Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-10-05
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chair, so constructed as TO render it peculiarly
convenient for an invalid
The MEXICAN CONGRESS has granted in full
the four millions of dollars demanded by Santa
Ana for the purpose of invading Texas
ForNrRY.--Mr Harris has taken the building
at Bush Hill, formerly occupied as the foundry
of Messrs. Rush and Muhcnberg, and intends
commencing an extensive foundry for fiat irons
and other castings.
ANOTHER The flat iron foundry of Morris
l.. Keen, IN West Philadelphia. is being exten.
died to Washington street, and will be the largest
in operation.
GLrE FAc1oRY.-Mr Bradcr, of Kensington,
is erecting an enormous glue factory on the Ger
mantown road. between Fifth and Sixth streets
1t covers nearly square, and is to he seven sto.
rcs high
A CoMrGoNisr. Doth parties in Albany have
agreed, at the instance ofthe Mayor, not TO have
night professions, which disturb the public peace
Tur STEAMSHIP BnIIlsn QrEEN, recently sold
to the Belgian Government, is again advertised
to be sold at Antwerp.
SOMETHING NEw.--The Proprietor of co
thing store in Boston has engaged u baud of mu-
sic to play i'll his large sale ROOM to attract Gus
tom This playing man into suit is some
. thing new.
y ForMnAHLE ArNY.-By the last official
report to Congress. il seems the militia force of
the several states amounts to one miHun, Serea
hunared and foriy-H'ne MOusand and sirtg.t,cO d!
of which l,3iG,3S3 are infantry.
WESLEYAN MErHopIsrs.-Thc increase in
1874, officially announced, is-in Great Brit.
AIN, :jG7i in Ireland I05 in foreign ms ions
G253 Total increase, II ,232 Total number of
members is iG,5ls.
Ruben's painting, 'Thc Judgment of Paris. -
was recently sold in London for four Mousuid
guiueas.
SAD SPECTACLE.-A woman, named Caroline
Rarret, was brought before the Police Court of
Boston, on Wednesday last with pair of twins
only five weeks old, and plead guilty TO the charge
OF being common drunkard
| CnrGcnrs ~ New YoGK-The number of
( churches in New York city is 1870. The great
est number is the Protestant Episcopal, of which
! there are 30.
CoMns-A Connecticut paper says that a
| manufacturer of wooden combs al New Haven
has orders for fourteen millions and Il half of
! these articles Almost a comb apiece for every
man woman and child in the United States
! WILD PIGkoNs Clouds OF these migratory
! birds have been passing over Cincinnati all last
/ week
Mr.. Preston, of South Carolina, has had an o.
/ peration performed upon hi, throat, which Will
prevent his speaking in public for some time
NAMES ~ GRAss.-lf persons name be
sown on meadow grass with nitrate OF soda II
will in few days, grow up very distinctly a.
bove the rest,
RrMrMBrR n BoYs-Sias Wright was in hi.
youth, plain farmers boy, and Milard Fill,
more spent his minority as an apprentice in a
woolen factory.
CurrslNG mn-A huge cheese of Ioolbs la,
been sent to Mr. Clay, by c. c. Wick, of Wayne
Ohio. No use.
POTATO PorsoN.-The New Haven Herald
mentions the loss of several fine hogs in that city
from feeding on diseased potatoes.
DR L,npN, is making philosophical inves
tgaton into real cause of the late locomotive
, explosion in thunder the Reading
Railroad He will report soon
"WHo Is JAMES X. Polk !"-Asked some
of the Wing Journals, on the announcement o
l.. 4.
Gated States" is the answer they have alrea
dy received from the nine States which have
held elections since that time, and which have
exhibited Il Democratic gain of about 10000
since lSl0. As Jeremy DlGdler says IN the
play, they "only asked for iniOrmation"-how
do they like the information they have got
The National lntelli%cncer publishes, with
flourish of trumprts, an account of certain scccs
sIous from the Democratic ranks, which are sal,
to have taken place in Madison County, Penn. >
Does any body know the whereabouts of Ma
Olson county, Penn" II is past our geography
Questions for Intelligent Whigs.
fthc annexation of Texas saves this republi,
iIom the yoke OF Great Britain, and protects th,
South from the inccndiary schemes of that coun
try-iiiti is reduced to Il certainty, as it now is
that Texas must be ours or England 's--wuul,
you not vote for J,uEs X PoI.K, whose election
would secure this great measure, rather thar
for Henry Cray, whose friends are against it
and would sooner see it in the hands of Grea
Britain than in our own possession
II a Bank of the United States would ruin