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VOL. 26.
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KEOKGG li. WALKER,
A large number of Farms wanted.
Residence at John Kern's, Main street,
Stroudsburg, Pa. Oct. 17, 1867.
DK. D. 1. SMITH,
UTrm
Surgeon Dentist,
Office on Main Street, opposite Judge
Stokes residence, Spboidsbvro, Pa.
07" Tcetli extracted without pain.-Zfl
August 1, 18G7.
C. W. SEIP, IYI. D.,
Physician and Surgeon,
Has removed his office and residence to
the building, lately occupied by Wm. Davis,
Esq., on Main-stroct. Devoting all his time
to his profession he will be prepared to an
ewer all calls, either day or night, when not
professional ly engaged, with promptness.
07" Charges reasonable, -y)
Stroudsburg, April 11, 1867.-tf.
DR. A. H. SEEM,
DEjSTTTST,
WILL be pleased to see all who wish
to bave their Dentistry done in a
proper and careful manner, beautiful sets of
artificial teeth made on Gold, Silver, or Rub
ber Plates as persons may desire. Teeth
carefully extracted without pain, if desired.
The public are invited to give him a call at
the office formerly occupied by Dr. Seip,
next door to the Indian Queen Hotel. All
work warranted. April 25, '67.
S. HOLMES, Jr.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, AND GENERAL
CLAIM AGENT.
STROUDSBURG, PA.
Office with S. S. Drehcr, Esq.
All claims against the Government prose
eyted with disnatch at reduced rates.
03" An addilional bounty of S100 and of
a .a a . IIf
$50 procared tor boJdiers m tne laic war,
PBKK QT EXTRA CHARGE..)
August 2, 1660.
MT. VERNON HOTEL,
M. &, T. P. WATSON, Proprietors,
No.'s 117 & 119 North SECOND. Street,
(Between Arch and Rnce,)
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Close proximity to the business center of
the city, excellent accommodation, and care
ful attentien to the comfort and wants of
guests are charscteristics of the Mount Ver
non. The House has been thorough iy ren
oTated and ncw-furnished; The patronage
of the public is respectfully solicited.
October 11, IS66.-1C
GUT JIST E5I0L DO MR LIEBE LLTT!
A iEW FIK.ll
STROUDSBURG, PA.,
PARTNERSHIP DISSOLUTION.
A DRUG STORE,
AM)
1 New and Cheap Stock of Goods.
PETER S. WILLIAMS, ofthe firm of DE
TRICK &l WILLIAMS, iaving sold out his
nh're interest in said Crux, the business will
will hereafter be carried on by
C. S. DETRICK & CO.,
at the old Stand as hereto fore, a few doors
below the Stroudsburg Eauk.
Their Stock consists of a large and varied
a tsortment of
Drugs, Medicine, Watches, Clocks and
Jewelry, Fancy and Toilet Articles,
Paints, Oils, Glass, Window
Hash, Blinds, Doors, Var
nishes and BrtLshcs '
of all kinds.
Call and te Convinced.
Mr. PETERS. WILLIAMS, Jeweler and
former Partner of the firm, has been engaged
fey the new business fires, Charles S. Det
rick & Co , to euperinteadliie Clock, Watch
and Jewelry Bufcinees.
RKARCIl STORE
East Stroudsburg, Pa.,
For the convenience of the inhabitants ofl
East Stroudsburg and vicinity, the firm
have also opened a Branch Store near the
Depot, where everything in their line of
.business, together with HOOTS & SHOES,
.NOTIONS, &c, will at all times be found
jia f assortment, for inspection and pur
chase by customers. They bave also on
hand a fine stock of
PURE & LIQUORS.
,f tie ery fceet iraed. which they offer to
Hotel keepers and others, at prices unusual
ly reasonable. Drs ia and tee.
A s. detrick. s. s. detrick.
' July 25, 1867.
r
5TOK c prtmsttTY ron sale
I21 Stroudsburir.
1 o -
' riiw it
Aui uuvHtc cuniains 7 Kooras,
besides Storeroom. Cellar nA Tint.
"Lot 52 by 05 feet, with Stable on
rear end. For further particulars, address
Wm. M. JAMES, Stroudsburg, Pa., or call
at the premises, 00 Centre Street, first door
from Maia'Stref-
A email select siock will be disposed of
with the property cf if desired.
Stroudsburg, Sept. 12, 1667.
BLANK LEASES '
For Sale at this Office.
tery.
