The Jeffersonian. (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, June 05, 1873, Image 2

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THURSDAY JUNE 5 ,1873.
ClIANOEAUI.E-
past week.
-The Weather during tbe
A ioo was run over ly the street car one
il.iv last week, and killed, linn.? on some
more.
Eleven more car loads of Plaster just re
ceived at Stokes' 31111s, and will be sold at
a reduced price. Grain taken in exchange,
June 3, 1S73. N. S. WYCKOFF.
Mr. John Baldwin, of the Washington
I lotel, is now running a free carriage to and
from the depot upon the arrival of trains.
Mr. B. is an enterprising man, and certainly
knows how to run a hotel.
The Steamer Pocono will be taken out for
practice on Saturday next, at 3 P. M. ifc ls
expected that there will be a full quota of
members present at that hour.
C. P. YrrrEit, Foreman.
We learn that a youm? man named David
Titus, was run over by the night-line on the
I). L. & W. R. R- atMauunka Chunk, on
Saturday evening last, and instantly killed.
Persons cannot be too careful when within
gunshot of a railroad.
. m . .
Xova Scotia plaster of bc&t quality, for
sale at Stokes' Mills, and will be keptou hand,
fresh ground, during the season.
May 8-5 1 J N. S. WYCKOFF.
It is rejMjrted that iron ore in large quanta
ties, and of the best quality, has been found
upon Jesse Smith's farm at East Strouds
Lurg. If true, it certainly speaks well for
the future prosperity of that borough. We
shall await further dcvelopcmcnts, before
faying more on this subject.
.
The Messrs. F. II. & E. Hess, ruanufac
turers, and wholesale and retail dealers in
jegars and tobacco, meerschaum pipes and
Muokers material generally, arc rapidly
(wilding up an immense trade. They now
have as many scgar makers constantly cm
ployed as their building will accommodate,
We have sampled a brand of segars, styled
the "Do Jose Gcner,-" and pronounce them
A No. . They are enterprising youn
men, and arc deserving of still greater sue
CCSS.
Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair He
XKWKK. now stands among the first, and at
the head of all articles for a similar purpose
The testimony of our physicians is conclusive
as to its value; and wc are personal!' nc
iuaiiited with scores of cases where it has
been used with the best of results. It wil
restore gray hair to its original color, an
leaves it glossy, and in a healthy condition ;
while, for heads troubled with dandruff, or
any disease of the scalp, it acts like a charm
in cleansing them. Try it, and you will not
l-e disappointed. Loiadl Courier, Jf'.ri, 2,
;CS.
Mountain Home, Pa.
Juno 2d, 173. J
Jlr. Editor. At a regular meeting
Mountain Home Lodge No. CS4 I.O.
of
of
O.F. held on Saturday evening, Ma' 31st,
S73, the following resolutions were unani
mously adopted.
Jitr'jlccd, That the thanks of this Lodge
are due and arc hereby tendered to Mr.
James II. MeCarty, of Stroudsburg, Pa., for
the beautiful motto presented by him to this
Lodge.
Resolved. That we will endeavor to culti-
vate the principle of love toward, each other I
as directed by this motto, " Love One
Another" thus fulfilling one of the grand ob
jects of flur noble order.
Ktxolved. That we will ever hold the gen
erous doner in grateful remembrance, and
cordially, and cheerfully extend to him the
riirht hand of our "Odd" fellowship.
KOI5ERT EATON, N. G.
Attest: E. H. Heller, Sec'y.
The friends of Mrs. Samuel Smith, of
Tippecanoe countj, Ind., who recently
bad lour babies at a birth, are petition
iug the Governor to obtain an appropria
tion to Mr. and Mrs. Smith, and a nuar
rer pcctiou oi land lor eacn ot tue young
Smiths.
A rat was caught in a novel manner,
id a saloon in PhccQixville, recently. I be
tjiimalwas found with one foot within
i be clutches of an oyeter, which was hold
ioj: his unfortunate ratship tight. It was
killed, the foot, however, remaining fast
for souue time after.
