[From the Philadelphia Bulletin.]
Principal Events of General and
Local Interest During the Year
1857.
March.
Ist. Cetton warehouse, with 3400 bales,
burned at Mobile, Ala.; loss #23,800.
4th. James_ Buchanan inaugurated Presi
dent cf United States.
Gth. Decision ia Dred Scott case, by which
Missouri Compromise was declared unconsti
tutional, delivered in U. S. Supreme Court
by Chief Justice Taney.
7th. Justices McLean and Curtis dissented
from decision in Drod Scott case.—Dr. Wm.
Yate3, the introducer of vaccination into the
United States, died at Morris, N.Y., aged 90.
11th. Emigrant train run into on Pennsyl
vania Railroad, west of Ilarrisburg; five kil
led aad six wounded.
12th. Funeral obsequies of Dr. E. K. Kane
Philadelphia; participated in by military
and civic authorities.—Frightful railroad ac
c.deai at Des Jardines river, in Canada ; eigh
ty killed.
13th. Great gale on Coast of Ireland;
tteamer Circassia forced to put back to Liv
erpool.
14th. Great snow storm South ; mails de
layed.—Sound Dues Troaty signed by the
four Powers interested, at Copenhagen.—
Italian, named Mattraccia, guillotined in pres
ence of 30,000 spectators, at Marseilles, for
series of terrible murders.—Escape of politi
cal prisoners from Italian Castle of Palliano;
six shot dead.
IGth. Gens. Walker and Kenniugsen defeat
allies at San Gorge; great slaughter of the
allied forces.
17th. Extensive rice factory at Savannah
burned; loss $30,000.
20th. J. W. Geary resigned Governorship
of Kansas.
21st. Dr. Scoresby, veteran of Arctic en
terprises. died at Torquay, England.
22d. s>loo,ooo worth of property destroyed
by firs at Plymeuth, Indiana.
25th. Two negro men and a woman hung
for murder in Pitt county, N. C., in presence
of 10,000 people.—Steamer Eau Claire sunk,
on her first trip, by collision with the steamer
South America, be-low St. Louis.—Fire in
Jacksonport, Ark.; loss $200,000.
2Gth. Fire and explosion at a distillery in
Baltimore; four men killed and others woun
ded; fire raged many hours.
27th. John Cleary killed by G. Aublin, a |
fellow-prisoner in Moyamensing, while insane j
from drink.—Two stores blown up by gun
powder in St. Louis; two men killed.
28th. Wm. McGlensey killed by Laurence '
Riley, at Philadelphia; quarrel arose about j
It's wife.
29th. Chancellor Kensey Johns, of Dela- ;
ware, died at New Castle, at 66.—C01. Lock- |
ridgo forced to retreat from Castillo with j
heavy loss.
3Cth. S. F. White killed in Washington i
ceunty. Pa., for SIOOO which was in his house.
—Great scene in Richland county (Ohio) '
Court; eleven women acquitted of riot in de
stroying casks of liquor.
April.
Ist. North Carolina pine woods burned ; !
20,000 trees lost by a single proprietor.— '
Steamer J. N. Scott, with Lockridge's com- j
mand on board, maliciously blown up, while !
aground in San Juan river; 60 killed and I
missing.
2d. Massacre of several families by Sioux
Indians under Ink-pa du-tah, at Spirit Lake,
Northern Iowa; settlers in Minnesota and
lowa alarmed ; troops called out.—Bad frost
in Georgia severely damaging crops.
3d. Fire in Pratt and Twenty-third streotß,
Philadelphia, burning out a number of fami
lies ; loss $50,000.
sth W abash county, Indiana, Court House
burned, with all the county records.
Gth. Hon. C. B. Penrose, State Senator,
died at Ilarrisburg, aged 61.—C01. H. A.
Crabb and 59 filibusters of the Sonora expe
dition, executed by Mexican authorities.—J.
M. Winier, free soil, elected Mayor of St.
Louis, Mo., by 1500 majority. City Councils
also carried by free soilers.—A butcher nam
ed John Gibbons, at Liverpool, England, kil
led his wife and two children, and attempted
to kill iiis three other children
. ~tb. Iwo feet snow fell at Elmira and Dun
kirk, N. \.—William Campbell shot dead by
James Jones, at Pittsburg.—Firo at Marietta
Ga.; loss $70,000.
