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VOL. 31.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., JULY 17, 1873.
NO. 10.
Mi Ml a k A rs. I VI V TA ct rl A Ht JT
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Published by Theodore Schoch.
TE VH -Tu .'ill tr a yearin advance and if not
puttief irellie en I of the year, lvo dollars and fifty
J.eiiM -ill be c harped.
i ! Ii-- iUnnf! l until all arrearages are paid,
tXl;eit ,,;ihe vti.ui o! the Editor.
,Cr Iveriiscmeiits of one square of (eight tine?) or
e5.ri(! r ihre insertions $1 50. Each additional
.In in, 5 cent. Longer one iiiproporlion.
JOB Pill STING,
OF ALL KINDS,
Iterated in Hie highest fUyle of the Art, and on tin
nml reasonable terms.
p?v,u.....'Vm'.,"'T1"1.1". .r-
WILLIAM S. REES,
Surveyor, Conveyancer and
Eeal Estate Agent.
Farms, Timber Lands and Town Lots
FOR SALE.
Office next door above S. Uces' news Depot
and l.r IkIuw the Corner .ftore.
March -', l7:;-tf.
D R. J. L A N T Z,
Surgeon ami Mechanical Dentist,
Still Ins Ins office n Main Street, in the second
try "f l'r. S. Walton's til irk btnMui, neatly oppo-
ne t!ie strntiiMwig Ilnn.se, and Uc flatter'liiiii.elf
t!i:il !"' euMreii years consl nit ir.iclii i- and tli ino.-t
earnot an t I'.airl'ni altentl'-n to all matters ertaiiiing
to Ins pi i frsMnii, t hat lie is fully able to perform ill
operations in the denial line in tlic ino.-l careful, taste-l-il
ari l SKiiil'il manner.
S;ien il attention given to saving the Natural Terlh ;
No, t) the insertion of Artificial Teelh on KiMiber,
G.ilJ. Silver or Continuous Ou;iis, and ported fits In
all r.-cs insiiri d.
Mast persons know the great f.tlly and danger of en-
t riisim; i Itelr work to t lie inexocrieneed, or to llios-e j
living at a distance. April 13, 15.1. ly
JK. .!. II. Mlt'I.L.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office lt door above Stroudsburg House,
rci.lrme 1st door above Post Oil ice.
Office hour from 'J to 12 A. M., from ,'5 to 5
and" 7 to 9 r. M. May :i '73-ly
D
11. CI CO. Y. JACKSO.Y
PHYSICIAN, SURGEON & ACCOUCHER.
In llic old ofiii-e of Dr. A. Reeves Jackson,
resilience in Wyckofl'V building.
STROUDSBURG, PA.
August 8, lS7'J-tt:
llTCRSO.
OPERlTLtt AND MEMAMCiL DEMIST,
Having located in East Stroudsburg, Pa., an
nounces, that he is now prepare I to insert arti
iicial teeili in (he most beautiful and life-like
luiiiner. Also, great attention given to filling
n:.l preserving the natural teeth. Teeth ex
tracted without pain by use of Nitrous Oxide
ias. All d!ier work iiu ident to the profession
dineintlie nnst skillful and Kppmvetl style.
All work attended to jnotnptly and warranted,
(anrges reasonable. Patronage of the public
solicited.
Office in A. W. I.oder's new building, op-
ii'ite Aiialomiuk House, East Stroudsburg,
'a Julv 11, 187.i ly.
D
r. x, tj. ii:c;k,
Surgeon Dentist.
Announces ill it lis viny just returned from
DtMMnl Coilsgs, he is fully prepared to make
artificial teeth in the most beautiful and lilc
liko inanacr, and to fill decayed teeth ac
cording to the rnewt i-n proved method.
TeeHi extracted without pain, when de-
irel, by the use of Nilrous Oxide Gau,
which in entirely harmles. Rrpairinj of
il kind neatly done. All work warranted.
Charges reasonable.
Office in J. G. Keller's new Brick build
ing. Main S-reet, StrotuUbur, I'a.
uj 31-lf
JiML: II. WALT().,
Alioi iiey at Inv,
O.Tioi i, the LuiMing formerly nr-cupied
ly L. M. I'uison. and opposite the trouls
burg 15a nk. Main street, Stroudsburg, l'a.
jan l:;-tf
.ilricaa iuFrkiL.""
i The subscriber would inform thcnitblic that
he has leased tho house formally kept by Jacob
Knccht, in the Borough of Stroudsburg, l'a.,
and having repainted and refurnished the same,
i prepared to entertain all who may jtatronize
him. It is the aim of the pnjprie'or, to furn
ish superior accommodations sit moderate rates
and will sptire no pains to promote the com
fort of the guests. A liberal share of public
patronage solicited.
