Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1875-02-05

A Reading lawyer got ten-cent fee from
a countryman. the other day, for advice in
an important case.
A dispatch from Madison, Wis, says
A horrible story of two children in this
county being devoured by wolves, reached
this city to day. On the 18th, about twen-
ty miles northwest of this city, and about
q mile from Dame station in rough cOun-
try, on the town line between Vienna and
Dane. two German children went to Steel's
school house. distant only half mile from
home, by short cut through the woods.
Not returning at the usual time, search
was made, and the scarf of one of the chill
dren was found. and traces of blood, while
the bowling of wolves was heard not far
away. Following up the trail, both chill
dren were found dead one horribly man
gled and the other nearly eaten up.
There are 500 paper mills in the United
States, with an invested capital of SAC, 900,
900, and total production of SIC, 900 600
per annum. These mills give employment
to 10000 people, whose ernings are estima-
ted at $4,000, 900 annuity.
A Williamsport woman tried to have
her husband arrested because he 'wiuked
at and nudged the girls at party. The
magistrate couldn't find such offences spe-
CITED in the law, and refused to issue the
warrant.
Gov. Hartranft has issued a warrent for
the execution of Ernst Orwein on Tuesday
the twenty third day of February. Orwein
was convicted in Allegheny county of the
murder of the Hamuet family, consisting
of John Hamnet, Agnes his wife, two chill
dren, Emma and Ida, and Robert Smith,
and sentenced July Sd, 1874. to be hanged.
| a writ of error was taken to the Supreme
Court where sentence was affirmed on the
4th day Of the current month.
| Mr.. Hoffer introduced a bill in the Leg
islature, last week, providing for the apply
cation to Pennsylvania of the Ohio law for
the assessment ard collection of State and
| County taxes. Under that law each tax
payer makes return of his assessable
property, and the County Treasurer does
the collecting.
| The Star Glass Works, Norristown, have
received contract for furnishing about
oue-fourth of the glass needed in the Cen
| tennial buildings. The order includes
about 5000 feet of obscured glass, which
will be delivered probably by the first of
april next.
l. Shoemaker, of Wyoming, deliberately
cut his throat on Tuesday. He was an
old settler in the valley. aged sixty-ive
years, and leaves family and a good es-
tate. He was probably temporarily insane.
| John Z. Dimmick, n member of the Car
bon county bar. well known throughout
Eastern Pennsylvania, died at Mauch
Chunk, Pennsylvania, last Friday.
! The penitcntiary convicts of New York
have cost the State. in the last eight years,
four million dollars, in addition to the ex-
pense of arresting, trying and convicting
them, aud this cost is steadily increasing.
The report of the Committee to suggest
amendments to the new Constitution, was
presented to the State legislature, last week.
It's main features are proposed redistrict-
ing Of the State for the judiciary on the
basis OF business transacted, instead of pop
ulation, and the abolition OF cumulative
voting.
| King Kalakaue, is claimed by North Car
ulina as the decendent of the chef of one of
its Indian tribes. His father, Pautauk,
according to the statement in Carolina
paper, was the son of Kalakaue, Tuscar-
ora chief, and emigrated number of
years ago to the Sandwich Islands, where
he married the daughter of the reigning
monarch.
General Fremont is said to have grown
old very rapidly. His form is bent and
his face deeply wrinkled. His hair and
whiskers are thickly strewn with gray.
A fire trumpet made of the wood of the
old charter oak at Hartford, is owned by q
| New Haven man.
Judge Persing, ofSchuylkill county, has
decided that splitting tobacco juice on the
carpet, in church, is not an indictable Of
| fence.
The insurgent, in Cuba have captured
and partially destroyed the town of Ji5ara.
The paid fire department cost William
sport, for the month of December, S531.21.
have started to California.