?th. 1 reshet in rivers of Maine; bridges,
mills and dams carried away.
10th. Magee and Carter sentenced to death
for assassination of warden and deputy war
den of Charlestown (Mass.) prison.
12th. Slave schooner captured off Jamaica,
by 11. B. M. brig Arab; 373 slaves on board,
12> also having died during veyage.
14th. lire and loss of 13 lives in Baltimore;
loss $335,000. Planing mill, dfcc , burned at
South Pittsburg, Pa.; loss SIOO,OOO. Logan
county, (111.) Court House, with records,
burned. Another freshet in Maine rivers.
English princess born at Buckingham Palace.
15th. Last rail of Ohio and Miss. R. R.
laid with ceremonies, making direct road from
Atlantic to Mississippi.
16th. Desperate revolt of Coolies on ship
Fernandez, from Macao for Cuba: 12 killed
and many wounded before revolt quelled.—
.Slaver, Adams Gray, with $25,000 to purchase
human cargo, captured. .
17th. Santillan claim confirmed in favor of
Bolton by the Supreme Court of California.
—Flour mills at Norfolk, Va., burned; IOSB
t 20th. Great storm in Pennsylvania and
New York.—Railroad depot at Reading fell
in from weight of snow ; workmen injured.—
(i&le at 36a and disasters on coast.—Twenty
five valuable horses in stable, at New York,
burned.—Louis Napoleon's 50th birthday
celebrated with splendor at Paris.
22d. Contested election case settled by pas
sage of bill making two District Attornies of
Philadelphia county.
23d. 2450 bales of cotton burned at Ana
lachicola, Fia. -
j. 0 !" 1 Montgomery, M. C., died
• rom Rational Hotel malady, at Danville, Pa.
-sth. Propeller Fanny Garner blown to
jeces at Bound Brook, k J. ; 5 persons kil
nn??mJ irßß in Philadelphia; 2 factories
and ("her property in Ist, 4th, 9th and 15th
Wards destroyed ; loss SIOO,OOO
Ship Tuscarora. nf Philadelphia, ran
into t.. A. Foster, of New York, near Holy
bead ; the *. sank, with valuable cargo • crew
B&ved in boats. '
29th. Singular supposed murder of a young
woman whose body was found near Newburg
N. Y.; identified as body of Sarah Bloom',
but that person appeared afterwards alive.
Great damage to erops in Southern Mississip
pi bv a storm.
3(j>th. Strike ef 100 Conductors on Balti
more and Ohio Railroad, who rioted and at
tempted to stop trains ; several persons shot.
Geo. Wilson and his sister, Elizabeth Mc-
Masters, murdered and robbed in Allegheny
county, Pa., by Charlotte Jones and fdonroe
Stewart. Dutchess of Gloucester, last survi
ving daughter of George 111, died.
May.
I Ist. Gen. Wm. Walker and staff, with 200
men, surrendered to Capt Davis, of the U. S.
sloop St. Mary.
2d. Alfred De Musset, French poet, died,
aged 45.—Wind and rain storm in Ala.; two
feet water fell at Mobile.
4th. Mrs. Cunningham's trial for the mur
der of Dr. Burdell begun at N. Y.—Freshet
in the Delaware, Lehigh and Schuylkill rivers;
three men drowned at Fairmount. Another
freshet in the Hudson river.
sth. H. B M's frigate Tartar brought 190
of Lockridge's men to New Orleans, all sick.
—John F. A. Sanford, nominal plaintiff in
the Dred Scott case, died at N. Y.
Gth. Steam bakery at Brooklyn burned;
loss sßo,ooo.—Freshet in Pa. and Va. rivers;
water in James river rose 17 feet; Susque
hanna higher than since 1847.
7th. McKim declared guilty of killing Nor
cross at Altoona. —Walker driven out of Ri
vas and the city occupied by the allies.
9th. John Conard, ex-U. S. Marshal, died
at Philadelphia.—Mrs. Cunningham acquitted
of killiug Dr. Burdell.
10th. Mutinies broke out in various divis
ions of the English East India army ; Euro
peans massacred.—Stable and twenty-three
fine horees, at Richmond, Va., burned.
12th. Bill for sale of the Main Line of the
Public Works passed Pennsylvania Legisla
ture finally.—Terrible fight with mutinous
Sepoys in Delhi, India; Lieut. G. B. Wil
loughby, 11. A., blew up magazine, killing
about 1000 Sepoys.
