Btwkh to politics, literature, Agriculture, Science, iHoralitn, aub CSencral 3ntcHigcnrc.
VOL. 25.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., OCTOBER 25, 1S8G.
KO. S2.
Published by Theodore Sclioch.
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No paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid,
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OF ALL KINDS,
Executed iii the highest ftyle of the Art.and onthe
most icasoiiible terms.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, AND GENERAL
CLAIM AGENT.
STROUDSBURG, PA.
OJicc tcith S. S. Drchcr, Esq.
All claims against the Government prose
cuted with dispatch at reduced rates.
(gj- -An additional bounty of 100 and of
$50 procured for Soldiers in the late War,
FREE OF EXTRA CHARGE.
August 2, 1660.
DR. A. REEVES JACKSON,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, .
Bes leave to announce that, in order to
prevent disappointment, he will hereafter de
vote TIIUR-SDAY and SATURDAY ot
each week exclusively lo Consultations
and Surgical Operations at his office.
Parties from a distance who desire to con
sult him, can do so, therefore, on those days.
Stroudsburg, May 31, lSGG.-tf.
Furniture ! Furniture !
McCarlyV Hew Furniture Store,
DREIIER'S NEW BUILDING, two
doors below the Post-office, Strouds
burg, Pa. He is selling his Furniture 10
percent, less than Easton or Washington
prices, to say nothing about freight or break
up. May 17, lS6G.-tf.
INING-ROOM FURNITURE in Wal
nut, Oak and White Ash, Extension
Tables, any size you wish, at McCARTVS
new Ware-Rooms. May 17, lSCG.-tfi
OSE AND GILT FRAMES made to
order. A fine lot of Oval Fram-s on
hand J. ii. Mccarty.
May 17, ISCG.-tf.
TF YOU WANT A GOOD PAR LOR
X Suit in Rose, Mahogany or Walnut,
McCARTY has it. May 17, lSGG.-tf.
IF YOU WANT A GOOD MELODEON,
from one of the best makers in the Uni
ted States, solid Rosewood Case, warranted
5 years, call at McCARTY'S, he would es
pecially invite all who are good judges ot
Music to come and test them. He will sell
you from any maker you wish, 610 less than
those who sell on commission.' The reason
is he buys for cash and sells for the same,
with less thin one-half the usual per centage
that agents want. J. II. McCARTi".
May 17, I5GG.-tf. " .
u
NDERTAKING IN ALL ITS BRAN
Particular attention will be rriven to this
branch of the subscriber's business. IleAvill j
always study to please and consult the ;
wants and wishes ot tftoe wno i-mpioy n;ra.
From the number of years experience he has
had in this branch of business he cannot and
will not not be excelled either in city or
country. Prices one-third less than is usual
ly charged, from 50 to 75 finished Coffins al
ways on hand. Trimmings to suit the best
Hearse in the country. Funerals attended
at one hour's notice. J. II. McCARTi.
May 17, 16GG.-tf.
Saddle and Harness
Manufactory.
The undersigned respectfully informs .
the citizens of Stroudsburg, and surroun- I
ding country, that he has commenced the .
above business in Fowler's building, cn .
Elizabeth street, and is fully prepared to ,
famish any article in his line of business, I
st snort nonce, uauu uk -
large stock of
Harness, Whips, Trunks, Taliccs, Car
jict Brigs, Horse-Blanket s, Bells,
Skates, Oil Cloths, d-c.
Carriage Trimming promptly attended
to. JOHN O. SAYLOlt.
Stroudsburg, Dec. 14, 1805.
Gothic HaUDrng Store.
William EIoHmheacI,
Wholesale and Retail Druggist.
STROUDSBURG, Pa.
Constantly on hand and for
sale cheap fur cash, a iresh sup
ply of Drugs, 3Icdicines, Paints,
Oil, Glass, Putty, arnish, Ker
osene OH, Perfumery and Fancy Goods;
iilso
Pure Wines and Liquors for Medicinal
purpose.
P. H, Physicians Prescriptions care
fully compounded.
Stroudsburg, July 7. 18G4.
TIN SHOP !
