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THURSDAY, HAY SO, 1872.
LUTHESA3T CIHTCCH.
Liturgical Services next Sunday.
Morxixg, 10, ... Evening, 7.
Monxixa Sermon: IYay without ceasing.
Evening Sermon : Life in Christ.
. ' ' G. W. MARRIOTT, D. D., Tastor.
. aT" The Democracy held their annual
pow vow, at the Court House on Monday
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ley, but asseverated as roundly, as did the
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ivuo "'"w
puuiiu .li-uiui-iuiiu corii, aim (jurying uiciri
life long friend and supporter, Greely, in it,
expressed a perfect readiness to swollaw the
whole dose, if the crand Sanhedrim at Haiti -
more said they should. Our reporter failed
, to be on hand to take notes for a morn, ntrn-
ded notice
Oirr Schools. There have been rather
unusiai exertions made by the present board
' of School Directors in this Borough during
the last year to raise the character of our
schools, and the result is most gratifying not
only to them but to the people generally.
A recent examination of the Teachers re
ports discloses the following very satisfactory
facts, in relation to the schools in the Aca
demy.
There are one hundred and twenty-six
children in attendance, at the present time,
which, is a larger number than there was in
the winter, showing very conclusively that
the parents desire, and appreciate having a
longer school term than they have had here
tnfi irr
The regularity of attendance also shows
this, as well as that the childrcu under their
present teachers, have become interested iu
li.ilr tn.liiic on.l irn lnin. oil 1,a t
.wv.uv u"'uo wu 10
improve tuemselves.
Ti,,onwi-f.u..i, ii n
lunuii nit idL'w; tjujwiu iiiu liililU 111 -
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create in the per ccnta -oof attendance Jur-
in. rl, t th Wi-, .i,..
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gratifying to the Directors, and must be
equally so to the scholars, their parents and
the teachers.
Per ccntage of attendance.
U2
C
o
o
9
B. F. Morey, C7
J. II. Bush, C5
A. Cro.ss, 73
76
C7
78
S4
C9
79
So
C2
74
SO
75
79
92
70
83
91
By this table it will be seen that during
the month of September when the school
first commenced the per ccntage of attend-
ance in Mr. Morey s room was only C7, and
.v i. v...j nuui uiuuiu io
T I f ! 1 Till (Inniiw I JiA li c I .1 . . . . I. .1, - A. . I
, 'l.,l no a:k : 11-1
vii"o iin. luuuiu iu ni icrtu 1
u .u.u.t u.u h au uausuaiijr arge ai-
ivuuauix.
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In the other rooms the increase in the rer
wutautuudUL-u was nut so great pro-
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laiy owing to the lact that the scholars are
bmaller and consequently it is more difficult
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uj interest mem in ineir sruaies.
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1 he closing of most of the private schools
in town is a tribute to the ability of the
i'icis iu iuu puuno scuojis ana renaers u
imperatively necesiry that the Directors
should continue to select the very best teach
ers that can be found to fill those positions,
as well as to increase the school term to ten
months if possible.
The satisfactory results of the winter term
inJuccd the Directors to make arrangements
with the teachers for a term of 3 mouths in
the summer, makinrr in all 9 month -hnrl
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in debt to do this, they feel that the charac-
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ter of the schools justified them, and the satis-
faction it has given to parents and children
to indicate the approval by the people"
ol the course they have taken.
There is no reason why Stroudsburg should
not have as good public schools as other
towns, of the same size in other parts of the
state.
The children need them, and the parents
want them and are able to support them.
There is no cheat h.t system for parents to
educate their children than the public school
system, and if they are properly managed
public schools are just as desirable as private
ones.
T.. r.w7... r ... nr
o.u uiuti jui uui Bcuuoi, puuiic or private,
to bo Successful. taclifr islinnll 1ti,- iVio
co-ODeration of thfi mrpf Tl. rn.nJ
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thould ace that the children goto school
cverj- day in the week, and that they are
there in time.
