Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-06-18
The State CAPITAL.


The State Capital.
Harrisburg though improving some, il
nevertheless dull when the legislature j.
not in session. Like many other towns il
this state, its men of capital have little OIL
no enterprise. The cotton factory has jus
been put in operation and promises well
As a manufacturing town it has not ye
made much progress. Among the mos
enterprising and ingenious citizens Of the
place, is w. o. Hickok, who has built uE
~''Ssss-reFvc cx
u ifaItarc: MT: fIickok gives employ.
ment to quite number of men, and is the
manufacturer of superior ruling machines,
for ruling paper and blank work, which
have nearly superseded all others in use. y
lis to such men after all that the country
owes most Of its prospcrity.-E;litorial
Correspondence Of the SunL,,y american.
sAnd. might have been added ruling p~ns. made bv :.
secret machine Of his invention which gives him the
u. n h0ok
bndsry; and variety Of amost every thing useful Gu
rous or rare in the line Of mechanical invention or
ufscture-Ep. CHnoS
terrible TORNADO.-A tornado at
Hebron, MHenry county, Illinois, on the
I'D instant, is described as follows:
1t uprooted trees, demolished houses,
and killed three persons--the wife and
child Of Mr.. Paterson, and child of Mr..
Martin. Mr. PatersOn's house was totally
demolished. So far as heard from, thirteen
houses were down, and perhaps more lives
have been lost.
The accounts of the tremendous force of
The wind seems almost incredible. Houses.
trees, fences, wagons, and grindstones,
we're whirled through the air like feathers.
A lady who had risen for the purpose of
closing door, was carried out of the
house and landed some forty rods from it,
breaking one of her arms, and bruising her
severely otherwise.
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GREAT is THE "DIANA" OF WISCONSIN.
The Manitowoc Co. Herald of Nav 10Th.
clates the following most remarkable in. |
ident -
Miss Emma Thayer, young lady Of
5 years of age, living at Rowley's Bay,
this county, while walking on the beach
n the morning of the first day of May,
Nv wolf short distance off watching a
eer which he had driven into the lake
nd with courage rarely equalled, drove
i'm away, and wading into the lake,
rought the deer on shore by the ear. AT.
r petting him short time, the ungallant
How made an attempt to get away, and
nally carried matters SO far as to knock
sr down, and tear her dress when, be-
'ming justly incensed at such treatment,
lie took stone and dashed out his brains. !
he wolf was all the time standing by, a
ent spectator of the fight, in which he
* no iu-ther part, than by occasionally
owing Formidable row of white teeth.
1t is safe enough to predict that if this
Il live few years more, she will be able 4
"whip her weight in wild cats" give
me young "Badger' the heart ache, Or
lat is perhaps great deal better, preside I,
th grace and dignity over the destinies
some "wild Wisconsin home"
We understand that Miss Tharer Was A
with another young lady-a kE
So Stone-who ran to call her brother n
their assistance. When they returned,
animal, a large "buck," lay dead at di
feet Of hi. conqueror. R