Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-11-27
NO. 40.
NEWS IN BRIEF.


$685. ,001.
wonderful fondness for cigarettes,
smoking almost a hundred OF them
day. He delights in seeing blazes,
and after lighting each cigaretts he
ignltes the box of matches.
The board Of officers examining
the United States training ship New
Hampshire, at Newport, are finding
considerable evidence OF her unftness
for use, and may advise condemning
her.
The mate of Long Island Sound
steamer, getting caught in the rope Of
the anchor as the latter was being
dropped, was whipped overheard and
dragged under. A boat was lowered
and the mate taken aboard, but he died
five minutes later.
General Daniel Butterield, who
recently saw in Norway the ship Of the
Vikings that has been eIcayated and
set up, says it is of black oak, about rs
feet in length and in lines quite equal
to anything cOnst ucted in these days.
The cigarette habit is increasing
faster than the cigar habit. Last year
taxes on 2,15l, 5l5. 300 were collected,
an increase of 2S9, 7S9, 260 over the
year before. For the same period B.
S67, 1856, $50 cigars were taxed, an in
crease Of -, ,65s, $50.
Fought under Napoleon. A veto
ran who fought at Waterloo under Na-
poleOn is still living in Parana, Brazil
His name is G. Schanewerb. He was
born in 177S, in Hanover, and he re-
tains his faculties, works a little, and
even rides horseback
At last Venice is to be made g
subject of munic pal improvement. She
is going TO have new boulevards OF
new canals laid through her. after the
| manner of the new bOulevards OF Paris
and there is tremendous hubbub of
alarm among those desiring 20 keep heI
as she has always been.
At wedding IN Chiselhurst. Eng.
! land, the officiating clergyman left ouI
the words, "Wtth this ring ! thee
we'd" etc. The omission was not re-
ferrrd TO until the bridal party wen
assembled at breakfast, and then the
party repaired once more to the church
where the ceremony was performed q
| second time.
West Va, recently found an interest
corn in a field a few miles below
| Charleston he saw the glitter OF silver,
and picking up the object he found
1t to be silver badge IN the shape Of Q
Maltese cross. 1t had handsomely en-.
| grayed upon II this inscription: Cor
poral Thomas McKeon, Co. G., 18th
| n. Y. Volunteers"
Nearly 800 women appeared as eN-
hIbitOrs at the Paris salon this year. o.
this number 3J7 sent oil pictures, l2t
appear as sculptOrs and modelers, 404
| send water color drawings and pastels
| while 90 appear as etcheTs, engTaven
and photographers. Among the entire
number SIX third class medals and
! fourteen honorable mentions have
fallen TO their share.
The heart Of Queen Marie of Ba.
varia was removed from her body soon
after her death at Munich, severa!
| months ago, and embalmed. according
to custom which has prevailed IN the
! royal house since the middle ages. Re.
Gently it was placed in a silver urn and
| taken with much pOmp and ceremony
TO the ancient Chapel OF our Lady o,
I Mercie5, where IL now rests in nichG
| Of the chancel wall, near the hearts o.
| Kings and Queens who died centuries,
ago.
An advance IN the price of natural
| gas by company having headquaTteu
/ in jamestown, y. Y, has resulted liz
/ orders being received from consumer
! in jamestown, Erie, Warren and Corn
/ to shut off the gas from no less thar
| 22jO stoves. The people are highly in.
! dignant over the increase, and they do
clare that they will not again use th,
| gas unless the old rates are restored
! They appear 10 mean what they say,
| too, for many of them have laid IA
enough coal and wood TO last the win
| ter.
-"Restless, " the famous charger
| owned by Colonel sam Fowler in tn,
! late civil war, died Of old age TO
| Gently, and was given a mil taTy buTia
! at the stables of Chaplain A. a.
! Hair es, in Hamburg, y. J. The sew.
! eraI public schools Of the town particI.
! Pated in the exercises, and addresses
suitable to the occasion were made. Or
/ the retirement Of COionei Fowler from
! the service Restless was presented to
! Chaplain HaiEes, Of the Fifteenth New
! Jersey Infantry. lie was il more than
! 30 engagements, and was 33 yeau
] old.
"A remarkable an ! unusual case OF
homicide las Just taken place in War.
J saw, Russia. While peasant wss un
! dergoing an operation, after heinG
! chlOrOfOrmed, he suddenly spraug uy
| from ths operating bench, and, IN q
/ frenzy OF rage and ter OF, mOrtallJ
I stabbed tie doctor and a Sister vi
/ Mercy. The patient was then removed
/ to another hospital. where the opera
( ton was successfully performed with
| out the aid OF chlOTOfOTm. The auth.
critics in Warsaw are now debating
4 whether the man should he tried foI
/ the murder OF the doctor aud q ,
| nurse, both of whom have died from
/ the effects Of the wounds they received.
| which were Inflicted by one Of the
surgical instruments belonging 70 the
unfortunate physician.
-Elvira Villauo, a snake charmer,
while giving performance at a Boston
musum recently was bitten by one oi
his reptiles through the thumb. An
attendant, who was standing closely,
rushed 10 the wounded mans assist
ance, and bound a strap tightly around
his wrist to keep the poisoned blood
from circulating, poured about a quart
Of whiskey down his throat, and ap-
piled ammonia to the wound. a doc
tor was sent for. and, when he arrived,
found Vlllano's hand badly swelled.
lie says the prompt action of the ths
attendant saved the mans life. The
doctor cauterize1 the wound. and left
his patient in a comfortable condition
-General Nelson a. Miles. com
manding the division OF the Pacific, In
his annual report touches upon the sub
ject of desertions. He recommends
enlistnents for three years instead Of
FIVE; an increase of pay for non-com-
missioned officers; that enlisted men be
permitted to select the division 1.
which they wish to serve; that men
found qualified, after five years ser