Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-03-14
TrichIps prevail, In Micbiean.


hands of the Egyptian cavalry.
The Committee on Ways and Means has
concluded that whisky should remain taxed
two dollars per gallon. ~ NJ
Congressman Morrissey is to make hit
by giving sparring exhibition for the bene-
ft of the poor in New York city.
An ambitious youth in Michigan failed
to chop of his own head with hatchet.
Not difficult feat in politics.
st. Paul, Mimi, is the rat skin mart
the world. $4,000 of the mischievous little
creatures were killed for their hides last
year.
During 1857 the United States received
an army of immigrants from foreign coun.
tries of nearly one quarter million persons.
The Iotod Homestead states that the corp
crop of Iowa is still in great degree un-
gathered.
Wagon bodies are made of hardened
rubber composition in Connecticut.
Land is offered to settlers near Jackson
vile, Florida, at Fifty cents per acre.
A German Lutheran named Muller. of
the city of New York, has purchased a
church edifce fer $4,000, and the Rev. DR..
Krote, of Philadelphia, has been called as
pastor, at a salary of elk thoussnd dollars
per annum.
The annual exhibit of the Methodist Book
Concern, located at New York and Cincin-
natl, has just been announced, from which
we learn the total net capital is Si,050, Gas
49, Total profit for the year 1857, Sl2s,-
| 37l 80. OF the profits the sum Of $37,733
"a has been paid out under order of the
| General Conference to meet expenses out
oiI NJ fha hpo pf ha
George II. Pendeton's chances for the
Democratic Presidential nomination, daily
grow beautifully less. He was well backed,
but the shrewd New York politicians, who
managed to get the Convention to that city,
proved too many for the greenbackers of the
| west
The stockholders in the various railroads
in the oil regions met in Philadelphia, Feb.
e5, and confirmed the contracts OF four re-
spective boards for consolidation. The lines
are merged in the OH Creek rairoad the
| Franklin railroad, and the Farmers railroad.
and all under the title of Oil Creek and
Allegheny River railroad.
Cory is to have cheese factory. The
| projectors of this enterprise are Lawrence
Washington, Isaac and Mujor Colgrovc. and
j. Ii, Tillotson. 1t will be located lust out
city, and begin operations with the milk Of
from $50 to 500 cows.
The soldiers of 1912 in the State, lost six.
teen of their number in 1867 Five.sixths
of the survivors are over seventy. five, many
over eighty, and very few below seventy.
The Hassan well near Reno was started
ap last week, and it is now producing nearly
three hundred barrels per day.
An essay in an English magazine, on
"Wall Street and American Finance" esti-
mates the annual amount of money tvansac.
tions in wall street at between SIS 900, ,OOO,-
600 and $4,000, 900, 900.
Tho New York correspondent of the
Presbyterian writes, that tho rum shops of
that city, if placed 10 a line, would extend
on both sides of Broadway from the Battery
to Central Park-ten miles of d,ath-six
stories high-four stories above ground and
two under.
The Appleton street Congreg.I Church,
Lowell, Massachusetts, after six months trial.
votes to have but one preaching service on
the Sabbath. The pastor conducts an
audult class in the Sabbath School.
A woman named Mrs P. A. Hanaford,
WAS ordained few days. since in Boston,
TO be pastor of the Uuiversalist Society in
bingham.
During the session of the Convention
of Christian men at st. Louis recently,
while the question "IIow shall women best
aid in the work." was before them, lady
claimed the floor. The chairman decided
against her right to speak. An appeal WAS
made from the decision of the table hy IA
vote of So ayes to % nays. Notwithstand.
ing this action, unpleasant results are likely
to grow out of the affair. Some of the
dailes Of that city think the lady ought to
have been allowed to speak.
During the "Week of Prayer" Ladies
Union Prayer meeting was held in the social
rooms of the Tabernacle Church, New York
Since then these ladies have organized par.
lor meetings, which are intensely interesting
and give promise of great and continual use.
fulness.
The whole Rebel army vanquished by
Grant and Sherman; all the sympathizers
with treason in the North; all the enemies
of the draft all the enemies of the National
Debt all those who gloried in the trcache.
~ of Andrew johnson all the assaiants OF
Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, Sickles, George
Ii. Thomas, and other patriots, and every
enemy of Liberty in the Old World.
The Independent says in 1886 a Hard Shell
Baptist Association in Maryland expelled
from its body several churches for having
become connected with u missionary society.
These latter, six in number. at once organ.
lied the Maryland Union, Association aud
have increased to thirty nine churches, with
u membership of between four and five thou
sand, and young aud efficient ministry.
The former have either quite died out or
have only nominal existence.
Mr. Thornton, British Minister to Wash
ington, said to an American whom he met at
the wharf, Your Mr.. johnson does wonders
for self made man." ut may be So" was
the reply; "but ii be bes self made man,
will say that it relieves God Almighty OF II
grave responsibility"
The Virginia City Enterprise says that
Brigham Young mas had occasion, during
the present winter, to mourn the decease of
live of his wives, from pneumonia affections.
Such are the mournful consequences of being
married too much.
As soon as stranger is espied by the
natives of Cherry Ran in the Oil Regions,
they make q break" for and thus address
him Halo, you Don't you want to buy
| an oil we'll 2n