Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1864-03-02
LOCAL AFFAIRS.


sea- A lecture on Temperance will
be delivered in the Town Hall on
Saturday evening, March 5th, by John
@. Detwiler, Travelling Lecturer of the
Grand Lodge of Good Templars of
Pennsylvania The public are invited
to attend.
THE LITTLE FOLKS.-Some weeks
ago sundry little girls and boys sent a
lot of what are called Housewives, &c.
to the sick and wounded soldiers in q
Philadelphia hospital, with the names
Of the donors, and last week their
hearts were made glad and exultation
of the most buoyant kind exhibited,
by the reception of quite a number of
letters, returning thanks for the gifts
received Many Of them were writ
ten in eloquent and feeling language,
others with a Christian fervor that
showed the disciples of Jesus Of Naza-
reth were not so rare in the army as
many suppose, and nearly all imbued
with patriotic sentiments. Truly we
cannot do too much for our soldiers,
and if all at home would but contribute
towards cheering them, whether in the
tented field or in hospital, how many
would carry with them "reminiscences
of acts of kindness, no matter how
little, which are and can only be ap-
preciated in circumstances similar to
theirs.
OUR JoBBING BUsINEsS.-We had
another unexampled run ofjeb work
during the past month, having done no
less than AZ jobs from the 1st to the
29th Of February-making seventy
seven from the 1st of January. AS
an evidence of what our hands and
presses can do, we may instance Mon
DAYS work: Two forms blanks were
printed on the Newbury Jobber, three
sale bills on the Washington Hand
Press, and nearly 900 copies Of the
outside form of the Gazette worked
off on the Adams Power Press-all
between IL "a. m. and p. m. People
have evidently found out where work
can be done, cheaply, neatly, and ex-
peditiousIy, and therefore call at the
Gazette office. Of course we are
thankful for their patronage, and shall
always endeavor to merit it,
ITEMs.-Most of the ice on the river
has disappeared within the last few
days-The debt on the Presbyte-
rian church, amounting to S2030, was
paid off last week by voluntary sub
MISUNDERSTANDING the
dead set the copperheads made at the
Rev. J. Guyer, on account Of his being
a too good Union man, his salary was
made up with less difficulty than gen.
orally occurs in the Methodist church
He carries with him the good wishes
of all the live Methodists in his church,
and Union men Of all denominations
probably without single exception.
-Cogley's emporium of fashion,
magnetic telegraph Office and news
paper depot has been removed to the
elegant row of buildings in West Mar
. ket street, extending from the diamond
to Major Buoy's dwelling.-The de-
mand for houses, especially for those
4 renting for about $50 per annum, is
great, and shows that sundry vacant
and almost unproductive lots could be
proftably improved by the erection of
small dwellings.-The question as to
the legal width of the street leading
to McCurdy's ought TO be settled before
it is altogether fenced up. If the coun-
Gil would require the property holders
there to lay pavements, as they have
the undoubted right TO do, there would
now hardly be ten feet of roadway
left.-Linn, the supposed robber of
r. G. Shaw, R. A. Means, and other
parties, about year ago, is now in
Jail charged with horse stealing
BA- A sen of Mr.. Tenpenny, who
got hold of some matches, set bed on
fire on Thursday last, and but for its
timely discovery might have caused a
serious confagration. Put your match
es in a tin box, and hang it out of