Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-04-27

creasing disposition on the part of northern
capitalists to invest In Virginia lands. IL
The Trsssury Dspss<ment has ssnt eaioen
to Middle Tennessee % closc the distilleriss
for violation Of The revenue law. -
A vefmonter, taking his family west, ts-
Gently bought 2e railroad tickets He goes
with his wife and "a children the latter
including II pairs OF twins.
A watch has been manufactured In Psfis
which is wound up by simply opening the
case to note the time. 1t only requires to-
he opened once o month to keep IL always1
going, and 1t is perhaps the nearest ap.
proach to perpetual motion yet invented. -
The Austrian Minister has sent Secretary
Seward note of thanks for his prompt in
tervention in behalf of Maximilans person
al safety. --
OvER-ExERTfoN, either of body or min,l,-
produces debility and disease The usual
remedy is to take some stimulant, the effect
of which Is the same as giving a tired horse
the whip instead Of oats. The true way is
to fortify the system with permanent tonic
like the Peruvian Syrup, Ia protoxidc of
irop), which gives strength aud vigor to the
whole system. --..-
An eccentric woman in Berwick starved
her COW, remarking that as it gave no milk,
of course it needed nothing to cat.
Twenty seven colorc6 persons were bap-
tised, by immersion, in Mountain Run rear
Culpepper Court House, Va, on Sunday
last.
A newly married lady attempted suicide
in Norfolk, recently, but took three times
too much laudanum and had to give 1T up
again.
The Missouri river is higher than at any
time since 1874. Everything movable neal
its banks is being swept away. Two miles
of the Pacific Railroad is impossible fol
trains. passengers being conveyed in bOats
The Omaha Union Pacific Railroad is food
ed for miles, and so badly damaged that il
will take several weeks to prepare il for thu
passage of trains. ...
The pastors of the several churches at Oi
City and Franklin, and of Lancaster, have
rendered their thanks to Governor Geary
for his decided stand on tho subject OF in
temperance. ...
A Wisconsin lady has beard two inchc,
in length, which commenced growing fou
months since.
A terrible riot occurred among the miner
ut Belmont Nevada, on the 18th inst. Twen
ty men were killed.
A government train was destroyed recent
in Colorado, and two men were drowned b.
a sudden food rushing down the deile il
which they were camped. ...
General Hancock held a council at For
Larncd on the 18th instant, with the Chey
enne chiefs, which amounted to nothing
! The next night they abandoned their village
and Gen. Custer was despatched in pursuit
1t is thought they will join the Sioux, agains
the whites. ..
q In view of the possible return of the cho
, lera this sum mer, the Surgeon General, thrt
: the war Department, has issued instruction
! to medical officers requiring q "quaratine O
: observation" in all the departments, for til
. prevention or extension of the disease shou
it appear The circular contains many el
/ cellent suggestions, as well for the publ
generally, as for the military commanders {
;. posts, &c.
L New Hampshire furnishes grog shops fr
! citizens of Maine and Massachusetts, liviD
y near the boundaries of that State.
n The Denton (Md.) Union says, our fish,
S ries are doing thriving business Sha
d are more plentiful than they have been ia
" years past, and are selling at $40 per hur
II drcd. .
,r sine die on the llth instant. The Republ
can papers generally alude to the resolutio
submitting to the popular vote the questio
of female suffrage as more of joke thu
any thing else. One paper, published ,
the State capital says it was passed more
!. . spirit of pleasantly, and through compla
sance toward member of the Assemb
"a who made it his pet hobby, than in compl
&c ancc with any popular demand for the mea
u ure.
- - A burgler in New York having oecou
- disgusted with his profession recently, sci
" Captain Jordon, of the police department
his entire collection of burglars tools a
=, companied with note, stating that
)! intended hereafter to try and make b
a. living honestly.
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