It is not possible for a child to become
interested in his studies and keep up with
his classes, unless he is always there and al
ways on time.
This is a duty which belongs to the par
ents, aud one which is often sadly neglected
by them.
Let parents remember that it is not the
teacher s business to compel the attendance
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ol the children aud they will less frequently
b amc the teachers fur want of nrn ftn
the part of their children in their studies.
From Cold SpriDg, Cape May county,
New Jersey, comes a story of the discov-
cry of 0 chest containing 530,000, on the
Dick Thompson farm, near Fishing Creek.
iwo men, one ot whom bears the name
ot Uarretson, were digging ditches on the
ami. Which IS nnw nvnirl h vr f . o rrafcAn I
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when they hauled un the mnnpv
mm ' f . , y
The coin, they say, is so old
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scarcely possible for them to tell the ex
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act value of the pieces, but the larger
part is gold, the coins being about the
eize of ?20 gold pieces. It is said, fur
thermore, that Captain Kidd's name was
found imprinted on the chest. There
has been a periodical excitement in the
place lor the last forty years, aud this re
port has caused a sensation that iu af
fected the country for miles around.
TIio Street sprinkler is death oh dust
hereabouts. Joe knows exactly how to do
it.
Every thing at Rusters is warranted to
be as recommended or no sale.
The handsomest girl in town receives her
tetters in Dolly Varden envelopes. ' Sun
flowers and hoWyhau-Jcs, but aint they gay.
If you want to see the latest etyle of
spring goods, go to Simon Fried's.
Jiulgc TSsoop paid a visit to his old
time Honesdale friends, a few days ago,
when a good time was had, as a matter of
course.
Go to Simon Fried's for trunks and
valices.
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kept on hand fresh ground during the season
n on o i v o irrprnrD
Prices at Rusters are in accordance with
the times, low, low down
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11 c stock. 01 carPet5, 0lJ cloths, window
snaUcs and billow-ware at Lcc&os (where
mav a,s0 luncI the largest assortment of
Furniture in Monroe county) is unsurnassed.
Call and see. faDril 11 1872-lui
Co to Simon Fried's for hats and caps.
AH parties, Churches and Sunday schools
in want of good Organs, are invited to call
at J. G. Keller's store, or send for descriptive
catalogue. Address
J. Y. SIGAFUS;
May 9, IST-Mf. Stroudsburg, Fa.
In ready made clothing, whether in city
or country, Buster s stock cannot be beaten
Wc have had most delightful weather in
this neighborhood, for a week past, and the
crops Logan to show the effects of it. . A de-
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TSiereisnochartrpfnrKhnu-ina-irrwIafvf
Rustcrs. neither are there cros lnnts if vnn
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uo noi duv.
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nual rustication has already commenced, and.
Jin conseouencc our boarding hn.,s L-non.ro
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?ason promises to be a snccesslul one all
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aruuuu uiau 01 1C-
Army of the Republic, will hold an encamp
ment on the Gettysburg battle field, on the
2d, 3d, and 4 th days of July, under com
mand of Gen. Mead.
Go to Simon Fried's for shirts and Urn-
1 t v
orciias.
The street passenger Rail-way car is well
crowded with passengers these days, and the
freight car literally loaded down with thines
laiaun.-j-ijuuAJuic, auii uareaoie ior meir
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li. cu it Kuva always an eternal ntness 1
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imugs.
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. ? . r h to purehapcl
a new srvie iiat. iiisstwtnimmrMo 1
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IVIifle ITatanf. tl,Ar.ml..,.ir1 aM
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bednninff to make thpir annpamnrv n
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Kfiwt.s Um- snor fn Uikn :(u
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the Democracy more especially Thev will
be laid aside after the November election,
in
disgust.
Go to Simon Fried's for neck ties and
collars.
