Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-09-05
NEWS In BRIEF
-11,56S acres in London narks-


sale of hOrse-tiesh as food in Paris.
"A reaction of public sentiment in
favor of the English sparrow is obsery-
able.
-Caterpillars have ruinsI the fJli-
age of the grand old elms" on Boston
Common.
The oldest grave in the Frankfort
on-the-Main Jewish cemetery dates
back to 1872.
From $40, 900 to ST., 900 it Is said,
will cover the deficit left by the Senger-
fest in Buffalo.
The umbrella trade will feel cheered
at the intelligence that Vennor predicts
dry August.
The Nashville iron furnaces have
all been making money, many OF them
handsome profits.
The latest estimate of the corn
crop in Kansas this year puts it at 100,-
OOO, ,OO0-bushels.
There is said to be 90, 900, 900 acres
of land in California admirably adapted
to grape growing.
-Charlestown, Mass, originated the
system of town government in New
England, in 1854.
The grape yield along the Hudson
Valley will be unprecedentedly large
Judging from present Indications.
The stay-at-homss enjoy the rest
ing spells of cool weather much more
than the summer hotel keepers do.
"A soda-water fountain in Brook
lyn candy store exploded few DAYS
ago and broke the proprie.Or's arm.
Mr.. and Mrs. NorthcOte, nee Fish.
daughter of the eX-Secretary o.. Sac,
are in England on their bridal tour.
The pneumatic plan of clearing the
Paris sewers is said to have been at
tended with excellent result to health.
In 1876 there were but 80 thel-
logical students in Germ my; nowhere
are 2,lO1 Protestants anu 75S Catholics.
The French press lsanimateilydis-
cuSsing the viviSectiOn question. and
the anti-vivisection side appears to be
gaining ground.
Texas, on whose ranges over Slj,-
OOO, 900 worth of cattle are running.
has this year 1,0)0,O)J acres planted in
sugar.
Exclusive of lunatics in asylum;
and vagrantS, LOndOn's roster of plu-
pers during the last week in Juue mum
bered S5, so.
Evansville, Ind, is getting rid OF
a large number of English splrrOT5 b,
virtue of a bounty of cent for each
one killed.
AT the age of SO, the mother Of
General Phil. Sheridan is still living in
the house in which the General was
born, at Perry, o.
Three young men of Utah, con-
verts from MormoniSm, ara candidates
for the ministry under the cure of the
Presbytery of Utah.
The receipts of the Patent Odies
for the current year will exceed 81
10000, according to the estimates OF
Commissioner Marble.
The Duke of Newcastle recently re-
turned to his tenants one-fifth of their
rent for the year, in order to relieve the
depression in agriculture.
MIR. Sergeant Ballantine, who visit
ed Utah, is credited with the opinion
that polygamy is an institution emf
nently suited to new country.
arrangements have been made to
bring out Wagner's last opera, 'Parsi-
fall" for the first time in England, next
winter, at the Royal Albert Hall.
"A Swede, 40 or 45 years old, has
been sent to the Lazaretto, at San Fran
cisco, Cal, suffering with genuine le-
prOsy. He absorbed the taint in China.
The salaries of the elergymen of
the United States are about $4,000
a year, and the Commission of Agri-
culture SAYS it costs Sj0,0O0,OOO to feed
them.
"A man whose beard is already 27l
inches long and steadily lengthening. Is
living in Todd county, KY, and has
not yet given up farming to go with
a side show.
Valentine Yeske, Pole, tried to
commit suicide recently in the Colum-
bus (O,) Jail by partially swallowing a
large iron spoon, which broke when
being taken out.
M. Gustave Aimerd, the WELL
known writer of tales of adventure,
who died recently, was styled the
French Fenimore Cooper. He had
travelled the world over.
The Sultan has conferred on the
Emperor of Germany the Grand Cor
don of the Order of Chefeat. Kaiser
Wilhelm will probably have it put on
ice until cool weather sets in.
Sir LinthOrn Simmons, speaking of
the British army, says: 1.-The non-com-
missloned officers have also deteriorated
In the last ten years, the record of cases
Of reduction to the ranks and imprisOn-
ment having nearly trebled.'
In Rome small Egyptian obellsk
has been discovered in an excavation
behind the Church of Santa Maria sopra
Minerva, near the site of the Temple of
Isis and Serapis. 1t lies at depth of
iifteea feet, and is in good preservation
A sphinx in basalt was found, also.
with cartouch on the breast.
"A cave on the Colorado river. over
NhO hhAio III AcuSth, diltl III SOulc places
thirty feet in width, is attracting CON
siderable attention at LampaSas, Texas.
This cave is about 10 miles from the
town, and has two small streams run
ming through it, which .are about two
feet deep.
The highest salary paid by the
French Government to any of its Di-
plomatic officers is that of $4,000
francs TO the Ambassador at St. Peters
burg. ENJOYS and ministers of the
second class, as ut Washington, for ex-
ample, receive $1,000 francs, or less
than sl0, 900 per annum.
An agitation for farthing stamp
for printed matter under an ounce is
going on in England led by Mr..
Graves, who took an active part in OBJ
tanning the half-penny stamp in 1860.
The rate in Holland is One-quarter
pence, in France one-fifth pence, and
IN Belgium one-tenth pence.
The sweeping of the Paris streets.
according to the latest official returns.
costs 5, ,234 600 francs. The number of