Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-04-11
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tie beeauning Of the next hscs
wear. n order % keep lie exPSnses
within the appropriation.
The marriage bonds ara being torn
ssuadsr IN Bsrks county al sn slarIa-
ins rate during tbs past 8 mouaths
30 divorces have been granted by
lie court IN the county.
General john Z Har,ranft zzzrlsd
$3.50 damages IN the opsaing Of
street in NorristoWn
4 strange bird which destroys Eng
hsh sparrows by wholesale, has made
its appearance 10 some parts % Csnsds
where 1t supplies long-fsl, want.
More than one hundred aud twenty
I've children in Stroudsburg are sick
with measles.
A snake about twelve feet long, said
TO have escaped from travelling men
ageIie. iuhs5its a frog pond in the yiein-
ity 70 Blair Furnace, Blair county,
and on sunny days It "a to DO seen
stretching itself cut along the banks
4 nan in Norristown has applied to
the court for an injunction 10 restrain
his brother from engaging in the Pho
sographing business.
An extensive strike among the Tex
al cowboys Is IN progress
! 1t is estimated that, in the transpor.
tation Of live stock from the West foI
food purposes, not less than forty mil
lion OF dollars srs annually lost BY
their death on the passage.
De LessepE believes 40 can turn the
Desert Of Sahars into an island sea oy
using txoavsting machines equal in
capacity to 100000 men.
1t is reported that the scarlet coats
of British soldiers are to de changed
/ Tor gray ones, the latter to be worth
( only when on active duty. The change
IS due to the lao. that the "red-coats"
form too conspicuous a mark for op-
, POsisg troops.
! Just after the failure Of Virgins
storm JOHN Slooum, an Oregon indian,
pretended to die, and after two days
repoEe in oOfin came to life and slain
ed that duEiug the absence OF his spirit
f,om the body It visited heaven, but
Uas sent back by the Great Spirit. lie
Is daily preaching to an immenoa CON
course Of Indians, and, among other
things, stated that the Great Spirit told
him Miggsns' storm vas false predio-
ton, sud that ais si8ssh brethren must
not be afraid
| New York, March 24.-The mar
rorsst house in this city may be seen At
tie northwest coraeF of Lexington ave
suc and E!ghty-seeonG street. When
Lexington avenue was cut through some
years ego, & strip of LARD iyo feet wide
and one hundred feet deep was all that
vas left OF certain lot belonging TO q
person who jId not own the next lot on
tho street. The strip, while OF little
value BY itself, would be valuable to
the person owning the adjoining lot
On Eighty second street., because it
would not only enable MIN 70 buld :
house Ave feet wider, bu, would give
hin windows all along the side or his
house on Lexington avenue. The t6o
owners, however, could not agree ss
90 terms cad house vas erected on
The lot adjoining tbs narrow strip. The
osrer of tie latter Aad ao.king 10 do
b-. &c >v-a1ou as lvt oE 2Gil3 house /
Eve feet vide upon 1t. The lstteE course
H.s perhaps adopted because such Z
houso would shut up al the side win
doRs os the neighboFing building and
considerably reduce its ye.ne
The new building, which has been
finished for some mo n;hs, Is therefore
Eve feet vide, one hundred feet deep
aud four stories nigh Il Is divided IN
20 tEo bouses, each fifty feet long, aud
tie entrance doors ire, Of course, On
the avenue, es there is no room tor
door At either end of the building.
The law allows building a, tue cor
nsr Of the street TO have projecting bay
windows along the side, and, taking al
vantage Of this circumstance, the ar
obije1t h2s managed to plan a house,
sh!ca, while peculiar Il inside appear
auce and prob5iy very uncomfortable
10 I've IL, may find tenants. Without
these ba5-windo6s. or square project
tons running for the loundauOns 10 the
roof, il would not have been possible
to build q house st all, for no r0ou.
Uould hsyS been wider taan three feet.
Each house has, therefore, two bay
I windows, in one o. which are the staIrs
aud in the other one room about eight
/ feet wide BY fifteen feet long, upca
each floor The long passage between
the stair wall and the IoOR is about
three feet Hide. Each house contains =
kitchen eight Sy fifteen feet and fOar
roons, each of the same size, but On
different fiooTs. Those aIs also ingen-
iously paced closets at each end Of
the building and under the stairs. Both
houses are unoecupied. One ls offered
for rspt at $500 . year.
Il the object of the builder Of these
extraordinary houses was amply to
shut out the Light from his Re.ghbOr's
building, bs would probably have &c
eonplished the same cad at much less
expense By adopting Mr. George
Keeps device OF sheet iron Shields
dr. Ksap did not wish the occupants
Of the building in the rear OF his house,
a. No. 720 Fifth avenue, TO overlook
his premises, and 30 he built en- iron
soaifoling IL mis- back yard and placed
iron shields against tho obnoxious open
ings, shutting out air and light as ooA-
plstelY as 2 brick wall would have
done. This arrangement has been for
years the cause of no little comment
from the neighbors and p4sssrs-by.