Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1872-03-16

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prescntatives in this city, and have proba-
bly, secured a good working majority in the
Legislature.
PORTSMOUTH JUBILANT OVER THE RE-
SUIT.
PORTSMOUTH, March 12.-The Repub-
icans are iubiant over the result of the
election, parading the streets till late hour
with band of music. Marcy DEM is
defeated by Warren Brown in this Sena-
torial district by two hundred majority.
THE BEST YET.
CONCORD, March 13-1. 80 A. M.-One
hundred and seventy-four towns give Straw
-, 339 /; Weston, %, ,Sl2. Blackmcr ITEM
perance), 33S; Cooper Labor Reform), 2Sl.
The Legislature stands; Republicans, 167;
Democrats. lOl Labor Reform, 3; Tenn
perancc, =.
AT the election for delegates to the Re
publican State convention, held i'll Lancas-
ter county on the 9th inst, according to
the official returns made, the total vote in
structing on the Gubernatorial question
was 800 of which
Col. Frank Jordan had 3,470
Gen. John +. IIartranft " $50
The remaining vote being divided be-
tween other candidates.
Mayor Halls Trial, in New York, is
still progressing. The sudden and uneX-
pected appearance of Garvev, the Ring
pasterer, in Court, who, it is said. has
come to make a clean breast oft, startled
the Ring. lie swcars that one of his bills
for over $40, geo, was wholly fictitious, and
that the Ring shared the proceeds. Con-
molly, as soon as he heard of the appear
ance ofGarvey, disappeared, and his where
abouts are unknown. Most assuredly they
have pretty kettle Of fish in Newly ork.
A Scranton dispatch says that the public
schools at Hyde Park, Bellevue. and Pc
tersburg, in this State, have been closed on
account of the prevalence of what is called
black or spotted fever.
The New York Assembly has been re-
quested to appoint a committee to investi-
gate the facts relative to the suits brought
against the Union Pacific Railroad Com
pany by the late James Fisk, Jr.
JohnsOn's Anodync I.iniment is, without
doubt, the safest, surest, and best remedy
that has ever been invented for internal
and external use. 1t is applicable TO II
great variety OF complaints, and is equally
beneficial for man or beast.
We have seen it stated in various papers
the sale of Shcridan's Cavelry Condition
Powders were authorized to refund the
money TO any person who should use them
and not be satisfied with the result. We
doubted this at first, but the proprietors
authorize us to say that it is true.
/ The total amount of siXty-tw0 bonds re-
deemed by Secretary Boutwell, under the
three calls to date is follows First call,
800, ,9S7, $50; ; second call, s., 996, $50: third
call, 3, ,074, 900.
Two young ladies in New York, who
have been noted Cor Their beauty and style,
have recently become quite raralyzed from
the use, the physicians affirm, of paint and
cosmetics of various kinds.
American Oysters are selling in London
for thirtY-siX cents dozen. English Oys-
tCrs cost seventy-twO cents dozen. An
other cargo is now loading for England in
Chesapeake bay.
/ An old lady who lost he purse a short
time since at New Haven, declared, on its
being restored to her, that she would not
. attempt to interfere with the reward which
was stored up in heaven for the finder by
offering him money.
y TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE.-O Janu-
AIRY 10th an earthquake destroyed the city
Of Schemacha, in Russia. According to
the official report lis persons were killed
and lourty -four wounded, but all the in
( habitants, were left without shelter. Sche-
macha is, or rather was. Il city of $4,000
inhabitants, and lies on the road between
TiGs and Baku, at the foot of the Cauca-
sian mountains, about seventy-fve miles
distant from the latter city. Schemacha
is 2,3lG feet above the Caspian, and 2, 1860
feet above the Black seas, and was form
erly the seat OfgOyernment of the province,
which however ,On account Of the frequent
earthquakes in that region, was trans
tcrred, about ten years ago, to Baku, on
the Caspian sea. The inhabitants of Sche-
macha arc nearly all Armenians.
THREE YEARS WoRK.-During the last
three years the administration ofPresideu.
Grant has accomplished the following re-
suits:
First Reduced the public debt $685..
6i9, ,662 O3.
Second. Reduced the burden of taxation
$50, 600, 900 per annum.
In the same three years there have beer
collected 81 ,20OO $1,000, and expended
$1,000, 100000 making an aggregate of two
thousand two hundred millions. Out OF
this vast sum 81 ,250, 900 has been lost, OF
less than one fifteenth of one per cent.
The beauties Of the ''civil service reform, ,
with which some innocent individuals have
been enamored, says the Lebanon Courier
Were striklngly illustrated on Monday When
Mr.. Trumbull had Il bill passed appropriat
ing $4,000 to pay for giving the reform
a start. That is kind of reform in which
any number can be got to participate
And yet Trumbull and other solemn vet
Grams think the people are regarding this
} humbug as reform. We are, and have
been for years, in favor Of making the ole
! Jcilersonian standard of honesty aud capa
city the essentials in applicants for office
|; but the standard which Trumbull and 9th
} ers wish to set up is anti Republican anC
: not be tolerated among free people.
Serious apprehension are felt at Wash
) ington that a collision will take place be-
tween Canadian and American fishermen
during the coming spring, and our govern
ment will dispatch a naval force to the fish
ing grounds, with instructions to the Off,
GERS to avoid all attempts to be drawn intC
difficulty,
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