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Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-09-12


\ man who was discovered asleep among
q lot of tomhstones in stone cutters yard
in Binghamton, said, on being awakened.
that he had come in to buy monument
for himself, and having picked one out,
made up his mind he would try it one
night before purchasing, ...
SOME people say that dark-harcd woman
marry first. Wcdiiler; it's the light head
ed ones.
NEW $40 NOTES. Secretary Richardson
has decided that the new ten dollar notes,
as well as the lives shall be reprinted, and
has ordered plates of that denomination to
be made. This is because the old tens are
pretty well worn, and have been very eX-
tensiyely counterfeited.
QUlN, dining one day at an ordinary,
was seated next to person of n most vora-
cious disposition, and observing him to
cut very large piece of bread, which, he
laid by his plate against the bringing up Of
dinner, the wit took it up and pretended to
cut piece off it. This was very quickly
noticed by the other, who told him in a
very abrupt manner that 1t was his bread.
81 ask pardon,n said Quin, in his usual
deliberate way, "I really took it for the
loaf"
THE PURIFY WATER,-A tablespoonful
of powdered alum, spriDkled into a hogs
head of water, and stirred, will in the
course Of few hours precipitate to bottom
all the impure PARTICLES and leave the water
as clean and pure as spring water. Four
gallons would need but a teaspooniul.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-09-12

OOALi COALI COAL!--GRAXlB BROS
I Shippers aad Wholesale and Retail Dealers In
WHITE AND RED Ash COAL, sUNByRf, IA
eLo~BE wBARr.)
ssy- Sole Agents, westward, at the celebrate ed
Henry Clay Coal jan ps-of
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-09-12
TUNNELS RESTAURANT,
Business Suros.

w Z HuoAps ]. PACKER HAAS
Wy y. RHOADS a. CO., .
w. RETAIL DEALERS or
ANTHRACITE COAL, sUNBURY, PEHS'A'
OPFICE WITH Haas, fAGELr d Co.,
Orders left at Ssassoltz a. Bros, offoe Market
treet, will receive promN attention. country
ustom respectfully solicited.
Feb. 4, 1S7l.-tf
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-09-12
A DOMESTIC TRAGEDY IN DANBURY

A DOMESTIC TRAGEDY IN DANBURY.
When woman puts three mackerel to
soak over night in dish pan whose sides
are eight inches high and leaves the pan
on stairway, she has accomplished her
mission and should so hence. This is
what Division street woman did lately.
She filled the pan at the pump and then
left it standing on the steps to the stoop
Will she went into the next house to sec
how many buttons would be required to
20 down the front of a redinSote. And a
might important affair that was, to be sure.
And there was her husband tearing
through the house in search Of handker-
chief, and not finding it of course. And
then he rushed out into the yard, wonder
ing where on earth that woman could be,
and started down the steps without seeing
the pan or even dreaming that any one
could be 50 idfotic ms to leave it there. Of
course he stepped on it or at least that is
the supposition, as the neiglbors who were
brought out by the crash that followed saw
n Mortified man, and high dish pan, and
three very dcmoralized mackerel shooting
across the garden and smashing down the
shrubbery. And he was nice sight, was
that unhappy man, when they got him on
his feet. There wasn't dry thread OH
him, and his hair was full OF bits of mack
erel, and one of his shoulders was out of
joint, and his coat was split the whole
length of the back, and lie appeared to be
out of his head. lie was carried in the
house by some OF the men and laid on q bed,
while others went after the doctor, and
sixteen women assembled i'll the front room
and talked in whispers about the inScruta-
bic ways of Providence, and what a warn
ing this was to people who never looked
where they were going. Danbury Necs.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-09-12

