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THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1872.
LUTHERAN CHURCH.
Liturgical Services next Sunday.
Monxrca, 1C, - - - EvrxixG, 7
Mormkg Sermox : Palm Sunday.
1, eni'0 Sermok : Christ in the Temple.
O. W. MARRIOTT, D. IX, Pantor.
SgrAxD now the Wayne Co. Herald is
after Congressman Storm, al la Easton
Sentinel, for his vote on the National Ed a
cation bilL The Herald copies the Con
grcssman's letter, aud then, adopting the
Sentinel's language, expresses itself still not
satisfied with the explanation. We stick to
our advice. Write no more letters, Mr. Con
pressman. The "Lo's" of the party are get
ting terribly anxious to play "Much Big In
gin" with you, and they will scalp you, sure
as a gun unless you are careful to lay low and
".sauk nix."
SST-WhicH is right ? The Easton Sentinel
last week denounced the N. Y. World, be
cause it advocated the caving policy of the
Belmont clan of Democratic politicians. The
Wayne Co. Herald of last week commends the
Worli, because of its steady adhcrance to
the policy and usage of the Democratic fath
crs in the good old days "Ling syne." Now
who is going to decide which is which and
which is tothcr, when these eminent Demo
cratic Doctors disagree. They certainly dont
agree on this point, much as thejr do agree
in the desire to lay our Congressman on the
shelf.
S3? Headquarters Republican State Cen
tral Committee of Pennsylvania-.
Philadelphia, Feb. 5, 1872.
In pursuance of the resolution of the Re
jtkmcan State Central Committee,
adopted at Ilarrisburg, Jan. IS, 1S72, a Hf.
rrBLicAN State Convention, composed of
Delegates from each Senatorial and Repre
sentative District, in the number to which
such District is entitled iu the Legislature,
will meet in the Hall of the House of Repre
sentatives, at Ilarrisburg, at 12 o'clock, noon
on WEDNESDAY, the 10th day of April,
A. D. 1S72, to nominate candidates for Gov
ernor, JuJge of the Supreme Court, Auditor
General (should the Legislature provide for
the choice of one by the jeople), and an
Electoral Ticket ; and also to elect Senator
ial and Representative Delegates to repre
sent this State in the Republican National
Convention, to be hell at Philadelphia
June 5, 1S72. RUSSELL ERRETT,
Win. Elioitt,
D. F. Houston,
Ezra Lnkcns,
P. M. Lytle,
Chairman,
Secretaries.
The weather during the past week has
leen decidely winterish.
Tlie Delaware River has been frozen over
seven times during this winter.
,
Mr. Ilibbs, of the Luzerne Union has
mM out his interest to his partner, Mr,
Heard sloe and some other gentlemen.
Tlicre were 41,000 persons vaccinated
in Philadelphia last month, and it is said it
was not a good month for vaccinating either.
XVI II our removing subscribers please
give us the name of their place they move
from as well as the place they move to. We
want to send the Jeff, after them promptly.
Tlie names of the Township officers elec
ted throughout the County, on Friday last,
tecupy a large portion of this week's paper.
The elections passed off quietly.
Money. Loaned at short date, on good
security Ly, Peirson & Stillman,
East Stroudsburg,
March, 14-tf. Office opposite 11. R. Ik-pot
Gen. Chas. Albright was elected
lay Delegate to the General Conference, M.
11 Church which meets in May. This is a
very distinguished honor for our townsman.
Miuch ChunJc Coal Gazette.
Our Merchants, before ordering their
Spring stock from New York, should read
the advertisement of Eastman, Bigelow &
Dayton, in another column. Their stock is
one of the very best They import direct,
and offer every inducement to purchasers.
Yan Cott's new Hotel, the Lackawanna
House, opposite the Dept, East Strouds
burg, is in full tide of successful operation.
A friend who has sampled some of his
"wiares" intheluquidline, pronounces them
wholesome and refreshing, and says B. J.
evidently knows how to do it The Lacka
wanna House from its location, and the man
ner in which it is kept cannot but prove
popular.
Tlie new Methodist Preacher, Rev.
Graff, held his initiatory services in this
borough on Sabbath last His sermons were
tmusually able, and were preached with great
acceptatice to the large audiences who heard
them.
