Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-11-02
News 5tc,ns from Other Counlics.

PERRY The Bloomfield papers an
nounce the death Of Rev john D.ckey, o
the Presbyterian church.-Thcre was al
auto dc fa at Bloomfield just after the e
lection, bu. difference Of opinion as t
who was burnt Some say it was "Sam,
with the jug law on his back, leading BIZ
X n. along disguised as Narroway Rat
Others allege that it was the Pope, with
cargo Of iudulgences, leading along
"bull." Anyhow, the "critter.' wert
burnt, ani both parties went home in gooc
humor, satisfied that the country wa,
safe. "-The Teachers Institute meet a
the Court House ON the i.th inst.-Tht
Lutheran church ediice in Madison town
ship will be dedicated Oh the ll,h inst.
BLAIR.-A man named Parsons at'emp
ted to arrest colored man, said to be q
slave, named Green, at HOllidaysburg on
Saturday week, but was foiled in the at
tempt by Gen. Potts, Col. Piper, and Maj
Crawford. Parsons was bound over to
answer for an attempt to Liduap, and in
the meantime the darkey made tracks for
parts unknown. 1t is said he had got
away ten slaves from Virginia. 1fhe was
4 slave, the above military combination
will soon have to look out for the Dep. U.
S. Marshal, as Judges Grier and Kane are
death on ali who daily with the fugitive
slave law.-U. J, Jones, Hollidaysburg,
proposes to get out q history Of the Juni'
alta Valley, and asks information from any
and every one i'll getting it up. A good
idea. (Who shall be the historian of the
West Branch p The Presbyterian Synod
had session at Hollidaysburg. The West
Pennsylvania Synod, in session at Johns
town, was brought over by Railroad, and
the two bodi,s had very pleasant fsates-
nal union.
LuzERNE-Thcy are getting up sa,
works in Wilkes Barre. prospectus
is out for Democratic paper in Pittston.
Tile Scranton Herald says: fhe
work on the different lines of railroads lea
ding out Of this place, north, south, and
east, is rapidly progressing. On the line
east, the rails are being laid with all pos
sible speed, and more than half the dis
tance to the Delaware has been completed.
The road bed Of the Lackawanna road,
north, is nearly ready for the rail and it
will be completed as soon as the eastern
line is ready for the cars. On the Lacka-
wanna and BIoomsburg road the track is
being laid from this end, and all of it rea-
dy for the rails will soon be laid over. A
very heavy rock cut near the Old Forge,i is
still to be cut partially through, which is
all except the bridges that now prevents
the completion of the line to Kingston.
The bridge across the Lackawanna is rea-
dy for the superstruction, and all the stone
work of the river bridge a. Pittston, with
a portion Of the supers;ructure is comp.et-
ed.
BRADroRD.-Dr M'Intosh, who has
some reputation for pulling teeth and pull
ling trout, proposes to issue dollar volume
entitled "Fish and Philosophy" or sketch
es of nature and history up Bradford-coun.
ty-way, and more especially on the Schra-
der branch Of the Towanda crick. Put US
down as one, Doctor.--Peters' Tanning
Mills made by Il. NJ. Wells, Athens, Pa,
took the lead at the New York State Fair.
The Athens Gazette says, John Ro-
gers, Of Litchfeld, has sold Hog to p. I.
Baruum, for $500, which weighs orer sir
teen hundred pounds and was nine feet long
from tir to tip. Pretty big story-and
pretty big hog.
NORTHUMBERLAND commences
at SunLury on Monday next.-Coal
township now contains 1910 inhabitants,
gain of over 1000 in two years PRO
posals will be received until the 10Th inst.
for the erection of new Methodist Epis-
copal house of worship in Northumberland
The Gazette says: Sunbury goes
ahead of all the towns on the Susquehan.
ma for steamboat navigation. In addition
to the steamer Susquehanna, which La:
been busily engaged during this season in
towing boats to the Pennsylvania Canal
another steamboat is being built for navi
eating our river. We understand that il
will be built go as to be able to run tc
Lewisburg and Danville. The Point
Township and Northumberland Borough
fair was attended by our brethren Of the
Argus, whose "report' is rather favorable
to the people, the fruit, the vegetables
and the ladies' preparations. A kind o.
compromise" between o scrub-race ant
circus came off afterwards, wherein fnt
/ horses and old fogies tried their speed OF
perfect equality, during which, two men
two women, and one black boy met with &
few such accidents as being spilled out o.
their carriages or thrown from their horses
happily without serious injury.
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