Poverty puts fearful strain on mans
honesty. The poor man who lives an hon
est life is entitled to mere credit than the,
mau of wealth. The one is forced to 1glt
against temptations which comes to him,
under the guise of want and necessity the
other has no motive except greed or ambi-,
tiOn TO tempt him from the path of rectir,
tude. Yet when the poor man sins against
the laws OF the land how few sympthize
with him, or seek to shield him from the
penalty incurred. lie has no friends, and
the heaviest punishment that eau be intiict-
cal is considered light enough for him.
When the prison doors close behind hIn,
hope is shut out forever, for he knows that
the pardoning power will never be asked
10 interfere in his behalf. But the rich
criminal is looked upon as simply untor-
tunate he is lionized. Justice bows in
his presence, aud seems to ask his pardon
for the unpleasant relation which it bears
towards him. Ii he is canvicted it is an
exceptional his sentence is made rs light
us possible; his prison life is liShtened by
pleasant employment and cheerful assur-
ances that his confinement will be short
aud soon he walks forth, the recipient of
executive clen,ency. This is wrong. II
any distinction is to be made in the treat
ment of criminals, we would favor leniency
TO the poor and severity to the rich. The one
may have been driyed to the commission,
of crime by cruel want the other has 10
reasonable excuse. As Poor Rchardn
says, Its hard TO make an, empty sack
stand upright. "This describes the condition
ofa poor man perfectly. An empty stomach,
starving family, a forlorn garret or eel
lar, are serious obstacles to perfect in
tegrity. five would reprcss crime among
the poor, We must first seek to hotter their
condition atiOrd then means of obtaining
au honest living, aud few will prefer from
choice to seek a dishonest one. The poor
man should not be robbed, as too many
now are, by The wealthy and avaricious.
We believe the largest per cent. of honesty
is found among the poor Of the land. Re-
move the causes Which induce crime
among the lower classes, and The percent
age Of crime will be extremely small
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-09-12
DENTISTRY.
GEORGE NJ. REM,

GEORGE NJ. X Il y n,
In SIMPSONS Budding, Market Square,
SgSBURY, Pa, s-a.. . f. H. ...
r. prepared to do all kinds of work pertaining
10 dentistry. He keeps constantly on hand
a large assortment of Teeth, and other Dental
material, from which he will he able TO select,
and NEE. the wants of his customers.
All work warranted TO give satisfaction, or else
the money refunded.
The very best Mouth Wash and Tooth-Powders
Kept on hand. - g..
Ills references are the numerous patrons for
whom he has worked for the last twelve years.
Sunbury, April 81, 1879.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-09-12

VN III. II. KASE, Attorney at Law, SUN
l.. BURY, Pa. Onice in Market square,
(sdjoining the Office OF w. I. Greenough, Esq.D
Professional business in this and adjoining coun-
ties promptly attended to. a 81
Sunbury, March 16, 1S12.-1y. .H.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-03-08

THE RoYAL NTSTr 70 IIuo-Thc L. ;. ;. EcsiriI.
Capt Clary, which len here on the 2oih ult. with
His Majesty and suite aud Admiral Peanock and
suite, returned 20 port on Sunday morning the 2d
the King was announced 10y a salute from The bat
terry on Punchbowl. and on the Royal party quit
ting the ship at ~hali-past Q. the usual salutes were
fired from the RCaiciH ane III. II. Ms :. Scuuf. the
California being still in the hands Of carpenters.
The visit To Hilo has been an extremely pleasant
one. both 10 the visitors and the visited. His Maj
esty received with his wonied ~afabiliiy and good
nature, the crowds Of his loyal subjects who pressed
forward 10 greet him, and the kind words OF good
counsel that he gave were received with enthusias-
tic applause. The weather during the week that
the party spent in Hilo was propitious. there hav-
ing been but one day OF rain, and the party 10 the
volcano.-Gens. Schodeld and Alexander and Adj
miral Fennock-had a pleasant trip, rendered in
teresting from the fact that Madame Pele was
pretty active in her demonstrations. His Majesty
returned 10 town with inyigOrated health.
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Died, from Want of Attendance.
WAIoHISU, February 10Th, ]