The Rev Mr. McConnell, former pastor
here held his iuitiatory services at Easton, to
which place he has removed on Sabbath last
In his acquisition the Eastonians will gain a
clever, social gentleman to their population
and a preacher of more than ordinary merit
lo their pulpit
List or Letters,
Remaining in the Post Office at Strouds
burg, Pa., 3Iarcb, 16, 1872, Persons inquir
ng for letters in- than list will please say
"advertised."
Bittenbender. Jacob Gough, Peter
Buss. Samuel D.
Kitchem, J. B.
Quick, Horace F.
Shafer, Phoebe
Fram pore, John
Craiuoer, Sarah E.
Clement Mr. E. K.
Eilbor, Charles F.
Evert, Barbara
M. A. LEE, P. M.
A FEMALE KXIGIIT.
The Scranton Knights or Pythias in a
Fix.
A young lady of Scrantons, ays the Titnes,
succeeded in getting herself made a Knight
in one f the lodges that has its head quar
ters in that city. She disguised herself as a
man, and was intiated without question,
After she had taken two or three degrees
her sex was discovered and the lodge found
itself in a very alarming muddle. The cere
monies wero very suddenly stopped, and the
authorities appleadcd to. Just what will be
done is not known, but as the lady is said to
be 3"oung and beautiful we should think she
would make a very acceptable Damon, but
of an entirely new kind to sonicbodys Pythias.
The affair has created a great deal of excite
ment among the Lodges.
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Rarnum, the great showman, has an
nounced his programme for the coming sea
son, and will reach Stroudsburg on his travels
throuehthc Country. The "Show," will
include the largest collections of rare animals,
and the best aecrobatic and equestrain talent
ever exhibited iu this country. Last season
the Press every wheic gave him the credit of
being the very Emperor of Showmen, and
he evidently means this season to eclipse all
his former efforts. In addition to Circus-
men of celebirty, his programme embraces a
riding goat, sea lions, a living giraffe and
four living Fijian Cannibals a woman aud
three men. We will give a description of
the latter in our next
The Pittsburg Daily "Gazette," comes
to our table lately greatly enlarged, and ar
rayed in a new dress throughout The
Gazette is now in the S7th year of its exis
tance, older than the Constitution of the
United States, and claims the honor of being
the first paper established on this continent
west of the Allegheny Mountains, and we are
pleased to note, in its general appearance
the evidence of its healthy financial condition.
It wields great influence in social and politi
cal circles, at home and abroad aud has a
well earned reputation for ability and coascien
tioness indeed in these respects it stands
second to no other daily journal in the Union
Parties desiring a Western paper, and no
public man should be without one, cannot do
better than subscribe for the Gazette. Ad
dress King, Reed Sc Co., Proprietors, Pitts
burgh, Pa.
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ms. ' fin
i ue ji. iu. vouiereiice. inc an
nual session of the Philadelphia M. II Con
ference began last week. The most impor
tant question touched upon was in reference
to the continuance of Presiding Elders.. After
a long and quite spirited debate, a resolution
was passed recommending the General Con
ference to lengthen the term of office to four
years, and not allow the incumbent to be re
appointed. Tlie Conference sustaied the re
port of the committee on Boundaries which
was adverse to contracting the limits. Tlie
following gentlemen were elected delegates to
the general Conference.
S. W. Thomas W. C. Robison, W. II
Elliott, J. P. Durbin, J. B. McCollough, W.
Cooper.
Eoston J. S. J. McConnell.
South Easton G. L. Shafer.
Penagril and Delpsburg J. Richards,
Richmond W. L. McDowell.
Mt Bethel E. L. Martin.
Del. Water Gap R. C. Wood.
Stroudsburg G. W. F. Graff, D. Young.
Cherry Valley F. F. Brady.
Tannersvillc J. Pastorfield.
Monroe -T. W. McClary.
Tobyhauna S. It. Gillingham.
For the Jeflersouian.
Mr. Ewtor : For the first time in the his
tory of Paradise township, Korner School Dis
trict, have we had the pleasure of listening to
a more entertaining anniversary and a profita
ble exhibition, than we did Tuesday evening
the 12th ult The School under the charge of
Mr. A. Fowler Eckert, gave this Exhibi
tion. The singing and speaking were good,
also the representation of the Soldiers Family
which I have never saw any thing to excel it,
got up by a Common School. The characters
employed in this plar was Mr. Eckert the
Teacher, who represented a private in a Penn
eylvania Regiment, Miss Lizzie Wagner, ae his
wife, and Arthur Newhart and Miss Ella B.
