Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-08-17
MISCELLANY,


ther quite comfortably. These railroads move
distant cities quite near to each other.
Foster, of the Pittsburg Spirit of the Age"
convicted ofa libel on Judge, has obtained
reversion of judgment in his case
1t is estimated by a New York contemporary
that John Jacob Astor is worth s29, 900, 600
The gin drank in England and Wales annually
amounts to nearly ego, 600, 900 sterling
There was a great storm in the eastern part OF
|Dauphin county, on the 7th inst Near Hum
imelstown, on the farm of Mr. Lands, four trees
were strack with lightning, and twenty sheep,
which were under one of the trees, killed out
of flock of 2l-only one recovering
1t is stated that movement is in progress TO
extend the Electric Telegraph to Philadelphia,
New York and Boston.
The number of omnibuses in use in New York
lis stated to be 23s
The n. o. Bulletin, whig paper, refuses to
support Mr. Clay.
A correspondent of the Prairie Farmer says
lady ofhis acquaintance coors wool and woolen
goods blue, with pursiane, common garden
weed-that the lady assured him it was equal in
every respect TO the best indigo blue,
abolition Dsunion" was the inscription
upon one OF the banners at bingham, Mass. car.
ried in the procession celebrating the emancipa.
ton, on the ID inst
II has been demonstrated that each fibre in the
rctina Of the eye or expanded optic nerve, can.
mot exceed the size Of the 80 tooth part of a
hair
Butter is improved by working the second
time after the lapse Of twenty four hours, when
the salt is dissolved, and the water PARTICLES can
u be entirely removed.
One hundred bales of North River hay have
Sbeen purchased in New York for shipment to
xGreat Britain. This is the first shipment hay
ever made TO Great Britain from this country.
The L. S Gazette learns that the Wings of
&Georgia "are working like bees" Making no.
Sney for the democracy.
a man threw a stone at a in Pttsburg it
glanced from her horn and put another mans eye
out
Formerly every gold watch weighed so ma
ny carats from which it became usual to call a
silver watch turnip.
New York is overrun with Italian beggars.
These tariff wings are the funniest chaps in the
world. In North Carolina and in Kentucky,
they are running couple of gentlemen who
ted against the present tariff.
The extensive Iron Furnace near Columbia,
Pa formerly owned by Mr.. Jacob Gambler, is
about TO be put in order and blown in" again
A wild hog has been caught in the woods near
Lowell, Mass. lie is said TO be ferocious fel
low
THE WmG "YARx" that Mr.. Polk voted a
gainst the relief of the suffering poor in the dis
trict of Columbia, has bursted. He voted in IA
vor ofmembcrs giving out oftheir right Lliars
per day instead cfhe peoples money.
The Spirit of the Times says a bad error oc.
CURED in the L. $. Gazette of Thursday The
editor wishing TO speak of Mr.. Clay's dwelling,
wrote down oueiHng. A decided case of absence
OF mind.
! The Earl ofMountcashel, who was lately dan.
gerously i'll, and who was attended by poor l.
rIsh girl, married her on his recovery.
The days are growing very 2crceptibly shorter
-nesrly y an hour less than they were month
ago
Col Stone is on the recovery without much
danser of a relapse.
Five thousand visitors are said 10 be at the
Saratoga Springs.
Mr.. Van Buren, is at Saratoga.
e a New York paper says, the Mexican Nava
xbutton is very like own, except that lnstea,
p. Sof an Eagle it has turkey bussard
n CrrrD is thief, and we have always though
h $50. One ofhis sweethearts, Miss Love, is in prr
: yson at New Orleans for stealing March OF
"a Time c. a cateh.
N A lady out west lately sent for her neghbor
branding iron, saying she wanted 10 mark he
~ cattle,
Mr JOKES has been engaged by the Wings o
ECincnnat to execute bust for Mr. Clay
In Y Sun.
The whole democratic mass ofOhio are busil,
z engaged" in the same enterprize And we ar
4 Econfdent il will be bust" unrivalled in mag
nhcence -Phti Times.
WILL DECLINE "A letter writer for the
!. Y. Tribune says President Tyler will declin
II the canvass, and that it will be announced i
the Madsonian shortly The authority is whig