Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1860-02-28
Neus aIcms from Wibcr Counties.

every evening. except Sunday, ald on
Wednesday aud Saturday afternoons.
George W Plummcr, of Altoona. thir-
teen yeaIs Of age, delivered a Temperance
lecture in the Hall of the House of Rep
rcseLtltlves !u Harrisburg last week. The
p'Jrct Is to raise means to educate his
brother James, who had hl, hands blown
off hy the premature discharge IF = cannon
during an eUclmpment at iiDiidlysbur.
Master P!ummc? is exceedingly cipqnrut
for one 50 young, aud has lcctured with
success III several towns Iu the Juniata
region.
y VICTIM or WuIsKEY.-Twoy young
men IN the lower part Of this borough, on
Tuesday evening last, concluded 10 have
drunk IN the I'D of February, pu,-
chased quart Of the best levy t.nglcGoot,
hcayil charged with str,chnine, fnr the
occasion. aud on their way home, (lbout
tbrec quarters of mile concluded to
taste the crincr, which, of course, made
them feel very liberal, and when they g,t
hoGe one Of them, son of a widow, pro
posed to share the beverage with a young
cr brother, about five years Old. He gave
the chii pretty good dasc, which caused
him to lie IN stulor until next day, when
he was thrown into spr>m,. \ physician
WAS called in, who applied the proper rem
clics, but the case Is a critical one, i, may
yet prove llial. Since the above was pat
ia type we learn that the child Is dead
.NaHhHry ime,irrR.
On "Wednesday, Horace Biuney Of
Philadelphia, eighty years Of age, read,
before tie Councils of pGi.alclpl.ia, the
farewell Address of Washington
The election Of Directors of the NORTH
rrn Central Il il Company, came oiT at
Baltimore ON Thursday, wl:h the follow
lug result: James Frazer, Peter Moved,
Wm. f. Walters, Adam Denmeai, John
Nrrryman, Aaron Hoffman, Simon Cam
cron, Amos f. Kapp, Wm. Colder, Jr,
Alex. Saall, J4cyb 5. NaIdenao, aud
u m. Cameron.
ALMOST An E~cApE.-On las, TucSday
evening ShcrH Naniyke discovered that
fur Of his prisoners, named Crawford,
Smith, Longan, and the fourth an Irish
man-uame 10. known to us-who were
lodged together in the same room, had
made such preparations to escape as would
have been successful had they not been
lutcFfercd with .Nan5my C.-eH-.
\ serious accident occurred on We1ncs-
dayweck, Ly which brake>mlu Oh the Cat
awi.sa Railroad, while attempting TO get
upon Freight train, slipped ani fal! with
one leg across the track, which resulted in
cgrtinG it otF Immediately below the knee
lie dicl Of his wounds on the following
Thursday.
Ga Wednesday evening" large party Of
Young folks, from Lcwi>aurg, visited our
toau, aud put up at the Eagle" where
they enjayod themselves to their hearts
content -hHonina.
The present Catholic population of Phil
alephia, is estimated at I30. 200, for the
accommodation of which there are twenty
eight Catholic churches.
Drowned -Solomon Romig, in West
Beaver township, Snyder county, drowned
"a ofrihs on MS place. on honday the
-o'h ins', ne was an o'a anu helpless
man. IN Tue 81 year 'l MS age,
y Heading Society has been formed in
the Missionary Institute at SelinsgroVc.
John Murray, of Harrisburg, has been
dispatcher Of ears 90 the North
crn Central Railroad at Marysvile sta
lion, few miles above Harrisburg.
In Philalclphia, on Friday last. Rich.
ard Thompson was convicted If murder in
the first degree, in killing John Capie.
The jury were out one week
4 little darohtcr of S,muoI aplty If
I.wi.tovn ia ,rri5crt,IIy syy,llovcJ g,
nov cont fcx d,vs sircc rr,, rho e
feet, of which she took sick and died short
iy after
Nr. Corf.r an oI5 ,5v ,,.;dipr ~
NorclanI ,owr.bin L,com;nr cann,y
accidentally fcIl into ! well On W,dpcs1ay
I,sf wb,I,. c,,,.,r.d in ,ot,i,, somo v,t.-
and was so severely injured that she died
, short time after being taken out.
Jpo I.;s.pr;,c Elo of E.kIv has
been APPOINTED SUPERINTENDENT Of the Le-
lioh Coal 4 Nayic,:ion Comnanv \
,oicmporary, says, Mr.. Lciseuriug i, an ex-'
Dginecr-having been the first
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