Bowman, as their son and daughter. It was
in scene. The first scene, a neatly furnished
country room. Mrs. E. was seen sitting
alone, at twilight, singing, to the tune of "Flow
gentle sweet aftoon :"
UI sit here alone in the twilight so gray
And think of mr husband in Camp far war.
My work through the day keeps me checjful
and bright
But the heart-ache returns with the stillness of
night"
Ac when entered Arthur and Ella, as though
they came from school, singing to the tune of
"Marching along
Our lessons are ended, we've come to stay,
We've got a vacation, a week and a day.
Thanksgiving is coming and soon 'twill be
here,
The jollieft day of the whole of the year,
cnoitrs :
Good by to School we are ready for fun,
Good buy to teacher, to every one,
Hurrah for vacation, for home and for play,
Hurrah for tlie goodies of thanksgiving day.
This is only a short sketch of it, and all the
other scenes were as good.
Great credit is due to Mr. E. and his pupils,
in their untiring efforts in making this a No. 1
Exhibition. Mr. E. is a practical teacher.
He goes to Highland, Uulster Co. N. Y., to
take charge of their School, this summer.
JAMES WILSON, Jr.
A friend of Edncation.
The begging buisness is unusally brisk
in New York city.
St. Louis claims so increase of 40.000
in population since the last ceosos.
An Illinois farmer has just finished his
huskiog. He had only 450,000 bushels
of coru.
Mr. C D. Brigham, of Pittsbare, de-
cliues the position of Auditor-General.
which was recently tendered bin by
Governor Geary.
Borough and Township Officer
We give below the names of the persons
elected to fill the several offices in the respec
tive Boroughs and Townships, in this Coun
ty, named. The elections passed off quiet
ly. Stroudburrr-Che Burgess, John N.
Stokes ; Town Council, Wui. Wallace, Ger
shoui Hull, Jacob Shafer, Linford Marsh,
Wui. Flory, J. II. Conner; School Directors,
G. W. Jackson, John McCarty, C. S. Dct
rick; Judge, Wm. Clements; Inspectors, J.
Keener, J. K. Shafer ; Constable, Wm. E.
Kiefer ; Overseers of Poor, P. H. Robeson,
Reulien Thomas ; Assessor, Olis B. Gordon ;
Auditor, C. R. Andre ; J ustitc of the Peace
II. S. Wagner.
East Stroudsburff Chief Burgees, Robert
Brown; Council, Geo. L. Walker, John
Burt, Jacob L. Rhodes, John Krcsge, Jr.,
Samuel P. Smith, Peter Empy ; School Dir
ectors Harrison Wyckoff, Wislon Bash,
Michael Ransberry ; Judge, Henry De trick;
Inspector, John A. Gross, Jas. B. Morgan ;
Constable, Philip RockafeJlow ; Overseers of
Poor, Abr. Rockafellow, Jas. Young, John
Yetter, tie; Auditor, Wilson Pierson; Asses
sor, Harrison Wyckoff ; Clerk, John Gish.
Stroud Toicnship Constable, Win. Mos-
telller; Supervisors, Geo. Bush, Geo. Brew
er, Geo. Phillips ; Overseers of Poor, J&bez
Ancle, Charles Swink; School Directors
Jacob Miller, Wm. Fine; Auditor John W.
Van vliet ; Assessor, John S. Van vliet; In
spector, Mathias Shafer, Wm. J. Price;
Judge, David Eckert; Clerk, Jos. Huston.
Barrett Toicnship Judge, E. II. Heller ;
Inspector, C. W. Depue ; Assessor, J. .
Stright; Overseers of Poor, Ely Utt, S. M.
Edwards; School Directors, Elu-ha Dunbar,
Joseph Brown; Constable, J. A. Dunning;
Supervisors, L W. Sutton, J. M. Wagner;
Auditor, E. F. Palen; Clerk J. P. Zabriskie.
Place for holding elections, Adam Al berets.
Smithjield Supervisors, Theodore Brotz-
man, John Hoffman, Hiram BushBenj. V.
