Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1867-04-03
seA- Senator Riddle of Delaware died at

ReA- Senator Riddle OF DeiaWare uleQ al
/ Washington on Friday last
The Columbia Spy has been enlarged tc
an eight column sheet. 1t is a good paper
ably conducted and worthy of support.
! ReA Theopholis Cisney, probably the
oldest man in Huntingdon county, died
in Hill Valley, Shirley township, on the
10th March, aged 104 years.
ssS" David Sproul of Washington coun-
ty, was recently murdered. This is the
third farmer and rich man who has been
assasslnated in that county within year.
pea Joseph Wenrich, Jr., of Selins-
grove was killed few weeks ago by the
explosion of Il revolver which he was
firing off. 1t had been loaded for some
time.
Bea- y stable near Wehr's hotel, barn
belonging to Levi Houcll of Buffalo X
Roads, and Judge Ruhls tan house, in
Union county, were destroyed by fire on
wednesday night of last week.
BE1A The Snyder county papers have
been discussing the quantity of their Job
work lately, From lst January to March
80, the Gazette file shows ll6 Jobs, many
OF which ran into thousands in numbers.
BaF~ A certain Prothonotary, past or
present, after administering an oath to a
beautiful woman, instead of handing the
Bible, presented his face and said: "Now
kiss the book, madamer'
DSEA- Ten bushels of snake bones were
found in ledge of rocks, a few days since,
near Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A correspond
ent of the Chicago Journal says that is
where the Copperheads went last fall"
geay4 The latest advices from the City of
Mexico are to the 18th of March The
army of MaXimilian, composed of 5000
men, was besieged and confined within
the limits OF Queretaro by the Liberals,
$4,000 to 10000 strong.
ESEA- There is a great mania Just now
among country papers to increase their
dimensions, many being more intent on
quantity than quality of matter We
could wish for more space than we. have,
but as long as paper keeps up to IS cents
10. an increase would be a losing game.
BsS@ The family of John Young, resi-
ding between Hollidaysburg and Altoona,
were lately poisoned by eating biscuit in
which tartar cmetic (perhapS arsenic) was
used instead of cream of tartar. The
whole family, consisting of seven persons,
were Frustrated and suffered severely.
All disclaim any knowledge how the ar
ticle got into the house.
BsEH The Democrat aCW have it that
ladies' must ride with buck niggers in the
cars, nolens VOlens, under the recent law
forbidding distinctions in color. Demo-
cratic and Conservative ladies can do as
they please respecting what the Demo
crat alleges, but we can assure all repub-
lcan ladies that the regulations on the
cars of the Pennsylvania Railroad will
remain precisely as they have been.
BS~ The President sent to the Senate
on Saturday a treaty with Russia, by
which that power surrenders to the Uni
ted States its sovereignty overall Russian
America, and the adjacent islands. The
price to be paid Tor this territory is about
S7,OOO0O0. The territory covers 394, 900
square miles, and nearly, but not entire
ly, excludes British America from the
Pacific Ocean. It's chief value consists in |
its fisheries and its fur trade.
BssAY The bill for publishing the local |
and general laws seems to be sleeping on |
the tables of members of the Legislature. |
No fairer measure for disseminating pro-
per information among the people of both !
parties was ever proposed, but as it lacks |
corporate privileges" it seems to be |
unlmportant to grave senators and men, |
bers. Politicians are fast driving editors |
into retaliatory compliments, and we sus- |
pect the day is not distant when all can
didates for office will be asked to plank |
down full pay before their names are ad- |
mitted into the columns Of any paper |
whose support is worth having.