It does not eem to be generally un
derstood that the new law prohibits fish
ioz on Sunday by S100 fine and the con
fiscation of tbe tackle, implements, nets
and "apparel" of the fishermen, and the
sales of the same by sheriffs and coa
Etkblcs at "public vendue."
A prominent cititeo of Heading, who
visited Chester county last week, states
that 6incc the adoption cf Local Option
more liquor is drank there than before,
lie found that at the largest hotel in one
of the principal towns pure whiskey was
drank from what had been a beer pump
ana u was sold as "rose water I" for which
there was a large demand.
Philadelphia turns out more carpets
per annum man an other parts of the
United States and Great Britain com
bined. In the Nineteenth Ward there
are about 250 manufactories. The num
ber of looms now is estimated at 8 000.
On au average, S00,000 yards of' carpet
are turned out weekly. The number of
yards made in a year is 41,000,000. The
amount of capital represented is some
where near $2,000,000.
Decoration Day. We arc pleased to
announce that the ceremonies attendant upon
the decoration of the graves of our fallen
heroes were very appropriately observed in
Stroudsburg on Friday last. The soldiers,
and citizens appeared to manifest a general
interest, and, notwithstanding - the rather
inclement weather, a large and imposing pro
cession proceeded to the several grave yards,
and performed their solemn tribute of respect
to the gallant dead. By special request we
herewith submit the address delivered '' me
Rev. J. F. Chaplain, of the Stroudsburg 31.
E. Church, at the Cemetery.
We arc met to honor the dead, ?who gave
their lives in defence of otir non s life. It
is proper that we should do it, and I trust wc
shall do it properly. .
iliinfs we nirist not do.
1. We must not so far forget the principles of
a genuine civilizalion ami ot true chrisiianity
which gives origin to it, as to dignify and enno
ble war. War is a gigantic evil. It U wreck
and ruin, disaster and death. It springs from
unholy passions and achieves the direst results.
It is a relfc of barbarism which the pacific and
hcnificcnl spirit of Christianity will most cer
tainly abolish. While the world was under
the domination of the military power of the
Koman Empire and war was dignified and en
nobled as a nasstKjrt to power and fame, the
modest but brave voice of primitive Christianity
did not fear to make itself heard on thu terri
fic subject. . "From whence came wars and
fightings among you ? Came they not hence,
even of your lusts that war in your numbers?"
Jos. 4: 1. Our Lord told Peter, when that im
petuous disciple had drawn the sword in de
fence of the person and life of his Master, "Put
up asain thv sword into his place: for all they
that take the sword shall perish with the
SV(
ord." Mat. 20:52. And Isaiah, forsceing
the millennial days which are yet to come, pro-
phecied by the inspiration of uou, "Ihevshall
beat their sword into plow-shares, and their
sjear8 into pruning hooks; nation thall not lift
up sword ajrainst nation, neither shall tney
learn war anv more." Isa. 2:1. It would le a
sad thing, if on Decoration Day or at anytime
we should so far yield to pntrioctic impulse as
to lose a remembrance of the altitude which
Christianity holds to war. Especially would it
be unfortunate now, after the successful resort
of this and a kindred nation to friendly arbitra
tion in a vexatious dispute which at any other
period of the world's historv would have led in
all probability to war; and while the obvious
advantages of this peaceful ami christian meth
od of adjusting differences is commending itself
so strongly to the common-sense anu jecuniary
interests of the nations, if not to their enligh
tened conscience, as to justify the hope that
the vast standing armies of European nations
will at no distant day be disbanded and that
another war between enlightened nations wil
never a "rain occur. W c must not sav a word
against, but sav all we can to help forward a
consummation so devoutly to b : desired. We
say ami do nothing to-day to dignifyand ennoble
war. War is as bad now as ever ; it is worse
than ever, because it is a sin against greater
light than the world has ever had.
2. Nor must we violate the'laws of good fel
lowship and of brotherly love toward that un
happy part of our nation who gave occasion for
the strife and bloodshed which have made
these craves, on which we come to spread How
ers. We can show our resject and love for our
brtthern who died fr us, whithout estranging
our hearts from the mistaken ones who slew
them and without crectinpr a barrier between us
and those who have different sentiments and
sympathies. .Sectional strife should cease. It
should never have existed. It should termin
ate at the earliest moment. If strife between
nations should cease, much more should strife
lietween different regiments of the same nation
be aIoIi-hed. This is a new departure of a
genuine abolitionism. The aim of old abolition
ism, which now by the grace and mercy and
bountiful blessing of (rod has been achieved,
was the extirpation of the only cause of malig
nant sectional strife slavery; the aim of this
pation of the strife itselt In the best sense.
