Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-01-14
NEWS IN BRIEF

portions of Georgia
"A paper chimney 80 feet high las
been erected at Breslau,
-LicorIce is profittbly cultivated in
Sacramento County, Cal.
Ne rain fell in some parts of Geor-
gia in more than 100 days.
Wild ducks are becoming plentiful
ia various parts Of Florida
Foreign cattle companies own
600, 900 Texas cattle
Boston shipped 40, 900 barrels Of ap-
lles 70 England III two weeks.
Palestine was united to the Otta-
man Empire by Selim 1. in 1916.
The Japanese are said to be the
greatest fish eaters ID the world
-Four thousand invitations were
lately issued for wedding i'll Chicago.
Philadelphia has seven public lib
raries, containing 1000 900 books.
Newspaper compositors receive
si.3O a day OF ten hours in Pdrs
There are three chandeliers in the
White House that cost 3, coo apiece.
Riots were made reasonable offen-
;es against English law by an act or
! 1jfS.
Paper is now used in GERMANY in
stead of wood in manufacturing lead
pencils.
-Fifty-four hundred incandescent
lights are used at the Louisville expOsl-
ton.
Hardening is practically taught in
more than 2O,OO0 primary schools in
France.
The yearly cost of the Freach
Academy To the State amounts 10 9S,-
700 francs.
Six hundred aud ninety women
voted at a recent election ia Seattle,
W. +
There are 1000 clergymeu IN Lon
don. There are 500 pubic houses and
wine cellars.
1t costs over 5000 a year. it IS
said, to keep and clean tn = crown Jewels
of England
The day schools of the city Of New
York have l50,0 pupils, and the night
schools 1900
Eating out Of doors, even candy OF
fruit, is regarded as mark of III breed
ing in Mexico.
The oldest newspaper ever issued
was the Gd-ette. which appeared IL
Venice in 1888.
New York capitalists have nyes-
ted S3,0O0,OOO in Montana lands tho
past four months.
The area of Philadelphia is l29
square miles. The area Of London IS
l22 square miles.
In the last ten months the officers
seized IS, Do barrels of unlawful grOg
at Portland, Me.
Two piOe logs recently cut in Clay
County, Fla. measured respectfully
!, 4jI and 1868 feet.
Portland, Or, Is getting up an ex-
cursiOn party for the Sandwich Islands
10 leave in January.
-PdnOramas were invented by Rob
ert Barker, and the first Was exhibited
at Edlnburg, in l7SS.
1t Is estimated there are ~, 900 per-
sons in New York dependent upon
gambling for a living.
The era of the Hegira dates from
July IL, G22, the day when MOhammed
lied from Mecca to Me lima.
New York customs officials found
800 artificial eyes concealed in i hustle
belonging TO Lady vOyager.
kentucky has white school pOpu-
latIon of 47S,597. Her white enroll.
ment is 2il, ,679, or 30 per cent.
Mushrooms are reported to have
been 50 plentiful i'll England this season
that they sold for half penny pound.
During the past year nearly 1jO
boilers have exploded, killing outright
and manning for lie more than COO per.
sOnS
The New YORK Police Board has
decided that hereafter officers shall wear
service stripes. one for each tiys years
of service.
The pauper population of England
exceeds by some 10000 souls the entire
population Of the great colony of New
South Wales.
The production Of gold in 1888 was
81 sic, $40; of silver, 81, ,975, I01; of
copper, 5, ,6S3 92l; of lead IS, l63 800;
total, SS4, $50, ZIP.
1t costs 80, 100000 francs per year
to support the penal Institutions OF
Italy, while only 100000 francs are
devoted to education.
Fifteen orange trees near Plant
City, Florida, yield this year, 10000
orang, $4,000 10 the tree. Fhess
trees are about ~ years old.
Wooden shoes of the old Dutch
type are now made at Danbury, Conn.
They are of butternUt and while imper-
vious to water are very light.
The distance of Sirius from the
earth Is estimated 20 be |, ,375, 900 times
greater than the distance of the SUMO
about l23, $50 OO0, ,0OO,0 900 miles.
Cholera and short crops together
are likely To make very hard winter
in the south Of Europe, and stagna-
tiOn in trade is expected throughout tho
countries.
The highest price ever paid for a
work OF art was sl23, 900, which was
given in lSJ2 for picture of the Vir-
gin from the hand oI the great spanish
artist MurillO.
Although newspaper reading il
greatly on the increase in Austria
Hungary, it is estimated that some
twenty millions of the nation never SEE
4 paper
1t Is stated that the Champs ds
Mars has been selected as the site of the
Paris Exhibition of 1889, and that NJ.
PrOuSt has been selected as
CcmmisslOner-general.
Despite the distress in the north of
this autumn. there is de-
crease in the returns OF paupers as CON-
pared to last year, and q very decided
in crime.
Maryland with population of 2l3,-
569, has an enrolment of 134,2l0. oE
); per csut.; and with eolored pOpu-
alton Of 63. .59l. has an enrolment or
2s ,22l, or A per cent.
Florida hss enrolled Is, ,57l out OF
. white school population of 46,4l0, or
IL per cent; and 20, ,444 out of a colored
school population Of AZ, ,099, or 40 pei
cent. Her annual expenditure on this
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