The undersigned begs leave to inform his
friends and the public generally, that he has
flow opened a TIN SHOP, on Main street,
fiear the Stroudsburg Mills, opposite Troch
U Walton'ii, formerly R. S. Staples' Store,
where he ia prepared to manufacture and
ell at wholesale and retail, all kinds of
Tin, Copper and Sheet Iron-Ware
ALSO,
Stove:, Stove Pipe and Elbows.
Old and second hand Stoves bought and
sold, at cash rates.
CASH paid for Old Lead, Copper and
Brass.
(ttr Roofing; Spouting and Repairing
promptly attended to and warranted lo give
satisfaction. Call and see for yourselves.
WILLIAM KE1SER.
Stroudsburg, Dec. 8, lfeG5.
JOB PRINTING OF ALL KINDS neat
ly and promptly executed at this cSice.
LIQUOR STORE.
Important notice to Landlords and all
others in want of
PTJBE LIQUOBS,
at very low prices.
The undersigned having recently open
ed a LIQUOR STORE in the room for
merly occupied by Mr. Kobt. 11. Depuy,
Stroudsburg, are prepared to offer Li
quors, Wines, kc, at prices ranging
from 25 cts. to 1 00 per gallon less than
tliasame quality can be purchased at in
the cities. Wc also guarantee in every
instance, our Liquors pure, and free from
all Drugs and compounds, and cordially
invite Land Lords and all others ia want
of anything in our line, to favor us with
a call, or, if more convenient, their orders,
which will always be met with prompt at
tention, and in cither case jmre Liquors
guaranteed at a great saving of money.
We also, especially call attention to our
R.vsFBEitRY and Strawberry Syrups,
which for richness of flavor and taste,
cannot be surpassed.
J. S. WILLIAMS, & Co.
Stroudsburg, July 13, 18G5.
Special Notices.
0
ITCH ! ITCH ! ITCH!
SCRATCH! SCRATCH! SCRATCH !
Wheaton's Ointment
Will Cure the Ilrh in .f Hours.
Also cures SALT RHEUM, CHILBLAINS
and all ERUPTIONS OF THE SKIN.
Price 50 cents. For sale by all druggists.
By sending 50 cents lo WEEKS &, POT
TER, Sole Agents, 170 Washington street,
Boston, it will be forwarded by mail, free of
postage, to any part ofthe United States.
June 7, li:GG -lyr.
ERRORS OF YOUTH.
A Gentleman who suffered for years from
Gjrvous Debility, Premature Decay, and all
the effects of youthful indiscretion, will, for
the sake of suffering humanity, send free to
all who need it, the recipe and directions for
making the simple remedy by which he was
cured. . Sufferers w ishing to profit by the
adverriscr's experience, can do so ty ad
dressing JOHN B. OGDEN,
No. 13 Chambers St., New York.
A CARD TO IITVALII35
A Clergyman, while residing in South A
mcrica as a missionary, discovered a safe and
simple remedy for the Cure of Nervous
Weakness, Early Decay, Diseases cf the U
rinary and Seminal Organs, and the whole
train of disorders brought on by baneful and
vicious habits. Great numbers have been
already cured by this noble remedy. Promp
ted by a desire to benefit the afflicted and un
fortunate, I will send the recipe fcv. prepar
ing and using this medicine, in a sealed en
velope, to any one who needs it, Free of
Charge.
Please inclose a post-paid envelope, ad
dressed to yourself.
Address, JOSEPH T. 1NMAN,
Station D. B.ble House,
March 20, lGG.-ly. New York City.
-'! r ( A PER YEAR ! We want agents
?&)0pf everywhere to sell our im
proved 8-9 sewing Machine. Three new
kinds. Under and upper feed. Warranted
five years. Above salary or large commis
sions paid. The only machines sold in the
United States for les3 than 810, which
are fully licensed by Hoire, Wheeler
& Wilson, Grcver &. IJaher, Singer
&. Co., and Vachdder. All other cheap
machines are infringements anJ- the seller
or user are liable to arrest, fine, and
imprisonment. Circulars free. Address, or
call upon Shav &. Clnrk, Biddeford, Maine
or Chicago, 111. January 4, 16GG.-ly
TO COXSUHPTIVES.
' The advertiser, having been restored to
health in a few weeks, by a very simple rem
edy, after having suffered several years with
a severe lung affection, and that dread di
sease Consumption is anxious to make
known to his fellow-sufferers the means ot
cure.
