Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-02-08

the country where they have been placed
on exhibition.
He is now engaged day and night send
ing out Copies for selfiustruction, which
he writes himself expressly for applicants,
so that any one can learn to write at the
home fireside. These contain full printed
instructions, and are put up in large heavy
cnvelpackage. They have been ordered by
thousands--not by poor writers alone, but
by the leading teachers of penmanship
throughout the United States and Canada.
Our readers would do we'll to write for n
package, as nothing so complete, beautiful
and useful for self.instruction will ever
again be offered them.
TIE Editorial Associa ton of Pcnnsyl-
vania, will make their annual excursion,
next summer, over The route lying through
the coal regions, over the famous Switch
Back at Mauch Chunk, up the Lehigh
Valley, over Wilks- Barre Mountains,
through the beautiful Wyoming to Pittston,
Scranton and down to Danvilc.
Martin, the defaulting teller of the Ches-
ter Valley Bank. was on Wednesday SEN
fenced by Judge Butler to four years aud
six months at labor in the Chester County
Prison ut West Chester. lie is n young
man Of fine intellect, well educated, ana
! BILE.
The small-pay epidemic has reached
such hight in Baltimore as to have alarm
ed the authorities and the inhabitants gem
orally. There were 10 deaths for the
week ending January 20, and there arc at
| the present time 1900 cases.
Hon. W. w. KETCHAM. of Wilkes Barre,
will probably be appointed United States
~ et,,..t led. a..
posed of Northeastern Pennsylvania
There will also be District Attorney,
Marshal, Clerk of the Court, and other
officers to be appointed.
THERE is a sterne: feeling growing up
in courts and among the people in refer
ence to men accused of murder. Hereto
| fore quibblng attorneys have been allowed
| TO procrastinatc in proceeding to the trial
of murdercrs, on the plea that they must
have time. No time is afforded the victim
of the murderer, who is hurried into eter-
nifty unprcpared. There are in almost
every city wrctches kept from trial year
after year by this trick OF the profession,
aud it is now demanded that the practice is
| stopped.
THE amount Of pine lumber n, nualiy
cut on the Susqurhanna rive and It's tri-
butaries exceeds five hIudrcd million feet.
A careful estimate has been made If the
area Ofthe timber lands and the avtrage
yield OF lumber per acre, and the alarming
conclusion is reached that thr,e years,
stocking al the present rate of five hundred
million feet per Year would entirely exhaust
all the pine lumber now standing.
THE jury in the Wharton case having
ann runced their inability to agree, were
on Monday discharged. Nj Revell, States
Attorney, then moved that the prisoner
| renew her recognizance to answer the
charge of attempting t. poison Van Ness,
for tie AaGEh aGGEthce said they =" wGfS frt ready and
Mrs. Wharton renewed her personal re-
cognizance in 5000. with two sureties.
Miss Nellie Wharton and j. Crawford
Nelson. who justified in S2500 each. The
prisoner then left the Court.
The Secretary of the Treasury has called
in all outstanding three per cent. certili-
Gates of Nos. dated between January 2j,
1869, to April II, 1869. as follows: $4,000
from Nos. 55G3 to 565l, and $4,000 from
Nos. 52OI to 5j63. Total amount called
in $4,000 of three per cents. remain I'M
called
AN attempt to create an insurrcction in
Haytl, Tor the purpose Of preventing the
eletion for President, was suppressed. and
oiAtS VI tic IilS PduclS WtIt dETCbICu, uNc
OF whom were executed.
AN American found himself brought
face To face at Rome last month with an
old schooltellow whom he had not seen for
years. lyon here - '"Yes, my dear fel-
low, l have just been married, and am
| come TO pass the honeymoon in Italy"
And your wife - My wife oh, / left
her in New York"
The stage from Mitchellsburg to Harrods-
burg, KY, was attacked by four men ON
Thursday last, when near the latter place,
who ordered the driver To deliver the
mails, One was shot dead by passenger,
and the others fled. but were pursued. and
two of them captured and lodged in Jail.
The daughters of Horace Greeley have
Withdrawn from the contest in the case of
their fathers will, and yesterday the con-
| testanIs proceeded to prove the will Of
1871 without opposition. Mr.. Greeley left
property estimated at S206, 900, and Mrs.
Greeley some $4,000.
| A disratch from San Francisco SAYS there
is little prospect of q peaceful settlement of
the Modoc difficulty. Captains Fairchild
| and Doris went to have the talk with Cap
tains Jack, as desired, but the Moduc would
not go tothe white mems camp. and they
would not go 10 the Indian camp.
The engine house at TrOut's tannery at
l1ewisburg was destroyed by fire on the
9th. ... ..
EpizoOty has disab bled all the horses a.
| bout Ploche, Nevada, and eight thousand
bars OF silver have accumulated at the
mines awaiting transportation East,
| "MUsIi and milk festivals are taking
the place OF church fairs, &c. ,at Waukegan,