Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-05-01


Augusta township, this county, two skeletons o
human beings were eXhumed, which are pro
nounced by several physicians as those Of a Inar
of about 40 and boy of about Is years Of age
| The bodies had been buried together under q
floor of an out kitchen, and must have beer
there for quite number Of years. The clothing
| was Gecayed and undistinguishable. except por
tions Of the boots, which were iron heeled.
Since the discovery of the skeletons 4 clue as
| to who they were, has been obtained through
! information received from f. T. Drumhe!ler
proprietor of the City Hotel, VINO informs Us
that about 35 years ago, two pedars, named
| Blabk and Fronk, were detained nbou: two
weeks at his fathers hous,, inWashington town
ship, this county, on account Of heavy fall OF
snow, and before their departure had gone to a
neigh boring blacksrG;Ih shop. and had The heels
| of their boots ironed. Both had heavy packages
of goods, and on leaving Or. Drumhc!ler's left a
portion OF their goods with him until they re.
| turned. They started for Dauville, stating that
they would return ~ two weeks, and if they did
rot they woI'G vI'-e 10 Mr.. ID. Not returning ut
the time stst,t. and no letters being received,
| earnest ipUr.-s Eas made for them. II was as
certained a'frr, ~ Is that they had been at Con-
RAIDS tavern. InT owned by Mr.. Elias Enc
| rich, in Lower augusta township, where they
stated they were en route for Danville. They
left the hotel sometime in the afternoon. and
Travelled towards this place, which was the last
seen Of them or heard about them. The goods
| left in the possession Of Mr.. DrumhellGr were
kept for some ten years, and as the owners did
not put in an appearance, they were distributed
as relics among the neiChbors, who had greatly
| esteemed the pedlars. It is now question whe-
ther these men were murdered or not, and if so,
who did the deed. The original owners of the
property are dead and gone. Il is now owned ny
Mr.. David r. shipe, who, in digging n cellar for
the erection OF a new house on the site 0rthe Old
one, urcar,hcd the skeletons.
OUR Eeghbor Of the Daily is jubilant over
hall gallon Of whiskey presented to him by Mr..
John Eyster, of Dewarl in this county. Wha: is
singular, too, is that t was p-esenthd by the re-
guest of the editor. We had almost made up our
mind that our neighhoT Was strictly temperate,
judging from his temperance articles. Even the
sensational article Of last week stating that Ii
quor had been the cause of the death cf one of
our citizens, though without foundation, was
well calculated caution to all against the
ruclean stuff, but - not a week has elapsed
since, snd our ncighbor rcjo:res over 4 half gal
len, whereby lie may crafty the artificial appe
tte, II appears to US he is not altogether the 81
fest Temperance lecturer we know of. Topreach
one thing aud practice mother is calculated TO
diminish confidence, and has 4 tendency 10 de-
stroy moral effect. When our neghbar wanted
20 CONVEX the idea through his paper, some five
years ago, that We were addicted 10 strong drink,
for political effect felt somewhat rcjoiced that
there were favorable signs that at least one De
mocratic editor espoused the temperance
cause But we were mistaken in our man, and
rs Misrepresentation generally reco upon the
heads of their inventors--or, as the phrase runs,
chickens awaya come home 20 roost,' We
would advise our neighhor 10 beware of that
bottle, for its sting will be more veuopous than
the bite of the double c-hcadcd catfish
THE BEAUTIFUL SNow.--On Tuesday morning
the beautiful snow fakes began to descend, and
fell lightly upon the surface Of "o!d mother
earth" For some hours They rnel;e3 as they fell,
but ne the air grew colder they began to accumu-
late, ana coon the ground was covered with
white sheet Of icy down. During the afternoon
and evening, an old fashioned snow storm pre-
vailed, which continued until Wednesday morn
Ing, when some six inches of snow lay upon the
ground, presenting an aspect OF mid winter in
stead Of that of an April morning. By this unu-
sual freak winter falling into he lap offspring the
school imp5 are puzzled considerably as to whe-
ther they shall 20 in slcighs to their May parties,
or barefootea 20 wae their custom in time past.
Should this weather CONTINUE a few days longer,
the Queen OF My will he crowned with the beau
tiful snow ia .. ns;esd Of a crown of flowers.
4 GRANGE o. Patrons of Husbandry, was or
ganized "a, sercn Points, Lower Augusta town.
ship, this county, on the 2lst April, 10y Frank
Porter, Deputy Of National Grange. The Off
GERS elected for the ensuing year are as follows
Masicr-Dayid Fasold; Oyerseer-Wm. Ra-
kcr Lecturer, II. A. shiyc; Seward, Gideon
Wolf; Assistant Steward, David Haines Chap
lain, Martin Helm Secretary, B. T. Kelley
Treasurer, Charles Bartholomew Gate Keeper,
Reuben Wolf; Ceres, Mrs. 5. Rakeri Pomona,
Miss 4. Neidig: Flora, Mise 5. 4. Ncdr; Lady
d. Assistant Steward, Miss Eva NeidiS Trus-
tees, Jacob r. Clark, Sebastian Zimmerman and
Samuel Keefer.
This Grange starts out with favorable lros-
poets Of large increase of numbers. i il COM
poseG Of some Of our hes, farmers in the Angus
tas.
PRoFIrlEIE FrED.-We have frequently seen
it stated that cornfodder well cured would 20
further In feeding cattle than any other feed, and
having recommended the sowing Of corn broad
cast to raise fodder for feed, We are enabled TO
give an experiment made BY Mr.. Ira T. Clement
Of this place, who, having been unfortunate in
losing his first crop Of corn planted last season,
snwed three acres broad cast, which was har
vested late in the fall, on which he kept four
horses, one mule and one COW for five months,
feeding them nothing but fodder as they preferred
il % any other food. He states thnt his cattle
never were in better condition, aud he finds it the
cheapest feed that hs has yet used
ngpIClaIoS or An ODD FELLOWS Hall
On Saturday evening last, the new hall of sun
bury Lodge, No. 2O3, wac dedicated with the us,-
nj solemn ceremonies BY D. .. 6. Master, Emf
wilyer;, acting AS Grand Master, assisted by the
following Past Grauds acting Grand officers:
Grand Narshall-C. J. Bruner.
". w. Graad Secrciary--A. y. BIics.
". W. Grand Trea5urer-val. Dictz.
NJ. W. Grand Chapan-M. c. GearhaTt.
II. W. Grand Heraid-HgHry Clement.
". W. G. I. G.-R w. Wynn.
n ". G. o. G.--James VI. Tarra.
Herald Of The North-Auarcw De1-nde.fer.
South-Jacob Rcnn.
East--John W. Buchcr.
WCst-Calvin WoOdcock.
The new Hall is located in ClCmoHt's building,
on Market Square, aud i neatly fitted up for
Lodge room.
THE month Of April. 1874, will BE- remembered
hereafter as remarkable for snow, SECT, wind,
rain and stormy weather generally. On Sunday
rnonliug e supposed that the last snow had fall
en-, aud The be eiuiiful weather of the next day
confirmed us in our opinion. but il proved to be a
| del,siou. On Monday might The heavens bcto-
/ ke-cd ano;h-- change Of weather, and on Tues