Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1866-05-12
SUMMARY OF NEWS.

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A scamp in st. Louis stole the contribu-
tion box of the Sunday school children he
got some three Thousand dollars. |
The Springfield Republican tells OF cti-
zen there who beat his brother with shovel,
knocked his wife down and turned his mo- |
ther out of doors. Unpleasant style OF
family man that.
BIC STRIKE.-A new well was struck af |
ter pumping only twenty minutes, Thurs
day necn, on Great Western run. 1t is about |
ffty rods from the Lady Brooks well on
Pioneer run, and is owned by Messrs. Under
wood & Haskins. The excitement was very
great, Much of the oil was wasted, as no !
tankage was ready. 1t promises to be very
large well MeddUille Rec.
A COW of the Durham breed sold for 500
in New Bedford (NIass) the other day. She
averaged 40 quarts of milk a day.
The Presidents message was read in China
forty-three days after it was read in Washing
ton. 1t was telegraphed from Washington
to San Francisco, and carried thence to China
by sailing vessel, that made this remarka-
ble quick passage of forty days.
The greatest slaughter-house in the world
is at Montevideo. A thousand cattle are
killed before breakfast. and it furnishes most
o: the jerked beef that is used.
The awards to the Cbambcrsburg sufferers,
under the recent act of Assembly appropriat.
ing half a million of collars for their relief,
have been made, and the names OF persons
and the respective amounts are published in
the Repository. The Commissioners appear
to nave performed their delicate DUTY to the
satisfaction of all concerned. They make the
aggregate losses 81, ,O24 4,474.5s. .
Ten thousand persons in New York make
their living in the rag business, which
amounts annually to S30,000,000.
John Quincy Adams hae been arrested in
Petaluma, CAL, for stealing chickens Thus
is great name befowled.
1t is quite the fashion now in New Orleans
for every spectator at theatre to be pre-
sentcd with bouquet on entering the door
The effect is to make the auditorium, in
order and appearance, resemble a large
| f1ower-garden.
The bark Pioneer 325 tons burthen, which
left New London. Connecticut, on Saturday
! for Daviss straits, is the first American
| whaling vessel to use steam as a motive
power. The result of the experiment of
using steam whaling vessels will be awaited
with great interest. .
A meeting of the Young Mems Howard
Association, New York, was held Saturday
afternoon, when preliminary steps were
taken to provide nurses and physicians foI
those who may be attacked with cholera ir
that city, and prospectus fully explaining
the objects of the Association was distribu
! ted.
An old physician Of Troy, who has passed
/ through two cholera visitatons and suffer
I.n1F H.. l. II I. l.
judgement that the present summer will no
be strongly marked by the epidemic. II,
says the symptoms which preccdc the discas
do not exist, and though there may be spo
radio cases throughout the city and ,countr,
even pretty severe visitation in som
locates, yet the scourge will not prevail
anywhere in this country as an epidemic.
An amusing incident is related of Genera
Meade's visit to Eastport In the midst O
a popular ovation, and the General wa
about driving away from the wharf, a
Irishman came running breathless into tn
crowd, c:y NJ. "Where is Giueral Meade;
want TO see him The General caught th
rens stopped the horse, and putting HI
head out ol the carriage, said, Here am =
look at me-" The man was speechless, an
the crowd enjoyed laugh at his expense
Many photograph artists throughout tn
| country sell their pictures without atiixn
f the necessary stamps required by law U.
Commissioner Wilkins, is gathering up sue
artists before his court and inllicting til
, penalty of the law upon them.
A newspaper correspondent, who has tray
elcd over several hundred miles in Pennsy
vania, Delaware and Maryland, reports tha
excepting, perhaps, one field in twenty-five
" heat is in a fine condition
A late Houston (Tezas) paper says ii
; wheat harvest on the Upper Colorado rive
: surpasses that of any former year. The gra
/. is exceedingly fine, and the beeves luscious
!, ly fat. The country is swarming with catt
: dealers from the Western States, eager
;. pay the highest market price. b, u