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VOL. 34.
Published by Theodore Schocli.
Tki:ms Two tl.dfcirs a year f n ii'Ivnnco and if nut
jciiil ln-forc the en! of tli; yo:vr, two dollars and fifty
cent" will In rli.nrj-fd.
No n:T lisc.ntiiiM',d until nil arrearages are
paiil. exeept at the option of the IMitor.
r. r Advertisements of one soii:iri X (eiu'lit linos') or
J,.., one r three insertions 1 .". ICaeh additional in
ertion, IK ills. Itner ones in proportion.
JOES I It I X T I X ii '
OK At.T. KINDS,
Kxci tilod in the highest style of tho Art, and on the
niot reasonable terms.
J,
II. Sill I.I, , M. !.
Second diKir below Kiirmtt House. Ilesiilenee
2nd door west of Hicksite CJuaker Cliureli. (Hike
hours S to 0 a. in., 1 to :l ji. til., ti to ! p. in.
Mav -", lsTo-lf.
D
it. s. 3iirs.i;j:,
I'li.VMlciau ami Surgeon,
STROUDSBURG, Pa.
Olliee, formeily occupied by lr. .Si. Residence with
.1. It. Miller, one door below the jett'soiiiait (llliee.
ili.- hour-, 7 to 12 to :: and " to !i.
May 1 1, lsT.;. it.
lK. X. I.. P5:CIi,
D'
Stu'scon lcntisl.
niliee in .Lis. I'M inker's n ew bu ildi ng. nea rly oj poitc
the Siroii.l-liurg Hank, (las admnhtcrod for extaeting
hen ilesire.l.
Striud'iiirg, Pa. f.Tan. fi.'Tn-tf.
jit. c;s:o. iv. .1 .tciisox
piivsinix, si'RGEax am) AirorniELR.
;ti'-e iii Sainii' l 11o.n1" n b-iiMmt;, nearly ot
p ile the pnt oilioc. Jlc.-idence on Sarah street,
iili.oe K ran fcl in.
An'i-t S.'7'J-tf
w
rn.so ii-:inso.
east sTr.ori)i;i K(; ta.
knoul iljv.ietits ta'cen and a!! btisin p.-rtaiiiing
t.p the oiiiec carefully exeentJ.
i'ii:i:sx THOMl'sox,
K al ll.tat- 1 i:ura!iee Au'elits.
li;l'e-e, Ki-'ler' 11 - le.-.il lin' n--:ir the 1 JmI.
J'.if s; ro:iiN'eir'. l'a.. Jan. L'7, is;.;.
D.ivie s. r.i:s:,
Attorney al Law,
One dtor alvive the ".Stroinlsburg House."
S;i)-i.!-'!ir. Pa.
C'il!ecti')ii promptly 1:1 ade.
tetober lS7t.
WILLIAM S. RSES,
Surveyor, Conveyancer and
Seal Estate Agent.
Farms. Timber Laiids and Totth Lots
FOR SALE.
O.Tiiv? nn-arly opposite Aau-riean Houes
sn I - I d-fir lu'low the Corner Store.
M tn-Ii 'JM, HT-Mf.
DR. J. LANTZ,
SURGEOxT & MECHANICAL DENTIST.
"l ill has lii. oiiic on Main street, in the second story
o iVaii oi iii i. i: luiildiii-'. nearly opposite the
Si r.ei ! - 'in r- II use. a 1 el le- Iia1-r hini-ei (' t hai by i ipli
t 11 y -ars e.ii.la;it pra-tiee and th- uet -arii"s! and
e.ir-l'd Mil -ulioii to ail ni jlters p.'i t ui tii 11 lo bis pio
I --i-.ii. that In' is fully aMe to j ri o iii op-rat ions
ia lli-il -iila! line in the most careful and skillful man
lier. speeial attention -ivi-n to savin-the Natural Teeth:
to tie; i 1 1 - .-1 1 1 : 1 of Artificial Teeth on IttiMicr.
1 iol l. Silver, or t 'out : uiious ' ui, and pel feel fits in alt
ca- iiisunil.
M'ii p-roiis know the great folly and danger of fn
t ni.i in - t Ii: ; r work to t he iricxerieiieeii. ". to :!ei-e li v-ia-al
a ii-!a:e-e. April 1-, 1-7-4. tf.
Opposition to Humbugg
cry!