T&'Itile Barney Boeck, was working in
the saw mill, for Mr. Abraham Rinehart, at
Uakland, on inday, the 17th inst, a portion
of his left hand was caught in the saw, and
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his thumb so badly lacerated that atnputa
tion wa3 deemed necessary I)r Hon V
tion wa3 deemed necessary
Jackson did the job for him
7W " JO? IOr,mm m,St kmuU
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"" getting on3 ely.
Uusfcr has the finest dirlav ofGnnrl
ever brought to s!rnMM ,r!
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Religious Police. The celebration
of the Sacrament of the Lord's sunnor. hvl
tbe Reformed congregation at Brodheads-
villc. Rev. D. E. SchfPdW. nsfnr b,l
postponed till Sunday, June 2d. It is expec-
iv4 maw avuv. v. i. ix. judos. Ol Wiicntown.
.. i tf TlTV ll Oil,
will be present on this occasion. A colW
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tion for missionary purposes will be taken up
All are welcome.
Go to Simon Fried's for a nice fitting
SUIC
tniione call the attention of
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lcauLI3 my wiwwng iorsomesaie
and remunerate place to invest their surplus
funds, to the advertisement in another col
umn of the first ..mortgage land grant gold
bonds of the Northern Pacific Railroad Com-
pany. r ew, u any, securities have ever been
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Tlaced u Don the market, which Wo nn
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hort a time become so jopular among the
leading ami most prudent investors of our
posit Of their mnnpv. Khm,M ill of
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s . ank or Mo""00 County Bank,
ffc . "on, 01 whom all nccssary
miuiuiauou may do naa.
Ifall who design purchasing fronds raft on
Raster they will make money both in
quality and price of goods purchased.
Ilome and Health for June is ho-
fore us. and i r-Prt,ml, i..i
ber. K0 othpr lllfl(y- n x.-TX
. C""" duiiiu.wsH IU UP
quality ot its literature, while it iirni 11
. J . . .IU'L HIUie " surpasses all
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others 01 its size in the nnmU
and variotv
of its articles, and in its adaptation to all the
wants of the family. Its departments of
Health, Culture and Homo V.
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Humorous Incidents and Current Kvdhts
make it the most valuable and
valuable and cheats r
family magazine published in the country.-
Order it from the Newsdealei,, or send di-
rect to Do Pay, Lyon & Co., No. 52 Fourth
Avenue, ew lork. Single copies 15 cents ;
$1.50 per annum.
On Saturday List the boys at the Tanite
works were presented with a keg of Beer and
a box of Cigars. They desire us to return
thanks to the generous doners, and to assure
them that a good time was had oyer the
present - ' ; -
UScCarty's new furniture store at East
Stroudsburg, is in full blast. Every thing in
his varied line is kept on sale, and the rush
of customers abundantly proves the wisdom
of the move. , McCarty's energy and enter
prise is autiring, and the best of all is, that
it pays.
On the 17th inst. Cre was discovered in
the woods, nearC. U. Warnick's place, about
two miles from town, which continued
through the 18th. The hands working at
the Tanite Company's works, turned out cn
masse, and aided the neighbors, gathered
around, in putting it out. 'While they were
fighting the fire in the woods, some one an
nounced that the barn was on fire.
On
examination this was found to be correct,
and that tho fire was in the barn cellar.
How it originated is a mystery, as all , the
doors ond windows of the building had been
closed all day. Tho fire was put out, how
ever, and the barn was saved.
Camp Meeting. A Camp Meeting
will be held (D. X.) by Tannersville and
CI lorry Valley Circuits, in Joseph Ilinkle's
woods, commencing on the 15th, and closing
on the 27th of August
Ministers and people of adjacent charges
are cordially and earnestly invited to attend,
and if possible tent with us.
Peter S. Edinger, Jacob Edinger,
Joshua Sebring, Barnet Kresgc,
Andrew J. Detrick, Amos Rouse.
Committee.
