Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-11-09
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\ new park was opened with appropriate
ceremonies in Cincinnati on the 26th 1t is
called Lincoln Park.
The upper slopes of the White Mountains
are covered with snow,
reunion of Vermont officers will take
place ut Montpelier on the goth Generals
Sheridan, Burnside, lIeintzolmun and others
are expected to participate.
The distance from Philadelphia to san
Francisco by way of Chicago, is thEec thou
sand three hundred mics.
A large cave has been discovered ia Be.hs
county, Penn. 1t is three hundred yards
deep, and ends in u yawning chasln The
chasm has not been explored
The new bridge over the susquehanna at
Harrisburg, Pa, is flushed, and was opened
to travel on Monday Of last week.
Pit,sJurg, Pcnn., has two hundred and
one firms who did business of over one
hundred thousand dollars last year. The
most of them are manufacturers Of iron,
steel, glass, &C.
-Four hundred bushels Of potatoes to the
acre are said TO lie an average crop this sea-
son in Oxford county, Maine. \ starch mill
in Andovcr has ground twenty.tiyo thousand
bushels of then. into starch already, this
year.
The church in which General Washington
was married to Naltha Custis, in New Kent
county, Virginia, is very much dilapidated,
and its congregation too poor to repair it.
Contributions Drc therefore solicited 20 aid
in preserving TIL, historical relic.
An English lileboat association has saved
over sixteen thousand lives since It started
4 few years ago.
"HEALrEa on IT'S WINGS" say sll who
have made use Of Dr.. Wist0rS Na'sa19 +
/ wiz Ch0Ty, and by such use been cured
OF coughs, colds, bronchitis, sore throat,
/ influenza or consumption. The prudent viii
always keep this standard remedy hy them.
y convention Of Christians Of all ryange.
/ lical denominations in Pennsylvania, Eastern
/ Ohio and Western Virginia, met Oh Tuesday
! in PlUsJurg.
/ WINn-A gentleman in New Je!scy,
/ named SpCCr, is Cnltivating the Port grape
/ with signal success, from which an eZv,,aut
/ wine is made, which is better than imported
/ Port and has been adopted for medicinal
purposes in the hospitals Of New York,
. Philadelphia and Washington.
NGmcrous ward meetings in favor Of the
Grant movement "cge held in Philadelphia
last week. At one Of lAcm Judge Kelley
m.Gca speech fully endorsing the proposed
nomination, cnl asserting that Grant, poll.
tIcu,!y, was - full accord with Congress.
II is said that Mr. Seward8 mission to
( New York is to start \ new COuyrr5atiye
Republican party in that state, to hold the
balance Of power The mission had the ap.
prOyUi OF the President.
IMPORTANT LETTER.-Tho following letter has
come into hands, and publish it for the in
Wine:
This ;s to certify that Mr. Alfred Spccr is Il resi-
dcnt 0! this village, and, 70 NY personal knowledge
Has devoted q number Of years to the manufacture
Ci pure and valuable wines. lie has large vine
yard in view ogmy residence, and has been lot some
time engaged in cultivatng the Port Grape. The
Port Grape Vino cannot DO exccllcd by any Arncri.
can wine. 1t is bottled by Mr.. Specr every season
in large quantities but not disposed of until it at
tans the age Of four years.
D. B. STCKLES
Central National Bank New York
PASsAIC Oct 10th, 1855.
Some Of druggists have this wine, dircc. from
the vineyard
During three days last week there were
shipped from s.. Al00ns SG,2lO pounds Uf
butter, aad $50 OF cheese.
Adgiccs from the plains give the sub
= stance Oi the peace treaties recently ratified
between thC hioTa and the CCIHGucac i..h,s S
aud The Indian Commissioners. These tribes
/ are TO be located on large reservation be-
. tween North Fork OF the Red River, and
1 the Red River proper, are to receive $4,000
4 annuity, to be furnished with agricultural
seel.s and implements, and granted certain
t privileges regarding hunting, etc. In con
. sidclat!on of these grants the indians are 70
n remain upon the reservation, and cease from
disturbing white settlers in any manner
The Pacific railroads are also to be prosecu
ted to completion without further lnlerlcr
= Cnce.