Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-07-18

HE wheat harvest has been gath
cred IN the western wheat belt. Th
crop is reported not large.
THE North American says: Arbi
tra.ioa with criminals would be an
insult to American jurisdiction.
A NEW grass eatiug worm about a,
inch long resembling q cabbag,
worm with o stripe down the sid,
has appeared in Wisconsin.
FRANK G. CARPENTER, writing fol
the Philadelphia Times from China
'says: every trade from the begga,
to the banker has its trade union in
China.
Few of the Church Papers com
mented on the fact that President
Carnot of France was fatally stab
bed on Sunday while on his way 20 s
theater.
ILLINOIS is now suffering from the
'elecHQn of small man to the high
place Of Governor. A number OF
other States are suffering from the
same thing of putting low grade men
into high places.
The trades unions are q curse to
the men who belong to them, and a
menace to free government. For
further particulars read the proceed
iugs of the riots of 1877, the Home
stead and Chicago, and California
riots.
A society in Brooklyn has been or
ganized against women kissing each
other on account of bacteria There
is nothing said about the women kiss
the men. An exchange therefore in
fers that men are not afflicted with
bacteria.
LAST Wednesday, July II, 1894
Mary Mcdonald a colored woman
and John Gibbson, a colored man, IN
mates of the Home for the aged and
intirm colored persons at Belmont
and Girard avenues, Philadelphia,
celebrated their respective birth days.
The woman on that day was 12S
years old, and .he man on that day
was 120 years old.
Tn agricultural bureau estimates
The wheat crop this year to be 3S7,,
%. 900 bushels which is between 5
and 6 bushels for each inhabitant in
the United States, counting the mum
Der of inhabitants at 65,000,O00. II
government is nearly correct in its
estimate of the number of bushels
wheat will soon rule higher in price
TIE Interstate Commerce Com
mission in its investigation of rail
road statistics, states the railroad
capitalization amounts to 10 billion
500 million dollars on which less
than one per cent. dividends are
paid, and out Of every dollar that the
railroads earn by travel and freight
and stock transportation, IS cents
are paid to the railroad employees
"a and fraction per cent, goes fol
repairs, and less than one per cent
to toe stock and bond holders.
WHEN the government comes to in
stitute an Investigation into the way
and management of corporations
and trade unions, in their intercourse
with each other, and their effect oil
the public, and upon society general
", and upon individuals who do no
belong to trusts, corporations o
trade unions, but who sometime
come in touch with some of the men
toned organizations, then govern
ment should see to it that the worI
of the unions are closely looked int
IN thoir secret work in the depar,
ments of government at Washington
THERE is a wind bag crank in tn
United States Senate from Kansas
named PETER. Mr.. PETER is one @
the unbalanced men that here an
there are launched into prominen
aud responsible positions. Such ME
whenever public troubles come ar
certain to get on the wrong side. S
then it was not unexpected when Nj
Peffer dropped in with the Debs il
surrectiosists. He delivered himse
of speech in the United States Sc,
ate against everyone, except Peffe
and Debs, and Peffer and Debs metl
DDS. OF course PETER could not d,
liver speech of any length withou
contradicting his own declaration
which he did quite lively. He d,
nounced government for interferin
with the Debs movement and the
proposed to enlarge the powers {
the government by placing all raj
roads, &c, under the direct contr,
of the government. He proposed {
abolish Congress entirely and to ha,
sort of ore man government
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