Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-02-28
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NEWS In BRIEF.

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Italian wines viii be good. abunI-
ant and cheap the coming season.
: Large numbers of Egyptian troops
are ordered to the Soudan desert.
The Duke OF Argyll has now stock
ed all his woods with wild turkeys.
Her husband and baby travelled
with Madame AIbani.
! Missouri is sending acorns to
Europe to improve the forests.
"A negro who is alleged to be 13S
years, old lives in Warren county. Miss.
The salaries OF the officials of all
the bonanza mines have been reduced.
Nearly 5000 immigrants came to
the United States in the month of Oc-
tOber
-Feng YIng Wang was the name OF
the person who introduced printing-ln-
to China.
The total cost of the new capitol
OF the state of New York to date has
been 81, 222, 1893.
The number of small pox patients
under treatment at Baltimore Is 463, in
a population of 100000.
-Wn. f. Cody, better known as
Buffalo Bill, ~ Is suffering from penu-
monia at Newburg, n. Y.
The Young Mems Christi m Assoela-
non OF New jersey gained 2226 new
members during the plst year.
There are $1,000 eolored Baptists in
Tennessee, with $50 churches.
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There have been 2,40O divorces
decreed IN Maine during five years.
making ratio of one separation III ten
marriages.
MIR. Stephen \. Douglas. son Of
the Little Giant" has besn an invalid
III Chicago several months, but Is now
able to ride out.
Lieutenant Colonel MeDOugalI, OF
Guelph, has been selected TO command
the Canadian artillery team at Shoebury.
ness during the coming season.
British architects appear to coneede
that plumbing and other sanitary an
rangementS of American houses are far
better than those of the English.
Mrs. John Jacob Astor Is said to
be the only lady in New York, or any
other city, whose earthly possessions
include dinner service OF solid gold.
One of the passengers on the trial
trip OF Fulton's steamboat, AIrs. Sally
Smith, died not long since at Edgar
town, Massachusetts, aged ninety-tyo.
Out of nearly 1000, coo Of people
In the United States above ten years OF
age, 5000, 900 are reported unable to
read, and over 100000 unable t.
write.
"A Marine ard Mechanical Exhibi-
ton will be opened in London next
July, and 1t Will contain practical ex-
ampIes of gas, hydraulic and electric
engineering.
The Princess Louise has sent to
Rldeau Ball, Ottawa, large number
OF Indian and Chinese curosIties pur-
chased by her during her tour through
British Columbia.
Professor Robinson, whose alleged
heresies made such commotion III the
ecclesiastical circles of Scotland, has
accepted the professorship of Arabic III
Cambridge, England.
The yield OF wheat for the wear
1879, 1881 and 1882 IN the United States
is given as follows 1879, 459, 479. 500
bushels 1881, $50, 2SO, 900 bushels
1882, 5C2, 79S, 600 bushels.
"A bonfire, which has communicated
with bed of coal beneath, Is said to
be still burning on a hill near Troy.
New York, having been lighted to cele-
brate General Garfeld's election.
Nancy McComb, very aged col
ored woman, who died, week or two
since, In MilledgeyIlle, Georgia, was
the cook who prepared General Lafa-
yette's dinner when he visited that city.
Louis Blanc left 10000 francs to
Parisian children who have been deser-
ted by their parents. The deserving
Of each year are to receive SAVINGS bank
books with 100 francs set down to their
credit.
In the Khoyra district, India, which
comprises considerable portion of the
Sunderbunds, more than fifty people
timber-cuttIng and collecting IN the
mgle-were killed by tigers during the
last official year.
Water for domestic uses IS so scarce
In Augusta, Me-, that many families
are having ice in large blocks hauled
from the river to their doors and melt
ing the ice for drinking, washing and
culinary purposes.
The London Fire Brigade has but
fifty steam engines and 500 fremen.
The estimated value OF the property to
be protected Is Sc, 900, 900, 900, and
Londoners pay an insurance premium
Of 10th part Of l per cent,
John G. Whittier recently received
from Chicago Lady 100 engraved Yisl-
ting cards with request to write his
lllustrious name on each Of them, a.
The writer was to give a reception t.
her friends and desired to present them
with some memeDto OF the event.
The bright yellow tint of many
japanese vases has never been Success
fully initiated by European artisans. It's
popularity in japan is no DOUBT owing
TO the fact that from time immemorlal
saffron tint has been considered lucky.
A piece of Plymouth Rock, eight
inches long, three inches wide and four
thick, has been forwarded to the Rev.
Henry Alton, OF MISSION Chapel, Ishng-
ton, Leldon, to be built into the front
of the chapel pulpit, by the Pilgrim
Society of Plymouth, Massachusetts.
-Aecording to the Journal des Fab
ricants dc SUcre, the production OF
beet-root sugar In Europe this year
amounts to $780, 900 tons, an increase
of 137, 500 tons over last year. Germany
Is still the greatest producer, heading
the list with 5000 tons AustriIn
Hungary ranks next with 45O, 900 tons
France third, with 410. 900 tons; Polish
Russia fourth, 275, 900 tons.
-Krupp's works, at Essen, now en-
ploy some 439 steam boilers 456 steam
engines, with an aggregate horse power
of 1880; SO steam hammers, varying
in weight from 200 pounds to 80 tons;
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