Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-03-08
aems from all Rattorrs.


some water and was so severely injured that she died
short time after being taken out.
"A Washington correspondent of the Anti
Slavery Standard expresses the opinion that Douglas will
receive the Presidential nomination at Charleston
The Cincinnati Enquirer's Washington
correspondent says, Ex-Governor Wise is spoken of
Mr. Mson's successor in Congress, from the Norfolk
District of Virginia.
Notwithstanding the apparent triumph of
Wses friends in the late Virginia Convention, it is
claimed that Virginia will cast her vote Charleston
a unit for Hunter.
Thomas Corwin and Abraham Harding,
r have been elected delegates the Chicago Conven
tion by the Republicans of the Seventh Ohio District
This is an antiChase victory.
Mayor Wood has returned from Wash
ingon, where he has been stopping for week looking
after his interests at Charleston 1t is the general i'm
preston that he has chance of getting his delegates
into the Convention but politicians very uncertain
and he may the admission of one-ha if not more
of his associates.
The " Continental" Hotel, Philadelphia
has been rented to Paran Stephens for term of twelve
years, for $4,000 per annum.
The large and commodiOus Hall.in Phila-
delpha, known Jaynes Hail. has been remodelled,
and is to be used obbing room which will make one
of the most extensive in the country.
The Northern Central Railroad bridge at
Dauphin was discovered to be on fire. on the 10th nst
but the flames extinguished before any consider
able damage was done. 1t was fired by sparks from
locomotive.
The Wyoming Republican is the name of
paper of the right stripe, just started in Tunkhan-
mock, Pa.
Over one hundred persons have recently
joined the Pittston NJ E. Church.
Mrs. Mccormick, mother of the coroner
of Dauphin county Pa, while engaged in devotion at
the sibench in the United Brethren Church,
at Highspire last Thursday evening" suddenly fell to the
floor in fit, and expired in five minutes time,
Bishop Miles, (Catholic,) of Tennessee,
died in Nashville the 2lst aged 10 years. and in the
22d of his Epscopacy Bishop Miles was born in Mary
land.
Paul Morphy has arrived at New Orleans,
his home and is announced that he will enter at once
upon the practice Of the legal profession.
A little church in BlairsyiIe, Pa, has
lately fallen heir to a collection of Paintings nine in
number from Munich Germany. They compose what
is called the "Stenger Gallery" and are valued at
$4,000.
"A negro sweep boy in Baltimore was last
week horribly eaten with rats while in helpless condi-
tion from being severely rostbten It was supposed he
had received i'll treatment from the sweep master who
employed him.
The arming of the South, since the John
Brown raid has been benefit to Northern gunslniths
and powder manufacturers. One firm in New York has
been obliged to employ three hundred extra hands to
meet the demand for napsacks cartridge boxes and other
equipments.
in one OF his late dispatches, Err. Ward,
Minister to China informs the government that the
Emperor of China anxious to grant him an inter
view without other ceremony than that generally observed
in approaching the President of the United States but
the matter being submitted to the Chinese Cabinet the
Emperor was voted down by majority of two.
Hon. John Hickman is in a very preca-
rous state Of health. He went home from Washington
several days previously, intending to return on Monday
last but his ndspostion found to be serious that
it deemed unadvisable undertake the journey and
his friends fearful that he will not be able to
his Congressional duties for some time at least.
The will of the late William E. Burton
is to be contested by his first wife, who resides in Eng
land and claims that she was never divorced from him.
No proceedings will be taken under the will until the lady
in question arrives in this country.
The President entertains the idea of pur-
chasing rural residence the city of Washington
and settle down after the close of his term having few
inducements to return to his homestead at Wheaand
Her Majesty's dominions saw a ceIebra-
ton Washngtons birthday in several places At
Ham IN, C.. W., there was grand dinner and several
par Jc Americans and liberal Canadians made speeches
on the occasion.
DR.. Keitt, brother OF Hon. L. NJ. Keitt,
who had his throat cut few nights ago by some of the
slaves of his plantation in Georgia. was member of IL
Senate of that State.
The youthful widow of Oliver Brown,
the of John Brown, killed at Harpers Ferry gave
birth to daughter, at North Elba n. Y, on the Sd,
but the child of sorrow lived only three days.
"A Philadelphia paper states that nearly
all the Southern pupils of the Bethlehem (Pa Female
Institute have withdrawn from the institution within the
past few days, for the that the Southern
medical students left the colleges in Philadelphia. Five
young ladies, from Mississippi left few days since.
"A woman named Sarah Jackson has been
arrested at Waukesha, Wis, charged with burning the
barn of Thomas Richmond, of Lisbon, in which seven
horses, eighteen cattle forty sheep, eleven thousand
bushels of wheat thousand bushels of oats two car
riages, hay and farming implements, were destroyed
She confessed her guilt, and says she did it through
spite"
"A jury in Parker, Texas, in the case of a
man who was trial for horse stealing and against
whom the crime was clearly proven brought in verdict
OF acquitta because handsome girl present had prom
sed to marry him if he should be acquitted the horse
for the stealing of which he arragned was taken to
caery off the fair Helen.
Spencer Wood, the residence of the Gov
General of CanadB destroyed by fire on Tues