Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1876-02-25
Summer Arrangement for fhe Post
Office at Suubury. Pa.
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EEw WORDS TO THOSE lNDEBIEDTo Is
We have ssnt bills to our subscribers t@icc dur
ing tn pat year, but have met with very poo
success in receiving replies or Tem!ttauccs. W.
are so situated hat cannot wait upon then
IN person, as our time would be lost. and oui
expenses frequently exceeds the l'rohl oi ou
business. We are furnishing the AMERICAS AT d
very small profit, we had expected that Qua
friends, by SO doing, would pay more readi and
have but short standing accounts. Some have
come up TO ourexpectatiou while many accounts
have heen running for three, four and i've years
During the hard times We have tried To Iay up
our employees regularly 10 keep them fIOm
suffering. The stock CONSUMED by u cannot
be bought otherwise than for cash. We are the
loser of the interest Of the money invested. We
have now outstanding some sixteen hundred
dollars or subscription, on which We are iosing
the interest on the money pald :or hands and
stoCk which We are not well able TO bear. CGdrr
these circumstances We are compelled Io enforce
our terms more strictly and demand cash pay
meuI. We shall send bills to ali our subscribers,
indebted TO us, during the next month, aud on
tional fifty cents according To our terms where
advance payment il not made. After that date
all subscriptions not paid withia moEths IN o
dollars will be charged, aud al! transient adyrr
tisemenIs will have to be paid for in advaEcr
before they will receive attention. We are
forced to this measure on account Of all Other
business men adopting the cash system.
THE delightful bamy weather, on Sunday, had
the effect of filling the churches, morning and
evening.
sHAD are selling in Williams port at prices rang
ing nom sixty to eighty cents each
Fox SALE.--A desirable residence on Fourth
street, Sunbury, is offered for sale cheap. Ap-
ply 10 W. c. Packer, E,q., or at this office.
CENTENNIAL ;ea pary WAS held at North
cumberland on Tuesday evening last which WAS
attended by number of ladies Of tuis place.
Tomorrow will be sold a large lot of house
hold furniture AT the residence uf II. X. Good
rich, corner Of Fourth and Walnut streets. Nr.
Goodrich intends moving west. aud will dsvo-e
of all hi> household goods. See advertisement.
We are glad to learn that IL. d. Wharton,
Esq, is faing position as clerk in the Office of
assistant treasurer L. :. at Philadelphia. Mr..
Wharton hes given satisfaction in every position
he nas held under the sgoyernmeut, except TO our
neighbor of the Democrat, aud we feel confident
thS; he will do ~ in h'e ueA quarters.
A RuNAwAY.-Mr. Jonn K, fftur's horse,
hitchrd TO a butcher wagon. tonk tright at the
procession on Tuesday !asr, aud, running down
Penn street, broke the wheels. shafts and
springs OF the wagon. The horse stopped on
Church street, aud fortuna els done no further
damage.
GARDEN sEEDs.-A large assortment OF Gar
den seeds, guaranteed TO be fresh, have just
been opened aud will be >oid al DR.. c. VI. Mar
tin d Co.'S drug store on Third street.
New PosT MAsTEg.--We are gad to earn
that Mr.. Gehret Snyder, Of Seven Point Post
Office, has received the appointment Of Post Mas
ter in place OF Wm. Rtker, E-q., who resigned.
The appointment is Il good one.
We are glad to learn that Simon & Orpcn
he mer, coTnrr Of Third aud Market streets, in
tend msling q specially of hats and cars. We
are sure hey vii bring out The --latest styles at
the lowest prices.
THE &c denan lecture on last THURSDAY cve-
NM, IN be Rriurmrd church, was a grand ,uc-
cess In very respect.
isaac FuRNAS has sold h- large clot hing store
toJ. Is. Husrr, Of tbis place.
GEO. ". sToRH has broke ground for fnun-
dttiou for a hot ] on Third street north of the
Central Hotl. The building will tie erected ON
tn most mo iern plan, aud will be handsomely
inished.
How TO KKEP Broom IL OEDER "a pruny
saved is two-Icucc rajucd." DO uoi srt away
4le broom with the brush end down, for in a
little time it becomes sidrd aud unfit To
sweep with. Either turn ii over -taud il up
~. the handle or, or better sll, -crr" an eyclet
the end aud hang ii up.
'oRTuuMBERIASD COUNT hAs a new $4,000
-PiuS6yTg GGzstte.
yet. We only expect one Ia the course Of
ror two. It's only on paper now, aud is
rih cent to keep prisoners in. Ia fact
ding on PAPER j. nearly as bad aS the old
, only calculated to frighren offenders.
we'll have one equal t. Pittsburgh.
-ome smart people who lind out a
han loca ieIor;ers aud Editors
",l TO know, but the best
e To make "f their knowl-
1seives, and then grum-
not publishing it.
pants cut by one
machine used at
Market. Phil.