Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1856-12-27


Beverly, Massachusetts, NJ December 9th, Ly-
da. wife of Alexander Buchanan This old,
hard working woman has travelled from the
eastern boundary Of Beverly TO Salem, three
times week, on the average, distance OF
six miles, carrying always two and often three
bundles, weighing forty ard fifty pounds each;
and this task has been. for tbirty-ive years,
regularly performed. Iu the heat Of Summer,
in the cold of Winter. in the snow and in the
mud, in the rain and in the shine, she has been
performing her arduous labor, offering for sale
her herbs and roots. She had been four
times married. Her maiden name was Ly-
dia Watt. She was married to John Allen
in 1904. Her second husbands name was
Dennis, the third was Tasker, and the fourth
Buchanan, who survives her.
TIE Blue RIDGE TuNSEI.-This great
work on the Virginia Central Railroad will
be completed on the 10Th instant. That day,
Monday week, has been GXed upon to cut
through.
/ CEN. PACKrNHAM's GRAVE. - The New
Orleans Picayunc states that some time
since the well known pecan tiee, under which
| the remains OF Gen. Packenham were buried,
a few miles below that city, was broken of,
/ thirty feet above ground, by gale OF wind,
| and cannon ball, fred from the British lines
( during the battle, was found imbedded just
where the trunk broke off. Thus it was that
! TN brave BrttoS slept under one Of his own
missiles as his instrument.
| Ayrr1cAy 1EFRFssFs. death of La
dv Stafford. in England one Of the three
! grand-daughters Of Charles Carol OF Carroll
! tou, who married an English nohleman, has
again given rise to remark on the singular
circumstance Of three sisters marrying noble
men of the highest rank; but the coincidence
/ is still greater in this case, us neither OF the
sisters had offspring, so that no American
blood was infused into the peerage by them.
/ Their ncicp, Miss McTavish of Baltimore
married brother Of Lord Carlisle, bnt part.
! ed from her husband after living with him Lut
short time. There have been but two
other American women who have married
! English noblemen Miss Bingham, wife of the
/ first Lord Ashburton. and Miss Cadwalader
the wife Of the first Lord Erskinc; both of
these ladies were natives OF Philadelphia.
CHIEF JusTIcE or K>NsAs-Mr. Harrison,
who, it is reported has been offered the chief
judgeship Of Kansas. was one Of the executors
of the will of the Hon. Henry Clay, and
formerly the law partner Of Mr. Breckuridge,
the Vice President elect.
WHEAT IN EAST TENNEssEE--The Knox
vile Wing states that from the personal Oh
servation of its editor and Others it is thought
that from the amount of wheat sown, and its
present fine appearance, that there will be
more thaa three millions of bushels produced
in the thirty counties of East Tennessee the
next season, should it continue favorable.
The Mustang l.iniment cures Rheumatism
The Mustang Liniment cures Stiff Joints
The Mustang Liuiment cures Burns ant
| Wounds;
The Mustang Liniment cures Sores and u
| GERS.
The Mustang Liment cures Caked Breasts
aud Sore Nipples
The Mustang Liniment cures Neuralgia;
The Mustang Linment cures Corns and
Warts;
The Mustang Liniment is worth
100000 DOLLARS cen ANNuM
70 the United States, as the preserver and
restorer of valuable Horses and Cattle. 1t
cures all Sprains, Galds, Wounds, Stiff
Joints &c.
viii you answer this question? Did you
ever hear of any ordinary Sore, Swelling
SprOin or Stiffness, either on man or beast
which the Mustang Linimen would not cure
Did you ever visit any respectable Druggist
in any part Of the wolld-in Europe, Asia, or
America-who did not say sit was the great.
est discovery of the age?' Sold everywhere
Every family should have it 3 sizes.
BARNES a PARK,
ProprietorS, New York.
Dec. 30, 1885, I'm. Pt.