You must have
. BOOTS and
SHOES.
You want, First, to
get a GOOD ar
ticle. You then want them
as CHEAP as
POSSIBLE.
This is natural and
right enough.
The question is
, WHERE to
buy?
The subscriber's Store
is on Main Street, a few
doors above the Strouds
burg House (Marsh's),and
is by all odds the most ex
tensive concern this side
of Philadelph ia.
I have on sale in all their
most fashionable varieties.
1st LADIES & M ISSES
J8
BOOTS, SHOES GAI
TERS, SLIPPERS, &.c
2nd. MEN'S & BOY'S
BOOTS,-SHOES and
BROGANS.
3rd. LEATHERS. BIN
DINGS and LININGS.
4th. FINDINGS in full
assortment.
5ih. BOOT TREES.
LASTS and SHOE
MAKERS' TOOLS in
endless variety.
And these things I am
W
O
O
determined to sell at pri
ces to sun customers. Call,
examine goods and learn
prices before purchasing
elsewhere, and you will
not regret it.
jSe. 12. C. B. KELLER.
NEW GOODS
AT
Greatly Reduced Prices!
I WOULD RESPECTFULLY An
nounce to the public, that I have just
made large additions to my already exten
sive stock and am now selling
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES,
&c, &c, lower than ever.
My shelves are loaded with
MUSLINS,
CALICOS,
DE LANES, and
GINGHAMS,
of the most celebrated makes, my charges
for which will prove astonishing to custo
mers. My stock of
Dress Goods
embracing nearly every variety of style,
color and fabric is well worth the atten
tion of the Ladies, while in
CLOTHS aiidCASSITlCRES,
both plain and fancy, I can offer induce
ments to gentlemen which they cannot
forjro without detriment to their finances.
My stock of
SUA WLS. YANKEE NOTIONS.
Sec, is also full, and is offered low. My
assortment ot
Coffees, Sugars Molasses, and Syrups,
is very complete, ana as usual neia ai a
very low figure.
1 have lots of goods the names 'of which
could hardly be compressed within the
limits of an advertisement, all of which
will be sold cheap.
Remember, the place to buy, with the
best assurance of getting your money's
worth is at
BRODIIEAD'S
Cheap Store in Stroudsburg.
March 14, 1867.
NEW BOOT & SHOE ESTABLISHMENT.
PETERS & BROJILJGY,
Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in
BOOTS & SHOES,
TEMPORARY SALESROOM,
Corner 4th d Spring- Garden Streets,
EASTON, PA.
THE beet assortment of Eastern Manu
factures, constantly on hand at the lowest
prices.
The firm possess great advantages in the
selection and purchnee of the best material
and approved styles of work, and as it is
their intention to pursue STRICTLY THE
MANUFACTURING AND WHOIXSALE
BUSINESS, they hope to win the - confi
dence of all cngged in the retail trade,
and merit the patronage ofthe public
WM. N. PETERS,
ALBERT H. BROMLEY,
ilgust 29, 1867.
PII0M1X DRUG STOIiK.
DREHER & BROTHER,
(Opposite the " Jeffersonian" Office,)
JCLIZABKTH-8TUEET,
STROUDSBURG, PA.
Dealers in
DRUGS, MEDICINES, PERFUMERY,
WINES und LIQUORS for mcdr
cinal purposes, SASH,
DOORS and BLINDS.
All kinds of
Paint in ff Materials. ' t
Lamps and Lanterns
Burning an& Lubricating Oils.
(r Physicians' Prescriptions carefully
compounded.
G. II. DREHER. E. B. DREHER.
October 4, 18G6.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE
-A. Rural Story.
The Counterfeiter's Daughter.
Amy Fisher sat in her easy chair,
watching out into the calm moonlight.
She looked unusually pale. There was
at her heart that which troubled her, for
at intervals she would lean forward and
gaze intently in the direction of the
high road. Two hours had elapsed since
she took her seat there, and often words
escaped her lips which might seem strange
for one of her years. Amy was seven
teen, tall, fragile, and light in motion as
a fawn; a soft clear complexion, a round
ed cheek, and tender and melancholy
blue eyes. Her rich tresses of light
wavy hair fell loosely down upon her
shoulders, and swept back over her fore
head, confined by a beautiful star clasp
which she seldom wore except on certain
occasions. Amy was allowed by her sex
to be a comely girl. Everybody lauded
her as a model of gentleness and virtue,
and it need scarcely be said that Amy
had many lovers.