AprU 17, '72-tf. I). L. PISLE.
Jipm; no cm:,
I
HONEST) ATE PA
i
;3lost central location ot any Hotel in town.
! R. W. KIPLK Sc SOX,
l!0 Main street Proprietors.
jJanuary 0, 1873. ly.
I A ( K A 'A A 12 O I Si:.
J OPPOSITE THE DEI'OT,
I I'ast Stroudsburg, Pa.
J J. J. VAN COT1', Proprietor.
i The bar contains tlie cboiest Lhpiors and
Uie table is supplied with the best the market
aJlbrdn. Charges moderate. may 3 1872-tf.
i -
Mount Vernon House,
117 and 119 Xorth Second St.
a novE a nor,
PHILADELPHIA.
May 30, 1672- ly.
T EV. EDWARD A. WILSON'S (of Wil
- LX liamsburgh, N. Y.) Recipe for CON-
UMPTIONund ASTHMA carefully com
1 uuded at
1 HOLLINSHEAD'S DRUG STORE.
Medicines Fresh and Pure.
:. 21. 1667. W. HOLLINSHEAD.
MONROE COUNTY
Ulutizal Fire Insurance Company.
STROUrSBURG, PA.
33 S2P.&132i3 sa
CHARTER PERPETUAL.
The By-Laws of this Company, and the
regulations governing insurance have, re
cently been very materially changed, pla
cing it upon a bisis equal to that of any
Fire Insurance Company in the Slate.
Important among these changes are the
following, via:
Policies, instead of being perpetual, are
i.-sued fir five years.
All properly is classified and the rate of
premium is fixed according to the rik of
the property.
Premium notes are taken, and all as
sessments are inade on the notes.
Property is insured for not more than
two thirds of its actml cash value, and the
full amount of insurance paid in case of loss,
provided the lo?s be equal to the amount of
insurance.
"Annual assessments" only arc made, ex
cept in cases of heavy loss, and. where a
special assessment is necessary.
The Company is therefore prepared to in
sure property upon terms much more desira
ble than under the old system.
Applications may be made to any of the
Managers, Surveyors, or Secretary.
MANAGERS.
StoTjcl! Stokes,
J. Depue Leila r,
Richard S. Staples,
Silas L. Drake,
Chas. D. Brodhcad,
Robert Boys,
William
Jacob Knccht,
John Edinger.
Francis Hagerman,
Jacob Stouffer,
Theodore Schoch,
Thos. V. Rhodes,
Wallace.
STOGDELL STOKES, Pres't.
E. B. Dreiier, Secretary and Treasurer.
SURVEYORS.
For Monroe County:
Silas L. Drake, Thos. W. Rhode.',
William Gilbert, J. Depue LeBar,
Geo. G. Shafer, Jacob Stouffer.
For Wayne County:
F. A. Oppelt, Jos. K Miller.
For Pike County :
Samuel Detrick.
For Northampton County:
Richard Camden.
For Carbon County:
Samuel Ziegenfus.
OCT The Managers meet regularly at
the Secretary's Office in Stroudsburg, on
the first Tuesday of each month, at 2
o'clock P. M. May 15,'73-tf
GOOD NEWS!
HEW FIRM AM) SEW GOODS?
WAGNER. &
would announce to the public, that they have
taken the utand lately occupied by L. T. Labar
& Co., and fitted and stocked it with choice
lines, of
Groceries,
Provisions,
, Crockery ware, &c.
Every article in store has been selected with
the greatest care, and they can as.-ure custo
mers, that no matter at what price Bold, every
thing purchased of them will prove to be of
the lest quality.
It is the design to keep a complete assort
ment in each line, so that all tastes may be
suited.
Whether in want of heavy or fine
Groceries or Provisions, Crockery Ware,
and Glassware, Tobaccoes
or what not. This will be found to be the
place to call. A speciality with them will be
a No. 1 brand of
St. Louis Mills Flour
which stands at the head of the list every
where. Call and examine goods. Prices
marked down to the lowest living figure.
