Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1864-04-27
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LOCAL AFFAIRS.

RoBBING GRAVEYARDs.-We have
annually been called on to notice the
low-lited and villainous practice of
plucking flowers planted by friends at
the graves Of the departed ones; but
last week ease occurred in the Meth
odist cemetery which exceeds anything
yet chroncled short of robbing the
coffin. Mrs Hamaker, who has spar
ed neither expense nor labor in decor
ating the graves of her children buried
there, has been much annoyed in this
respect, and last week suffered the
loss Of three plants which were dug
or pulled up by the roots and carried
off. Among them are the Hermosa,
Giant of Battle, and Queen Of the
Prairie, three prominent and favorite
roses, and it is hoped watch will be
kept this spring who has recently ac-
quired those fine flowers and whence
procured. We understand a reward
of $50 will be paid for any information
which will convict the thieving wretch
who perpetrated this dirty act, and we
presume the trustees Of the cemetery
will either add to the reward or take
upon themselves the prosecution Of
the offender if discovered.
THE SEAsoN.-But little oats has
thus far been sown, the weather having
been very unfavorable for plowing,
and the crop will no doubt again be
very light, as late sowing seldom pro-
duces well. The wheat on many fields
is growing finely, but on hillsides and
in wet soils many bare spots are seen,
having been badly frozen out during
the winter. Some fruit blossoms have
opened during the past week, and TAX
en- altogether this is as late a season
aswe remember. On Sunday night it
commenced raining, and Nature no
doubt will now put forth an unwonted
energy in carpeting the earth with
grass, flowers, and scenery pleasant to
the eye and senses.
SHOOTING AFFA1R-Considera ex-
element was created on Wednesday
evening last by report of serious
difficulty between Captain Eckebarger
and his wife, in which she was shot
through the hand with a pistol ball, at
the house of Mrs. Rachel Burns in Mill
street, who also narrowly escaped, one
ball having grazed her head and anoth-
er her arm. The Captain probably
had been drinking, and not finding
his wife at home on his return, became
much excited and went in quest of her,
declaring that he would shoot her, &c.
He found her at Mrs BIS, relative,
and drawing a revolver fired two shots,
one ball of which struck Mrs. E. as
she threw up her hand between the
thumb and forefnger of the left hand.
He was committed to jail the follow
ing morning.
LEG BRoKEN.-Benj. Shepley, gen.
orally a hardworking man and good
hand, got into a spree on Wednesday
evening last, and during "good ma
tured" scuffie at Gruvers the party
upset the stove and Ben in his fall had
his leg broken. He was employed on
the canal at the the time, and thus by
his imprudent indulgence in a foolish
habit of taking drink, and then
another, with several more, is now
paying rather dear for the whistle
The devil has evidently got into every
glass of whisky, and it is about time
for all classes to avoid the foul stuff as
they would poison.
PAYMENT OF THE MILITIA For the
purpose of paying the emergency mil
tia called out by proclamation OF the
Governor, and by authority of the
Presidents letter, dated September IL