Bush ; Auditor, I. R. Transuc; School Di
rectors, P. M. Eilenberger, Aaron Smith;
Town Clerk, Frank Bell ; Assessor Charles
Christian ; Overseers of the Poor, George
Kintucr, Mekhoir Heller ; Constable, James
G. Kintner ; Judge, Michael Shellenberger,
Inspectors, J. I. Bird, Jacob Kober; Jus
tice of the Peace, Ben. V. Bush.
Independent School District School Di
ecctors, Cyrus Vcnauken, Daniel Clark.
JvcJcson. Toicnship Constable, Jas Rein
hart; Judge, Jerome Heller; Auditor, Adam
A. Singer; Supervisors, Thomas Frantz,
Michael Heller; Joseph P. Smith; School
Directors, Ezra Marvin, Abrm Ousterhout ;
Town Clerk, George Setter, Inspectors, Hen
ry Septroth, J W Singer; Overseers of the
Poor, George W Singer, Linford Shook.
Coolbaugh Township Supervisors, Jas.
Wahdi, C W Transuc ; Constable, I S De
Rcmmel; School Directors, John NTccts,
Edward Black ; Overseers of the Poor, J S
Case, A. Nipcrt ; Town Clerk, A Sebring ;
Assessor, Daniel McCarty; Judge, C W
Transue ; Inspectors, S W Coffey, Jerome
Bender; Auditors, Charles Bush, T S Brit
tain. Polk Constable, Jacob Serfass; Super
visors, kelson Serfass, Lewis Switzgable;
Overseers of the Poor, Harrison W Doll,
Levi Smith ; Inspectors, Reuben Everitt,
Jacob Kunkel ; Judge, John Dorshinicr ;
Auditor, Jacob Boycr; School Directors,
Nathaniel Serfassj Wm Gregory; Assessor,
Peter S Hawk.
Ross Justice of the Peace, Peter Gruvcr;
Supervisors, Henry Altemus, Chas L Frantz;
Inspectors, John Repsher, Levi Buskirk;
Assessor, Daniel Andrew; Constable, Adam
Correll; Judge, John Andrew; Overseers of
the Poor, Levi Buskirk, Enoch V Buskirk ;
Town Clerk, Samuel Lessig ; School Direc
tors, Philip Kernel, LcviNewhart; Auditor,
Jjcvi iNewhart
ChestnuthUl Constable, Kindarus Shupp;
Judge, Lafayette Everitt; Supervisors, Ed
ward Everitt, C II Haney, Joseph Kresgc,
Frederick Siglin; School Directors, Timothy
Kresge, Joseph Brong; Overseers of the
Poor, Charles Sensenbach, William Serfass;
Assessor, J E Hoodniacher; Inspectors, Ti
mothy Everitt, John J Green; Auditor, Abel
Storm.
Hamilton Constable, Wm McXeal ; Su
pervisors, Jacob Houck, Wm Fleming, Hen
ry Fenncr, Euos Paul; Justice of the Peace,
A B Shafer; School Directors, Joseph Kctn-
merer, F E Wolf ; Overseers of the Poor,
oseph Fabel Jonathan Fcthenuan; Assessor,
Peter Kunkel: Auditor, Joseph Bitten -
bender, Judge, Charles Yinger, Inspectors,
George Snyder, John S Hufford ; Town
Clerk, Jacob II Fetherman.
M. Smithjield Constable, Amri Vanau
ken; Supervisors, Barney Decker, Samuel
D Pipher, School Directors, Levi Hoffman,
Martin Place; Assessor, Philip Depue; Town
Clerk, John M Eilenberger; Auditors, Wm
Vanwhy, John II Decker; Overseers of the
Poor, Daniel Custard, M II Dimmick; Judge,
Benj II Strunk ; Inspectors, E W Miller,
Milo Overfield.
Paradise Supervisors, Barnet Metzgar,
Wm Coffman; Auditor, M S Bush; Consta
ble, Jas Wdson, Jr; Assessor, James Hel
ler ; Town Cleek, Wm C Heller ; O veneers
of the Poor, James Henry, Henry Heller;
InsiKJCtors, George Wagner, Robert Dailey ;
J udge Robert Eaton; School Directors, Wm
Storm, George It Smith, John Transue. "
Pocono J udge, Samuel Storm ; Inspec
tors, Thomas Sebring, David Learn; Super
visors, John Gruver, George Wass ; School
Directors, Joshua Sebring, John Butz, tie,
Thomas Shively, tie; Overseers of the Poor,
Nathaniel Storm, Joshua Sebring ; Consta
ble, Thomas E Shively ; Town Clerk, Simon
Labar ; Auditor, Jacob Learn; Assessor,
Win Transue.
