Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1861-03-01
" IN Inc smaI.er ORGANIZATION

Roads and road damages Bridges. &c, vary
from year 10 wear. Bat IN these and al other
incidental expenses, LleavIng cut the $4,000
or $4,000 Lycomiuc Court House to be paid
for, for which bonds are issued IN part pay
menO The larger, broken, new territory inclu-
ded IN LycomIns. with her transient, partly
aiIen, and growing population, will IN all
probability continue to be more expensive
Than the small, >ettied. stable, homuseneo Gus,
and gradually improving county of Union.
I Wiliamsporl itself will soon be as expensive
4 TO LycumIng, as our whole county Is 10 itself.
There NAV be some discrepancies in sta
ting accounts, by the Commissioners and Au
dltorS-aS there are some unusuai expendi-
lures this year-in hoth Counties. Allow one
fourth margin for errors, and all of them 10
favor Lvcoming, still it would only put The
4 counties upon an equal footing. But then the
D dbtiity 10 pay Is largest with Union, which Is
rated at S5. .7i9 907. Srare valuation. and by
coming al only Si,563, ,763-nOt one fifth more
than Union. For County purposes, 1t is rn-
mCred that LYcomIng may this year levy AiL
NILS on the D1Hrr. while Union IS only Iro
Mills on the D9tLfr-a vast difference indeed
Most Of the time, the LewiSburg jail Is ten
an,less. Last regular Court there was not a
bill before the Grand Jury. With an active,
Self-reliant Judge, might (as IN Juniala,
MonIour, &c. get along with four weeks Of
Court in a year. But in ycomlng, even un-
der as good Judge as Jordan, such is the
pressure of litigation that they are seeking TO
be made separate Judicial District. when
they might have Court perhaps half the time
thus doubling or trebllng all the County costs
in that direction.
The Democrat styles Union county "onlva
decent ca,Gpatch, and intimaeS that the re-
annexation Of Brady is all the work OF few
men in Lewisburg. We let both these COM
pliments pass at their full valoe-oniy con-
siderlng their interested origin. There has
not TO our knowledge, been borer or petit
ton sent to Harrisburg from LewisbnrS-
which is what Wiliamsport can by no means
say. The project, as far as we know and be-
lieve, is wholly the conception and work OF
the honest and intelligent citizens of that town.
ship, who know their rights and interests
quite as well as anybody in Wl!liamSporr. or
Lewshurg, and who will secure them. Bet
ter let them come, neIghbor. You do not win
any good will by your attempted tyranny over
them. You will not feel their absence as
much as We will their presence, and 1.-The
, greatest good of ihe greatest number concern
! ed" is the true Democratic doctrlne-the
golden political rule. Compromise" then,
and H uzza for 1.-The Union.''
ES-Answer to last Enigms-"AIl ia not gold that
Slitters."-Aus'd by ow s, .,Lewisburg BIS Milton
cp-Answer to last Puzzle (or Ridie(-"Lead Pencil"
-Ans'd by Frost and Quinto.
FUTILE.
hoy his way I, school ght some lozenges. A.
he showed them his sehoOmat-s, iut-nding 10
them but three Of them got hold and robbed
him of nearly all The rst boy took half the loz"n.es,
but returned five The second then took baiof what he
had lett Eve The third boy took two thirds
the remainder, and returned The poor little fr
lO~ had only six left. How mauy had ne at first!
JESSE Bufaoe.
NISELLANEotS ENIGMA.
Tam composed Of u letters.
Ny Ii Il lu. found iu fr!d and forest.
2J65 . IL. found in India
63i native of the Eastern hemSl lhere.
SO II 10, found in tie rOrt Zone
Is !. ,. pet
u H. color.
5ll4l092 26I354T 1874. has been much talked
of in connection with my whole. who ha, created .
great excitement. D.. D., liartletOn.
Rev. s. l.. Bowman, Of Berwick. will preach
FOR the NJ. F.. Church, al the usual hours, next
Sunday.