Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1850-02-23

! Optraqes of this character have become so fire.
ouent 0f late that strangers dare scarcely ven
ture into the streets after nighttall. A few
evenings ago, however. two villains, in making
an attack, found they had +" walked up the wrong
passenger" A gentleman from Allegheny
county, finding himself followed, prepared for
resistance, and when, on coming to a place more
dark and lonely than the rest, two suspicious
persons rushed on him, evidently with evil IN
tentions, he suddenly turned around and knocked
one of them half way across the street ana
kicked the other nearly into morse staoie.-
From the way they bawled cut II was suspected
that they conceived themselves KlcKed Dy an
Allegheny county horse'
A most daring burglary was committed last
week. on the premises of Daniel Fossbrener.
The robbers entered the bedroom of Mr.. F.
and took $50 from pocket book in his panta-
looms pocket, and then proceeded to the room OF
his son, and extracted S22 from his pockets
They decamped without alarming any one IN
the house, and most singulary left small
amount of change in each pocket where they
stole the money from. The pocket books were
left in an adjoining room.
Since the news of the great fire, which re-
Gently occurred in San Francisco, reached us,
measures have been taken to supply the Cali
tornlans with fire apparatus. The Ole suction
engine, recently in use by the Vigllant Fire
Company, was completely overhauled, put in
excellent order, and shipped for California
Several hundred yards OF hose were also for
Warded
On Thursday morning last, about daylight.
the wagon of MIR. Shpley was stopped about
three miles from the city, on the Washington
road, by two villains, and demand made OF
the driver to deliver up all the money he had.
L.. L k,,rf ft,h
was held By the head, and threat made to
blow out the mans brains if he did not do as
ordered. The driver still demurred, and fortu-
nately OF this moment footsteps were heard ap-
preaching, which proved to be Il colored man
with an axe on his shoulder on his way to
wood cutting, and the scoundrels deemed II
prudent to make hasty retreat. The rate al
which that wagon travelled the remainder Of
the journey is said TO have been by no means
slow
The Baltimore Typographical Society lately
revised their old Constitution, making several
very material amendments, among which was
an increase Of the rates or labor The rates
hereafter 10 be paid to Jolrneymen are 30 cents
per 1000 ems, or 50 per week to hands en-
pioyed in Book or job Offices, and Sll TO those
in DAILY newspaper establishments. They
also adopted a resolution prohibiting employers
lEOln engaging more LHdN IOuT apprentices III
one office. Quite number of lours were dis
charged in consequence of tie " strike" as
several proprietors conceived they could get
along with less hands under the new system.
At first serious threats Of retaliation were made
by some of the employers, but all has again
subsidized to a proper equilibrium.
observe by an official report that the num-
Der of houses erected IN this city during lS49
was ,S94, being 400 more than were built in
New York during the same period, and proper
tIonsby more than in Philadelphia. The build.
ngs, too, were mostly large and elegant edi-
fees, of Gothic architecture, some of which
think are unsurpassed, in point of beauty, in
any city in the Union.
Three vessels leave our port this morning for
Calitornia-one ship and two barques-aden
with house frames, lumber, provisions, &c, and
carrying several passengers, among whom is
MIR. d. Burns and family, whose destination Is
Oregon.
The weather has continued plea sant for
week past, and our merchants are making ac-
tive preparations for ther spring trade Several
of the Iowa and Wisconsin merchants have al
readSsIrived, to make their spring purchases.
Fresh shad made their first appearance in our
market last week. They sell at from 81 to
80 cents each, and are rather Of small size.
Very respectfully yours, II.