Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-02-19
NO. 9.
NEWS IN BIIIEF.

eloping with man nearly 3 times her
age, is now a widow, her husband hay-
ing died from pneumonia, the outcome
of an attack OF the grippe.
1t is stated that hotel to contain
400 rooms and to cost Sl,OC0,OUO WIN
be erected in Chicago at the corner OF
Dearborn, Quincy and Jackson streets.
1t is to be fourteen stories high, exclu-
sive of the basement.
There were five Hungarian we'd
dings in one house, in East Bridgeport,
Conn, recently. They were each cele-
brated in costume and according 10 the
custom of Hungarlans.
-Important banks of marine sponges,
including all the kinds most valued IN
commerce, have been discovered on
the southern coast OF Sicily. They eN.
tend from 10 to Is marine leagues il
length and are from 20 to 81 els in
depth. Greeks and Italians are hasten
ing to the spot.
Outside SalOnica another cemetery
has been found, or ancient The allan
times, with many sarcuphagI still un
opened. In many of the sepuichral
inscriptions is inserted a clause that
whoever opens the sarcophagus. and
places therein another corpse. shall pay
a heavy fine.
An alert correspondent of a West.
ern journal, who feels that the pro-
tracted spell Of mild weather justifies
him IN working off some summer litera-
ture, has found" in Kentucky "a J.
months old child who can talk plainly,
and who could, at the age of three
weeks, utter few Words.''
"A company has been formed in
London for the purpose of erecting
tower in that city on the EInel plan.
The tower is TO be $50 feet high.
Five hundred pounds are offered as a
prize for the best design for the pro
posed tower, and E25y for the second
best design. The competition is open
to the world.
The dress worn 10y Mrs. Robert
Ballatine at the wedding of her daUgh-
ter Roberta, to J Jhn .. II. PItuey, Of
MOrIistOwn, recently, was, 1t Is said,
made piece Of silk especially woven
for the Empress OF Austria Enough
was manufactured for two gowns and
then the pattern was destroyed. Worth
designed both gowns.
Burglars recently broke into a
house in London, but obtained little
booty for their pains. A newspaper,
In giving ac, ounU of the affair, spoke
of much valuable property they over
looked. Acting on this hint the Tas-
Gals paid second visit and made
great haul. They left a note express
ing their obligations to the newspaper
reporter.
"A party of surveyors in the wild
Ogat muru coun ~ IN New Zealand
have discovered aud brought back TO
civilization a white woman, " no has
been Identified by IA scar on her body as
the daughter of settler, stolen fifteen
years ago, when a Gu Ia, 10y the MIoriS.
She was living with Maori as his
wife, and could not remember = word
of English.
"A marble tablet possessing great
Interest for Archaeology $ las been
found in Agaff, Cumea. On it there
is the following InscT Ptiou: "ljG2, llth
August. Here TepOSes The famous and
noble man Si2nOr jacob huIuaro, the
Venetian Count Arbskyl, etc. BY the
Doge's deSiIe, the ambassador AN con-
sui in Tame and the whole country Of
Hakarie, where he died. May his soul
md his dust re { IN peace"
"A Paris paper recently offered an
eminent Frenchman 81 ,OUJ for his au-
TOPOGRAPHY. He accep,ed this offer,
ana after getting check for ths
amount, sent on hIs biography, which
was as follows: II was born Al Lyon ia
1889, and since that time | eau recall
nothing of any account, except that l
have not been killed in any of the up
risings.'
An undertaken, i'll Burlington, VI,
has completed remarkable contract
wJich he began about two years ago.
a man who resided near there had a
Large oak tree on h5 place cut down
and transformed into lumber. An ar
rangement WAS then entered into with
an undertaken to manufacture a cask e.
odt of the lumber and enclose 1t in an
outer case in readiness lOT the j ssOlu-
tion of the owner. His death DID not
occur until recently, when the Oakeu
casket was finished and trimmed and
tie deceased buried IN il.
The Rev. Henry B. Eliot, a Pres
byterian clergyman Of New York CITY,
thinks he has in his posses, on R.y-
haeI's Madonna del POpOlO, - OF IT g
Madonna OF the Veil" which was
thought to have been lost for many
years. Mr.. Ehot's reason for his be-
lief in the authenticity of the canvas j
that when he first secured it, twenty
Years agO-hOw, he does not state-it
was seen by an Englisl expert in JIe
studio OF a picture TestOreT who pro-
nounced it genuine Raphael. Why
he now makes public his belief for ths
first time IS not stated.
"A coincidence that IS very remark
able Is re- Orted from y IS on. \ team
ster who had been hurt by car run
ming into his wagon brought suit for
damages against the railway Company.
The case came up recently, aud the
jury decided 10 visit the scene Of the
collisiOn-& steep hill. They embarked
in car belonging to the defendant and
had just reached the hill when the car
nan into furniture wagon, breaking
two of the windows aud shaking up the
jurymen. The teamster received a YER
Dict for Sl10O.
"A relapse of the grippe in the case
OF an indianapolis RI was attended
with a spell of sueeZing that lasted,
with the exception Of short time she
was under the influence Of chlOrOform,
for 4S hours. The sufferer, few hours
after the spell set IN, became 81 weak
that she would fall almost lifeless on
tie pillow after each paroxysrn of
sneezing. Her throat swelled ter Iblv,
and for a time II was feared the opera
on of tracheotOmy would have to bs
performed. After the sneezing ceased.
the girl gained strength rapidly, and at
last accounts She WAS well advanced
towards recovery. The attending doc
tors declare the case !, without parallel.
Il noUel cure was effected by the use
OF dynamo Westgate-cn-SeA. Eng
land. a Mr.. BIowe, while trimming a
g ate TO make fit, detached a small
sp inter OF iron, which few of aud
struck him IN the eve. An electrical