To all who desire it, he will send a copy
ofthe prescription used (free of charge,) with
the directions for preparing and using the
same, which they will find a sure cure for
Con6scftiox, Asthma, Bronchitis, Colds,
Coughs, and all Throat and Lung Affec
tions. The only object of the advertiser in
sending the Prescription is to benefit the
afllicted.and spread information- which he
conceives to be invaluable ; and he hopes
every sufferer will try his remedy, as it will
cost them nothing, and may prove a blessing.
Parties wishing the prescription will
please address
Rev. iuUWAiiit A. wijjouin,
Williauisburgh,
Kings County,
New York
January 4, 16GG.-ly.
THE AMERICAN COOKING STOVE
Is manufactured with certain improvements
secured by letters patent, under date of May
5, 1SG3, and December 5, 1SG5. One of
these improvements covers the arrangement
of fitting a portable as-h pan in the hearth of
a Cooking Stove, to receive the aehes as it
passes down from the grate. All persons
are cautioned against manufacturing, vend
inr or using other Stoves made in imitation
of" the American, as suits have been com
menced for infringement of these patents,
amj all persons rnanuracturing, selling or us
I'nfr imitation, will be liable for dama
ges for infringement on these letters patent.
o . . .. . Tr i nr o iA
SHEAR, .PAJWUL cc w.,
17 and 19 Green St,
Albany, N. Y.
The American is for sale by
FLORY & BROTHER,
SxEOlDbBlKO, Pa.
June 11, ISGO -Gji.
" JSLWT BY LW'PHESJS."
BY AMY RANDOLPH.
Maria Harlan was alone in the world
her mother just buried.
She was a beautiful brown haired girl,
with soft, shy eyes of violet gray, and ro
sy lips compressed to a firmness far be
yond her years. For after all she was
scarcely seventeen, and so Deacon Gray
was telling her, as he sat by the fire
spreading his huge hands over the tardy
blaze, and asked:
" JJut what are you goin' to do to 'am
your bread and butter, child?"
" I don't know I haven't thought
Mamma had an uncle ia New York who
" Yes, yes I've been told about him
hs was mad 'cause your mother didn't
marry just to suit him, wasn't he?"
Marian was silent. Deacon Gray
waited a few minutes, hoping she would
admit him into her secret meditations;
but she did not, and the Deacon went
away home, to tell his wife that "that
Harlan gal was. the very queerest crea
ture that he had ever come across?"
In the meanwhile Marian was very bu
sy packing her few scanty things into a
little carpet bag, by the weird flickering
light of the dying wood fire.
" I will go to New York," said she to
herself, setting her small pearly teeth
firmly together. "My mother's uncle
shall hear my cause pleaded through my
own lips. Oh, I wish, my heart would
not throb so wildly! I am no longer
meek Minnie Harlan; I am an orphan ill
alone in the world who must fight life's
battles with my own single hands!"
Lower Broadway at seven o'clock, p. m.
What a babel of crashing wheels, hurry
ing humanity, and conglomerate noise it
was! Minnie Harlan satin the corner of
an express oSce, under the flare of gas
lights, surrounded by boxes, and wonder
ing whether the people ever went crazed
in this perpetual din and tumult. Her
dress wa3 plain gray poplin, with a shab
by old-fashioned litUe straw bonnet tied
with black ribbons, and a blue veil, while
her article of baggage, the carpet bag, lay
in her lap. She had sat there two hours,
and was very, very tired.
" Poor little thing," thought the dark
haired clerk near her, who inhabited a
eort of wire cage under a circlet of gas
lights. And then he took up his pen and
plunged into a perfect Atlantic Ocean of
accounts.
"Mr. Evans?"
iir
v
The dark haired clerk emerged from
his cage with his pcu behind his car, in
obedience to the beckoning finger of his
supeiior.
" I have noticed that young woman sit
ting there for some time how came she
hereT'
" Expressed on, sir, from Millington,
Iowa arrived this afternoon."
As though Minnie Harlan were a box
or a paper parcel.
" Who for?"
" Consigned to Walter Harrington,
Esq."
" And why hasn't she been called for?"
