Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1866-08-04
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The Spanish Government has prohibited =,
the sale of newspapers in the public streets. !
During the hot weather the Mayor OF
Newport, Ky, held his Court in the open
air. ...
The New York fund for tho aid of the
Portland sufferers by the great fire, now
amounts to $l40,20S. @
Ice has been selling in Macon, Ga, at 10
cents per pound but competition has brought
the price down to 2 cents.
There are 7,449 Odd Fellows in California
They own thirty halls, valued at sS00,o00
and other property valued at 100000.
A thief lately entered Trinity Church,
Albany, and stole the silver plated numbers
off the pews, destroyed a clerical robe, drank
some sacramentai wine, and broke the chan
deliers. ......
At Athens ma!ady hitherto unknown
has broken out among the beasts of burden.
The animals, seized with a sudden ft Of
rage, tear their own flesh. .."
The last descendant of Martin Luther has
Just died at Mariahilf Her name was Cath
crime Luther. She was Catholic, and so
was her father. Maraihiif is we'll known for
a celebrated pilgrimage in honor of the
Virgin Mary, which takes place there every
year.
The largest brick yard in the world is
about to he established at Chicago. 1t will
be eight hundred feet long by four hundred
wide, and will contain machinery adequate
| to the manufacture oftwo hundred thousand
brick per day. A canal two thousand feet
/ long, two hundred wide and twenty deep, is
to be dug, connecting the yard with the
J south branch of the river, the earth eXcava
! ted to be used in the manufacture of brick
Tie work is to be commenced Immediately,
and the kilns will be burning this season.
Lawless bands are stealing mules and mur-
dering negroes in Mississippi.
Revenue stamps are no longer required on
receipts given for transportation, or receipts
taken where the property is delivered by
carriers to owners, coDsignees or a connect
ing line. nat
Spain has finally abandoned the war
against Chilli
Mrs. Mary Herrick, aged 81, jumped into
a well in Ohio, last week and was naturally
drowned.
A Buffalo city railroad company petition.
ed the other day for authority to increase
its fares on the ground that the conductors
stole the profits. al
A man who was recently arrected in Mem.
phis for whipping his wife, gave the police
man thirty dollars not to walk on the same
side of the street with him while on his way
to the lock up. ..... --.....
Frederick Dugnette robbed the Office o.
White, Morris & Co., brokers of New York
of $4,000 in golG certificates ana coin, OF
Friday. He was caught by an employee o
the firm, and the money recovered.
r. w. Upton, one of the new United
States senators elected by the expectan
State of Nebraska, is described as "a preach
er, thoroughly radical, and o fine STUMP
speaker" 1t is moreover said that in th'
Senate he will be soften heard FROM"
METHoDIsM IN AMERIcA.-One hundre'
years ago there were in all America only tw'
Methodists, Philip Embury and Barbsr'
Heck.--They were the founders OF Metho
Gism in this country. Now there are twent
bishops, seventeen thousand ministers, tween
ty-seven thousand local preachers, Sunda
school teachers, &C., two millions commpni
: cants, nineteen thousand churches, tw,
hundred colleges and academies, and swent
: book stores These figures show to what
mighty power Methodism has grown In ON
= hundred years. 4 -nenH aW1ps-
An insurrection is said 10 have broken ou
among the negroes at Hilton Head, s. Q.
A. laborer in Portland found wallet cor
Q tanning notes and bonds valued at 90 ,00(
= he hunted up tbs owner, who generpusl
gave him ffty cents ~, - -