Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-02-25
NO. g.,
NEWS IN BRIEF.

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South Carolina is subSiding.
There are 9i0 ,urchrs in London
within a radius If IL miles,
Missouri has lIw fOrbidding the
sale of cigarettes 10 children.
"A mysterious disease is killing OF
COWS in the vicinity OF Pdlatka, Fla.
-Tramps are Overrunuir many Of
the towns in the interior of California.
-CounJerfrit ten cent piece are said
to be in extensive circulation IN Bos-
ton.
In Michigan there is a moYeme1 {
for the restoration Of capital punish
ment.
Arizona papers state that fully 2000
MOrm"nS settled in that Territory dur
ing ISL
Strawberries are selling on the
streets Of De Land, Fla, for 80 cents
quart.
The wealthiest men in the U. S.
Senate are said to be the least inclined
J TO Oratory.
An English opera company, with
Mile. Emma Nevada as PRINCIPAL, ls
spoken of.
There is $40, ,OOO, coo Of unclaimed
money now in the vaults OF the United
States Treasury.
CONTRARY to reports, General Grants
health is better now than it has been
for several days.
"A Boston nai1en has had pair Of
gold-rlmmed spectacleS made to order
for her pft pug
A female resident of Gardiner,
Me. has been made dangerously i'll by
, the bite OF cat.
The Temple Church lin Londonl.
part of which is 100 years Old, Is now
open TO visitors daily.
Among the residents Of Guadala-
lara, Mexico, is one who claims tOhaye
completed her l0Sth year.
There are more Idle men in London
now, says the Telegraph of that city.
than for many years past.
Paris hOtelkeepers and managers
complain that this IS the dullest winter
they have known for Years.
Vast quantities of clans have
been cast upon the beach at Atlantic
City by the recent high tides.
The conversion of churches into
theatres sill continues, Boston being
about 10 follow The fashion.
Brooksyille, Fla, boasts of white
tUrnip measuring p. inches in circum-
ference and weighing six pounds.
New England tobacco growers
complain Of lighter weight per acre
this season than for several years.
"A cOlOred resident OF BdrlCw cOun-
", GA, has just had pair Of shoes
made for him which are lj5 in size.
At llanghOw, China, German Is
erecting an arsenal with improved ma
ch'uery similar 10 that at Marking.
Hamlet, according to the best evil
dence Obtaiuable, says MOy Thomas in
the Theatre, was about 20 years old.
"A Pocehontas county, Iowa, wo-
man, twenty-five years old. IS the mother
or seven children, all alive and hearty.
The Chinese in San Francisco paid
twenty-ssyen Thousand dollars in fines
into the p,llCe court revenues last year.
"A German botanist has given in
stances Of the Modification of plants by
insects. so as to produce new varieties.
A postal service has been organ
lied in COrea and the houses are being
numbered tor the benefit Of letter car
rIerS.
Scarlet fever, in malignant form,
prevails at Cold Spring, L. l., and in
consequences the public school has been
closed,
-Craw fish are so thick IN the Key
West, Fla. channel that fishermen ex-
parience no difficulty in procuring them
for bait.
B loon races are about TO be star
tel in Paris. The object of the con-
testauts will be TO reach designated
point.
The latest cut down in pay Is in
the case of the Mayor Of Auburn. Me-,
who IS reduced from $3.50 % 500 per
annum.
There is a law IN Bermuda prohib-
itiDg tie removal Of bodies OF foreign
ers who have died there until one year
after death.
Accidents while roller skating ara
becoming quite numerous throughout
the country, and IN some Instances re-
suit fatally.
"A resident Of Manchester. Mass,
planted half peck of peas and sowed
half an acre of rye on the 18th of Jan.
uary, this yeIr.
Russia borrows money at six per
cent. Greece at dye per cent, while
the United States pays but three per
cent. per annum.
-Eorse-racing, unknown 20 any ex-
tent In Mexico, few years ago. IS said
to be gradually supplanting the bull
light IN t0at country.
In Chicago wagons call at houses
for books borrowed at the public libra
Ty, and return any other book desired,
Tor nominal charge.
"A funeral over a man whose re-
mains were brought all the way from
China for interment, took place the
other day in Jersey City.
In Munich, a well known art dea-
Ter has been arrested for selling spurI-
GUS for genuine brOnZes, and has been
obliged TO go out OF business.
A three year old hog. that IS eight
feet long and weighs 1876 pounds, is
among the exhibits q Mendocino, Cal,
at the New OIleans Exposition
Frederick Mite, the hist orian, who
died r Gently in Paris at the age OF 33,
was an American by birth but was nat
ural.Zed FTe-chman in $50.
Enormous quantities OF oranges are
produeed in Paraguay. They are sold
at % cents buShel, and fed To pigs and
cattle, and are used for di5tiliatlOn.
The Mormon temple beng erected
at salt Lake will YET require, it is as
serted, more than four years for its
completion, and will cost s., 900, ,000.
-Great Britain consumes. annually,
4 O0O.i 90 tons Of potatoes, of which
10000 tons are imported. while the
remainder are raiseI on 54l 600 acres
OF md.
To meet the expenditures oeos-
stoned b. the increase ia Official sals.
ries, the City Council OF Los Angeles,
Cal, proposes to RAISE the liquor License
IL that city.
About $50, coo in cash was taken
out Ct the letters consigned TO tha
Dead Letter Office In the US. last year.
Much OF it without an adequate clue az
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