Tlie 11 ii'l-rsi.'neil hereby nn:ioiin' e that he has re-Mini-si
lni.in- a; th-old stand, next d-nit to l;iiterS
( 'lothin j ior-, Main street, .-iroiid.-biir::, l'a., and i?
Lilly prepared to accommodate all in want of
BOOTS and SHOES,
Mane ill the latest style and of good material. Ilepair-
in; p rouim I v aTtent.il to. ( iive me a fill.
ii- . :i, ls7Vty.i C. I.KU'IS W'ATKKS.
a.otixs:zi Toiiav ivox
i:v T11K
ESTEY COTTAGE ORGANS!
These Ptiperior arid beautifully finished in
struments so far eclipsed their competitor in
vol u me, purity, sweetness and delicacy of tone,
as to carry olTtlie first and only, premium giv
en to exhibitors of reed Organs at tlie Monroe
County Tair, held September 2", 174.
Jhiv ont- the Lett. For price list address
Oct 1-tf.l J. y. SIOAFL'S,
PAPER IIAiMJEK,
GLAZIER AND PAINTER,
MOMIOE STREET,
Nearly opposite Kautz's Blacksmith Shop,
SrRotDsBuiia, Pa.
The untiemgned would respectfully in
form the citizens of Strondsburg' and vicinity
'lint he is now fully prepared to do all kinds
ot Paper Han;itir, Glazing and Painting,
promptly and at short notice, and that he
will keep constantly on hand a fine stock o!
I'aper Hangings; of all dcscripi ions and at
low prices. The palruuage of the public,
is earnestly solicted. May 16, 1872.
Dwelling House for Sale.
A very desirable two story Dwelling House, contain
ing seven rooms, oik ot which is suitable
for a Store Koom, situate on Main street.
in the Jiorough ot Siiroudsburg. 1 he
! building is nearly new. and every part
.of it in good condition. J'or terms Ac,
at thin ollice. J lee. JI, l75-tf.
D
OX'T you know that J. H.
3IcCartv A' Sons mo the onlv Under
takers in Stroud -sbui "; who understands their
bu.Miies.s ? I f not, attend a Funeral managed
t'y any other Undertaker in town, and you
wij ee the proof of the fact.
Juno ls74-tf
11 1 1 " .1. p i in iju juium
TO WHOM it MAY CONCERN!
SEBASTIAN ECHLE,
Has resumed the HOOT and SHOK nuking husiness,
in all its various liranelies, in the basement of J. b
Miller's building, one dKr I-iist of Jt ttersonian Office.
All who desire anything in his line, done up in the
highest style of the art, are cordially invited to drop
"' March ::o,'VO-tf.
CAUTION !
All
persons are hereby cautioned not to
t res pas
ss on any property of the undersigned.
situate in Stroud township .Monroe countv. Pa.
Anyone violating tins notice will be prosecuted
to the full extent of the law.
JACOB H. IIUTTS.
Strondsburg, July 20, 1S75.
DOWNTOWN
We the undersigned respectfully inform
the citizens of btroudsburir and
that we have added
incut of
to our large as.sort-
3
HATS AIS1D CAPS,
A conijilctc and carefully selected stock of
Men's & Youths' Ready-
made Clothing
of .the latest and
and host fjualit'.
jilcte line of
most fashionable stylos
We have also a coni-
CE.V
ST FURNISHING GOODS,
'lease give us a call and examine our
stock and prices before you purchase else
where. e shall soon oner a
meiit of
large assort-
Umbrellas, Traveling Bags, &c.
You will find us one door west of Kej'
stoue Drug tftorc, 3Iain Street, Strouds
burg, l'a.
X. 1. Silk Hats ironed and repaired
at short notice. (Jive us a call.
waltox & wixteiimi:te.
.Stroudshurg, April 2, 1870.
OFFICIAL NOTICE.
$000 EBWAED!
t c t m 4
Itx, jj j, 4,
Vlimi STROUDSBURG,
A tall-complcxioned YOUXU MAX, n-ed
ft. in., height 150 lbs. Had on, when last
seen two pnirs of swallow-tailed sealskin
trousers, fashionable mutton cutlet waiscoat,
with delirium trimmings; double-barrelled
frock coat, with horse collar and sausage
lining; patient leather-bottom top shoes, laced
up at tiie stile, and buttoned inside.
