Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1859-01-07
Neus lisms from OIbcr Counties.

year-an increase of $40, sol IS.
Coal TRADE-The amount of coal
shipped from the Shamokin region up to
last report was 130,97l tons from the
Trevorton region, l0l ,497 tous; making
in all 232, t6S tons.
The Bucks County Court has decided
that Du,chman, who can not understand
English, aud therefore unable to under
stand the testimony in the ease, the charge
of the Court, or the speeches Of the law
yers, (thc latter, however, being an advan-
tage,) may be considered a valid juror, and
/ may act as such in case Of life and death.
| la the York county Aims house, an in
sane pauper, whose name was never known,
recently killed another insane person, by
thrus'i.: sn iron spoon into his eye, pom
etrating through tie arhi; into the brain,
and causing instant death.
Henry X Ritter, Esq, is appointed
oIe.eau'rlc appraiser Tor snyder county.
/ A reli .iousrevival is in progress in Miilin-
burg, Union county, among the Episcopal
Methodists. ---MAilebwy Tribune.
Andrew Fetzer, of Chil!isquaque town
ship, took down to the Pottsvillc market,
just previous to Christmas, 2200 weight
Of turkeys, geese, ducks, and chickens.
He readily sold the whole lot, at good
prices Some of his turkeys were of great
size, weighing upwards of 20 pounds,
dressed For these he got S3 90 piece.
His turkeys averaged him 81 50.-.S9n-
buy Guactte.
We understand that several gunners
from Columbia, coming up TIE river in
quest Of game, made sad havoc among the
partridges few days ago in Snyder coun
ty. Before the farmers Of the neighbor-
hood knew what they were about, they
had shot some 400 Of these birds, and
made off with their prey. The time for
shooting game expired on the last Of De-
cember-.S .SanLwry Gazette.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
have determined to enlarge their canal
from the Junction to Columbia, so as to
give it a uniform depth Of five feet. As
the North Branch Company intend doing
the same, it will only require similar
enlargement Of the Su>quehanna division
to render the canals navigable with steam
from the head of the North Branch to tide
water.-Sanjury Gazette.
There are twenty trains of cars on the
Northern Central, Sunbury and Erie, and
Shamokin Valley and pottsville railroads,
arriving at and departing from Sunbury,
every day. These include passenger,
freight aud coal trains
A NOVEL ENTERpGIsE.-O day last
week, Peter burst, the Sexton of the
Sunbury grave yard, was surprised by the
appearance of fresh grave in the yard,
which he knew very well had not been dug
by him, and as he digs all the graves, this
new one was entirely unaccOuntable, and
not little mysterious. He accordingly ly
commenced excavating, and after digging
a very short distance, he exhumed-nOt a
coffin, nor a corpse-but about two tons
of pig iron, which some scamp bad stolen
from a car on the Northern Central rail-
road, which runs close by the grave yard,
and buried for future use. The grave was
filled up exactly like an ordinary tomb,
with stone at the head and foot to give
it sepulchral appeara .SmJmy
Ga=ete.
A new counterfeit So bill on the West
ern Bank Of Philadelphia has made its ap.
pearauce, aud counterfeit SO bills on the
Bank of Wilmington and Brandywiue are
in circulation In large numbers.
OF the three articles of Poultry, Neni-
son and Butter, there was shipped during
December, from Muncy, by Express,
about scyea tons. Besides this, consid-
cradle quantity of these articles was also
shipped by freight trains.
! A stranger from Chester county, who
had been ijulging in sundry "smiIes," ="
while reck!essly handling and swapping a
/ Pistol in the Bar-room Of one of our Ho-
tells, one day last week, fually discharged
the piece, the bali taking effect in his
left band Dr. Wood extracted the
ball and dressed the wound, AID the next
day the man proceeded on his journey into
Sullivan county.--uuncy Lumtnary.
/ Recently, some person or persons, took
advantage Of the absence Of Mr.. Daniel
Fry, of Muncy Greek township, to rob his
premises Of about fifty bushels of Corn.
To carry off SO large an amount, a team
must have been employed, and it is singu-
lar that no clue has yet been discovered
pointing to the guilty persons.--Vuncy
Luntindry.
The Scarlet Fever is prevailing to an
alarming extent among children in Hughes
vile aud vicinity.
DAVIS DIMocK died in Montrosc, 9th
Sept, in bis SD year. He had been
Baptist preacher in the Wyoming region
and Montrose for nearly sixty years, aud
was an Associate Judge of Susqueha ma