Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-06-25

years, was drowned in Muncy Creek,
about mile from the town, on Friday
last. He had gone into the water alone
to battle, and getting beyond his depth
was drowned before assistance arrived.
His body was recovered.
The Directors of Girard College have
determined to give preference 10 "who!e
orphans" and exclude those who have
mothers living.
John T. Campbell, who was so inhu-
manly murdered in Kansas, few days
since, was formerly resident Of Indiana
county, Pa.
sarMessrs. MKissick & Martins men
who were laying the track on the lower
end Of the Northern Central Railroad, after
connecting with the upper end, on We'd
nesiay last, paid our town visit, accom-
panied by Messrs. M'Kissick 4 Martin
Their arrival was announced by the firing
Of the cannon. The locomotive stopped
at the lower cui Of town, when the men
formed into line and marched through the
streets with martial music. They stopped
a. several of our hotels, where the contrac-
,ors furnished them with something to
drink, little stronger than water, when
they started for home apparently in avery
good humor.-.SaaLury american, June
10, lS5S.
\ boa,man by the name Of Harris, fell
Of his boat and was drowned at the Out
let Lock, near Nanticoke Dam, on Sunday
week
John +. Rupp, of York county has been
appointed State Agent by Gov. Packer
Oh the Northern Central Railroad.
Ga Monday evening, Andrew Splitter,
Of New Berlin, was engaged in swimming
his horse in Pcnns Creek; the animal, be-
ins blind, make a mis;ep, and the rider
slid from its back, leaving the horse TO
take its own course, when it steered into
the mighty deep aud was drowned.
Ga Wednesday week, Joel Fern, who
was committed to Lancaster (Pa) prison
on Tuesday. for drunkenness, for thirty
days, BY Mayor Burrowes, died in his cell
at that place. He had travelled with aDe-
Their man from Philadelphia to Lancaster
for the purpose Of procuring work in a
boiler shop, but on arriving he was seized
with fit of deliriium tren,ens. He was
buried in the almshousc burial ground.
MoNrouR IRoNWoRKs The Dahyille
Intelligencer says "As our citizens gen.
orally understand it, the Montour Iron
Company's property, at Danville, was sold
at Sheriff. sale, for Sl03-subject to the
mortC cages, which we have heard estimated
at about 100000. Messrs. Michael
Groves, Henry NJ. Fuller, Ed. II. Badly
and Phillip Mills were the successful bid
ders."
\ young man by the name of Bunnell,
while washing sheep in the Susquehanna
river near Meshoppen, Wyoming county,
in company with his father and brother,
acciien,ly got into the stream where it
was over his head, and being unable to
swim, was drowned before they succeeded
in rcscuiDg him.
The body of a man was discovered lying
in the river, on the upper side Of Buyers
Island, about miles below Sunbury on
Saturday week, by some boys who were
fishing along shore. He was probably
from u to % years Of age, and had dark
hair. lie had on when found, pants, a
silk velvet vest, with the name Of ar. *.
Wells, Esq" written on the lining in the
back of the vest: a pair of low shoes, aud
&c cents in money in lis pockets. BY his
appearance he must have been in the water
some 3 or / weeks. An inquest was held
over him by Coroner S b. Boyer, Of Sun
bury.
James Dieffenbacb, whose appointment
We noticed some time ago as Supervisor Of
the Susquehanna Division, by the Sun
bury & Erie Railroad Company, in place
of VIM. Elliot, took charge Of the work
on Saturday week.
NARROW EscAPE-A few days since
train on the Cattawissa Road run into
twelve cows who were upon the track, kill
ing them all Strange to say the shock
was not felt by the passcngers.-Bdt'a"'
sport Gazette.
In Montgomery county, As tavern IL
censes have been added to los previously
existing. The Judge decided that they
have no discretion under the new law.
By THE NORTHERN CENTRAL--The
following are the distances by the Nor.
thern Central Railway to the points nam
cd: Harrisburg to Sunbury, 81 miles; tc
Lewisburg, Ga; Williamsport, 81; Eimi
ra, 112; Buffalo, 800 Niagara Falls,S3S;
Suspension Bridge, $40.
John Young, who has been living with
John Messerly, in Woodward township
Clinton county, left there on the 10th ol
May, and was las. heard Of at Farrands
III an IL, rot,rn homo from which