Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-09-22

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A Dry TINE Sixty YEARS AGo----ln
O'Rcilley's History of Western New York,
DR. Coventry, who settled in 1890, with
his f,mily, a: the outlet of Seneca Lake,
furnishes Il sketch Of the season and tht
health of this region for a series Of years
lie srys that ''in 1898, 40 rain fill either
iu ,L,ne or July; the water in the lak'>
loa rel more than foot, the heavens
s,emel On fire, the earth scorche AMI tie
air saturated wi;A pestilcnce.' In l>l6.
the cold year, .;o season MAS very health
ful.
We learn from the last Lewishurg
Chronicle, that several eases of ch iera
have recently occurred among the lah"r,r,
q, the Depot in our Borough. The 'N"wS
Letter" speaks Of similar eases near VII
Transport. We have heard Of no cas-
n-arar than Sn>quchanna Tp.. ahoat $
miles distant, where ) or 1 sudden d,'l'h
have occurred, but whether from ch 'lcr1
or Cholera Marbus, We have no positive in.
f,rn,,irn - HWinmport Press.
t=S~It gives Us pleasure 10 annonn'e
the appointment of William D. Boa T.
the Cashicr-hip Of the treasury Department
in place of Col. Asa Dimock, resigned
Mr.. B has hrnn acting as clerk in tn
department for some years, and is eminent
ly qualified for the post to which he has
ben promoted by the state treasnr ;.
Col. D. Wa. an able and efficient officer,
but his place is well supplied by the new
appointcc.-Hrri>tury Jni"n.
Gen. Webb, in letter from England
to the Courier and Enquirer, writes ''that
the wheat crop, now being rapidly secured
wi,Loa. the slightest injury from the occa-
s;onai showers which have fallen in Ger
.lip district. aud slightly retarded the
voIk. j. -; only the greatest in extent,
l.ut she most productive per acre that has
,,.r been produced in the United King
I1m."
sherman Welden, of St Lawrence coun-
~, (says the Evening Journal,) was am
in. at a deer, when huge bear hove in
ii hit He changed his aim, killed the
bear and left the deer run. If he hal
NJ; done this, he would have had to ran
himself, and as the weather was extremely
hot this would have been uncomfortable
with the bear after HIM.
A NovEMST's CoNFEssIoN.-Bu!wcr
the ,.vclist, in letter to gentleman IN
Boston, said, Il have closed my career a
a ariter of fiction. am gloomy AMI Nv
happy. | have exhausted the powers Of
life, chasing pleasure where it is not to br
found "
Henry Ward Beccher, in his organ. the
Iadeyenden,, is out in flaming article
against the "strret preachers Street
preaching he considers nuisance, { know
nothincs to the contrary notwithstanding.
and he calls upon the Mayor to abate ii.
WASHINGTON, Sept. ll.-Mrs. Benton,
the excellent and highly esteemed wife OF
Col Benton, of Missouri, died in this city
to-day. Col. b. was passionately devoted
to her, and her death is a great blow to
him. Her age was about 60.
Mr.. Michael Lehman has the honor Of
pioneership in the introduction of an omui.
bus as regular institution in the streets
Of Wiliamsport. We trust his enterprise
will receive proper encouragement.
The second Kansas party from Massa.
usctts, numbering three hundred strong
.sscd ,bro' Albany on their way westward
.ass week The advance party send back
favorable reports.
The merchants Of Lycoming county give
notice that they will prosecute all persons
yoldling wares, merchandise, &c, as pro-
hibted by the act of Assembly of April
1851.
DR.. Robert NJ. Patterson, late Directo,
81 the Mint, died at hi, residence, in Phi
a1e!I Ii, on Tuesday the 18th inst.