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THURSDAyrDECEMBER 2171271."
LUTHERAN CHURCH.
Liturgical Services next Sunday.
Morning, 10?, - - - Evening, '
MonxiNG Sek.mox : Sun, Moon and Stars
r.vKxixtt Skumox : Liability to fall from
( J race.
Monday (Christmas-day) Jorning Service
10 o clock, and an appropriate discourse.
G. V. MARRIOTT, D. D., Pastor.
Gnf Services in the M. E. Church of this
Ivjroucrh next Sundav 24th inst., at 101 o'clock
h. in. and ? o'clock p. m.
Morning subject .
" The prophet like unto Jos."
livening subject ,
"Moses ct7id the rrophels,"
the last of the services on the " Rich man and
Lazarus."
Prayer meeting on Christmas morning ai 6
o'clock.
All are invited to attend.
J. S. J. McCONXELL, Pastor.
E?u:inilou The friends of Rev. J. R.
Pot-lit, desirous of making a donation to hini
will meut at the Lutheran Parsonage, Hamil
ton Township, on New Year's evening.
The public is cordially iuvited to attend.
EJonatlon. The friends of the Shaw
nee Church, Ionroe county, will make a
Donation visit at the residence of the Pastor,
the Rev. Arthur Folsom, on the afternoon
and evening of Tuesday Decceuiber 26th.
If ftoruiy, the nest fair day.
Roiaailcn. The friends of Rev. J. T.
Shaw, will make him a donation at his home
at the Rushkill Parsonage, afternoon and
evening, December 20. The congregation
and fi lends are invited to attend.
A -donation Festival will be held at
t lie Cherry Yally Methodist Episcopal
Church on Tuesday evening December 2Gth,
If stormy the next fair evening. The pub
lie is cordially invited.
ITcslSva!. The friends of Rev. J. Pas-tortk-M,
(Fowlers Appointment) will hold a
festival, at the house of Aaron Stone, on
Monday evening December 25. The pro
ceeds fr the benefit of the Pastor.
T'a i public are cordially invited to attend.
JkifTiiE carpet which is being put down
i.'i the State House of Representatives cost
$2.')') a yard, or, $1,750 for the whole.
Zzfllos. George II. Williams of
Oregon, lias just been appointed Attorney
General of the United States, in place of
Au;os. T. Akerman, resigned.
f "if The Agricultural Department at
"".i--li:nton reports the wheat crop this
your i:i this State at 2,100,000 bushels, an
i:irn.;ae of 400,000 bushel over last year.
Rye. corn and potatoes are also a better crop,
oats not un to the averaire and cranberries
v: y a half or two thirds crop.
IrjiA correspondent advocates the nom
iinition of ex-Gov. Rutherford R. Hayes o
Ohio as the Republie-in candidate for the
rext President of the United States. Gov
Hayes was twice chosen by the people of
Ohio as their highest administrative officer,
the first time over George II. Pendleton,
and the second over Allen G. Thurman.
Sot. Five Congressional districts in Penn
sylvania that elected Democratic Representa
tives by small majorities in 1870, gave in
October last decided majorities for the Re
publican State ticket. The lowest of the five
is 704 votes. Unlesss decided changes are
made in the apportionment the Republicans
will doubtless regain all these districts next
your.
J-The Postmaster General has decided
that circulars sent in the mails must le vi
T "f 1 i ! 1 . 1 1
wiica am not ciippca on tne cnus, as is
frequently the case. Circulars sealed and
merely clipped on the cud cannot be sent at
less than letter rates, i. e. six cents for each
ounce, and three cents for the half ounce
Every bod' should remember this decision.
jTnn Commissioners of the Sinking
Fund have just publi.-died their statement
fjr the year 1871. The amount of debt re
deemed and purchased during the fiscal year
ending Nov. 30, 1871, is $2,131,400.17.
