Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-01-09
NO. 8.
NEWS IN BRIEF

"A Bar Harbor teacher, who means
to have her pupils well informed as 70
what goes on iu the world, as well as
to what Is in books, has seme OF the
pupils put on the blackboard each
morning bulletin Board' made up
from headlines in the daily papers.
She also has read aloud articles from
the papers. that pertain to the most
important events OF the day. ms
new department Is said TO be very sue
cessful.
-"Chief, probably the most Vicions
elephant IN this country, was killed at
Forepaugh's winter quarters recently
Two other elephants were his execu-
tioners, and they strangled him TO
death by pulling on rope which had
been placed around the unruly animals
neck. 1t is said that "Chlef" had
killed eleven men, and his death by
strangulatiOn came none too soon.
"A strange story comes from Bslti-
more. The last time Cardinal Gibbons
received pass over the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad he was astOnished 10
read that it permitted Cardinal Gibbons
and tCife TO ride without cost over the
lines of the corporation. The hand
writing was Robert Garrett's. The
Cardinal went to the Baltimore office
OF the company TO call attention to the
mistake. That was the first time any
one suspected Mr.. Garrett's mental
| infrmity.
| Anthony Higgins, of Delaware,
| who is looming up as the coming
| Republican Senator from the peach
crop State. is man OF medium height,
about forty-eight years of age, with
| sturdy figure and an amiable and ear
c.V-F.N NF nlATIK
every man he meets, Bill, Tom, Dick,
or whatever the affectionate shortening
of his name may be, and he is known
| by almost every man in the State, lie
is a lawyer OF prominence, and he has
achieved many successes at the Della
ware bar.
In front of shoe store in Column
bus, Ga, stands a stuffed bear skin.
{ a visitor was passing eating pecanS.
, While lie was opening the nuts and de-
vOuring their contents, he became OBJ
llvious to his surroundings. Raising
his ewes in front of the store lie found
himself, as lie supposed, confronted by an
2 angry living bear, and plying his knife
vigorously, he cut the stutilg from
q the imaginary wild beast IN style
, that would have delighted the heart OF
\ a Rock Mountain hunter. The bear
I wished he Was too many times since,
q when being teassj by his lun-loving
f | companions.
d Miss Mary GaTret, who is the
e wealthiest unmarried woman in the
a United States, has devoted the most OF
=. her time to nursing. She nursed her
1t mother through a long illness, and was
e her fathers nurse during the trying days
% preceding his death. Now she Is In
y constant attendance upon her brother
u Robert &. Garrett. Miss Garrett Is
g short and dark. She always wears
" glasses and dresses Ia black. a soil
s. taire diamond ring is her only Orna'
IS ment. Notwithstanding her enOrmOu:
l. wealth, she has had very sad life.
r "A crank has come forward il
n KeysVille, Va, who claims to have dis
covered a meteorological omen proving
r that Benjamin HARRISON VIII not sur
m vive his Presidential term. 1t snOwec
.g on the 18th of November in the year
Il when BENJAMIN IarrisOn's grand
n father was elected 10 the Presidency,
n 1t showed on November - in the year,
Is when Tay lor and Garfield were Tespec
& lively elected TO the highest office II
ld the land. None of these men lived Il
is fulfill their administration.A AS it showed
# on November - this year the Keys
( vile sage deduceS the conclusion that
/. Benjamin Harrison has not four year
De of life.
ID One of the physicians at the CItl
s. Hospital III Jersey City was called q
I'd attend Arthur Barry, little cOlOre,
a boy who had broken his collar bone
p The doctor was admitted 10y a whit
)y woman, who said she was the boy
c. grandmother.
ne 'sIIow does it happen," the dOcto
he asked, "that he is cOlore1 and you ar
p. whIte?''
he 81 am a colored woman" )" the Ole
I'll woman responded. Three years ag
he | was treated in the City Hospital 70
We dropsy. White spots appeared on IN
he body, and, merging one into the other
he made me white
a. She was as fair as any Caucasian q
he her age. Warden Osborne, OF the no,
We piCal, cOrroborated her story.
ne Two negroes entered a lady's beC
'S, room at Gainesville, Texas, while 81
20 was asleep, and attempted to chlOrt
lsI form her. She awoke and they escape
LID through a window. The sash fell an
pressed the body of one Of them
iIo tight that several of his buttons weI
70 snapped of. y suspected negro Wi
@ questioned, and his attempting TO no
PC his coat SO that the absence OF Il
i0 buttons would not be noticed, led
"a 'u the Identification or the guilty partie
ely 1t is hopeful sign for America
lue shipping interests that the Bresideu
ear elect has expressed himself as II
vas afraid of the word subsidy" in n
ted connection, and that We may, theT
ent fore, expect a wise and fostering poll
red from his administration, not only
ted our merchant marine, but of the gre
ON enterprise, the Nicaragua Canal, viii
ed. has become a maritime necessii
) il Ground, therefore, has been brok
8 to towards inauguratlEg policy OF bOu
the ties or subsidies, either by a tOnna
lOrt bill or otherwise, which Will accOl
to plish the restoration of our dag to I
and seas by building up and encourage
ntil home shlp-b hiding, and IN time enal
yle. Us 20 dispose Of our foreign carryi
net trade with foreign subsidized cOmpe
car ton.
Tor One of the first duties Of the Il
u islature, when it meets in Janua
Ih5 will be the repeal of the act pUOvidi
anu for the payment OF fees to the Regis
N OF Wills for collecting the inheritaI
III tax. That is piece OF vicious lel
latlOn directly opposed to the mand
of the Constitution. If the Regis
of Wills is TO do this work and rece
th9 extra pay therefor, 1t should take
c.td form of fixed salary.
the
,eIs' Secretary Whitney has right
hese indulge certain feelings of pride
such regard to the partial rehabilitation
nter the American navy DuI' "Ht'e
used graduating the country upon "uAC
the been accomplished, IAe 9eCIeIaIS -
! for the opinion thaL Ile duNls~OAI1S Vi
perly construction OF arthoTed snIps ol
that greatest destructive capacity ia ia
To warfare is a problem that belongs
lime the future.
aulic The great law of all culture Is: