Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1876-02-25

CniidrCn MOURN Ills loss.
Iewisburg will not he behind in being
represented at Philadelphia in 10 J. NJ.
Linn, Esq has forwarded the last cen
tury's almanacs from 1776 to 1876.
Michael G'Farrell has been sentenced
in New York. to five years in the peniten
tiary for receiving stolen coupons of United
States bonds to the amount Of 22f ,Gi2
The man who carries on his business
without advertising is like the youth who
winked at a pretty girl in the dark he may
know what's going on. but nobody else
does.
The municipal debt of Philadelphia is
seventy, five millions Of dollars. That is
Just four millions more than was the na-
tinnal debt in 1861. 1t is more than five
times as much as the debt OF the Common
wealth.
The bondholders Of the Danwllp. Halle
ION ami Wilkesbarre railroad interested in
its extension to the Delaware river. are
moving to save the road from sale under
execution. with prospect Of success.
The Democratic national committee met
at Washington Yesterday. and on the ffh
ballot selected st. Louis as the place for
holding the next Demncra tic national con-
ventnn. June q was chosen as the time
of meeting.
A fire in the ice honsps of the Kni"kpr-
booker Ice COMPANY at Athens \. Y.
last Fridav night resulted in the des'rur-
ton of eight buildings and about 40 0fl0
tons of ice. The loss in machinery.
buildings and ice is estimated at 1896, ,000:
insured in Nsw York
II is likely that the hill requiring thp
horsP-car rnmpanies 10 partition the seats
in their v,hirlrS will no reported favnrahlv
| to the House at Harrisburg with an
| amendment pvpmpting from it's opera
tions of companies which reduce their fare
| to five cents.
! Guilty or innocent Whichever Bppcher
| NAV he the marvellous intellectual powers
and plnqunnrn nf the man have never hePn
! hotter dpvelnnpd than since he has hPpn
called 90 frequently to sneak to the Adj
/ visorv Counsel. He seems like a Giant
thoroughly aroused
yoor.co--;Ilo fNTs.. ! ;.1 IL 4r1 l.
! inst savs: The Senate was TODAY form
! ed into court of Impeachment to irv the
Lieutenant Governor, and tho oath admin
! isfpred nv JUDGE Simrall. The first sps-
! sion will he hold on Monday. An act to
/ ronrganize the Congressional Districts was
/ introduced and referred in the Senate.
( A committee from the WnrkirCmpn's
! Tndprrndpnt Labor Party If New York
waited SATURDAY. afternoon urnn Mr.. Peter
! Cooper and rendered him their nomination
and support for the Presidency of the Uni
! ted Stares NJ the coming election hut he
declined on the ground Of being too feeble
! and old 10 ill the duties of the office.
I Nashy-s exrrurintinglv funny letters on
( the financial question have heen dramatized
| nv Chas. Gavlpr and the result Ia said tn
! No comedy that will provp destructive tn
| waist bands Though strongly anti-inf1a-
/ tion il is expected the drama will initiate
| the exchequpr of the manager who produces
| it.
/ j. :, NV certain that General Cnwan
( will retire from the Office of assistant Sec.
| retary of the Interier. The reason for his
wiihdra wei from the public service are that
his private interests require his undivided
| attention There are M intimations as 70
who will succeed Gen. Cowan.
( A bueahoo. 1t is predicted that the Sc
date potato-bug. the festive grasshopper.
the ain Hessan-fy. the military army
worm, the sarcastic cutwOrm. the soft
! catton-worm the odorous chinch-buo and
| other such burgbears of agriculture will de-
| your the substance Of our farming popula-
! ton in concert, this year.
The suspension Of mining operations in
the Luzerne and Lehigh Pa. coal MINIS. in
accordance with the orders Of tn" Schuyl-
kill Coal Exchange and the New York
combination. will commence to-day -
Thousands of men and boys will be thrown
out of work Some. however, will be given
what is termed dead work about the mines.
A series of shooting matches will cUme
off at Kramer's Hotel, Dewart. this county,
on the !st, ID and I'd of March, Tie first
day hose valued at Sl25. will be shot for
at 100 yards. Second day. pigeon shoot
ing; fist prise. $50; second. S25 third,
S15; fourth $40. Third day, off hand
shooting for the following prses First.
S25; second, Sl5 third, SO.
The lumber cut in Michigan for 1876 will
be about 2. 100, 900 coo feet. Taking this
/ as basis for calculating, and estmatin. the
average yield per acre at 5000 feet 25OOUC
! acres Of piue timber annually cut. If the
work of destruction should go on that this
| rate for fifteen years, only stumps and
scartterins groups Of pine will remain oi
| the vast forests t. Il. once covered the en-
! tire State.
The employees of the Phgnix Iron Com
! pany were notified on Monday last by
printed handbills, that ON and after March
| LIST, reduction IN wages would take place.
| The prices to be paid after that date for
| boiling iron will be $3.50, pudding. S3.25
| with csrresp ending rate to helpers. All
other wages in the mil will be reduced IL
per cent. All lsuperinteudentS, Ioremen civil
engineers, draughtsmen, clerks aud saiirled
men will be reduced % per cent. The
company at the same time give notice thai
the rents of their houses will be 10 per cent.
| less than at present.
The furnace OF Reynolds Il Mo0rhead, at
the mouth of Red5an in Clarion county
is still in full blast, making iron at the
rate of about twenty tons a day. Work