Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-01
NEWS IN BRIEF.

of $4,000.
An Atlanta (Gs.) firm sold 15O,0O0
oranges in December.
The annual rainfall of Colorado is
seldom more than is inches.
There are 10000 more cher" than
s'him" in the State of Vermont.
Boston will celebrate Evacuation
Day" March 10 with an oration.
There IL 1888 blind men and s,977
blind women in the United States.
Senator Jones of Florida, was born
in Ireland, and is now IS years Of age.
"A Brooklyn cashier has disgraced
the ofession. He took only $4,000.
II seems almost incredible, but
therr are ass churches in New York
city.
Richmond, Va. is growing steadily
and solidly. 1t now claims a pOpula-
tioh of y, 800.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany can complete 100 ears in a week
their shops in Altoona. ...--,. ..l
Wisconsin and Michigan have aboi-
ished the ''Grand jury" and Illinois
talks of doing the same.
The letter mail Is the only portion
of the United States postal service
which is self sustaining.
The Chinese emigration into Cali
fornia last year amounted to Is, l44 per-
sons. while the State gained total in
crease of population of e9,172. -,.-
"A fine marble bust of General Hal
leck. who was pioneer of 1915, has
been presented by the Generals son to
the Society of California Pioneers. .-.!
"A boy at Rochelle, H., who is only
fourteen years and six months old, tips
the beam at 425 pounds, but has a reas-
enable hope of attaining his full growth
yet.
Minnesota Falls, Minn., was or
ganized as town over three years ago,
and although the population is over 800
not death has occurred there during
the three years. i"
The Chinese in this country are al
ready outgrowing their superstitions.
The body of one who died recently in
North Adams, Mass, was not sent
home for burial. .s.
Pretty safe. Of forty-two million
passengers carried over the Massachu-
setts railroads last year, not one was
killed except by their own carelessness
and only six were injured. Ia r..r
The San Francisco Journal of Com
merce estimates the wheat crop of CAL
ifornia at value of 20, ,0OO, 900 and what
will surprise many people the gold and
silver crop at a million less.
Mr.. Andrew J. Houston, a descen-
dant of the famous Sam Houston, of
Texas, protests against the erection of
monument to his ancestor by means of
a lottery scheme, as has been proposed.
There are eight completed Besse-
mer steel establishments i'm the United
States and three more are In progress
of construction. 1T we include Pitts
burg, the West will have six of the
eleven. .
Allentown, Pa, has thirty segar
factories, which turn out monthly 300,-
900. She is the third largest manufac-
trlrer of segars in the United States,
New York being first and Detroit
second. .I H-s.. .. ..T
The temperance people of Buffalo
are about organizing law observance
association for the purpose of prosecut-
ing liquor dealers who violate the law.
A fund of $4,000 is TO be raised for
this purpose.
The Minnesota Senate has passed a
bill to borrow $50, 900 from the school
fund to pay the current expenses of the
Legislature. A protest was made that
it was bad precedent, but there were
only six nays to q yeas.
The melon trade of Richmond
county, Ga, reached last summer the
enormous aggregate of 256, ,450 melons.
The Central railroad carried away 90
$50. Ten thousand melons were taken
northward by the express companies.
General Priest, of the New York
Central road, has consented to send the
driving wheels of the first locomotive
run in America to the Centennial, pro-
viding their return to the company is
insured. The wheels are now at West
Albany.
-DelmOnico, the New York restaur-
teur, has leased for ten years the whole
block in Twenty-sixth street, between
Fifth avenue and Broadway, and will
convert the buildings into cafes, dining
halls, and a ladies' restaurant. The
Fourteenth-street house Is to he con-
tinued. - - -..
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last rasr ~,S % s9 1s1 1Io Pien' s;d"naNa VI TetGa
incrso.. - ,.. o,ar w sS-1 t,,a III hauI.;o
can;taI S7I vos oI r.isad 20 aeno ono @ amd uaAs
20O, 600 of deposits were made. There
were also over s., 900, 900 worth of real
estate changed hands.
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s,on, 49, vV"n nanrS % - ~ Ioa una, nS,ia na'
10, 81 Tsr,s snas;y ye~s ~ ~ iaAS .ta eolieo
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Son.b Aoar;ca p, s,StraI;o Ch;na a. anu anu
.Ianan His coIjac,ion nrr,hars h..uan aau
twelve and fifteen Jm thonsanJ I'D J1tmeJn ha Il
preparing them for exhibition at the
Centennial.
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