Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1871-05-17
SHORT ITEMS.

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Reading commentators say that the
bass introduced into the Delaware ere
beginning to be caught.
Pennsylvania has the l,&gest assessed
value of real and personal estate of any
State in the Uniou-sf,634, PIG, 1886.
Last year Pennsylvania farmers raised
6S,000,000 bushels of oats, the largest
quantity of any State in the Union.
Preparations are being made in Lock
Haven for the erection Of q new and
handsome market house.
Joseph Meyer. of Fox township, Elk
county, was killed few weeks ago, by
falling of of his wagon and breaking his
meek.
Princeton College is to have new
literary building. The 100000 cost
will be paid by Mr.. John Green of New
York.
Pittsburg has four hundred and seven
ty-fve manufactures, which, if placed in
a continuous line, would extend a dis-
tance Of fifty-fve miles
When Nilsson was at Savannah. she
sang 1.-The Conquered Banner in order
to please her auditors, and is consequent
ly, in high favor at the South.
The Cameron Herald says that 600
RATS passed Lock Haven on the recer,
food, and 400 passed Harrisburg. A
food amount of logs and timber Is yet
back waiting for another.
For one woman who gets husband
by means of showy dress and costly
Jewels, nine fail to get husbands because
of the costliness of their attire aud the
disposition and taste it indicates.
The Potomac fisheries are extensive
and profitable. Last week S0G,0o0 her-
ring and $4,000 shad were sold at one
wharf in Washington the former ST to
81 per thousand ard the latter SI2 to
SIS per hundred.
At the funeral of the twenty-four
hours old son of the Prince of Wales, a
body of young girls in white dresses scat
tered white violets, primroses and ane-
mons, instead of earth upon the coffin,
at the words Ashes to ashes" etc.
y woman on trial two weeks in Read
ing, Pa, on charge of numbering her
son, boy ten years of age, was acquit-
ted, it being unexpectedly proved that
the boy is alive and well. Cncums stan
'ial evidence was strongly against her.
A Rhode Island mans house was
struck by Lightning, on Sunday evening
week. while he was standing near the
mantel piece in bis parlor Ii threw him
to the floor, and made a whole in each of
his boots, but be was not injured, and
his stockings were not torn OF burned.
A writer in Europen paper remarks
chat Thomas is the champion Democratic
name. He says: "Did you ever. in the
course Of your reading, meet with the
Christian name of Thomas in connee-
ton with royalty, either as Emperor.
Eing, Prince, royal Duke, or any scion
of royalty either in ancient or modern
times. ....-.-
a miller had his neighbor arrested IN
der the charge of stealing wheat from his
mill, but being unable to substantiate the
charge by proof, the court adJudged that
the miller should make acknowledgment
to the accused. " Well" says ne,
have had you arrested for stealing ny
wheat. can't prove It, and am sorry
for it
The new cheese factoy of c. Dawson
Coleman, at Elizabeth, is so by SO feet
two-stories, with steam engine; CO
cows and so more coming, to be increased
to two hundred. The capacity of the
factory is 500 cows. The water comes
from pond stocked with front. The
profit on each cow is Sc. down at 800 q
year this way. s.. a..- .aa
Suicides are as plenty as flowers in
May The latest is that Of Alice Day.
who found her husband too much mar
ried, and shot herself because Of it. The
husband, imprisoned for bigamy, swal-
lowed bottle Of hair-dye, some pieces of
glass. and four pins. If he doesn't die
he ought to. All this happened in War
rensburg, Illinois.
David A. Wells is travelling through
the south and west delivering free-trade
lectures The most elegant halls are
procured for hira, no charge is made for
admission, and the free-trade papers in
each place write him up for days before
hand, so that he draws large crowds
We believe there are no truth tellers en-
gagged to follow him and confute his false
hoods
A movable funeral chapel is a novelty
introduced by the managers of the West
Laurel Hill, Philadelphia. which is in-
tended to be spread for each mterment