'Let us clasp hands over the bloody chasm.'
Better still, let us so thoroughly renounce sec
tionalism as to have no chasm. There should
be none. I here is no proper reason why this
nation of ours should not be one in feeling and
in national aim and sentiment as it is one in
fact and in constitutional law. The . moral
bond of our unde-pised and unreluctant. but
cordial, full-hearted, generous brotherly affec
tion should bind us indissolublv into the high
est and purest tvpe of national unity. As the
geography of the country" by the bonds of
mountain chains and rivers makes us one in
iberty; as the unity of our Iansruapre,of our
social and business customs, of our laws, of our
nstory and traditions and of our religion
makes us one in all the elements of a true
nationality; and as the decision oftheGodof
battles has been given on the held of blood, in
the last resort to winch the nation was reluc
tantly compelled by the blow of its foe. that
this nation is one; it must be the province of
the cimsiiaimy oi tne laws ol a common Sav
iour to cement all hearts into an evergrowing
eveness that wifl know no termination. Let
this be our aim and work to-day.
But there are some thintrs we must do,
1. We must recognize the righteousness of the
cause in which these men whom we to-dav
honor lost their lives. War is always an evil.
The war against the national life was causeless
and iniquitous. But who will say that the war
in defence of our national existence was cause
less and iniquitous? Would it be wrong for you
to repel the man who was endeavoring to burn
down your house and seeking to desolate votir
home? ould it not be your duty to restrain
him with all your might? Would you be guilt
less if you tamely submitted and interposed no
opposition? Would not inaction in such an is
sue be a crime? And what less than the desola
tion of home, of couutry, of constitutional law,
the heritage of our revolutionary ancestors, the
hope of the world, of institutions worth more
even than the precious lives which were sacri
ficed iu their successful defence was involved
in the national cause? Was the nation tamely
to submit when its life was assailed and consent
to die without a struggle? Was it to have less
than the instinct of a brute and put forth no ef
fort toward self-preservation? Did the law Ithnr
of God or of man demand such cowardly, im
becile, suicidal passivity ? When the torch' was
about to be put to the colossal and beautiful
temple of Liberty, by those who confessedly
fought for slavery, niakms it bv their own rW.
Iaration the corner stone of their conf.ilprafv
and threatening as thev did to call the slave-
role .on Bunker Hill, was no hand to be inter
posed to prevent the mad attempt? Were tin
dearest rights of man to be sacrifice w ithout a
struggle .' Bad as war is, there are some things
worse than war, and the loss of this God iriven
government is one of them. The sword has its
legitimate place and use. The power that be
are ordained of God; and God's ordinance is
ior uie ruier not to bear the sword in vain. It
was not borne in vain by the ruler who was
pruviueiuiany raised up for us at the period of
our national crisis. He sadly and reluctantly
accepicu the issue which could not guiltlessly
be evaded. V oluntecrs by the million resn-
ucu rf W1C fiue ot the rebellion
7.V" ivouiu a ne cause in which these men
died was a righteous one.
2. We must cherish 6entimenLs Of ttrofrtiirt1
gratitude toward those who stood for the de
fence of our nationality, and especially toward
those who died for it. for that is all th
receive from us. These flowers are a small em-
oiera oi that gratitude. Will anv nno sav it
too much? By what standard are wp tn Ani
mate the gratitude we owe them 5 A
mine who saved a man from drowning told me
that the man lost no opportunity in manifest
ing bis gratitude. He never allowed himself to
uuak that the debt was paid, lie greeted him
new place of Aooiitionism, to which every prin
ciple of true religion, of sound national policy
and of individual interest binds us, is the extir
with deference ; he showed him all possible
kindness : he voted to elevate him to oliice ; he
spoke every where in his praise: The measnre
of that man's gratitude was his estimate of the
worth of the life which my friend, Hon. Wm.
