Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1876-04-07

The Office Of the United States Express
Company at Akron, o., was robhed Oh
on Friday night of some $4,000 or Sjo,-
900.
Herschel V. Johnson, at the urgent
solicitation of his friends, has consented to
become candidate for the GovernorsMp
of Georgia.
4 New Jersey rat WAS found the other
dav with n nest made of SlO0 worth OF
fractional currency. Is il haId money, or
soft paper argument?
Rogers. the ahsconding teller OF the |
Fulton Bank, Brooklyn, has been arrested
at Knoxville, Tenn. y portion OF the So
900 was recovered.
Florence Jewell, the Postmastcr-Gen-
erals only remaining daughter, is engaged
to gentleman from New England, who,
thouoh handsome and edcatcd, Is not
wealthy.
A deadhead has been sentenced i'll Lon
don to six months imprisonment Mt hard
labor. He got II free railroad ticket by
falsely telling the agent that he had lost his
pocketbook.
Most of the coal miners i'll the Shenan-
doah district resumed work on the opera
tors terms.
The ways and means committee Will
probably be ready to report the tariff bill
by the last Of this week.
The 1000 men working at the canal ba-
sin at Montreal, having ''struck" for dol
lar a day, were all discharged.
1t is stated that the Spanish minister OF
finance will propose reduction in the sal
aries of the clergy and government otii-
cials.
1t is expected that there will be startling
developments when, in day or two the
investigation of the safc-burgary case is
resumed in Washington.
The Mississippi has overflowcd its banks
, opposite Memphis, and covered large
trac. of land IL is believed that the los:
, in stock is considerable.
t Mr.. Caves report on Egyptian finances
= is not regarded iavorably, and Egyptian
r securities were yesterday from two to fou
per cent. lower than on Monday.
t Three hundred thousand dollars in coil
r was received yesterday at the Unite'
o States treasury department from Sal
s Francisco-S2OO,O 600 in dimes and 500
600 in quarters.
i The committee or naval expenditure
e has subpuuaed Secretary Robson to al
l. pear before it and explain why the nav
l. yards are used as political mills to grin
out voters for the powers that be.
J" 4 resolution was offered in the nation
house, Monday. to authorize the commi
AS tee on the District real estate pool TO lnve
,igate all known matters touching Ollici
IN misconduct Of any government officer.
y The committee appointed to send
deputation of French wOrkmen to t
We centennial have published an address
us America. They hope to establish co
fraternity of the artisans of the two II
Is tions.
ho Judge Black hasn't an exalted Opini
of his party friends in Congress. In &C
lr. yersation with one of them the other day,
u is reported as saying "All that I
Democrats in this House are after his g
Of bagc-gurbage and it won't be long
AZ fore you'll be thrown out rs the garb0
yourselves" !"
cy The Congressional investigating co
4 mittees have failed to deyelope anythi
s., compromising Secretary Roeesoaz - .
again makes them unhappy.
he Jefferson Davis has become President
a the Mississippi Valley Society and Inter-
u tiOnal Chamber of Commerce, and
established his Office nj 30 Camp str
ew New Orleans.
'c. Il drunken herder near Fort Kearr
's' killed man last fall. The murder
'e- mans wife has sued the saloon keeper Il
he sold the liquor to the herder that killed |
husband, and will probably make a ca
=" Ex-Vice President Colfax has had .
~ hundred invitations to lecture this seasc
:. and excepted one hundred and twenty
. From this source he has realized over 81
OOO since last summer, clear of all expens,
n. The authorities representing the &c
~ ernment OF France have announced IN
"a they will bold an Exhibition in Paris Cd
to all nations, in the year 1878 or 1879.