Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-05-15

death while hot FIRE surrounded it.
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SOME "SNAKE. "A countryman from
the ueighborhood Of Halifax stated in ou
hearing yesterdy that he recently saw OF
the road leading across Peters mountain
to Millersburg, black snake which h
judged to be about thirty feet long ano
as thick round as mans Lody!" O
course, the man was considerably fright
ened by the appearance of such mon
s,rosi,y, and added that he rap nearly 4
mile back to tavern before he stopped
We rather guess he had been to that same
tavern previous to his seeing the snake
However, if the story is correct We feaI
tha. Lyken's Valley is doomed district,
for if ever that crittur' wants breakfast
heaven help the inhabitants.-Har. Her.
aM
BREAK IN THE WATER WoRKs.-The
heavy rains last week raised the stream
from which Williamsport is supplied with
water to such height as to cause portion
of the embaukment Of the reservoir to give
way. The accident occurred about mid
night on Monday night, and body Of wa.
ter about four feet deep rushed down to-
wards the river, carrying nearly every.
thing before it. The dwelling of John
Scissor being il its track, was nearly swept
away, and was so much damaged as to rem
der it uninhabitable. His family made a
very narrow escape from being drowned.
The amount of damage is variously esti.
mated, some placing it as low as two hun
dred dollars, aud others as high as fifteen
hundred. The damage to the water works
is not serious, and does not stop the sup
ply for the town.
FIRE ON THE MoUNTAINs.-On Sun
day last fires were started in different pla-
ces on Muncy Mountain, and also on Nit
tany Mountain. During the day the wind
was very high, and the fire spread rapidly,
doing much damage to property. We
learn that it got into Valentines coaling,
in Bald Eagle Valley, and destroyed q
large amount of cord wood. The persons
who started these fires on the mountains,
and thus destroyed large quantities of
timber and other property, deserve to be
severely punished, and no doubt will be
if detected
The WEsT.-lf at the entrance of the
West great placard could be posted, on
which could be pencilled the experiences
and consequent reflection of the thousands
who have given up cheerful, comfortable
homes at the East for the untried priva.
tions and sorrows of q home in q new
country, hosts who are now greedily press
ing towards the setting sun would return
to their old farms aud 6residss, vowing
hereafter to follow but one rule-"Let
we'll enough alone"
LANCASTER, May I'D. D. Wonder
smith, Of this place, who was arrested for
committing pension frauds upon the Gov
ernment three years ago, and held to an.
swer the charge, and subsequently, abscon-
ded, was this morning arrested by Deputy
Marshal Jenkins. lie will be conveyed
to your city this afternoon.
BosroN, May 12-The Offices of twelve
lottery ticket dealers we're overhauled by
the Police, to-day. In six of them, tick
cts of the Delaware State Lottery we're
found, and the proprietors arrested. At
Myrick's Office, over thirteen hundred
tickets were found and seized.
During tho past week there has been q
fine flood in the West Branch and its trib-
and we believe the lumbermen
have succeeded in getting nearly, if not all
their lumber to market We now appre-
bend better times in. the numbering coun-
try.
CHICAGO, May 12-Udolpho Penelet,
he Belgian COunsul at Illinois, with two
other persons, whose names are unknown,
we're drowned yesterday, about ten miles
South of this city.
NEw.YoRK, May 22-Advices receiv-
ID from Bahia to the 1st ult, state that
he yellow fever ragged on the shipping,
md in many instances carrying of whole
:rews. It had began, however, to abate.
REMOVING THE DEAD.-The work Of
the remains of the dead from
be Lutheran and German Reformed grave
7ard, Harrisburg, will be commenced in q