Total State debt on Nov. 30, 1871, $29,279,
820. G4. Under Republican rule our State
debt is rapidly decreasing. A few years
more, and it will have entirely disappeared.
tOT Officers who disregard the laws for
which they are elected to prosecute, should
take warning by the following case from the
Siuibury Gazette : Ephraira Miller, of
hhamokin township, sometime since brought
suits against Freeman W. Sober and Fur
cian Farnsworth late Auditors of said town
ship for neglecting or refusing, while they
were iu office, to publish an annual state
ment of the Bounty finances of the township.
The suits were tried before Esquire Price, in
this place, on Saiurday last, and resulted in
the defendants being fined, (in conformity
with the law of 1806) in the sum of $oQ for
eacn neglect or refusal to publish as afore
said. Mr. fcouer a fine amounted to $100
for two years omission of duty (1S60- and
1S70, and Mr. Farnsworth's $50, for one
year 1SG8. ) Half of the fines go to the in
former and the other half to the school direc
tors of said township. The defendants have
23 days to appeal from the, decision of the
justicer and c&rry the cases before court, and
we learn that it is thc-ir intentign to do so.
Geo. Hill was Attorney for Plaintiff aud S.
P. Wolvcrton and Win. A. Sober for defendant.
JCsSyTllE Apportionment question already
troubles Congress, a bill to establish a ratio
for the next ten years having been presented
in the House on the second day of the ses
sion. It provides for 2S0 members of the
House of Representatives, and makes a very
equitable division of them among the States,
Under its operation, Pennsylvania would
gain two members, New York one," Illinois
five, Missouri three, Iowa three, New Jersey
two, ivc. The only States losing represents
tion would be Vermont and New Hampshire
each of which would be reduced from
three to two members. The basis of popula
tion would be about 13.,000 to each mem
ber. As this scheme appears to gratify
nearly everybody it is probable that it will
be passed. With twenty-six members from
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia would claim five
full districts. If the should get them Rucks
county would be left out in the cold, and
might be cast into a district that would leave
little hope of Republican representation
hereafter. In tel incn cer.
We are glad to learn from the Press
that the Union League Club of Philadel
phia is in a highly flourishing condition,
both as to membership and finances. The
year closes with a balance in the treasury,
after the settlement of all bills and ex
penses of 523,775.17, and 1,740 mem
bers on the rolls. No wonder, with such
aB active and powerful organization that
Philadelphia gave nine thousand Repub
lican majority at the late election. Vic
tory is secured through perfect organiza
tion, while defeat most assuredly follows
disorder. There is a lesson here, for our
county, which we hope will be heeded ;
and we feel that it will be, unless the in
trigues of a few scheming politicians shall
prevent it. "A word to the wise is suffi
eient.
BOROUGH AND COUNTY.
Keep your feet warm.
Slilrls of all kinds at Friod's.
JmUI dogs are quite plentiful again in
Northampton count-.
Wc only lose nine minutes of daylight
this month. After the 27th the days will
grow longer.
Wanlctl. The subscriber wishes to hire
a house now or in the spring. Ad 'res,
J. F. S.
dec. 14 '7I-3t Jeffersonian Office.
At Diltz's Hotel, Easton, they have the
largest turkey that has been seen this winter.
It weighs nearly forty pounds, and is a
magnificent gobbler.
Tlie best Christmas present you can make
your wife, is the Original Howe Sewing Ma
chine, for sale by Darius Dreher, Main at,
btroudsbunr.
Xo Paper next Week. -There will
be no paper isnted from this office next
week. This is in accordance with our usual
custom to afford our hands a holiday.
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T2e New Jersey Central Com pay an
nounces a dividend of 3 per cent, on the
stock and interest, at the rate of seven per
cent a year on the scrip, pajable Jan. 20.
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corse Units, sentenced to be hun
at Newark, N. 1., on the 21st inst, for the
murder of General Ilalsted, has been re
prieved until the 20th of January.
Over four thousand disabled soldiers are
now cared for by the National Asylum, be-
mg one thousand more than were supported
last year.
1 iiiiaaeipnia and Reading Railroad
r . I
vyLi,ra;, miiwmia-s a semi-annual cash divi-
dend ot hvc per cent on its preferred and
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common stock, payable, free of tax, on the
10m or tianuarj, next.
