Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-09-25
NO. 40.
NEWS IN BRIEF.

| up III - NiltN, new sNOAtu W dlt-.
Women In London are beginning
to affect the single eyeglasses, II ID
chronicled-
-Facetious Englishmen call the
American Minister'S house in London
! Lincoln's Inn.
"A carriage road has just been com.
pleted to the top of Pixies Peak. It's
sixteen miles long.
A plain gold ring was found by a
Washington u. c. man imbelded in
a large block OF Ice.
A petrifed rabbit and numerous
old coins were found tweuty-four feet
below the surface in Port ,mouth, o.,
recently.
A citizen of New Brunswick. y.
J., had Strawberries growing IN his
garden, in the open air the last week in
August, 50 II Is reported at least
California, it is said, now manu-.
! factureS nearly all the IRON she needs.
| though only few years ago she de-
pended on the East for her supply.
Maine capitalists have formed q
company % determine 30 there is coal
at Tie mouth oi tie keuueuec river.
where d Is stalled that deposits have
been forming for I25 wears.
In a sINteeu-gIge love letter eK-
! hihlted IN court IA Southeast Missouri
recently, the word darling occurred
- times, and yet the girl 100 the case
said II was - cold, uuitrlug epIstIe. 90
A carrier p. geou, very much tired.
recently flew on board the schooner
| Gertrude, when the latter Was wIJhiu
days sailing of NuterpuTt, Me. The
bird had "a small silver tag on one Lex
with II. ii. G., 80 and 81 eL--lved
on IL.
Three school boys of Sompoe, Cal,
] thought they'd have fun this vacation
playing gold mining. So they began
on a worn-out claim on the beach neI
| Point Sal, and IN "A days, working not
more than eight hours DAY, made
S24D.
Connecticut has her share of dis
tricts with curious names. y writer
says in goiIG to West Rocky Han from
East Berlin one passes over Coobull
uln 10 Pumpkingtown, sees Peat
swamp, Hang Dog, NeNation, Gods
Acre and Two Stones" now Girls
woidville.
Actual elevations taken since the
recent disaster at Johnstown, Pa, show
that during the food the water in the
neighborhood of Conemaugh and the
South Fork bridge reached an average
height OF 40 feet above lOw-water mark.
AT the big viaduct on the upstream
side the water was - feet deep.
1t is an Ohio man who now makes
| "A curious discovery. lie says If yOn 20
out 10 feed flock Of chickens and keep
them waiting they VIII first flock about
you and then begin a circuit around
you from the ght to left, and that no
amount Of interruption OF manruver-
ing Will confuse or turn them in au-
other direction. The hen Is IN an eK-
hauslIble source OF sJudIous Coutrmpla-
Jlou.
A whale. measuring y feet, wan
dered into Fort Cove, ga inner Newport
! (li. l.. harbnr recently, am got strand
eel on the rocks. Servants employed iu
the ueighborhood stourd aud rlubbei
| the monster until bee finally worked
himself free. lie then SWAN over o.
the Fort wharf, where the sohller-
shot hIm. The carcass was then
got ashore and skinned.
The authorities u William and
| Mary College at Williamsburg. Va,
recently received letter from r. ".
/ Glider, the editor uf the CUu4-g. and
| hIs sister, In which they SAY that they
have Iu their possession the OLD bronze
sun dlal which WAS taken from the Iu-
rtItutIuu, ami which lu- present OWL
ers offer % restore.
The new letter box. selected by
tile Government a GA among $50 de-
signs SuuIn JteI. h..- o. slot that d. not
visible until knob Is pulled down.
| The letter falls upon iue tray, and on
releasing ths knob t.e tray drops and
the letter Is secure While thr slot IS
/ open the tray protects Tie letters pre-
yIOusIy dropped Boo tie box The new
/ boxes Will be substituted for those now
In Use as rapidly As the latter become
damaged.
Is Il safep IN Hartford the latest
device used by wuee.man To clear their
/ paths Of dogs and thus prevent col
I lIsIOus is % carry package OF tOrpe-
] does ami explode one OF more when-
ever dog ahead seems likely 10 Prove
All obstruction, The torpedo iuvari-
! ably has the effect Of causing the ami
mai to scamper, although the danger
always exists tuat the dog may be per
verse enough 10 run toward instead Of
away from II. There is danger, more
over, That the torpedo will be more et-
| fecJIve IN soaring horses than dogs"
Two Lawrence Mass men laid
wager last uly As % which could make
the quicker trip 10 London aud return
aud not pay cent for travelling eK-
pen es and Oh September 9th the win
Her arrived home from his journey. He
succeeded IN making hIs way by
boarding freight trains and slowing
himself away in steamers across and
back. He appeared on deck after the
ships were under way and WA allowed
% work his passage. The trip occupied
- DAYS.
"A curious scene WAS witnessed Ia
Palace Yard, Westminster, England
\ sparrow was picking up the corn
which La fal en from the horses nose
bags, when a mouse appeared and pro-
cecd to dispute with the sparrow his
right TO the dainty mOTs-ls- a fight
eusued, which lasted Tor some minutes,
and then the sparrow beat a retreat.
The sparrow had evidently been injured
in the tussle, and for time be was
unable TO fly. At last the sparrow flew
up, and Cabm4u flushed tine incident
by killing the mouse with a whip.
-EdIson's brother. a farmer in
Michigan, tells this story of the great
inventor: at would require vivid
imagination 10 beat Toms Ca-e
He has had many singular experience.
When a watchmau at the station ia
StratfOrd, Ontario, he was expected 10
pull 4 button every 40 minutes during
the night ~ inform all parties inter
ested Luat he was On deck. Before he
had been IN the position long his iuven-
tive faculties were SET 10 work, and lie
soon had the button pulled by an cleo
trical device as regularly as clOckwork
Tom then went calmly 70 bed and slept
all night like white man. tn $ worked