He is deaf and dumb of one eye and hard
of hearing with the other, with a slight squint
in his eye teeth ; stoops very up right with a
loud imju-diment in his look, chignon on up
per lip with whiskers bitten od' short inside;
mouth like a, torn jiocket ; hair of a deep scarlet
blue and parted from ear to yonder; Calves of
legs rising 4 years, to be sold cheap on ac
count of the dearness of milk ; very liberal
with other peoples' money, and well known to
a good templar, having been eleventeen years
a member of the 1. O. G. T. (I Often Get
Tight SocietyJ. .
Any one who knows of his whereabouts will
please report at the
-Empire Clothing Store,
where he will find the
L AUG K.ST and BEST ASSORTMENT
OF
Men and Boy's Clothing,
Hats and Caps,
Gents' Furnishing Goods,
Trunks, Valices, &c. &c.
kept in this vicinity, and which we will sell
at the
LOWEST PANIC PRICES!
If you want to save money don't fail to ex
amine our stock before purchasing elsewhere.
If you want GOOD GOODS allow prices,
there is no place in Monroe Countv to com
pete with the KM PIKE CLOTHING STOIiE.
Our new Ftock is complete in every particu
lar. 1 'lease call and examine for yourselves.
SIMON FRIED,
at Empire Clothing Store.
Strondsburg, March 23, 1S7C tf.
BLANK MORTGAGE
F' T s;il' at this Office.
Store I
STROUDSBURG, MONROE
jiljjji. Aiim
NASBY.
MR. XASRY GOES TO TIIE ST. LOUIS CON
VENTION HE RETURNS ENTIRELY
SATISFIED WITH TIIE PLATFORM AND
CANDIDATES.
Confedrit X Roads, wich is in the
state uv Kentucky, Joon 2lhh, 1S7G I
hcv returned from St. Loots, and wity glad
I am to get back to the scene of iny fuchcr
labcr for the next four months. St. Loois
is a a hot city, but cz the likkcr is alluz
good there, and ez the Tilden delegates, ez
well cz the anti-Tildtu ones, hail lots uv
monej', I made out to get on. Ez they
never argood with a delegate without ask
in him to take suthin, I didn't make up my
mind till the very last.
It wuz the most intcrestin convenshun
I ever attended, and I have bin to cm all
pence the one that nominated Martin Van
Rooren. This was the most intcrestin,
becoz so thoroly devotid to reform, wich
alluz is my best holt. Ef I can't be a re
formin suthin I am absolootly mizrable.
It gave me noo hopes uv the republic to
see the spent uv reform that filled the soles
of all the Pitnocrisy present, that is, nearly
all ut cm. Occasionally an anxious-lookin
farmer delegate wood remark, "what shed
we do with the currency ?' and then Mor
risey wood immejitely shut him up with
the remark, "1 u the currency wat we
want is reform in the government."
And when a Xoo England biznis man
would ask, "what shel we do with the cur
ruency ?" Ross Kelly wood d 11 him for
introdoocin disturbiu elcmeneo into the con
venshun. "What we want is reform," the
Ross would continyoo, and ef the man didn't
sing small some uvof the Rosses' reformers
wood go thro him. I don't wonder that
the X 00 ork Rimocrisy love him.
John M orrisoy is the most ardent re
former I know uv. lie was so entirely
devotid to it that I saw him stop a game
uv faro, at a bank which he run doorin the
the conven.shuii, to argoo with an Injeany
delegate, who wuz a loozin bootifully, that
cf the Dimocrisy didn't git control uv the
Noo York custom house and postofiis, the
country wuz ruined shoor. In the coz of
reform he wuz willin to devote all the pro
fits uv his banks at Saratoga and Washing
ton. Ross Kelly was even more urgent for re
form than Morrissey. He said that until
Tammany got possession of the govern
ment, he cood see nothin but rooin ahed.
(Jive him a platform which pronounced
squarely for reform, and he wood feel en
eurridged to promise a Democratic majority
uv 40,000 in the city uv Noo York alone.
With the Custom House and Postofiis in
the control uv Tammany, he cood afford to
pay ten thousand repeaters, and give stiddy
employment to every shoulder hitter and
bruiser in the city. He wood feel justified
in charterin a thousand gin mills, and to
make sure uv the state he wood promise to
give any majority in the city that mite be
needed. Reform wuz his watchword.
