Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-09-29
NO. 40.
NEWS IN BRIEF

sparrows whipped cat down there re-
Gently. .
The krupp gun company are going
to start cannon foundry at Nikolaiofi,
Russia.
-SAakspeare's plays have been trans
lated into lcelandic and played by ma
tive actors.
An Irish settler at Moncton, Can
ada, has been known to travel 40 miles
in three hours.
The Paris Grand opera house Will
be lighted by alb 0ut 6, 900 incandescent
electric lights.
The pension rolls show the names
of only 10 persons who have lost a leg
at tie hip joint
In the whole world there are 29l,-
522 miles OF railroad; in the United
States 123, ,1lO.
"A Montana man entered a bears
den during its absence and discovered
a rich vein OF silver.
-Twenty-three Cinnamon lately re-
turned to China from Havana carrying
with them S20O,0O0.
-Ballinger. in Runnels county, Tex.
Is SAID to be only one month old, with
a population of 1000.
The use of asphsltum rs a protec-
ton against dampness is largely on the
increase in building.
Carp placed in the Hartford reser-
voiTs have completely cleaned them of
all vegetable growths.
"A Boston negro has two set, OF
ribs and two hearts, and can entirely
suspend animation at will.
About three-fourths of the celestial
globe has been mapped out by the new
system of photography.
"A mouse went into an Aroostook
Sunday school and the superintendent
killed him with the Bible.
The Erie canal in New York is
damaged annually by muskrats to the
extent of $50, goo and over.
About 14O, 900, 600 toothpicks were
shipped from Fond du Lac, Wis, to
st. Louis one week recently.
There are more Republican menu
bers Of the Alabama Legislature than
Of any similar body since 1874.
The creditor of an Atlanta, Ga,
undertaken levied on a second hand
coffin the latter had in stock.
Charts of the Pleiades shows as
visible TO the direct eye 625 stars while
the photograph reveals 142l.
"A Mexican miller must pay 30 sep
arate taxes on his wheat in getting it
from the field to the market.
"A New Jersey factory makes bed
clothing out of double sheets of MANILA
paper strengthened with twine.
Gillian dentists occupy 4 very high
rank in society, living like nabobs in
ralaces and driving tine equipsges.
kimberly was the first city in AZ
rlca lighted by electricity. Dogs and
other animals were killed by its use.
"A Vaneeborough Me- company
has shipped q large consignment Of
churns to Auckland, lew Zealand.
An octogenarian Holstein shoe
maker has gathered together and clas-
sihed 1858 different kinds of beetles.
Boiler incrustations are made to
scale off by passing current Of elec-
tricitv through the metal for two days.
The best mineral coal in the world
has teen discovered in New Zealand, it
having 94 per cent Of combustible mat
tsx
The tallest swinging derrick in the
world is one in use on the Philadelphia
public buildings, which IS over 800 feet
high.
The mountainous district OF CALI
fOrnia are covered with snow while nu-
merous cases of sunstroke occur in the
valleys.
The passage of the Suez canal is
now made In 16 hours by the aid Of
electric lights which makes night travel
possible.
There are more than G,0O0, 600 col
onies OF bees in apiarieS having from
six to 1000 or 1850 hives, in this coun-
try to-day.
I'm Texas there are 1S7 children
born annually to every 1000 women,
while in New England the rate is So in
every 1000.
The fish in the Carson river, New,
viii not bite, owing to their having lost
their teeth from salvation by mill
chemicals.
A late French doctor made col
lection Of over 800 skeletons OF deform-
ed people, which the heirs are trying to
sell for 5000.
Data carefully collected by a Bos-
ton paper point to an increased yield Of
hay this season in Maine, New Hamp-
shire and Vermont.
The Boston Globe thinks that the
curse Of the present college course Is
the prevailing extravaganza, and adds
that rich parents are wholly to blame.
The Bey OF Tunis has given a lot
Of land for Protestant chapel, and the
lj0 10 2O0 PrOteStantS in the city have
raised building fund of 5000 francs.
"A 3-year.Old daughter of w. v.
Wilson, Of Attica, n. Y, was nearly
poisoned to death one day recently by
eating small piece Of wall paper which
arsenic.
In Brazil the liberated slaves show
In uncomfortable disposition to flock to
he coast cities. Immigration is looked
1R as the only source OF supply for sg-
-icultural labors.
The whipping TO death of a colored
convict in Alabama By one OF the con-
.ractors, has had the effect OF rousing
public sentiment somewhat on the SUBJ
ect Of convict labor.
During the last year 4 900 foreign
rs have been naturaliZed In Prussia.
thousand seven hundred
md eighty-fve Prussians emigrated
Turing the same period, however.
An authority states that to cover
he base balls made in New York alone
he hides of about 10000 horses and
me skins Of many times that number
II sheep are required every season.
An inventory is being taken Of the
ewels left by King Ludwig, OF Bavaria.
In his chateau at Berg there were found
Golfers filed with diamonds, rubles and
pearls. watches and chains amounting
TO fortune.
". Herrs Mdngon calls attention TO
he ease with which the EGGPLANT can
De cultivated on q large scale as source