Tunlchannock Justice of the Peace, Pe
ter Merwine, Joseph Norton : Constable.
George L Altemose; Judge, Geo. Altemose,
Inspectors, Thomas Altemose, Aaron Bon
ser; Supervisors, Levi Kneeht, Jas. Kres
ge; School Directors, Geoge Altemose, Ma
thias Guy; Town Clerk, Win. II. Kecnbolds
Au3ilow, Jacob K Altctnosi", Tl'fty Alte
mose; Assessor, Henry Keenbold; Overseers
of the Poor, Jacob E Altemose, George L
Altemose.
Fricc -Supervisors, Perry Price, Leonard
Lcssoine; Inspectors, Josiah B. Snow, Wm II
Detrick: Auditor. Jacob Miller. Jeremiah Pos-
ten; Judge Isaac Peters; Overseers of the Poor,
Leonard Lcssoine, Perry Price; Constable .Lew
is Lcssoin; Assessor, John L Brush; School Di
rectors, J no L Brush, Jeremiah Posten; Town
Clerk, Samuel Posten.
Eldrtd Justice of the Peace, Anthony II
Bercee ; Constable. John J Frable: Judge, Le
viEngler; Assessor. John M Frantz; Inspec
tors, Paul Berger, Jacob Frantz, sr. ; Supervi
sors, Edward Frantz, Edward Smith; School
Directors, Anthony Frantz, David Correll; Au
ditor, P P Shafer; Overseers of the Toor, John
Frantz, Daniel Borger; Town Clerk, Nelson
Hefllefinger.
Tobyhanna Constable, William Bonser; So
pervisora, Jonas Hay, Henry Wildrich, Jonas
Eschenbach ; Judge, William Adams ; School
Directors, Jacob Blakeslee, Wm Shiifcr, John
Roads; Overseers of the Poor. Samnel G Esch
enbach. William Bonser; Inspectors, Benjamin
Eschenbach, William Bonser; Assessor, Jonas
Christman; Towd Clerk, Jonas Christman;
Auditor, Jacob Blakeslee.
Delaware Water Gap, March 9th, 1S72.
To the W. C. T. officers and members of Del
aware Water Gap Lodge, No. 943 1. 0. of G. T.
Your Committee appointed to draft Resolu
tions on the death of our late Brother, A. B.
Burrell, would respectfully offer the following
WniREAS, It has pleased the father of mer
cies in his wise Providence to remove from us
by the hand of death our honored and beloved,
L. D, brother A. B. Burrell, a charter member
of our lodge, and the first L. D. which office he
held at the time of his death, and
Whereas, It is becoming us as Good Tera
plan to express in an appropriate manner our
high appreciation of his worth, and ourestima
tion of the valuable services rendered to the
order, that he has been with so long and effi
ciently, both as an officer and brother, there
fore, be it
Resolved, That in the death ef L. Dn A. B,
Burrell, Del. Water Gap Lodge has lost one of
its best and truest members, and we sincerly
mourn his loss, concious that one of our best
and most upright has fallen, and that we have
beeen deprived of the services of a most efS
cient member and officer.
Resolved, That his exemplary life in the strict
honesty of his transactions with his Mlow man,
in his sober and temperate habits, in his devo
tion to the cause of temperance, in his strict re
gard for truth, in his noble and unselfish love
for all that was good and true, in his purity of
conduct and his fidelity to principle, we recog
nize the true templar and faithful exponent of
our creed and principles.
Revolved, That while we mourn our irrepara
ble loss, and bow to the will of his who doeth
all things well, we tender our heartfelt sympa
thies to the bereaved family, and condole with
them in the loss of a time and devoted husband,
a kind and affectionate father, a true christian
a zealous worker in the cause of Christ, an effi
cient and able co-worker in the cause of tem
perance and a useful member of society.
Resolved, That the death of our brother ad
monishes ns so to live, that when we are sum
moncd from our labors here to pursue the re
maimng stage of our journey, we may be found
fully tried, approved and selected and prepared
to appear before the great chief in that Lodge
and building not made with hands, eternal in
the Heavens.
