Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-02-08
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NEWS IN BRIEF

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paratively large numbers of polied
Aberdeen cattle from Scotland.
1t is found that the effect of the
electric light In conservatories Is s.ins-
ulating to the vitality of the plants.
In 1S49 the expert trade of Franc.
amounted to 1000, 900 in 1879 it
had sunk to f34 .000, 900 sterling.
Out of every five children on the
roll of the London Board-Schools,
only four attend school an any eIven
day.
1t is proposed to celebrate the 25th
anniversary of the settlement of Port
land, Me-, on the Fourth of july
I next
Twenty five thousand specimens OF
spiders in glass bottles lave been ar
ranged by Captain Holden, of Cincin-.
natl.
The revenue of France received
from direct and indirect taxes in the
year 1881 exceeds the estimates $40. .OOO,-
00O
The American magazines publishe Il
IN London are very popular among En-
glishmen.
The United States in 1881 eousuni-
ed three times as much GAINED salmon
as thev did In 1880.
The Mormons expect 500 converts
from London next month, comprising
number of families and about 300 ul-
merried woman
The administrator OF th- Mark Hop
kins estate in San Francisco was re-
quired to give a bonl in the sum of
S13, ,OO0, 900.
A paper mill at Holyoke, Mass,
made "a, 500 pounds of paper in twenty
four hours on one machiue-the biggest
run on record.
A colored tailor from North Carolina,
Is said to have made $50, 900 IN Boston
since the war. He gives employment to
over 100 persons,
Some OF the Policeman III Montreal
complain that they can't keep their
hands WARM with WOODEN gloves and ask
for fur ones.
-Emmons Blaine the ex-Senators
youngest son, Is a clerk in a railroad
Office at Fond du Lac, Wis. He is study
ing the business.
The residence OF Senator Ben Hill,
at Athens Ga, has been sold TO Profess
sor. Speer, OF the University of Georgia
1t originally cost $50, ZOO.
-Tne cotton States consume Il. .252.-
244 bushels more wheat than they
raise, and pay to the North for wheat,
corn, oats. and hay, $3.50, 100000. an
nually.
-Maryland's latest achievement is IL
diamond-back terrapin which weighs
five pounds and two ounces and whose
bottom shell measures s, inches In
length
Los Angeles County, Cal, claims
9 500, 900 grape-vines hearing, and s.
600. 0GO planted last winter; and 90. 900
bearing orange trees, and 100, 900 to
begin next year.
Out of LOCO. 600, 900 letters deliv-
cred bv the General Post Office, in Lon
don, England. the proportion of missing
property and non-prOperty letters are
only 'Oi per cent.
Princess Louise's determination to
pass the winter ON this continent has led
many American society people to select
the Canadian Capital as their place OF
winter residence.
Notwithstanding the terrible power
of the electric eel, equal to fifteen Ley
den jars. there Is little parasite fish,
two or three inches in length, that
preys upon it utterly obliviOus of its
shock.
The organist of ST. Paul's, in Lon
don, has published statement OF the
cost of the new big bell, and along with
it an appeal for contributions. The
total outlay for casting and hosting
the monster into position he gives as
$4,000.
The Upper Mississippi lead fields
include 1000. 900 acres-200, 600 in
Iowa, 400, 900 in Northern Illinois, and
l, 400, 900 In Wisconsin. The value of
the gross amount of the lead produced
in the fields since 1926 is about $40, 900
000
Mr. Kimball, the church debt
raiser" has assisted IL freeing l75
churches from burdensOme encumbran
ces. The largest amount he encounter.
ed WAS on the Memorial Presbyterian
Church, New York city (Rev. DIR. Rob
inson's), $4,000.
The areality OF the population of
England and Wales--that Is, the mean
area to each person, which in 1901 was
19, ,934 square yards and in 1871 was
1928 square yards-ls now 6,95j square
yards to each person.
"A Statue of Oakes Ames. facing and
pointing to the west, and one of Oliver
Anes, facing east, are to crown the
monument which Is IN process of erec-
ton at Sherman, Wyoming Territory.
1t stands upon the highest point of land
on the Union Pacific Railway.
The Duke of Hamilton has decided
to sell his magnificent library at Hamil-
ton Palace, on the celebrated Beckford
collection. This collection was made
oy William Beckford, the author and
traveller, whose eldest daughter married
the tenth Duke of Hamilton.
The lot which Mr.. W. W. Corcoran
decided to Columbia College, in Wash
ington, for building purposes, at the
corner OF Vermont avenue and | street,
has a frontage of % feet on the aYenue
and 152 f. ct on the street. This location
is in the heart of the city.
during the past year 1882 persons
died in London of smallpox. OF these,
325 had been vaccinated and 637 neglec-
ted thft precaution, the remaining $40
being doubtful. of the population of
London 1920, 900 are vaccinated and
100. 900 are not.
Twenty five years ago the city of
Albany, with population of 81, 600 con-
sumed $50 lbs, of opium and 375oz. of
morphia annually. Now, with popu.
latioh of 81 900. there are $500 lbs. of
opium and $500 OF. Of morphia sold
every year Ia that city.
There is still living leneal descend-
ent of Martin Luther, in the person of
one Herr W. Wolters, of Stuttgart. He
was formerly Court actor, and claims
descent through Luther's daughter Anna