Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-04-07
NO. l5.
NEWS IN BRIEF.


iion Of New York city increased fifty
per cent, while the expenses Of govern
ment increased 400 per cent.
"A balloon tha. will carry 100 SOL
diers IS new invention.
"A mica mine has been opened in
Orange county, New Jersey.
Connecticut has been visited with
frost every month this year.
1t is thought that this year will see
4,oOO miles of new railroad built.
"A terrible drouth has depopulated
a number OF districts in Mexico.
The blind staggers is decimatinp
the hogs In Sullivan county, n. Y.
In Sear5port, Maine, are 13I sea
captalns-oLe to every three voters.
The Pueblo, Cal, nail works will
uSs kegs made OF compressed paper.
-Miscreants are slaughtering fish in
Pike county with dynamite cartridges.
The national debt of the United
states amounts to $50 for each inhabit-
ant.
"A colored woman In Ellington.
Conn, lately celebrated her 101st BIRTH
day.
The hop crop in the neighborhood
OF syracuse, n. Y, Is very large and
| fine.
The crop of apples IN North Caro-
I INA thls year promises to be larger than
ever.
Herr Vallsch IS the first Protestant
enrgomaster Prague has had for 200
years.
About four thousand roses are re-
quired to make one pound of altar of
/ roses.
Fourteen kinds of dogs can be dis
tingulshed in the Greek and Roman
| records.
Queen Victoria has ordered that
buckingham Palace be lighted with
electricity.
Sweet potatoes are being shipped
IN large quantities from Eastern Shore.
| Virginia.
The pearl fisheries of the Persian
Gulf afford support to about IS 600
families, '''NO
The Crocodile is said to swallow
stones sometimes, like birds, to aid the
gastric mill.
The human skull contains fewer
bones than the skull of most animals
| excepting birds.
"A woman at Augusta, Me. has
ordered a set of false teeth for her
aged pet pony.
Medical science has progressed
until IL IS now able to make man
new nose by grating.
Ten and fifteen year old girls in
Italy earn Il cents for II hours work
and save half of 1t.
Forty thousand dollars worth Of
chewing gum IS gathered annually in
the State Of Maine.
Wisconsin tobacco growers find
their sheds too small to accommodates
their immense crops.
The people of this country paid
last year more than $4,000, 600 for i'm
ported precious stones.
There is a two weeks old baby in
Canajoharie, n. Y, which only weighs
two pounds ten ounces.
Last year ,3OS wolves were killed
IN France, mainly on the border lands
OF Germany and Belgium.
The number of persons killed on
railways In England Is prOportionally
80 40 ~ iance' lat
Five thousand German physicia
nave petltioned the Imperial govei
ment in favor of cremation.
Wooden payements have been
given up IN London. and the old Nc
Adanlzed system returned to.
w lillian vrac Of Sbo-o -
Killed recently while breaking up fur
mace slack with dynamite.
"A Kansas farmer cut the horns off
'fom fifty OF his cattle last week In
oCtier to save building room.
The Sultan employs two German
apothecarieS and pays them each s.. 600
year with free board and lodging.
Recent London fogs are said to
have been pinkish. but from what
caEse or probable cause is not stated.
The area of Paris within the forti-
hcdticns, pretty well covered with
buildings, IS twenty-eight square miles.
The malaria fats on the Potomac
exist 10 longer. After years of ex-
rensiye labor they have been reclaimed.
The milk of the elephant contains
less water and more fatty matter and
s,lsar than the milk of any other ami
hal.
The area Of elosely-built stores and
residences of London, including the
most popUloGs suburbs is 120 square
miles.
-....ii:..:ing the interest on the PUBIC
debt 1t requires about s., ,000, 900 year
to pay the municipal expenses Of Balti-
more.
1t is reported that defective hear
ing is on the increase in this country.
and that it is largely owing to defective
teeth.
Principal Dawson, of the McGil
University, of Montreal, has received
the honor Of knighthoOd from her
Majesty.
Mile. Emma Nevada, the new
singer, Is of Irish origin, and was born
in Nevada City, Cal Her right name
is Wixom.
The large, prominent eyes of the
brilliant dragon-fly or DEVILS darning-
needle are each furnished with % 600
polished lenses.
The latest device of Paris news
paper is the engagemento of two eminent
physicians to attend gratuitously upon
its subscribers.
Yale college founded in I7O1, now
has ninety instructors, between /, 100
and 200 students and property valued
at over S5,000,000.
"A STRIPPING who is attending school
in Cooper township, Webster county,
Iowa, Is reported to be six feet SIX
inches in his stockings.
Druid park, of Baltimore, contains
eco acres, 1t was purchased for the
city for about 100000. The city has
also twelve public squares.
One of the most remarkable tele-
graphic fea.s on record was the recent
delivery Of a message from Melbourne,
Austrs La, to London in twenty-three
minutes, by land and sea over 13, ,306
miles Of wire