Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-10-22
A STRING OF ITEMS

burning the savings of the resinous juniper
tree
Lemons and Arrow Roo, are now cultivated
in South Florida, aud sent 10 Southern mar
ke,s.
Miss VIRGINIA WILLIAMS, of Georgetown.
ID. c who accompanied her sister, Mrs. Bo. !
DISCO, on visit tn Russia, diod in ST. Peters
onrg, on the 2Slh of August, after an illness
of i6 days.
THE Governor ol Ter i, in Italy, having
said hat when there was 10 more nonr The
people might eat straw, the people threw
him out Of a window, and stuffed him with
straw till he died
ARCHBISHOP TlrcHEs, Of New York, it is
said by the Bulletin, has brought an action of
slander against the proprietor of the Episco-
pal Recorder of this city. The suit has since
been withdrawn, the editor having apulogized.
CHICKEN FEvER.--W. X, Gilmore, of Uti-
ca, n. Y, sold last week, TO a citizen Of
Rochester, five "Brama Pootra" spring chick
ems for $50. That is coming mp to the scratch,
and then jumping over into the bargain.
POISONING A FOUNTAIN "A man, named
Benoist, in Marcais, France, poisoned foun-
tain from which an enemy of his was accus-
toned 10 draw wafer, confessed his crime,
and was sentenced TO hard labor for twenty
years.
LlQUoR AMONG THE INDIANS Gen. Cor
man the new Governor of Minnesota, has is
rned an order, in which he says the liquor
traffic amoung the Indians ''must and shall
be stopped" The agent is ordered to search
up and destroy all liquor offered for sale
among them.
ed Harker, sirtyfiue gears Of age, was com
mitted to prison few days snce at Hunting
don, Pa, charged with causing the death of
her sister, the wife OF Samuel Harris, by
giving her poison
The New York CRYSTAL PALACE is TO be
closed on the 1st of December, and the jour
mails Of that city are calling upon the resident
citizens TO visit it, as thus far, nearly all The
visitors have been strangers. The stock is
selling al h5, or 42 below par. Before the
opening it was up as high as 10.
WoMENs RIGHTS IN New ERsEY.-The
Newark Mercury says that single women,
who were freehoders, voted in New Jersey
as late as the year 1900 In a newspaper Of
that date is a complimentary editorial to the
female voters for unanimously supporting
John Adams for President, in opposition TO
Mr.. jefferson.
TIE Reading Railroad Company are relay.
and some four miles Of the track between
Reading aud Birdsboro' is now supplied with
newly invented rail, which requires no
wooden sills, but is laid down on perfectly
smooth and level bed of broken stone, with
iron ties at a distance Of six or eight feet
apart
The ST. LOUIS REPUBLICAN says;--Our
private despatch from Independence, induces
the fear that there will be some serious DIFF
fcultes between the Mormons, the Traders,
and Indians, in Utah Territory. # tie Traders
take a stand against the Mormons, the latter
will find them Troublesome customers. There
has not, for a long time past, been any very
cordial feeling between the Mormons and
Nj. Bridger, but he is mountain man, and
hlo of IHGp
CUBAN ArFAIRs-The Cuban authorities
are preparing 10 repel the statements made
in our correspondence and in the British Par
lianen, concerning their completely with the
slave trade. Ii is said, however, in the face
Of this, that six hundred negroes have been
recently landed on the Cuban Coast The
three American sailors still in prison are
promised a speedy trial steps have been Ia
ken TO put an end 10 the violations, that have
hitherto been frequent, of American docu-
ments transmitted by mail.
A WILD MANA man named Williams
was stopping at the United States Hotel, a,
Cincinnati, on Monday, who might Justly be
styled "wild man.n He eats nothing that
is cooked, nor drinks anything but water -
His meat, potatoes, and all his vegetables
cabbages, turnips &C are raw. He alleges
that he has not eaten any cooked food for
several years, aud that any deviation from
his present mode of living would most pro-
baby cause his death. lie resides in Iowa,
aud is on his way TO Washington to make a
purchase Of U. s. land.
SUCCESSFUL lIoMnoPATHIS TREATMENT 49,
Au extract of letter dated Sept l9, 1853
Waterproof, La, says ;-"The yellow fever is
still making havoc at New Orleans, Nalchez,
and other places along the Mississippi. Ilo.
mGoPahy has been preeminentsy successful
IN the treatment of this disease, An Allopa-
thic physician Of this place, received a !etler
from New Orleans last week, stating hal the
Homeopathic physicians of that place, had
cured 80 out Of every 100. In Natchea they
Iost two out Of fifty cases DIS Davis aud
Hocomb are al NaIchez With other dis
eases the success is good"
To CHECK CouNrERFEtrING.-T North
Americdn proposes as remedy for The al.
most unchecked career Of counerfeiers, that
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