We canot tell who next may fall,
Beneath the Chastening rod ;
One must be first, but let us all,
Prepare to meet our God.
Resolved, That while we mourn a member
taken from our eirthly Lodge, the teachings of
our order, based upon the teachings of the bible,
encourage us to follow our brothers example in
toiling for the right, looking for a re-union with
him when the conquered grave shall give up
its dead and immortality shall sieze our glori
fied humanity, when, throned above the power
of time and chance and change we shall read
inscribed upon the glittering dome of our
Heavenly Temple, these immortal words, we
shall never die.
Resolved, That as a token of respect to our
deceased brother, the charter of our Lodge be
draped in mourning for sixty day?
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be
entered on our journal and also sent to the
Widow of the deceased ; and to the 2'emperance
Gazette, Monroe Democrat and The Jefferson
iak for publication. Rep'ly Submitted in F.
II. & C.
R. S. Demcxd,
J acob Kennedy, Committee
JosEni Snypek
LENTEN
WEEKLY E v EMG LECTURES
(Commencing at 7 o'clock in)
ST. JOHN'S
EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH.
Date
Subject.
March
" 15th Leprosy
4 20th The Brazen Sernent
4 22d Barabbaa preferred
oui I'eters fall, teari and penitence
4 26th Jesus' nrocresa towards nH nv.
era in the Garden of Gethsemane
27th The Traitor's kiss and the Traitor's
End
4 28th Jesus before Caiaphas
jym iiooa rnaay iu o'clock a. m.)
Jesus guilty of death
' " (Evening) The weeping and wonder
inc IMrintt-a
' 30th The new Sepulcre and it's Occu
pant
.
Two colored jouths at Wallingford,
Conn., hunted raccoons the other day
One climbed the tree and stirred un th
"animals" and the other blazed awaj from
oeiow. lhej got four coons, and the as.
piring youth carried home forty five iron.
shot in Lis leg as his part of the spoils.
Horse raisers aar that a few carrots
given dail to a horse will render his coat
beautifully sleek tod glossj.
Good workmen throughout Germany
do not averaga aa wages over three dollars
a week.
rtflt tindersigned begs leave to inform'fif
Citizens of Monroe county and vicinity, that
he lias disposed of his entire interest in the
Real Estate business, to his late partner,
Wilson Peirson, for whom he solicits a con
tinuance of the patronage so liberally bestow
ed on biin heretofore.
dec 14, '71-tf.J. GEO. L. WALKER.
The undersigned beg leave to inform the
citizens of Monroe county and vicinity, that
they have entcrad into co-partnership, for
the purpose of buying and selling
IlEAI ESTATE,
as successors to the late firm of Geo. L.
Walker & Co., and respectfully solict the
continuance of the patronage extended to the
former firm.
WILSON PEIRSON,
dec 14, 71-tf. THOS. STILLMAN,
The Wool crop of California last year
was 24.2 iG.'JDd pounds, an increase of
nearly 5.000,000 pounds over the pro
duct of the previous year. This year's
crop is expected to be still larger, and
ol superior quality.
The Rhode Island Republican Convcn
tion met on Thursday, and renominated
Seth Padelford for Governor, and Papdon
W. Stevens for Lieutenant Governor.
Resolutions were adopted favoring the
nomination of Grant aud Colux. Dele
gates were elected to the National Con
vention at Philadelphia. General Burn
side heading the list.
The control of the Union Pacific Rail
road has passed from the Pennsylvania
Central to the iew lork Central inter
est. Commodore Vaoderbelt's son in law
having been rcceutly elected President.
The impression seems to be that the
Pennsylvania is well rid of the road, which
has been anything but a pleasant thing
to have on hand during the past winter
The Pennsylvania Ceutial still controls
the Northern Pacific, the Kansas Pacific
and the Texas Pacific, aud is therefore
not likely to be short of a route across
the continent.