Amy had lost her mother at an early
age. 'The sad remembrance often cast a
sorrowful expression over her fair face;
yet she had always been caressed tenderly
by her father, whose only comfort lay in
the indulgence of his child. But Reuben
Fisher was a drunkard and a bad man.
He was a cool, calculating man, whom
everybody feared, and whom all shunned
with the impression that he was a stran
ger in the society to which he belonged.
He cared little to mix in politics sel
dom voted even for those to whose party
he avowed to be attached, and entered
his house at unusual hours. No one
knew, or even cared, when he was at
home. He received no visitors, and had
few acquaintances, so that Amy was her
own mistress, and no wonder then that
her free course of action led her into
trouble and pain.
The clock on the
mantel-piece struck
from her chair and
eight
Amy arose
listened. She heard the sound of men's
voices ia the hall, and her heart beat vi
olently. The voices she had never before
heard, and she concluded that something
was amiss. She advanced cautiously to
the head of the staircase, and paused to
listen; but at that momenta gentle tap
was given at the window, and she turned
round. She heard footsteps in the gar
den, and throwing a thin woolen shawl
around her, she descended the stairs
leading to the back entrance. A few
seconds more and Amy had disappeared.
Next morning the town of B e was
in a state of alarm, a rumor having been
spread that Amy Fisher had been arrested
for having in her possession a number of
counterfeit bills. The tumult was gene
ral, everybody interesting themselves in
the fate of poor Amy. To her friends
the news was a cruel blow, yet they all
concluded that there might be some mis
take, and if such existed they determined
to hare redress. Her companions whis
pered among themselves that a change
had came over her she was not the
girl she' went to be, and sone even mixed
her name with that of Harry Corwell.
That she had of late made acquaintance
with him; but this might have been in
nocent and unaffecting had not Harry
given cause for every one to shun him.
She had been seen the previous evening
in company with Harry. At a later hour
it was affirmed that several law officers
had visited and ramsacked Reuben Fish
er's house; but there was nothing found
to criminate his character or to give sus
picion. Amy was nowhere to he found.
A general survey of the houso satisfied
the officers that all was well. Persons
were sent into the grounds to seek Amy,
but after some time spent in fruitless
search, they retired leaving a man to take
care of the house.
The report ol Amy's arrest proved too
true. At a late hour cn the evening be
fore, she, as it was stated, entered a store
in the neigborhood to make a few pur
chases, in company with a young gentle
man. While engaged in selecting sev
eral articles, an elderly man entered and
seated himself at a little distance. She
gave the storekeeper some money which,
alter a careful examination, he politely
returned, stating that it was counterfeit.
The elderly man roe from his seat and
examined the money. Then making
some slight excuse, he placed the bill in.
his purse and went out. A few min
utes afterwards and Amy was arrested.
It was a dreary night in prison. Amy,
being left alone, fell upon her knees and
wept. A load of fear and 6hame lay at
her heart; and her bosom swelled with
mingled hope and despair. After a
brief prayer, she arose and felt comforted,
one thought chiefly supporting her, that
whatever offense was laid to her chagre
she knew herself to be innocent. That
evening seemed an ago since she took her
seat by the window awaiting the moon
light and her lover, and now, overcharged
with sorrow, she rehearsed in her own
mind all the events of the evening. It
was the last meeting they were to take
till they should be united and happy.
The morrow was to be the bridal day,
every thing was ready and all things
seemed to favor their intended marriage.
Poor Amy. She was on the broad way
of transgression. The illicit friendship
which she had fostered in her bosom was
concealed from every one, and it was on
ly by her reserve and retirement that her
companions guessed at the cause. Tho'
she loved her father, she never placed
her confideuce in him. with' that tender
COUNTY, PA., OCTOBER
and natural submissivencss which char
acterises girls of her age: nor was there
any susceptibility of disposition ever in
timated on her part since he was a
stranger to his own home, and never
indulged in the sweet and benign com
munion which always exists between pa
rent and child. Thus the filial ties of af
fection were severed at the very time
when Amy had most need of direction
and advice.
Youth seldom paralizes underaffiiction.
Amy slumbered after long hours of men
tal fatigue. She prayed ere she laid her
head upon the rude pillow, and commit
ted herself to Him who ever watches over
the desolate. It was a long night of un
easiness and fever, and the morning
brought no brighter prospect to the suf
ferer. The court-house was densely crowded.