SASH, DOORS AND BLINDS
Constantly on hand.
ALSO:
Oo hand and for sale a superior lot of
Ceiling Latli, Hemlock Boards and Scant
ling, Matched Flooring, and White
Pine of all kinds.
ir. s. WAGNER.
April 10, 1873-tf.
M. II. RHODES.
Found out why people go to McCarty't? to
get their furniture, because he buys it at the
Ware Rooms of Jxe & Co. and .sells it at
an advance of only tianty-tico and tu:o
ninth r cent. Or in ot her words, Rocking
Chairs that he buys of Ixjc & Co. (through
the runners lie don't have) for $4,f) he sells
for $5,50. Pays him to buy some good Fur
niture. LEE & CO.
Stroudsburg, Aug. 18, 1870. tf.
Extensive Mail Robberies Arrest of the
' Perpetrators.
Developments brought to light within
a few days reveal mail robberies on a
scale uever before attempted by the most
brazen of outlaws, aud with a cuuuing
that for a long time iusured success and
baffled the skill of the most expert detcc
lives in the country. Through the ef
forts of Mr. J. S. Elwell,.thu special agent
of the Post-office Department in this city,
assisted by the National Detective Agency
of Albn I'inkcrton, the bold rascals have
beeu brought to bay, and are uow confes
sing their crimes and beggiug for mercy,
behind the strong walls and bars of an
Eastern prison. W. 11 Wales and Robert
11. Dudley are the names of the young
men who have made themselves famous
in the rauks of robbers. These two men.
before commencing operation, matured
their plans aud perfected their jdot very
much as the writer of a romance is'stip
posed to mark out his programme before
he enters upon the material labor neces
sary to the production ol his work. The
first step was the most important of all,
as upon its success depended, in a great
degree, the futoae prosperity of the am
bitious brace of rascals. Wales was a
youDg man of some standing in society,
and in business circles he was looked up
on as honest and trustworthy. The semb
lance of these traits of character secured
his appointment as a postal clerk on tWe
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Rail
road, between Toledo and Buffalo, about
two years ago. While thus employed he
made the acquaintance of other route
agents, amcng them a man named Har
mon. For several months Wales dili
gently performed his duties, and secured
uot only the confidence of the officers of
the Department, but the friendship and
esteem of his associates and fellow clerka.
Having accomplished all that he desired,
and not caring to continue in a position
where labor was required, the youDg man
resigned his position, with the view ol
commencing a series of robberies that
have terminated in his disgrace and a
prospect of his imprisonment for mfty
years. Dudley, iu the meantime, had re
maiucd in the back ground, patiently
awaiting the development of their deep
laid schemes. Harmon was the man
whose friendship Wales had most asst
duously cultivated. They were bosom
friends at least Harmon so regarded.
H ales, althou.-h the latter probably felt
no further friendship than does the con
fidence operutor toward the luckless vic
tim he fleeces without a twinge of cou
scieucc. After leaving the service, Wales,
as was the custom in those days, and is
still, among members of a common fra
ternitv. frequently took short trips on the
car of Ha-moo, and was freely granted
privileges on account of his former con
nection with the eervice, that would uot
have been permitted but for that circum
stance, no matter how close might be the
bond of friendship. During these rides,
the shrewd rascal never failed, before he
left the car, to steal whole packages of
letters.
Hai'ing secured as many as he could
well conceal about his person, lie would
leave the car at some place previously
fixed upon betrreen himself and confed
erate, and, with the assistance of Dudley,
the work of rifling the letters would be
performed. If money was found it was
appropriated. If drafts large enough to
warrant the risk were found, they were
negotiated through the various express
companies, forged letters of indorsement
being sent iu. When the money was re
ceived in this way, Dudley, who trausact
ed this part ol the business, always made
it convenient to change his base of opera
tions, assume a new name, aud ostensibly
establish himself in some business that
would establish his identity with business
men. Whcu this had been accomplish
ed, and everything was in readiness,
Wales would take auother ride, secure
ntor'j letters, aud tepeat the operations bo
successfully performed iu previous ef
forts. The first draft known fo have been
fraudulently negotiated by them was mail
ed by Governor Washburn, of Wisconsin,
on the 27th of May, 1872, and was col
lectcd on forged indorsements, through
the Adams Express Compan-, at Pitts
burgh. Dudley receiving the mouey on
the 3d ol June, and decamping on the
same day. From Pittsburgh he made
his way to Buffalo ; from Buffalo to Ito
ehester, thence to Albany, and stopping
briefly at New York aud Newark, X. J ,
and Philadelphia, he finally reached .Mat
tapan. near Boston, and quietly located,
with the intention of suspending business
until the storm should blow over, and it
would be safe to operate once more.