The Senatorial Committee formed to
investigate and decide the McClurc Gray
contested election case held several meet
ings in Philadelphia last week. Nura
erous witnesses were . examined, mostly
from the Nineteenth ward, from the 20th
division of which the return was 1U0 for
Gray and 35 for McClure. Eighty five per
sons were produced who testified that they
had voted lor McClure in that division
Witnesses were called from other divi
sioos of the ward to show repeatiug, false
counting and personation of voters. So
far the case looks as il McClure would be
able to make a pretty good show. He ha
about 800 majority to overcome, the time
is limited, and the other 6idc has yet to
be heard. Let justice be done m thi
matter, whoever suffers.
The production and manufacture
cotton dur'mg 1871 appears to have been
remarkably profitable to the trade as well
as to the producer. During that year
the crop of 1870 was marketed, realizing
an aggregate of $253,000,000. The re
duction of the crop of 1871 estimated
by the Agricultural Department as 1,
000,000 bales short of 1870 caused a
rise in prices above the avcrge of recent
years, yielding profit to every class of
operators connected wi;h it. The fluc
tuations of 1871 afforded an attractive
field for speculation. The falling prices
of 1870 were a source of profit to niaou
facturers, as it extended the supply of
raw material beyond the power ol the
spinners to work up. The course of
prices in the spring and summer of 1871
became an advancing ouer both in raw
material and in fabrics a singulr
anomaly, which still further disappointed
the auguries based upon it by working
no disaster.
TnE Hon. Thomas Fitch, in the Dc
scret Territiorial Convention, in his argu
ment against polygamy, disposed of the
patriarchal precedent iu the following
neat way : "If Abraham had lived on the
line of the overland road in the afternoon
of the nineteenth century, if Isaac had
been surrounded by forty millions of
mouogamous Yankees, if Jacob had nsso
ciated with miners and been jostled by
speculators; there would, I apprehend,
have been a different order of social life
in Palestine." Mr. Fitch also told the
Mormons that the Americm people were
not only desirous of eradicating polygamy,
but that they were quite able to eradicate
it. 44 You Mormons," he said, "may de
lay the issue, but you cannot evade it. If
you stick to polygamy, you will show
yourselves to be neither philosophers nor
philanthropists." This noble dose of
capital common sense ought to have a
good effect upon the patriarchs, and pro
bably will operate beneficially ; for what
ever else they may be, the Mormon lead
erg ara not fools. - ; :
The nineteenth annual report of the
Pennsylvania Training School for Feeble
minded Children, just issued, informs us
that there are now 185 inmates, mostly
from this Statoand New Jersey. Thirty
nine patients were, discharged iu an im
proved condition during the last year.
The yearly receipts and expenditures are
about $53,000. The superintendent esti
mates that there are 3,500 idiotic and
feeble minded persons in the State, of
whom 2,223 belong to families unable to
support them separately and uuwilling to
send them to tho almshouse. ; About 450
of these may be improved ; while if they
are not trained they grow worse. They
should therefore be cared for. General
benevolence is asked for a still weaker
class, who are burdens oo poor relatives.
Evidence of beuefit is giveu, and there is
such description of the school and its
general features as will enable every one
to see how it is conduoie 1. Dr. Alford
L. Elwyn is President, and Dr. Isaac N.
Kerliu is superintendent of the Iustitu
tion, which is situated near Media, in
Delaware county. It receives an annual
appropriation from the State, hutia main
Ij depeodeut upon private liberality..
Twenty thousand women if s4 a !?
a Switzerland by working i$ the
fWofres". ' cl1
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A Missis? pftper' (ell-a very rtfre,i,
ing story of a joaVg lady who, on TA'
uating from school, went home hirj
few colored laborers, aud went to f
ing. The result 6f the first season',".1!'
perimeot was six hundred bushpl.p.
a large quantity of potatoes, and lr,l
realized Irom the sale of cotton .r.vJ
expenses
of the year were paid.
On Thursday last the Governor. ,
the bill forbidding the sale of 8piritft
liquors on election days. The law t
went into effect before the township
borough elections last Friday, fcnj .?
tact was not very wideJy known and if
probable that its provisions wer
generally observed.
Lancaster, March 12. Amn, ti.'V
dersou uod Johu Strohn have been e!
ed delegates to the National RcpubliS"
vonvenuon. j.ne voie ot instructions t 1
the delegates is as follows : For V,
dent Grant, 4,523 ; Greeley, 3 15.
Vice President, Colfax, 4(50$ ; Wilson
ZVi(t; Uennisou, U'J. Lancaster couou
is the only district in tho State where tdg
sense of the Republican party will be tut
en uy a airect vote.