Roolittle wanted reform he yearned for
it. He said that until a president wuz
elected that wood make it possible for him
to be Minister to England there wuz no
hope uv the Republic, lie wuz disposed
to yield everything in sich matters cz cur
rency, and tariffs and sich, but it wuz uv
the first importance that the country be
property represented at the Court of St.
James.
The southern delegates wuz ckally ur
gent for reform. What they felt wuz ne
cessary wuz a complete change. They had
ground for twelve years under the horrors
uv nigger votin, and anything that wood
give em relecf that wood satily em. Eny
thing to the good old idee uv the soopre
macy uv the sooperior race, and the re
doosiu uv the nigger to his normal condis
hun. One Georgy delegate actooly shed
tcers over the suiferins he lied endoorcd.
He sobbed audibly wen he remarked that it
wuz now ten years last Christmas sencc he
hed shot a nigger. His shot gun hung
300.se! Is over his fire-place, and there wuz
ashes on his harth. "Give us a Dimecra
tic administrashen and reform !" he yelled,
and immejitly accepted the invitashen uv a
Tilden delegate to take suthin. None uv
em ever refoosed that, from anybody.
The work of the convenshun wuz well
done, and victory must perch upon our
banners. There was a row amontr. the Xoo
York dclegashcn wich threatened at one
time to mar its harmony, but it wuz hap
pily settled. There wuz a conference, and
the ofiiscs wuz divided so ez to satisfy all
the reformers. Kelly is continyod in pos
session uv Tammany Hall, and the city,
while them cz favored the great and good
Tilden will hcv . controle uv the Federal
patronage. Ez extraordinary service will
be needed, noo 0 fuses will be created, and
appointments that naturally wood go to Rc
publikan states will all be given to the
doubtful ones.
Several reformers who wuzn't satisfied
with this arrangement with promises uv
wat wuz to be given em after the election
wuz pade so much money in hand, after
which they were ez enthoosiastic for the
great reformer as anybody. I stood out,
myself, and got a fair slice ; but it didn't
do me any good. Raseoin wuz with me
and saw the money paid, and he demanded
it uv me, and got it too, on account. There
ain't anything in life so disgustin cz pay in
old likkcr bills. That likkcr is gone, and
ain't no good to yoo it can't warm your
bowels agin. Under stiniuhitin inflooences
one kin afford to pay but to pay thisyeer
for last yeer's delites, wich hev fled for
ever ami can't never be recalled, except in
memory, it's disgustin. I never did like
COUNTY, PA., AUGUST
to pay for memories they ain't substan
shal. Rut I shel hev the postoffis at the Cor
ners shoor, cf Tilden is elected, for long
afore the time comes, I shel be in debt to
Rascom agin.
The platform can't help sootin the Dim
ocrisy uv the entire country, pcrtickerly
when the candidate is taken in account. It
is the most flexible platform I ever helpt
to construct, and the Dimocrat wich can't
stand onto it ain't worth the name. In
Ohio and Injeany we shel swear it soft
money and reform, and pint proudly to
Hendricks. In Noo York and the east we
shel swear it hard money and reform, and
pint proudly to lildcn.
Ez I shel have to stump both seek -shuns
I hev two speeches alreddy prepared, one
uv wich is hard money and one soft, and
the other orators uv the party hev .fixed
theirselvcs likewise. I wood scjest, now,
that thar may be no mistakes, that a eom
mitty be appiuted in each place where a
speech is to be'made, to see that the specker
rises sober, and that he gits the right speech
started. After the reform speeker has
made his speech to the citizens, uv course
he should be allowed to git cz full cz he
chooses, but it wood be terrible to hev him
git up and make the speech in Hartford,
Connecticut, that was intendid for the lati
tude uv Tcrre Haut, Injeanny,or to make
in Injeanny the hard money speech wich
he shood youse in Connecticut.
With sich care, and reasonable work,
thcr can't be any question ez to the result.
The Dimocrisy hez bin on to grass so long
that they will fite cz men never foitglit
afore, and we shel win. With "Reform !"
in our mouths and postoffis in our harts,
we shall march forred to victory. Rut we
hev got to work for it.
Petroleum V. Nasuv,
Wich would like to be Postmaster.