" I sent up to Mr. Harrington's address
to notify him some time ago; I expect an
answer every moment."
' Very odd," said the gray-headed
gentleman, taking up hi3 newspaper."
" Yc?, fir, rather."
' Some three-quarters of an hour after
wards, Frank Evans came to the pale girl's
side with an indescribable pity in Lis ha
zel eyes.
"Miss Harlan, wo have sent to Mr.
Harrington's residence "
Minnie looked up with a feverish red
upon her cheek, and her hands clasped
tightly on the handle of the faded carpet
bag.
" And we regret to inform you that
he sailed for Europe at twelve o'clock
this day."
A sudden blur came over Minnie's
eyes she trembled like a leaf. In all
her calculations, she made no allowance
for an exigency like this.
" Can we do anything further for you ?"
questioned the young clerk politely.
" Nothing no one can do any thing
note I
Prank Evans had been turning away,
but something in the piteous tone of her
voice appealed to every manly instinct
within him.
" Shall I tend you to any other of your
frienda?"
" I have no friends."
" Perhaps I can have your things cent
to some quiet family hotel?"
31 ionic opened her little leather purse
and showed him two ten cent pieces, with
a emile that was almost a tear.
" This is all the money I have in th
world, sir!" '
So young, so beautiful, and so desolate !
Frank Evans had been a New Yorker all
.his life, but he had never met with an
exactly parallel case to this, lie Lit tue
end of his pen in dire perplexity.
" Put what are you going to do?"
" I don't know, sir. Isn't there a work
house, or some such place, I could go to,
until I could find something to do?"
" Hardly." Prank Evans could scarce
ly help smiling at poor Minnie's simplicity.
" They arc putting out the lights, and
preparing to close the office," said Min
nie, starting to her feet. " I must go
somewhere."
" Miss Harlan," said Prank quietly,
" my home is a Yery poor one I am on
ly a five hundred dollar clerk but I am
sure my mother will receive you under
her roof for a day or two, if you can trust
me.
" Trust you?" Minnie looked at him
through violet eye3 obscured in tears.
" Oh, sir, I should be so thankful!"
" How late you are, Frank ! Here give
me your overcoat it is all powdered with
Bnow, and "
But Prank interrupted his bustling,
cherry-cheoked mother, as she stood on
tip-toe to take off his outer wrappings.
" Hush, mother ! there ia a young la
dy down stairs."
. " A young lady, Frank?"
" Yes, mother; expressed on from Iowa
to old Harrington, the rich merchant.
He sailed for Europe this morning, and
she is entirely alone. Mother, she looks
like poor Blanche, and I knew you would
n't refuse her a corner here until she could
find something to do." -
Mrs. Evans went to the door and called
chcrrily out.
" Come up stairs, my dear you're wel
come as flowers in May! Prank you did
quite, right; you always do.".
The days and weeks passed on, and still
Minnie Harlan remained an inmate of
3Irs. Evan's humble dwellinrr. " It seems
just as though she had taken our dead
Blanche's place' said the cozy little wid
ow: "and she' i3 so useful about the
house. I don't know how I managed
without her."
"Now Minnie you are not in earnest
about leaving us to-morrow?"
" I must, dear Mr3. Evans. Only think
I have been here two months to-morrow;
and the situation as governess is ve
ry advantageous."
" Very well, I shall tell Frank how ve
ry obstinate you are."
" Dearest Mrs. Evans, please don't!
Please keep my secret."
" What secret is it that is to be so reli
giously kept?" asked Mr. Frank Evans,
coolly walking into the midst of the dis
cussion with his dark hair tossed about
by the wind, and his hazel brown eyes
sparkling archly.
" Secret!" repeated Mrs. Evans, ener
getically wiping her dim spectacle glasses.
"Why, Minnie is determined to leave us
to-morrow."
"Minnie!""
" I must, Frank, I have no right 'fur
ther to trespass on your kindness.
No right, eh? Minnie do you know
that the house has been a different house
since you come into it? Do you suppose
wc want to loose our little sunbeam?"
Minnie smiled sadly, but her hand felt
very cold and passive in Frank's warm
grasp
" You'll stay Minnie?"
