Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-10-23
NO a.
NEWS IN BRIEF.


one Was probably lost &c trsp-hots
regularly for its meals every day % the
house Of John Fulton, In West Chester,
Pa
Preparations are nearly completed
for the construction OF q telegraph line
from Pen-Ting Foo, near Pekin,
through Shansia, 10 connect with the
Russian telegraph system at klahtA-
"A physician of Salem. y. J., has a
morning glory growing in his yard that
is quite phenomenon, a seed in one Of
the blooms having sprouted and grown
a vine of considerable length on the
end Of which there Is another bloom.
Charles Dickens, the son OF the ia
nous novelist, has long novel in
manuscript which he has never had the
courage to publish. He realizes that
bis work would be compared with his
J fathers, and he does not dare to brave
the test.
"A dilapidated safe that stood out
doors in Adrian. Mich, for several
years was recently sold for old iron On
breaking it up set of account books
and good gold watch were found in
side, and no one knows 10 whom the
watch belongs.
| -"Grace' was a title assumed by
Henry ". of England in 1899. "EX-
cellent Grace was assumed by Henry
| VI about 1925. This continued the
title by which the king was addressed
till 1903, the time of James l, when it
was succeeded by the title of "Msjes-
ty."
| The Mayor in France who has the
smallest constituency is in the COM
mune of Morteau, it is said. He is
Mayor of u inhabitants. and the taxes
/ l..gs a .
was invited, all the same, by the Gov
ernment TO meet his fellow Mayors at
the Paris banquet.
An interesting incident connected
, with the departure of the Hon. Fred
, erick Douglass for official post as Min
lister To Hayti. which is related in the
New y Ork Tribune, was the courteous
visit of Junior Lieutenant Edward
Lloyd To Mr.. Douglass and his family
before the kearsarge sailed. Lieuten-
ant Lloyd is an officer on the new
cruiser Boston, and is a great-g Tandson
of that Colonel EdwOrd Lloyd who was
the owners of Mr.. Douglass and his
mother when they were slaves, and is a
son of the present owner OF the old
, plantation in Talbot county, Maryland,
where Mr.. Douglass was born.
"A despatch from Chicago says: 4
; peculiar accident occurred recently in
the Libby Prison. Many persons were
! frightened and some confu ion resulted.
Resting against one of the pillars were
a number of old war muskets. No one
: was nearer than five feet To them. Sud
= denly one of the muskets WAS dis
charged, the contents tearing hoe In
) the ceiling above. The report was ter
rife, and several people were greatly
excited over its suddenness. How thu
ly.1I I
plain. 1t had done service during the
} late war, and some soldier hal loaded
, it in readiness to fire The charge must
have been in the rifle at least 20 years
An extraordinary story is being
, told in Berlin about the miraculous es-
2 cape of a woman and little boy at
Brieg. During the manGuyres there
: they got in front Of a regiment Of cui-
rstssiers which was riding at full gallOp.
: Ii was impossible for the woman TO es-
, cape and for the soldiers To halt. The
z public raised a shout of horror, think
ing the woman and child would be
trampled TO death, and the foremost
officers called TO her to lie down. This
she did, placing the boy underneath
, her The whole regiment rode over
her, and, as the horses were all made
to leap over her, she was, TO the aston
ishment of everybody, unhaTaed,
D though for some time she vs. speech
less with terror"
On going to the top of the Eifel
Tower, Mr.. Edison wrote in the visi-
tors book as follows: TOP EiheI
Tower, September 10, lSS9.-To. 81.
l Eiffel, the brave builder of so gigantic
and original a specimen Of modern en-
gineering, from one who has the great
est respect and admiration FOR all en-
-.
] the bon Dieu.-ThomaS A Edison"
He subsequently wrote his name upon
Mile. Eiffel's fan, which forms a valu-
: able collection Of autographs, bearing
the signatures of all the princes of the
blood royal and the princes Of scIen~e
who have visited her fathers chef d.
Guvre.
"A remarkable mistake was made at
the opening of the Industrial Fair at
Toronto. Sir John Macdonald had
made his opening speech Of cOngratula-
tion, and before calling upon him 70
press an electric button startling ths
machinery, President Withrow invited
one OF two other speakers TO deliver ad-
dresses. One Of them was Mr.. John
Legs, NJ. 7. 7. for Toronto. He ad-
vanced to the front and laid his heavy
white hat right on the top of the cleo
|
shrieking of whistles, and the ma
! chinery in the building began to run.
The crowd rOared with laughter, and
after much gesticulatiOn and running
about the managers stopped the pro-
ceeding. and the machinery was re-
started 10y Sir John and Lady Macdon-
aid.
Mime. Sarah Bernhardt has as
r cended the Eiffel tower. She performed
. this feat on the same day as Mr.. and
, Mrs. Gladstone, who met the great act
ress descending on their way up. Mdme
Bernhardt was dressed in the deepest
, mourning, and kept her veil down, only
lifting it when she reached the third
, story, In order to enjoy the view. Her
widows cap is a Marie Stuart, with a
long veil almost reaching the ground,
but she has dispensed with the use Of
Grape, asserting that it is yIllainous stun
which catches the dust, and ought 70
be condemned by all reasonable people
On descending TO the first floor Of the
, tower Mdme. BeThaTdt took luncheon
, with she directors of the FTgGr0, who
entertained Mr.. and Mrs. Gladstone
about an hour later.
AT one Of the symphony rehearsals
last season." says a correspondent OF
the Boston Transcript, my attention
was drawn 70 an elegantly attired
young woman who occupied a nigh
priced seat not far from where / wa
standing. She held I'm her jewel'ed
, hand a book, in which she seemed com
pletely absorbed. Suppos'ng the hook
was giving her an idea of . music IN
store l gave her DO further thought.