Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1866-07-28
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The Adams Express Office at Perryville,
Junata County, was broken open and rob-
bed of $1,000, last Monday night.
The total amount of U. S. revenue from
all sources, for the year ending June 3Oth,
reaches S550,000,000.
The Union League of Philadelphia, pre-
sented massive gold medal to Gen. Meade,
on the 4th.
Eight and half miles of streets and
lanes were burned over by the fire at Port
land.
Just 425 cases of sunstrcke occurred in
New York, Brooklyn and Jersey city during
seven days of the heated term, 207 of which
proved fatal.
1t is in contemplation to gatbei tog ether
the remains of our soldiers scattered in vari.
Gus sections of Eastern Virginia, and renter
them in the cemeteries at Yorktown, or in
the cemetery at Camp Hamilton.
A brick of gold, weighing thirty pounds,
taken from mines in Nova Scotia was ex-
hibited in New Haven on Tuesday.
A little boy in Mercer county, Penn, was
stung by locust, on the wrist last week,
and died from the effects.
1t is said that only five so-caled fire and
burglar proof safes out of thirty five opened
at Portland since the great conhagration,
have preserved their contents.
The st. Louis banks have taken SAL 900
of Alabama bonds, issued for the relief OF
the destitute in that State, at par. The
money has been invested in corn, which has
been transported to its destination free by
steamboat owners. -.
The Adams Express Office in st. Louis
was very mysteriously robbed, several days
since, of 5000 in gold. A bag containing
the amount had been left at the Office to he
sent to New York, but it has not arrived
there and nothing has been heard of it.
A building was saved during the Portland
fire by being frequently saturated with
pickle.
A gentleman in New Hampshire, aged so
years, has been sued for $4,000 for breech
or promise.
The Leavenworth (Kansas) Times has
news of fight near Fort Geary, between
parties of the Minnesota Sioux and the Red
Lake Chippeways.
A French paper states that Gen. Beaure.
gard has been appointed General of Engi-
neers in the French army.
From Idaho it Is reported that the In
dians surrounded party of whites, and held
them in siege two days until reinforcements
arrived. Forty Indians were killed by the
besieged party during that time.
Hon. L. G. Ross, recently appointed from
Kansas to fill the vacancy in the Senate oc-
casioned by the death of Senator Lane, has
been an editor or printer from a boy. A
good recommendation, at all events.
A Washington correspondent of West.
ern paper was recently severely poisoned by
the use of the writing fluid known as French
ink The ink penetrated scratch on the
hand and soon after produced an extensive
swelling of the arm and other symptoms
which his physicians at present consider
dangerous.
THE CRoPs.-The news from the country
is encouraging. The wheat crop turns out
much better than was expected early in the
season. There is o wonderful come out in
!. wheat. 1t mrltiplies and replenishes the
earth with extraordinary rapidity. This
, year, though the wheat straw is short, the
grain heads are long, and though the stalks
I, are thin, the grains 10 the head are numerous
' and very well filed. There will not be {
= full average crop, but the fraction lacking
!. is much smaller than would have been cred
. tied two months since. The corn crop i
. magnificent. All reports from all quarter
concerning it highly favorable. There cal
!. be no famine in the land with such corr
= crop Cincinnati; Commercial.
g The life size oil painting of General Han
J cock, ordered by certain citizens OF Balti
n more, Is to be hung upon the walls OF tn
o Baltimore Council Chamber.