While performing this journey, the
keen scented blood hounds of the law
were upon his track. They followed him
with relentless purpose, and uuceasing
perseverance, sometimes only missing him
by a day, and then losing track of him
for a week, and perhaps a mouth. But,
on the olst day of May last, in his quiet
retreat iu the New Eugland suburb, the
ehadows that had followed him so long at
last found his hiding place, and he was
transferred from the comforts of indolent
ease tolhe hardships of prison life.
His confederate, Wales, the man who
had perpetrated the robbery, had beeu
arrested on the 7th of the preceeding
March, and the fact was kept a piolound
secret, and no doubt Dudley was perplex
ed in miod at the unusual neglect of Lis
partner ic crime to ''bhow up" and re
peat the depredations that had secured
for both of them comparative wealth.
Both have confessed their arrest, and
they are now in jail in the Western Dis
trict of Pennsylvania, where the first of
fence was committed, awaiting trial
Dudley is an Englishman, and nothing is
known of his past history. Wales has a
father residing at tho White House, near
Toledo, the locality he selected as the
base of his thieving operatious.
The chase for the fugitives has contin
ued for the more than a year, and Mr.
Elwell, during that time, has traveled
more than ten thousand miles in quest of
the prey he finally succeeded iu secur
ing. The amount in drafts and money
stolen will uever be known, but it is cer
tain that in drafts alone 50,000 has been
realized aud divided. Chicago Ecccnimj
I St.
THE STORM KING.
Hurricane at Odin, Illinois.
Cincinnati, .luly 8 A hurricane
swept over Odin, III., last night, unroofing
the Methodist Church, aud otherwise iu-
juring that building.
Ihe Methodist Church and railroad
engine house at Salem, III., were destroy
ed. Orchards, miles of fences and thous
ands of acres of corn were blown down.
At Ilarrisburg, III., the storm blew
down a circus tent full of people. The
lights fired the canvas, but the fire was
extinguished.
At Carmi, 111., on Friday last, a boy
named Upton, while driving a reaper, was
killed by lightning, as were also his two
horses. A terrible storm visited that
place last night and several men aud
horses were killed by lightning.
String field, July 8. This is the
first day iu seven that rain ha3 not fallen
here. For two or three days it has rained
in torrents in Southern and Central
Illinois, and the country is almost delug
ed with water. Great damage has beeu
done to the wheat, oats and hay. In
Southern Illinois large quantities of
wheat will be lost. The corn crop is not
much damaged by the rains.
Evansvii.le, July 8. The most
destructive storm and tornado of the
season passed over this city at eight
o'clock P. M. yesterday. A number of
snade trees were blowu down, the front
of a building was blown out, and much
damage was done to the Trinity Catholic
Church.
The steamer Quickstep was blown from
her moorings, aud Isot her funnels. At
Henderson, Ky., the roofs of a railroad
round house and a tobacco warehouse
were blowu off. Iu Warwick county, Ind.,
great damage was douc. No injury to
persous is reported.
A train on the St. Louis and South
eastern railroad was detained two and a
half hours by trees blown across the track.
Cincinnati, July 8. The following
accounts of the damages to the crops and
buildings, and estimated losses by the
recent rains, have been received here :
In Ohio, throughout Fayette county,
oats, wheat and corn have been seriously
damaged, many trees uprooted, aud oue
barn demolished. The loss is estimated
at 3000, outside of crops. In Washing
ton county crops were considerably beaten
dowa and damaged. An estimate of the
loss cannot be made, the reports not being
sufficiently full.
In Belmont county several acres of
timber were destroyed For a mile around
Belmont nearly all the fences were blown
down, admitting the stock iuto the grain
fields. The wheat and corn were also
flattened out. Iu Morrow county, iu the
vicinity of Cardington, on Thursday and
Friday, the storm leveled the fences and
timber iu all directions. Many valuable
orchards were ruined.
