Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-11-15
NO. 46
NEWS IN BRIEF

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Thomas is in Washington
General ". S. Harney, who Is now
in his eighty-fifth year, Is ia St. LOUIS.
OF the English speaking people 49,
800, ,0G0 are Roman Catholics and So
900, 900 Protestants.
Senator Peudleton's new house in
Washington has golden sunaowers Cl
the tops of the lightning rods.
Pug dogs as pets have had tlei-
day among the ultra fashIonables, and
now tine king Charles" Is in favor.
The hours fixed by the Prince of
Wales fOT his guidance at Homburg weF.
rise at seven, bed at eleven.
Senator James G.. Fur, OF Nevada,
one Of the big bonanza firm, residing IN
California, y said TO be IN declining
health.
Rev William States Zee Is the
only man living of those who were
gr.,t:ul lted from Princeton College be-
fore 1872.
Bishop Andrews. Of the Methodist
/ Episcopal Chdrch Of Wisconsin, urges
his ministers not to favor any political
party actively.
-Accor,iing to the assessment roll Of
California, there has been deprecin.
ton OF values in taat State the past wear
OF s26, III, 500.
The remains of Miss Adelaide Phil
/ lps are to be buried in the burying
ground i'll Marshfield, Mass. where the
Webster tomb is.
Daring last year 9,2l2 heal of cat
! tie were either thrown Ovgr0oIrI or
died from injuries received in the pa
sage across the Atlantic.
Joshua Dunn has lived upon the
same farm IN Ga-rard county, ky, for
sixty years, and says that the present
crop is the best in his experience.
One of the leading merchants of
Williamsburg, Va, Is u colored man,
who does business of $500 a year
and Is reputed to be worth So, 900
st. Paul, Mian., is one OF the most
prOsperoIs cities Of the Northwest.
During the last 0 years its wholesale
trace has Increased 90 - 100 per cent.
The completion OF a factory in To-
ronto, Canada, wIs celebrated one day
last week by lunch party of sixteen
persons on the -Op Of tue chimney, 160
feet from the ground.
Tile South has tins season raised
pesIly enough grain to supply the home
demand, and Will save Sl2j, Goa. OOJ
which 1t has been accustomed annually
to spend in the West for food.
Baron NOrJenskIold is getting ready
for another Arctic expedition, which Is
to set out from Stockholm next sumner
under the patronage Of Wilhelm Schou-
lenck, Berlin merchant.
Queen Olga. OF Greece, carries with
her on her travels lap dog OF TIA
rare breed 50 often represented by 5u
Peter Lely in his pictures OF the ladies
oi the Court of Charles the Second.
Tramp, abound in the Napa Val
ley. California. They say they have
come to help pick the grlpcs. The
growers thiuk they have come to ivs
upon the grapes which are easy ot Sc
cess.
The walking costume of the En-
press of Austria for wet or cold weather
Is Il waterproof New Market coat.
Drown straw hat and thick navy boots.
In not weather she wears thln hHn.-
ing slip.
"A line specimen of moss agate,
found imbedded in limestone in Amster-
dam, Montgomery county, New York,
few days ago, Is said to be the first
specimen OF the kind ever discovered in
this section of tine country.
The petroleum pipe constructed
from no, r,faI,,r,
Caucasus Mountains to Noyoroszisk
HarbOr, on the Black Sea, coast, Is IOJ
miles long, with daily capacity to de
liver 80. 000 puds q 10000 pounds Of
petroleum.
The Company trying to supply
Sioux City, Iowa, with water have sunk
All artesiau well /, 40 feet through.
latterly, very hard rock. After peue-
trdting the Trenton limestO e there IS
probability of water-bearjng strata be
ing struck
The Brooklyn Sabbath-schOols num-
Der BIB, with 81. so members. Tne
McthodIsts stand highest. with Il
schools, 1j,00O members Episcopa-
iians, 30 schools, Il,1l5; BaptIsts 80
schools, 10, g92; Presbyterians have u
SCHOOLS, lt,OfJ.
The State Of Georgia shows an IN
Crease III taxable property, during the
last year, amounting to Sl6,0OO,0O0,
wLlcn Is the best possible evidence that
the people are recovering from the ef-
fects Of the carpet bag regime.
The unhappy Emperor Of all the
Russils, returning to st. Petersburg
from Moscow, at his first meal IN the
royal palace found, it Is SAID, NIhilis-
tic proclamation wrapped in his table
napkin, placed there by a dlslOyal page.
-Mc TennysOn has been for some
weeks recently az his place ON the
Downs, known as Aldwarti, and Is said
to contemplate uhe sale Of the place
lie finds that ths air Uf the Isle OF
Wight suits hun better. FdrungfOrd,
the isle of Wight place, l. said t. be one
Of the most dehghtful houses ON the Is
land.
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Mis-
sour, Kansas and Nebraska produce
surplus OF corn. These States yieldel
! .Ol6 900, 0OO bushels IN 1850, and 1876,
900 900 In 1851. The percentage OF
prodnct still ON hand IS nearly twenty
four per cent, amounting 70 l1l ,OJc,OjJ
\ bushels
-Estimates Of the damage done az
Alexandria during and alter tae boa
bardment vary widely, Claims made
by tue owners foot up to nearly S17,-
! 800. coo, but 1t Is said that an eminent
authority has expressed a~l.iingness t.
rebuild and reIuriiish tine entire property
destroyed for 81. 30, 900
In the year 1880, at the Morgue IN
Paris, there were received 400 cOrp5e5-
From 1881 to IS47 the greatest number
Vas $50. In 1913 it rose to 700; II iel
In 1919 To 320. Ia the following years
1t ruse gradually, until 1870, iIom 400
to 500. Then II fell N 1874 to 1oO. In
the year 1851 1t Was 500. The average
by deeennial PerlOds, from 1850 to 1879,
was 32j from 1910 u 1919. 80 FROM
10, Il-l 4p5 from iStt4 tg lSiIl