Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-03-07
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

kerosene
railway cars.
Somebody asks Il the famous "Blacl,
Douglass OF history was Fred.
| The Massasot Mills, at Huntingdon Mass,
turn out one ton of fine writing paper per
day.
Two cargoes of African peanuts, compri-
sing $4,000 bushels, arrived in Boston last
week.
Heavily loaded wagons are now drawn
over common roads in France by means of
steam road locomotives adapted to the pur-
! pose.
At Ilillsdale, Michigan, recently, the Wal
dron House was destroyed by fire, causing
loss of $4,000. Cause, explosion of
Kerosene lamp.
A detachment of one hundred and fifty
recruits for the Papal Zouaves passed through
Massachusetts on Thursday, on their way
tom Montreal to New York.
In Harrison county, KY, the farmers pre-.
diet very large crops Of wheat; while in
Franklin and Bourbon, it is thought, the
frost has ruined the grain. -r. III
The Memphis Post asks the question in u
manner of hopeless despair, "How many
murderers are now aspiring to Office in the
Conservative party in this State I"
Baltimore, the newspapers of that city
say. expects to become the first tobacco
market i'll the world when her new Euro
pean steamship line is in full operation.
The Senator who made his appearance at
breakfast at Willards, recently, in the cos
tune usually devoted to the hours Of slun-
Der, was not Yates, as was reported, but
Salisbury. 1
The Boston Journal says that Mr.. Wells's
Grant johnson letter reminds it of the
Dutchman's answer when asked his opinion,
Il dinks vat you dinks. Vat you dinks 2
eh !"
Cassius NJ. Clay is once more to appear
prominently in the political world. He is
going to stump Kentucky for Grant and is
spoken of as radical eector from that
State.
Toronto paper perpetrated quiet bull
{ recently, when it said that small pox was
raging fearfully in all classes in that city,
: and that but very few people were aware Of
the fact.
Rev. Herrick johnson has been called to-
the First Presbyterian Church (Dr. Barnes)
in Philadelphia. His response was tele-
gram referring to Proverbs, Esd Chapter and
18th Verse. ....
A woman in Lancashire, England, starved
to death recently because she would not go
!, to the poor house, and all because che once
mad a relative who was member OF the par.
lament
Forrest, whose infamous and cruel bcha-
viour at Fort Pillow has em5almed his me.
, mory in rather an undesirable form, has
recently filed petition in bankruptcy in
t Memphis.
t 1t takes 10000 bales of cotton, or $780,
600 pounds, to supply the daily demands
of the cotton mills of the world. OF this
.lk at l.
; used every day hy the Wamsutta Mills, New
Bedford.
5 Lowelrs old title of the "City of Spindes"
is no longer its especial due. Fall River
exceeds it by 10000 spindles. and its week
y production, when its mills are in full oper-
S alton, will surpass that of Lowell by 100000
yards.
J During the FIVE years of the existence Of
} the underground railway in London it has
T carried some eighty millions of passengers,
= at an average speed of sixteen miles an hour.
u without losing q single life or injuring
g passenger.
E The two young Murats, Princes of blood
which is not very blue as yet, are said to
n 5e the greatest scapegraces in France, and
# to be bent on inextricably compromising
:. themselves if possible, in spite of the almost
'e fathery kindness of the Emperor.
d The rector of the St. Stephens (EpiscopaD
le church, Pittsburg, notifies the congregation
that hereafter he will decliue receiving any
,e fixed salary, but will depend upon voluntary
l offerings, to be made on the second Sunday
4. of each month, morning and evening.
1t There is a lady in Paris who during her
d daily walks in the gardens of the Tuilleries
y is constantly surrounded by swarms OF vari-
r Gus kinds cf small birds who perch on her
person. cat from her mouth, and nestle Ia
her hand The cause of the attraction Is
,t unknown. .....-.
- Mr.. Lincoln once said that If there was
- ever any difference in his cabinet he was
i. always certain to have the member from
4 Connecticut on his side. 1t is hardly neces-
n sary to state that Mr. Weles was that men,
4 ber and that he still exhibits the same readi-
, ness to he on the side of the man in power.
e The large penguns of the Antartic Ocean
l. exhibit a curious pecuiarity in the place of
If deposit of the single egg laid by them
e This instead Of being placed in nest, as
j, with other birds, is held between the legs
e and feathers of the belly, aud transported
e by the bird wherever it goes until hatched.
!, The old AIchduchess Sophia, who used to
is be called the most ambitious woman in Eu-
y rope, has completely broken down since the
a, death of her tavorite son, Emperor MAXI
X milan. 1t was principally owing to her
y, diplomacy that Ferdinand abdicated tho
e. throne of Austria in favor OF her son, the
c. present Emperor
At While Mr.. Larmer and his sister were
:, riding in sleigh, last month, something be-
20 came loose about the harness Mr.. L. leaned
~ over to adjust the same when his pistol fell
Q, Q, from his pocket and was discharged, the
a, a load passing through his breast, killing hin
ru instantly. Miss Larmer was obliged to drive
the sleigh containing her brothers corpse
Mt several miles to Lineyille, (Mo,) where the!
Sc lived.
RI, A gorgeous wedding took place in st
Is, Louis, recently. The happy bride wore
On $1,000 set of earrings aud $3.50 lace veil
u. She is worth some 100000 in her owl
m right, and the groom is about as we'll sup
nd piled with filthy lucre. His presen. to hi
ter bride was worth $4,000. His name
To- James P. Thomas. He is barber by prS
'o- fession, and negro. The wife is mulatt'
az King John, of Saxony, is going to add
M cate. The loss ofseveral of his children, II
rather disolnte conduct of his eldest son, an
the Dolitical DEGRADATION which his coul