Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1859-06-04
Glroninos editorial au0 1rIrttro.

Concord wagons are exported to Africa.
Mr.. Dallas is to be recalled from the Court
Of ct. James.
keep true to the dreams Of thy youth"
says the German Poet Schiller.
Fanny Fern says "there are times when
husband is indispensable" What times are
they, Fanny?
In a graveyard in New Jersey, there is a
tombstone with this touching epitaph: "He
vas good egg"
There are no less than 4,G00 lodges Of Free
Masons in the United States, nearly all OF
which are said TO be in on unusually flourish
ing condition.
TyE CoAI. TRADE-Tbe quantity sent by
Railroad this week is 1880 lO-by Canal
3S,786 lS-for the week 72,l46 OS tons,
against 4007l tons for the corresponding
week las: year.
Great Efforts are being made by the Post
Office Department to curta the expense Of
that branch Of the Government Already
many routes have been changed from daily 10
tri.weekly. and from tri-weekly to weekly
ln some cases the service has been altogeth.
er discontinued. Changes are sometimes i'm
provements, but compelling person who has
been in the habit Of getting his newspaper
three times a week, will hardly be considered
an Improvement by whoever has to suffer it.
| The BIGGEsT CALF YEr-A COW belonging
to Mr.. Bennett Webb, of Pccopson township,
had a calf on Sunday evening last, which
weighed, early on Monday morning, one hun,
dred and twenty three pounds! We presume
this is the largest calf of its ever known
in Chester county. At all events, we should
| like to see who could beat it. The COW came
from the Western Reserve, Ohio, early the
present spring. She is large and Of common
stock Chester County Times.
SAD AccIpENT.-On last Teusday noon, a
little boy, aged nine years, son Of Mr.. Chas.
Savage, of this place, while looking over the
abntment Of the Danvie Bridge, ou the op.
posite side OF the river at another boy playing
in the water benpath, lost his balance and
was precipita,ed, head long TO the ground q
distance of twenty.nine and half feet, which
factured his skull. He was Immediately con.
veyed home to his parents, where he remained
in a senseless condition, until about seven
o'clock in the evening when he expired.
vile Democrat.
| Ca" A PRoFITABLE DIvE.-On Teusday af.
ternoon Of last week, as some boys were bath
ing in the Delawore, at philudel pbia, they
raked up from the bottom Of the river an old
canvas bag continuing about four hundred dol
lars in doubloons. AS may be imagined, there
were plenty Of bathers in that vicinity for q
day or two afterwards.
A teaspoon was recently plowed up in
Stockbrdge on the farm formerly owned by
Timothy Woodbridge, Judge of the Com
mon Pleas Court in lT6l bearing the initials
of himself and wife. The field had not been
plOwed for 100 years, bat the spoon was at
good as new"
; The city of Nashville. Tenn, was visited
,, on onday night by terrific storm OF winc
and rain which resulted in the loss of ahou-
: $4,000 worth of property. A few hour!
afterwards half block of buildings on Mali
street, valued at S25U,000, WAS consumed b,
fire.
1t is estimated .hat there are now en- rout
for Europe not less than eight and haiJ
millions Of dollars in specie, nearly all o
, which has gone to pay for the silks, satins
furbelows, !aces, and other extravagances o
. women.
b The ice business of Lake Pepin, on tn
Q Mississippi the past winter. has been one o
!, great Importance. Over 600 tons of ice wer
s put up at the various points on the lake, th
: value Of which will not be less than $50 600
, "a The RRApINd WELL-Mr. Lauer'
d Artesiun Well at Reading, Pa, reached tn
depth of 700 feet on the 2lst, ult. Tn
horn. blend and limestone rock have bee
cut through, and the anger is now on who
!, is called potash rock, the water from whic
Il is strongly charged with carbonic acid, tn
g carbon causing considerable eiervescing.
Twenty-sx thousand dollars, out Of th
e fifty thousand to be raised in New York cit
e for keeping the Egyptian collection of curios
e tiles there, have been got together.
D JAMES BELT, one of the discoveries OF th
: mammoth cave died in Kentucky few day
: ago, nged ninety four years.