Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-11-01
NO. Al.
NEWS In BRIEF

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Egypt loses 1850. .OOO. 900 by ths
war, OF which S210, 900, 900 Is IN cotton.
i. The II IA. J. Proctor Knott is slowly
recovering tro a severe attack of ma
: IaTia.
Bret Harte will soon have s.The
: Lnek OF Roaring Camp ready for the
t stage.
2 The capacity of theIce-houses along
, the Hudson River Is more than I.OOO.-
900 tons.
AT least twenty-one post-office
; towns III the United Safes bear the
name of Garfield.
Mr.. Russell, OF Bail Run fame. re-
celyes pension of e2O0 a year from
the London Times.
Sixty thousand acres Of Northwes-
tern Iowa land are said to be owned by
one Chicago finn.
/ Illinois has over 100000 people
and II, 900 liquor salooas-aud average
Of 272 10 each saloon.
The demand for houses IS largely
ahead OF the supply il all the towns of
Northwestern Iowa
Palestine, ToxIs, raises apples,
eighteen inches IN circumference and
weighing twenty-five ounces.
Improvements of the value of 5 S22g.-
800 have been made in Little Rock.
Ark, during the present year.
One Davenport Qowa) cigar manu-
iacturer employs over 200 persons and
turns out about 60O.010 per month.
Great Britain has now 10000 Sun
day school temperance organizations,
with more than l OO0,0O0 members.
There are in the United States and
Canada 40 Young Mems Christian a.
soeiations, numbering 81, ,375 members.
Henry NJ. Stanely, the African ex-
plOrer, Is at Lisbon, from whence he
Will proceed to Brussels to visit the
king.
A London lunatic tasted Il days. and
then died, while food'was being forced
down his throat. of excitement and ex-
haustion.
The splendid oysters oil the newly
discovered North S-a beds ot hundred
square miles lie IL water over twenty
fithoms deep.
The consumption Of tobacco IN
France during the past five years has
averaged -, OJO tIas, three the con-
sumption IN 1882.
A leather b-,t has Just been made
in Hartford, Coun which is au inch
thlca, IS inches wide, anu 125 feet long,
and weighs |, ,S}i pounds.
There are in LRckGov and Gavin
pore. IndiH, 10 publishing houses en-
gagged Principally III issuing anI-Chris-
tlan books, tracts, and periodicals..
"A movement Is afoot in Brazil ana
Portugal Tor the erection OF a monu-
ment to Pedro Aly Tez Cabral, the dis
GOV erer Ci the former country.
Since the fist OIL well was opened
in 1853 the product OF the wells has adj
dei 81 l,5OJ. .UU0. UOJ to the wealth. of the
United States IN the value OF the crud.
oil and Its products,
The late Siguor Pasquale Favale.
OF Naples, lett ten thousand francs 10
the city OF London, 10 form a fund from
which marriage portions Of 800 frasc.
each are to be pad t. girls between the
ages Ot sixteen AMI twenty-five.
1t is pretty well settled that
healthy man who lives to be 20 years OF
age, iii his life eats 1870 pounds of
meat, y barrels of flour, l, 5JJ pounds
OF butter, YS1 dozen eggs, 500 pounds
OF cheese, l63 bushels ot potatoes, aud
/, 100 pounds OF lard
John Finnel, CT Tenama comty.
CailjOyna, owns a ranch containing TO-
900 acres. He recently leased ranch
IN COlusa county containing 200. 900
acres. the two ranches border on the
Sacramento river Tor thlrty-two miles.
Arizona has ia post offices. Fol
lowing are some Of the principal, with
the sa aries attached - tombstone. s.
800; Tucson, s., 400; Prescott, 81, 100;
Phellx, 81, 200, and Glooe, 81 800.
1t Is eStimaIeI tnlt the South has
this season paid to the North S65, ,0OO,-
900 for wheat. S5J,O0O,0OJ for corn.
S72 COO, 900 for meats, and about S2j,-
OOO, 900 Tor hay, butter. cheese, oats,
apples, potatoes, etc.
The vineyards of the Los Angeles
district, Cal, are laden with unprece-
dentel stores OF grapes this year. The
crop Is estimated at over 5000, 900
pounGs. or 1900 tons. These are
worth nearly 81, 100000.
"A New Mexico paper reports that
large aerOiIte fell near PiaOs
Altos, crushing several trees, aud that
a Mexican who saw 1t reported that
piece Of the moon mad fallen.
The skeleton of q large mlstodoD
has Just been unearthed upon the farm
Df Joseph Mitchell, near Paris, ky.,
but nearly all the bones crumbled
upon being exposed to the air.
Before leaving Russia for Central
ASIA General 1chernaietf made a pill
grimaee to ths tomb OF SkobsIef. AID
placed above 1t "A superb silver image
of Saint Micha-l, the dead chieftain's
patron saint. In life the two generals
were rivals. but, wrthal, great adnIrers
Of each otner
"A clergymen out IN Iowa City pro
tects his poultry yard against thieyes
with a Gordon OF bsehives. A marauder
caanot enter the yard at night without
upsettlng hive, AMI theh the piOu'
parson lies still and laughs at the
sound OF wild yelis gradually dying
away in the distance.
Father Peter John Bsckx, tine Gen
eral Of the Order OF Jesuits, Il now IL
his eighty seventh year, and MS decli-
nlng health has OF late given rise to
much speculation concerning his prOba-
bic successor. He has been at the head
of the Ooder for nearly thirty years.
The number ofacres disposed ofun
der the homestead and timber acts the
fiscal year of 1882 was almost 100000
Ia excess of those for 1881. In the
western states the number OF acres was
o 205, ,317; in the southern states, p
L52, ,sS7, ana in the territories, 5,S39.-
934.
General Sir Edwin Beaumont john
son, K. G. B., vino we rs medals and
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