New-York daily tribune., 1857-09-26
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CROPS IN NORTHERN Pennsylvania.
The n. Y. EihunA


Troy, Brsdford Co, Pa, Sep. %, 1857
In this sectoo the crops Of 1857 will, I.h.aA,
,sre favoraby with those Of any preceding ysss, u
east for the last half dozen years; and akiHg into
account the greet amour; Of wet weather which -
have had are better than might have bsea expected
Hay has been as good as common this yesr, aad
cres, deal better than It vas las. yesr. Whss. wss
what affected with the rust, occssicnsd ~ The
damp weather, and some kinds have shruak oossdsr.
ably but On the whole the crop is good. The veevu
have done but little damage in this part OF The country
this year although they old considerable he wo pre-
cedibg years. Oats have also done vel, sad eAvs
,een better fields of them than l ever ssw before.
RYE end Barley are very good This yea.
misunderstanding the ominous predictions o. eensic
persons who seem to slsSys have great dissruT OF
one at esst ali that have examined appeared 70 be
cared well, and WAS we'll llled. Persons IN tas VI
cibiy have got their mostly cut up. BucAsnesI
gocd and Is now being cut. Potatoes are geod, oetef
than last year, and are not affected with the rot
enough TO 6e worth mentioning; II w. however, feared
that the recent 'ong continued rams VIII cslee me r
TO become general. ~
Fruit of all kinds will be rather scarce this Fall.
Apples scarcer than they have been IN NUMBER OF
wears Pcars are ecarce. Pums and pesehes are
good wherever You can find them, but they are IKE
angels visits, Z" few ana far betweea. Much COM
paI made with regard TO the destructions Of o.
rbards by the "borer," and other ipsects; many
orchards almost rured and Others are last dym&
ont. -, -. A.
In snswer to your request concerning the sroet, ne
fist frost Of the that did any damage W Ne
cIops, occurred here the night Of the 10 inst,
since which time We have had several quite hard ooes
The most damage was done along on the borders o.
small streams, as the larger streams we're protected
by the fogs. In the part of this county end
in the eastern part Of Togs the crops were Affected
the most; corn and buck~hest were injured con-
sderaby.
Much excitement was caused here BY msiaachoy
affair which happened in the neghbor ng village Of
Canton, about ten miles from this place. A young
lawyer of that place went Elmis during the "horss
show, and being Of rs,hes ntemPerate heois gSe on
regular spree, duII which he lost about tSO0 q
table in the basement OF one OF the hotels there
After renainrg time, he got back TO Canton ON
the l2ih. While lsboring under an sttsck Of deartas
tyens he went into barber shop and, Ss tho barber
was gorg out told him 10 shutthe door. lie, not SUE
ptcting anything wroI &, complied with the re,1est
and when the wretched man found himself A0re ne
seized razor. and cut his throat from ear 20 ear.
Mr.. Andrew Spaldirg 8 hoteEkeePer OF ne place.
stepped in and was 80 affected by the horrible eight
that be fell down state Of insensbiity, end died In
very few minutes M s. had been affected Tor
many years with disease Of the heart. g. wn, un.
dersiand about 80 years Of age, and leaves vie end
children. What scene for liquor seller " consom-
plate All business IN the town was for while Gus
pended and it formed the entire topic Of coaversshoe
for some days.
A mhiskv-mM in this place was burnt down rot lssg
ago to the great joy Of all good citizens; but another
is now being erected, which is hoped win he
fate Of lis predecessor The which burn. had
been erected but few moths when an astemp. We
made to set FIRE to it, after which 1t was carefully
watched and guarded prevent new attempt. About
three weeks after the first attempt, heavy rsinstorn
came up duiing he evening, aud the man who was
watching came to the conclusion that no danger Va
to be appr, hended during the Storm he accordingly
went TO bed and had but just got aseep when he wss
awakened, and saw the distillery enveioped In
flames. This proves that the Dcendisry was on the
watch as well as the distller. Much excitement wa
caused among the rummSs alb ut II; but finding they
could do nothing, they 1t the matter d'op. word
about politics in my next q. b. IL.
We the name, only becsass the sssn,st does not
come o authenticated. I'D