Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1858-05-22
Cslronjnos-G0itoriul ono Grlrrtro.

Cool and wet-the weather during the past
few days.
The Palo Alto and Pottsvle Rolling Mills
are now working.
VIM. Muller, alias Otto, was hung nj
Wilkes-Bsrre on the 30th ult.
Gen. Comonfort, the exiled President OF
Mexico, has arrived in New York.
The total number Of emigrants into the
United States last year was 21l Dol.
When you are whstling in printing OIL
fee, and they say "louder," don't you do 1t.
Three thousand school houses have been
built in Illinois since January lst 1886.
The TIME--To advertise is the present;
the proper medium, the SuSBURY AMERICAN
n. Meyer has contracted to erect a lock-
up for the Borough of Selinsgroce, for Sl0O.
There are twelve hundred applications for
q single lieutenancy:n the army now vacant.
why do people call for piece Of string;
and did anybody ever hear person calling
for whole one2
Byron once said ~ am convinced men do
more harm to themselves than the devil can
do thom."
In Switzerland no less than twenty thou
sand women earn fair livelihood by making
watches.
six months ago, but has just been admit
ted into the Union.
The number of foreigners reaching the
United States, in the last fifteen years, is
nearly four millions.
| An editor out West says, "if time is mon
ey," be would like to exchange little of his
! for the "hard."
! The actual number Of miles Of telegraph in
! the United States at the present time is at
least S9,392 miles.
Sunk-A Canal boat containing about
$500 bushels of corn was sunk at the Muncy
Dam on the l4tb inst.
"Squibbs" wants to know" if doctors, by
looking at the tongue Of wagon, can tell
what ais it.
Edward Everett's first attempt at public
speaking when quite child, was on address
on the death of Washington.
Cost of the Des Jardines Disaster.-This
railway accident has cost the Great Western
railway over Sl65000.
Over 81 500 from Kittaniug, have been in-
vested in New York lottery and gift enter
prise swindles within ayear.
ADvERTrsISG-Those that advertise exten-
sively always sell the most goods, and conse.
quently can afford to sell them cheapest.
Mrs. Ridgway, the wealthy Philadelphia
heress, who resides in Paris, has or is about
TO be married to Nj. Ganay, Frenchmau.
The work at the Hoosac Tunnel is now Wig
orously prosecuted, and full gangs of workme n
are engaged on the both sides Of the mouG-
tain.
The British Standard states that the in
come to be announced at the British and
Foreign Bible Soclety's May meeting is
$765,000.
: Last Monday evening, committee was
, formed to report q Constitution g., for O
I Young Mems Christion Association for Lew
isburg.
,, The New York Neus learns that Mrs
Cunningham has received from its mother
aud takes full charge Of the celebrated "bo
|, gus baby"
In the committee on the factory bill, a wit
q ness was asked, when do your girls marry
lie replied, Whenever they can meet with
! husband"
, The cost of transporting barrel Of fou
y for the use of the United States army in Utal
Q will be it is officially stated between forty au,
i fifty dollars
In Franklin county, Maine, distant abou
J. six miles from Portland, the snow lay foo
{ deep last week, and farmers came to the cour
u house in their sleighs.
= General Peter Sken Smith, formerly @
y Philadelphia aud an officer in the Unite
n States army, died suddenly at Springfield
q Mass, on the 9th inst.
q The New York Herald makes statemeu
a Of the number of arms purchased by our COY
d ernmout Of Col. Colt, showing that he has rC
,r ceived theTetrom S455,000.
is Northern New York is not as cold as it
10 generally supposed to be. A man in Plattl
= burgb, made forty barrels of wine last seaso
ef from grapes, raspberries, &c.
le The Allegheny Valley Railroad Compan
IL advertise for the grading, masonry and bridl
ing OF that road between Kittaning and ii
mouth OF the Mahoning.
Miss Mary Cup, beautiful and accomplish
s. ed young lady, much, esteemed was drowne
Q, last week in the Little Chiques at MouI
u Joy, Lancaster county, Pa.
- Near the West Branch we never saw Whe
ro ro look better in May than it does now On Il
w w lands further back it is not in oil cases
n. uniformly good.-Le9isJtTg Chronicle.
er The citizens Of Western Texas have con
II, TO the conclusion that eating bread is all ha
'r, it, and accordingly have ignored its USE al
IL live wholly on good beef and coffee.
A lunatic once informed his physician, wi
nc was classifying cases of insanity, that had 10
A' his wits by watchinga politician, whose cour
- was SO crooked that it turned bis brain.
+. e. LUTHERAN SYYoD.-The East Pennsy
ln vania Synod of the Lutheran Church, W
hold its annual session at Easton, CONNIE
cling on the goth day of this month. III
ms Synod is composed ofabout one hundred Mi
u listers, and about an equal number Of lay del
"a gates.
ne Ca DVIDENDs.-The Bank Of Danvil
ne has declared dividend Of per cent, Bal
n of Northumberland, per cent, Lewisbu
Is, Bank, 3 per cent, and the Lock Iavt
RS Bank, per cent, for the last six months.
TO EY- Prices OF LUMBER.-The Wrightsvil
. Star says, tue propretors of one Saw NJ i'll
ID that place, purchased during this Spring
or to this time, about eighty RATS Of timbt
nearly oil pine, at less than one third t
re- price paid for the article last season.
'o or The Harrisburg Telegraph says that hop
% are entertained of Charles Fenno Hoffman