J. Pastorfeld, I
F. M. Brady,
Pastors,
P. S. TO LET Boarding tent and Iles-
turant. Apply to Peter S. Edinger, Bar-
w aujus
Bouse, Snydersville, Monroe county, Pa.
tuuti'
T e May Term of our Court commenced on
I ilOndaV last : full Lt-nrh. JnHop Trr-lior nir. I
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tuurge 10 me uranu jury in ins usual clear
stv e, William Smith. Bm-nfUm. wa.
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P"ea loreman ot the Urand Jury, and in
consequence of the moral and quiet disposi-
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huh 11 i 11 11 kv ni 1 iuirr
with the thanks of Court
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wunsiauicb were canea ana maae tneir usual
uw.vn, .T.uuriii7 lur ra. .noeai,n; xgh 0t whom US are colored
reaii liis resignation of office of Constable of
Hamilton towuship, which waa accepted by
the Court Shoemaker was amoin-
ted in his place
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On motion of J. II. Walton, Esqr., James
W ilson, Jr., Constable of Paradise township,
was permitted to resign, and was appointed
v fT
h Kemi9 elected in March hating
Constable of Coolbaugh township, .the constable
Ti,a r,,rf ii.. .1 u .? -
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.i,la, mm K4iUHCu iue who ing, viz:
JoeI BerIin mr..e . npw n?,nl:t;011 fnr
TjIOPUSO 111 TTrO-nvIlln . T t Via nnnnail Ltr fYtnl
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The matter was heard bv the Court, and
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warmlv contested bv Mossr. AVitnn n,i r.-J
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net, for Joel Berlin and Messrs. Davis and
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Holmes for Kunkle and Grern. Tho fVmrt
however over ruled the objections and granted
the License.
James llson, made application for new
license, at Forks station. This was also ron-
resented by Messrs. Walton and Burnett, and
opposed by ilr. Holmes. The license was
granted.
The following licenses were granted :
Hotels.
BARRETT TOWXSIIir.
John C. Nutt,
COOLBAUGH.
Jacob Gcarhart, James Wilson. Jr..
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Lewis T. Smith, Anthonv Dutot.
CJIESTyUTIIILL.
ohniITine' Elizabeth Krcsge,
fe' fe"
vt nwn
John Frantz, Jr., kelson Ilefllefineer
EAST STROUDSBURO.
s.vdcnnam Hohensheldt.
. HAMILTON.
Jero ChariSndrew
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moiiq tv. AiacKes.
Charles Manal.
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MIDDLE SMITIIFIELD.
Jacob H 1lace
PARADRSK
Lyman M. Everitt.
rOLK.
Jacob W. Krege, George Green,
Stewart Hawk, Jona Snvder,
J6el Berlin, Adam SerfaM,
John Kunkcl.
POCONO.
Mananeh Miller, Charles Brown,
Anthony Iloemer.
nenrr L Shearman
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ROSS;
Jacob II Stocker,
KfTTTTVTVT Ti
cimeon D Rush. WmABrodheadASnm,
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STnnTmvTiTTnn
-M.W KJ J KJ H jf
aco K- Shafer, J I Allender
Jacob Knecht Inry Depue.
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u'iV' mj onser,
v vnn Uvll
TUNKIIANNOCK.
Keuben B Bonser, Lavinia Barrel
IJquor Store.
v it tt;.m c. .11.
Arthur Maginnis, Pocono. .
In consefjuence of Mr. Davis beingin bad
health, a larce part of the Trial T-iat v.
agreement of the attorneys, continued. All
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dep1 rcgretted his indLpoiction and exten-
dl all the curtesy tossiblo t
ber of the Bar. Mr. Davis n,(f..i r.J
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a lewmonhs with a xlow tn fl. .eJ,.r
a few monl lis
his health. We earnestly hope his iournev L
rnestiy hope
may prove a success.
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At the time of our closing this report the
case ot iaron W. Clark vs. Lynford Mar.di,
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1".' by Barney Mansfield,
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,7.. ofthe
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.CBiatcU, ou account ot erasures and al-
same.
Notcon-
W .
r " . .u comrlete re-
port of the busineea of the week.
. The late Luzerne Co. court granted
labout 400 licenses.