MAIoHIGU, February IJth, 1910.
Mr.. E~DIToR-There appeared in ysur issue Of the
1st inst, a paragraph concerning an accident that
took place at Naalehu, in this district, whereby IA
native lost his arm. BE kind enough TO publish the
following additional particulars in relation TO the,
case: The name Of the native wag Kauwe, and he.
was employed as n laborer on the Naalehu plantation.
He came here a few months since from Honolulu.
The accident occurred on the oath OF January, ut
about 4 p. NJ. The mangIcd PORTION Of the arm was
amputated, the arteries picked up and tied, and tho
stump carefully b~andaged. The following day tho
man was taken aboard tLe Uudmd-which vessel
was lying at Alualu-to he landed az Kona, or taken
on to Honolulu, as DIR. Shipley should deem advisa-
BILE. The captain Of tie UiIGmn was the bearer Of
n letter from Mr.. a. Hutchinson 10 DR.. Shipley, in
which the Doctor WIS requested 10 visit the man and
to render him all necessary medical assistance. This
letter the captain forwarded TO the Doctor from
Keauhou. The vessel then went on as far as Kailua,
where she anchored at 2 O'Clock in the morning. The
captain then wrote n letter to DIR. Shipley, requesting
him 10 call at once on the man-whom he had landed
at Kailua-and if he thought IL advisable TO send
the man TO Honolulu, that Mr.. I. Bright, in whose
charge the man was left, would put him aboard the
RiIaUea, which vessel would be at Kailua the follow
ing day. Three days after this Mr.. I. Bright wrote
the Doctor a letter urging him to call on the man;
Tie Doctor, in answer to Mr.. Brghts letter, sald
that he was not a government doctor, ana unless Mr'
Bright would guarantee the payment OF S25OO-his
fee-he would not call on the man. His answer to
Mr.. Hutchinson's letter was OF n like nature. In
fine the man lived ten days Mt kailua' within nine
miles of a licensed doctor, without any medical and
whatever,-another instance Of ' mans inhuman;ty
I TO man, At the expiration Of the ten days tho
man died, probably from mortifcation-hfeeh days
from the time he received the accident. l iorDear
making any comments further than TINS. L Deiese
that kauwe would have been awe to-uAy, hao Nv
-treceived proper medical aid. Truly yours,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-03-08

ANOTHER BROKEN LEG.-A seaman belonging to
Thursday, got thrown on the plains, and broke a leg.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-03-08

SWEATING CoINs.-We have seen specimens of
silver coins, a considerable number of which are said
to be in circulation, which had evidently been sub
jected to some chemical process, whereby their value
is reduced. 1t is said to be done here, for the pur-
pose of silvering ware.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-03-08

MEMORANDA SIS. NEBRASKA-Len Auckland Feb.
goth at $3.50 L. NJ; sighted the island of Tutuila
Feb goth, at 2 Z. NJ; experienced Gne weather
throughout the entire passage. Arrived at Homo
lulu March 7th. at 9 p. NJ.
We bring 40 packages of freight and one paSsen-
ger for Honolulu; 90 passengers. SIS bales wool,
4 pkgs merchandise, 81 sheep, and "a bags mail in
transitu. ID. Z. BREWSTER, Purser.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-03-08

TEDIoUs.-The schooner Fairy Queen, on her last
passage from Kauai, was FIVE days beating up against
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-03-08
TO LET.

TO LET.
- THE CELLAR UNDER MY ROOK-
"a Store, oaPable Of slowing 400 barrels.
- ja1s Apply to Nm. WHITNEY.
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THE PACIFIC
Commercial AOOrrtlser.
SATURDAY,. s.
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

ARRIVAL OF THE NEBRAsKA.-The expected steamer
NEBRASKA, Capt. Harding. arrived last night at nine
O'Clock, l6 days from Auckland. Our thanks are
due to Mr.. Brewster. the Purser, for prompt delivery
Of memoranda and files Of papers. The news is IN
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-03-08
FOR SALE
FOR SALE

- THE HOUSE AND LOT ON KU.
"a kCI STREET, at presen: occupied BY George ~
LII Emmes- Apply to
fel5 lm GEO. EMMES.
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1 ES- The Hawaiian Mission Children's Society
will meet this evening at the residence of Mr.. ".
c. Parke, at u O'Clock.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-03-08

A TREAsoSABLE PLACARD.-A written paper in
Hawaiian was found posted on Hotel street yesterday,
declaring that the King was a friend, not of the
natives but of the foreigners, and calling upon the
natives to rise and depose him. 1t was soon indig-
nantly torn down by the people. 1t is very doubtful
if such sentiments have originated with n native.
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n e N M AY.

