Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-03-15
Miscellaneous News Items.

THE Public Debt has been reduced over
five millions of dollars during the month Of
February
THE estate of Horace Greeley has been
appraised, and his personal property
amounts to Si20,000.
Gov. HARTRANFT's vetoes are highly
commended by the press of the State, with
out distinction of party.
GEN. JOHN MCCALLA, formerly one of
the Auditors Of the United States Trea-
sury, died in Washington on last Saturday.
Hon. A, III. STEPuENs has been elected
to. Congfess from the Eighth district of
Georgia, to fiji q vacancy, without opposi-
ton.
The vote on the local option question,so
far as received from twenty-seven counties
OF this State, shows a majority OF about
5000 against license. ta..-.-
a FASHIONABLE young lady of Philadel-
phia dropped one of her false eyebrows in
a church pew, and badly frightened
young man next to her, who thought 1t
was his moustache.
PRESIDENT GRANT gets the credit of
writing his own messages, and deserves it.
He revises every sentence OF all the docu-
meuts he sends to Congress, and is me-
thodicnlly careful Of every word used in his
communications to that body. The New
York Tribune admits this, and therefore it
must be true.
Woodruff & CLAFLIN have certainly
been doing noble work around here.
Weddings and rumors of weddings have
not been so numerous for many years.
Wouldn't it be n good thing for all the
happy couples to draw up a memorial of
thanks, and send it to these two estima-
ble (?) ladies?-M Muncy Luminary.
THE stockholders Of the Lewisburg and
Milllinburg Turnpike Company have elect
ed the following officers for the ensuing
year:
Prcsident--Geo. T. Miller.
Managers-William Cameron, Solomon
Ritter, Jonn W. Simonton, Martin Dreis-
BACH 49,.
The number Of shares represented at the
election was 2l3.
Governor Hartranft has appointed DR..
A. w. Mathews, of Media, to be Quaran-
tine Master for the port of Philadelphia, in
place of DR.. John II. Gihou, removed
The u. S. Senate is still in session. 1t
has had the Caldwell alleged bribery case
under consideration.
1t is stated that the Ways and Means
Committee of our Legislature intend to re-
port in favor of paying Members 81 800 for
the session-thus following the bad exam
pie set by Congress.
The n. Y. Herald thinks there is too
much preyiug among class of females in
that city. They ride in street cars, and
prey upon passengers by picking their
pockets. Well, if men can pick pockets.
why shouldt women ? Isn't this a coun-
try Of equal rights ?
y checking family fight has taken place
! in Hancock county, Tennessee, in which n
! father, son and son-in-law were killed.
One son, much mutilated, remains alive.
/ The fight grew out of the fathers leaving
his wife and carrying away the property of
| the family.
| THE proposition to increase the pay of
witnesses and jurors is approved by all rea-
/ sona5le men. The idea OF compelling men
/ to serve in either capacity for what will not
| detray their boarding expenses, is simply
outrageous, and the wonder is that II
| change has not long since been demanded.
| The effort to increase this pay meets with
universal commcndation, because it is
| right
The Lehigh iron region contains fifteen
! blast furnace corporations, that with forty
! one completed furnaces manufacture one
/ third of the iron product of the country.
! Five other furnace companies heve been
| organized, but they are not yet at work.