Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-08-30
THE Georgia cotton crop IS th'
nooreot in o. vears

THE Georgia cotton crop IS the
poorest in % years
THERE was a break in New York
traction stock last week.
THE Philippine war is costing
at the rate of 81 900 soldier.
In fifty years more the public
lands will all have been taken, and
that will st op the moving to the west.
A PROCESS of making celluloid
clothing has been discovered, a suit
of which can be made and sold for
ten cents.
THERE are pointers that indl-
cate that if the gold bugs capture
the democratic National COnven-
ton, the silver bugs will start
silver party.
Society generally in Russis is in
state of excitement over the proph-
esy made among the people of that
country that the world is to come to
an end about the first of the year.
SUGAR growers in Cuba want to
be annexed to the United States.
because by annexation they can
send their sugar into the United
States without paying tariff on 1t.
THE 10th Pennsylvania arrived
at Pittsburg from the PHILIPPINE Is
lands on Monday. All Pittsburg
turned out to say welcome home
brave volunteers.
CONGRESSMAN Thomas 3. Reed
has resigned his seat in Congress,
thus proving the exception to the
saying, that few Office holders die
and none resign. The public ser
vice in Washington would be bet
ter had he remained.
"THg Baldwin LccomDtiv Works
have jast shipped t. 40 electric locomo'
tives built for the Imperial Govern
ment of Japan. These are the first
electric locomotives ever shipped
from this county. Tie machines
weigh 10.Q5O poand each when il op-
Grafton.
HARVEST hands in the Dakotss and
in Minnesota have been high this
year. Il was no unc9r -es91t aiug
,s5it :ef 6aill % f..s.se as .ssesShipg en-
gineers &c day; feeders 81 a day;
good workmen 81 3; common bands
$500. Several thousand hands were
shipped from Chicago.
"W. w. KURrz of Philadelphia las
purchased the interest OF the Tyrone
Mining and Manufacturing Company
in the ore rights Of the Dry Hollow
property, containing over 5000 acres
Of lard, situated IN huntington and
Centre Counties, and he becomes the
sole owner OF the ore rights in this
property.
IT does seem Just the thing tOdO,
if it is probable that United
States Senator can be elected by an
extra session of the Legislature, to
call an extra session and settle the
question. The question of the
election of United States Sena.
tor would then be removed from
next years campaign.
TaE two much married man In
America might go to country
where the laws are more suitable
to his tastes. By going to Turkey
he could marry as many women as
will have him provided that he
takes care of them. The Sultan
has 400 wives, and takes care o.
everyone(of them
Ina speech made at Ocean Grove
N. j., camp meeting las. Friday
President Mckinley stated what. ha.
been accepted as the policy OF tL'
administration toward the PHILIPPINE
islauds. Peace first and then will
charity to all, establish governmen
of law and order, protecting life ant
property and occupation for tho We!
being of the people who will par'ic
pate in it under the Stars AIT
Strips"
The beef trade has fallen int
the hands of "a trust. The larges
number of cattle slaughtered i
the west are of five or six larg
concerns. On the 1st of Januar
1899 there were 100000 les
steers in the United States than o
the list of January 1898 and tina
fact may have to do with the stl
prices of beef cattle as we'll as tn
work of the trusts. Chicago cat
tie men say the present prices
western beef cattle have been higf
er only five times within the pa:
80 years. The prices were hight
in 1882 and in 1888 and in 1SS
and in 1883 and in 1891. III
newspapers are trying to find OIL
whether the trusts that slaught'
cattle in the west, and the rant
cattlemen are booming the catt
business or whether the advance
prices are owing to an increase
demand. Western newspapers sa
cattle this year have been he
back a month later in anticipate
of an advance in the price. La
week 1900 pound steers sold in Il
Chicago market at $500 hu
dred, but the same weight catt
in the same market in 1894 sold +
40 ~ Z, bundrad mounds and