Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-08-01
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LOCAL AFFAIRS.

.sg In our statement of Mr.. McCord's
II ,sopption in Alabama, our informant was
wrong as to notice having been given him
III nat 10 return. Mr.. McCOrd has testimo-
mails of his worth from the planters where
he was engaged, who warmly desired his
canning back. The other statements of
threats, &c, when he arrived are correct,
notwithstanding the attem pts of JEFF Da-
ris's special advocate to discredit them.-
II NAV not be amiss to add that these
teachers are supplied and paid by an as
sociation Of Northern men of that class
whom copperheads style disunionists.
PosTMASTERS.-The Z. S. Senate last
week confirmed the nominations of E. G..
Hamilton as Postmaster at Lewistown:
J. Bingham, Hollidaysburg; John Read,
Huntingdon; G. w. Patton, Altoona; and
E Roberts, Johnstown. The cops here,
who had hoped by their hyprocriticaI
protession of JOhnsonism to control these
Offices, are thus left in the mud and cold.
Sic senper Of1cehunterS.
PICNIC.-The members of the Mendles-
.0hn Association who intend going to the
picnic. to be held at Creighton's grove
tomorrow, are requested to take their
baskets to the Town Hall this eUeninq.-
All are expected to be at the Main street
crossing by Il Il. m. Thursday.
A grand hop or cotillion party is to
come off on Thursday evening, I'd August,
at the Duncan House, Milroy.
The winds accompanying storms du-
ring the past week have been unusually
high blowing down trees, fences, &c.
A band of Gipsies have been rusticating
in this county for some weeks, pursuing
their usual business of fortune telling,
trading horses, &c.
The Cincinnati Express east is now
daily train, and passes this place at 6.22
p. m. Some other slight changes have
been made.
There is a great saving of halves and
quarters going on just now among folks
.Ofall degrees-some probably being desi-
rous Of seeing the menagerie, others the
circus, and a good many both.
We learn that VIM. Riden (residing in
Mill Street, and several of his family
We're thrown out of carriage on Sunday
last in Ferguson's valley, and most of
them bruised or otherwise injured. The
horse took fright, ran away, and did con-
siderable injury TO the carriage.
Al the meeting on Saturday afternoon,
Gen. j. a. Mathews, Capt. VIM. B. We
Der, and Lieut.. G. Waters were appoint
ed to attend the Clymer convention at
Harrisburg to-day. 1t seems PRIvATEs
are convenient articles both in the army
and in politics to bolster up officers.
A soldiers county meeting was held in
the Town Hall on Saturday afternoon to
appoint delegates to the Clymer meeting
at Harrisburg to-day. Thirty-six persons
We're present. A mass meeting of ten
times that number assembled towards
evening at Weber's corner-to see afight.
Milroy Lodge of Good Templars was
organized on Monday evening by Rev.
Downs and delegation from Woods
Lodge. These lodges are doing much
good, and any man, woman, girl or boy,
who has the slightest hankering for liquor,
ought to become a member.
\ young man named - Houtz, was
drowned III the Kishacoquillas creek,
near Heagertown, on Friday evening,
while bathing. He got into a deep hole
and sank, and although two others We're
near, and made efforts by diving and
otherwise, at least an hour elapsed before
his body was recovered. He was we be-
Aeye an orphan, raisedin Juniata county,
and was living with Yeager's at the time
of the accident
Howard E. Snyder, son of Jacob Sny-
der, Esq, of Hollidaysburg, fell off the
ship Rainbow, and was drowned in the
indian Ocean, on the 23d of May last.