Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-01-20
NEWSN BRIEF


-isc0vc1e1 IN Nevada
Brooklyn has decrsLse,I is tebr
81 ,1u0,0u0 Ia two wears.
The explosion Of ] gasoline stove u
Butte. " T, cost :. 800.
The Earl Of Derby has Al income
Ji $1,000, ,000 Per annum.
The last execution Of Quakers IN
Boston took place n I66I.
The Shakers are the oldest Comnu-
uist society IN the United States.
Pay your taxes or get into the army
IS the law in Madagascar.
Iowa salOOn-keepers favor prohibi
liOn rather than high license.
Champagne is said TO be slowly 20
ing out Of fashion in London.
The Crow Indians are estimated to
he worth 3, 500 each in land.
Some Florida orange trees are
blooming for the third tune this season.
Bismarck is said to be thin and
langGid, and sufferer from jaundice.
"A medical Englishman prescribes a
strong solution Of chronic acid for
warts.
Two or three decayed back teeth
serve TO reject 4 recruit for the British
army.
-MOntana's mines are expected to
Yield this year 100000 pounds Of
copper.
"A sister of the famous sam
latchn died the other day at Peters
burg, Va.
The bulk of the Egyptian unified
debt IS held IN France, Spain, Germany
and Austria.
1t is claimed that $4,000 is an
nually expended for Christmas cards in
this cOnntTy.
"A dOuble-headed child is the sensa-
ton of the day in Morgan county, Ga,
it IS reported.
Congressman Woodward, the new
member from Wisconsin, once served
as page IN the House.
Nine. Sembrich is said to have be
come Il proficient talker in English,
with four months study.
The Milwaukee Citizens League is
making a speciality of prosecuting per-
sons who sell liquor to minors.
The Portuguese Crown Prince is
but twenty years old, and speaks nearly
that many different languages.
They have built temple at Ben
ares, in India, to lot of sacred mon
keys. Darwinism is growing.
The druggists in Stoneham, Mass,
are now refusing TO sell liquor even
upon physicians prescriptions.
Ex-senator YuIee is accounted the
wealthiest citizen of Florida, his for.
tune being estimated at s3,00g,UO0.
1t is noted as fact, established by
exi erience, that lows frotsutsg =
an inverse ratio to the number kep: "a
The entire leaf Of Methodist hymn
book was found in the spiral of a conch
she'll tishet up at Jacksonville, Florida.
Mrs. DOrcas Chaplin, the widow Of
Chester W. Chapln, viii endOw hospi-
tal at Springfield, Mass, with S2j. 600.
The total number of admissions to
the recent fisheries exhibition in London
reached the enormous figure of 2,OOO,-
600.
"A tribe of Indians having tail.
from SIX to eight inches in length is re-
ported to have been discovered in Para
quay.
-Mischievous small boys enrage
Bowery IN. " clothing dealers by
mixing up the placards Of prices on their
sidewalk stock.
"A number Of capitalists have Just
purchased 800 acres of land in Pickens
county. Ga, for the purpose of quarry
ing marble.
The Crazy Jane Society is an asso-
citation that las opened Il summer home
for poor children in the mountains at
Wyaluslng, Pa.
Hartford, Conn.,, is talking abeut
using meters and charging one cent per
100 gallons for water, of which herpub-
lie supply is short.
The salary of the Archbishop of
Paris has just been cut down from S9OOU
to $1,000. The Bishop of London has
$50, 600 and two palaces.
-Yale's 81 class cup goes TO the
baby of colOred member Of the class,
this youngster being the first of the race
TO have the distinction.
The late Lerd Oyerstone is said to
have been the last survivor of those
who held seats in the house Of commons
IN the reign of George III.
The magistrates of Berlin have
an agreement with the Ger
man Edison Company for the lighting
Of the city by the electric light.
George Washington's autograph.
At a recent sale in Providence, r. L,
brought S12; that of Roger Williams
40, and Thomas JeffersOn's 81.
France has over 1000, 900 cider ap-
pie trees, it is stated, and produces an
nually more than 220, 900, 900 gallons of
cider, the best of which is made in Nor
mandy.
"A Grand Rapids Court is reported
10 have awarded Mrs. Stevens another
IlvOrce from a man from whom she
was once before divorced, but whom
she remarked.
"A motion to reduce the Lord MAYOR
If Dublin'S salary from SIS, 900 to sIO,-
100 has been negatived. Hehas large
lticial residence. The Lord Mayor of
London has eS000.
New Hampshire sends along the
irst fatal skating accident report OF the
easor-that of young man who broke
trough the ice and was drowned, the
'ther day, while skating on Fresh river.
While England proposes to reduce
ler National debt 5000, 900, 900 in TWEEN.
J years, France goes on increasing
iers. The French government is now
loan of $50, 100000, The
resent French debt is 5000, ,OO0,OO
nd the annual expenditures are about
i, 900, 100000.
"A few days ago wagon with its
Dad OF hay was entirely burned up near
IAN Diego. a wheel tire became heat
d by friction with the iron of the hay
ack, and ignited the hay.
The system of charging $500 for
alOon and tavern licenses, and $500 for
l0tel licenses, has proven so successful
IN r1rrnf In P1ainf,ayI