14th. Lynch law at Louisville, Ky., three
□egrees taken from jail and hung for the
murder of the Joyce family ; a fourth cut his
throat to escape hanging.
15th. Four stores of Main Block, Buffalo,
N. Y., burned; loss $25,000. — Lieut. 1. G.
Strain, U. S. N., gallant leader of expedition
acrosß the Isthmus, died at Aspinwall.-Amer
iean missionaries and Europeans murdered
by Sepoys, near Delhi, India.
18th. $75,000 worth of property destroyed
by fire at Columbus, Indiana.
24th. Steamship Louisiana burned in Gal
veston Bay, and many lives lost.
25th. New cent, smaller than old, composed
mainly of nickel, with new device, issued
from U. S. Mint.—Hon. A. P. Butler, U. S.
Senator from S. C., died.
26th. Died, Hon. James Bell, U. S. Senator
from N. ll.—Dred Scott, wife and daughters
emancipated.
27th. Political riots in Belgium.—Nearly
whole town of Addison, N. Y., burned. Gov.
R. J. Walker delivered his Inaugural as Gov
ernor of Kansas.
28th. India Rubber Works at Newark, N-
J., burned; five persons killed by falling walls.
—JamesS. Smith, President Southwark Bank,
Philadelphia, died.
29th. Steamboat Inkcrman blew up at To
ronto, C. W.; whole crew (twenty-eight) either
killed or badly scalded.
30th. I)r. Thomas Spencer died at Phila
delphia.
•I une.
Ist. Election riot at Washington, D. O.; ,
U. S. Marines called out; eight men killed
and many wounded.
2d. Melodeon, Chestnut street above Gth,
Philadelphia, burned out.
3d. British army drove Sepoys within the j
citadel ei Deini, with great slaughter.
4th. Baxter's bonded warehouses, at Brook
lyn, with $200,000 worth of sugar, molasses,
&c., burned.
Gth. City of Allahabad attacked and burn
ed by Sepoys and many Europeans massacred.
—Danecounty block, Madison, Wise., burned;
loss $70,000. —Steamship Erin, with China '
mails for England, wrecked; cargo, worth i
$1,000,000, lost; passengers saved.
7th. Perceptible earthquake in all parts
Kingdom of Saxony.
Bth. Douglas Jerrold, English satirist, died
at London, aged 50.
9th. 19 dwelliugs, worth $3200 each, at
Chelsea, Mass., burned.
ICth. Gen. John B. Walbach, oldest officer
U. S. Army, died at Baltimore, aged 93.
John C. Stevens died at Hoboken, N. J,
11th. Scenery in Leghorn Theatre took fire,
causing panic; 43 people burned and tramp
led to death, and 134 injured.
13th. Singular storm or water-spout in
Schuyler county, N. Y.; several lives lost and
much property destroyed.-Terrible hurricane
at Pana, Illinois.
14th. Stores in Syracuse, N. Y'., burned;
loss $50,009.
17th. Mansion and Kursaal at Cape May
burned.—Aug. Young, Vermont State natu
ralist, died at St. Albans.—Delhi in posses
sion of British, but citadel and palace still
held by Sepoys.
18th. Block burned at Memphis, Tenn. ;
less SIOO,OOO.
19th. Three men. La I'ointe, Shultz and
Neusleiu, hung for murder at St. Louis.
22d. ltev. Dr. John C. Young died at Dan
ville, Ky.—524,000 worth of jewelry stolen
from stores in Alexandria, Va.
24th. Cawnpore, India, taken by Sepoys ;
G4O American and European men, women
and children, including American missiona
ries, massacred by Nana Sahib.
25th. Main Line of Public Works seld'by
S. B. Myers, auctioneer, Philadelphia; bought
by Pa. It. R. Co. tor $7,500,000. —Hon. Lang
don Cheves died in South Carolina.—Daniel
Dray ten, captain schooner Pearl, famous for
kidnapping case, committed suicide.—Settle
ment of Mormons near Maltnoe, Sweden,
driven off by neighbors—fire arms used.
26th. Canadian steamer Montreal burned
near Quebec; 500 passengers on board, about
halt ot whom were burned or drowned.
28th. Twelve persons killed and 100 wound
ed by accident on North Kent Railroad, Eng
land.—Drug and other warehouses in St.