" No." She shook her head determin
edly. " Then you must be made to stay," said
Frank. " I've missed something of great
value lately and I hereby arrest you on
suspicion ofthe theft!"
" Missedomething!" Minnie rose and
turned red and white. " Oh, Frank, you
can never suspect me!"
" But I do suspect you. In fact, I am
quite sure that the article is in your pos
session." "The article!"
" My heart, Miss Minnie! Now look
here; I love you, Minnie Harlan, and I
will be a good and true husband to you.
Stay and be my little wife!"
So Minnie Harlan, instead of going out
as a governess, according to the pro
gramme, married the dark-haired clerk in
Ellison's Express Office.
They were very quietly married, early
in the morning, and Frank took Minnie
home to his mother, and then went calm
ly about his business in the wire cage,
under the circlet of gas-lights.
"Evans!"
" Yes, sir."
Frank, with his pen behind his car as
in yore, quietly obeyed the behest of the
gray-headed official.
" Do you remember the young woman
who was expressed on from Millington,
Jowa, two months since ?" .
" Yes, fir I remember her."
A tall, silver-headed gentlemen here
interposed with eager quickness :V;
" Where is she? I am her uncle, Wal
ter Harrington. I have just returned
from Paris when the news of her arrival
reached me! I want her; she is tho only
living relative left me 1"
"Ah I but, sir," said Frank, "you
can't have her."
"Can't have her? What do you mean?
Has anything happened?"
" Yes, sir, something has happened :
Miss Harlan was married to me this morn
ing. Walter Harrington started.
" Take me to her," ho suid hoarsely.
" I cau't be parted from my only relative
for a mere whim."
" I wonder if he calls the marriage ser
vice and wedding ring mere whims."
thought honest Prank ; but he obeyed in
silence.
" Minnie," said the old man, in falter
ing accents, " you will come to me and bo
the daughter of my old age ? I am rich,
Minnie, and you are all I have in tho
world." , t
But Minnie stole her hand through her
husbaud's arm.
" Dearest uncle, ho was kind to me
nlin T wns most desolate and alone. 1
cannot leavo my husband, uncle Walter
I love htm I
" Then you must both of you come and
be mv children." said the old man dog
cedly. " And you must come now, for
the great houEO 13 as lonely as a tomo.
Frank Lvans js no longer an express 'as good a chance of being President as tho
clerk, and pretty Minnie moves in velvet! next boy; which is a correct notion but
and diamonds; but they are quite as it is aLo true that the boy who neglects
happy as they were m the old days, and advantages and duties in his carly life
that is saying enough. Uncle Walter : will be thn mnn vim cr ifni.r.;,ini,iiJ
Harrington grows older and feebler every
day, and his two children are the sun
- -1M1
shine of his declining life.
PLAIN WORDS WITH THE EIG E0TS.!
BY REV. ALFULD TAYLOR.
Come, boys, let us have a few plain
talks not sermons, nor lectures, nor es
says, nor treatises, but talks with such
big boy3 as may want to take part in them.
The Big Boys are not all dead yet. True,
some of them have turned into "gentle
men" before their time ; and there are
others who will look off in another direc
tion if they hear anybody called "Boy 1"
It is no disgrace to be, or to have been,
a ooy ; ami tne maio numan being wno
iries 10 jump into mannoou, shipping me
boy part of his cxistensc, is sure to make
a stilted entrance into a sort of foppish
gentility, in which the line gentleman is
so mucn tnougut ot tnat tne true men is
forgotten.
Our talk just now will be about
"WHAT ARE YOU GOOD IOIt ?"
I was talking with a
rich
man
his son, who had asked me to get him a'at iho same rate3 would produce b0or
situation as clerk. The old gentleman j Pcr annum. .At "this rate, upon a
seemed inclined to say very little about ; capital of 5,000,000, after dedcating
the lad. but remarked. '-lie won't suit -expenses, the profit would be less theu
he won t suit."
he wouldn't suit
Anxiou3 to know v.hyilx ?cr "at. l lie amount received is
I asked what was the j SIa!l, and the limited return must bo
matter with him. "Matter?" said the
old gentleman, "what's 'the matter with
him?