The little raow, the little drizzle, the lit
tle freeze, and the little snow again of the
last several days made quite a nice little jag of
sleighing in these parts. Sled.s and sleigh.-
slip along finely.
As this is our last opportunity before the
holidays, we wish our many readers,
Jlerry Christmas and
tt.. v
Year.'
3Iay they all live to see many a
ihe season of fun and good living,
return of the
W II ring the past week the snuealine of
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iat i.orxeis was neard, almost without abate-
ment. John Ldinger killed one which
weighed 405 pounds.
ivxex. jiauDonoid loiiowed suit with one
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weighing 360 jiouudi
"Observers" Communication was re
ceived, but being without a responsible name
lound its way to the waste basket. If wri
ters have no confidence in our ability to keen
secret the names entrusted to ns, in accord
ance with our inflexible rule, we do not .ee
why they should expect us favor them bv
the publication of their literary efforts.
.
I-ist or loiters.
Remaining in the Post Office at Stroudsburg,
I'a.. Dec. 16, 1S71.
rikJh? t t Hindnian.'Edw.
Coolbaujrh. John Hn.t-,rr ti
i i ... nuuias
lacliman. Bern. Inna ir..n:
Barnes Samuel JJareh,' Isabella
1 thnel, George Keily, Abraham
lleiney, Mrs. Catli'n s;;
j j ' ) . . ""v';t j.o.
Howard, George Williamson, Jary A.
A vitriol thrower has latelv
rested in Philadelphia who disdains any
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meuve oi mauce in his operations. T f a
he does it merely for an honest livelihood
auu gets a commission tor hi i.im e.
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leading dry-goods men, and to show his
humanity he devoted his earnings for the
num
week he was arrested to the (h
fund. He says he Ls already burnTd mo.
than 50 dresses this season for the first ladies
in the , place, and hopes fortune will continue
to emUe unon L!ui.
. M eft's Rubber Boots atlried's.
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Big" Haul. Nine thousand stickers
were caught at a, single. haul in a ; seine by
John Ricgcl and brother, in the . Delaware,
near Frenchtown, last week. The suckers
weighed 3,850 pounds. I We give" this as we
received it, but honiestly think there is con
siderable sucker about it. - ' ' v
Boy's Rubber Boots at Fried's.
TIi c new mill of the Bethlehem Iron
Company covers a space of over a quarter of
a mile square. At present 800 men arc
employed in the annual production of 20,000
tons of rails. The force and product will be
largely increased on the completion of the
works. About 30,XX) tons of pig and 15,
000 tons of puddled iron per annum are pro
duced at the same works.
Ladle's Rubber Boots at Fried's.
A Scranlon despatch gives an
tative" statement that the companies of
t t ii -i. jn. i .
j .i.i&.(LviiiJiiL i iiucv u;ii: tit:i t:i in hum l mii.i
, . , r x.
to reuuws u.u miners wages ior ine new year
and it the men continue to work at the pre -
sent rates, mere win dc no suspension oi
miuing operations." The same despatch
pronounces all recent rumors of an impend
ing suspension to be "purely sensational
Over shoes of all kinds at Fried's.
Tlic trial of Mrs. Wharton, charged with
poisoning General Ketchum while on a visit
at her residence in Baltimore, has been in
progress at Annopolis for two weeks past.
The evidence for the prosecution has been
very tedious, and is scarcely yet completed.
It has consisted largely of the testimony of
physicians and chemists, in relation to the
alleged discovery of tartar emetic iu fatal
quantities in drinks prepared for the General
by Mrs. Wharton. '
If you are in need of over coats goto
Fried's,
Peters' Musical Monthly for January
comes to us in a new dress. It is printed on
thicker paper, and is in every respect super
ior to us many predecessors, ihe selections
are evidently made with great care, and it is
really wonderful how few poor pieces appear
among the hundreds that are given. Volume
IX. commences with the January number,
Price, 30 cents ; or $3 per year. The pub
lisher offers six back numbers for $1, and we
advise all our Musical readers to take advan
tage of the offer. Address, J. L. Peters,
599 Broadway, New York,
IF you want to get a pair of genuine
French Calf Boots, hand sewed go to Fried'
There is very little apparent change in
the sanitary condition of Philadelphia. The
total number of deaths reported to the Board
of Health last week was 512, of which 211
were from small-pox. Although this is a
slight incrcascc over the week preceding,
there is no perceptible alarm, and everything
goes on much as usual. People in the city
nave grown accustomed to the presence of
the epidemic, and there is really no cause for
apprehension on the nart of anv rmrv
especially when the precaution or vaccination
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has been recently applied.