Frazier of Maryland, had saved. Was not that
man's rule for estimating the gratitude he
owed a god one? Ami if it was good for him
is it Dot good for us? AVhcu we can properly
estimate the worth of the national salvation,
hich. under (Sod. these men have achieved
for us, we can estimate the debt of gratitude
due to thorn. What Ihev suffered for we enjoy
What tbev'dicd for we live to inherit. ere
t not that ilu'ir Mood was shed, where wouiu
. i ii
lvive been true republican institutions to-day?
where would have been the social fabric which
so efK rtuallv shelters our liberties? Where our
civiliziation? where, our prestige and renown?
where, the faith of the nations in tnecapaoiu
,.rir.m.vriiniiit ruMsessed bv an enlightened
people? where, the silent torce woiKii.g so ei
f.ftnallv all over Christendom, .bringing gov-
- t " " , . r
ornmxiitK more nnd more into assimilation to
our own? where would have been the grandest
iotiiicnl hones of the nations? As it is impos
i,;klo f.r t tii mnerive the depth of disaster
which would have been entailed had rebellion
succeeded, so are we unable fully to appreciate
the value of its defeat ; its value to me not-rated
millions of slaves; it value to the white
...nKimn In tlio formrr slave Estates: im vaiue
to the whole nation ; its value to the world ; its
value for all coming lime. Uur grauiuue w
these men should bear some small proportion
to the value of what wc have received from
I It Am
And, finally, we must so befitmgly on this as
well as all occasions recojrnize dod as to De
animated by the benignant, heroic, magnani
mous. cencrous. divine spirit which christian
itv instil rS-
'V mnst have the profoundest and intcn-
scst gratitude to God. We are grateful to
him ; but
"Twas not their courage or their sword,
To them salvation gave ;
'Twas not their number, or their strength,
That did their, country save.
"But thj right hand, thy powerful arm,
Whose succor they implored,
Thy Providence protected them,
Who thy great name adored." .
God has overruled all this for trood. He has
made even the wrath of man to praise him and
the remainder of wrath he has mercifully re
strained. God did not apjxint the rebellion
any more than slavery which caused it; but
he overruled it for the destruction ot slavery
and for the best irood of man.
We must learn lessons of wisdom from this
eventful page of our national history to guide
us in our future patriotic sentiment and devoi
edness to the maintenance of sound govern
ment. Did these men die for the preservation
of our cherished rights and liberties? then
must we live to perpetuate them : and so per
petuate them that there will be no necessity of
- .a r 1 . . t
another generation s having to light lor mem.
Let us be fair, and equitable, and honorable,
and true and pure. In politics as is every-
thine else, eenuine wisdom is ''first pure, then
peaceable." Whoever is corrupt and belliger
ent, we can choose the better pirt of purity and
peace. I.et us have peace, for these men have
bouzht it for ns with their blood.
We have come to graves to do honor to dead
men ; let us remember, my friends, that we
who live will soon be dead and that our graves
at no distant day will be alloted us somewhere
in this great grave-yard world. So let us live
with a true faith in our once crucified but risen
and glorified redeetner that we shall be fully
prepared for death ; and with more than the
grateful affection with which we strew these
flowers on these tombs, may multitudes arise to
call ns blessed and may our blessed Saviour
welcome us to the land of never-fading beauty
with those sweetest words "Come ve blessed
children of my Father, receive the kingdom
prepared for vou from the foundation of the
world."
THE LAST OP THE MODOCS.
CaptaiD Jack Captured.
Appleoate's House, Clear Lake,
Cal . June 13:30 P. M. A series of
prolonged yells and cheers aroused this
camp from a pleasant siesta a half hour
after tbe depature of my last courier.
Generals Davis and u hcaton and other
officers and all the men rushed from
house and tents to find the cause of the
uproar, and at once the whole camp was
n commotion. Down the level plain
north of the house was a grand cavalcade.
Mounted horsemen rushed, forward at
once at a furious rate, and soon neared
the croups of - spectators about the
premises.
