Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1875-10-15

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lures which attracted attention of all who had neve
seen them. Jacob NJ Follmer of watsontown, had hi
herd of cattle and thorough bred stock of horses on
hibi;ion. which were generally admired There wer'
| numerous articles Of needle work and handiwork
which were worthy of special notice. The fruit depart
ment was not full it might have been but that
which exhibited, was of superior quailty. Inc
vegetable department very creditable The people
in the upper end OF the county giving great atten
ton to products and each tries 10 excel the other which
is commendable. They very sociabe, and all those
who attend gatherings of this kind will bear us out in
saying that the citizens of Dewart not behind The
age either fairs hospitality We confess we were
highly pleased with their arrangements, and hope that
our neighbor of the Democrat" Will not visit the
grounds. or that our neighbor of the Gazette
will not report everything TO relieve their honest con-
sciences by denouncng features of the fair which
they feared would be allowed at the late fair at this
place.
A CORRESPONDENT from Alexandria, Hunting
don county, Pa, gives us the following account
OF the wedding at that place, on Thursday, Oc-
tobeI &, 1875, of our young townsman, W. Z.
Packer, ESQ.,, with Miss Jennie Houtz:
'sThe wedding took place at the residence of
Hon. II. J. McAteer, at whose home the bride
resided. About one hundred guests were in at
tendance, among whom were the Hon. X. Bruce
Petriken, DR.. ID. r. Good, of Philadelphia, and
George NJ. Brisbin, Esq. The groomsmeu were
F. X. Hill and T. II. B. Kase, esqs., both at
attorneys of Sunbury, and the bridesmaids were
Miss Rachel Packer, sister Of the groom, and
Miss Laura Houtz, sister of the BRIDE"
s.The bride wore an elegant white moire an
tque silk, en- train, with white silk veil, quite
becoming to the bride, whose modest demeanor
won the admiration OF all present. The brides
maids were beautifully dressed; Miss 2. wear
ing delicate light blue silk, and Miss H. a light
pink silk. After the ceremony, (which tied two
willing hearts, music and dancing was in
order, which was varied with bountiful enter
tainment by the host and his fair lady. All eu-
joyed themselves until a late hour, and ''every-
thing went merry as a marriage bell"
Many valuable presents, consisting of silver
tea and breakfast sets, cake baskets and card
holders. casters fruit dishes, &C., were given by
the guests present, and sent by those who were
invited, but could not attend,'
PAINFUL AccIDEST.-on Friday morning last,
Clarence Billmeyer, son of Charles .Billmeyer,
residing in Mexico, Montour county, shot him
self accidentally under the following circam-
stances: He had been out hunting and shooting
at a mark, and returning home, proceeded TO
put his gun away. There were two loaded guns
standing in n corner behind lounge, and he
seized these by the muzzle with his left hand
and drew the muzzles forward away from the
wall 10 make room for his gun, setting that
down with his right hand. In its descent 1t
It struck the hammer of one of the loaded guns,
causing the discharge. the contents, load of
shot, striking him square in the forehead little
left of the centre. fearful wound was made,
4 piece of the skull as large twenty-five
cent piece being driven Tito the brain at least an
nch, around which the brains oozed out. The
unfortunate man did not fall, but walked out OF
he room to the porch, over the railing of which
be leaned and let the wound bleed, and after
ward procured wash oasn himself and washed
he wound. 4 messenger was at once sent to
Milton for Il surgeon, and Drs. j. P. McCleery
md j. Ii. Miles Immediately went to the assist |
.nce of the wounded man. They dressed the |
yound, finding but few shot In it, the main part
If the load appearing to have been diverted from
to course by the conclusion and entering the |
eiling. The effect on the wounded man is sim |
,ular throughout, but in no particular more so |
han in the fact that up to last accounts he had |
etained his senses and conversed freely. or
curse il is not known whether he can recover or !
lot, but he is still living, and since the Lands-
1arruth affair, il would not be surprising should
le be able to be about once more.-MiltoniGR.
Aurrs of the Watsontown Record is Justify |
rying thief and he needs looking after. In one |
tenn of The county expenses be pocketed $50 Of |
he county funds. We find that In the bill for |
dyertising the land sales he talks about, he had
xtras printed to enclose in his paper in place of
dvertising it as other papers had done. The |
irculars appears to have cost him 81 90, and |
overed all his expenses of advertising. His |
ill, however, was the same as the other papers |
a the county, viz $50 and an additional bIl |
vas then presented of 81 so to pay his expenses.
Sow If the editor has been in the habit of ex-
orting by wholesale from the taxpayers, VIC OBJ
ect as one to the payment of such bills, and
although Mr.. Reiiz has granted him the order,
Ind Mr.. Hottenstein has not objected TO il, we
uluk JOuu Aultu, W ClSdl bio SOueSiCuNCs ohOutu
-efund that part of the money whicn he did not
sarp.
CouRr Recommendation Kline VS. Geo.
W. Raver and George II. Leibig. In 1STl
Reuben Kline sold his powder mill In shamokin
ownship to defendants for $4,000. In the agree
nent there was a clause requiring Kline to assist
n putting up one stove in useful working
,rder'' for drying powder. The stove was put
up under Kline's directions on July 20, 1Su.
The mill blew up three days after. The defend
lnts allege explosion was caused by stove being
mperfectly put up. Plaintiff alleged that the
explosion was caused by keeping too much pow
ier in the dry-louse and careless management
Of stove. Defendants also alleged that the notes
we're not to bear interest, although they were
written "with Interest," and they had paid part
Of the notes without objecting to the interest
The case occupied from Tuesday morning till
Saturday evening of last week. The jury re-
turned verdict at O'Clock Saturday evening
for full amount of plaintiffs claim, S5,02l. At
torneys for plaintiff, s. 2. Wolverton and q. w.
Ryon. Attorneys for defendants, Hon. j. B.
Packer, j. w. Comfy and w. H. NJ. oram.-
DaiIy.
The AUTHORS OF THE "SPELLING MANIA."-
And now il is said that the publishers o. Web
ster's Dictionaries are responsible for the recent
'spellng Bee'' excitement. Whether this is
true or not, the spelling mania was a good thing,
and it undoubtedly had a very excellent inhu-
ence. OF all educational accomplishments, a
proper knowledge Of the orthography ofour own
language is certainly the most desirable, and of
all the deficiencies in our educational methods,
tia. relating to this study is the most marked
And we sere therefore going to say that whether
the spelIns excitement came about through the
advertising efforts of the Webster publishers or
not, one thing is quite clear, and that is that
there is nothing that has helped to stimulate tie
Sr,-aad intaresf in Ihe smhiect thai is