TZie best assortment of Ladies and
Jisscs shoes at Fried's.
Jurymen. At the convening of court,
in Montgomery county, recently, nine jurj--
mcn out of the number impanneled for the
week, failed to respond to their names when
called by the clerk. Judge Ross imposed a
mje often dollars upon each absent joror,
which each would be compelled to pay unless
reasonable cause for absence be assigned.
This course unon the nart of the rnnrf I no
doubt, very proper and neeessarv. for if nor-
l
son? were nerniitted to disrofmr,! tlIr .lt
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in thi3 resnect. it won 1 Io. vopv ,i;ffi,U ;r
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not eventually impossible to conduct our
courts ofj'ustice aud to protect society.
" io rrica s
for genuine Fur caps,
gloves and collars.
c learn that Geo. L. Walker Esq., the
indefatigable real estate agent, of Hist
Stroudsburg, has sold his interest in the
business, to his partner, Wilson Pierson,
Esd. Mr. I. liar; f;ikrn ?n .is ti:irfnm o fi.
Siillmnn ffTlMlUnVU nnj .i. a
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will hereafter be carried on under the firm
name of Pierson & Stillman, who will give
their undivided attention to thn itowtx -.f
all who entrust busings to fb.m ! P;,J
son has resided in East Stroudsburr for some
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time, and is well known n .n nmmnt ni;al.i
business man. and as his narinnr
among us well recommended, wc think our
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public many safely trust business to their
hands,
Tlic best assortment of ready-made cloth
in Stroudsburg, can be had at Fried' co
fl.Pm -;tl,nnfn;i a :ni .. .".
there without fail and von will hns.-.tUfio.l
The undersigned begs leave to inform the
(y'itizeilS nf Monrno
he has disposed of his intcf
Real Estate business, to his a te Tna rtner
WiliPn r 'i , e partner,
iV1 iiuuiu in; toiicics a con-
UUU.I.IWS oi iujaironage so liberally bestow-
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v, . v,.. w.x ..wviuwic.
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Tlie undersigned beg leave to inform the
citizens of Monroe countv iiiidvifinit". tbnt
they have euterad into co-partnership, for
the imrixiseof buvinir and sllm-
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lF-AT T?QrPAnn-
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r T!0 l the bte firm f Gc0' K
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v alter & Lo., and respectfully soliet the
rntinuailce of the patronage extended to the
tnrnipr riri 1
dec. 14, '71-tfJ THOSiKV
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WTTOAVmnnnMT
M AI1P a An . . '
week, caught H5 Z , ' Zu l Z
ice a Montrose Depo
t. J: . -o, T 7 .
.Mvuwusc usuermen, one day last
Fernandma, Fla, has rife straw berries.!
MISCELLANEOUS;-- -.
Thcy have a man
eats mice at a lunch.
in Pottsville who
There is? fine
Maine.
eleighing
in Eastern
Providence cdnsumes annually 2,069,
437 gallons of milk,. . . .
Baker City, Oregon, lias cast a gold
brick worth S7.G00.
, Cincinnati drinks beer to the amount
of 6,699,000 per annum. '
Hon. William II. Seward is reported to
be very low from a stroke of paralysis.
Governor Geary announces that the
State debt has been reduced 2,181,-
590.17 duriDg the fiscal year.
Corn in Central Illinois selling for 30
cents a bushel, oats for 35 cents and rye
for 50 cents.
The temperance men of the State are
organized to besiege the Legislature loi
prohibitory laws
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, e
xeiting the people of
ells are being opened
Oil strikes are e
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itnole ai)(i Dew wen
1 eVerv day.