It was a bright day in J une, 18t . Judge
Hamilton presided. At an early hour
people collected from far and near to discuss
the probable issue of the chief trial. In
tense interest was manifested by every
one. Those who did not personally know
her, upon her history being told, gravely
shook their heads and uttered indistinct
and severe reflections on Reuben Fisher.
It was suspected that he had absconded,
and rumors spread that the authorities
were offering a large reward for his ap
prehension. Amy, in the meantime, was
placed at the bar, indicted for the unlaw
ful possession of counterfeit money. She
heard the indictment read with a heavy
and trembling heart. A low murmur of
commiseration pervaded the Court, and
with a burning cheek she concealed her
face in her hands. It was a moment of
silent and heart-feeling suspense. Poor
Amy was pale, sickly and careworn. Her
firmness of mind, which bad hitherto
supported her through vicissitudes nearly
as trying as the present, now almost for
sook her, and with a trembling and al
most inaudible tone, she reiterated in an
swer to the accusation " Not Guilty."
The usual preliminaries were gone through
evidences were substantiated, and the
jury, after a short deliberaiion, returned
a verdict of "Guilty." Every eye was
riveted on the prisoner who, with falter
ing voice, criecj " Mercy I mercy! have
mercy on my father! my poor father!"
The Court arose tumultously. Ilith- i
erto she stood singled out as a felon and
a counterfeiter; now a new and unaffect-1
ed sympathy was manifested in her favor.
Every one looked to the Bench for the is
sue. Whatever lenity might be given her
on account of her years, it was evident that
the Court tenaciously affirmed their be
lief in her guilt. The evidence was di
rect without variation and implication
of doubt, and unless the Court overlooked
its duty, it was certain that the sentence
would be both severe and unmitigated
The Court retired until the following
day.
It was midnight. The great bell of St.
Nicholas's had chimed the hour of twelve.
A social party had assembled in one of
these up-town hotels of the great City to
do honor to their profession. They were
social gamblers, that is, they were local
in their mode of speculation, and never
staked their effects on the fortunes of the
turf. Happily they lived and traded
among themselves, except on occasions,
when a rich booty offered itself in the
shape of a young heir. This they termed
" plucking," for the newly-fledged pos
sessor was seldom allowed to find matter
for redress in any certain individual. He
seldom knew which of them had made
him a ruined man; and moreover, it
rarely happened that the 'unfortunate
went away without the fatal " I. O. U."
This last is generally a debt of honor;
and we have knowledge of young men of
this imaginary purity who, rather than
merit a reproach irom their vile associ
ates, plunged at once into fraud, forgery,
and crime. They are ruined by the In
fatuation of gaming everything will
be resorted to in order to retrieve their
losses, till, finally, they are leagued with
their betrayers, for tho ruin and degra
dation of their younger companions.
Then add to the vice of gaming all the
fearful and inconceivable modes of dissi
pation and dishonesty.
Six men had seated themselves round
a table, in a private room in one of these
dimly lighted palaces, which abound in
the city of New York. There were two
only engaged in card-playing, while the
rest looked on, evidently interested in the
issue of the game. The one was Reuben
Fisher theothar a tall military-looking
man, somewhat more advanced in years.
The latter won the game, when Fisher
rose from his seat and went out.
" He seems to be annoyed about that
ere imp of a girl," said a looker-on as
soon as Fisher closed the door.
" Yes. They say she is locked up for
a year in the Penitentiary."
" I wonder how the old oone will stand
the news? for my part, I think that Rube
has no more of pity in his breast than a
wolf. He hadn't use to be pitiful."
!' Theu you don't think th' old cuss will
save her," rejoined tho wiuuer, " tho
greenbacks were assuredly his, and it is
believed that she never knew they were
counterfeit, which I believe myself. At
all events she'll bo confined if old Rube
dosn't give himself up, which I'm sure
he'll never do, even if it were to savo a
generation."
His companions 6cemed to harbor the
same opinion. Re.ubcQ Fisher was a
man whose heart never warmed to his
fellows. He, nqver had had an iuliiuate;
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and as it is said that the h uman breast,
however hardened, must love something
or somebody, it necessarily happened that
he should lore his child.
A painful uneasiness settled over him
since the night of Amy's arrest. Through
out life he has smoothly and indifferently
acted as her parent and guardian; but
now an intenseness of feeling mastered
his inaptitude. Returning iuto the room
he advanced with steady step to his an
tagonist, and accosted him in a severe
and significant tone:
" Say Jefferson, you arc the winner.
