormon question In court:

On Monday of this week the Su.
preme Court OF the United States
delivered an opinion upon the Nor.
mon question, involving the rela
ton OF the husband IN polygamous
marriages.
1t is now settled 10y the Supreme
Court that this relationship invol-
YES penal consequences.
The ease aillrms the validity OF
the Edmunds bill in this particular
II is evident that public sentiment
is gradually tightening the coil
around this question, and it is ex'
termination from American soil Is
n question of very short time.
President Cleveland in his message
advises steps TO check the flow OF
foreign immigration under Mormon
auspices, aud this portion of the
message is regarded rs by no
means the least important.-State
Ledger.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-12-24
sale OF Public Lands.

The Pascagouln Democrat Star COM
mcnting on the recent sale of large
body of public lands in South Missis-
sippi says:
"Wc are glad 20 know these lands
are being bought up IL they are no,
going into the hands Of specializing
European syndicatcs ~ many arrcs
have ALREADY, with no good To the
country. II these men who are buy
ing intend to utilize the timber and
break up the vast stretch Of fallow
ground. they are welcome.
The editor 0f the Dcnocrat-Siar
carries Il level head on his shoulders.
-OkolOna Messenger.
Our idea is tina, We arc going to
have worse landed aristocracy IN
this GENTRY than that Of Ireland,
These English syndica,es, through
their agents, are constantly buying
mp immense bodies Of land, in al
dition to what they have already.
The material prosperity oi'lIc conn'
try is not advanced n particle by
the transfer of these lands. One
honalidc settler upon eighty acres
is of more benefit than q half dozen
of these syndicatcs.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-12-24
An Important Decision.

Judge Luke Lea has written Mr..
w. III, Patton, OF Shu6uta, n letter
which will prove of interest TO those
entering homeSteads. From il we
extract the following:
"Thc title to land cn:cIcd rs u
homestead remains IN the govern.
ment until IL is patented, and 80
long rs the title so remains the
government, being the owner of the
property, has the right to protect
il from waste. But tho law au.
thorizes the entcrer OF the land
while he is in good faith, living on
and cultivatinG Il, to use the timber
for two purposes: first, for the i'm.
proyement of his homestead: sec.
ond, fer the support of himself ANA
family. For these purposes, and
these only, can The timber on u
homestead bc lawfully used by any
one before the issuance of a patent
Such, understand, is the construc'
ton of the law by the Commission
er of the General Land Office, and
/ do not think it will admit of q
more liberal construction. Good
faith underlies all the rights that a
homesteader, as such, can possess"