Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-06-28


ductcd from our advance rates.
JuDGE RocKEFELLER moved into his new
house on Monday last. His rnoi,ience ocouPi.s
an elevated position in the eastern part of the
town, Considerable work is yet required to put
! the external finishing touches on the building.
THR Borough Council are now issuing the new
| Borough Bonds. None but Orders dated prior
to the 3lst of January are convertible. The
Bonds are handsomely engraved, having n pho
tograph OF the Court House one Corner, and
| the Park on the other; the Pennsylvania coat of
| arms Is in the centre.
| JArASFss.--'rhc Royal, Jcddo Japanese
Troupe gave fine entertainment iR the Opera
| House, rn Tuesday evening last. Their perform
ances were appreciated more than others given
in this place for a long time. They were par
! ccllcncc. The Audience was not as large as the
entertainment merited, owing, perhaps. to in
sufficient advertising through their incunsdc-
rate agent.
! ARRESTED ron WIFE WmPPIHG. - Zcbcdcc
! Bostan was committed TO prison, on Tuesday
last or complaint of his wife, for brutal treat
mcnt. On the same evening, George Bowers
was arrested for maltrcating his wife, and enter
! cd bail. These two brdres could find more room
for exercising their puglistc propcrsiilcs ii they
were scut among the Molocs
THE Western Telegraph Company are now en-
gagged in Grtlng mp the room ir lIazletines store
/ for their office. They will soon hc ready to set
| mp their instruments for operation. The loca-
! ton is the most prominent in town.
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! Vocal AND ISsTEUMENTAL CONCERT will
! he given this (Frday) evening, in the Court
/ House, by Prof. Brown and d. Rcimer, which
! will be one of the finest entertainments of the
| season. rs their entertainments are well known
to he of Il high character, and the admission very
low, nn doubt full house will greet them.
READ REfoRE IoU Sign YoUR NAAr.-t large
number of persons who put their signatures to n
recommendation Of L. B. Haincs, verifying that
his li'"ory Of Sunbury is correct, &c, have
waited upon us and stated chat they s"nod 1t
without reading the contents, and that since they
have examined it they fnd themselves sold. We
would advise all who are ''borcd' for their sig
natures, ia the future TO first read the contents
of the instrument to which they invited to at
tuch their names. This last case is certainly
good lesson.
IS L"CK.--Our young friend Peter s. Durrel of
| tn" Washington llOnsr, won the contest for the
large cake, at the festival held last week, by the
Reformed Church. The contest was between
Nc. Blurred and Mr. Geo z. Hoffman, two of the
best hotel clerks of this place. but Peter being
/ somcwlo; of "a ladies' man. and progressing in
and took he prizc. The Church realized $3.50
by the contest.
THE potatoc Bnr has s,adc It, appearance iu
this vicinity.
lSIrHED.--A young man namcd Long, ap-
pren,ccd to J. f. Lerch, at biactsmithing, was
thrown from 4 horse on spruce street, on Friday
last, and seriously injured about the head. He
WAS inscnslhle for several hours, Doctors Mar
tin and Clark dressed the wounds. lie is, we
/ are happy to learn, rapidly recovering.
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AGmCCLTCRAL MEETING. The Executive
/ Committee of the Northumberland County Agfi-
( cultural Society, (Jos. Bird, President met IN
the Arbitration Room, ON Saturday last, and ap-
! pointed committee of conference to unite with
/ the Turbutvlle northumberland County Agri-
! cultural Socety) The time for holding their
fair VIII be decided on soon. Mr.. Youngman
being the only bidder for the printing, 1t was ac-
corded to him. After transactng some minor
business, the committee adjourned.
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THE Reformed festival closed on Satardry
night, after five nights of successful entertain
nent. The net receipts will PROBABLY reach 5000.
REFREsHIsG RAIN. - The rain on Tuesday
morning was most propitious, and gives re
freshng appearance 20 everything. The summer
crops were suffering everywhere for the want of
rain, and in many places the sun had scorched
plants beyond resuscitation.
! Tue Fourth will probably be a dull day in
( Sunbury, as the different societies have all con-
| cluded TO spend the day elsewhere. The fremcn
will miugle with their friends at Lock Haven ;
the Red Men with their brothers at Watsontown.
The Knights of Pythias will go to shickshiuny
The z. O. S. of A., and the Boys in Bite, as well
as a large portion of our citizens, will pay visit
10 our neighbors of Northumberland, where n
grand time awaits them. The address OF Coz.
/ Taggart alone, will repay all who spend the day
! at Northumberland.
NOT FOR NoDocs.-Ne would inform our
neighbor of the -uorniag Express, that we have
no disposition to make an attack on Modocs un-
less il be in self defence. As to Historian, We
regard the Todern Haines class too small game
to shoot, at long range, as in that case we would
be only wasting ammunition.
PRoF. ELIAS SCHNEIDER, of the high school in
this place, has gone on visit TO Pottsyille his
former residence, TO attend the 9th annual COM
meneement of the High School in that place, of
which he was It's first Principal
THE MItoniaH says that It is rumored that the
} shops of the P. & r. r. Co., are to be removed
from this place. We think not, as preparations
arc being made to increase the works The Penn.
sylvanla Railroad company never overlook such
! favorable locations for shops as sunbury pre-
sents. Besides being the termini of Eve rail.
roads, where freight takes different directions I'd
! market, it would be POOR policy TO remote the
shops located here, particularly When they own