Louis burned ; loss $200,000.
July.
Ist. Ist Regt. Nizam E. I. Cavalry, muti
nied at Arungabad; they were reuted by
troops under Gen. Woedburn.—Car fell 53
feet from trestle work on Marietta and Cin
cinnati Railroad, killing 4, and wounding 20
persons. Destructive hail storms in Va.
2d. Stores and factories at Cincinnati burn
ed ; loss SIBO,OOO.
4th. Desperate rioting in N. Y.; 8 killed
and 50 wounded.—Hon. W. L. Marcy fouud
dead in his reom at Bailston, N. Y.—Clay
monument at Lexington, Ky., inaugurated.—
Gth Regt. Native troops in India mutinied;
murdered their officers and other Europeans
at Allahabad.—Herr Aston Schmidt, distin
guished German literateur, died at Saltzburg.
—Sir H. Lawrence, B. E. I. army, died at
Lucknow, which was besieged by Sepoys.
sth. Bad fire in business portion of Daven
port lowa. -Bir H. Barnard, B. E. I. army,
killed at Delhi.—British defeated with heavy
loss at Agra, India.
T h ' .? f nati ™ Indian troops at
Jullunder; British repulsed with heavy loss.
lira, case cf Cholera appeared in Guatama
la ; up to Auguct 25, lUuO fatal and 1500 se
vere cases occurred.
9th. Madeleine Smßh acquitted of murder
of Ennle L'Angelier, her lover, by poison at
Edinburgh, Scotland.—2 iiegts. Native lufan-
try revolted in India; missionaries, male and
female, massacred.
11th. Rioting in N. Y.; several killed and
wounded, including a number of policemen.
14tb. Pierre Jean de Beranger, the poet,
died at Paris, aged 77.
15th. Charles Czeray, composer, died at
Vienna. —Varnish factory burned at N. Y.;
loss $50,000.
17th. Frederick Sauvage, French inventcr,
died at Paris.
19th. Heavy fire at St. Louis, warehouses
and factories destroyed; los 3 $150,000.
20tb. Tremendous wind and rain storm in
Northern Pennsylvania; several lives lost and
much property destroyed.
21st. Saw mills ond other property in St.
Louis burned ; loss $250,000.
22d. Excitement at Cincinnati caused by
accidental poisoning of twenty children ; four
deaths.
25th. Storm in Central N. Y.; canals and
railroads damaged.—Prince de la Moskowa
died in France.—Fife, Stewart and Charlotte
Jones sentenced for murder at Pittsburgh.
28th. Com. J. T. Newton, a U. S. N. officer
of forty years service, died at Washington.
29th. Senator T. J. Busk, of Texas, com
mitted suicide. —Prince Charles Bonaparte
(son of Lucien) died at Paris,
30th. Walls of stores fall at St. Louis; 4
persons killed and loss of property.—4young
ladies, while bathing, drowned at Waterville,
Maine.
31st. Thomas Dick, LL. D„ died at Scot
land.—Destructive storm in Georgia ; £50,000
loss.—Forty lives lost by coal pit explosion
at Ashton, England.
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SIABLIU COAL.
JUST ARRIVED, Canal Boat Logan, from
Sunbnry, with fifty tons of Coal. For sale
by JOHN LEVY.
August 27, 1857.-7t*
FOR SALE,
Fruit and Ornamental TREES,
Straw berry, Raspberry, Currant, and
T9r Gooseberry Plants, in great variety.
Inquire of WM. BUTLER, Lewislown,
Pa., or J. E. JOHNSTON, Agent,
&ugl3 Trenton, New Jersey.
Bonks and Accounts of H. W. Jnnbln.
riMIE books and. accounts of H. W. Junkin
? haviug been transferred the subscri
ber, all persons knowing themselves indebted
are hereby notified to nail and make settle-
as within a limited time they will be
placed intlie hands of a justice of the peace
for collection. J. 0. JUNKIN.
Lewislown, December 17, 1857.
NOTICE.
I SHALL close up the Booke, Notes, Ac. of
A. Marks, assigned to Humphreys, Hoff
man & W right, in a few days by suit in all
oases. GEO. W. ELDER,
NOT. ID, 1857. Attorney, Ac.