Why, he isn't good for anything
't what's the matter with him : and
that
1 tea you. 1 woutdn t give a sixpence
for a wagon load of such fellows." Hu
miliating as it was for the gruff old man
to growl out such a description of his own
son, it was a perfect photograph cf the
youngster's character. Good for nothing.
Educated to looktor a fortune at hi3 fath
er's death, but not taught the first par
ticle of duty a3 to managing it so as to
make himself useful with" it, the idle fc1
low was so good for nothing that no decent
business man would care about having
him in his establishment. But was he
Y .11 -w-
not good -for anything at all?
was good for a customer to the dealers in
fine boots, hats, and clothing ; to the sel
lers of tobacco, and perhaps of "fancy
drinks;" to tbo men at whose billiard ta
bles he spent his father's money. He
could dance nicely ; he could take the
girls who had no better sense than to go
with such an empty-head, to church, to
the opera and to walk along the street.
lie could gracefully wear an elegant stove
pipe hat, nicely fitting clothc3 of most
fashionable cut, and shiny boots of such
exquisite fit as to pinch his toes and rai.c
a larger "corn-cron" on his tender feet
than ever he will raise by hand work in
tilling tho earth, or by brain work in di
recting others in agriculture. Some day
his father will die, and some stupid girl
who is looking out for a rich husband,
will marry this inefficient bit of humanity,
and then they will cither "live happily
all their days," or el.e not.
Another case of a good-for-nothing.
The morning I heard a feeble, hesitating
rap at my study door, like the rap of a
beggar, or a man who wants to buy old
clothes. As soon 33 I said "Come in," a
shabby-genteel-looking young man meek
ly stepped in and handed me a well-worn
paper. The paper was from a distinguish
ed clergyman, and certified that the bear
er, the'son of a deceased clergyman, was
out of occupation, and, a3 he unfortunate
ly had never been taught a trade, or any
means of earning a livelihood, was now,
with his family, dependent on the kind
uess of those who might give him work,
or otherwise contribute to his support.
"What kind of work can you do?" "Well
nothing in particular. " H hat would
you like to try?" "I don't know." "Is
there any kind ot business that you un
derstand ?" "No." Poor fellow ! Wife and
two or three children dependent on "his
exertions." Mechanics, copyists, labor
ers, skilled and unskilled, needed at good
wages, iu every department of industry ;
but no place vacant for the man who
"don't know how to do anything." A-
way he goes on his weary rounds, with
his thumbed paper, a sauntering monu
ment to the neglect of his parents to teach
him, or to his own negligence in failing
to learn something to make him a self
supporting member of society. Hardly
anybody will turn him away wituout giv
ing him, at last, a little alms ; but what
a pity it is that a young man wno migiu
be doing something useful, can not, just
bppause be 'don't know how !'
young man who might,
These two cases arc widely different,'
but the result is the same, uno young
man, probably a little dissipated, with the
prospect of becoming considerably more
the other pious, anu,very iikciy, rcai
ly doing the best he kuows how to do.
Put a ship load of such loiks on an Island,'
Khin load ofsuch loiks on an Island,
... -I.' . I il 1...1,
no matter now ieniiu, aua mo n nm cum-1
pany
would soon starve to death and be-
come food lor the more energetic carrion
crows.
Now, boys.'are you good for something
useful? What can you do? What are
j m - - - - r
von lnnkinrr lorwaru iu 4 n. mnv eccm
line to bo born "with a
vour month 1" but if- yo
tih ttift snnnn there neither you uor tne
" ' .. . - .. .
will make any usetul stir in ma
world, and the world will be no better for
your having been born into it. It is a
favorite uotien of some very
large-sired!
boys, that iu our free couutry one boy has
. elevated to f'n 7rP;,pnM ,1 otiair nr
l .l . . ... . .. - . J
otucr cnair, will find himself fit only for
me cnairs (Ulted up on their hind, legs)
oa which th 1 M!n tliotf. T i rv
around a country tavern.
What arc you good for ? Something
useful and noble, let U3 hope. If you
have never asked yourself the Question.
ask it now. If you have been a "no ac
count" sort of fellow, turn over a new
leaf and try to do something, not merely
to get enough to eat, and wear, but to
honor the God who has made vou. and to
adorn the nation in which he has placed
you. Phrenological Journal. N
TIio Ocean Tek-graDh.