P. S. A serious trouble threatened us
at one time iti St. Loois. The mayor uv
that city hed fixed upou the nitc afore the
scttin uv the convenshun to make a rade
onto the gamblin dens and the houses of
ill repoot in that cit) Forchnitly we got
wind uv it in time to hcv it posponed. lied
it been carried out I shudder to think wat
wood hev bin the result. Two-thirds uv
our reform delegates wood hav bin goobled
up and wood hev bin up before poleece ma
gistrates in the morniu. Tildeu's money
hed bin distributed that mornin, and the
reformers hed cash enufl' to justify cm in
makin a nitc uv it, and they wuz a doin uv
it. Hed them houses bin raided onto that
nitc the convenshun would hev bin obliged
to adjourn for want uv a quorum. P. Y. N.
The New Hotel Law.
The following act, passed at the last ses
sion of the State Legislature, has become
a law in full force :
AN ACT
To prevent fraud and fraudulent practices
upon or by hotel keepers, inu keepers
and boarding-house keepers.
Section 1. Re it enacted, &c., That
every person who shall at any hotel or inn,
or boarding-house, receive or cause to be
furnished any food or acounnodations, with
intent to defraud the owner or proprietor
of such hotel, inn or boarding-house out of
the value or price of such food or accomda
tion, and every person who shall obtain
credit at any hotel, inn or boarding-house,
by the use of any false pretenses or device,
or by depositing at such hotel, inu or board
ing house any baggage or property of value
less than the amount of such credit, or of
the bill by such person incurred, with such
fraudulent internt, and any person who,
after obtaining credit or accommodation at
any hotel, inn or boarding house, shall ab
scond from such hotel, inn or boarding
house, and shall surreptiously remove his
baggage or property therefrom, shall, upon
conviction, be adjudged guilty of a misde
meanor, and upon convictiou shall be pun
ished by imprisonment in the county jail
for a term of not more than six months.
Sec. 2. Every keeper of a hotel, restau
rant, inn or boarding house shall post in a
public or conspicuous place iu the office or
public room, and in every bed-room occu
pied by guests in said house, a printed copy
of this act, and a statement of the charges
or rates of charges by the day, and for
meals and items furnished, and for lodg
ings. No chanre or sum shall be collected
or received by any such person for any ser
vice not actually rendered, or for any item
not actually delivered, or for a longer time
thau the person so charged actually re
mained at such place. For any violation
of this section, or any provisions of this
section, the offender shall forfeit his bill so
charged, and upon conviction thereof, be
judged guilty of misdemeanor, and shall be
punished by imprisonment 111 the county
jail for a term of not more than six months.
Sec. J. In case ot default on the part 01
the. guests in any hotel, inn or boarding
house, to redeem withiu sixty days all bag
gage, etcetera, shall be sold at public auc
tion after due notice by publication for five
days previous to sale ; all excess of pro
ceeds exceeding charges incurred shall be
held for the owner.
Sec. 4. This act is to take effect imme
diately after the first day of June, Anno
Domini eighteen hundred and seventy-six.
pprovcd The 20th day of April, A.
D., 1876.
J. F. Hartranft.
"Isn't that extravagance?" remarked
a gentleman to his compauion, as he ob
served half a dozen men taking an Sl,SO0
piano into the residence of a West-side
physician. "Why, no, not for a doctor,"
returned the other, when the gicen apple
season is at its height."
3, 1876.
Reformer Tilden.
The Brooklyn Argus is a Democratic
paper, edited by a Democratic cx-mcmber
of Congress, and it has this to say of the
Great Democratic Reformer:
"Governor Tildeu's advocacy of hard
money is as insecure as any of his ositions.
As a Reformer Gov. Tilden is a fraud ; as
a business man he is badly smirched ; as a
hard money man is without convictions ; as
an advertising adventurer and suborner of
the press he is impudent; as apolitical
trickster he is a disgrace. He is willing to
to talk about National honor and advocate
hard money in the East, while violating the
laws of the country by issuing an illegal
currency in the West. Ho bid loudly for
reform throughout the State by attacking
Dennison in Syracuse and Lord Rochester,
where the Democrats have uo strength,
while barganiug with ring scoundrels in
Albany, Xcw York and Rrooklyn, where
the Democratic machine is powerful."
