Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-07-25
NEWS IN BRIEF

-1639 new post-Ofices were estab-
lished in the United States during the
!, fiscal year just closed.
Archbishop Lynch, of Toronto,
Canada, has fully recovered from his
!, recent dangerous Illness
Three children have died in Brazil,
!. Indiana, within the past two years from
drinking concentrated I've.
Portland. Oregon, is to have this
year 81 ,0O0, 900 bridge, and railroad
workshops costing S5,000,0O0.
"A devil fish, measuring eight feet
in circumference, was captured at Santa
Monica, Cal, a few days ago.
The total coinage of the L. 5. Mints
during June was 81. 944 ,430, and during
the last fiscal year S66, 192, 704.
There are more than S00, 900 people
in Ireland who speak Irish, and 100,000
who can speak no other language.
The total debt of the city of B1s-
ton is reported at S4l, Isl 900, an in
crease of 81 lis, 900 since last year.
The French authorities this year
estimate for II 200 tons of iron-clad
ship building: the English for l2,2J0
tons.
Chester County farmers are com
plaining,seriously of the damage wrought
in their grain fields by English spar
rows.
"A census of Portland, Me-, hIsiuSt
been taken, which shows a population
of 3, 500, an increase of 1000 in three
years.
H. ID. COSgrOve. of San Francisco,
has offered the City of Buffalo monu-
mental drinking fountain, TO cost
$1,000.
"A cane made of 5000 pieces of
pasteboard playing cards, tightly rolled
and glued together is carried BY man
in Chico.
-LabOrers are scarce in Maine and
there is brisk demand for men in the
hay field at 8. 30 a day-SO an Augusta
Paper says.
There are nineteen bills affecting
the liquor trade before the British Par
lament, and half of them refer to the
Sunday traffic
The public debt statement for June
shows a decrease of SlS,09S, ,20l. The
decrease for the fiscal year just clO'el
was slS7. .S23.253
] The number of sheep in New
Mexico is reported to have increased
from 10000, 900 in 1880 to y, ,000,000 at
the present time.
The quantity of wheat raised in
Maine last year. was 69j,714 bushels,
OF oats, 2,265, 80 bushels, and of pota-
toes, 1895. .625 bushels.
Men quarrying flint IN a wood near
Elkton, Md, have, for some time past.
been disturbed by showers of stones
Coming apparently from the SKY.
The Indian colonial retains his
fOndneSS for curry when he returns 10
England, and curry is one of the few
dishes that England has adopted.
| The amount of fresh beef exported
from this country during May was
9,322, 900 pounds. For the correspond
ing month last year 2,725,000 pounds.
The total assessed valuation of real
and personal estate in the city Of New
Y ork for 1855, is 81, ,216, 90 , ,16i, an i'll
crease of 81, ,2JO, 765 on the valuation
for 1882.
In actual gain in population in ten
years, from 1870 to 1850, only one State
exceeded Pennsylvania. The gain in
Texas WAS 173, ,170; the gain in Penn
sylvania was 100 .9I0.
The claims received at the Internal
Bureau for rebate of tax ON account or
tobacco, snuff and cigars under the
new law number nearly y, 900, amount
ing to about s2,0O0,000.
-"Hal'' Orth, the youngest son of
the late GOdlOve ). Orth, of Indiana,
has been presented with the desk used
in the House of Representatives for so
many years by his father.
| Careful observations on the tenn
perature in the AlliSer Theatre in Hl-
vana, before and after the introduction
of electric lighting, shows difference
of - degrees Z, under the new and old
conditions.
| The eleven surviving members of
the Class of ';53 of BOwdOin College, of
whom there were ~, are to have their
semi-centennial reunion in Brunswick,
i Nlt-. dI lliC
Nine of the eleven are clergymen.
| "A curious freak of nature can be
seen at Solomon MarSh'S farm. near
Norton, Kansas. The curiosity is
calf born without eyes. The calf is
perfectly formed, active and all right,
with the exception that it has no sign
of an eyeball.
| Forty thousand acres of land in
Arkansas have been secured for an
Italian celOny. The immigrants are to
come from Tyrol, principally, and will
be agriculturists. About a thousand
Italians have already settled in that
region.
The largest mule in the world was
sold at Kansas City, last month. 1t
was 1S4 hands high, weighed 1915
pounds, measured fifteen feet from nose
to tail, and was six years old. Some
body will rise up now and tell kick
story commensurate with the size of the
beast.
| The Princess Isabella, of Bavaria,
recently married to the Duke of Genoa,
is described as looking like wax sta
tue, without a particle of color in the
face, rich auburn hair, large, dark wist-
full eyes, and the figure of Juno. She
isvery timid and retiring, and even her
smile is tinged with sadness.
Bishop Keane (R. C. !, of Richmond,
Va, who has been visiting Palestine,
has shipped from that country a corner
stone for the new cathedral that is to
| be built in Richmond. The stone Is
twenty Uy fifteen inches in size, and
was cut from the Rock of the GardenOf
Gethsemane, on the Mount of Olives.
An illustrious record of long and
| faithful services is the brief summary
of the life of Georgia clergyman. For
nearly half century thee Rev. Henry
Crawfo d Tucker expOunded the tenets
of the Christian religion, and zealOusly
performed the duties of his sacred Office
without receiving one dollar in return
for his protTacted labors.
4 -IOndOn will soon have a pODTIlatiOn