Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-01-12
NO. 2.
NEWS IN BRIEF.

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One hundred and eighty wells ar
now going down in the oil regions.
The late William b. Astor had
81 900, 900 invested i'm Massachusetts
bonds.
Harry Meiggs, the Californian and
South American railroad king, is dying
Of softening of the brain.
There are % more seniors at Har-
ward than at Yale, 20 more juniors, ~
more sophomores, and So more fresh
men.
Professor Proctor is i'm his thirty
ninth year, has written twenty-three
books, and has wife and eleven chill
dren.
Mrs. Ida Greeley Smith and her
husband have settled down i'm the old
house ut home on the model farm at
Chappaqua.
The Ohio Penitentiary has now
within its walls | ,2l3 convicts, being
the largest number i'm the history OF
that institution.
-Acollection will be taken up in the
public schools OF Virginia, on January
10, the birthday of General X. f.. Lee,
for the benefit of the Lee Monument
Fund.
The late Amasa Walker was quite
successful as a practical financier, what
ever may be thought of his theories, as
he left property amounting in value to
81, 200.
West Chester. Pa, having recently
decided upon starting public zoologi-
cal garden, some generous citizen has
already made contribution by sending
in a cat.
Deer are unusually plenty in the
wilds Of Hamilton county, n. V, and
are in very fine condition owing to the
great abundance of beech nuts in the
forests there.
Governor Kemper, of Virginia, re-
commends the exemption from taxation
for limited time, of the property OF
immigrants and of capital invested in
manufacturing. =. ls-l --
Mr.. Chauncey Rose, a millionaire
living in Terre Haute, Ind, has during
the last twenty-five years given away
nearly - ,OO0, 600 for charitable and edu-
cational purposes. .....- .....
Montgomery Queen, the Snowman.
has bought one hundred African os-
triches, and will attempt their acclimati-
zation on his farm near Haywood,
Alameda county, California.
They offer premium at the Oregon
state fair for the man who kills the
most squirrels in the course of the year,
and il went, this year, to an old chap OF
over 20, whose tally was 1888.
William III. Brown, of Pittsburg.
who lately died, was called the coal
king. He was a poor boy, but died
worth S5,OOO,OO0 and was one of the
largest coal shippers in the world.
A theater box-ofiice keeper i'm San
Francisco, has been elected to the State
Legislature. He proposes to move his
friends 10 tiers by his eloquence, and
make his opponents take back seats.
In the recent elections in Nebraska,
Mrs. Mary 5. lie Clerq was the success
full candidate for superintendent Of pub
lie schools in Franklin county, and Miss
Alice A. Burdock in Harlem county.
An adopted daughter of Henry viii
son is living in Norfolk county, Mass.
Her name Is Eva Wilson; she Is ten
years old, and is said to be bright,
intelligent child. loved bv every one.
The ladies' of the Mount Vernon
Association of Richmond, are going To
hold grand Centennial ball on the 22tl
of February, at which all of the dresses
are to be in the style of 100 years ago.
The Legislature of California has
enacted law which allows every citi-
zen who will plant trees and maintain
them for three years. deduction from
his taxes of 81 for each tree so planted.
Mr.. Wylie, the checker player, has
Just finished series of one hundred
and three games in Hartford, CT, of
which he won ninety-three games, and
lost two games, while eight games were
drawn
Mr.. Ferris, hunter near Bitter
Greek, Wyoming, killed 325 antelope in
three DAYS this winter. His profits on
last winters hunting amounted to over
81 900. Better hire him to hunt for
Tweed.
-GOvernor Carol, of Maryland, has
sent to a large number of states for
copies of the various election laws, i'm
order that the hest provisions of each
may be embodied in a Hcv ,1w for t'e
own state.
The maddest man in Wisconsin is
John Leigh, of Oconto. He was can
didate for member of Assembly, and,
being a conscientious man, voted for
his opponent, who was elected by just
one majority.
Gold is found in large quantities at
Canton, Ga. Mr.. Dial, of Canton, is
said to be panning out one hundred dol
lars worth day by washing the earth.
There is a great deal of excitement
about it around Canton.
Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines, who has
so much prolonged experience i'm litigs-
ton, is in Washington taking prelimin-
airy measures in her suit against her
former cOur sci, Caleb Cushing, United
States minister to Spain.
Bishop Littlejohn, of Brooklyn, win
o:ficiate at the conservation of the new
American chapel at Rome. Italy, on the
18th of March next. The chapel is
rapidly approaching completion, and
mas in its cornerstone a brick from
Independence hall.
Ninety mechanics and artisans.
with their families, have emigrated
from Pennsylvania and settled on Hood
river, Oregon, and over three hundred
will follow in the spring. They intend
building college, wOollen mill,
grist mill, and other educational and
Industrial establishments.
"A lesson for the strong-minded fe-
males is conveyed in a recent election
in Hardin county, Iowa. There were
six candidates for a petty Objective
men and one woman. Sixty women
voted, and not one cast a ballot for the
''lone woman" but turning up their
noses at her claims for consideration,
they elected man.
There are enrolled in the public
schools of the United States 100000
children. In the last fiscal year the
average daily attendance was 4, 5000
Thirty seven States and eleven Terri
tories report an increase in the public