A new brick and stone theatre will be
i m. : hi,. .. - t.
will hold 1,200 persons.
,,ja!! e "J "e vuicago uic win
probably not exceed 200, including all
those now missing.
There are three towns in Massachusetts
over sixty years old which neyer have
had a building burn down.
Returns received at the Agricultural
Bureau indicate that the cotton crop will
yield three and one third million bales.
There is now living in Williamsnort.
Vt.. a ladv. arred eichtv four vears. who
has had thirty-three children of her own.
She has been three times married.
The Chicago Post says the bell worn by
the cow that kicked over the lamp that
set fire to Chicago is on exhibition in that
city in sixty-one different places.
They do the marriage business by
wholesale in Bradford county. Eiiht
couples were united by one ceremony in
Towanda, one day last week.
Tt is said that two vonn. Indie n WPrn
recently caught jumping over a stick in
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n rliMirn.rnirn K I- t1 I It a Af lnn Ann I
hm i-i..: . .. , J,
nen asKea wnai u meant, mey said tncy
were -practicing for leap year."
The Abilene (Kansas) Chronicle says
cattle shipping is about over. Since the
tenth of 31av 1988 carloads, or 35.784
head of cattle, have been shipped at that
point.
A man who "ordered everything on the
bill of fare" at a Syracuse hotel, was
s.,ort-y astonished to behold approaching
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him fourteen waiters in single file, bear
ing one thousand and twenty-four dishes.
An Iowa merchant sent a dunning let
ter to a man, who replied by return mail:
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iou say you are Holding my note yet
Just keep holding
on to it, and if you
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nd trjr 11 aSa,a' ours affectionately,
TLr iM vo.ailir nfii n..i-
out Pennsylvania is repreented by our
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exchanges as having been intensely
l r i-ir.y
severe, and a number of cattle in differ
..ni 1ao1;;c r.. ,... k :.. ...:.
stalls.
.ui luvamiwo llklb IIVKU IU UVillU IU IUCI1
.
Alexis is expected to reach Chicago on
the 29th inst,, and General Sheridan has
invited him to participate in a buffalo
hunt, and, to enhance the interest of the
occasion, one thousand Sioux Indians are
to be on hand.
Some astounding developments have
just been made relative to thccw York
city voucher theft. Several of the par
ties who are implicated having fled to
Luropo warrants were sent after them, and
there is a probability of their arrest
One of the men who
recently robbed
the Southern Express Company, at Union ment of martial law at the South and
f: t i -1 i.i .. oli .
vyiij, icuu., wnue Deing taken mere ior
iriai, in custody ot a detective, yesterday,
attempted to escape by jumping from a
steamboat, but being unable to swim
ashora was drowned
Col. Dickes's California mustan
rr m i rr
Kate, trotted twenty miles over a heavy
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iracK in nity nine minutes and thirty se
uuiius, iii can rrancisco, last weeK iter
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owner men onered to wager bl.uuu that
Jn.MVVS? i8061" immedi,atc,J
" ' bUt therC taker9-
Miss Marrv IT. Gmrpn w nn Tlm
day last ordained as nastnr nf ih TTn;ar
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,aa Church in Mansfield, Mass. Miss
Graves is the first of her sex to enter tho
Unitarian miuistrv Massachusetts, and
the second in the whole dennminntmn
Mrs. Celia Uurlei?h beinnr iKa firef 1
nn(, ,,, u , . . J
yja ine -otn Ult . one hundred and
iht nf . i u. T j
. WCrc s.uppcu
Lr Ind 7r . 1
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were snipped to Jamaica, one case of fur-
niture to Tompica, and four rolls of mat
ting to Paris.
M'ff
A colo7. of 1000 Persons is now on its
? n, ,5" Jiinnfta from New
0rk, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Indiana.
a ar. nnm.nPii,.:r. : r
Seot and U.. I.rl. rv,.i
-h- v. v.niMi ciui-'iBuig irom
. i 1 j milieu iiicie, aiso
aKin? Wil l thftm IhPIP flnrl- nril,-..U
i..in ... " T" u,uuii"
urea mi a i hn i n n .J
to undertake
stock raising on a Iarze scale.
