Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1859-12-23

1860 is at Hand!
With No. 820-One week hence
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r-hopiug that every reader viii compliment
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:zy-vear. Besides the News, Literature and
;,sFun The Presidential Election of go will
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re5-In many ncig ghhorhoodS IN Union county
,7'(and some out OF ~ We might easily nave
f=g-many more readers with very little effort,
fsellher IN clubs OF 10 for $40, ! for 80, or
49, COPY for 81 .5o-ca>h always advance
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,SHolidav Gifts al Mrs.DeNormandIe sat
the Post Office, &c.
,TA number of eligible Town Lots-and
much valuable Building Maierlal-ior sale
nt New Berlin, next Friday.
rea-The Principal and Pupils of the
Lcwisburg Academy will give Heo'Pf'o"
this FRIDAY afternoon. Exercises to
commence at > o'clock All are invited.
Iay-Somc of our people missed
rrea, treat by not attending Rev. MIR.
Willis Lecture, last Friday evening.
lie had good house, and gave discourse
replete with sterling good sense and full
Of fun and sentiment.
nayWe add HENRY 5. EVANS of Chcs
ter county to our list of candidates for
Governor He is man Of great Industry
and integrity-served honorably as State
Senator-and is widely known as the edl-
ter of the TUlogc Record
CunlsTMAs AND NEW YEARS Books
A good book is not only a good gift,
bat it is n good friend, ready to advise and
smuse, aud compauionable aud instructive
in all moods and temPcrs. The pubIlsa-
ers are providing an ample supply Of these
for holiday presents, and their shelves are
now filed with stores ofiutcllcctual wealth.
A newspaper-the STAR 4 CnEoNIcLE,
for examples better, for it comes every
week. and renews kind thoughts Of the
piver. Tcrns, $3.50 for l copy, / for
So. 10 for SO, &c. Cash III advance.
WHY Nor?-All our own citiz sns, sell
ing books, jewelry, medicines, &e, have
to nav rent and licenses. But there is
set of itinerants aud irresponsible men
going about the country who pay none.
As matter of stric; justice, should not
this latter class be put upon common
level, and compelled to pay for their vc-
cation? If it be honest and useful, they
should contribute their share as well as
others if not, they should be stopped IN
their career Men making money by
working of bogus jewelry aud unsaleable
books-the sweepings of city sales room
should pay as well as residents, who are
known and responsible, aud who, Ii they
deal unfair, must suffer for 1t.
COURT opened on Monday with an
unusually large attendance-Juige VIII
son, Ruhl and Simonton on the bench
Judge Wilson moves about comfortably
with a cane Messrs. Fry, lddings and
Lyons, were appointed tip slaves.
The commissions of the Proihonotary
Mr.. Roush, were read aud he was sworn in.
Mr.. Bucher, District Attorney, and Mr..
Sheckler, County Surveyor, were also in
Quoted into Office Mr.. Kelly assumed
his place as a County Commissioner.
Mr.. Gibson was appointed Foreman of
the Grand Jury, which returned . True
Bills, ignored . and were discharged on
Wednesday.
The only trial on Monday was Com
VS. j. aud S. Blair, on charge of assault
aud battery. The offence was unpremed-
itated, and no defence made,
Tuesday-Iudctmcnt against Supervi-
sors of Lewis township for not opening
the M'Call road, was sustained.
Com'th VS.. James Myers, on charge of
stealing horse of ]. Kelly, was taken up
on Wednesday. DIR. W. Barr, one of the
witnesses present from Harrisburg, was
the Auctioneer who sold the horse, aud
deserves public commendation for the cner
~ and industry with which he has traced
up and discovered the thief, who was well