Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-02-11
NEWS IN BRIEF.

W iOiclBuctS lOI CuccSc-
Reports of hard times come from
Washington Territory.
"A moral catechism for schools is
suggested by Goldwin Smith,
"A London baker recently bought
AZ, 500 sacks of flour in one day.
The number of young lady physi-
clans in Germany is rapidly increasing.
Foxes are numerous and unusually
tame i'll and around harrington, y. ii.
Ohio is credited with having n ore
colleges than any other State in the Un-
len.
France has 553j subscribers to the
telephone, while Germany has only
1000.
Church bells appear to be going
out of use i'll most large cities in this
country.
"A COW WIS among the bridal pres
ents received at a wedding in Sullivan
county, n. Y.
The musical profession in Naples
is said to have been entirely broken up
BY the cholera.
"A new school is soon to be started
III Florida to furnish mental recreation
to winter visitors.
On wheat at present prices British
farmers, the London Economist says,
lose about $40 an acre.
"A suit To recover three hundred
gallons of buttermIlk has been begun
by Jackson, Ga, farmer.
Edmund AbOut's death is aScTibed
10 broken heart, brought about by
troubles with his newspaper.
The recent election cost st. Louis,
on an average, fraction over IS cents
for every vote cast in that city.
An arteSian well is said To be spout
ing ice cold water in Salamanca, \. Y,
at rate of $4,000 barrels day.
1t was Voltaire who said of the Eng
lish that though they have twenty tour
religions they have but one sauce.
Italy is said to have expended a
hundred million dollars on monster war
vessels during the past ten years.
To escape compulsory military ser
vice nearly 80, 600 young men have left
Prussia during the past six years.
Three clergyInen at BOrdentOwn,
y. j., each lost a child recently by
dIptheria, which is very prevalent there.
Russia has in It's town Of Sysran a
man whose age is said to be made out
by undisputaDle evidences at III years.
The number of drowning accidents
by breaking through the ice has been
considerably increased by the cold
snap.
The prospects of an American ex-
hibitiOn In London next year are said
to be 50 good as to be absolutely as
sured.
detectives in New York city are
retired upon pensions. A sergeant of
detectives retired the other day on $500
year.
This year, for the first time, it is
said, the Zulus have had the entire Bi-
Bile translated for them into their OWN
language.
In London banks each one of the
directors, it is said, serves Ill turn a
short time as practical manager of the
institution.
The ayeTagecOst of the tree deliv-
cry system in New England Post offices
IS , > mills for each piece of mail mat
ter handled.
The Italian opera season at Paris
was inauguratet 10y the production of
Lucia" with Mime. Sembrich IN the
leading role.
Spanish sea fishermen have taken
10 general use of dynamite, and there
IS corresponding alarm III Spain aud the
adjacent islands.
The Gar of Russia has ordered his
pictures out of the public squares at
st. Petersburg on the ground that they
are liable TO indignity.
"A French nobleman, member of
family of very high stahding in BOr-
deauX, France died recently in union
wOrkhOuse in Kent, England.
An assayer In Virginia City, New,
who became angry at party of unruly
boys III front of his office, threw acid
upon them. He was arrested.
An old lady in Rochester, n. Y,
the other day, was anXiOusly looking
for shop where she had bought a pair
of cOrsets thirty one years before.
-Gin-hOuse burnings still continue
To be remarkably numerous in the
South, seventeen gin-houseS in Georgia
alone having caught fire recently in one
week.
The Vermont House Of Represen-
tatiyeS has dismissed the bill reducing
the number of State Supreme Judges
to six and increasing the salary to
$1,000.
"A national mausoleum, like West
minister Abbey, for the reception of the
remains of Presidents of the United
States Is urged by Washington cor
respondent.
The establishment of crematOry
III the neighbOThOOd OF Cincinnati is
now certain, nearly all of the S2j, 900
necessary for its erection having been
subscribed.
A remarkable strong likeness is
observed between Queen Victoria and
her grand daughter, Victoria Alexan-
dria Olga Mary of Wales, who is now
about 10 years of age
The model of Abraham LincOln's
apparatus for lifting vessels over shoals,
which is now in the Patent Office in
Washington, is to be ia the Patent Of
tice exhibit in the New Orleans Expo
sitiOn.
Two Cinnamon IN Sacramento had
foot race of 100 yards few days ago.
The beaten man subsequently remarked
that, if lie had carried a chicken in his
hand, he thought he could have done
better.
The death rate among the colOred
people is remarkably high in some Sec
tions of the South, the ratio in Slvan-
nah, Ga, last week being 6G per thou
sand, while the mortality of the whites
was but 2l.S.
An immense viaduct is being built
in Chicago, which, when completed,
will contain Tailings and in all about
100000 pounds of iron, making, it Is
said, the largest structure of the kind
IN the country.
st. Louis, which has more trouble
with her payements than any city in
the country, it is said, is now trying