Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1853-02-18

sh1e tne PctsoH ueihS ueceaSou, tne pfSce
dent would open the door to numerou.
: abuses, 1t passed, however, by vote o
5 Is to l3
The Annual Report Of Defau tiers to tn,
State Treasury was presented, but not or
dered to be printed.
The Pennsylvania Coal Company bill
, came up again, and was combatted by
Mcssrs. Ssnderson and Buckalew until ad
journment, when it was ordered for third
reading.
In the House, on motion Of Kilbourn,
the General Appropriation Bill was made
the order of the day for Monday next, and
for every day thereafter until disposed of.
"a good. move-hope it may be carried
OUT
Mr.. Flanagan has submitted preamble
and resolutions, recommending Congress
to pass Beunet,'s Land Bill, by which the
the Old States are entitled to l50, 900
acres for each Senator and Representative
in the present Congress.
THURSDAY, Feb. 10.
In the Senate, Mr.. Siifer read in place
a bill incorporate the Odd Fellows Hall
Association of Mifiinburg, and also bill
TOR the Lewisburg Water Company.
The new State Printer bill was taken
up on reconsideration (having failed few
days before) aud adopted 2 majority-3
absentees.
The Pennsylvania Coal Company passed
the Senate, finally.
Mh H"use, petition presented by Judge
Beale to change the place of holding cleo
tions IN West Beaver TIP. to the house Of
VIM. Barth.
MIR. Hart reported from Committee on
BauNs blli to incorporate the Lewisburg
Savings Institution.
The Governor returned his veto Of bill
for new school district in Armstrong
county.
The Senate bill to incorporate the State
Capital Bank was Iost-yeas 10, nays Sc.
(Landis, the Wing member from Dauphin,
opposed it, and Waterbury, the Democratic
member-said to have been elected by
Wings with the view to command Dem.
aid for this Bank-went for it. Harris
burg has got one Bank this session, which
will probably suffice.
The Cleveland aud Mahoning Railroad
bill passed finally.
FRIDAY, Feb. IL.
III the Senate, Mr. Crabb made report
on that portion of Governors Message re-
lating to the growing of Wool, of which
1900 copies were ordered to be printed.
The Lock Haven and Tyrone Blair CO.
Railroad bill passed.
In The House, various Railroad matters
were discussed uutil adjournment-and
adjourned over until Monday. (The Sen
ate, by tie vote, refused to adjourn over.)
SATURDAY MORNING, Feb. -.
HARRISBURG MARKET-ihe semi
weekly market opened last night, and this
morning found the two inside stalls and
the two outside stalls of the Market House
filled with buyers and sellers, and wagons
on each side of Market Square aud also on
each side of Market street from the Mar
ket House to the Court House You can
see-if not every body, specimens of every
body in Harrisburg, twice week, at the
Market
Perhaps you would like to have I" bill
of fare" that might have been made out at
the market this morning. Well, remem-
Der there was beef at 10, II, and Is cts
pork, veal, mutton sausage, in all its va
rictics, "con6dence aud otherwise, with
all the other shapes and forms which hog
is wrought into by German ingenuity;
suckers in strings, dry herrings, and sal
mon now and then; chickens, 20 cts. each;
turkeys, ducks, and geese; oysters, and
hot coffee; ham, Is cts; dried berries and
fruit of various kinds, pared peaches l23
cts per quart, and impaired 8 cts; soup or
small beans, and Lima beans 123 cts per
quart; cabbage, raw, krout, etc. celery,
and tongue grass; apples, potatoes, turnips,
beets, carrots, parsnips, onions, garden
pumpkins; corn in the ear, shelled, ground
fine and course; buckwheat rye flour and
rye bread ; whoa, -four; wheat break, cakes
of all kind, confectionery, nuts; cheese, Of
various styles unknown to this deponent !;
butter rich and yellow and pale and sickly
at 25 cts at first and 20 cts at last; new
milk cts, skim milk 8 cts; ice cream,
and cream not iced; eggs IA cts. Thus
ends my catalogue; but there was also
corn cobs" to start the fire, and charcoal,
and wood to cook with. A market wagon
load Of wood, cut dry, fine, and short, was
help at $3.50 for long time-whether it
is " held yet doubt, as wood is said to
command about s5 here.
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