The Big -Woods' of Minnesota'include
a region of eight thousand square miles
Extensive lead mines are being opened
in Utah. ; ? ; ... i f :
Nova Scotia has struck oil at a depth
of i5S feet. - ..v-...,..
Wheat is heading out in the southern
part of Indiana. -
A bag of gold was found in an ol
house that was torn down in Bedford Co
ast week.
Thousands of acres of sugar beets are
being planted in the vicinity of Freeport
111., this year.
A gentleman of Selma, Ala., owns
horse that takes chickens from their roots
I and eats them alive.
The squirrels or Michigan died ' off by
thousands last winter,: the cold weather
cutting off their commissary supplies.
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One person .is born in London every
five minutes, and another dies every seven
A Massachsetts orsan urinder has
bank account .of 10,000, and shows n
disposition to retire from his lucrative
profession.
Ten thousand emmigrants landed
New. York on Monday. . This is prob
ably the largest number on record that
has ever landed on a siogle day. ,
.
From all parts of the northern portio
of Alabama the news is that the wheat
crop is in most excellent condition, an
promises a more abundant harvest than
has been gathered for years.
The Lycoming insuranc company has
paid 5?S4b,S 13.27 for losses from Jun
10, 1871, to March 10, 1872, The Chi
cago fire contributed 400,000 to the lia
bihties of the Company
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nuie is inree nunareu ana lorty millions
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I If h4fl rfnnr.lArl nithm a nn.i.wn 'IV.
n7, , tt ""'J- iJ1
UD,ieu otaie3 a0UD,es lts population every
The census of 1870, which has just
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been published, gives iSorthampton coun
u. nnni,Kimn f m r 'u io(
Judge Colt, of Pittsfield, Mass., who
recently returned from a Southern trin
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narrates his visit to a court Charleston
S. 0, where judge, jury, lawyers, and al
were negroes, and engaged in trvinc a
wnite man.
A wind storm prevailed on Wednesdav
aiternoon in Washington, and was verv
destructive to the foliage of the public
parts, dome ot the tallest and hand
somest trees in the vicinity of the Presi
dents house were torn up bodily bv the
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Th nf r 1 1 f o.. U
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nC-r r v it 1.: j
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Maine Bhows that tb rrrer,ato
Meet and two innhea Tl. l,,ef r..n
w 0 . UlUb
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one day was eighteen inches. Twice
during the winter a foot of souw fell, but
there were many storms when from four
eight inches fell.
Extraordinary war preparations are go
ing on m Germany. A corresponded
says it would appear that war ia immi
nent and a thing daily expected by these
proceeuings. Alter all, it may be only
to meet and counter check the vivacitv
oi r ranee m the same line.
A curious case of spontaneous combus
tion is noted m Heading, Penn. A gen
tleman, after oiling some wood work, left
the piece of flannel he had used in a bowl
with a small quantity of linseed oil, and
placed it on the second storv balconv in
the open air, intending to use them aain
1 he following morninj: he found that the
flannel had taken fire and been whollv
consumed, the ashes remaing in the
bowl.
A tornado, about a quarter of a mile
m wiatn, passed over the country north
east of Cincinnati, on Wednesday after
noon, and demolished several houses and
barns. One house was taken up by the
wina ana carnea several rods, with the
family in it, all of whom were iniured
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dui not iaiany. . a violent storm, with
:'i:tjt. .
aiu, nan ana ngntning, passed over th
icinity of Fortress Monroe the same d.i
It lasted half an hour,, prostrating trees
aou iences ana unrooting bouses.
The New York Ilerald has reeeivprt
I dispatches from Africa confirmatory of
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ston, by 3Ir. Stanley, the explorer of the
-iiciuiu. incse uispatches detail the
travels of Mr. Stanley in pursuit of Liv
ingston, and leave no doubt whatever of
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the sntety of the creat African elnrr
Stantley came up with Livingston in the
neighborhood of Ujiii, whither ho had
gone to explore a chain of interior lakes.
