Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-11-05
A STRING OF ITEMS.


There are 80 churchesin Pitsburg a"d IS
in Allegheny city
Lucy STONE, at last dates, was lecuriug TO
s;young men' on inemperantc and The use Of
tobacco.
THE Tennessee Senate has passed reso.
luton prohibiting smoking in the Senate
chamber during business hours.
Lucy STONE mentions, as one OF the six
objes,ions 10 woman's being married, that
she losses the control OF her children.
CHARLES DICKENS computes, that one. sixth
Of the English people gain their livelihood
from the trade with the United States.
NICHOLAS FREAs, Esq IA brother 10 onr
friend, the Major, has been appointed Post
master al Barren Hill, Montgomery county.
MAJOR HoDBrE, First Assistant Postmaster
General, is lying seriously i'll al Washington
His recovery is thought 10 be doubtful
JOHN DurFy, of New York, has been ap-
pointed consul 10 Galway, Ireland, and aIois
y. Gall, of Indiana, consul 10 Antwerp
THE Hon. Robert w. johnson has been ap-
pointed by the Governor of Arkansas, United
States Senator from that State, 10 fiji the va.
cancy that existed.
A MAN recently, while in liquor, crowed
in on ,h- top of the boiler, in n machine shop
IN Detroit, and dropping to sleep, was lit
orally baked when he was discovered
THE Receipts of the u S Treasury for The
quarter ending 3oh Sept, were s2l ,33S,776
OF which nearly twenty millions were from
customs. The expenditures were SIS, ,osl,-
$685.
SCENTS, why dida'. you oblong your stay
AT the Springs?"
"Kase, MIR. Snow, dey charge too much"
''flow so, Julius 7"
"Why, de landlord charge dis coorcd u-
diwidual wild stealn' de spoons, and so
lehn
''IF you wish 10 know whether clergyman
is really good, don't consult his congrega-
tion, but his servant girl II a man has the
devil in him, there is nothing that will so
promptly bring it ont as a badly cooked sur
loin 1t is not the pulpit that tries mars
piety, but his kitchen range"
WMEN CROCKETT came TO New York in
1926 he went one night 10 the Park Theatre.
Elbow did you enjoy yourself ~ asked ais
friend. TO-" said he, "itll do! but ye, at
our country frolcs there's more erjoymen,
to be seen. 1t would do you good 10 see oul
boys and girls None of your slradiug, miu-
cling, and standing on ,ip-toe but a regular
sifier-cut-,he buckle, chichen- Autler-sei-to.-
When one Of the boys puts his arm round
his partner, il is genuine hug, and no harm
in il, Sometimes they 60 out in the woods
and scrape away the leaves for a dance
Then they go it, tell you, Why, 1--we been
out there often when the dance was over,
and scrsped up double handful Of toe
nails ~
CHANGE OF FoRTuNE.-Mr. Samuel Bran
nan, of San Francisco, has an annual income
of $3.50, 900, in New York, and worked in
fAe Democratic office, for Messrs Bolton &
Livingston About nine years ago he arrived
al New York from the West. A crownless
hat, with Goa, aud uumentionaLles TO ma ch,
were not very prepossessing recommendations
Tor the adventure. He succeeded, however,
in ioining the New ork division of the Nor
mons, and for more than year was editor
Of their paper. Branuan, with three or fonr
hundred of the prosecuted saints, became al
iracicd by The glowing description given by
Fremont and Others, of California. They
chartered the ship BroIklyn, & Immediately y
sailed for the future FL Dorado, where Mr.,
B has amassed an immence fortune,
REVERSE OF FoRruEE.--A lady, well
known and long respected as an eminent
teacher in New York, died at the advanced
age Of so, few days since, in the City Aims
House, She was formerly the Direciress Of
fashionable Boarding School. For twenty
five years she was very successful, aud had
accumulated $50 900, which she invested in
Fire Insurance Stock, in 1895. Her loss S
by the great fire. ruined her fortune aud pros
Pset, and too proud to apply to friends she
went 10 the City Aims House, where she has
lived some years, and died as stated, This
lady was highly educated, possessed polished
manners. led an exemplary | fe, was a mos
nsetul member of society, had educated hun
dEeds of young ladies, and yet doomed TO di,
IN an Aims House.