Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-03-28
Pen, Paste and Scissors.

IiIiG liic w tIt'tt ttI IOOStOu Oh I flttaN.
The Supreme Court has decided that a
|. :. license to sell liquor does not over
ride a State law prohibiting such sale.
James Snyder, prisoner who escaped
twice from the Huntingdon jail, was re-
captured at Dauphin.
y party OF young men, natives of Hunt
ingdon county, intend emigrating west
ward this spring.
The Hon. Ulysses F. Doubleday, father
Of Major General Abncr Doubleday, died
at Btlvidere, Illinois, on the 10Th inst
1t is said there will not be another Feb
ruary without full moon for >, 800, 900
years. Wonder who'll be President then.
Fifteen new patents viii be granted
Pennsylvania inventors next week, by
the Patent Bureau.
i modified bill, giving the Secretary
Of the Treasury power to fund certain
amount OF greenbacks, has passed the
House.
y lady has been appointed postmistress
in Hightown, Virginia, because she is the
only person i'll the place who can take the
test oath.
The President it is said will veto the
civil rights bill, making all equal before
the law. We are no longer surprised at
anything that may cmanate from the
White House.
A horse belonging to Mr.. J. Ritz of
HOllidaySburg, ran away with a sleigh
last week, injuring II. Snyder who at
tempted to stop him, and breaking up the
sleigh.
The ice-bridge over the Niagara river.
at the foot of the American falls, still re-
mains intact, and is crossed daily by hun
dreds Of people at the point known as
THE Ferry
Major General Burnside, one of the pur-
est and bravest men in the country, has
been made the standard bearer OF the
Union party of Rhode Island for Cover
nor, and Will, Of course, be elected.
\ fellow named King has got up a FOOLS
story i'll Kentucky, where he is under
sentence OF death, that he murdered Pres
ident Lincoln. The fellow might as well
have died without a lie in his mouth
A bill has passed the Senate giving
prosecuting attorneys So for offences in
the oyer and tenniner and about Il hum
dred per cent. increase in other cases. As
most things are cOHtiIg GOtru, there is lii
tie reason for such fees going up.
An attempt to fiX.the pay of members
of the Pennsylvania Legislature at =. 200
was lost. The same fate beteIl an attempt
to make the salary II, 800. An amend-
ment making it $1,000, was agreed to.
Several attempts to grant money to char
liable and other institutions failed.
The Supplement allowing the peopIe Of
Snyder county to decide by ballot wheth- /
er the County Seat shall be removed to
Selinsgrove, or whether it shall remain
in Middleburg, has finally passed both
Houses and only waits the Governors
signature to become a law.
Pixies Opera House, Cincinnati. took |
fire, from an explosion of gas, at midnight |
on Thursday night last, and was entirely |
destroyed with many other buildings. in |
Guiding the Enquirer Office, Adam. Ey-
press Co. &c. Loss estimated over one |
million dollars
Quite severe storm recently prevailed |
at the West. Its focus seems to have
been in the neighborhood of Cincinnati |
Ohio. a bridge was blown down and |
railway Train ran into the chasm, iniur-
ing the engineer and fireman Large !
hail stones also fell, causing serious dam |
age to glass ana the contents of Green |
houses.
y very destructive fire occurred on |
Thursday at an oil Well near Petroleum |
Centre, which spread 10 other pr0perty. |
involving considerable loss. One man |
was 50 terribly burned that he died in a |
lew minutes, and others are so baldwin |
Jufed that but slight hopes are entertSiDed |
OF their recovery.
\ son OF Squire Johnson. living three
miles from Meadyille. left home on Fri
day OF last week with $4,000 which he |
had obtained from the First National |
BANK, the Crawford County Bank kandthe |
BANK IN Franklin, with checks bearino |
Hls Iathefs.S signature, which the scaDe-
grace had forged.
one OF the victims of the Peninsula |
campaign, a Vermont soldier fell near
SaVage's Station, and was buried there /
MS aged father, who resides in this State |
Sought lor his remains, but vainly. Late |
~, according to the Philadelphia L20,ti- |
Tcr, the negro who helped to bury the |
pouy mas turned up, and declares he is |
@"le tt 70 point out the spot-under an apple |
tree-amd To identity the remains Tho |
bereaNed father, ii yet living. can asrar- |
tam particulars by addressing Mrs. +. 4 !
Iurpln, Newton Centre, Massachusettc
Ihese facts should 20 the rounds of Penn
sylVania papers.
The steamer General Hooker. a fine
side-wheel vessel, formerly a C;over1,1nnt
transport, and lately Il regular packet
running between Charleston. GeorGetown
anu savannah, was burned at sea ON the
@iSI INST, about thirty miles ont from
AnaIlGStpii. There were n number of
fhlladelphIans on board. includino, Mr.
DAVID Rlsley and bride who were Iatal,,
married III Philadelphia and were on thefr
brldai tour to reside at Georgetown. south
IaIoliila' lie was accompanied by his
Two sisters, Miss Josie Risley and Miss
Belle Risley, late residents of No 1914
Spruce street The last named ,roI,,io,
lady was lost. All the effects of Mr.. Ris7
ley including yaluab[p bridal ,,roso,,+,