"Captain Jack Captured T
Shouted a sturdy sergeant. Agaio the
valley echoed with cheers and yells. The
mounted command was Perry's. . He had
returned from a scout, of. twenty.three
hours, three miles above the mouth of
Willow creek. At half past tea o'clock
this morning the Warm Spring scouts
struck the trail, and after a brief search
the Modocs were discovered.
Col. Perry Surrounded the Indian Retreat,
And h is men were bound to fight. Sud
denly, a Modoc shot out from the rocks
with a white flag. lie met a Warm
Spring Indian, aud said Jack wanted to
surreuder. Three scouts were sent to
meet Jack. He came out cautiously,
glanced about him a moment, and then,
as if giving up all hopes, came forward
and held out his hand to his visitors'
Then two of his warriors, five squaws and
seven children, darted forth, and joined
him in the surrender.
Important Strike Decision.
The Delaware, Lackawanna and Wes
tern Railroad Company contracted to de
I FT
ive-r to nenry u. iiowne and other of
this city, 5,5'JO tuns of coal during Dec.
1870 They agreed to use "every effort"
to furni.-h the coal, but excepted them-
leives trooi lceepmg the contract in full
in case of "storms, disasters, strike " &c.
A strike occurred during the month, and
the plaintiffs sued for tbe price of the
coal, which the defendant bad refused to
pay. lhe defendant put iu a counter
claim, on the ground of the failure of the
plaintiffs to deliver the balance of the
coal. A referee decided this point in fa
vor of the plaintiffs, but certified that the
strike was caused by an attempted reduc
tion of wages by the plaintiffs. The de
fendants appealed to the General Term of
the Superior Court, and Judge Sedgwick
reversed the decision of the referee, yes
terday. It was urged that an exception
of "strike" does not include a strike
caused by the plaintiffs themselves, and
that to reduced wages is not to "make
every effort," as required by their con
tract, to deliver the coal Tribune.
Portland. Oregon, latelv expressed r
babes a distance of several hundred miles.
.
wuu regular eipresa tags about their
necks.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A good side show A pretty cheek.
Three hundred and thirty.fimr arrests
were made in Williamsport last year.
Sixty-one is the number of convicts in
the Montgomery county prison.
Specie shipment on Saturday . for
Europe fivm New York, S147,3i I.
Th n Ppnnsvlvania Iron Works, at Dan-
ville. turn out 3UU0 tons oi raus per
" j .
mouth.
Tho IVnnsvlvania Supreme Court has
ndjourcd to meet id 1'htladeipnia, uu.j
j . , T.-
I- . - ... . ..
Tho Delaware and Lackawanna rail-
Anrnt fit Ilnboken. was bumeu on
Saturday.
James West was convicted of murder
in the first degree, in Baltimore, on batur
day.
Th Indians of the Had river reserva
tion. Wis., have made upward of 05,000
pounds of maple sugar this season.
In 1872. 301 cars. of pi? iron. 285 cars
of coal. 3.600.000 feet of lumber, and
other, materials in proportion, were used
iu the manufacture of rairbanks scales
Captain Jack's band of savages were
nurprised on Thursday in their camp, and
Boston Charley, with several other In
dian., captured.
A juror in Lycoming county recently
took his place in the box clad in a blue
'..1 it . i
cloth coat which had serveu mm as a weu
ding garment forty years before.
In Pittsburg over four hundred suits
have been brought against merchants who
obstruct the sido-walks with signs, etc
Other suits arc preparing.
The heaviest brain on record was re
centlv found in the skull of a London
. . . . . . . i . j
hrick Iavcr who couia neitner reaa nor
write. " It weighed C7 ounces.
vouth at Buckland, Mass., squared
accounts with the father of the girl he
had been courting all winter by sending
the old gentleman a load of cord of wood
Mr. Beecher's salary as pastor of Ply
mouth church was SI 500 in 1847, and is
20,000 now. The membership has in
creased in the same time from 21 to 3300
There is a three legged sow in Pine
13rooku Luierne county, which recently
gave birth to a litter of three p'gs, bar
log each but three legs.
Ao-AIlentowo justice of the peace re
fused to fine a man for kissing a gir
against her will on the ground that
Hannah could have bitten him, but di
not.