Just received per u. y. Murray!
TASKS EASTERN HAMS,
~ Cases California Bacon,
Cases California Cheese,
Cases Smoked Salmon,
Cases Smoked Beef,
Gases Goldfish,
Cases Sausage Meat,
Cases Roast Beef,
Cases Roast Mutton,
Cases Roast Veal,
Cases Lard i'm : and 1O-lb. Tins
Cases Columbia River Salmon in l and 2-lb tins,
Cases HOLSTERS in 2-lb tins,
Cases Quahaugs in 2-lb tins,
Cases CLANS in 2lb tins.
Cases Soup and Boulli,
Cases Assorted Soups,
Cases Asparagus,
Cases Tomatoes,
Cases Succotash,
Cases Lima Beans,
CASES CIR CORN,
Cases Green Peas,
Cases Turnips,
Cases Carrots,
Cases Beets,
Cases Mince Meat.
Cases Dried Apples,
Cases Drums New Figs,
Sacks Almonds,
Sacks English Walnuts,
Cases Cuttings Peaches,
Cases Cuttings Assorted Table Fruits /,
Cases Cuttings Jellies,
Cases Borden's Milk, Eagle Brand, /
Sacks White Beans, +
Golden Gate Extra Family Flour,
Golden Gate Bakers Extra Flour,
Sacks Superfne Flour,
Sacks Graham Flour, 4
Eases CdillOEulbO UlOuSy
SACKS HUMBOLDT POTATOES
Cases Oatmeal in 1slb bags,
Cases Cracked Wheat in lO-lb bags,
Gases Corn Meal in lO-lb bags,
Cases Saloon Bread,
fins of Water, Wafer, Soda and MIX Crackers,
OATS AND Ran
ALSO ON HAND
Pate de fol Gras.
Pate de- PaFtridges,
Bologna Sausages,
French Trufles.
French Table Fruits,
French Mushrooms,
French Plums.
The Genuine Calcutta Chutney,
Lea & PerrEu's WorcesIerhire Sauce,
Crosse s. BIackweII's Sauces,
FOR SALE BY
HENRY WAY.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-03-08

Loss OF THE SCHOONER IsABELLA.-The coasting
schooner Isabella. of about 40 tons burthen. be-
longing to James l. Dowsett, Esq. went ashore in
a squall at Moloaa. Kauai. on the 18th ult. That
is a notoriously bad place for a vessel TO get caught
with the wind on shore, and the Isabella went TO
pieces and became a total loss in about fifteen min
utes after striking the rocks.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-21
TESTAMENTARY.
Deiy;ng Among the Record.

We must all die The thought is not a
pleasant one excepting i'll extremely rare
cases, for however gloomy and desolate our
life may be we cling to it with desperation.
''TO die:-to sleep
TO sleep! pcrchance TO dream; ny there's the
rub:
For in that sleep of death what dreams NAV
come,
When we have shufed Off this mortal coil
The present life may contain nothing at
tractive, but dread mystery which enshrOuds
the next, causes us to bear the ills of this
life, rather than '.fly to others that we
know not Of
But, however distastefll death NAV be,
and knowing that it cannot be avoided, it
has been the custom of mankind to make
preparation therefor, to some extent, by
drawing up according to the forms pre-
scribed by law, documents providing for
the support Of wives, children and other
relatives, by a distribution of property
which the teStatOr has accumulated, and
not penny of which he can carry with
him ''across the river"
The last will and testament of a man is,
to some degree, an index of that mans
character, and consequently many strange
documents of this nature find their way in
90 the office Of County Clerk. Fully ap-
preciating this fact, a representative of this
paper was deeply interested i'll turning
over the pages of book of records, dating
from the year 1884 to 1870, which he found
in the office of Capt. Ewin, our County
Clerk, yesterday.
A CHANGE OF NAME.
During the years referred to, Andrew
EWin, great, great uncle of the present
incumbent, was Clerk of Davidson county.
Up to Jan. 4, 1856, we find that he signs his
name Andrew Ewin, but whenthe next en-
try is made, July 81, same year, he signs it
Andrew Ewing, and from that date, the
name last given is used.
The first will the writer came to in his
researches yesterday was that of aman who
had evidently had trouble with the s'Lo"
family. He says.
In the name of God, Amen-I. Jonathan
Jennings, Of North Carolina, on Cumberland
river, having this day Received Several
Wounds from the Indians, And calling to
mind :he Mortality of my Body, do make
and Ordain this, my last will and testament.
First of all give and recommend my soul
to God that gave it, and my body to be Dis
posed of at the discretion of my Executors,
and as touching my worldly affairs, dis
pose OF them in the following manner, to-
wit:
The testator then proceeds to dispose of
his worldly effects, ''item" No. reading:
81 give and bequeath to my son Jonathan,
who was scalped by the Indians and rem
dered incapable of getting his living, a
negro girl named Milla, also a choice rife
gun and horse and saddle"
Mr. Berry was evidently a man of few
words, as he dIsposes of his property in this
brief way:
The will Of VIM. Berry, Cumberland,
State nf North Carolina:
Know all men by these presents, that I, |
William Berry, of Davidson county, State
afi'd., in my proper sensis, as my desire is
this 10th day Of July, 1889, considering
myself as shortly to depart this life that |
after my lawful debts is paid off of the
property possessed, / bequeath to my be- ]
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-21
THE C0LDEST IN FIFTY YEARS.