The owners of the Atlantic Telegraph
Cable in En- and have held a
meetinr.
. ana consulted nnon thr-ir r.rosv.pet. Th
j think of increasing their capital to br
000,000, if Parliament will assent, which
it doubtless will do. There was an an-
nouncemcnt that there "would soon be a
material decrease of the tolls, which ap
pears to be necessary. It was stated that
in fifty-five days the earnings were 45,-
about'OlS, an average of So per day, which
! ascribed to the uearness of the rates.?
j At half the prices demanded for messages
three timcs as mucu business would have
been done. With two cables the tolls might
be diminished to one-fourth of the original
tariff, greatly to the advantage of tho-
stockholders and to
the acccimcdatica of
the public.
TIig Pennsylvania Com Crop,
It is estimated that the corn crop of
Pennsylvania for the present year will a
mount to about 30,000,000 bushels, be
ing an average yield cf 33 busheb for"
each acre planted. Last year the corn
crop of this Sta':c amounted to 3G,477,100
bushels, and S8G,02S, acres were planted
Yes hcia corn, being an average ot about 40
bushels to the acre, last year s crot was
valued at $23,843,103. Illinois, 'Indi
ana, Ohio, Iowa, Kentucky and Missouri,
in the order named, last year, raised more
corn than Pennsylvania, the corn crop cf
Illinois exceeding 177,000,000 bushels. -Pennsylvania
raised about one-twentieth
of the entire crop of the Union, whilst
Illinois raised one-fourth.
Tennessee Lav.
In Carroll county, Tennessee, last week,
a man was tried before a county magis
trate, charged with stealing corn from a
neighbor's crib,
foun 1 with his
the crib, safely
The defendent had been
hand in an aperture in
fastened in a steel trap
which the owner of the crib had set for
tho purpose of catching a. thief who had
been preying upon his grain. It .was al
so in evidence that two empty sacks Tere
found lying at the feet of the ''entrapped
individual. The decision .of the magis
trate was that" there was no proof that tho
prisoner had stole any corn, and r3 to be
ing caught in a steel trap, any gentleman
had the right to stick his hand into one
if he felt inclined to do so.
Worth Trying.
Six years' experience his taught a cor
respondent of the Philadelphia Ledger,
that a coat cf gum copal varnish, applied
to the soles of boots and shoes, and repeat
ed 3 it dries, until the pores are fil'el aid
tho surface shines like polished mahogany,
will make the solea waterproof, and also
cause them to last three times as long as
ordinary soles. As winter is near at
hand it would be well to make a trial of
the varnish.
The high and potent Democratic au
thority, the New York Herald, calls Hoff
man the Copperhead candidate for Gov
ernor, " the Tammany Hall rump candi
date of the wind-broken, spavined Cop
perhead party." It says that he may g
out of New York city with 30,000 majori
ty, but he will be hurried under a Radi
cal avalanche of 75,000 from other, parts
oftheStato.
It is stated that Mayor Monroe aggra
vated by General Sheridan's despatches
and remarks, sent a friend to the Com--mander
of tho Department ofthe Gulf to
inquire if he would accept a challenge.
liitlle run. rcpnea inai u Monroe or
any of his friends called on him for any
such purpose he would kick them out of
bis quarters.
Joseph Bush, of Salisbury, Md., has
been appointed mail ngent on the Ueta-
waro Railroad, vice .Mr. Wi
moved, The latter , was a g
Wingate, re-
moved. '1 he latter .was a good mmu
1 TV"
1 ,. -1. .-, nrtir Ter
uiuu, nunc jiuju
trader, and a rank sympathizer wun ma
rebel. This is the way l'resiuont Jonn
son makes treason odious.
Tho Nebraska City Ati state that
lb ia more corn, wheat and cattle raia-
golden spoon in ! c Jin Nebraska, in proportion to its popula
u indolently sit tion, than in any State in the Union. It
ther you uor the'uys that this year Oteo county alone ha3
pful Ktir in tho' a sumlus of wheat amounting to 250,000
gays
. - . .1 e v --i :
a surplus oi nuwt smuuuuu
bushels, and has sold 8,000 bead of beef
cattle in market since tho 1st of July last, ,
neavea-tha Chru.aia hope.
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