Moses Tyler, of Damascus, Wayn
county, is a patriarchial raftsman, eighty
four years of age, who has steered on
raft or more every spring since he wa
sixteen years old.
A Richmond lady advertises under th
head of "Strayed or Stolen," for a "long
lauk, lean husband, six feet, broad should
ers, thin beard, light hair and complexion
blue eyes, and about 45 years of age, be
ing about 20 years younger than myself
E. Brown, of Elkland writes to the
La Porte Free Press that his father care
fully measured every snow that fell dur
ing the past winter, and fonts up the ag
gregate depth at eleven feet and ten
inches.
At a ladies sewing circle in Williams
port, "a Mweet pretty" lass of sixteen as
founded the elderly matrous there assemb
led by springing to her feet and exclaim
ing : There, I'll be darned if I darn an
other darn stocking to night. "
Daniel Lazarus, aged 11 years, brother
or 11. (jr. Lazarus, jeweler, of Pittston
Pa., was drowned in the Susquehanna
while bathing Monday afternoon. His
terror-stricken comrades were afraid to
attempt to rescue him. His body was
recovered. '
THE WESTERN TORNADO.
IN KANSAS.
Osage Mission, Kan., May 27. The
most violent and destructive tornado ever
experienced in this section occured about
eight miles south of this city last Thurs
day afternoon. A whirlwind tctnpes
desolated a tract of couutry half a mile
iu width and six miles in length. Twenty
houses were lifted in the air and blown
to atoms. Six persons were killed out
right, six mortally wounded, and fifteen
dangerously injured. One little uir
carried a quarter of a mile and drowned
in a creek. Many persons were stripped
of the clothing, and birds of their feathers,
and a number of horses, cattle and hogs
were killed. Fourteeu families were left
entirely destitute.
IN IOWA.
The detailed accounts of the tornado
which caused so much destruction in
iVaehingtou aud Keokuk Counties, Iowa,
ast Thursdy, published by the Chicago
newspapers, give little that was not seut
East at the time. Persons who uoticed
the approach of the storm say that it re
ecmbled a huge hay stack, funnel, or
oauoou in shape, with the email end
toward the ground. In a dispatch to
int isiucaijo Irtbunc .ihQ following is
remeu as having occurred in Keokuk
county: "Aear Skunk River woods a
nock of 1,500 sheep were quietly crazin
when the storm arose. With an instiuctive
dread 'they gathered in a circle, that
companionship might alleviate the sense
ol danger. They congreated directly in
the line of the storm, and when it came
it elevated them until, as an eye witness
expressed it, 'they looked like a floQi ol
birds.' They circled round and round,
the velocity of the inner current over
coming the attraction of gravitation, until
the centrifugal motion moved to the edge
of the cyclone, where, the velocity being
diminished, thev fell to the earth. Of
the 1.500, only 40 were found alive up to
this afternoon, and it is believed that the
remainder were killed. They were
absolurely divcllicated. Their remains
are found hanging on the trees and
bushes, and strewing the ground.
A Cincinnati man patented an umbrl-
a which would shoot the man who at
tempted to take it, nnd left it in the way
of his mother in law. . His is tranquil
household now.
James Snyder, aged about nineteen
years, living in Pymatuning -township.
Mercer couuty, commenced bleeding at
the nose, on Saturday, the 10th or May.
aqd . though physicians were summoned,
and every effort made to stop the hem
orrhacre. the voupet man died on the
12th. having bled to death.
Seven months ago the first house was
uilt in the present town of Dennison
Texas.. A census just taken shows that
the population foots up near C000. lhe
general' business of the place is on the
increase. The bulk of the people are from
the North and more from Kansas than
any other oue State!
.. mm i - ' p m
Justice Perry, of Titusville, Crawford
county, was a principal actor in a roman
tic affair recently. He had been sent for
to marry a couple, and discovered, just
before arriving at tbe bouse, that it stood
a few rods within Venango - county, in
which he had no jurisdiction. The wed
ding party, therefore, adjourned to an
open lot, and there among bushes the
twain weremade one flesh.