Next State Fair at Erie.
-l he committee appoined by tho State
Agricultural Society to select n lo.Jrvn
, . uvnnyj
. UU,U,US "e next annual exhibition of
j 6 soc,ey met at "arrisburg on Tues
-j,av P;m. Ane loiiowjnggontlemen
onstUuti tho committee were present
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auu jamo. I'ronositinna nn tho
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the cities of Erie. Easton and v;ni.m.n.
1 w iiiiuiurpui
nort
were presented. After carefully consider.
ins: the several
decided upon the citv of l"r ' I '
fluenced S tw'H.";!. ;
that the northeastern portion of Is I
. -v.vvwvu' uv L il M inpr
had not hithPrtrt ' a . ," r'v
of an exhibition nf h Bn:t ti.
..vur,Bvi WJU auvanracs
18th, 19th and 20th of September were
uv, urn uuu -iftn ot i
aewgnatea as tho dates for holding the
fair.
,.. Go to Simon Fried's for boots and shoes;
The New Yorki Tribune of the 22d
inst prints an elaborate expose, the result
of several weeks of careful inquiry by re
porters, accompanied in their, investiga
tions by public officers, j and thorough
analysis by a scientific chemist, showing
that tho milk trade of that-city-is-one
monstrous and flagrant swindle, and that
more than seventy-five thousand quarts
of water arc daily sold as adulteration in
the.milkat a Iossio money .'of .nearly, if
not quite, ten thousand dollars a day, and
incalculable cost of health and life.
(In collars, neck ties, cuffs, &c, for lady's
or gents wear Ruster has all the novelities
Call and see them.
A New lork lady, with a fondness
for pet mice, the other day took one of
these little animals to a doctor, tellioc
him that it was sick, and that it had been
brought to ' her from a tenement house
where there had been several cases of
small pox. After examining the mouse
the doctor found that it was covered with
sores.' Tie sprinkled some disinfecting
powder over it; and in a short time it
died. It was then dissected, and a clear
case of small pox in its worst form was
revealed. The remains were inclosed in
a glass jar, and are to be sent to the hos
pital for further examination, as it is be
lieved to be the first case of the kind ever
heard of.
IVotions, Dress trimings and fashfonable
Dress goods are specialities with Ruster and
prices rule low. "
The Senate has passed and the Presi-
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ueni nas uigueu me iiouse Dill increas.
ing the representation of certain States
10 Congress, making the number of Re
preseotatives for the next ten years 21)2.
Our State gets one of the additional mem
bers, making three more than her former
quota. , This act of Congress makes it
reasonably certain that the Apportion
ment bill passed by the Legislature last
winter will not be approved by the Gov
crnor. There will be three members at
large to be elected this year, instead of
two.
la novelties Ruster is ahead of all com
petitor$4 beating even Rarnum himself, be
cause there is no humbugging in what he of
fers to the public.
The Democratic State Conventionjraeets
at Reading on Thursday of this week.
There will be a grand squabble as to the
tuture course of the party, but after that
is over, things will settle down pretty
smoothly. A caucus of the leaders at
llarrisburg last week is said to have de
termined on the nomination of Senator
Ruckalew for Governor ; Senator Rillin
felt (Republican) for Auditor-General;
and Judge Thompson for re election to
the Supreme Court. The delegates to
the National Convention are to be in
structed to support the nomination o
Horace Greeley for President.
Raster don't boast of numberless trunks
and big and little boxes, but his counters'and
shelves do what is far better, they exhibit an
array of first class 1 goods, worth looking at
and worth buying.
An Eagle Attempts to Kidnap a Child-
Jacob Decker, living near Rhoda Lake
Columbia county, N. Y., about two miles
Irom Lopake, has n little irirl about three
years of age. Wednesday afternoon the
tn, while she was plavintr in the vard
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ner snouts attracted her mother. Gom-
out Mrs. Decker found a lanre eaMe at
tempting to carry off the little one. Al
o
most Irantic with fright, she seized the
child and rushed towards the house.
