Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-04-24
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.


be forwarded without delay.
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
Three inches of snow on the ground and
the fruit trees in full blossom, is not often
seen in Georgia, but this is what they saw
down there last week.
The examination in the cases Of DR..
Uling, Louise Germs and Charlsr Finck,
for conspiracy to defraud the Merchants
Life Insurance Company Of $4,000, was
concluded Monday afternoon in the Tombs
Police Court. The motion to discharge the
prisoners was denied, and the doctor and
Louise were each committed for trial in de-
fault of $50O0
Australia now stumps California with
trees measuring one hundred and fifty feet
around their trunks.
Farmers in various sections Of Camden
and Burlington counties say that the re-
cent cod snap has killed most of the early
fruit buds.
The House OF Representatives at Wash
ington Of Monday, made the Centennial
Appropriation bill special order for Tues
day, May, S, by vote Of 154 TO IS.
Everybody predicted that go soon as
Congress should show a majority for infla-
ton, stocks would take an upward bound
and wild era Of speculation would follow.
And yet it appears that stocks, instead OF
advancing, have in many instances actual
ly declined, and still continue to exhibit q
downward tendency. How do the alarm
lists account for this a.?
The new Chief Justice Of the Supreme
Court Of the United States delivered bis
frat opinion on Monday, deciding that a
State may tax q nonresident shareholder
in National Bank and reversing the deci-
of the circuit court of Illinois to the con.
t-ary. The opinion is said to be very able,
and is favorably spoken Of by the bar and
press generally.
The remains of Livingstone, the distin-
guished African explorer, We're Inferred in
Westminster Abbey, on Saturday last.
many distinguished people attending the
ceremonies. The Queen and Prince Of
Wales sent their carriages as marks Of re-
spect to the deceased. Stanley, the CORE
spondent, was given tue place Of honor.
There is destructive overflow of the
Mississippi and Red rivers, from which the
injury promises to be immense. Dis
patches state that the whole country from
Monroe to the mouth of the Red river is
under water, and that tsn thousand people
in that district will soon be on the verge of
starvation.
The arrangements for the grand reunion
of the Army of the Potomac and other
m military organisations, at Harrisburg, May
IL, II and 13, are nearly completed.
A fre in Ishpenning, Michigan, on Sum
day night, destroyed twenty-five business
places. and thirty families were rendered
homeless.
BIO RAFT on THE WAY.-A mammoth
raft is on the way TO Philadelphia in the
Susauehanna river. 1t Was launched at
Great Bend, bnt owing to the high wind it
had to be anchored before making much
progress and will not be able 10 resume its
trip until the river rises. The raft consists
of fifty.one large, straight pine trees. rang.
ing in length from ninety to 100 feet. The
owner expects to realize Sl0,00 from the
sale Of the timber.
Mr.. Frederick Seward is writing a bio
graphy of his father, William II. Seward.
Bismarck's wife wears the largest shoes
of any women beyond the Rhine, and his
daughter follows in the mothers footsteps.
John Welsh, of Plum Township, Venan-
20 countp, had an inverted nail. lie went
TO get surgical operation performed. 1t
was unnecessary. The doctor gave him
chloroform and his funeral WAS well attend
ed by his friends two days after.
The Sharon Times says q new kind Of
scrip is being issued by some Of the busi'
nes. men of that place. The notes repre-.
sent ten cents, are given away for nothing,
and are redeemed in payment on two dol.
lar cash purchases, one with each of such.
According to Congressman Beck three
seal skins, which cost 81 50 each, when
made into lsdy's suit, are sold at from
$500 to 81, 900. A very fair profit.
A western paper tells of a man who shot
and killed his wife one night not long age,
mistaklng her for cat. Men out that
way frequently shoot and kill their wives,
mistaking them for cats or dogs, but some
how or other they never shoe: and kill cats
or dogs. mistaking them for their wives.-
Courier Journal.
JEFF. Davis is still in England. His
health is like his eputation-poor.
Horse Men," and others who pretend
to know, say that the following directions
had better be observed in using Sheridsn's
Cavalry Condition Powde:s Give . horse
a tablespoonful every aigh for week; the
same every other night for or 6 nights ;
the same for a milch COW, aud twice ss
much for an OK. The addition Of . little
nne salt will be an advantage.
We have heard recently Of several seryere
cases of spinal disease cured by Johnson's
Anodyne Liniment; one case Of man
forty-five years old, who had not done a
days work for four years. The back should
6rst be washed, then rubbed with coarse
towel. Apply the Linlment cold, and rub
in we'll with the hand
The weather during the present month
has bean not only unpleasant but dangerous
and inimical to health. The nortuary
reports Of Philadelphia and other cities
show this. In Philadelphia the number
of deaths last week was Al more than the
eorrsspsndipg week OF last year.