The epixooty. or horse disease;; is, i
seems, coming back already. . -This un
welcome visitor is reportea to be prevail
ing in some of the stables of Brooklyn
and vetcriuary surgeons should strive to
prevent another spread of this distempe
if it is within the provience of their. art
so to do. Owuers of horses should also
prevent all possiblo communication be
tween healthy and diseased animals.
Monopolies rule or . attempt to rue
everything. Sometimes they fail, j
number of leading lumber dealers through
out the country, who formed a com bin a
tion to control the Northern lumber mar
kct, failed on Saturday to the tune o
niue millions of dollars. If this los
should mainly fall upon the attempted
monopolists, everybody would be glad
and say it served them right.
. The fast horses of the American tur
are more numerous than is usually sup
posed, the Secretary of the Hampden Par
Association of Spring field, Mass, bavin
compiled an official list of seventy racers
including only seven not now ou tbe turf
which have made better time than 2:27
A few years ago this was considered ex
ceptionally swift, but now seven horses
are accredited with having made a mil
in less than 2:20.
Brady, the New York Bank robber
had in his possession nearly 880,000 i
bonds, which arc registered in the nam
of Captaiu Colvecores, who was murdered
and robbed in Connecticut about a year
ago. It is believed that Brady murder
cd him, and efforts are being made t
gather together evidence on tbe point.
II he is convicted, it will form an illus
tration of the old. but not very reliable
adage, "murder will out.
There is a hen in (Ttica of a modest
and lowly turn of mind. Conscious o
her inability to compete with some of her
sisters in different parts of the country
that have been laying eggs ns large as
those of the ostrich, the Utica fowl has
sought celebrity for delicate elegauce by
producing eggs of about the size of hot
house grapes. She has indeed gone a
little further than this in the pursuit of
novelity. Into the little eggs she puts
no yolkB, so that her productions are more
curious than valuable. '
Boston suffered another disastrous fire
on Friday last, but happily it was master
cd before the havoc of Iat summer was
repeated. The flames broke out in the
morning in a large furniture house on
Washington, street, and spread very rap
idly. Many stores, filled with valuable
goods, were burned. Chiekcring'a great
piano ware house and the Globe theatre
were quickly reduced to ruins. The fire
men worked with desperation, and by
noon the fare was gotten under control. -
The net loss by the couflgration is not
less than 51,250,000.
Au Iowa clergyman was just unreasona
blc enough to want his salary, aud when
the church failed utterly to pay him any
considerable portion of it, he sued and re
covereu judgment. lhe matter was
recently made the subject of iovestiga
tion by a council of inquiry, aud that
tribunal arrived at four solemn findings
r
viz: ':ihat the church did wrong in
failing to pay its pastor his salary ; that
the pastor did wrong in suing the church ;
that t lie church should apologize to the
pastor, and that the pastor should apologize
to the church." Jack Buusby would have
found it hard to beat that.
The story of a long and persistent pur
suit of a murderer by the son of his vie
tim is told in a Missouri newspaper. The
father of C ol. loung, a resideut of Cook
County Texas, was killed aud robbed on
the 1 1th of A pi il, 1872, by a man named
Bunch. The next day Col. loung start
ed in pursuit, and for more than a year
no nas Decu iracKing me icion through
the Indian Territory, thence through
Arkansas and Louisiana, can into Mis
sissippi, and nortn through lennessoe
and Kentucky. Crossing the Mississippi
Kiver, the felou made his way throu gh
Arkansas, by the wigwams of tbe ludiau
Territory, thence through the mountains
and forests of Arkansas again, the hills
nd wilds of Southern Missouri, over
the prairies of Southern Kansas, down
the head-waters of Medicine Lod ge. and
among the Arrapahoes. On the 20th ol
ast January Col. loung lost the trail.
Ou the 8th of April a telegram from Fort
Scott informed him that Bunch had re
cently beeu in that place. Soon he was
there, only to learn that Bunch had left
or Lamar, in Benton Countv. From that
place Young traced him in StL-inn
Bolivar, Quincy, Warsaw. Scdalia. Ben
neville. Here Buuch was arrested, and.
after this long chase, has been identified
I by Col. Young and committed to prison.
