Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1866-08-29
NEWS ITEMS.
The Atlantic cable is 1866 miles Ion


The Southern Hotel, in St. Louis, was
sold on Monday for the sum of $500 900.
A live turtle was received by mail in
Rochester few days ago. The stamps
and address were pasted on his shell.
The greatest surrender, since that OF
LEE to Grant is that of the Democrats to
tn. Copperjohnscns.
The Copperheads put up :he rooster
for the rebel victory in Kentucky. They
should no. forget the victory of their
friends in Nashville and New Orleans.
The body of a Union soldier, buried
nine months ago at Mobile, has been ex-
humed and found completely petrifed.
The labor of the conviets in the Ala
bama penirentiary has been leased foI six
years to company engaged in iron min
ing. The State receives $4,000 for the
contract.
The miniature ship Red, White and
Blue which sailed from New \ ork on the
9th of July for London, has been spoken
in the British Channel. The crew Of two
men and dog were all well.
1t is said that President johnson fears
assassination and his dreams are troubled.
-Erchonge.
He belongs to the wrong party to be
murdered His friends are of those who
generally attended to such little jobs.
The receipts from Internal Revenue
since the commencement Of the current
fiscal year have been over forty y-nine mill
ions Of dollars, or more than one million
one hundred thousand dollars day, ex-
Guiding Sunday.
There is an ice manufacturing company
at Shreveport, La, working on the ammo
Mac vapor principle, which has declared
dividends for three months, to the lst
inst, of eighteen per cent The COM
pany manufactures eight thousand pounds
Of ice day.
| 4 negro woman, named Sarah Miller,
died in Columbus, Ga, on the 5th inst.
/ The deceased was five feet eight inches
in height. and measured five feet around
her chest. Her weight was seven hun
dred and ninety eight pounds, and it re-
quired the muscular efforts Of six strong
men to remove the body from the upper
floor of tenement in which she died to the
hallway where she was TO be coflined.-
The remains were buried under the di.
recticn Of the Commissioners of Chari
ties and Corrections. The coffin, being
OF unusual size, had to be specially made
for her
A short distance west of Mount Uniol
station, or the line of the Penbsylvani;
Railroad, that company are having erect
ed stone wall, upon the top Of which
will be laid railway track 1t will b,
$3.50 feet long, % high, II feet wide a
the base, and / feet 6 inches at the top
The travelling community are wei, aware
Of the Inconvenience that has been e6
perienced by there being but one tract
over this part Of the road This will
however, be remedied by the building 0
this wall
|. Ex- Gov. Hahn, Of louisiana, writes
from st. Louis as follows:
Il am not at al dispirited and fee
stronger in the good cause than ever
But | grieve over the present position 0
the Union men in Louisiana, and long 70
the day when they may be again relieve,
from rebel oppression. + l am g!a,
to learn that there is a good prospect o
General Buffers being a member of tn
next Congress. He is one of the fey
northern men who understand the rebels
The work Of rebuilding the structur
of the Smithsonian Institution, at Wash
ington, which was destroyed by fire, i
slowly progressing. The large towers OIL
the north have been re built with fire
proof floors, to secure the safety Of al
the documents beyound contingency
The large tower to the southward, whicl
/. was very badly damaged, will sooa be re
built The roofing OF the main building
two hundred feet long and ffty-f five fee
wide, will be of wrought iron, covered il
with stating, with rolled iron parlnes, ol
a novel plan.
A BREACH OF PROMISE CASE
young fellow named r. W. Undine, livin
10 La-Crosso, WIS.,, recently sued youn
lady who Tilted him, for the cost of pres
ents made her. His bill was as follows