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Eight men attacked the iailor ni. V.
ururi8wick, New Jersey, on Sunday night,
and attempted to get into the i ail. annar
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c"ly fr the purpese of liberating a bank
rODDer Who n iniror?ifoi1 lK Af...
SP VPr lirunnll V. n .onn:iAKt A.J
i -b -o aaaaiiuuia ueu, eVI-
dently fearing capture, as uid was sum
bonded by th attacked party.
The whale lately eantured io iK.
cinity of Rosfoo, is now moored to-a-wharf
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at Hartford, Conn.,, and is daily Visired
rtxr (iiiriniia .. - .u . J .
hff AllriA 1
Thl m ons ibolt 80
feet long, girts CO feet, hUjawU about
18 feet long, and it is estimlted that h
will yield about 100 hrrl. ,.r l.
person wno pay twenty-five
cut un w or oil when
TWd thousand and seventy dollars was
the price awarded Mrs. Peter StoufTcr by
a jury in Westmoreland county lor her
husband, who lost his life by falling
through a defective township bridge.
: Farmers would do well to place strong
loefca and bolts on their doors and win
dows, as burglars are prowling in all parts
of the rural districts," committing many
bold robberies.
-Dr. Willard Parker, of New York,
stated recently that one third of all the
deaths in New York were the result,
directly or inirectiv, of the use of alcohol
and in the last thirty-eight years 190,000
persons in the city have died from its use.
To Cut Glass. Any had steel tool,
says the Boston Journal of Chemistry,
will cut glass with facility when kept
freely wet with camnhoa dissolved in
turpemue. . I he ragged edge of glass
may also be thus smoothed with a flat file.
An invitation has been extended to the
Grand Duke, Alexis, b
fif and 0(, tQ have
high v.Hej. " His Ro
by Hon. Asa Pack
him visit the Le
lley. His Royal Highness has
accepted the invitation. J he "hand-
somest girl ia Mauch Chunk" is in a
inn. .it
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alter, witnessing a game of base ball, and
h-Ton being , asked why he did not go to
tn iunerai. saia tnat ne would when the
man died, but he wasn't dead yet.
Some Michighn boys, feeling the need
of wholesome recreation, stuffed a suit of
clothes with ftraw and buried it; killed
a couple of chickens and strewed the
blood around the grave, and trampled
le ground so that it gave evidence of a
fearful straggle. The horrified citizens
soon discovered the grave, summoned the
coroner, had a jury impanelled, dug up
the body, and adjourned iu a hurry.
A new disease is said to have broken
out in certain parts of North Carolina,
which is terrible in it character and of
ten latai id its resots. Ihc symptoms
afe exactly similar to those of yellow fe-
Ver' .ana ,n.e. ra.t,en 3 sufl.or almost as
iujuch as wiin me latter uisease. it is
not thought to be epidemic, but to result
iroui severe malarial causes
The caDTass anion th f , - ,
seTeral. caudidates fljr Governor of Penn-
sJ,T01a grows more interesting as the
tllue approaches to elect delegates to the
nominating conventions. On the Pait of
the l.epublicans it is very generally con
ceded thak the choice lavs between
Ilartranft. Ketchum. White. Coleman
land Jordan. Th I
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I new in the field.
It has been decided, in conformity with
the decision of the Supreme Court, to
refund the income tax paid on their
salaries by Judges of the State Courts.
The Commissioner nf TniAm-il TJ
has been directed to transmit to the Fifth
Auditor proper proof, to enable that
officer to report the amount due to each
Judge.
I '
. JJe,e?a.te norer of Utah will return
home this week. Ho emrpsooo l.imJi
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'''f oi me aooption bv the nennle nf
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uiaii, preliminary to the admission of
meir territory as a btate, of such a con
stitution as will be acceptable toCon-re-s
A bill was introduced at the last session
of Congress for the admission 'of Utah
on condition that polygamy shall cease.