A Tery wealthy farmer of Titumlle
has this "notis" posted up in his field :
If any man s or woman s cows or oxen
gits in these here oats, his or her tail
will be cut off, as the case may be. I am
a Christian man, and pay my taxes, but
dam a man who lets his critters run loose,
say Ir". . ....
Postal Cards. ""
The following instructions to postmas
ters iu reference to postal cards are not
generally known. We therefore publish
them, deeming them important at this
time :
Postal cards having written or printed
thereon matter of a vulgar or indecent
cheracter, scurrilous epithets or disloval
.1 : r j i ' ..
ueTicen wui um ie lorwaraeu in toe mail.
Any persou depositing postal cards, hav
ing written or printed matter thereon
above forbidden, or causing to be deposi-
icu iu me um-uuicc ior mailing or lof
delivery, is subject to a fine of not more
than five hundred dollars, or imprison
ment of not more than one year, or both
according to the aggravation of the oC
fense.
Postmasters are not under any circuta
etaneea permitted to redeem or exchange
postal; cards . that may be misdirected
fpoiled in printing or otherwise rendered
unfit for use. . ,
In their treatment as mail matter they
are to be regarded by postmasters the
same as sealed letters and not as printed
matter except that they are not to be re
turned to the writer? or sent to the Dead
Letter office. If not delivered within
sixty days from the time of receipt, they
will be burned by post masters.
Special Notices,
N. Rustcr has every new style of hat there
uj out.
N. Rustcr haa all tlic new styles of neck
ties and collars.
N. Rustcr has suits from $5 to $ 40. All
wool suits for $10, made trj'in the latent
styles.
N. Raster has a fine assortment of dry
goods and notions. And a uew lot of spring
and summer shawls.
N. Rustcr has a large stock of kid gloves
of the Alexander and the Trevion make,
which he is selling at reasonable prices.
Every pair warranted.
N. Rustcr has just returned from the city
with a tremendious large stock of clothiug,
hats, caps, dry goods and furnishing good. .
Call and sec for yourself.
Buy your ladies aud children hats, rib
bons, flowers, feathers, half price, at the
wonderful cheap Auction store."
Buy your Cassimcrs, water proofs nnd
kentucky jeans, at the cheap Auction store
and save your dollars. .
Buy your hats and caps, at the won
derful cheap Auction store, nearly half price.
Buy your needles and pins, at five cents a
paper and excellent spool cotton four cts, at
cheap Auction store, four doors below post
office.
Buy your boots and shoes, at the cheap
Auction store, and save twenty-five cents on
the dollar.
Buy your black and japanese silks, and
black alpacas, wonderful cheap, at wonder
ful cheap Auction store.
Buy j our coats, pants, and vests at the
cheap Auction store and save thirty cents on
the dollar.
Decker's wonderful cheap Auction store
is filled with spring and summer good.-, some
nearly half price.
Buy your muslins, flannel and beautiful
dress goods, at the cheap Auction store and
save your dollars. April 10 -ui.
The largest stock of Carpets ever offered
in this market, at Bush's Store, Main street,
Stroudsburg, Pa., and at lower rates ever
offered in this town. " " "
Trunks Valises of all kinds at Fried' r.
'. . . -z"'
Splendid Cassimere suits at Fried's. ?
The best assortment of boots and shoes at
Fricd's. ' i
If you want any Gents' furnishing goods
go to Fried' s.
CiO to Simon Fried for Clothing, Boots,
Shoes, Trunks, Valises, Umbrellas & dents'
Furnishing (loods. '
Go to Simon Fried's for French calf hand
sowed boots he warrants them to wear as
good as any custom made boot, if not, the
money is refunded.
l?stcy Cottage Organs.
The styles arc beautiful, adopted to all
requirements and tastes, with prices suit
able to all classes of purchasers.
We call special attention to the lx IL r
mnna and the wonderful Vikv Julilmte.
Every instrument fully warranted.
X&aSi1 Send for an illustrated catalogue con
taining fuU description of Organs.
Splendid Christmas (7tfsand New Year's
IWst-nts for all.
J. Y. SIGAFUS,
Dee. 5.'72-tf.l StromMmnr. Pa.
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