I have discovered it within an hour.
Even since I left this room. Look upon
that hand. You have made it wither
with crime, far blacker than your foul
heart. You have no children, no, no
sweet girl as I had once, but now no
more.- You are a gentleman an official
ruffian, hunting for preferment and lucre
honor and you are dissemblers.
Moreover, you prentend to be a Christian,
I don't; but if I did rather than re
sort to the vile and contemptible means
by which.you live, I would lay my head
upon that carpet and permit you to split
it with an axe as if it had been a log."
He turned abruptly as he spoke and
left the room, leaving his companions in
a state of surprise. A company of evil
doew arc never terrified more than when
one of their number abandons their sin
ful sociality and retorts upon them for
their vile seducing practes. Fisher, al
though he had spent years in their soci
ety, had never found cause of offence,
and, perhaps, might not now, were it not
that his child fell a victim to his own
dishonesty. The thought rankled like an
ulcer at his heart. Ilis foul and abdu
rate spirit now met the sad reward of his
illicit and nefarious trade; and, although
humbled by his misfortune, he never
conceived the idea of saving his child at
the forfeit of bis own liberty. Resolute
as his sufferings could make him, lie bu
sied up his spirits with a determination
of bordering upon insanity; yet fixing in
his mind that henceforth no mau should
be his friend or betrayer.
With these intentions he huried into
the street. He moved on like other peo
ple evidently on their business. How eas
ily can a dark spirit mingle with the liv
ing world; the mysteries of life are deep
ly hidden in the noise and bustle of the
hurrying crowd.
It was ten o'clock when Amelia Fisher,
the condemned sufferer, was again placed
at the bar. She looked worn and atten
uated. The lustre of her once clear blue
eye now dimmed its brilliancy in shame.
v lolated innocence is the most sorrowful
picture that human weakness can behold.
There is an innate distress always ready
in our bosoms to commiserate with those
who suffer. Amelia Fisher was sentenced
to undergo confinement in the Peniten
tiary for two years. She was led away
from the bar amidst' the tears and fare
wells of her young companions, and the
entire Court regretted that the Law com
pelled it to act as it did.
There was a rumor in the street as
Amy passed through the crowd; and
.Reuben Fisher, surrounded by a multi
tude, was led. as a malefactor into the
court-house. Cries of indignation were
beard on every side. Amy was quiet
now the power of life had forsaken
her, and she was borne away insensible.
Reuben Fisher was a ruined and altered
man there was contrition at his heart,
but also a deep dread of punishment, and
these two alternately swayed his con
science. After long and severe struggles
he permitted himself to be questioned
which resulted in a clear and full confes
sion of his guilt, which, throughout life,
he had carried to a fearful extent. His
manufacture of base notes was owing to
his inordinate desire for gaming, hoping
daily of retrieving his losses, and becom
ing an honest man. It was the snare
into which thousands fell victim before
him; and those who will dare to become
honest by fiau lulent means, will in the
end sit down disappointed and find them
selves the betrayers of their own salva
tion. Fisher was teuianded for trial at
the ensuing session, and, finally, was sen
tenced to penal servitude for eight years.
Amelia was released. On the testi
mony of Harry Corwell it appeared that
she had found the money in her father's
room, secreted evidently till further need;
and probably might have answered their
purpose, had not their intended elope
ment intervened. The Court was satis
fied and Amy restored.
Two years afterwards the town of R e
issued its weekly newspaper, and iu pro
minent type was the following:
Married. On Sept. 12th, at the resi
dence ot the bride, by the Re. L. P. Bew
Icy, Mr. IIarrv G. Corwell and Mis
Amelia Fisher, both of this township.
LA NO FORD.
The oil regions roust be a rather lively
sort of a place. The last we havo from
there is of an indignant individual wlio
kicked the cover off the coffin the other
day as they 'were on tho way to the "dis
niul grave." It seems that he was fool
ish enough to suppose he wasu't quite
dead, and hence tho catastrophe. After
some dispute with the pall bearers wheth
er he was in his right sense aud mind, he
was brought back and put to bed with a
fair chance of recovery.
About ten days sinco a new well was
struck on tho McClintock reserve" of the
Wash. McClintock farm. It Is now pro
ducing about 125 barrels per day.
NO. 31.
The Counterfeit Seven-Thirties
The excitement with reference to tno
newly discovered counterfeits on the
81000 plates of 7-30 bonds continues un
batiog this niorning, and the offices of
dealers in government securities are visi
ted hourly by gentlemen anxious to com
pare the genuine with the counterfeits on4
exhibition to see if they can discover anyr
points of difference not hitherto disclosed.