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A horrible murder was committed Dear
Day ton, Ohio, Saturday night. jjJrv
Marjoardt, aged about thirty five,' tt)
ihrec-ehildren, a?ed respectively sir ai
eight years and six months, are supposed
to have bceu killed by the husband
Leonard Margunnlt, who is now in jail
The woman was apparently stranded !
t ne two eiuer cnuuren were found 09
the band of a creek some distance from
the house, drowned, aud ihc ioWal
was crushed.
Dr. Prime, io his "travels in .Tapno"
says : "Passing through a street and e'e.
iug some forty or fifty coj.pers han.
on so many nails at the front of a c-
(the copper coin has a hole in the ceil,
tre), I inquired what they were for, al
was tuld that they were placed there r
the shopkeeper to save time and trouble
in answering the calls of the mendicant..
When one came along he siniplj took
copper and passed on, never abusing the
charity of the shopkeeper by takjn tiro."
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Carbon County Court. ' l
The Special Act, passed the Legisla
ture and Senate, has been signed by the
Governor and has therefore become a lar,
which fixes the times for holding Court
in Carbon county hereafter as follow.:
On the Crd Mouday in June, 4th Mon
day in October, Crd Monday in Jaonar?
and the 4th 3Iomlay in 31arch. Tlui
will bring the next Court on Monday,
June 17th, 1872.
Another Abortion Case.
Ogdexsbuugii, X. Y, March 18. A
young woman named Maria Shea, agci
about J.- ir 24 ycirs, who came hetefroa
tagiirniies City, W arreu Ctuniy. I'cnn
on Thursday last, died at 15 o'clock Jhs
morning, the result of an attempt to rr
duce an abortion. She is represented as
very handsome, dark hair, and medics
s:ze A post mortem examination reveal
ed her condition and the cause of her
death. The Coroner is holding an iu-
(jurst, and the body will be kept f r
identification by uer Ineuds. The orera
tion to produce abortion was pcrformel io
this city.
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Lafayette College Abroad.
The London Athenaeum, one of tlie
leading critical reviews in England, pro
nounces the Atigli Saxon Cranium of
Prof. March, of Lafayette College, ''an
invaluable work for the comparand
philologist," aud futther compliment?
the College by remarking that "the studies
of a philological character carrieJ oq it
this' comparatively small American iciti
tution. are not surpassed in thoroughnc
by those which we arc necusoined to as
sociate with the German Universities."
The Rritish Quarterly, in a review ol the.4
philological studies in the Curriculum!
Lafayette, declares that 'no where else
the subject treated with equal competent
and success." Easton Express.
Catholicism is undergoing very 0M7
severe tests and novel restraints at preseui
in Europe. First, we have the exile cf
the Pope, the poor heart heavy and UiiuJ
weary old man, gathering his jewcls anl
his playthings, preparatory to going id1''
exile. If there is anything to excite ones
pity it is that of the suffering of an un
sophisticated old man, suddenly deprive
of his darlings, as has been the case with
Pius. Next we have the Emperor
Austria exhibiting his resentinient agaic'
the OId Catholic party," by refusing'1
recognition where it has heretofore l"1
potential. Mother church has not dur
ing the long centuries received heavier
blows than these, and the difficulty a A
is in uo condition to cope with her
niies or resent, her injuries.
Everything connected with hang-0?
being interesting, we may mention w:t
a jstory .is published in The MX''
(Kansas) Herald, the purport of c
is that a murderer being hung in
neighborhood, was dug up and brousj'"
lo life by ihe doctors, assisted 1 1
galvanio battery. The resuscitated
tleman gives the following descnpU100
the sensations attendant upon strangB
tion : .
"Hanging is rather pleasant than other
wise ; for, after the first spasmodic strf
gle for breath, a deligtful tickling
tion followed my veins to the tips of .
limbs Coosiousuess seemed to lose.
very gradually, and for a time a
of the bsaio seemed to retain its 'tal)
The happiest moment of a lifetiaJ
ceutered ia adream at that instant f1'
hat moment until' I found myself J"
hands of science I knew nothing
I . The Herald promises "further dXT
menta next week," but it had bett.ejjllj
well enough alone. It cannot be' J
"delightful . tickling sensation' d ?
"happiest momeut of a lifetime.