Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-01-01
A STRING OF ITEMS.

rHr beginning Of knowledge is the fear
Of God.
The poultry in the United States is valued
sia,ooo,ooo.
The Clay Monument, now erecting in
Po,tville, will be finished by the Ah of next
July.
The time from Buffalo to Philadelphia via
Cleveland is 80 hours. Fare SIS.
THERE are a great number Of bad bills in
circulation just now Look sharp.
App-el.KADER voted for Louis Napoleon.
Gratitude
The Chcsnu, Street Theatre, Philadel-
phia, was sold, OH the 18th inst, for SIS, 900
cash,
A free person Of color canno, purchase a
glass of liquor, in North Carolina. The law
forbids it.
STRAWBERRIES, grown in the open air,
were picked at Wilmington, Delaware, last
week.
CHANG, one of the Siamese twins il is
said, favored Pierce at the late election
while Eng was for Hale
A wife who knows how 10 make shirts
may render herself very serviccahe 10 her
husband.
THE fat Ok that took the prize al the late
Kentucky State Fair, weighed three thousand
two hundred and ffty pounds.
A PuzzLER FOR THE PosrMAsrERs.-A lei
ter in the pos-office, intended for Eunice
Brown, was directed as follows "You Ness
broughn."
THE Office Of the Central Railroad Com
pany has been removed from Harrisburg 10
Altoona, Blair county, town recently laid
out at the foot of the Allegheny mountains.
The money disbursed BY Louis Napoleon
during his months tour, exceeds thiny-one
millions of francs, or million and quarter
sterling.
The Buffalo Express relates, that recently
glu,ton in that city. in the space of forty.
five minutes, swallowed 1853 CLAIMS 10 oys-
ters, and four glasses Of gin.
In Milford, Mass, there are many young
men at work on boots, who make one hun
dred dollars per month
The New York Independent next year is
TO be edited anonymously only way,
in the opinion Of its conductors, il should be
edited.
hat Tps, ra
Walworth, Of that City, has brought 651
suits against persons who have violated the
liquor law.
Rev. H. w. Boecher's lady has presented
him with five little responsibilities in little
better than one year-two soon after the ar
rival OF Kossu,h, and three ''the other day u
Capt. DEANE, who was killed BY the ex
plosion Of the Geneva, above St. Louis, ef
fected an insurance Of $4,000 on his life only
short time previous to his death.
the forest correspondent Of the Boston
Atlas says that the following is the bes
thing that has been written on the recen
plagiarism from Thies by D'Israeli:
In sounding great wellinston's praise,
Dizzy's grief and his truth both appear,
For great food Of tears (Thiers) he lets faf
Which were certainly meant for sincere (Sant-syr.
DRUNKARps disgrace themselves, their ia
miles and friends, neighbors and country
With drunkenness comes profanity and vul
garily, error and crimes, slim purse, hun
cry stomach, and cold bed-dsease, woe
and death.
The Cecil Democrat states that last weei
Young lady of that county, in fl, Of des
peraiion produced by love cross, plunge
headlong into well, but was forluuatel
rescued by her lover.
A young lady, Of ".weet SIXTEEN" wit
blue eyes and dark brown hair, advertise
in the Louisville Courier for husband
She speaks French and plays the piano.
Young man who is handsome and agreeabl
is all she wants.
Messrs. Reeves, Buck & Co., of PhGniA
vile, are making extensive preparations 10
extending their business, owing to the in
creased demand for iron. They are recon
stTuclng large building Tor nachih
shop sc.
TREMENDOUS Loss. The total loss OF pro
perty by fires, in California, during the pas
three years, is estimated at sixty-slx million
Of dollars! We suppose one third iha
amount woule be liberal allowance, bu
even this amount is a severe loss.
THE "Air Line" Railroad was put unde
contract last weak, from New Haven, Conn
10 the Rhode Island line. The terms are
one third cash, one third stock, and on
third bonds. Aggregate, s2,2Oo,ooo. TIL
road is 10 be finished in one year from III
date Of contract.
The Chester county mining company
during the past year have mined and raise
44i tons of lead ore their smelling work
have smelted from their own mines, l,0i4
923 lbs OF ore, and 474,752 lbs purchase