Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-11-23
Ncus atcms from Cii,cr Counties.

to establish himself as armcr-lawyer in
Iowa. Nearly all the County papers
advocate the abolition of the Credit system
in the Printing business. The j. Shore
News letter re-publishcs chapter from
Mrs. Hayes "Credit System (for "The
Printer first published in the Chronicle
several years since. Miss Wright
lectured on Temperance, at the Court
House, and received some censure mixed
with some praise for her trouble .. The
Lutheran Synod has been in session, at
Montoursville. Friday last, two stran-
gers, calling themselves VIM. F. Stoddard
and J.W Lee, were arrested on complaint
of J.L, Mussipa and J.W Swartz, for pass
ing counterfeit Easton and other bank
bills, Of which $4,000 were found on their
persons, at Williamspcrt.. The Railroad
Ticket Office, Williamsport, was robbed of
$500 by John and Charles Campbell, en-
ployed On the Elmira road The hotei
Of Robert Hughes was entered and robbed
of S25 in silverware T. T. Abrams, :, Esq
paid for the Gazette five years advance,
(and he lawyer D...Two horses were
stolen from the stable of Daniel Hetfner,
in Lycoming township, on Thursday night
CLINToN.-Hcnry Meyer, the German
who was SO severely burned in attempting
to rescue his horse from the burning sta
bic of the Washington House, died Of his
injuries. lie suffered dreadfully in his
last hours, and clutched couvulsively the
bed-clothes with such violence as to tear
off seven Of his fingers. If that fire was
the work Of an inceudiary, as some sup
posed, how dreadful must bs his feelings
in view Of this result The "Nittany
Blues" CaptJ II .Tolbert, paid military
-. - LII II-.~-.....c.c IL w Uvus, I1,,I.,
and Dr.S. |. MARKS, remove from Lewistown
to Lock Haven, the former to open bank.
ing house, the latter to practice in his
profession. The Woodward House was
purchased by Robert Hanna for 81, 900.
SULLIvAN-Thc Democrat has begun
its fifth volume. The following Adver-
tisement appears in its columns AN
APoLoGY.-A few weeks since, young
man residing in this place, during his
attendance at Church on the Sabbath,
became drowsy, and nearly fell asleep, He
has no excuse to offer, but hereby confesscs
his wrong, and most respectfully asks the
pardon of those who chance TO see this, as
he considers it an omen of ill-breeding in
the extreme,-Laporte, Nov. 10, 1855"
NORTHUMBERLAND November
term of Court, there were seven persons
tried on charges cf assault aud battery,
three for larceny, one for selling lottery
tickets, and one for obtaining goods under
false To-day's N7toniass
says, We understand that corn is selling
in our Borough, from 90, 55 to 60 cents
per bus!lei, and dull at that We also
learn, that large quantities had been bought
eight or ten days ago on speculation, and
a considerable quantity of it spoilcd-ren-
lered worthless. ......Persons engaged in
the hawking and peddling business thro'-
out the county are warned to keep their
eyes open, or the law will catch them.
The Democrat wants more acting and less
ak about certain contemplated improve
nents in Milton. The last span of the
.ailroad bridge over the Susquehanna, on
he Northumberland side, was put up last
week. The Sudbury American says that
{ the bridge on the Sunbury side is nearly
Up. Both will be sufficiently completed
or the passage Of locomotives before the
rs. Of January. The small link of the
oad making through Sunbury, to connect
he Philadelphia and Sunbury Railroad
,ith the Sunbury and Eric, is rapidly pro-
rcssing.". jacob Smith, German la
orer at the steam saw-mill at Sunbury,
ame to shocking death on the l4th inst,
y accidentally falling across a log which
circular saw was passing through. The
nw penetrated through the log about p
aches, and to that extent entered his ab-
omen, severely iniuring his intestincs,
nd nearly sevcring the right lobe of his
yer. He died the same day.
LuzERNE.-Thc " Pittston Herald" is
neat, new, Independent, Democratic pa
,r, Just issued by Edward S. Niebell..
is rumorcd that Col. Hend'k B.Wright
about to remove to Philadelphia......
alf of the Luzerne Union is for sale to ;
actical printer. Mason, ,Meylert 4 Go.
we established banking house in Scran .
n. The Scranton HerDld is offered at
ivate sale. S
SUsoUEnANNA-Post, Drinker Il Co.
we opened business, as Bankers, at