And yet this sham reformer, this political
huckster, this railroad wrecker, this issuer
of wild cat currency, this enemy of public
schools, this associate and confederate of
Tammany thieves, this business man who
is badly smirched, this advertising adven
turer, this suborner of the press, was the
only Democrat who could, by any possible
stretch of the itnmagination, be put for
ward as the Democratic Apostle of Reform,
the only Democrat in all the country found
worthy to stand upon the St. Louis plat
form, which is a screech for Reform from
one end to the other.
It shows how entirely groundless is this
claim of the Democracy to be a reform
party. If Governor Tilden were the pur
est man in any country ; if his record were
as fair as record could be ; if he were a
genuine, carest reformer, it would still be
dangerous to elect him to the Presidency,
backed as he is by a party which professes
itself without another leader worthy of re
cognition as a Reformer. Iu this country
the President is what his party forces him
to be, and the significance of a nomination
is to be sought in those who are doin-jr the
votmjr.
There can be no doubt that Tilden is a
most adroit politician. He has for 3-ears
practiced the arts of the politician most suc
cessfully. He believes that every man has
his price, and his first move was to put
nioncy in his purse, which he did after the
most unscrupulous fashion. Having se
cured the neccssar3' funds, he proceeded to
buy his way to power, lie is the largest
specimen of the political huckster ever pro
duced in this county. Knowing so well
the power of money to change men's polti
cal opinions, he made no secret of his asso
ciation with thieves and plunderers of the
Tweed regime. During all Tweed's ascen
dancy and control iu the Democracy ofXcw
York, Tilden, as chairman of the Democra
tic State Committee, gave the weight of his
name and official action to Tweed's nomina
tions, knowing when he supported Hoffman
b assisting in stuffing the ballot boxes in
the cities of Xew York and Rrooklvn, that
he was Tweed's man, whom Tweed had
nominated for his own purposes.
All this disgraceful record Tildeu's paid
supporters expect us to forget because
1110 ucy had been used to silence the Demo
cratic press, with some few honorable ex
ceptions. The nomination of such a man
as a Great Reformer, upon such a Reform
platform is the most stupendous farce of
this age.
A Powerful Band of Brothers.
From the Reading Eagle.
On Tuesday, while the sun was pouring
down its blistering rays, making the ther
mometer dance up to 140, Adam L. Fisher,
of Marion township, engaged the services
of eight brothers at mowing oats in a thirt-ty-two-acre
field, something which havenever
before been done in Marion township, if in
the State. Below we give the name, age
and height of each of the brothers: Ben
jamin llcfiinger, 41 3'ears old, height 6
feet 1 inches ; George, 33 years old, height
5 feet 11 inches; John, 35 3'ears old,
height C feet; William, 30 years old, height
3 feet 111 inches ; Franklin, 2G 3'ears, old,
heighto feet 11 inches; Daniel, 24 years
old, height f feet 1 1 i inches; Pearse, 23
3'cars old, t feet 1A inches; Gabriel 19
years old, height 5 feet 11 inches. Here
were eight brothers averaging six feet in
height, all from one father and one mother,
all sound in health. They mowed thirty
two acres of oats in one day, which is an
average of four acres to the man. Thej'
all live in Marion township, the farthest
within an hour's walk of Mr. Fisher's.
A Sheep's Teeth.
I often hear persons disputing the age
of sheep, to my surprise, be it said. For
them to tell the age of sheep nothing is
easier. A sheep's front teeth the first 3'car
are eight in number, appearing all of a size.
Second 3'ear the two middle ones arc shed
and replaced by two much longer than the
others. Third year two very small ones
appear one on either side of the eight.
At the end of the fourth there are six
large teeth. Fifty year all the front teeth
are large. Sixth year all begin to show
wear not till then.
Spring and Heidelberg townships, Berks
county, are said to have been devastated b3'
grasshoppers. Fruit, trees, clderbcrr3T and
blackberry bushes have been entirety
stripped of their foliage, and the grass,
grain and corn have been entirety destroy
ed by the pests ; not a head of grain was to
be found in several fields of oats examined,
while the stunted fruit upon the trees was
hanging to bare branches.
NO. 9.
There are nearly 1000 Indians in Florida.
There arc 70 prisoners in the Xorris
town jail.
Paris cats two thousand horses and
mules every three months.
There arc 50,000 Sisters of Charity con
nected with the Roman church.
The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Co. run 140 Centennial tarins daity.
A catfish 21 inches long was lately caught
by a boy in Tulpchoeken creek" (Berks
county).
It is now said, as an apology for the do?
in the manger, that he wanted the straw
for his bed.