The counterfeit bonds will not bear a
close scrutiny under a good glass, and a
coarsen cess in the engraving is plainly
perceptible. But on comparing bonds
which are known to be genuine, it is
found that there are differences in the en
graving and printing, which weaken, al
though they do not destroy, the certainty
of detecting the counterfeit bonds by '
clo.-e comparison.
It appears that the genuine bonds are
printed in sheets of four, from, at least
three, and perhaps four sets of plates.
These sets are designated by letters small
er than the letters designating the bond.
For instance, a bond will be found tobeaar
near the upcr right-hand corner just
above the red seal the letter A, and im
mediately under it, in the A and B plates
will be found letter A or b. and in the c.
plate the letter c is placed at the right"
side of the large letter. The counterfeits
so far discovered are on the A and B
platC3. Therefore those parties having
bonds printed from the c plate may feel
comparatively safe that their bonds are
genuine.
This revelation shows with what coa
sumatc skill aud daring the counterfeiters
must have pursued their business. They
were not content with counterfeiting one
plate of four notes, but made two plates,
and from these printed the bogus stuff '
which they have so thoroughly circulated-
So perfect in the resemblance that had
it not been for the duplication of num
bers thefraud might not even now havebeen
discovered at the Treasury Department,
and this circumstances gave rise to a the
ory yesterday that the notes pronounced
counterfeit were not such, but tjat they
had beenfraudulently printed from gen--iune
plates in the Treasury Department.
This theory, however, is exploded by
the fact that it is impossible that such a
fraud can have been perpetrated, so per
fect is the espionage over the Printing
Bureau at Washington. Besides, in one
or two instances, at least, a close eompar
sion has shovi n that the rejected bonds, are
counterfeit beyond question. .
The description given by authority or
the Solictor of the Treasury, states that
the red seal is larger in the counterfeit
than it is in the genuine. It will be
found that this seal is of tbe same size
on the counterfeit bond as it is on tho-
Legal tender notes, from which the ope
rators doubtless copied.
We desire to caution private holders
of S1000 7-30 bonds against? being too
confident of their ability to detect the
counterfeits without the aid of experts
In all cases of doubt a little trouble should?
be taken to ascertaion the truth, and in
his way the labors ofthe detectives who
have this matter in charge will be light-'
ened.
Holders should observe wTiether their
bonds are from the A. B. or C plates, by
the instruction given above, and, if from
the A and B plates, by the instruction,
given above, and, if from the A and B
plate.whetber numbers are included witl ia
the 16,000 or 22,000, which are already
known to have been duplicated.
By comparison of the bonds A, B. Cr
and D, with the A, b, or c plates, it will
be seen that there is a difference. For'
example, in one bond tbe colon : at the:
end of the word Treasurer in the low
er left hand corner is in a different posi
tion in one from the other. This is but a
solitary example among many points of
difference which careful examiners will
note.
It is yet impossible. to say to what ex
tent these counterfeits have been "shor
ed." Largo dealers are continually re
ceiving them, and tardy intelligence
comes to the Department that new dis
coveries of counterfeit bonds have bee a
made. N. Y. Commercial Advertiser,
The Johnstown correspondent of the
Ebensburg Frctman states that the iroiv
ore in the hills around Johnstown is about
"played out." From fifty to one hund
red men have been searching all the
neighborhood during the past three years,
yet no trace of ore cau be found. Wheu
the miues now being worked are exhaust
ed, the occupation of some five hundred
men in that place will be gone.
The Register give publicity to the fof
lowiug seusatioaal item : "A young man
by the name of Johnson has peen arrest
ed in Pittsburg for perpetrating a new
'dodge.' He fastened bristles on a tail
of a rat and theu sold him for a squirrel."
A new well was struck last week onr
lease No. 2 of the Uennihoff farm, and on
Saturday last it was producing at the rate"
of fifty barrels per day.
.
Peter M. Laugh, near Berwick, has
raised this year 1,500 bushels of onions
Irom twoor three quarter acres of ground.
At the next session of Congress, effort
will be nude to ol tain an act suthouziug
Surratt to be tried in some loyal State.
Tin Record reports thirty new well
xoing down 'in the viciuity of Pithole a
ells
ty of Pithole at
present. That does not look as though
t'ie place vAs affected with the '-dry rot.
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