THE
Mllt'S COOK BTOVG
AT THE STOVE WAREHOUSE OF
F. G. Franciscus, Lewistown,
300 STOVES
FOR SALE LOW FOR CASH.
Farmers and others burning wood can find
one of the best wood Cooking Stoves used.—
This excellent Stove is made heavy for use,
takes a stick of wood 28 inches long, has a very
large fire place and oven, bakes well, and got
up in good style. Will warrant it to do its
work well, and give good satisfaction. It
comes much lower in price than stoves of this
kind generally. cpl7
FC7OO lights best Window Sash, from 8x
t) 10 to 10*18, for sale very low. KRANCISCI'S
PEARL and Ivory handle Table and
Dessert Knives, for sale by FR-fIWCISCUS.
BILLS for Frame Stuff filled at short
notice, of good quality, and at low rates.
augl2 FRANCISCUS.
1 A/ t DOORS, for inside and outside,
v' V/ Koom and Front Doors, assorted sizes and
qualities, from C'l-5G to 53 each. FRANCISCI S.
150,000 Joint Shingles, 40,000 best 24
inch Lap Shingles, oa hand and for sale by
aug!3 FRANCISCUS.
150,000 Plastering Lath, 3, Si, 4 & 4$
feet long, and tile best in the market, for sale by
augl3 FRANCISCUS.
QTOVES! STOVES! STOVES!—
kj> All kinds of Parlor, Room, liar, Kali and Cook
Stoves, on hand and for sale at reduced prices by
ai, ff 27 FRJI.YCISCUS.
C 4 AS BURNERS!GAS BURNERS!--
A The most economical coal burning Room or Parlor
Stove ever introduced; made altogether of wrought iron,
no other metet being used in their manufacture at all,and
will save at least 50 per cent, more of coal than any stove
used. On hand and for sale by
septl7 FRANCISCUS.
PATENT KNIFE CLEANERS.—
One of the greatest labor saving machines ever in
vented. Every housekeeper should have one. Also,
Apple I'arers, Uread Toasters, Preserving Kettles, brass,
copper, porcelain, tinned, &.C. For sale by
septl7 FRANCISCUS.
SOLE LEATHER, Calf Skius, Fink
Inning do , Upper Leather, Kipp do., Madras and
Tampico Morocco, with ail kinds of French KtU Shoe
Findings, &c. fcr sale at lowest rates by
septl7 FRANCISCUS.
rpHE NE PLUS ULTRA of cook
JL stoves is lite Noble Cook—the mr)3t perfect now in
use. Every one wanting the BUST cooking sto7e, are re
spcctfully invited to call and examine ibis baker, baking
bread equal to a brick oven This excellent stove is
warranted in every respect. For sale by
septl7 FRANCISCUS.
(NOAL BUCKETS, several patterns,
J Pokers, Shovels, Sifters Castings for all ordinary
stoves, Tin and Iron Tea Ketiles, Tin ar..i Copper Bottom
Wash Boilers, Stove Boilers, Criddles, Long Pans, IliKe
Pans, dec. in fact, ali kinds of trimmings and fixtures
for stoves can be had at the establishment of
sept 17 FRANCISCUS.
H A RD W A R E~!
To Buy Cheap for Cash,
Blacksmiths, buy at Hoffman's,
Carpenters, buy at Hoffman's,
Saddlers, buy at Hoffman's,
Shoemakers, buy at Hoffman's,
Cabinetmakers, buy at Hoffman's,
Farmers, buy at Hoffman's,
Builders, buy at Hoffman's,
Housekeepers, buy at Hoffman's.
Don't forget, if you want good Stoves, Pump
Chains, Oil Cloths, Nails, Steel, Iron, Cutlery,
Vices, Bellows, Chains, Glass, &c , F. J. Hoff
man's Mammoth Hardware Store, and you can
be accommodated. sept 3
r PO MARKSMEN —Rifles and Shot Guns",
T Shot, Powder, Caps, &c., for sale at
sep3 HOFFMAN'S.
P VPF.R.—Printing Paper, best quality of Wri
ting, Letter and Note Paper, Envelopes,
&c. at HOFFMAN'S.
and Pickling Jars, of Glass
F and Stoneware, quart and half gallon, just
what is wanted for Tomatoes, Fruit, &c., at
ep3 HOFFMAN'S.
(JTOVES! A NEW COOK STOVE FOR WOOD!