The New Hampshire Democratic Sfntp
Convention met last Wednesday aud re
nominated Governor Weston. The rdat
form adopted pledges obedience to tho
Constitution : opposes privileged classes
and privileged capital : demands a t-irifF
tor the necessary expenccs of the Federa
Government, not for the benefit n
t '
monopolists j" denounces the establish
auvocates relorm in the civil service
During the year endinir Sent. 30 1S71
there were admitted into the Pennsylva
nia State Lunatic Hospital, at Harrisbur"
iuo maies, iuj females ; total. 206. Dis
charged for the came ncriod. 05 mU
r i irrt 1 .
iviuaies ; iyj. Restored, 7 ; improv
ed, 37 : stationary. 85 : died. 31.
Number in the Hospital, September 30,
1U' v , maies, zai ; females, HID
- --v.w uuuiuci uuaer irp;irmnr iinrm
the year, 040.
Fifteen thousand women have airn;fio.1
to Congress their unwillingness to have
the responsibilities of suffrage thrust
uPon the,Q- Their memorial nirainst
woniQ suHrage was presented hist Thnr.
'"7 to e Senate bv Mr.
1iie ProtcsJ 18 said to contain the names
or manv of the
-Ja - .F:iauie, laienied,
uu muuentiai ladies of the different
. :.WreDUU f the ""3 to the
uvb in Connecticut
The Houston countv fMinnA
J - I '-ll. JV.I hi
connriiia tho. .i '
. n,0 auiiMiMMir. I liar n m r .
Spring Grove, in that countv. is tumin..
.u.iuuo. ins name is Harmon Silver
SOn. He IS COtnnlntnltr
..mOS and dody the only exception be-
tuiz u i ur nn nhnnr ha . I. .1 .
and eyes. He has a
, 41tJ iuuuiii. iiiroai
, . i-i " 'vniu. cms
nrava Hit nml r.;.it r .1. - t .
deliver him from this terrible affliction.
i ;s penectiy helpless. Tho process of
some time last
.p ,n? 10 u,a ,eet aid knees, sinco Which
l,DJe lt has gradually increased
. . "UIC MSI
A committee annointfl.l c.n ..... i . u
Secretary Houtwell has examined all the
7M' acc, and moneys in the U. S.
Treasurer s oCSce, except the sealed naok.
non S vaui.;ich represent 830,.
UirAa in KA . I. . -
. i . . -....v,,.
with two
"vu.vw V HEC rillim
All the accounts,
exactly wit ,0ail WCr taU-y
wiiu, me money each offir i
K of o ?S "Si .WCre'
avor thL 0f " l?"? 5f V"
lMa dl aQd
1 . , 6 " aQd.JohnsOQ "Jefalcatioos"
responsible for
were found to bC abou tho sum first
Odd Fellow's SemJUentenniai
The fiftieth anniversary of the iDtrodnc
tion of Odd Fellowship in the State of
Pennsylvania, occurring on Tuesday, fje.
cember'23, will be celebrated on thai
evening by thcrpionccr Iddc of the State
Pennsylvania Lodge, No. 1, by a re--a
festival at Musical Fund Hall, in Pjjjj
adelphia. The occasion promises to be I
joyous one, every exertion to that end be
mg maue oy ine ooaru oi managers.
A Liberal Proposition.
Hon. Andrew Stewart, of Fayette coun
ty, a venerable ex Member of Congress
and widely kuown as "Tariff Andj," pro
poses to give ten or fifteen thousand doh
lars as the basis of a fund, the interest of
which is to go to deserving children of
the Soldiers' Orphans' Home when the
leave the institutions ; aud when all these
children arc provided for, the income to
go to other poor children. The proposiv
tion is a very meritorious one.
4 .
Propagating Cabbage from Bugs:'-
A Cor. of the Padjia Rural press:
says Take a large head of cabba
strip off the outer leaf, and slip off tk
bud fouod at the root of the leaf. TaW
this bud and simply set it in rich dirt
like any other plant. The result will be
a fine growth of early cabbage plants with
heads larger and sounder than caa be
raised in the ordinary way."
No More Swearing.
