Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1872-10-26
NEWS ITEMS.

THERE has been some talk of removing
the shops of the Reading railroad from the
city of Reading.
THE erection Of several extensive saw
mills in Potter county shows the prosperi-
ty of the lumber business there.
THEY had thunder storm in Titusvile
last Friday, and a snow storm at Girard,
Erie county.
STAMP duties were removed from all
business papers, except bank checks, on
the 1st of October. Cantracts, aflidavits,
bills, receipts, notes, cOuveyances, poll
cies, warrants. writs, deeds mortgages,
powers of attorney, alsl all such' do not
now require stamys.
THE Philadelphia and Erie Railroad
claims to have the largest locomotives in
the United States. They have five engines
weighing Al tons each.
THE Muncy Luminary says it was re-
ported that snow fell to the depth OF five
inches on the Alleghcnics, north of that
place, last week.
GENERAL LoNGLSREET has written a let
ter to the chairman Of the Louisiana Liberal
Republican State Central Committee, with
drawing from that organization and giving
in his adherence to the true Republican
party. lie says the Liberals are being
! swallowed up by the Democrats, and rs he
never was Democrat he cannot follow in
that lead. lie finds that there is more lib
erality in the Republican party than has
been developed in the Liberal movement.
Hon. Simon Cameron and his wife, cele
brated their golden wedding, at their clc-
CANT mansion, Harrisburg, on Thursday.
The horse epidemic which has for some
time past been running through Canada
has now crossed the boundary, and is at
tacking our own cities. Some days since
it appeared in Buffalo, and now the tidings
come that ii has broken out also among
the horses of Rochester.
There will be immense quantities of do
mcstc wine, the product of our scientific
agriculturalists, put upon the market of
the State this winter.
THE "oldest inhabitants" of Augusta,
Ca, is n mule.
AN Iowa man who went hunting with
n horse and buggy killed one bird and shot
the top of his Eorse's head off,
Lion hunting it appears, is becoming
common sport in the Rocky Mountains, but
is not generally amusing
The South Carolina election has resulted
in complete success for the regular Re
publican ticket.
California is shipping considerable wheat
TO England by way of Panama.
THE official returns from Ohio show the
following maiorities OH the State ticket I;
Secretary Of State, 14,055; Supreme Judge,
0,lS0 Board of Public Works, 16,455
The total vote cast for Secretary of State
was a20, ,037-the largest ever east in Ohio
for any office. The Republicans elect Con-
in vt
Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Fifteenth,
Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Nine
teenth, and Twentieth districts, which
majoritics ranging f:om 500, 10 10000.
The President had a narrow es cape from
injury on Saturday while dri wing team of
Young horses on Pennsylvania avenue
and kicked in the dashboard just as the
President succeeded in leaping from the
vehicle.
TIE Republicans of Lock Haven won
$4,000 on The result of the State election.
RI. REV. BISHOP HOWE has selected
Christ Church, Reading, rs the Cathedral
Church of the Central Episcopal Diocese of
Pennsylvania.
BosToN is reported to be import ng
Chinese quack medicines.
Mrs. Greeley, wife of Horace Greeley,
who has been an invalid for many years,
is now lying, it is said, at the point of
death.
The Philadelphia Morning Post, Gree
ley paper, has given up the ghost and sus-
pended. The prospects for its candidate
were too gloomy for it to contemplate and
live, consequently it went where the wood
bine twineth."
A BARBER in Titusville, while cutting
the hair of rural customer, ran his shears
against some hard substance, which proved
20 be a whetstone, The old farmer said he
had missed that milestone ever since hay
ing time last JULY and had looked all over
a ten acre lot for it, but now he remember
cd sticking it over his eur,