Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-06-14
NEWS IN BRIn.

e Jerome said to be 400 years old.
The Brooklyn church ehoirs cos
$40, 900 a year, exclusive of the Beeche
music.
The snow-drifts are ten feet deeI
: near the Crawford House in Nrw
! Hampshire. y
+ "A woman teacher of Groton, Conn.
rows from her house to the schOolhouse
two miles and back, daily.
Since the war Pennsylvania has
spent eight millions of dollars i'm edu-
eating the orphans of soldiers.
"A thirty-eight pound sweet potato
was sold in Key West, Fla, recently.
Also jew-fish weighing 81 pounds.
"A majority of the Massachusetts
Legislature is not in favor of adjourn
I ing until some time in the next CEN
tury.
Judge Davis is having l776 white
oak trees set out around his residence.
at bloomington, ILL.,, all on account of
the Centennial.
The young shad placed in Lake
Onsario last season are dying. Those
caught this year are no larger than
those of last year.
Charles Fechter is said to be in
San Francisco. Unless Charles breaks
a leg once month or two, we are ant
to lose sight of him.
The sultan of Turkey pays $40 900
for music in the harem. One might
think that the 1900 women there would
make music enough.
Capt. Cook, of the Yale Navy. ex-
presses himself as well satisfied with
the progress and efficiency of the crew
he now has in training.
| 1t is thirtv-six years since Fannie
Elssler made her first appearance i'm the
United States. She still lives in the en-
loyment Of excellent health.
"A large lake recently discovered
about forty miles from Laramie, w. Il.
has thick deposit of sulphate of mag
nesia in almost pure state.
"A Maine sea-captain has just retired,
after having followed the sea for fiftv-
seven years. He made III voyages to
the West Indies, and never lost q man.
For the first time since 1862, there
is diminutiOn i'm the number of de-
posirors in the New York savings
banks as compared with the previous
year.
The historic landmarks on bunker
Hill have been relocated and marked,
so that future generations will have no
chance of quarreling over doubtful To-
calities.
The "Six Nations''-Senecas, Onon-
dagas, Cayugas, Oneidas, Mohawks and
TuscarOras-from the Cattaraugus res
ervation, are to be represented in the
Buffalo Fourth of July procession.
We hear that the Insanity of Fox.
the clown, has become violent, and that
the unfortunate man has been placed ina
a padded cell. He remains at the Nc
Lean Asylum in SOmerville, Mass.
Prof. Haldeman is reported to have
discovered a cave or rock shelter In
Lancaster County, Pa. and under
foot of debris upon its floor stone i'm
plements of great variety and beauty.
Col. Thomas A. Scott, during his
examination before the committee in
vestigating the charges against Mr..
Blaine, stated that he was now the
president of fifteen different corpora
tons.
PROF Henry A Rears of y,,s Col
leoe has adonre1 tbe ,,Ia, 81 ,aaL;r =,
t.5danca on h;s -, % ..aI>
The Sa,n. ,,Ian ,,,,s t,;sd Is ,t
fessors last wear. and il ia said N h,vs
worked admirably.
Railroad building is experiencinga
revival. Thus far the present year
there have been built, according TO re-
!, r., y DO iiiiIes as against soo miles ior
,n- ,n- '"'i1 p1i iou III 1919, 90 miles III
A Pennsvlv.n;.n ,,,s hon,,h, .u
and will IoaJ :, -, p,,g.I~'
,honf JuIv Ist WITH IN 900 Din
Miro gIvcer;ns for daI;,. =, 'i;s,
localities on Lake Snnar;oy - W. eli
mend the excnrsion tp onr .nsn,v
'
The Albany Argus says statistics
sho" tn1t Oheioa ana Madison counties
aise sc iIli! o,e-lniru oi Ihe hops grown
!, m .he oniecu o.a.es, rom eleven towns
!. t'i'' i nav iepoiteu .hus lar, d, 100 oaies
, ,iass oeeh produceu on 1888 acres OF
'A"u.
The seventeenth regiment, Ken
lucky volunteers, United States army
tne REGIMENT nristow was neutenant-
!. %.s, po1Poses noiuihs reunion
r. |% |% O1 SnIS;o oou" ;,, =" S Sep.emo
Ooe III ~ >oiu'e viii oe present
~, ~" '"o 'u o"
-Ihe town OF lndlanola, Tex, which
was almost destroyed oy the gale OF LAST
autuhih' mas Oh late oeen inIested win
gang OF tramps. who have made
ma;ns of tha ,Iapa hn, ~ a,ar via. .