Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-07-14
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BRIEFS

. ! marked BY a monument.
An English firm sold 5000 fire
lprOOf safes in Turkey before it was as
: eertsined that the filing wSs only saw
y dust.
. -NOvia Scotia shipped but 81 l,64l
tons OF coal to the United States last
year,-the smallest quantity for some
! time.
Fannie Blue, a black woman from
, Virginia, died IN New Orleans the
other day at the alleged age of I25
years.
Abel, of the Baltimore sun, has an
T annual income of $l2O,OOO He recent
Gently paid SI5O,OOO fora country resi-
dence.
George Francis Trains villa a.
Newport, Il. |. has been let to Mr..
Remsen of Paris for $1,000 for three
months
During 1879 the American Bible
Society dssbur>ed S2I4. .2S3 in The home
field and Ss3, 1868 ShroSd,-a total of
s3jS, ,lS6.
1t is said that about twelve hun
dred of the coiOred men who emigratcd
from Alabama to Northern States have
returned.
The lords of the Treasury have re-
fused 10 lend the municipality OF Dub
lin more money. IL already owes over
IS, ,OOO, zoe.
contributions amounting TO a little
more than $4,000 have been distrih-
uted among the sufferers By the recent
fire in Hull, Canada.
Chancellor (now Bishop Haven is
SAID 10 have slIed SlOO,UOO To the en-
dowmsnt fund of Syracuse University
by his perssnal efforts.
Utica, y. y, was ten months sub
scribins S4OOO 10 finish church build
ing, and only four days raising $4,000
TO establish i new brewery.
The Earl of Ashburaham, now in
his thtrty-ninth year, Is engaged to
marry young lady whose name mas
not Yet been publicly announced.
Rome sticks to Its project of
worlds fair tor lSS5-6. An English
company has offered for twelve millions
OF dollars to guarantee It's success.
Mrs. Daggett of Greeubush, Mich,
is 20 years old; yet, rather than let her
blind husband 90 to the poOrhOuSe, she
chopped six acres of timber for $40.
In 1877 two-thjrls of tie persons
who fell sick in the Russian Empire
went into tile hospital for treatment,
and only one-third remained az home.
The first steamer was seen on the
Thames In 1915; the first steam voyage
10 India was accomplished IN 1925; the
first English railway was opened In the
same year.
ha =
cOnrt at Enfield, Conn.,, whether a
father can legally burden bequest 10
his daughter with the condition that
she shall never marry.
The second competition for the
great statue Of the French republic
that is to>bc erected bv the Municipal
Counsel of Paris has resulted in the
monel OF NJ. Morice being chosen.
Between 1875 and lS79 Lord Fall
mouths turf winnings Were $685., ,995.
lie never 0etted, yet he has retired
from the turf, possibly thinking that
such good fortUnc could not last longer.
Secretary Evaris and Ramsey have
accepted Invitations To be present az
the celebration OF the two hundred and
iftieth anniversary OF the settlement
Of Boston on the l1Jh OF next Septem-
her.
-"LOngfellow ; Psalm OF Life was
written on summer morning in 1888.
The Wreck OF the HeSperus' was
written at midnight in 1919. 4 yio-
leut storm had occurred the night be-
fore.
MIR. Gladstone entered Parliament
at %, u year after leaving the uni
versity. Two years later Sir Robert
Peel made him lord of the Treasury,
and within a wear Under Secretary of
State Tor the Colonies.
1t is proposed by Mr.. Ruskin's
friends to raise a subscription for a
magnificent statue OF that author to be
placed In the school of Drawing at
,Oxford-the school which owes its ex-
istence to his generosity.
The Car Is the only crowned wild
over ana Victoria the only crowned
widow among the European poten-
tates. Alfonso and Christine of Spain
are the youngest welded couple; Will
liam and Augusta of Germany the eld-
est.
Rome spends two hundred thou
sand dollars on its public schools, of
which ten years ago it had none at all.
The Romans now evinee great alacrity
III attending the schools, aud the latter
are entirely inadequate TO the demand
of the population.
The report of the English Board of
Trade on the subject of marine disas-
ters shows that in spite of the improve
ments that have been made in naval
architecture, the ratio of loss is by no
means reduced, but, If anything, is
somewhat on the Increase.
Mrs. Eleanor Williams. a colored
woman of Syracuse, New York, is one
hundred and two years old. She was
born In Maryland. Her hair is white
as snow. She fell about a year ago,
and has been crippled since, but other
wise she is as well as ever
F. III. Har;, who has won the
championship among pedestrians in
America, is anxious to meet Charles
Rowell agaiL in a six-day race, and has
ac cordingly challenged the English
champion to a race for S5C00a side, the
contest 10 take place in New York,
Boston or Chicago within three months
after signing articles.
One of the richest and most famous
monasteries in Italy is that of Monte
Casino on the line of railway between
Rome and Naples; it was founded i'll
529, and has continuously existed ever
since. Its library is wonderfully rich
in written and printed documents, and
the rents OF the domain are adequate to
maintain the institution.
More than 100 years ago Harrison
Gray Otis, of Boston, owned large
tracts OF land In Maine, and three
towns were named after him. respec-
lively, Harrison, Gray and OLisfield.
The citizens of Otisfield intend to hold
a reunion next August, to which are to
be invited all persons who have gone
forth from the town and their descend
ants.
The great map of the moon, COM
pleted by DR.. Julias Schmidt, of Ath-
ems. after II years OF labor. shows
81 $50 craters and ring-llke formaticns
on the lunar surface, and 3iS rills and
clefts. DIR. Schmidt estimates that the
number would be increased to 400, 900
cratsrs In complete chart, showing
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