Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1872-06-26
SHORT ITEMS.


tion in Iowa
Eight cases of sunstroke were reported
on the goth in New York.
A Fort Madison man tainted while
standing up to be married.
The gold yield of California is now
surpassed by the silver yield of Nevada
Japan has purchased $4,000 worth of
boots and shoes in this country this
year.
Ramie plants sell in San Francisco at
$50 per thousand, or twenty-five cents
apiece.
According to the statistics one person
in ten out of the whole population of
Virginia is a Baptist.
The divorces granted in Connecticut
last year were only one-twelfth as nu
merous as the marriages.
Ivor Davies, real estate and insur-
ance agent. shot and killed his mother
on the goth in Wilkesbarre.
The Sutro tunnel. which will pierce
the Comstock lode in Nevada. has reach
ed a length of nearly 5000 feet.
1t is stated that thirteen children were
born on board the steamer Scandinavian
on her recent voyage from Liverpool to
Quebec.
At Clear Lake, Iowa, on the 1st of
May, every citizen was expected to
bring at least one tree and plant it in
the public square
Japanese paste" is the latest device
for running the complexion of our bellies.
1t is green when applied, but soon chan
ges to a delicate rose.
A woman committed suicide by hang
ing herself recently. at Chepachet, Il. L.,
the cause being, it is alleged, insanity
produced by the nse of hair dyes.
Russia has now thoroughly organized,
and under government patronage and su-
pervision. fifteen thousand public schools
"a grand token of progress.
At Weldon. N. c., a boy has done well
by making $500 in four years. selling
oranges and peanuts, besides attending
school regularly.
Sisal hemp. having been found to con-
siitute an excellent material for paper
il being gathered and shipped in large
quantities from the sea islands of Flo
rida.
The wife of Joseph Hudson. of South
Buffalo township, Armstrong county, re
Gently gave birth to triplets-two boys
and girl-and died within few hours
thereafter
The law abolisbing the grand jury
system in Michigan, and authorizing the
prosecution for ftlonies by information.
has been pronounced constitutional by
the Supreme Court of that State.
Silver dimes and half dimes are got
ting into circulation in the interior of
New York. and the people are advised
to ''look oHt for them" Most Of them
are only silvered, and no. silver
A Boston woman Of 90 got a merccn-
airy youth of a quarter that age to marry
her the other day on promise of an in
come of s. 900 a year. while she lived,
and a life interest in her estate after her
death.
A girl in Jenesville, Wis, in her anx-
iety to find out who was making the
music under her window. the other night,
fell out, and so scared her serenader
that he ran away and left her to her
fate.
The Rothschilds are to hold a great
family reunion next July at Frankfort
on the Main, when, it is believed, i'm
portant changes will be agreed upon in
regard to the management of the various
branches of the great firm.
A lady in Carrolton county. Ind, re
Gently rode into town the wife of one
man. and few hours afterwards return
ed the wife of another. having been di-
vorced. received license and married
again in the interim.
On June 23d the Still Water Wooden
Mill, located at Smith6eld. was burned
Loas, $3.50 600; insurance S26l 900, Of
which 100000. is on the stock, and
6l,000'oa'the Mill and machinery, in
the Manuf cturers' Mutual Company.
Pure water will absorve many unpleas-
ant odors. A pail full of clean. fresh
water from we'll or spring. placed in a
room which has been newly painted will
absorb during the night so much of the
smell of the paint as to be totally unfit
to drink.
The lightning is sometimes very capri
cious in its conduct. At Windsor Locks,
Coun.. few days ago, it entered sta
BILE where FIVE horses were standing side
by side, killing the first and third with
out touching the others, aud then left,
doing no damage whatever to the build
ing
The State of Texas would contain the