Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1850-02-02
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Madison, INDIANA, during the present Sea.
son, was S6,277.
Amongst the other rubbish which noa,ea
past Cincinnati lately. was small fc,n,,
house. 1t was labelled to rent,
Alexander Duncan, Esq, of Providence
has given twenty thousand dollars ,o ,Ia
Butler Hospital for insane, of Rhode II
and.
Brownsville, in this state, and its cnyi.
rons, in 1910 contained population os
2040. By a recent enumeration, il nou
numbers nearly 1900.
At meeting of the democracy Of ToE
ana, at Indianapolis, Gen. Josenb Iaro
was proposed as the next locoloco c,nJ;.
date for President.
A large rlght-whale was taken last weel
in Provincetown harbor, by several no-
sons who discovered him from the sbnro
and put off in boats to capture the v;s;,a-
A locomotive on the Gloucester Rr.rch
Railroad, Mass, on Monday, ran foul &c
the bowsprit of vessel which protrnded
over the track. The vessel got the worst
of it, as might be expected.
The number of hogs packed in Cine;n.
natl during the late packing season was
396,4S6, including 5000 DESTROYED by fire
In the establishment of Messrs. Pugb 4
Co.
The Locofoco Convention of Huntino.
don county in appointing delegates to the
State Convention, recommend the nomina.
ton of Col. John Cresswell, of HuntinO.
don, for Canal Commissioner.
The ice in the Mississippi recently
formed an impossible barrier for twenty
five miles, near Cairo, holding five steam,
ers fast In the gorge, and sinking the Bos-
ton. 1t was clear at last accounts.
The Itch at Hagerstown'' is not 50
bad as had been represented. No schools
were dismissed, but some scholars who
had 1t were, and no families are down
with 1t, as all who have it are up and
scratching. So says the Pledge.
Agrave has been opened near Rochester
New York, and the body of respectable
young man torn out, tied with rope round
the neck, dragged to the road, and there
left, where it was found. A medical SIN.
dent Is IN custody for this act
The extensive FIGURING Mills of Messrs
i. A. Brlckland & Co., at the corner Of
Market street and Thirteenth, St. Louis
was entirely destroyed by fire on Sunday
morning last. Supposed incendiary.-
Loss, $50, 0,000-insured for $4,000.
A Farm is advertised for sale in the town
of Pompey, one mile and quarter south
east of the village of Manlius Square, on
the road to Fabius, by Pomyev Centre.
A good chance for " Roman Consul
Boston Post.
On Friday evening, Jan. 18th, the house
of Ann Maria Reiter, ian aged German
woman, in Alsace township, Berks coun-
ty, was broken into by three white men
as negroes. One held her mouth
while another robbed the house.
Gov. Fish has proposed to the Legisla-
lure of New York the establishment of
Courts of Cancellation, by means of which
parties disposed to just settlement of their
differences can do SO amicably. promptly
and without the expense of long and tedi-
Gus suits at law
Mr.. Gall, of Albany, has. after great
deal of labor, succeeded in manufacturing
spectacles with two distinct visions in .
single lens. The one vision is for ordina-
y distances, the other for remote. The
has been examined by gen
lemen skilled in such matters, and hev
pronounce il good"
Some two acres of land on a hill. ON tlp
river, near Pittsburgh. moved
iown upon the turnpike a few days ago.
after thaw. One two story dwelling is
cut IN twain. the greater part of
1 having been carried down the hill. One
md of II is still standing, as though il had
been cut off by huge rock. The inmates
escaped.
The St. Louis papers publish lists of
he steamers blown up, sunk, or otherwise
destroyed in the West, during the pas!
year. The total number is ll2. of which
80 were totally lost. The estimated pc
loss is set down at S2,00O,0OO
and the loss of life upwards of 200 per-
sons, and perhaps as many were wounded
Or manned.
The great will case of the heirs of Gen
eral James Taylor, called :. Williamson
and Wife and Tibbats and Wife vs.. Berry.
trustee" tried at the Special Term of the
Chancery Court, at Newport, Kentucky
asst week, has been decided in favor Of the
plaintiffs. This decision viii change the
control of millions of property from a
rustee to the legal and natural heirs.
On Tuesday the 18th ult.. while some
men were engaged in making timber on
he first fork of the Sinnemahoning. all
.xe IN one OF the hands of chopper.
lanced and flew from him the distance of
wenty feet, and striking young man hy
he name of Robert Proctor, with so mucb
orce that the whole bit, entering the left