Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-12-24
NEWS IN BRIEF.

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1t is said every country IS now sell
ling wheat below cost.
Near MedOra, Oak, the coal fields
are ON fire.
The 4th of next March will fall on
Wednesday
-Taffy pulls are raging il Warren,
Ohio, society.
Shipments OF oranges from Florida
have already begun.
Los Angeles has two great Touring
mills in full operation.
Wild game is reported very abund-
ant in Virginia this season,
AT Salem, Oak, Il piece Of fine geld
was drawn up from a well.
-Diptheria is reported to be making
| terrible ravages in st. Louis.
Over 5000 was realized by fair ut
Virginia City, New, recently.
Europe eannCt begin t. get along
without United States meat.
st. Louis is experimenting with
prepared gum-wOOd payementS.
About 5000 patents on churns have
been granted by Uncle sam.
Neither of the great fairs recently
held i'll Boston made any money.
The Russian Government is build
ing irOnclads for the Black Sea.
The taxable wealth of Missouri has
increased 81, ,OGO, 900 since lSSl.
There is at present a great scarcity
of female domestic help in Denver.
The receipts of wheat at Duluth
last month were 8, 299, 500 bushels.
The carriage business is dull at
''the Hub, as it is most everywhere.
There are 100 clubs IN London
which meet in their own club houses.
Extensive deposits of copper are
Sald to have been discovered in Texas.
Mule meat is among the fayOr1te
dishes IN Paris, and brings high prices.
During the last ten years Italy has
expended 100000 900 on monster war
vessels.
And now New Workers are pro-
Jecting an ice palace, after the style Of
Montreal.
There are ,iG4, 900 head of cattle
in Texas, and their value Is estimated
at S29. $40, 32O.
The late Senator Anthony 5 present
of 5000 volumes to Brown University
is valued at $4,000.
The mosquitoes ,It is said. annually
drink 81, 600 gallons of human blood in
this country alone.
Etched glass plates have been ce-
mented upon blocks, and printed from
on ordinary presses.
The Land Office report shows that
there have been 400, 900 farms taken up
by settlers in the last year.
"A conservatory of music has been
established at Charleston. ). G. Its
officers are all Germans.
Wisconsin will send to the next
session of Congress a 2S-vear nli meu-
Der, r NJ. La Toilette.
The city of Honolulu is now said
to be an imposing place, full of Jeauti-
ful and stately edlfices.
-Des MOineS, Ia, has new park
covering sixty acres given 10 the city
10y an enterprising citizen.
Oak pillars are now considered 10
be safer in a fire than irOc ones. They
do not warp from the heat
Over three hundred in a band Of
MIA thunder storm recently.
Lady Medicals" IL the phrase en-.
piOyed by some of the English Journals
to describe women doctors.
The expenses of Harvard's navy
last year amounted TO about S6jOU. The
association is now Sl4JO in debt.
f. P.WestOn, who was "A celebrated
man fifteen years ago, is not dead vet.
He IS giving exhibitions out West.
Ticket scalpeTs are besleging New
Orleans In anticipation of a great rush
OF business during the Worlds Fair.
India is said to have 21 200, 900
widows, and not one of them, Accord
ing TO HindOO usage, may marry again.
The oldest person in NatIck, Mass.
died few days ago, Mrs. Johanna
SmIddy, aged 9S years. She was born
IN Ireland. and emigraJed to Natick
with her children. She could speak
only the Irish language.
during the twelve years occupied
IN the translation of the new version of
the Old Testament twelve of the twen-
ty-seven translators died.
England is at the head OF the mir
ror manufacturing industry Of the
world, producing 750, 10000 Yards an
ually.
The newly discovered cave in Mer.
Ger county, Ky, has been explored for
three miles without the end being
reached.
French cOppers, which have for
Inany years done duty for the English
penny, are now being refused by Eng
.ish post-Offiees.
Prince Bismarck is said to be greatly
IN favor Of more direct cOmmunica-
tion between Berlin and London hy rail
and steamboat.
Naples is the dirtiest, most ragged
and squalid city in Europe. Ii has "a
population of 100000, Of whom about
400, 900 are priests,
The road bed of the Southern Pa
citie Railroad through the Colorado des-
ert IS ballasted with salt, vast beds of
which abound in the vicinity.
The finest church music in Europe
Is believed by some to be heard in the
court chapel in Dresden. This strlc-
turo is cathedral as To size
A hotel at HawkinsVille, Ca, viii
not take lady bOarders. The landlord
says he wants all the merchant travel
lerS. but he doesn't want any trouble.
From 1868 to 1888 the lottery play
ers turned into the ROyal Italian Treas
ury S21j, 100000, Count Cayour used
to call the lottery the '-tax on fools" s"
The crop OF oranges in Malta, so
highly prlZed on European tables on
account of delicate flavor and thin
skins, is mora abundant this year than
EVER before.
In Ontario, passenger trains are
not started on Sunday. An attempt
was made recently by a new road, but
So strong was the public feeling aroused
That the company discontinued the sun
lay trair.
The culture of salmon in Maine is