Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-07-02
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Connecticut devotes 10000 acres
to the cultivation of the oyster.
-ParlOr cars, with bay windows,
are about the latest thing on wheels.
Bear meat is regular dish at all
the hotels and restaurants in Russia.
There are 63 lawyers practicing in
Pottsville. They don't average 81 600
a year.
The telegram oyertakes twenty
nine criminals to one secured by a
detective.
The longest express run is said to be
from st. Paul, Mimi. to Helena, Mont,
1156 miles.
1t Is proposed to make Easter Mon
day and Whit MOndLy general holidays
IN France.
There are more Roman Catholics
in New York city than any Otlier city
in the world.
Twenty per cent. more cotton has
been planted this year in Louisiana
than during last.
California is at present producing
not far from S1S,OO0,0O0 of gold and
silver bullion annually.
No less than two hundred AID
twenty-five thousand persons 1--we III
furnished lodgings in Paris.
The public schools of Japan have
over 100000 Of students, and are
modelled on the American plan.
Ten million dollars has recently
been spent by the Brazilian Govern
ment on the new water supply of Rio.
Fifteen thousand bushels Of Oys-
ters were planted in Great Bay, Allan
tic County, n. j., recently, in one day.
The bridge over the Schuylkill at
Royer's Ford, Pa. destroyed by fire,
Erecently, paid dividend of II per
cent.
Silver coins of the time of Eliza
beth have been found i'm large numbers
in the bed of stream in the Island of
Skye.
AT Rostov, South Russia, there Is
said to be a sect which gives poisonous
narcotics to children as a part of its
religion.
Ida Lewis-the American "Grace
Darling" is reported critically lily i'll
at the Lime Rocks Light House, near
Newport.
"A Venetian gondola, with native
gOndOliers, is now poetic feature OF
the Thames, introduced by ricl Eng
lishman.
The ideal ear of corn is one with
twelve rows, ten or twelve inches long,
uniform in size from the tip and we'll
capped at the tip.
The State of New York, it is
estimated, has about two hundred
Justices of the Peace who are over
seventy years of age.
The street ear drivers in New Or
leans not only keep their cars clean, but
are expected to furnish the polishing
oils for the brasses. etc.
Japan is said to have the cheapest
postal service in the world, letters being
conveyed all over the empire for about
/! cents of our money.
Austria has no less than eighty
four trade schools, in which stone cut
ting, carpentry and numerous other
trades and industries are taught.
Preparations are being made at
Brandon, in Coos county, Oregon, 10
destroy the sea lions. which are a great
detriment to the fishing interests on the
COquille.
AT the present rate of consumption
and destru ctiOn, it is estimated that
the pine forests of Minnesota, WiscOn-
sin and Michigan Will cease to exist in
a few years.
To prevent the spread of infectious
diseases in Venezuela, a decree has
been issued by the Government order
ing the cremation of the bodies of
yellow fever victims.
Canada is trying the experiment OF
manufacturing cutlery, the first factory
having been started at Montreal a short
time ago, with forty workmen brought
ever from Sheffield.
The dwarf, General Mite, whose
wedding in England, recently, was made
the subject of cable message to the
newspapers, is said to be native of
Oxford, Chenango county, y. Y. named
Joseph Flynn.
An acrOpoliS of immense extent
has just been discovered at Ekhmeem,
Upper Egypt. Five great tOmbs, or
catacombs, already opened have yielded
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catacombs have been verified.
"A fox hound which had been
brought to Halifax in a close car from
a town los miles distant recently diSap-
peared, and two days afterwards his
arrival at his old home was reported.
"A paper chimney fifty feet high
has lately been put up at Breslau.
Compressed paper pulp Is stated to be
one of the least infammable of sub
stances, and to make an excellent
material for fire proof doors.
Detroit places itself near the from;
rank of cities using the electric light by
appropriating sos, 900 for the mainten-
ance for year of y electric light
towers. OF these towers six are to be
15O feet high and siXty-six l04 feet high.
Oxford unlverslty's income for the
past year was e53 900, including el3,-
| 500 from estates, Ell 900 from the press,
e24, 100 from fees and dues, and G11,-
| $40 from miscellaneous sources.
-Krupp's WORKS, at Esen, now en-
| plOy 439 steam boilers and 4G6 steam
engines with the aggregate OF go
horsepower. There are 50 steam ham
mers, carrying weights ranging from
200 pounds to 80 tons.
The largest fire insurance ever effect
ed in a single order was recently taken
out by the authorities of Hamburg on
the city mObiliary possessions. 1t
amounted to 81, ,000, 900, and was diyid-
ed among fifteen companies. Among
the items was $4,000 on the city Ii
brary.
| The general government owes New
Jersey 73 cents, an access paid on the
state by the direct tax of 1861. The
United States treasurer's book showes
thIs-and with interest added the
amount would be Sl.70 6-but there is
no way of paying it without an act Of
Congress.
The Irish Church Synod has been
principally occupied with the discussion
OF proposal to allocate CSC, 900 out of
the Church funds to the founding Of
exhibitions and professOrships in the
Divinity School of Trinity College,
md with another to endow the Primacy
With G25.0O0.
Ten years ago the Wyoming Stock
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