Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-12-26
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Thomas Jefferson never made speech.
A dog with two tails Is the latest sensa- |
tion in Harrisburg.
Iowas northwestern counties have no coal |
and comparatively little wood.
Mrs. Lincoln Is very i'll in Frankfort, on
tie Main.
The cattle disease has broken out at Mil
ford, Conn, l.....s r |
Chicago intends TO have large direct
trade with the West Indies.
The Rothschilds have lent see, ,0e0, 900 to
the new Spanish Government. .,|t,|
Canada has only shout ten thousand few
er troops than the United States.
Fifteen cents piece are paid for rat skins
in Minnesota. nc. t''.' tst.'s. '
400 men have been hired to shovel srow
off the tracks of the Central Pacific Rail
road.
Somebody says Brick Pomeroy's papers
| don't sell well any more, and their owner
stares bankruptcy in the face.
Eight thousand buildings, besides twenty.
| five churches, is what Chicago has done in
the building way during 1868.
Secretary Seward says that he used no
money for the purchase of Alaska, except
for the Legitimate purpose.
$4,000 tons of rock in San Francisco
Harbor were moved by twelve tons of pow.
der in one blast, the other day.
| 1900 poor people of Stockholm, Sweden,
want our Congress to provide them with
| some means to come to this land OF the
free and home Of the brave"
Russia and the great powers agree that
that Sultan and the King of Grsece should
delay action for five days, in order that ne
gotiations for settlement may be commenced.
100000 tons of hay, 200, 900 bushels of
corn, 200, 900 bushels of wheat and little
fruit, is the crop report from Maine for the
season just closed.
TExAs.-To show where Texas stands on
the Union question Galveston is the only
place in that State where greenbacks pass
current.
1t is thought that the greater portion OF
the cotton crop of north Louisiana is already
in the market. The yield exceeds the ex.
pectations of planters.
1t is said that artificial eggs, quite as
good as the real ones, are manufactured in
Troy, New York and sold for fifteen cents
per dozen. The hens will soon have to lay
cheaper eggs or stop.
gance is the badness of the Empress Of the
French. If it DO true, the question is, how
long will it take the fashion to reach this
country2
An Indianian, who has had the expert.
ence of eight wives, expresses himself in
favor of divorce rather than funeral, SO far
as economy is concerned, as means Of dis
posing Of partner.
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after the 1st of January, 1850, all editors
schoolmssters and ministers of tbs gespe
will be passed over the Lchigh Valley Rail
road free of charge, upon showing their GER
ti6catcs of Office.
New varieties of cotton are being intro
duced in the Southern States, and it !.
thought that sufficient improvement may
: be made in the quality to compensate fol
the comparatively small quantity now pro
: duced.
English Railroads are gradually adopting
the American cars, rather us an experiment
than otherwise, while strange to say, tn,
New England railroads are introducing by
degrees the cramped and uncomfortable car,
now in general use in Old England.
Some benevolent persons in Philadelphi,
are trying to establish Young Mems Home
Wnere young men coming from the country
for employment in the city can be provided
with cheap board and lodging, baths, book
and amusement, and be thus guarded from
many of the temptations with which the,
, might otherwise be asssiled.
Among those who participated in the oh
sequies of Mr.. Stevens, on the 18th inst
!. was General Sypher, of Louisiana, tn
youngest member in the House, and pro
tege of the deceased. In the name of III
loyal South, and of the people struggling
! from ahject slavery up to perfect freedom
he thanked God that Thaddeus Steven
lived and labored, and triumphed.
A dispatch was received by Secretary Nc
y Culloch, from IN agent of the government a
Mobile, stating that he had found mllioi
of dollars in gold. He was ordered to talk,
. possession. and to call upon the military 70
2 a safeguard. No answer has been received
e and it is not known whether it is Confede
f rate or stolen money.
: FRoN the Army Hospital, the bloody battle field
the mansion Of the rich and the humble abode of tn
poor-from the office and the sacred desk, from th
/, mountain-top, distant valleys and farof islands
l the ocean-from every nook and corner of the civil
lied world is pouring in the evidence Of tho aston
v ishing effects of DRAKs's PLANTATION BITrERs.-
Thousands upon thousands Of letters like the follow