Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-09-17
NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Russia army costs Slj0, ,000,-
900 year to maintain.
! Unity, N. H., has a 9I-year old
Treasurer, Amos Perkins.
The Roman laws were first collect
ed about sc b. c., by Varus.
! -Commer,c in the Black sea IS seri-
iously interrupted by pirates.
There has been no rain for twelve
months in New South Wales.
Italy is keenly alive TO the adyan-
tages of South American trade.
] The poultry crop of North Caro-
lima is said to be worth 8. S0O,0OG.
Six thousand cigarmakers are out
Of employment at Havana, Cuba.
The annual mortality in Great
Britain from intemperance is 1880.
The full strength of England's
armed force in Ireland IS 4, 900 men.
Buffalo is To have crematory,
modelled after the famous one at Milan.
The births in Spain during lSS1
numbered 4j3, 900, and the deaths us
600.
colorado has to buy $1,000 ,O0O
worth of grain every year for cattle
feed.
The production of raisins in Cali
fornia now reaches 100000 boxes
annually.
The cat crop OF Southern Georgia
has been harvested and the yield Is
satisfactory.
Ice water on some OF the English
railways IS charged for at the rate of a
penny glass.
The value of an unskilled labOrer
at p years of age to his country is estI-
mated at 81 200.
The Emperor of China recently
ordered the destruction of S4,OUJ,uUt
worth of opium.
lightning, during a recent storm,
near Santa Barbara, Cal, split fifteen
telegraph poles.
The railway system of Prussia
covers about 1900 miles-a little more
than that of Canada.
An English syndicate las purchas-
ed 1910 square miles i'll Mexico to be
stocked with cattle.
Newfoundland, which is One-sixth
larger than Ireland, has a scanty pOpu-
latiOn of only POO, 900 souls.
The auditor of Indiana says the
fences of that State would extend
around the world 1t times.
"A single cattle rancher, Colonel
kohrs, the Montana cattle King"
OWLS y, 600 head of beeyes
"A theatre in Savannah, Ca, built in
lSG, has been used exclusively for
theatrical performances ever since.
There have been 2S12 hotels burned
in the United States in the past eight
years, an average of almost one day.
during the past four years North
Carolina has established more schools
than during the previous twenty years.
"A young lady, Miss Benedict byz
i name. IS said TO harbor the intention of
attempting to swim the English chan.
mel.
I Since last year the total amount of
aSseSSlble real estate in New York city
has increased about forty million
dollars.
/ OF the - translators of the new
version of the Old Testament, only
fifteen have survived to see the work
completed.
In Woodbury., Ct. salmon trout put
in the stream four years ago are now
being taken, and some of them weigh
2 pounds.
"A gun weighing 212,OOO pounds
has been successfully east in south
Boston, Mass. for the United States
Government.
The population Of Kamschatka las
fallen from $4,000 to 62OO in 1sSO; the
mortality Is very great. The average
annual income is s..
In Il few localities on the Pacific
Coast horses have lately been dying
from disease resembling influenza
combined with pink-eye.
New Mexico embraces ~, ,jSG. go
acres Of land on which about 5000, 00u
head of stock, over 8, 3,OO0, 900 head Ot
which are sheep, are kept.
One hundred and twenty-five thou
sand francs (S25, ,000) has been subScrib-
ed at Vienna for the erection OF "a
monument in honor of Mozart.
The building of a house higher
than the width Of the street on which
it is to stand, will be prohibited in
{ Berlin after January lst, 1855.
! AT Cold Spring, August Sd, the
, earthquake dislOdged large numbers Of
! oyster spawn in the artificial hatcheries
at that place. Many were killed.
The civil courts of Bengal pay not
only all their own expenses and those
| of most of the criminal courts. jails,
ETC., but leave a net profit besides.
Butchers i'll Vera Cruz, under
new law, are compelled to produce
| cerebral conclusion, or division of the
spinal cord, in the killing of beeve5.
"A pensiOner at Kingston, n. H.,
has painted his dwelling red, white and
blue, on the patriotic ground that the
Government has paid for the house.
The use of opera chairs, instead OF
pews, in churches, is being advocated
! in New York One house of worship
already has them in use IN the gallery.
Horse thieves have been given
! rather a warm reception i'll Montana,
| fifty of them having been shot OF hang
/ ed III the Territory within ninety days.
The population of the United
/ States increases at the rate of - per
cent. every ten years, At this rate
/ IutIc VIII NC OO,uOO,OOU luudDUdnlS IN
! 1900.
The Bishop of Gloucester Eng
land, has given great scandal ts many
good churchmen by appeariAs at
recent cricket match at Lords 6ith
cigar in his mouth.
The gas companies of Newark, y.
j., have reduced the price of gas to -
per 1000 feet, with a 20 per cent. rebate
for payment within five days, virtually
to SLIGO per 1000 it.
"A perfectly smooth twenty dollar
gold piece, upon which the stamps
were barely perceptible, was found III
the windpipe of cow killed at
Dayton, Oregon, recently
The Mexican Government has esta-
blished several industrial schools, at
which yOuthS of both saves art. Tn h.,