Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-09-02
NEWS IN BRIEF.

y una, A. T., raises fine bananas.
! An electric stere0pticon is the lat
.st.
Watches were first constructed In
I476.
The first lucifer match was made in
lS29.
In Russia refined oil is 3 cents a
gallon.
Ned BuntlIne has written 100 serial
stores.
There is smallpox panic at Cres-
ION, Iowa.
The June report shows better
outlook for wheat.
1t is now said that Hugo was IN
sane. Very likely.
There are eight times as many bow
legged men as women.
CLEOPATRA had blue eyes, according
20 a German professor.
There are 43O officers in the United
States Consular Service.
The Digger Indians on the Rancho
Chico have brass band.
There were 1S5.Ol7 colored troops
IN the war for the Union.
-COunterfeiters are iOc,tin; Mon
,ana with the queer"
Tile population Of the world is es-
Iimated ut !, 400, ,O00. .OGe.
The annual gold bullion product Of
Georgia is estimated at Si00 900.
English manufacturers turn out
10000 incandescent lamps per week.
1t is said that such thing as a
good looking Arab woman does not ex-
st.
The house in which Gen. Grant
irst SAW the light had only two win
lows.
The Archbishop of Dublin declares
himself iii favor of church baZars and
raffies.
Prairie chickens in Iowa are more
plentiful this season than for many
years.
"A cremation society, with IG3
stockholders, is bOasted OF by San An
tonic, Texas.
"A peat swamp IN East Bridgeport,
Conn. set on fire early III June by boys,
IS still burning.
The entire literature OF Abyssinia,
Il is said, does not include more than
100 volumes.
Virginia is very rich In tin. Its
mines are reported to be richer than
those Of Cornwall
-MOhammedan citizens of London
are making arrangements to build a
mosque in that city.
Native wines are said to have
grown very rapidly in popular favor in
The past few years.
The Congo river is one and half
times longer than the Mississippi and 8
10 10 times broader.
A cloud-burst deluged Titusville,
Pa recently, and washed some houses
from their foundation.
-The HI tssian fly is devastating
\ 0rthern New York. The damage has
ilre.tdy reached 100000.
The new ten-cent special delivery
stamp has been approved, and will go
ntO effect on October lst.
The secretary of the London swim
ming Club submits the theory that salt
water is a cure for iunacy.
"A bounty of $50 on animals which
Ie hot in one day was received recently
" an Albany, n. H., man.
-During the first SIX months of the
,urrent year 900 miles of track was ad-
led to our railway system.
The first Napoleon slept in hollands
or sheets, the BOurbOns in cambric,
md Napoleon III in ordinary linen.
"A whiStling match, in which the
winner held out for two and a half
iours, was held recently in Pittsburg.
oil in large quantities, it is Iepor-
ed, has been struck at a depth of 90
eet, in Galway, Saratoga county, New
York.
An all iron tower, 160 feet high,
vas blown down and twisted out of
hape by a storm at Fargo, OAK, re-
emily.
The amount annually paid TO the
eachers Of the United States is sG0,-
10000, an average Of about S4OO
piece.
"A man of 20 was among the nine
cen residents of Arlington, Ga, ar
ested recently for playing ball on the
treets.
The name of the park where the
emains of General Grant Will rest will
e changed from Riverside to Grant
lark
One of Plymouth's, Mass, oldest
huTch sexton, who died the other day,
ug in his time 10 less than $3.50
raves.
"A foolish Iowa maiden attempted
o change the color of her eyes, but sue
eeded only in running their useful
ess.
New Orleans, the Pjcugame OBJ
erves, is still too proud to use coins of
PISS value than live cents in making
hange.
-PauldIng county, Ga, has a six
een-yeaT-old youth who measures seven
eet in height and weighs but ninety
ounds.
"A rock, so large ana formed that it
) often used as dancing platform ty
icnic parties, is situated near York
own, y. Y.
The highest chimney in the world
J the Saint ROllOx, near Glasgow, Scot
and, which is t3j feet. 1t is cylindri-
al IN form.
The value Of one vote was shown
I recent election IN McDufIie county,
IA, when law was passed by exactly
hat majority.
The chief supply of platinum. which
still being largely used in maxim fine
swelTy, comes from the mines ia the
raj Mountains.
"A little girl In Milford, Mass. who
Idn't have S2 with which 10 pay her
ne. IS in jail for thirty days for steal
lg u quart of bilckherTieS.
"A celebrated Swiss Ocullst has lately
iven sight to lad Of 6,who has been
lind from birth. The patient is now
aid 70 be gaining ideas OF forms, ,cOlors
nd distances.
1t is not generally known that
Washington was the inventor of plOw,
Thich was considered "A marvel OF in
enuity ut the time.
"A man of South Bend, Ind, has
atented an invisible boat for water
lwl hunters. With this boat hunter
80 uv.nB,r ~, nfs..r. sxr4f.r