Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-05-27
NO.22.
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Watches were first constructed in
A storm moves thirty-six miles per
hour
"A hurricane moves eighty miles per
hour.
The value of a ton of silver isS37,-
7O4.S4.
The first iron steamship was built
in 1880.
Modern needles first came into use
in 1545.
Coaches were first built in England
in 1863.
! japanese laws compel fish to be sold
alive.
The Russian press is in a dying con
dition.
Victoria, B. c. talks of $4,000
theatre.
| Venezuela has more territory than
| France.
Illinois spent s., 600, 900 for charity
last year.
-Pere Hyacinth is lecturing in san
/ Francisco.
The first horse railroad was built
i'll 1861.
The United States has I3, ,jOl ,2O6
milch cows.
Chihuahua, Mexico, is to be lighted
I by electricity.
The British navy estimates for 1856
are SCI ,9S2 800.
Floating saw mills are used on the
lower Mississippi.
-F1orida's assessed real estate vaIu-
alton is SGO,Oi2, ,655.
The paper cigarette is said to be
going out Of favor.
The skating rink fever has reached
the Sandwich Islands.
The weight of an ostrich egg is
equal to . hens eggs.
New Zealand freehold farms are
valued at SlTO, 100000.
-Chas. Harris, of London, invented
the pendulum in 1911.
Clocks which keep excellent time
may be bought for II.
They have orange trees in Florida
Seyenty-tye years old.
Two counties in Idaho send Nor
mons to the Legislature.
Women in Paraguay have exactly
the same rights rs men.
In Paris they celebrate a divorce
by grand dinner or ball.
Tennessee has sixteen coal mines
in successful operation.
Oscar Wilde proposes to cone over
again and bring his wife.
The Peking Gazette Is the Oldest
newspaper in the world.
The Java sugar and coffee trade is
iii state of depression.
-Genmany will increase her torpedo
boat dotilla to $50 vessels.
The railway from Suakim to Ber-
Der Will cost S35, 900 a mile.
Mammoth Cave, in Kentucky, re-
ceiyeS 5000 visitors annually.
Foxes are reported remarkably
plentiful IN sections of Maine.
Cedar Rapids, Ia, will buy water
works to food her proposed sewers.
In over three fourths Of the coun-
ties Of Georgia prohibition prevails.
"A Duluth policeman slept on his
post, was dismissed and went crazy.
Many white people patrOnize the
Chinese theatres in California cities.
"A devil-fsh Of ten feet spread was
recently caught at Punta RaussO, Fla.
"A factory IN ELK Rapids, Mich,
makes $50 gallons of wood alcohol every
day.
Michigan made over three and a
quarter million barrels of salt last
year.
At Hinesburg, VT, recently, the
Thermometer fell 62 degrees inside of -
hours.
The average age Of the Guards gone
to Egypt was %, average height u
feet.
Thirty female Arab soldiers
were killed in a recent battle with the
British.
"a descendant of seven Russian
counts" has been naturaIized in Mil
waukee.
The Cologne Gu=efts. Bismarck's
official organ, has daily circuiation of
"a, $50.
-One-half of Florida's orange crop
is raised within radius Of twenty-fOur
miles.
OF the % 600 Indians in the Ter
ritOry of Dakota 81, 900 speak the Eng
fish language.
New Orleans contains seven white
women to SIX men and four negro wO-
men to three male negroes
There are only 20 Russian cities
with a population exceeding jO, 600 and
only $50 count more than 10000
Mexican soldiers are said to be of
all shades of color, ranging from nearly
"A pure white to perfect black.
"A large saw factory is to be built
in West Oakland, Cal, during the pres
ent year by an Eastern capitalist,
The southern part of Africa has
10000 tame OstTiches, producing S.
600, 900 worth of feathers annually.
There are, it is calculated, 752
miles OF street railwayS-tramways as
they are called over therein England.
Experiments made in Paris show
that the crocodile can bring its jaws
together with the force Of over 800
pounds.
"A cave of unknown extent is re-
ported to have been discovered in jose
phine county, Or, 20 miles south u
Grant Pass.
"A congress is to assemble in San
Domingo on September 10 To decide
whether the remains of Christopher
Columbus repOse there or in Havana
"A consignment of bumblebees was
lately sent out from England TO New
Zealand 10 assist in the fertilization OF
elOyerseed by carrying the pollen from
blossom 10 blossom.
"A salt lake, reported in Hldaigo
county, Texas, is one mile in length,
miles in circumference and from three
to four feet deep. Its bed consists OF
crystals of pure salt.
The robbery of MendOcino, CAL.
stage coach lately was averted by the
horses, which, having become excited
at the warlike action of one OF the des-
peradoes, who discharged his gun,
dashed off at a break-neck speed and
left the robbers in possession Of the