No sooner had she caught the child it
her arms than the eagle showed fight.-
It followed Mrs. Decker, peeking savage
iy at the little girl, several times touch
ing her hair with its beak ; but by run
ning rapidly and shielding the child as
best she could, the managed to reach the
house in safety.
Enraged at being thus chaeted of its
prey, the eagle flew against the door and
beat furiously at the windows, as if de
tcrmined to effect an entrance, until Mrs
Decker, fearing it might break in, hid
ner cnua in a closet lor greater security
At nightfail the bird flew away.
J.ariy next morninir the eaMa .i":im
maae its appearance. After flvinsr wildlv
around, it perched upon a tree hard by
,uo.uuuW apparently awaiting an oppor
sue uncovered thH h r,t Mr n.,..t -
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notihed the neighbors, and it was shot
t proved to be a bald American eagle
measuring seven feet between the tips of
: Mr. J. Edgar Thompson, President 0
uie 1 cnnsyivania Central Railway, sailed
for Europe the other dav. for a liffU rntt
though not before threatened softening
ofthe brain, nor before grave doubts
among nis inends or his recovery. Col
Thomas A.Scott, Vice-President of thi
Company, has been jprdercd by his physi
ctan, it is said, to abate his labors, if hi
would live. The second Vice-President
ot tne noad has been sent to an Insanp
Asylum, his acuities having hpromo im.
a 1 1 m .
uaireu oy me severe stra n nnnn thm
1 1 o
aou ine aDsence ol all relaxation. Othei
employes of the gigantic Comnanv are re
presented as worn out by constaut toil.
A more forcible commentary on our n.
ttoual tendency to over work could not
well be made. Over anxiety and nvnr.
doing are tho physical and mental curse
01 our peopla. W e have never yot learn
ed moderation in labor, or how to taki
rest. e die ot exhaustion .
' ,ortJ pv anJ hlty, while Europeans
re considered in their mima vnr. 1..
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We certainly pay a hmh nrica fur m.r
material progress, for our rapid advanue
ment too high, it would seem, some-
imcs. u, wiui our extraudiuary soergy
nil application, we could 1p
thing of tin benefit of lciburo : if we could
borrow a little gtolidily Irom ihd English,
lew smiiiestrom the French, a modicum
f calmness from tha flprmmw wa cli.,1,1
mmtm Mh W U f M I V4
e much healtherand happier, and should
ouhtless aoeomnlish ouite aainnnh in
' The ttndeTsighcd begs leave to informing
Citizens of Monroe county and vicinity, that
he has 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 him heretofore.
dec. lill-tf.. ..JwGEO. L. WALKER.
The undersigned beg leave to inform tho
citizens of Monroe county and vicinity, that
they have enterad into co-partnership, for
the purpose of buying and selling
HEAL ESTATE,
as successors to the late firm of Geo. L:
Walker & Co., and respectfully solid the
continuance of the patronage extended to the
former firm.
,1 ( WILSON PEIRSON;
dec. 14, '71-tf. TIIOS. STILLMAN, '
Says the Des'Moines (Iowa) Regfitif j;
A singular case of railroad obstroctiotf
and one for which no remedy U provided
by the statutes, occurred a few evenings
siuce on the Valley road in Green coun
ty. Conductor Livingsston's train, when
about three miles this side of Grand June-
tion, in passing through some low coun.' !
try and'near a pond, ran into an immense'
flock of swan, brandt, geese and o'ther
wild fowl; . - I '
The birds were just about to alight ot
the track . as the train drew near. Their
number was so great that the sky Wa
completely filled with them, and those
above pressing down on the lower strata
forced them to alight 00 the car-tops I
The engine, tender and cars were cover-'
ed with the fowls, and some even dun"'
to the bars of the cow catcher.
