Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-05-08
Neus & Notions.

n pdpCi o'utSS 'ho. WV - oi'
fornia Fever RACES so violently there that
house and lot can be bought for Tvs eniy.
Ave cents, and a wife and lot oil babies
thrown into the bargain.
There is a, present residing in South
ampton, ngland,an old man named Ward,
the last survivor of Capt. Cooks compan-
ions, over ninety years Of age, and is in
pos session Of all his faculties. He was
presen, at Capt. Cooks death and himself
received spear wound from one ol the Isl
anders.
The New Orleans Crescent. Of the l3,h
says. that over 5000 bags Of Rio coffee
have been sold in that market, within a
day or two, at SC. per pound.
A sleigh manufactured of guita percha
convertible at pleasure into a boat, is TO be
sent out with the English Arctic expedition
on the first Of May.
A Ysnkee, listening to Mr.. Foot, while
induIsing in Senatorial higt. falu,ing." re-
marked ,ha, they made a great mistake
when they crossed the in that chaps name.
An Irish Doctor advertises that persons
afflicted with deafness might hear Of him
| in house in Lfsy street where also
blind persons nigh, see him daily. from 3
TO o'clock.
The frs, man who pegged a shoe in
| this or any other country. is said TO be
now living a, Hopkin,on, Mass. His name
/, Josepb Walker.
The Coch,uate water has been in full
use in Boston for ten months, and the loss.
es bv Ere in the city for lha, period have
been SO 900. or abou, half wha, they were
for the corresponding ten months OF 1918,
or 1867.
Sixteen hundred and fry California
wa CONS had passed through Iowa city up
10 the 2Oth April.
A branch railway has be en- constructed
at New York from The Long Island road,
to the Cypress Hill Cemetry. Two trains
a day are to be run for the accommodation
Of funerals and visitors.
A man named Caebill, on trial ut Rich.
mond. for forgery, has been pronounced
insane, and sent 10 hospital. until he is suf.
fcien,Iy restored 10 be pu, on trial.
The RATS of pine lumber and shingles
from the Allegheny, which arrived at Gin.
cinnali lately. reached more than three
miles in extent.
The labors of Father Mathew at New
Orleans, in the cause Of temperance. have
been crowned with signal success. Up
wards Of 6,O0O have already taken the
total abstinence pledge there.
Ia the upper part Of New Hampshire
the snow has been about five feet deep al!
winter, and they have good sleighing there
now. 1t has been an excellent season for
the lumber men.
Prof. Agassiz, the New York Post infera
from his late marriage in Boston, believes.
in the unity Of the sexes. if he does not in
the unity of the race.
The number of deaths in St. Louis, in
the week ending on the 22d ul,.. were 50,
two Of which were by cholera.
In some parts Of Chester county, Pa,
the small pox and varioloid are prevailing.
The Legislature Of Massachusetts has
amended and passed the act of ls49, for
the preservation of birds. One Of the
amendments prohibits the killing Of rob.
ins and larks' at any season of the year.
Melancholy OccuRRENcE.-Ay Young
lady in Philadelphia died on Monday last
from an illness occasioned by pricking
a fever blister upon her lip with a rin.
fhe lady exhibited after death all the ap-
pearance Of those who die from the effects
Of poison contracted from the bite of veno-
NOUS reptiles.