Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-04-02
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s. GuJykunss for Brady township, and
John Dersham for Washington township,
Uycomipg county.)
Among the victims Of the late Hotel
fro in St. Louis, was Bruce McNi,t, re.
ceL,ly OF Miftlin county.
The Lewistown Gazette notices one
casting for the Freedom forge, which
weighs 1918 pounds.
The editor Of the Williamsport Press is
spunky sort Of chap. A mar calling
himself "Profsssor Hull' entered his Of
fee the other day and commenced abusing
him about some printing, whereupon the
valiant editor applied some active es-
sence of boot leather to his "behint,"
which had the effect of causing said pro-
fessor to disappear rather uuceremoniously
through the hole the carpenter made"
Served the rascal right He'll know bet
ter than to "sass" an editor hereafter.
DON'T TOUCH TnEM.-The Tioga, ,Craw
ford, and Shamokin banks ore in bad re-
pute. Don't touch their bills.
An amiable young lady, Miss Mahala
Whitman, recently died from the bite Of
dog, inflicted nine weeks before.
FIRE in Jersey Shore, last Thursday
night, consumed the barns Of A. II. NJ
Henry and Jonathan White. The Foun-
dry of Wilson & Co. caught fire, but, by
extraordinary efforts with their little en-
gine, the flames were extinguished, and
the Foundry saved.
DoUBrrUL.-The story about Rev. Mr..
Reed, a Presbyterian preacher, being
burned alive near Erie We see nothing
about it in the Erie papers.
/, Chambers c. Mullin ia re appointed Su-
pcriutendent Of Public Buildings, at Har-
risburg.
James Fox, Esq, one Of the leading
men and mos. eloquent speakers in Dau-
putin county, d;oI Loot mouth, az II...is-
burg, in the prime Of life.
Washing.or's last Birthday was cele-
brated By four military companies, in Lo-
gcnsyillc, in Clinton county.
An attempt is to be made to change the
trial of Mrs. Veitcngruber (for murder)
from Sullivan to Lycomins county.
Robert Bailey, Of Lycoming county,
has received the appointment Of cadet,
from that congressional district, at the
West Point Military Academy.
Wednesday week, little girl aged is
months, daughter Of William Haas, Of
Sunbury, while left alone in a room for a
short time, got to playing with the fire in
the stove aud ignited her clothes. She
was so severely burned that she died in o
short time afterwards.
The Lycomiug Ga=eae says that seven.
tenths Of the Democracy Of that eouaty
Lccompton fraud.
! A Baptist church was recently constitu.
ted in louisville, Sullivan county
Greenwood township, Juniata county,
has had two townships taken from it
"Susquehanna," Oh the river; and Mon.
roe, including the little town of Ricbfcld,
where its elections will be held
The Armstrong county Court House, at
ki,taning, Pa, was entirely destroyed by
fire few days ago, just few minutes af.
ter the court mad adjourned. The build
ing was comparatively new, cost over
twenty thousand dollars, and was unin.
surcd.
The Columbia Democrat entered last
Saturday upon its twenty second volume
and the twelfth volume Of Col. Tate's ad.
ministration. Alcm B. Tate, son of Col
Tate, has become partner in the estab-
lishment. Success to them.
y butcher in Lancaster county has Just
made two snuaag-s, one 10 feet iuchoe
long, weighing % pounds, and the other
IS feet two inches, long and weighing %
pounds.
Charles NJ. OitiuSer, the forger aud
land-warrani thief, was sentenced On Sat-
urday last, in the Philadelphia Sessions,
to seven years at hard labor in the Eas.
tern Pcnitcnsiary.
A. Washington, 10th inst, James F.
Skunk, son of the late Governor, Francis
Il. Skunk, was married to Rebecca, ,daugh-
ter of Hon. Jeremiah 8. Black, Attorney
General Of the United States.
.Jarnh kreidsr, ~oll know throughout
the country as Mcunonist preacher, was
killed in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania,
on Monday, by the falling Of the limb of
tree his son was engaged in cutting down.
A little daughter Of Joseph Woods of
Huston township, Centre county, was
burnt to death by her clothes taking fire
while kindling. A young woman at Ty-
rome also met her death lately by her
clothes catching while boiling soap
The Miners Journal says: There are
scores of miners, laborcrs and workmen in
this region, who during the past four
months have not averaged in wages more