The Springfield (MaSs.) Republican, says
November was remarkable for the severity
of its cold, all through that section. The
mean temperature of the month at Boston
was only two and One-tifth degrees above
the freezing point; which is seven and one
fourth degrees below the average for the
last half century, and one degree colder
than the coolest previous November on re-
cord during that time-NOvember 1927.
Prof. Hitchcock, of Amherst College,
makes similar report for the So years du-
ring which a record of the temperature has
been kept at that institution-the mean
temperature being two and half degrees
below freezing point. At Montpelier,
Vermont, on the last day of November the
thermometer marked If degrees below
zero at SP. NJ, and u degrees below zero
the first day of December. Fryeburg,
Maine, reported IS below-the coolest so
early in the season for % evansville at
Lancaster, n. H., in the White mountains,
which enjoys the unenviable distinction
of being about the coolest place in New
England, thermometers marked 30 degrees
below zero.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-21
HOW TO LEAD A cow.

The Dimes, Iolcd, InteItigeacer has the
following: Every woman will tell YOU that
man can be led easier by putting an arm
around his neck than by pulling his hair.
but we never knew till recently that the
reason you can't lead a COW behind
wagon is because she OBJ
jectS to having her horns pr lied.
The other day ared-shirted emigrant assed
through here on his way to Carroll county.
His family and household possessions were
IN covered wagon, to the hind end of
which was fastened a cow Behind her
with sharp stick, walked the eInigrant,
giving her smart welt occasional
ly when she hung back. Every
now and then she would brace
herself and stop the team, and then in I'M
clerical language he would beseech her to
go on, marking each forcible period with
prod OF the sharp stick. The poor COW
rolled her eyes, and rolled her tongue.
HE poor emigrant, too, was dusty
and tired, but his voice and stick
didn't fail him. She had suddenly
halted the procession in front of the post
office, and was shaking her head in reply to
his earnest entreaties, when man called
out to Red Shirt that he didn't ''under-
stand cows worth a cent"
well, what are you going to do about
it," asked Red Shirt
''Wlly, just take that rope Off her horns,
and put it round her neck, and she'll lead as
quie, as lamb. If she don't I'll follow her
a mile myself"
The rope was changed to her neck, and
the team started. The COW gave look of
surprise and walked along. "Well, that
beats all, said Red Shirt, and without a
word of thanks he mounted his wagon. The
procession moved slowly on toward Carroll
county, and the COW followed with counten-
ance us placid as if she were walking home
at milking time.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-21
A CTRIOUS 0TANDARY.

OF all the curious legal questions that
have peTpleXed the courts, that which at-
fected the present Lord AshburtOn-a de-
cendant of the Lord AshburtOn Of Northern
Boundary fame-is one of the strangest.
The point to be decided was whether, being
born in France, he could be the rightful heir
according to the English law,
his father having been born
in Philadelphia, his mother in Paris, and
his grandfather in Philadelphia. The most
eminent English counsel were consulted,
and their decision was that his rights would
not be impaired by his birth in France,
thus making it unnecessary to accept the
offer of the English Ambassador, Lord
Granville, to have the birth take
place within the precincts of the En-
bassy. Nothing in his latter life is so no
table as this incident, which left to the
laws proyerbiaI uncertainty the chances Of
his future position. A novelist could make
a good deal out of the contingencies which
might have deprived the unborn child Of
the honors of his later iife-the family seat
in the House of Commons from ThetfOrd,
and the splendOrs of peerage, to say moth
ing of the patronage of ten livings and the
altered forCmes Of actual and possible tie
scendantS.