One stately swan had a wing injured
in the crush, , and found a resting placa
on the headlight, from whence he was
taken by the engineerJ The bird, how-'
ever, nonaged to escape from custody
near Perry, and jumping from the tender ;
where he had been tied, disappeared in
the grass.
The raid continued several minute!"
quite a number of the serial army bein
run over by the train, and some half a
dozen being captured by passengers and
employees. . As soon as the birds on top
of the flock began to realize the situution
,hey soared away, followed by the entire
covey. Livingston says it was the big
gest crowd of dead heads that ever tried
to board his train.
According to the California papers,
petroleum ha3 been discovered in San
Fernando district, Los Angeles county.
A German paper, the Pioiu'er, says that
in the county named there exists not only
a real coal oil well, but a coal oil basin of
considerable extent. At different point
within the "area referred to the ground
has been bored with a uniformly iavor- 1
able result. In some places the oil ap
pears at the surface as. a natural spring,
containing from GO to CS per cent, of
burning material, a proof that the quality
of the oil farther down must be very good.
"If we are rightly informed," the Picnic
says, "already 250 barrels have been ship,
ped, and 150 barrels more are lying at the.
place ready for conveyance to the oil re
finery here." A company with a capital
of a million dollars has, it seems, beea
formed and incorporated for the develop
ment of these "oil mines," the company
having secured possession of one hundred
and sixty acres of including the oil basiu,'
and as this California oil is believed to be
very supeior to our Peuusylvauia article
it is fully expected that the oil lever will
soon rage iu the Golden State much more
virulently than it has ever raged on the
eastern side of the mountains. This
expectation is surely reasonable, as it is
reasonable to suppose that the basin dis
covered docs not contain all the oil in
California. We must add that our
authority expressly 1 guards against the
suspicion of making sensatioual state-,
ments. '- ; ' .. ;. .
The Amnesty bill passed by Congress
and signed by the President last week is
pretty nearly a complete wiping out of all
political penalties arising from the Ilebel
lion. It restores not les than 150.0QO
persons who were. concerned in the civil
war to all the rights and privileges ot
citizenship. These nieu had previously
regained the right to vote ; they are now
made eligible to hold office, and participate-;
iu all public employment. Only those
who were members of the Thirty sixth '
aud Thirty-seventh Congresses, and those
who left the judicial, military or naval"
service of the United States to joiu the
Rebellion, are now excepted. Probably,
these do uot altogether number one thou
sand. Among those restored to full civil
rights are A. II. Stephens, John Letcher,
Henry A. ise,. Wade Hampton, R. If.
Rhett, Gen. Forrest, Henry S. Foote.and
many others who . were very prominent
enemies ot the United States. Those
who remain disfrachised include Generals
Johnston,.- Beauregard, Bragg, Rreckin-
nue, Jeff. Davis, and several others who '
were prominent in public life tea or
twelve years ago. ' The distinction be- t
tween the two classes is only one of de
gree, for mauy of those relieved of their ;
disabilities were fully as great offenders
as some who are yet subject to the con
sequences of their acts. Yet the coun-
try is scarcely prepared to see all the
prominent Rebels restored to full stand
ing as citizens, and Congress felt obliged
to draw tho line somewhere. The ras-
sage of this law will remove Irom the
Presidential canvass one of the createst
grievances of tho opposition to General
Graut, aud place Republican party on ro -cord
as williug to wipe out as far as possi
ble the memory of the war.
, ;
Among the guests at dinner at the
Kiple Iiouse, Honesdale, the other day
were five whose united weight was 1,252$
pouuds vii: Wm. Cromwell of llawley
293 ; Capt. Field of Honesdale, 282 j Ed- ,
ward Rutledga of Damascus, 260 ; Lot
Atkinson of Palmyra. 217 : Cant. Joseph
Atkiosou of Paupack, 200.
It is stated that there nn in tho United
States two hundred and sixty one soldiers
w no tost Dotn eyes, one hundred and eign-
een who lost both leers, eleven who lost
both ieet, five who lost both hatd.
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thirty who lost an arm and leg.
the long run. ,