Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1876-03-17
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

A cherry tree at Womelsdorf is in full
bloom.
Wolves are killing sheep in parts OF
Cambria county.
Williamspert will send a party 20 the
Black Hills.
Berks county cows average tixty-four
dollars in price.
Four hundred square miles Of corn have
been lost to Hungary.
Treaties between the Argentine republic
and Brazil have been ratified.
A Spanish squadron has defeated the
Seeloo pirates of the PHILIPPINE islands.
Don Carlos shortly goes to Gratz. Aus
tria, where he proposes to settle perma.
nently.
A heavy rain storm. with thunder and
tightening, prevailed in New York on
Monday.
Counterfeit fifty cent fra ctinnal currency
is said TO grow in Carlisle. That .own ID
getting up quite lively reputation.
Jacob Bruner, of Pottsville, Pa, wa.
dangerously burned on Saturday nigh,
by, ignition Of barrel of gasoline.
The recent tornado at Hazel Green,
Wis, killed eight persons, seriously
wounded twelve, and leveled twenty five
buildings.
A Pittsburg bank president has donated
twenty sewing machines TO The Woman,
Christian Assocition, of Philadelphia.
Writs of error returnable January /
1877, have been grated in the cases o
Qugley and Fletcher, under sentence o
death in Philadelphia.
A severe storm prevailed in EDglanC
and Scotland on Saturday. Great damag,
to property is reported. The rivers ros,
rapidly, threatening foods.
Hon. Samuel Lands, cashier OF th,
Real Estate Eank f Harrisburg, died a
Halifax, on Wednesday night. Sth inst, 0
congestion OF the lungs. His age wal
sixty two. He was formerly All Associate
Judge of Dauphin County.
The hotel keepers in Phiadelphia hav,
notified their regular 5oarders that the,
must either vacate their rooms on the frs
Of April or pay transient rates for accom-
modations during the continuance Of tn,
Centennial.
A question of veracity between Messrs
Bass aud Danford iRepublicans) on tb'
one side, and Messrs. Clymer and Black
burn (Democratsl on the other, has growl
out of the escape of the witness Marsh
Mr.. Bass made a statement to the Hous,
on Friday, TO the effect that no notice o
meetings had been given the Republican
The Bre wer's association of the United
States met in Philadelphia last Saturday
and awarded the contract for the erection
of the brewers building, nt the ceutennia
to J. B. Doyle. Tile dimensions of th'
building are 272 feet by 96 feet, otlon,
square, pedimeat ends. The contract ha,
been awarded for the lighting of memorla
hall by electricity, and of machinery hal
and the main building by means of reiiec
tors suspended from the ceilings. A con
tract has been awarded for the erection o
a building in which TO exhibit saw mil
machinery. The structure will be west o
machinery hall, and will be 356 by 60 feet
Marsh is Democrat and 50 is Clymer
The former wanted to get away to Csnads
! and the later aided him. Now everybody
is wanting to know where the evidence Il
convict Belknap is coming from.
Hos. W. W. Ketchum, of the Twelfth
Congressional district, has been lying il
with pneumonia at Washington for IN,
past four or five days. Though in a criti
cal condition, his friends have not abau
doned hopes of his recovery.
The Democratic leaders in Congress ar,
like the Irishman in deep water who repli
ed, on being told to swim, "IIow can
swim sure when / have no foothod ~
There is no foothOld for them.