Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1872-06-19
SHORT ITEMS.

The fruit crop Of Illinois promises 70
be large.
Florida is introducing the Mexican
bread fruit.
Minnesota farmers are turning their at
tention to the peanut crop.
Snow still remains in the vicinity OF
Mount Blue, Maine.
Six casee of sunstroke occurred in New
York on Thursday the 18th.
Frederick Douglass lost $4,000 in
bonds by the destruction Of his house.
A woman in Harrisburg has. been
fined $40 for cutting of flowers in
cemetery.
There is not whisky shop in Salem
N. G., and there has been but one fire
there for ninety years.
Farmers on the James river, below
Richmond, Va, have already begun to
cut their wheat.
Nearly one million dollars worth Of
lard has been exported from this country
within the last elk months.
Sani.ists say that the sunAower has
the remarkable property Of purifying the
air ladened with marsh miasma
Miss Tennie C. ClaAin was elected
colonel of the Eighty fifth NY. (colored)
Regiment on Thursday night, the 18Th.
1t is said that more ice houses are
struck by lightning along the Hudson
river than any other class of buildings.
A stylish bonnet can be obtained from
Paris for s125. Indulgent husbands
will cut this out to show to their wives
Koopmanschap. the coolie importer. so
famous some time since. has failed for
ee6O.OOo. Assets 100000, in Chinese
notes Of haud.
Circus companies are reaping an i'm
mense harvest throughout the country
The season has not opened so prosper
ously for many years.
One hundred of the 14S pews in the
Presbyterian church at noy lestown were
rented two weeks ago, the price ranging
from $40 down to 81.
A Brooklyn lady tripped her foot in her
hoops the other day while stepping out
of a car and fell heavily upon her infant
child, crushing it. it is believed fatally.
Iii is estimated that $4,000 feet of
lumber will be required at the State
Fair grounds in the erection Of tempora
ry buildings. fences. stalls. etc.
An editor says that the only reason he
knew Of why his house was not blown
away the other day during severe gale
was because there was heavy mortgage
upon it.
Charles f. Staples, aged is. has been
held in $4,000 bail to answer the charge
of kindling the forest fires which ragged
in Franklin and Medary counties, Mass,
few weeks since.
A burglar entered a house at West.
port. Conn, recently. end finding a pail
of cider, drank so freely that lie became
drowsy. and at daylight next morning
was found asleep on the premises.
A blind man at Fort Wayne, Ind, was
recently married to a blind woman in
the presence of three other blind per.
sons. The question is. were there any
witnesses
Some men when blasting rocks in
Bowling Green, Ky turned seventeen
hundred rat,lesnakes out of their beds.
They gathered together for a jubilee
rehearsal, but, from circumstances over
which they had no controle, will not be
held
A California paper reports that ho
tel chambermaid laid aside her broom a
few days ago. and on calling for settle
ment. told her employer che had been
dabbling in stocks for year or more and
had something more than $780, 900 as a
result.
A party of Michigan girls have Just
returned from a tour in Europe which
was made under very pleasant circum
stances They were accompanied by
their teacher, with a gentleman as bus
mess manager, and visited England,
Germany, Italy. and the Holy Land.
Boston is getting cautious on the subject
Of balloons. Its people are going to indulge
in series of asceusions only one thou
'and feet high. the perilous conveyance
being secured to the earth by cabels which
'ah De wound up by a steam engine to
laul it back.
An editorial article has appeared in
he New York OJsercer on the subject
IT ministerial support in which the ground
8 squarely taken that the supply ex-
leeds the demand among the Presbyteri
ms an opinion indorsed by many of the
eaders of that paper. They had 4,347
minister's, 2.7I0 of whom are not en-.
aged in any ministerial work, even as
'astors or temporary supplies.
During terrific storm in Bingham.
on N. T., on Wednesday afternoon,
he 18th, the menagerie and aquarium
ents of John RObinson's circu. -,.