Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-10-17
NO. AZ.
NEWS In BRlEr

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-Ferrets are said to be rapidly diving
off In this country, of disease some
thing like the epizooty.
-Thirty-five total abstainers are said
to have membership in the British
House of Commons.
London, Eng, consumes, it is eSti-
mated, about ten and half million
| tons Of coal annually.
Frank Carpenter of Sodus, n. Y,
pared sixty-five bushels of apples in
nine hours.
"A million bats are said to in
habit the dome of the BIenham (Ga)
Court House.
The shot water cure''-a glass Of
hot water slipped before breakfast-haS
spread to England.
The Weather Department promises
New England rains from time to time,
but the drought reignS there aridly
BY the aid of the American idea
of using refrigerator cars, LOndOnerS
now enjoy fresh herring from Scotland.
The Peruyians can travel for as
long as three days without other food,
solid or liquid, than the mute leaf, it is
said.
California orange crop will be
the largest il ker history, it IS report
ed, but the lime crop is smaller than
usual.
Watermelon rindS and banana skins
are not in themselves fall goods, but
thnx- ftanna,ar1t- 1iGplavr- IN. rhaf
line.
David Hinkley, of La Grange, Me-.
is over % years old, but he drove about
90 miles in one day recently. on visit
to an older brother.
Senator Bayard will give the city
of Wilmington, Del, the grove a1jOin-
ing his home If the city will acquire the
rest of the square for a park.
The largest COW in America is be-
lieved to be the one that John Pratt, of
Chase CO., Kansas, owns; she is 3 years
old, % hands high and weighs 320) lbs.
Russia has decided to use petrO-
leum as fuel for her Black Sea fleet.
Russian vessels i'll the Caspian Sea have
for some years used nlphthI refuse for
fuel.
An exhaustive report on the dis
eases of plants, and of the parasites
that infeSt them, is to be male to the
Swiss Government by Dr.. JOha EcikS-
son.
Rev. Sydney Gedge, who died ut
CrOmer recently, was one of the oldest
clergymen of the Church of England,
of which five of his sons were also
clergymen.
The winner of the recent internal
tional swimming match at Berlin SWAN
a statute mile in IL min. 3 sec. The
champion diver remained under water
81 seconds.
The female mackerel, it is asserted,
is fatter, Sweeter and much superior in
flavor to the male fish, and may be dis
tinguished by the distinct dark line of
the backbone.
The Paris Temps reports that the
Count de Chambord left 60,0O0,00
francs, which are to be divided be-
tween the Duke of Parma and the
Count of Bardi.
"A good brick will absorb a quart
of water, it is said. There is also a
certain kind of brick, not good, that
may be absorbed with less than a quart
of liquid, not wafer.
The lives and property of some
20. 900 persons in Houston, Texas, have
been guarded until recently by three
policemen. The force has been in
creased tn eight men.
Prairie fires are annoying ranch
men in southwestern Texas. Incen-
diarism is charged, certain persons hav-
ing been offended by the ranchmen'S
fencing in their pastures.
Patti will receive 5000 for each of
the concerts she is to sing at in Bir-
mingham and Manchester, it is under
stoOd-the highest price ever paid for
such performances in England.
| -MunkacSy's picture, ''Christ be-
fore Pilate,r has met with an enthusi-
astic reception in Manchester, England,
no fewer than 10000 people having
seen it within the space of few weeks.
According to a Lorraine newspa-
per, it Is intended to collect the scattered
bones of all those Germans who fell in
the battles around Metz and To deposit
them in a huge oSsuary, with suitable
monument.
A newsbOy of Cincinnati, John E.
Flynn, is said To nave drawn from bank
81, 900 the other day to 90 into the hO-
tel business in Denver, Col, with, the
money having been all made at news
paper selling.
There are ever 520, ,000, 900 acres of
land in the South of which 20, ,00O, 900 are
III cultivation. In 1882, these cultivated
lands produced crops valued at $780,
O00, 900, an increase of S214, ,000,0 900 in
value over the production of 1880.
The total number of pension claims
pending in the Pension office at Wash
ington on the Both of June last. was
l2i4, sos, of which 14S, ,Sl3 were for ar
rears. ,Hhe number of claims from
Pennsylvania was "a ,953, of which TO-
1863 were for arrears.
General G. p. Stone estimates the
cost of the Florida ship canal, 137!
miles in length, and sufficiently wide
to allow the passage of two sea-going
steamers of the first class, at SAG, 6,O0O,-
900. The saving of distance between
New York and New Orleans will be
50O miles.
The First Comptroller Of the Trea-
: sury reports that the total amount of
a money in circulation in the United
2 States is 81, ,57j, 104, ,642, of which S743,- :
E 347 ,573 is coin and SSS1, ,757 ,069 paper.
} Assuming the total population of the
B. country To be ~, 900, the distribu-
, tiOn per capita would be $50 %
The revised figures for marriages
, in Paris during 1So2 are as follows:
I Between young men and young women,
Il $40; young men and widows, 1,2J6;
E widowers and young women, 1,lIv'
widows and widOwers, 904 The num-
Der of divorces is given at L. The las
, is an instructive figure which Ne"
! England papers might do well to copy.
An estimate, which seems to have
: been made with considerable pains
v says that the number of melons raised
\ in Georgia this season was not far
\ from 6 6,5OO,00). About 1,2OO, 900 were
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