Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1852-06-18
Items of News.

BoMB-SHELL EXPLOsIoN.-The Boston Tray
eler OF Nednesday says A most terrible
explosion, resulting in a serious accident
took place at the South Boston Iron Co.'S.
| Foundry, Yesterday afternoon Orders were
given to melt loaded bomb-shell, which had
/ been lying in the yard for nearly two wears.
/ The powder was taken out Of the bomb-shell.
as 1t was supposed, and a wedge placed in
the fuse hole for the purpose Of splitting it.
The head Of the wedge was struck with
. heavy sledge, when terrific explosion took
place, telling the striker, a German named
Frank keyser, to the ground, and throwing
fragments of the shell in every direction.
One piece flew across the channel, distance
Of an eighth Of mile Undoubtedly the ex-
plosion was caused by a small quantity of
powder which remained attached to the in
terror Of the she'll, and was ignited by the
stroke of the sledge The concussion was
tremendous.
DANGEROUS CoUNTERFEIT-A new counter
! felt recently made its appearance in Philadel-
phla, which Is thus described by the editor of
BicknclIs Reporter
Commercial Bank of PENNSYLVANIA. Phila-
delphia, 5'S, letter c. pay J. W. Dexan, April
I, 1881. The appearance of the body of the
note is bad, and that Of the ends good. The
/ u.
/ and looks anything but like an engraving, or
even a respectable Gthograph, The names Of
the cngravers at the bottom Of the note in the
counterfeit are not distingushable, while in
the genuine they are quite distinct. In the
good note the lower part Of the IT in the
the upper corner Of . 2" in PENNSYLVANIA. ;"
and ''o'' IN ''on," nearly touch the left mar
Gin. In the counterfeit they are more than
Of an inch apart. The signatures are poor
they, as we'll as the filing up are in one hand
writing.
SUICIDE OF You've GIRL.-Thc Spring
field Republican relates a painful case Of de
iberate suicide. Miss Laura A LuIl of Y.
H., was run over and instantly killed, near
the East Brookfeld station, by train on the
Western Railroad, on Tuesday evening"
About seven O'Clock she went from her
uncle's house in company with a cousin, II
years Old until they came IN sight OF the train,
when the woman stepped south of both tracks,
and gave the child q purse, and a ring from
/ her finger, and told her to stand back from
! the cars. When the engine was within a
short distance, she stepped between the rails,
crouched down, and drew her shawl over her
head, and in this position was struck by the
/ engine,
! NEW Law or DESCENT IN INDIANA-A bill
{ introduced by Mr.. Robert Dale Owen, has
/ passed the Legislature Of Indiana, and takes
effect on the first of August next This is
said 10 be the most important act ever passed
by the Legislature Of that State, and will at-
/ feet every property holder in it. The State
! Sentinel says:-It makes changes radical and
sweeping: it abolishes the principles OF law
that have prevailed for the last six or eight
centuries-since the days Of William the
Conqueror-and most OF which still prevail
over the Union, except in few States, which
lean to the Civil Law system.
NORTH BRANCH CANAL LoAN-The pre-
posals for the loan of S850000 were opened
at Harrisburg, on Saturday afternoon. $780,
600 were awarded for a. per cent bonds at
par. S650000 were awarded for 5 per cent
bonds ct par. The bids were awarded to G.
: H. Fisher, of Philadelphia Duncan, Shoe
maker & Co., Of New-Yor and George
Peabody, Of London.
The fredericksburg va Herald, of the
/ 9th ult., says: 4" The ravages of the Joint
/ Worm on the wheat crop in this and the ad
( joining counties of Caroline, Orange, Culpep-
er, &C., is greater than for years past"
4 fishing party recently captured three
sharks oif Castle PineEney, Charleston, one
OF which measured nine feet six inches IN
/ length,