Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-03-16
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BRIEFS.

, The French of New Orleans are q
third Of the whole p, pulation.
The Territorial debt of Montana is
only little over 5000
The average weight of an adult
man Il 140 pOundI six x.ounces.
Eighteen tariff acts have been
passed since 1861.
. The skelet IN measures one inch
less than tine height OF living man.
Richard Ill, was killed at the bat
tie OF Bosworth Field IN the year 14S5.
:. -Chevaliear Kremer will be the new
Austrian Ambassador to Washington.
The debt of Massachusetts Is $6S,-
5l2 927, N increase of $7Si, $40 over
1879
The comet of 1912 is raj idly ap-
preaching, and Will soon make Itself
visible.
The Territory of Alaska has about
one inhabitant TO every LOCO square
miles.
Macon, Georgia, is TO have a Sl5,-
600 bricx building for public school
purpo es.
The total sum Recommended by
all appropriation bills is slS7, ,5T,-
600.
The Canadians propose to increase
the duty on pork from 81 10 81 per bar
rel.
Seven States are visible from the
summit of Roam Mountain in North
Carolina.
Minnesota has appropriated $3.50 in
the last hve years 10 encourage tree
planting.
| Senator Blaine is mentioned as
owning sG0,000 in bonds OF the State
of Maine.
Mr.. Smart, the champion skater
of England, has skatei mile In three
minutes.
York every quarter is estimated at
$l20 COO, 100.
From 1S4s to Jan. l, 1881, Lalifor-
MIA turned out in gold and silver 81
l39 ,25S, 900.
There are sc, 900 schools cani of
leges in India, with an attend anceOi-
SOO,OOO boys and girls.
The Masonic fraternity, according
10 The latest figures, has 45, 800 mem
Ders In Germany.
Chicago uses 81, ,412 ,00) gallons of
water Per day, or over III gallons for
each man, woman and enid.
The city of London gives $40, ,000,-
Ooo every year toward the relief OF dis
tress, suffering and poverty.
One hundred and fifty thousand
acres OF land in Mississippi have been
sold to Scotch land company.
arge cotton factories will be built
this year at VIcksturg, New Orleans,
Louisville and Charleston.
The public debt of Canada was in-
creased nine and halt millions during
the fiscal year ending June g, 1881.
The number OF prilgrims who VS.
tied the sacred shrines OF Mecca last
year is stated TO have exceeded 20O, ,0C0.
Col. Drake, the discaveIer of
petroleum, will have SIS 900 mOnu-
ment erected 10 his memory at Titus
vile, Penn.
The gum on some letter envelopes
Is said 10 have seriously poisoned
physician in Orange county, v. Va
few days ago.
An Indiana man has built a minia-
ture steamer twenty-five feet long, in
which he proposes to make a trip to
New Orleans.
There are between seven aud eight
hundred professional models in PARIS.
thirty-three of whom are Americans.
They are every age, from children of
six TO men and women of sixty.
The sum of sl45, ,000,o 900 was per-
manently invested IL new railroads IN
th country last year. The increase
in mileage was 1921.
There are only three ladies' living
whose husbands were Presidents OF the
United Siatee. Mrs. Polk, Mrs. Tyler
and Mrs. Lincoln.
Lieutenant Maurice O'ConneI, OF
the Sixtieth Rifles, who was killed in
the battle in the Transvaal recently
was grand nephew OF DLnniel
O'Connell.
In Germany, including the free
cities, about eighty-Eve per cent, of
the population nave incomes under
$500; In Berlin. Hamburg, and Bre-
men, l4-6 per cent. have incomes from
$500 up To 81 500.
While the area of land under gen.
eral cultivation in Great Britain mas
increased during the past ten years
,69i 900 acres, tnat in wheat has de-
creased 5sl 900.
The Canadian ladies' are striving
to get 1OO, 900 signatures to their al
dress TO be presented 10 q Ieen Victoria
on her birthday, anl aGtesting their
continued loyalty.
The British Minister of Paris re-
ceiyes an annual stlary of $50, 900; al
Vienna, $40, 900; at C)nstantinopIs.
10000, aG ST. Peters burg, s39, 900; az
Berlin, s35, 900; at Pekin, $3J, 900; at
Madrid even, S27 900.
The Gran din Brothers of Dakot
are said ~ have raised last year 49,
2S1 bushels OF wheat. The odd 81 900
Is said TO have paid all cost of cultlva-
ten and marketing, leaving l00,O00
bushels az 40 cents bushel for profit.
There are now 500 cities in the
United States supplied with water
works, involving IL, 700 miles of pipe,
10000 of whicn are of CAST iron.
Last year the State of North Caro-
lima produced 10000, 900 pounds of
TOBACCO, or nearly one pound for every
man, woman and child in the country.
The registered tonnage of the Brit
ish empire now amounts to 1888 ,492
tons contained in SO .935 vessels, man
ned by 337 62i seamen. Daring the
past year .766 new vessels were built
and registered.
The New York City prisons OPEN
ed their doors last year TO 81 s25 per-
sons OF Incorporate nabits- Toe pIlice
stations furnished lodgIn IS To l20, ,0S4
men and women who had nowhere else
10 sleep.
In 1887 Chicago became a city,
William b. Ogden being the first
Mayor. Tue popnlation was 4 4,l70.
The United STATES census of 1S4J gave
the population as 1853, an Increase of
6S3 III three years.
M. Andreas Hofer, the grandson
of the TyrOlean patriot shot oy order
OF Napolean has recently gone mad
Iron an excessive use OF tobacco. Nj.