Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1866-05-05

From present appearances there Is likely
to he fair apple crop In Massachusetts this
year, outside of the line of rayage blythe
canker worm invaders. Tfe.pe crop will
not probably be as large as last year, which
wos one of unusual profusion. 2-
They tell Of lady specuiator in New
York who made $500 in gold, and from that
netted $4,000, and finally q successful "besr''
operations increased the sum to 100000.
She has passion for diamonds and invests
her winnings in them. She is now watch
ing the market, ready to sail in when the
times comes. " tECC,fH IL
The originator of the next explosive com.
pound "Nitro-G Glycerinc, comes out in card
in the N. Y. Tribune, in which he claims
that substance is less dangerous to handle
and store than gunpowder; and asks'a srls.
pension of public opinion, until some ex-
periments he proposes to make, shall prove
the truth or ialsity of what he asserts.
Two boys in New York recently stole a
tin box containing nearly $4,000. q, They
had been reading the papers and probably
! intended to compromise" with the owner
or the detectives for half the money. They
made one mistake, they did not steal
enough. Had they taken half a million
dollars, or even one hundred thousand, there
would have been hope for them. As it was
they went to Jail. '.''
A young New Yorker got up in his sleep,
1 on Mississippi steamer, the other night
walked overheard and was drowned.
The question of the admission of Colored
occupied the attention of the Senate on
| Tuesday. The case was not decided.
There is n great food IN the Mississippi
and other Western rivers. The former rose
six feet at ST. Louis between Saturday and
Monday.
One hundred and seventy Indians, who
have been held under sentence of death for
participation in the Minnesota massacre
were recently liberated, having received an
unconditional pardon from the President.
The corner stone of the Douglas monu
ment is to I've laid in Chicago in May OF
June. Secretary Seward has accepted the
invitation to deliver the address, if the state
of his health and his official duties will per
nit. .. .! .-
The Chicago Post declares, contrary to all
previous reports, that there is no demand
for labor in the West. Hundreds of pooi
laborers have been sent on wild goose chase
to the Upper Missouri from St. Louis and
Chicago. The intelligence offices are ut tho
bottom of the knavery.
Daniel s. Dickenson, only FIVE days before
his death, composed a pleasant poem of atfec
tion to his wife, recounting their long unior
and its pleasures.
Mrs. Gen. Grant is President and Mrs
Gen. Sherman Vice President of Nationa
Soldiers and Sailors Orphan home Associa
tion just organized in Washington.
The report oc the death of Ole Bull, a
Quebec, is now said to he canard. as he ha
not been in that city for many years.
A scamp recently married widow lad,
in Pekin, H., and the same night ran away
taking with him sll0 in gold and her frs
husbands clothes. " .... f.
A Nevada paper says:-"Folks in thi
region feel safe on the cholera score, q
Devils Gate has to be passed before gettint
here, and we live on the inside"
A man in Chicago got very drunk ol
Saturday last, and hung himself to the out
side OF the saloon where he had been drink
ing, thus making himself at once a sign ant
warning. ..