Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1857-11-19
DrearY-The weather.

buEy-heu2lon ssb one emu eI tSWn anu the
devil at the other.
Coming season of messages and sau-
sages.
H6rA brother editor says the only way TO
restore confidence is for ell to pay the printer.
Makes good music-The string band of
this place.
66-Two houses and three stables IN York,
Pa, were destroyed by FIRE on Thursday
T. Co., Boston-A contract was made,
but no copy ever forwarded to this ONCE
Humanity called a benevoient meet
ing on Tuesday evening, but couldn't raise a
snort.
Again in Luck-Haviug drawn an elegant
gold pencil case with pen and pencil in Ev-
ans's Gift Book Sale, advertised in another
column.
SgThe Broad Top miners lately got on a
strike, but wisely went to work again. Strikes
at this time, when the country is full of idle
persons, are simply nonsense.
sgThe Sheriff CT Huntingdon county ad-
Tertises several tracts of land at public sale
on the Sd December, as the property of Eli
sha Shoemaker
n@-Some of the Miffiin county boys who
enlisted under Uncle Sam seme years ago, are
likely to have nice time of it in the Mormon
crusade.
pTWalker is out on another fIlibustering
expedition against Nicaragua with about 400
recruits. We should net much regret to hear
that he has run his neck into Moose this
time.
Caild Killed by Bear.-The National
Democrat, of Johnstown, says that small
child was attacked and destroyed by bear,
in the woods abeut two miles from Summit
vile, Cambria county, last week.
a Halt Loaf is Better than no Bread. -
The Irish laborers on the railroad, in Hart
ford, CT, lately struck on account of decreas-
ed pay, and their places were supplied with
Americans. who had nothing else to do.
GGovernor Pollock we see is still occa-
sionally appointing aids with the rank of
Kurnel, &c. We don't care much about the
military titles, but if be should happen TO
want ciyiF' aid with 5000 or $500 year,
we hope he II remember US.
aa0n Thursday Of last week, one million
Of dollars in specie, belonging to the United
States, passed through Pittsburgh, in charge
of Capt. S. S. Williams, Of the Adams Ex-
press Company; and on Saturday night anoth-
er million was forwarded in charge of r. Fl.
Nicholson, Esq
Ea-An association, headed BY Mrs. Sarah
J. Hale, has been formed in Philadelphia for
the purpose of procuring places for females
the country. Coed heuse servants
can find ready employment, but sewing girls
and women are here in abundance already.
HAThe democratic papers have much faul.
to find with the votes Of some colored men in
Ohio who voted for Chase, but aot word Of
condemnation against some hundreds of saw
age, half naked and ignsrant Indians, who
aided the democracy in Minnesota in electing
q number Of their candidates.
rA-We learn from the Harrisburg Tele-
graph that Gov. Pollock has appointed Hon.
James 1. Hale, of Centre county, Hon Eli
Slifer, of Unien county, and Jacob C. Bonn
berger. Of Dauphin county, to be Commits
sioners to investigate the condition of the
Bank of Pennsylvania
Damages for SJander.-In ths District
Court at Pittsburgh. Pa, a day or two since,
a young lady Of that city obtained a verdict
Of 1890 against well known dry goods
merchant for having falsely accused her of
iefrauding him of pair of corsets, and pub
icly insulting her in consequence.
nA-A great hunt came off near Browns
Vile, last week. The huntsmen divided into
I've parties, one under command Of Captain
Snowden, and the other under 4. H. Shaw.
The game bagged reached within a fraction
Of five hundred, including rabbits, wood-ceek,
pheasants, &c.
DEATH BY LIGHrSISG-iSigguIar Coinct-
dezce.-on Friday last, woman in Corydop.
Ind. whose name we did net learn. wa.
struck by lightning and instantly killed. At
the same instant, just as the lightning flashed,
her sister, who was lying on sick bed, expi
red. This is certainly one of the most sin
gular fatalities Of which we have ever heard.
Sh0'0er Of Lizards.-The LIE Roy IN. W
Gazette says that during the heavy rain on
Sunday night last, live lizards, some of them
measuring four inches in length, came from
he clouds like mamma, though neither as
plenty nor half as welcome. They were
found crawling on the sidewalks and in the
streets like fugitive infantile alIigators, in
places far removed frora localities where they
nhabit.
Laughable-The Philadelphia Ledger's ev-
cry other day comments on the solvency of
the city and the insolvency Of the country
banks Its editor no doubt has worked him.
self up to the firm belief that the country |