Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-02-24
ITEMS OF NEWS,
Ohio is estimated to contain a

bushels
The Trumbull (Ohio) Democrat remarks
that the farmers that region of the country say ba
wheat crop sowed last fall looks exceedingly well at h
present time and the prospect of good crop is exceed
ingly fattering.
The friends of the Sunbury and Erie Rail
Road Company in Philadelphia appear to be entirely
tised with the selection of Governor Biger az t Pr
sident.
The untring advocates of Women's rigbts
Mrs. Ernestne L. Rose and Miss Susan B. Anthony .rs
discussing at Albany the subject of the right of women o
vote.
Mr.. S. d. Ingram, who was elected Conn.
ty Superintendent of Dauphn county fall was taken
to the Insane Asylum few days since He was an est
mable gentleman, and much sympathy manifested for
his misfortune.
The Partisan Jews have introduced organs
into their ynagogues and the Greeks have done the same
This is an innovation upon old customs
Nine hundred barrels of snails were ey
ported from Switzerland for foreign consumption in o
tober and November last. What are they wanted for2
In Vincennes, Indiana, gang of mscre-
have wantonIy defaced many of the tomstones in
the vicinity of that place.
The women who mobbed groggery, and
destroyed 5000 worth of liquor at Mt Pleasant Ohio have
all been discharged 1t s said that the ladies were most
of them young, and all pretty No wonder they were dis
charged
The Maine Law has passed the Indiana
Legislature and is law The rejoicing the event.
at Indianapolis, was very great.
Mr.. Phillips, the American, who was ar
rested and imprisoned in Switzerland having been mis-
taken for Mazzni claims indemnity from that Govern
of $4,000 for arbitrary and nhuman treatment and
his claim has been recognized by the American Legation
-" Calico Parties" are all the fashion now.
at Buffalo and other cities and towns in that direction,
the proceeds in New York to be given to the poor
Miss Harriet A Underwood is missing
from Forty Fort Luzene county and her friends fear
full has fouy dealt with. 1t is weeks since
she disappeared.
"A Washington correspondent Of the Will
Transport Press states that Col John Forsyth Carter has
experienced another streak of luck by which he realizes
a handsome sum-"
The jersey Shore Neacs Letter notices the
death of " Catty' James Smith. at advanced age
He was black of Herculean strength that paper al
egng fact that in of his river trips he carrieda
weight of fourteen hundred pounds of from the beach
to the wharf.
Three men from Lyeoming county, named
Leonard vangarden Erastus Eggleseon Mengas
have been arrested and lodged in Jail Philadelphia for
counterfeiting
Each of the ten inch shells thrown by the
Allies in the sege of Sebastopo costs it is said s35
about $i5a.
During the year 1854, no fewer than 49,
millions and half
Mrs Sinclair (late Forrest) has been pre-
sented with adiamond necklace worth $4,000 of
her admirers in San Francisco
The Harrisburg Telegraph has placed at
the head of its columns the name of Hon. James Pollock
as a candidate for the next Presidency.
1t is stated that Gen Shields declines run.
ming for Congress in the district vacated by Lyman Trum
bull, Senator elect.
The Legislature of Iowa adjourned on the
26th ult. Trey passed law submitting the question
Constitutional Convention to the people prohibitcy
Liquor law also passed. which is likewise be
mitted to the people.
Mr.. George w. Curtis, in a late lecture
at New York spoke of those pous people who clasp their
hands tight in prayer that they could not open them
when the contribution box round
Hartford was toleraby healthy city un-
til the liquor law enacted in Connecticut Since the
law went into operation spirits the amount of s 900
have been sold there for medicinal purposes within four
months.
"A negro witness at Detroit lately stated
that he had been blessed with five wives and foryeigt
children, of whom twenty eight still live all boys but
T. Al,
joining Kansas, land is worth ten fifty dollars
One of the Texas papers remarks, Z" that
at the recent sitting of the Court San Anona thirteen
gentlemen were assigned places in the Pententary"
Green peas, corn, fresh turnips and straw
berries among the regular fares at the hotels in Fo
ia. Great country, that!
1t is stated by late writer in the Boston
Nfass) Transcript, that nearly million of dollars has
accumulated in the Treasury of Harvard University.
Mr.. Barton, editor of the Concord (N.H.)
Reporter dropped dead Saturday last from disease of
the heart.
The Lock Haven Watchman, an Ameri-
can paper just started has placed at the head of its CO.
lumns the of Sam Houston of Texas as its choice
for President and that of James Pollock for Vice Pres
dent.
The annual statement of the business of
railroads in Massachusetts, shows increase during the
last year of 62 passengers compared with the prey
GUS year, and 2O4 ,979 tons of freight.
1t is stated that the smallpox has made
its appearance among the u s. troops at the jefferson
Barracks.
FATAL ACCIDENT TO SKArERs.-We learn
from Philadelphia papers that on Saturday
afternoon last, as large crowds were skating on
the Schuylkill river above Fairmount the ice
broke, and Mr.. Earle S. Shinn, druggist at the
northeast corner of Broad and Spruce streets,