O —lts unusually large oven and fire box and
its entire suitableness to the wants of the farm
er, place it far in advance of any now in use.
A number have been sold and have given entire
satisfaction. Also, other Cook Stoves, for coal
or wood; Parlor Air Tight Wood Stoves; Coal
Stoves for parlor, store, office and shop, at
sep3 HOFFMAN'S.
DRIGB, DRUGS, DRI'GS,
Medicines, Medicines, Medicines,
Painis, Paints, Painty
Glass, Glass,
Oils, Oils, Oils,
Trusses, Trusses,
At HOFFMAN'S.
New Arrangements.
AFTER returning our sincere thanks to our
numerous friends and customers for their
continued patronage, I would inform them that
1 am still to be found at
CiDLidl
With a desire to bring.my business nearly to
CASH, after the first of April our credit terms
will be Thirty Days and accounts not to exceed
fifty Dollars. \Ve hope still to conduct our
business so that we shall enjoy the good will
of our numerous customers, and that the num
ber may be greatly iucreased.
F. J. HOFFMAN.
So 3E<S>WSy s
SURGEON DENTIST.
PROFESSIONAL business promptly attend
ed to, and charges reasonable.
OFFICE on North Main street, second door
below the town Hall, and nearly opposite the
Gazette office. je 21, 1855—tf.
DR. MARKS,
TT AVING resumed the practice of medicine,
XI may always be found at his office in the
Public Square, opposite the Lewistown Hotel
May 7, 1857-tf
©BO. TT. EIDER, ~
Attorney at Law,
OFFICE in West Marketstreet,oppositeEuen
bise's Hotel, will attend to any business inthe
courtsof Mifflin, Centre, or Huntingdon cotm
ti®B Lewistown. July ], 1853.
A (&&3BIS)o
♦ PHE undersigned would take this method of
I informing the 10,000 customers of the EKE
HIVE DRCG STORE that they have purchased the
entire slock aud fixtures of that establish
ment, and will continue to wait upon customers
in their usual style—selling Drugs, Medicines,
&c. cheaper than any other establishment in
town— for cash only.
0c1.3m JAMES H. McKEE & CO.
SPLENDID
AT 438 CHESTNUT sH
PHILADELPHIA
The Original Gift Book &P
G. EVANS would inform h
VT. fhe public that he hasrei "<■-
Gift Book Store and Publish;,,
splendid store in Brcwn's Iron i
Chestnut street, two doors belou-v*®
the purchaser of each book will
the following gifts, valued at from",'®
SIOO, consisting of Gold Watcti es ®s^t
550 Pat. Eng. Lev. Gold Watches
550 Patent Anchor do
400 Ladies' Gold Watches 18k
600 Silver Lev. Watches,
500 Parlor Timepieces,
500 Cameo Sets, Ear Drops & p-„
500 Ladies' Gold Bracelets £
500 Gents' Vest Chains, '
1000 Gold Lockets, large double case
2000 do small size, '
1000 Gold Pencil Cases & Gold P.
1000 Extra Gold Pens, with cases
2500 Gold Pencils, (Ladies') '
2500 Gold Pens, with Silver Pen-li,
2500 Ladies' Gold Pens, with case. '
6500 Ladies' Gold Ring*
2000 Gents' Gold Rings,
2500 Ladies' Gold Breast Pins
3500 Misses do do
3000 Pocket Knives, '^l
2000 Sets Gent's Gold Bosom Studs
2000 do do Sleeve LUUODS
2000 pairs Ladies' Ear Drops,
8000 Ladies' Pearl Card Cases,
15000 Ladies Cameo, Jetor Mosaic
2500 do do Shawl & RibbonJnt^B
5000 Fetridge's Balm of a Thousand "B
Flowers, H
EVANS' new Catalogue containsaiitß
popular books of the day, and the
lications, all of which "will
can be obtained at other stores.
catalogue of books sent free, by
through the mail, by addressing G.G r^B
439 Chestnut street, Philadelphia.
Agents wanted in every town in <;.H
States Those desiring so to act
particulars by addressing as above.
N. B.—ln consequence of the fr.ray-B
and numerous failures, the subscriber
enabled to purchase from assignee;
stock of books, embracing every
literature, at prices which will
give SSOO worth of the above eifn ' r ß
SIOOO worth of books sold. B
An extra book, with a gift, will
each person ordering TEN i.ocks to l j<!B
one address, by Express. B
gJrSEND FOR A CATALOGUE B
November 5, 1857. B
The West Branch Insurant!
