Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-05-28

The LIoUoR BILL SIGNED.-Tbs
fsmous "Maine Liquor Law Bill" which
has been p bone of contention in The Leg.
lsla,ure for over four months. and kicked
back and forth between the Senate, House.
and Committee Of Conference, like a foot.
ball-ve,oed by Gov. Boutwell,, put in a
new form. and rushed through both branch.
es IN hot has'e-was finally signed by
Gov. Boutwell,, this morning, and will be
a law in 6O days from to day, viz on ,he
22d day Of July next, without any rele.
renee to the people for iteir opinion. Alter
that day it viii be an indictsbe offence to
buy or sell glass Of liquor, whether
brandy, vine, cider or small beer-any
where in the Sia,e Of Massachusetts,,
Strangers are respectfully assured. however,
waller, notwithstanding its efrervescing
property and faint hopes are enieItained
that The Jaw will be so literally construed
as 10 admit Of The sale oil the new '.shefbet
Of Shlraz "-Boston Transcript, 22d
Mr.. John &. Fuimer. of Wilmington,
Del, has received the Government, CON.
tract TO furnish boots and shoe, 10 the
amount OF $4,000.
Cough, the temperance lecturer, was at
Piusburg. on Thursday Iust, delivering a
temperance address.
DEW. A. Alcoii. the Vegetarian, ln,esv
reported dead, has written 10 the Boston
Journal, saying that ne Is no, dead, bu,
has lived quarter Of century beyond
his time already.
On Wednesday evening last, the saw
mill Of Dubois & Brother, on Wallis
Run, in Cascade township. Lycoming
county was struck by lightning and totally
consumed, and furnishes another instance
ol the importance Of a continued insurance
upon property. The Messrs. Dubois &
Brother had this properly insured for ten
years. the last Policy expiring about three
weeks since. For some reason or other
1t was not renewed. and already they have
sustained heavy loss. This should serve
as warning to others.
Matthew Brewer. Of Linden, in Lycom.
ing county, was killed On "Wednesday
nigh, last. by being thrown from a wagon,
TO which were pair Of Unruly horses.
Says Freeman Hunt, in his Nero hanis'
Magazine, The ,oung man who leaves
The iarm field for The merchants desk or
The lawyer, or DOCTORS office, thinking 10
dignity Or ennob!c MS toll, makes q sad
mistake
A bill has passed the Maryland Legis.
lalure prohibiting the circulation of note,
of a less denomination than IS after
October next.
West Chester rs soon 10 be lighted with
gas. The works arc already contracted
for at a cost not exceeding $50 900. The
officers o: the Company we're elected last
week.
Look Out Several badly executed
counterfeit $40 bills On the Farmers Bank
OF Reading, Pa, have been passed in Phil.
adelphia within week. 1t is sufiiicen, TO
know that they are Jadly executed.
Francis J. Grund, the Washington cor.
respondent Of the Ledger, says in one Of
his recent letters There can be no
alteration Of the Tariff before the Pr esi-
DENTAL nominations, and it is extremely
doubtful whether there will be any after.
wards"
The names Of James Fox, Esq, Of
Dauphin, and John W. KilIinger, ESQ, of
Lebanon, are mentioned in connection with
the Congressional nomination in the Dau-
phln and Lebanon district.
Our farmer friends from various pars
Of the country tell Us that the grain and
grass crops, which few weeks since were
so backward, are now assuming a more
favorable appearance. The wheat. par
lIcuarly, IS materially improved, and in
certain localities promises IN average
Weld. The arass looks we'll, and bids fair.
The oats and corn are coming on finely.
The weather lately has been extremely
favorable for all hind, of grain-and
should II continue, our farmers will be by
no means SO lily rewarded by their lahors
as was feared a few weeks aco.-rRea