Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1871-05-31
SHORT ITExS.

The wine table is to be abolished from
New York receptions
The California Sugar Beet Company
bought and planted 4s0 acres of land.
The crop is said to have perished from
drought.
A Chicago rough who broke broom
handle, on his wife's head, and the law
at the came time, was given an opportu-
rity 80 settle for $50.
A Zig rat hunt at Rosemond, Christian
county, III, which terminated on the
Plat rlt., resulted in the capture and
killing of 5000 rats.
Mat Bas'ey, living three miles back
Of Caledous, H., while cutting sapling
on Thursday. accidentally cut his little
boys feet OK. above the ankle joiat.
The fare from Liverpool to Hong
Kong, via the Mediterranean and Suez,
has been reduced from S60c TO $3.50
cabin. and from S325 10 s225 steerage.
BY the Union Pacific Railway the price
is S49s cabin, xnl lSt steerage.
In China no virtue is universally rec
ognized, except duty to parents. The
motive ~ avoid di-grAce and seek honor
is that credi: may be reflected on a man s
father and THE reverence is the basis of all
respect paid 20 the political powers that
be.
An insane woman rushed into school
room in Richmond, Va, lew days ago,
and told the aa,righted teacher that she
had been sent to teacl. the children gym
nastics, and. the teacher being afraid to
~bject, che put the ch ldren through a
series Of the most extravagant antics, az
ter which che quietly departed.
Two Virginia citiz.ns. both of who m
were riding siaIlioas, met the other day
and f,oi iped ior talk, when suddenly
,hcir ANIMALS rushed furiousiy at each
other. throwing the riders from their seats
and lighting over their PROSTATE bodies.
One of the men was kicked into the face
and severely injured, the other had some
bones broken, bat both escaped.
Mrs y. ". Henry is a popular clergy
woman in Missouri, where she acts as
rector, does the singing for the congresa
ton, breaches three times n week, looks
after the morals OF the church members
and takes care of six little Children
The Hov. y. v. Henry industry and
energy certainly cannot be questioned.
The Princess ireGe'ica, nov reported
20 be dying at the residence of her father
ex King, Of Hanover, was poisoned in
Vienna a year ago last December, by
dropping lighted green wax taper on
her arm while preparing a Christmas tree
for come of the poor children Of that
city. She has suffered intensely for
months.
Sarah johnson, Of Williamson, Ind,
while attempting some days ago, to sepa
rate two chickens that were fighting. was
wounded in the arm by spur. Tetanus
ensued, and she died. Her husband, /
Claiborne johnson, consumptive, was
so affected by her death that he COM
menced sinking rapidly, and also died
and was buried the same time.
At Osage, Iowa. there was a lite girl,
two years old, whose ears are perfectly |
sealed up, the external ear seems to be
doubled forward. An effort to remove
the detormity by 4 surgical operation
failed, as no openings were found, the
ears being closed up perfectly, not even
a fine probe. The child hears
some, probably from the fact that the in
ternal ear is perfect. ard strong vihra-
tions are transmitted through the mouth
A curious incident is related of a yes
Del in the Baltic Sea. The bark Provi-
dence, from Harilepool, lately sprung a
leak, and all hands were forced 10 work
At the pumps until they Were exhausted.
Their hopes of saving the vessel or even
heir own lives had almost gone, when
he leak suddenly stopped. After the
,ort was reached and the cargo discharg-
d search was made, and it was found
hat knot in one of the planks had
,een forced ont. but the hole was tightly
plugged up by the body of a fish. Il
\ man in Ashland, Schuylkill county,
ecently ordered "fine gold watch
rom one of the swindling agencies in
New York. Paying ten dollars express
harges, he received, well boxed, beau
iful glass marble block, with note
lt;ached, reading thus:
DEAR SIR: Che mystery in regard t
o this is to find the key-hole by which {
o wind it up. Numerous persons have
'een searching for it during the past
ear and have failed in finding it, but
We hope that you will be successful.
Respectfully, WILLIAMS & Co."
"P. S.-All fools will learn by expert
nee" 6
People fond of strawberries had better
o s!aigb;way to Minnesota, if they
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