OF LOCK HATES, Pi,, B
INSURES Detached Buildings, Storel
chaudise, Farm Property, and cthrß
tags, arid their contents, at moderate r^B
DIRECTORS. B
Hon. John J. Pcarce, Hon. G. C.Hjnß
John L'. Hall, T. T. Abraras. V
Charles A. Mayer, D. K. Jackmai, B
Charles Crist, W. White, ! K
Peter Dickinson, Thos. Kitchen ■
Hon. G C. HARVEY, p re ß
T. T. ABRAMS, Vicefß
Thos. Kitchen , Sec'y. B
REFERENCES. H
Samuel 11, Lloyd, Thos. Bow-rain. B
A. A. VVinegardner, Wt, Vanderbthß
L. A. Mcckey. Wm. Fcaron, B
A. White, Dr. J. S. Cranfoß
James Quiggle, A. Lpdegraff, fl
John W. Maynard, James Arm.-lrostß
Hon. Simon Cameron, Hon. Wm. Uijieß
for Mifflin countv, G. \Y >B
ART, Esq. M
Indemnity from Loss and Dnmsit \M
■Hud the Perils nf .Murine a, J Inland
CONTINENTAL 1
INSURANCE COrjPANil
lin orjtorafcd by the Legislature of fwß
nia, with a Perpetual Charter. J
Authorized Capital, S!.UOO.OOO.B
Office 50. 61 Walnut St. abou Second,
Fire Insurance on Buildings, Furnitincl
chandise, dtc., generally. Marine !;..<
on Cargoes and Freights to all parts tB
world. Inland Insurance on Goods, itß
Lakes, Rivers, Canals, and Land Carnst®
all parts of the Union, on the tuosl favaß
terms, consistent with security. ■
DIRECTORS. I
George VV. Colladay, William Bowersfl
John M. Coleman, Joseph Oat, I
Edwin V. .Machette, Howard HincStsfl
GEORGE W. COLLADAY, PrfsicJ
GALEN WILSON, Secretary. I
Agent for Mifflin countv. Win.?■
LIOTT, Esq. " ftblsl
INDEMNITY AGAINST LOSS BY FISE
Franklin Fire Insurance Coo
ny of Philadelphia.
Office 163 i Chestnut street, nearFifii
Statement of Assets, SI.SM
January Is!, 1857.
Published agreeabiy to an act of Assent:;
ing,
Fist Mortgages, amply secured, $1,519.1
Real Estate, (present value, |109,-
000,) cost, 3,i
Stocks, (present ralue, $183,881 12.
cost, il*
Cash, &c., 6!. i!
Perpetual or Limited Insurances made ot (
description of property, in Town and Oct
Rates as low as are consistent with sect"
Since their incorporation, a period of t*
eight years, they have paid over Three Ms
of Dollars' 1 losses by fire, thereby afordifc
idence of the advantages of Insurance.
as the ability and disposition to me 4l
promptness all liabilities.
Losses by Fire. _
Losses paid during the year 1856, S3O' u
DIRECTORS.
Chas. N. Bancker, Mordecai D * '
Tobias Wagner, David S. Brown.
Samuel Grant, Isaac Lea,
Jacob R. Smith, Edward C.
Geo. W. Richards, George Fales..
CHARLES N. BANCKER,
CHAS. G. BANCKER, Sec'y. . *
Id® Agent for Mifflin county, H.J_,
TERSfEsq., Lewistown.
Pennsylvania Railroad-
ON and after Monday, December SW
trains leava Lewistowu Station at
Eastward. *
Through Express, 524a. m- * ...
Faat Mail, 440 p. . * r
Altoona Way, 1104 a. m. I *L
Through Freight, 540 p. in I
Local " 738 " {$
Emigrant, 540 " j. y
Express Freight, 4 40 " ' 1
H3* Passengers taking tbs At
Train for points West of Altqoos, J
tained at that place until the arrival
Mail Train west. okiitdd
Fare to Harrisburg, $185; to
5 00; to Altoona, 2 10; to Pittsburgh ,
fLfThe Ticket Office will be 0P,
utes before the arrival of eacn .
Train. D- E. ROBESON.^