Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-01-12

4 betrayed (Rochester, N. ~ woman at
tempted to kill her seducer, in Meadville,
Pa. She shot at him three times, and each
time missed him. a Isl
Pittsburg has had so many fires of late
that reward for the apprehension Of The
incentiaries is offered by the Mayor
On Monday the 9TH inst, q United States
District Court was opened in Erie. Ills the
first ever held there.
The central meridian of the United States
is one hundred miles west of Fort Riley,
Kansas. -., ,..,,,.. :.
The New York Citizen asks, ''have ladies
any understanding legs. For shame
Tiltersi
In many localities in the South the peo-
pie have been enjoying sleigh-r!ding for the
first time In their lives. ''''
A. T. Stewart will continue In business.
He has not accumulated enough to live on.
Fifty million dollars don't support him.
1si acres Of glass will be used ut the Paris
Exposition.
A Massachusetts, lady died and left a
legacy for the maintenance of her dog.
Badness is fashionable among certain
young elegants in New York.
In Maine they are going to try to prevent
the sale OF liquors of q medicine.
In 1860, 1000 houses were built in Cleve.
land.
John B. Cough lives In Norwich, Conn,
Maryland owes s1O,7sO,s09
Long ago, In Massachusetts, it was the
custom for q person to 60 about the meet.
ing houses, during divine service, and wake
the sleepers. He bore long wand, on one
end of which was ball and on the other q
fox tail. When he observed the men asleep,
he raped them on the head with the knob,
and reused the slumbering sensibilities of
the ladies by drawing the brush lightly
across their faces"
Messrs. Dali and Gowan, of Harrisburg
Pa, were the engineers Of the Chicago lake
tunnel. They contracted to do the work
for $3l5,1 ,139, but it is said the entire cost
will be 100000. The contractors have
therefore lost heavily.
The Galveston Bulletin says that Texas
must 'come down to brass tacks" and ac
cept the constitutional amendment, unles:
the people wish Congress to proceed with
reconstruction.
Treasurer Spinner had sad experience al
: the Presidents levee on New Years day, ht
} having had his pocket picked 1t shout
be warning to him to keep aloof from bat
company,
A California wife, in San Francisco, writes
thusly to her husband in the interior:
"Dear Sir 1t may be proper, and perhaps
my duty, to inform you that about two
months ago succeeded in getting my di
vorce from you, and also that have sine,
married again. You may continue you
monthly remittances, as may need then
for your three children" -.
A special messenger is in Chicago to pre-
sent to Mrs. Lincoln the gold medal sen
her by thirty thousand workingmen o
France, out of regard to the memory of he
husband.
The freedmen of Natcbez bought churcl
, for $4,000 paying $4,000 cash.
The railroads of this country employ tw
hundred thousand men, and at least mil
lion of men, women and children depen,
for their support upon the railroad interest
: There is salt we'll in Tuscarawas county
L. Ohio, which yields six hundred barrels q
water in nty-four hours, .hirty five gal
Ions of water making bushel of salt.
Capitalists in st. Louis have pain 20
7 building suburban town some four mile
1 from that city. They propose to build iv
: and provide for gas and water supplies.
A lady visited Petersburg last week fo
: the purpose of purchasing her weddin
trousseau, and while there also purchased
tombstone to be placed over the grave G
= her late husband. The old and the ne'
u love.
. "Shall ladies have votes r. asked STUN
!, speaker. Certainly" replied strong
e minded woman in the audience. SIS We
!. man made only to sew on buttons7 And,
she is, it is against the law of nature to tur
away the needle from the poll"
: Ex-Gov. Gilmore of New Hampshire col
. tinues very i'll. His recovery is doubtful
:, but still hoped for.
/. Passed Assistant Paymaster Mechanic
!. stationed at Pensacola, writes that fe'
n days ago Stephen r. Mallory, late Reb,
!, Secretary of the Navy, recently pardoned
e President johnson, delivered an address I
4 the young men of Pensacola, exhorting thei
"a to devote particular attention to 'militar
d studies,' as that was matter of much mol
4 importance to the South than literature.
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