Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1867-04-10

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BEa- The murder of Soldiers at Fort Bu-
fort Is doubted.
EGAnHayI has been undergoing revo-
luton, in consequence of which President
Geffrard has resigned.
gsA@ Mrs. Elizabeth Miller of Union
county, had her thigh and left leg broken
last week by falling from spring wagon.
bs5 Luzerne county has been the scene
of considerable rioting, in consequence of
strikes among the .Eainers.
neA- Mrs. Gideon Amig, residing about
mile from Selinsgroye, was seriously
hurt while accompanying fitting. She
had her head and legs badly cut
EeA~ The Selinsgrove Times saws Dan
iel Mulliner of Port Trevorton caught. on
an outline he had set for fish, wild duck
and loon. The loon weighed III lbs.
ES~ The Mifflintown Register saws our
Miff1intOwn pack of week before last did
not reach there. OF that we know moth
ing, but we do know it was deposited in
the post office here at the usual time.
Ra% The Borough election in Hunting
don week or two ago turned on the
question Town Bull'' or mo Town
Bull" The Bull we believe carried the
day, and is of course democratic victory!
sssA The Philadelphia Prison Agent re-
ports that "Of the Is, ,46S commitments
last year, IA, 361 were on account of often
ces directly or indirectly traceable to the
use OF intoxicating liquors"
ks~ Kansas City, the second city in
Importance in Missouri, elected the radi-
cal ticket for the first time at her munich
pal election on Monday. The cops have
heretofore carried the town,
rSA- BY an order of the Supreme Court
OF pennsylvania, Major General Robert
Is. Potter was appointed Receiver of the
Atlantic and Great Western Railway in
Pennsylvania.
B@S% Salisbury, the democratic Senator
from Delaware, last week again appeared
on the Senate floor SO drunk that he had
10 be carried out. He ought to have been
expelled years ago.
RSJ~ One of the leading ex-rebels de-
clares that the worst misfortune that has
happened to the South since Andrew
Johnson left the Radicals was the Cop
perhead victory in Connecticut.
Ba A letter purpsrting to have been
addressed to Gov. Geary by Messrs. Cook
and Stewart, which is going the rounds
of copperheadism to discredit the militia
ry agency at Washington, is forgery.
Bsa- The Middleburg Tribune says Liz
zie, little four year old daughter of Enos
Gross, of Mest Beaver township, Snyder
county accidentally ate some poison which
had been prepared for rats, She suffered
much, but is out Of danger.
Hss- The Mayor of Harrisburg, in his |
message to the Councils on Saturday, says
that out of 3597 arrests made at Harris |
burg during the past year 1888 were for !
being drunk and disorderly, and 976 as
vagrantS.
HeA. In the Senate, on Monday, during |
the consideration of the appropriation |
bill, Mr.. Fisher moved an extra appropri- |
alton to James Burns, for extra services |
during the session, which created much |
merriment, but was declared out of order. |
n@a. Gen. Sheridan has removed Mayor |
Monroe and several other rebels from Of |
flee in New Orleans. The little hod car
rier and ditch digger is making his mark |
as he did in the Shenandoah. Go it Phil |
you're boy after Union hearts, demo-
crat as you are!
Bsg" Two Of the Mississippi disfranchis-
ed rebels are trying to bring the question
Of the cOnstitutionality of the Military
Bill before the Supreme |
Court. The court, as it has done in sew
eTal cases years ago, will no doubt decide
it has no jurisdiction. Should it be other
wise, however, then Congress Will pass a
general confiscation act against all lead
ing rebels, and thus make them pay a
portion of the debt their rebellion Gre
ated. These leaders, with few northern
are now the only real enc
mics of the South, and but for them all
would settle down quietly and submit to
laws far more lenient than they expected
when the rebellion collapsed in the down.
fall of Lee and Johnston.