Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-04-03

Quite number of presons from Dan
vile and vicinity purpose emigrating to
Texas during the present spring, to en-
gage in farming and cattle raising.
A Carlisle lady has pair of live geese,
which broke the shell soon after the adop-
ton of the Constitution of 1888.
a lightning rod man has taken in quite
a number of farmers in Venango county,
for considerable sums. Farmers should
read papers before signing them.
The Odd Fellows of Danville have pur-
chased beautiful tract of land on the
Bloom road in Mahoning township, about
one mile outside of the borough limits, to
be converted into a cemetery. 1t will be
laid out this spring into lots.
The Rev. T. Stork, d. D., well-knOwn
Lutheran clergyman, died in Philadelphia
on Saturday morning, aged tifty-nine years.
He was the author of number of books,
and at the time of his death was editor OF
the Lutheran Home Monthly. He edited
the Lutheran Observer at Baltimore for
three years.
Lebanon is financially embarrassed, ac-
cording to the Courier, which says: 1.-The
financial condition of our borough is some
what embarrassed. We have been cutting
our coat too big for our cloth, and the con-
sequence is the supply of cloth is exhausted
! We have some nine or ten thousand dol
! lars of interest to pay on the first of April
and only two or three thousand dollar:
availble to do it with.
According to the census of 1870, Lycom
ing county had 12l saw mills, with capi
.al invested of S5, ,637 $40, and employing
!, ,921 men at an expenditure of S73l, OF
for wages. Inc vaIue OF materials is givcr
at S3, 3,013, ,215, and the value of material:
and products have greatly increased since
that time.
! There are twenty counties in the Stat,
which do not owe dollar of public debt
These are Berks, Bedford, Bucks, Centre
Clinton, Columbia, Fulton, Greene, Hunt
ington, Juniata, Lehigh, Mexican, North
umberland, Snyder. Somerset, Sullivan
Union, Warren. Wayne and York. Th'
aggregate debt of the remaining counties il
S53, LAG, ,49l.
The editor of the Middleburs Post ha
been shown petrificd turtle, that va
found imbedded in iron ore. Its eyes
mouth and nose are as plainly seen as in 1
live one.
Two sons OF the Siamese twins cam,
North for the remains of their parents ant
left with the same Saturday night for home
They denied that the family intended t
exhibit the remains, and say they are TO b
at once decently inferred. They have OBJ
tainod from the physicians statemen
denying that the bodies were given up 70
an autopsy as the result of a pecuniary ar
rangment.
There is marked decrease of the receipt
from internal revenue in the districts il
Ohio and Indiana owing to the women'
war against alcohol.
Judge Dent, brother Of Mrs. Grant diet
at his residence, Washington city, on Sun
day morning week, of tumor in the stomach
The public are hereby assured, through
the columns eff the AMERICAN, that Par
sons pargative Pills contain no injuriou
principle, but that they may be administer
ed to children and the most weak and shat
tered constitutions i'll small doses, wit
great certainty of success.
Dr. A. johnson, one of the most sue
cessful practitioners of his time, invente'
what is now called JOhnson's Anodyn
Liniment. The great success of the articl
.hn cure of Bronchitis and all disease
OF throat and lungs, will mako .ts name G
Johnson not less favorably, if less widel
known, than that Of Louis Napoleon.