Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-03-04


IRE IN Warner, Y. H., since 1878.
Paper is taking the place of cedar
IN the nu-acture OF lead pencils.
"A Norwich, Connecticut. pastor
wants his salary reduced 20 per cent.
The French army in Tonquin con
sumes $500 worth of quinine month
Lulu Hurst, of electric fame, Is
now giving exhibitionsInh her own Stase.
London is now consuming water at
rate of over 10000, 900 gallons per
day.
Fresh American oysters" is now
familiar sign in many places In Lon
don.
There are nine American COUNTIES
ses and marchioncssess in Rome this
winter.
There is a rage for bisque figures OF
all kinds, but particularly for bisque
dogs.
"A child recently died in Rye, Eng
lani, of fright caused by boy wearing
a mask.
The desire for Egyptian curiositIes
has assumed the proportions of a craze
In London.
Two Buffalo women have been made
crazy by the stories told them by for
tune teller.
There are 1900 sheep in Auson,
Me-. the banner sheep raising town OF
the state.
"A farmer of Charlton county, No.
pays Sl.29 taxes on his horses and sic
on his dogs.
There are 4 500 compositOrsl IN Paris
and their pay averages about thirteen
cent an hour.
"A French woman who aspires 20
dentistry is performing street operations
in Augusta, Ca
The fall in the price OF sugar last
year saved TIE British public, it is esti-
mated, $50, 100000
--"The Plains" have almost disap-
peared from the great West. The rail-
road EXPLAINS it.
An owl which measured 4 feet 5
inches from tip'tO tip was killed at Con
cord, n. H.. lately.
"A prisoner recently discharged from
the Massachusetts, State Prison took
away $500 in savings.
Miss Rebecca Thomas, Of Middle
bOrO, VT, was born in the first hour OF
the nineteenth century.
L. b. Hamlin, Of Augusta, Me-,
SIS years old, enjoys skating on the leo
rs we'll as any of the boys.
Between so and 90 years WAS the
average age of the persons who died
last year in Dublin. Y. II.
Services in the churches of ThOm-
son, Ga, have been discontinued, owing
TO the prevalency OF small pox.
"A great revival of business Is re-
ported from Passaic, Nj, where every
factory IS running on full time.
"A 9O-year-Oid Fair Haven, Conn.
woman "Shucks oysters with the rest OF
the girls. " and beats most OF them
Oranges, of California production,
are drug in San Francisco, where they
sell for 10 cents dozen on the streets
1t cost more to maintain the city OF
Boston, in proportion to population,
than any other city in the United States.
There are 347 female blacksmlths
in England, all of whom swing heavy
hammers and do mems work generally.
The heaviest snowfall In a half
centuTy's history Of that place, it is sta
ted, IS now lying in Jacksonville. Hi
nOls.
The most dIminutive Shetland pony
at New York agriculture show stands
but 2S inches in height, and weight only
80 pounds.
Transatlantic steamers arriving At
Boston report having encountered q Sc
ries Of gales and heavy seas the whole
way across.
Kind words prevent good deal OF
that peryerseness which rough and im-
periOus usage often produces in gener-
Gus minds.
The Belgian periodical press Of the
present day comprises about $50 news
papers and magazines. There are 20
daily journals.
"A Stonington man who hasnr
learned that the one million stamp offer
is fraud has collected 5000, and Is
gathering more.
The introduction Of electric lights
into Tombstone, Arizona, which has
been agitated there for some time. has
been abandoned.
Seven savings banks in Conpecti-
cut have between them Sl00, 900 belong
ing to nobody in particular, 50 far as
they can ascertain.
"A new orchestral club in Boston,
which gave its first concert there last
week, contains nine ladies among its
first and second violinlsts-
The acreage OF grape vines in So
nora county, Cal, which fifteen years
ago was but fifteen hundred. Is now
about twenty-five thousand.
In the French military hospitals
chaplaincies have been abolished. The
aecessity Of reducing the army esti-
mates is the Official explanation.
"A large number Of the choicest
shops in Paris, even such az are in the
Rue de pOpera and the Rue de Rivoh,
are unlet, and few, if any, OF the large
Partisan hotels are paying their expen-
seS.
What is generally taken 10 be q
sign of severe winter weather was late
ly perceived in Paris, namely, a numer.
Gus fight Of wild geese 70 the south
ward.
"A Government pensioner Of Edgar
town, Mass, is the fourth Of his line In
direct descent who have drawn pensions
from the United States By reason OF
military service.
Port Townsend is place in Wash
ingtOn Territory unknown TO many in
telligent people, but it claims in rank
third in Importance among the ports Of
this country In point Of export tonpa2A