Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1857-12-12
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ray Corn is offered for fifteen cents per
bushel, in Central Illinois.
pay Col. Stambaueh. of Lancaster, has
been appointed Superintendent of Public
Printing.
Day-A man named Parks fell from
railroad bridge in Bucks county, last week,
and was instantly killed,
1eS~They commenced building a capitol
for Tennessee twelve years ago. 1t has
cost thus far 81 ,2O4,072. s.
Il seems to be conceded that the U. s.
Senators from Minnesota will he Messrs.
Shields and Rice-both democrats.
IRA family named johnson, consist
ing of father aud four children, were MUIR
dered at Fcntonvillc, Michigan, on the
18th inst. .......
RS-Senator Douglas made one Of his
capital speeches at the dedication of Demo-
cratic Hall in Chicago, On Thursday the
18th inst.
Rag'The wheat crop of Wis" onsiu, for
the year 1857, is estimated at eighteen
millions of bushels, being an increase OF six
millions over 1856.
Ba~Ashland, in Schuylkill county, now
lar. e and hou'ishiug town, was only laid
out in ls47, on lands thcn owned by
Brook, Patterson e. HIATT.
nay" Mary Jane Sebastian, a bright
mulatto, aged nineteen, was found guilty Of
poisoning her husband at Lancaster, last
week. The parties resided at Marietta,
and werc in the habit OF quarrcling.
aay' Col. JOHN Il. Eek, is strongly re-
commended by cold Lycoming' for the
post Of Sergeant alarms Of the State Sen
ate. He is well qualified for this position,
and We hope he may be fortunate enough
to gctit.
asS' The Murcy Luminary says that
large Bear was XII led on Muucy Creek the
early part of last week. After Bruin was
severely wounded, but before he was made
to surrender, We learn he struck dog with
such force, as to break is back in three
places.
sD.Thc following which we noticed in
number f our exchanges within the last
waek, will cot but little to try A cor
respondent says that he uses coverings of
old newspapers on three beds in his house,
instead of comforters, and finds them much
moro comfortable and pleasant to sleep
under. lie pastcs the edges together and
spreads them between two light covers, and
he finds that one pound to bed is suili-
cicnt.
Gay"For low spirits VIC rec mmond a
clear cons iencc, fresh air, lots of exercise,
and taste for music. "ALd it came to
pass when the evil spirit was upon Saul,
that David took a harp, and played with
his hand; so Saul was refreshed, and was
well and the evil spirit departed from him"
La treating diseases Of the mind, music is
not sufficiently valued. In raising the
heart above despair an old violin is worth
four doctors and two apothccary shops.
sssr Poets and romanccrs have said that
the rays of the "swcct silver MOON have
the peculiar faculty Of developing and cx.
panding the tender bud of love. This
may without doubt be The case when ten.
der hearted couple walk arm in arm on
moonlight night, but never until few
evenings since were VIC aware that Gym
thia S rays had any effect upon lone in
dividual. AS We were vending our way
! homcward, VIC were struck with the atti.
tude Of an individual who was pouring
forth his tale of unroquited love to the
moon, and used the words OF Bulwer to do
it. AT first we thought the love- lorn
swain was sending a message to his "hcart's
idol' by some friend who was on the eve
of seeing her, but aftcr looking around
without being able to discover the confdante
we concluded he was cntrusting the fol-
lowing message to Luna;
PeH her for years never nursd a thought
That was not hers that on her wandering way
Daily and nightly pour d a mOurner's prayer,
Tell her, even now that would rather share
Her lowliest lot walk by her side, an outcast,
Work ior her, beg with hcr-hve upon the light
ofOne kind smile from her, than crown.
We thought his grief too holy to be in
trudcd upon, and therefore sloped.