Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-03-14
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NEWS N BRIEF.

"A Plttsburg company Is msnufactur-
ing glass shingles.
1t Is now proposed 20 make railroad
rails out Of paper.
of the ], $50 convicts in the Ohio
PeEItentiary but II are women.
Classes in Photography are To be
fashionable in New Orleans during lent.
Flour goes from Minnesota to
Europe insured all the way through ua-
der one policy.
-Goyernor Butler says that Massa-
chusetts takes better care of her soldiers
than any other State.
A handsome monument in honor of
Christopher Columbus Is to be built by
the people of Calvi, Corsica.
MIR. Spurgeon has received $500
as royalty on the sale in America of
. The TSasury of David.
The King of Siam buys his house
hold furniture by the ton at the rate of
over a thousand dollars a ton.
The brightness of fair hsir Is
thrown out by velvet coats of a shade
between chocolate and maroon,
-hazing is an expensive luxury in
Hartford, Conn. Thirteen students
have been fined SO and costs each for
1t.
Ex-Governor Warmoth has purcha-
sed In Maine the machinery for beet
root factory on his Louisiana planta-
ton.
Beer has been made in Germany of
the fruit of Ptelea triioliata, the So
called hop tree, and it was said TO be
very good.
Representative Herdon, of Alabama,
who was believed to be dying of con-
sumption several weeks ago, is so much
improved that his physicians now re-
gard his recovery as very probable.
"A great deal of Iawlessness and ras-
callty Is said TO pyeva1l IN Alexandra
and Cairo. This Is one of the results
of the ''late war.
The builder who helped Lafayette
to lay the cornerstone of the Bunker
Hill monument. ffty-seven years ago,
still works in Boston.
-Ex- Governor Cobb, of Alaba ma, Is
credited with granting 2O2 pardons dur
ing his recent term of office, or some
thing over one a week.
The Government hires a vault in a
safe deposit company in St. Louis for
the storage OF silver dollars. and las
about four million dollars in It,
Concealed in carload of kindIIng-
wood, billed Chelsea, Mass customs
officials at Bangor, Me-. found five
hundred pounds of Canadian butter.
"A San Francisco grocer had wo-
man prosecuted for theft, though she
was y6 years old, and what she stole
was handful of snuff, worth three
cents.
-Ine chrysanthemum is the popular
flower of China. When they emigrate
to other lands their favorite flower Is
carried with them and affectionateiy
cultivated.
The Rev, Edward Everett Haze 115
been selected as the annual orator be-
fore the Phi Beta Kappa Society OF
Brown University, at its meeting ON
June 10 next.
"A somnambulist girl got out of bed
1T Prescott, Mimi, and walked across
bali a mile of ice and snow to the rail
road station, clad In her night clothes
only, and was waiting for train when
awakened.
Postmaster General Faweett, OF
England, was attendedduring his severe
illness by lady doctor, who was re-
latlve. The young ladies' OF the Lon
don Post Office are now to have doctor
Of their own sex.
Minneapolis, Mimi, is to have
new hotel to cost SS37, 600. 1t is to
be tire-proof, seven stories high and
contain 4O7 rooms. Stone, brick and
iron will be the materials. Chicago
parties have contracted to build it.
The Rev. George Allen, of Wor-
cester, Mass, will on Thursday cele-
Urate his ninety-frst birthday. He Is
SAID to be tie oldest man il Worcester,
the Oldest clergyman in the State, and
the only survivor of the Yale Glass of
1913.
"A gentleman in Lawrence, Mass,
has offered \ prize to any young lady Il.
that city who will decipher a letter
which Horace Greeley sent to him. The
letter was written IN Mr.. Greely's HE
roglyphics, aud the owner is utterly un-
able TO read it.
"A small lake, which IS saId to be
tue source of the Mississippi river, in
stead Of Lake Itaska, which has hIther-
to been credited with that honor, has
been named Lake Whipple, after Bish-
op Whlpple, of the Episcopal Church,
whose missionary diocese covers ell
that region.
George Ill, it Is now SAID, first
used the phrase ''peacs and honor" at
the opening Of Parliament, Nov. 10.
l770, when he said : Il INDUCED in tine
hope OF being able to continue to my
subjects the enjoyment # peace with
honor and security"
The State OF Indi INA has a per-
manent school fund of S9, Ia. O:aI;;} g2
which is equal TO Sl2 81 per capita ior
each child OF school age IN the State.
The fund cannot be reduced iuany way.
as the counties are only allowed to Use
the interest thereon, and are held re-
sponsible for any losses.
Near Metz tame bear was walking
il the woods and suddenly cane upon
an Alsatian hunter, vino pointed his
gun to fire, when the bear stood on his
mind legs and danced. The hunter
thought 1t was the devil and He'd.
The Representatives of France WHO
visited Yorktown on the occasion of the
Centennial celebration, had dinner in
Paris, recently, commemorative OF the
event. General BOulanger presided
and Minister Morton responded to the
toast In honor of the United States.
Louis Of Bavaria Is now having
built on the Island in Lake Chiemsee,
Upper Bavaria, chateau which is to
be IN exac. reproduction. on reduced
scale, OF tine famous chateau OF Louis
XIV at Versailles. Several of the royal
architects ars now busy at Versailles,
studying and copying even the smallest
details of the palace.