One hundred and twenty thousand buffalo
were slaughtered on the northwestern plains
of British America tile past 3'ear.
During the fiscal 3'ear ending June 30,
1S7G, 22,570 Chinese arrived in this coun
try, 259 of whom only were females.
There is to be a monster camp-mccting
at Ocean Grove, near Long Branch, in
August, iu which Moody anil Sankey will
take part.
Two gii Is were carrying a pail of milk
in Carsville, Virginia, last week, when a
stroke of lightening killed one and stunned
the other.
Bernard X. Boyle and Kate Boyle arc
in prison at Pottsville, and William Colihan
at Maueh Chunk, for alleged perjury in the
Mollie Maguirc murder trials.
Chili will export, this year, about 30,000
tons of wheat and 10,000 tons of bark',
two-thirds of which will go to Europe and
about one-third to Bolivia and Peru.
An inebriate recently fell and struck '
his head agaiust a barber's pole. On be
ing raised from the ground, he asked :
"What's zat woman wi' stripe stockings
on got again me ?"
An evening or two ago Mr. Philip Lcssig,
of South Coventry township, Chester coun
t3r, caught an eel three feet long, which on
opening he found to contain a water snake
twelve inches long.
A merchant went home the other night
and said cheerfully to his wife, "Well 103"
dear, I've failed at last." "Oh, that's
good !" exclaimed the wife, with a radiant
face. "Now we can go to the Centennial,
sure.
New York city has lost a great part of
its jobbing and nearly all its tea trade. Its
inalienable iutcrests appear to be banking,
fashion, beaux, arts, belles letters and the
future manufacture of gloves, millinery
aud small wares, upon the scale of Paris.
In the Manatawny creek, near Griescmers
ville, says the Reading Times, there has
existed for several years a chub of unusual
large size, which has engaged the attention
of the sportsmen of that vicinity for a long
time. It successfully resisted all efforts to
be taken by either nets, spears, hooks aud
lines, shot gun or clubs, until a few da33
ago, when it was caught by Mr. John
Willman, who was fishing, with some lad3'
friends from Spring City, Chester county.
An examination of the fish showed that
one 030 had been shot out and that it had
also been pierced through the head with a
gig. Its escape and vitality were truly re
markable. The fish measured nineteen
inches in lenght.
Of the crops in Indiana the Indian
apolis Journal bears this testimony :
The last few days of dry, warm weather
have been worth a great deal to Indiana,
and we may now count with certainty on
large and profitable crops of nearly cver3r
thing. The wheat crop is saved. It will
not be large, but fully an average crop.
Oats will be much above an average. The
hay crop will be man3r times larger than
last year. Corn never looked better, and
the indications are good for an immense
yield. Of all fruits except peaches there
will be a vcr3' large yield, including small
fruit?, both domestic and wild. Vegetables
of all kinds never were more abundant or
cheaper.
The Lancaster Express, speaking of the
crops in that section, sa3's :
The farmers in this section, and through
out the country have reason to rejoice.
The crops of wheat, hay and oats have been
excellent iu Eastern Pennsylvania. The
corn fields show a splended growth. The
reports are encouraging in nearly all parts
of the West and South. Cotton promises
a good yield. Fruit is abundant. Pota
toes have flourished iu spite of the bug.
When the freshets of last 3car, sweeping
away the crops in the fertile plains of the
Mississippi Valle3', are remembered, there
is sufficient cause for gratitude. Iu our
own count3 the drought last summer re
duced the yield of ha3' and wheat far be
low the average.
The River and Harbor bill, as it passed
the Democratic reform House, appro
priates about seven milieus 'of dollars,
mainly for the improvement of insignifi
cant creeks and small rivers in the several
States, the most liberal slice being for
West Virginia; and for imaguiary work on
inlets, bays aud harbors on the lakes and
along the seacoast. "Thitj bill," as the
New York Herald says, "shows the falsity
of the pretense" of economy which the
House has set up. To save seven millons
by cutting down the wages of poor clerks
and letter carriers and by curtailing mail
facilities to fling it awa3T in improving
Scrubgrass creek and the navigation of
Salt river, is not economy. It is simply
robbing worthy objects to squander the
money upon unworthy ones. There are,
doubtless, some good appropriations in this
River and Harbor bill, but a million or
two would cover them all, and the rect is
thrown away.