Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-10-09
NO. 40.
NEWS IN BRIEF.

VI.
Pa, Is not going TO get caught in an
other flood If it can help it. Every
time it rains the dog rushes 70 the
fourth story ana remains there until the
downpour is over.
An old church in Cahokia. H.,
that was built in 1854 of cedar logs. was
torn down recently TO make way for a
more modern building. There were
only two churches in America-at st.
Augustine and Santa Fe-that We're
older.
Sir William HarcoUrt made n
rather amusing slip of the tongue in his
speech at the Eighty Club at Home re-
Gently. 1T Is an old saying he re-
marked, THAT honesty Is the best
policy, and man once said. 4 know it
well, because have tried both l
have tried both but then a burst of
laughter almost drowned the ensuing
words, ''Office and Opposition.
Owners or orange groves I'm South
ern California have. IL Is said, reaped "A
bonanza this season, as the price Of the
fruit has been high aud a ready market
secured both on the Pacific coast and
here in the East. One widow in Riv-
erside, who has a twenty-aCTe grove in
full bearing, sold her crop for Sl6, 600,
and several Others have done as well,
although fair net average yie,d Is
$500 an acre.
"A colOred man had lively time Of
IL in WllliamSport, recently. lie attemp-
ted to remove some honey from the heart
OF an elm tree, that had just been cut
down, when the bees attacked him
| They stung him about the face and
hands, and even got under his clothes
After this he naturally lost all interest
in the honey, but others cleaned out the
tree, getting at least 10 pounds oS the
sweet deposit.
The cords attached to q bunch OF
rubber balloons became twisted about
the arm of 2-year-old Sophie Scwab, at
Sheffield Park, Chicago, recently, ana
the child was carried up into the air
and out over the lake. The despatch
says that a shaTpShOoter succeeded IN
piercing several Of the balloons, and
the bunch descended, the child beng
rescued without getting her feet wet
Chicago is thus well named tie Windy
City.
On both sides OF the Jospu Fiord,
on the west coast of Norway, noun
tain rise perpenllCulaIly TO a height Of
several thousand feet. Recently stones
and rocks, some Of which are said 10
have been as large as house, began TO
| fall on the western side or the ford.
| The avalanche continued for over two
hours, accompanied 10y "A noise heard
| ten miles distant. y black cloud set
tied over the ford, the water of which
was in terrible commotion for a long
time.
-BoswOrth-Smith, in report on the
Kolar gold Geld, In Southern India, is
sued by the Madras Government, re-
cords some "inds' of mining imple-
ments, fragments Of bones, an oil lamp.
and broken pieces of earthenware, in
Guiding crucIble, the remains of an
cient mining operations. He expresses
astonishment at the fact that the old
miners were able 10 reach depths Of Dog
| feet or 800 feet through hard rock with
the simple appliances at their COM
mand.
Prof. Oldriere, the water walker,
narrowly escaped being drowned, while
giving an exhibition at Nautasket
Beach, near Boston. His shoes, three
| feet long and shaped like boats, came
of, and he was about to sink, being
unable 10 swim, when one OF the shoes
! flOated within reach. He grasped it,
and by its aid kept afloat until assist
ance arrived. lie was much exhausted
and didn't fully recover until after an
hours nursing beside a warm fire The
shoes floated out to sea.
To search for sunken treasure. An
other expedition Is about 10 leave Eng
I land in search of sunken treasure. This
expedition, which has the recognition
of Lloyd's, is to proceed to the west
coast of Africa to attempt TO recover
the specie, gold dust and ivory, which
went down in the African steamer
Gambia some twelve years ago. The
valuables were in the steamers main
room and safe, and II is the belief Of
tile promoters of the expedition that
the safe is intact with the money, etc,
inside. A diver Is reported 10 have re-
covered, a few years ago, about $40, 900
worth Of ivory from the vessel.
The old war horse Comauche, the
survivor of the famous Custer masSa-
ere, is still handsomely cared for at the
Governments eNSense. An exchange
relates: BY special order Of the mill
tary authorities COmaucHe is provided
with a comfortable stall, fitted up
Especially for him, out in Dakota. No
one is permitted 10 ride him, and he IS
not allowed TO DO any work whatever.
Riddled with bullets and SCARED with
sabre wounds, his lody speaks elO-
quently Of the perilOus duty he las per
formed in his y years of service under
the Government"
An almost successful attempt 10
wreck an express train was made re-
Gently in New Hampshire by two
brothers, age 10 and S years Tespec-
lively. The train was running at full
speed when the engine encountered 10
OF Is iron fish-plates p,Icd along the
rails. The engine made fearful jump,
but was not thrown from the track.
Nobody was injured and no damage
was done, although tie e-etys was
remarkably narrow one. Tie boys
were detained by an emplOye Of the
road, who thought they were Tuuaways,
and TO him they confessed that they
had placed the distractions on the
track out of revenge for being put off
another train. They were put under
arrest,
One OF the most extraordinary ar
fairs in the history OF agriculture is re-
ported from Hamble1On, a few miles
from Portsmouth, England. = dis
pute respecting the purchase OF part OF
an estate has taken place between the
owner and the supposed purchaser, and
the dispute has been before the High
Court. One result has been that for
some months everything On the place
has been neglect d. The hay crop was
allowed to remain on the ground uI-
touched but ueOule IN the neigh b4I-