The people of Newport, Perry county
are determined to hava the act forbidding
the use of profane swearing enforced.-t
The constable of that ancient borough ar
rests all those guilty, and the first person
who was unfortunate enough to fall into
the clutches of the constable on this charge
was the Sheriff of the county, who paid
the fine and was discharged. In a short
time we expect to see the borough of
Newport a model of morality ; for, haT.
ing commenced the enforcement of this
act, they must continue it, or the arrest
of the Sheriff will seem to have been
made more from spite than from a regard
for the law.
Fire in Honesdale.
Hoxksdale, Pa., Pec. 12. Retween
one and two o'clock this afternoon, a fire
was discovered in the cellar of a store oc
cupied by Hartley aud Rgers (hard
ware.) The flames soon spread to Holmes'
wholesale and retail floor and tea store,
Drady's druir store aud Scott's boot and
shoe store. They were all burned, togeth
er with a barn belonging to R. W. Kiple,
in the rear of Holmes' and Hartley A:
Rogers.' They saved little or nothing.
The building adjoining, occupied by
Durland & Torrey, boot and shoe manu
factory, was slightly damaged by the fire,
but the stock was saved. The origin cf
the fire is unknown.
The Lutherans oa Imtomperance.
The Allegheny Synod of the Evangeli
cal Lutheran Church, which met in A)
tooua, Pa., on the sixth of Sept , pa?sed
the following temperance resolution : Re
solved, That any member of the Evangeli
cal Lutheran Church within the bounds
of this SynoJ, who shall engage in the
manufacture, sale or use of (as a bever
age) intoxicating, spiritotis or malt li
quors, wiue foreign or domestic or ci
der, shall be considered guilty of a viola
tion of one of the cardinal principles of
the Christian religion, aud on refusing to
desist, shall be amenable to the church
council, and may be admonished, suspend
ed or expelled at their discretion.
A most romantic, villainous and suc
cessful swindle has just been nernetrateJ
at Fairport, near Rochester, Scxr York.
iu wniuh a widow and her young, chinn
ing daughter were victims. The heart
less scoundrel whose name is Rceb, a
lawyer of New York who perpetrate!
the swindle got himself appointed guar
dian of the daughter, by promisiug to
marry ihe mother; succeeded in getting
the widow's share of SoO.OOO deede-J t
himself, secretly married the daughter,
who is but fourteen years old, incarcerat
ed her in a convent, disposed of all the
property and disappeared. Investigation
into the matter disclosed the fact that
the swiudlcr was a bigunist as he had
wife aud three children living ia New
York. A gentleman who arrived in Kansas
City on Saturday reports that on the Sun
day previous the following terrible affair
had occurred in Saline county, Kansas :
A party of emigrants with their fiuiiiies
were passing through the county west
ward, when the weather became so colJ
that they concluded to camp and light i
fire. They were oo a piece of high pariric,
several miles from any house, but three
wiles from them was a piece of timbler
land. After unhitching their teams, the
men started for this timber to procure fuel.
Not returning for several hours, tha
women left their children and started to
hunt for them. This is all that is known,
save that the next day the frozsa bodies
of seventeen persons who had perished
from the intense cold were found. The
cniidren who wero left in the
iii
wagons
were the only survivors of the party
.
How to Cook Ham.
The Turf. Field ami Farm : The
late General Winfield Scott, aud acknow
ledged authority in the culinnrv art. wjj
of the opinion that few cooks kuew hoff
to cook a ham, because they did not boil
it until soft enough to be eaten with a
spoon ! A great artist once told the wri
ter uever to serve a ham under one vcaf
old ; it was theu to be soaked all night ia
soft water, and if possible, ruuniug water;
it was then to be put on the u re in a largQ
pot of cold water, and slowly boiled at
least twenty minutes for everv round it
might weigh ; and as for skiuuiug a ham;
he held it to be an outrage, a sacrifice
quality to mere appearauces, which to
sensible mau should be guilty of. If
your ham is to bo served cold, as i 1'
ways doue in Europe, it should be soused
in snow or icewater immediately after'
coming from the pot because the suJdea
cold arrests the flow and escape of the
, v;VVV.
juices.