Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-05-21
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Middlecreek, the water being very high
and the current strong, she was carried
down the stream striking against pile
of drift wood and was drowned
SINGULAR-Fred'k l.. Baker, EXT.
c. p. s., and editor of the MuieHian, we
observe is entrusted with the office Of Col
lector of School and Borough Taxes at
Marietta.
On Friday week, the large weight at
ta,ched to the town clock, in the steeplc
of the Presbyterian Church, Milton, fell
to the floor of the basement 1t made a
square hole through the floor above, aud
carried with it one joice and quantity Of
plastering 1t was about COO lbs. in
weight, ard its fall was occasioned by the
rope breaking.
We learn that Canal Boat containing
about $500 bushels Of corn was sunk at
tho Muncy Dam ou Friday last. We have
not learned the cause Of the mishap, or
where the boat was frOm.-.Uuncy Lumi-
nary.
Prospects FOR TIE FUTCRE.-On the
Mayors vote at the late election in Phil
adelpLia the Representative districts stand
twelve opposition to five Democrats.
Seven districts Of the seventeen are close
and doubtful The Senator's are divided,
the , Demo districts by small maj1rities.
With regard to the Congressional districts,
the Opposition have carried the second,
third, and fourth, aud the Democrats have
q very small majority (27) iu the first.
\ large grey Eagle was shot near Nun
cy, Monday morning, by Uervey NM
cbacl 1t measured ! feet from tip to tip
Of its wings.
About seven miles from Pottsyllc near
lIeckuersyille, in Schuylki county, Pa,
vein Of white ash coal in the Broad
Mountain, has been on fire for twenty-one
years past, and is still burning. The
fire is supposed to have been started by
two miners, (who lost their lives by their
temerity,) and to have burned ever since
all means TO check or oAtinguish it have
so far proved unavailiug.
The Specie held blythe Banks of Phil
adelphia amounts to nearly seven millions
of dollars The circulation is under two
millions and half.
TIE NEXT STATE FAIR.-The next an
nual Fair of the State Agricultural Society
will be held at Pittsburg, in September
The citizens Of that city have subscribed
the necessary amount to secure 1.-two
thousand dollars. The State Society has
leased the County Fair grounds Of the
County Society.
James c. Vandy ke, has been reappoin.
ted U. 5. District Attorney IN the Eas
tern District of Pennsylvania.
WEEvIL Mr. David Clark, of Porter
Twp brought into our office last Friday,
handful Of earth literary alive with wee
vii. The field from which it was picked
up, wac last year in wheat which was de
stroyed by weevil. 1t was then plowed
last fall and re-ploughed this spring with
the intention to plant it in corn. On Gu.
tering the field last week Mr.. Clark found
the whole surface of the ground to be
alive with weevil, the identical insect
found last year in the wheat.-JerScy
Shore Republican.
As Mr. Darling, of Ridgway, Elk Co.
Pa, was going through the woods about
three miles from that village, he discover
ed some cloth, which had been coat and
under it some human bones. A party
visited the spot, who examined the re-
mains and found in the pockets of the
garment a silver pencil case, watch guard,
keys and bullet moulds, which served to
identify tho remains as those Of man
named William Reed, who was lost in
the woods in the winter of 1875. Reed
aud another man started out Oh hunting
excursion up Elk Creek on the 10th of
December 1855. A short distance up the
creek they separated, and Reed was never
seen alive afterwards Tho woods were
searched, but no trace of him was discov-
cred. The manner Of his death remains
mystery.
Levi ID. Read and T. Newton Boyle
succeed John T. Johnston in the publica-
ton of the BcllefUnte Wing.
Col. James Cameron is proposed as q
Democratic candidate for Congress in the
Schuylkill and Northumbe District
SuyDURY & ERIE RoAD.-On We'd
nc5day, June 2nd, this Road will be let
from Williamsport to Farrandsville, a
distance of SO miles. As far as we can
learn the Railroad is to cross the river
below Linden.
The Members Of the Lycoming Mutual
Insurance Company are notified that the
said Company have directed an assess
mcnt to be made Of 3 per cent. on all pre-.
MUM notes held by the Company.
The Editor Of the Selinsrroyc Journal