Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1860-08-24
Nous ltcms from Other CountIe5,
DEFERRED FROM LAST WEEK.

Two of the prisoners In the jsil in this
place named Clark, confined for circula
ting counterfeit money, made a desperate
attempt to get ou, side of the Jail OF
Monday morning last They were dis
covered by Sheriff McGhee just a; the
nick of time, having gotten hole made
completely through the wall. The only
instrument with which this feat appears
to have been accomplished, was atatle leg,
>harpened at the point, which they had
mauaeed to secrete in the room where
they were confined. The rascals will be
more closely looked to hereafter. 1t ap-
pears to be the popular impression that
these counterfeiters have friends cut side
/ of the Jail walls, who are sufficiently im-
plicated in the crime to make an escape a
very desirable thing. Whether this is
mere surmise, or is founded on fact, We
can not tell /; but i. will certainly be pru-
dent to have the safe keeping of these
men put beyond any avoidabe accident or
outside interference. Clinton Democrat.
A firm in Philadelphia are now manu-
featuring eyeless or solid axes, hoes, picks,
etc The pick, hoe, or other instrument,
Of this kind is made solid, while the han
die, with which it is to be worked, has up
on the end an iron socket, through which
the pick, &c, is put, and it is then kept
in its place by an iron wedgc-key, The
old way of having eyes in the tool itself,
had the disadvantage of always getting
loose, while in the present mode, the tool
always remains firm in the handle, while
the blow is more cffectual, in consequence
Of the tool fitting in iron. One handle
will answer for any number of tools of the
same size, and will last great while,
without costing more than the ordinary ar
ticle. These picks, shOvels, hoes, &c,
have been used in California for over two
years, and are highly priced by the min
ers.-PhRa. Nnaujacturers' Ga:ctte.
John Martenus and Adam Hunt, of
Wolf township, this county, got into an
alteration, one day last week, when the
former stabbed the latter with a pitch
fork, and was about making at him a see
ond time, when a third party intcrfcrci
and knocked Nar.enus down with a club
Hun, then belaborcd Martenus about the
head with the handle of pitch fork .
Both men, welearn, were severely, though
not dangerously injured. O0c prong of .
the fork struck Hunts breast bone and .
the other passed into the bowels. The
difficulty between them, VIC believe, had
its origin in an old grulgc on the part of
Martenus, against Hunt, who was an in
por,aut witness in trial few years since,
which resulted in sending Martcnus to the
Peni,en,iary for Arson.-linncy Lam.
Mr.. Wilson, an aeroDaut, was prcpar-
ing for a balloon ascension on Saturday
week, from Pittsburg, Pa. He was
seated in the netting, adjusting his appsr-
,tus, when, by some mischancc, the bal
oon went off, taking him with it, but hav-
ng no car or ballast Of any sort. 1t rose
o a great height, and the excitement and
Inxie,y of those on tho earth were ex-
rene. 1t turned out, however, that the
eronaut succeeded in getting control of
lis machine, and, though his position was
or some time fearfully perilous, be made
landing in Clarion County, near Butler,
ustaiuing no material injury himself, but
osing his balloon, which escaped from
i'm when he reached the earth. lie was
hasing it at the latest accounts.
On the 23l ult., Lincoln Protective
'arif meeting was held at Mount Carmel.
he meeting was organized by selecting
I. c. Harper, President; G. W. Peale, ,
ym. II. Marshall, D. N. Lake, V. Fcge- :
?, G. 3. Cadwallader, Geo. keeler, John {
'reher, George Scott and Jonas Slime, ;
ice Presidents, and VIM. Monteiius,
ecrc.ary. The meeting was addressed
'y A. r. Fiske, of Shamokin, for the .
urpose Of proving that the Republican
arty is the true Protective party, Mr..
loutclius offered a resolution, which was
adopted, Recommending to :
le County Convention, as suitable per- !
,n to represent this district in the next
ongress, the Hon. James II. Campbell. a
The Democracy seem to be rapidly pass ,
lg away, in Bradford county. A post 5
,a.ter bas been imported to the TowandA O