The loss in Franklin county is estimat
ed at from $50,000 to 6100,000. The
bottom lands were covered with water,
destroying the crops. Part of the caual
in the town of Winchester is under water,
compelling some of the firms to stop busi
ness. In the southern portion of Licking
county the crops of all kinds are badly
damaged.
The Newark, Somerset ami Straitsville
railroad suffered severely. Twenty five
miles of track were washed out, and
several bridges destroyed. In Clinton
county the grain in shocks, aud that
standing in the fields, was aliko prostrat
ed, making it necessary to cut a great
part of it by hand.
In the southern portion of Greene
county the wheat crops suffered. The
estimated loss is from fifteen to twenty
per cent. Iu other portious of the coun
ty the loss is considerably lighter. The
weather is still showery, and, unless it
clears up soon, the wheat crop, which is
dead ripe, will be greatly injured.
In Muskingum county, Zanesville
Washington, Perry, Wayne aud Knox
townshits suffered most damage to the
growing crops, Dot less than 10,000,
beside a heavy loss ou timber.
In the southern part of Butler county
the rain damaged the crops. A large lot
of timber was also blown down. In Clark
county the damage was uot great, except
in extra work, and inconvenience in
harvesting the prostrated grain.
In Union county the wheat crop is
badly damaged throughout, especially
along the creeks, where whole fields are
destroyed. - Id Hickaway county the
orops were destroyed and washed away,
the approximate loss being $100,000. To
this may be added the broom corn within
three miles of Ciroleville, 25,000.
In Athens county, at Nelsonville, the
Hocking river overflowed and inundated
the lower part of the town. A large
number of families were compelled to
leave their houses and conteuts and fly
for life, so sudden and unexpected did
the flood come. The crops in the bottom
lands are a total loss.
The damage to the crops is estimated
at 810,000. A great number of families
living along the river in the vicinity ol
Athens were compelled to move to hi"her
ground. The Marietta and Ciucinnati
railroad track is covered with water too
deep to allow the passage of trains.
In Fairfield county the loss of public
and private property is estimated at over
half a milliou dollars. Many of the low
farms wetc swept, of everything but the
buildings. The Hocking canal will not
be repaired this summer, having CItceu
largo breaks within the distunce of twenty
five miles.
The 1 Jrcmen canal is six feet under
wafer. On the morning of the -1th iust.
four bridges of the Cincinnati aud Musk
iogum and Cincinnati and Hocking Valley
railroads were wrecked. The Hocking
canal and river have been made oue stream
by the numerous breaks.
. Iu the southeastern part of Indiana
severe losses arc -reported. In Union
county the crops arc damaged from ten
to fifteeu per cent. In llipley county
the wheat suffered badly. In Decatur
county the wheat yield will be but one
fourth of the crop.
In Shelby county two-thirds of the
wheat is sprouting very fast. In Dearborn
county the losses on the crops will be far
up iu the thousands. The same report
comes" from Fayette county. Corn will
yield only three-fourths of a crop.
Tho Fire-Worshippers.
In an interesting letter from India to
the Syracuse Courier, a correspondent,
signing the initials "N. F. G ," says:
"You have all heard of the Parsees. They
are the Jews of Bombay. They are a race
that was excluded from Persia as the Jews
have been from many countries. Here
they located. They are very industrious,
and arc a peculiar people. They are the
traders. They buy and sell the cotton.
They are the brokers, the mouey lenders,
and shavers. They never mingle with
others. They have their own schools,
and in their way are highly educated
They take care of their own poor. They
have great wealth, and have elegant villas
on Malober Hill, the most fashionable
part of the city. They drive splendid
horses and ride in clegaut carriages If
the ladies and children appear on the
street, they are dressed in silk. I never
saw children so elegantly dressed any
where else. Many of the young ladies
are very beautiful, but are never allowed
to receive visits from any but those of
their own race. They are foud of amuse
ments, and have a theater of their own.
They are fire worshippeis. When the
labors of the day arc over they are seen
along the shores of the sea, lacing the
setting sun, with their hands clasped, re
peating thetr prayers. They have very
peculiar notions o!' life, but their cemetery
is more peculiar still. It is different
from all others. We make a visit to
their cemetery, not knowing at the time
that no one was admitted. It is a large
tract on the best part of Malober Hill. It
is very valuable now, but it was purchas
cd many years ago. Wctuadc application
at the gate for admission, and were re
fused. We appealed to a young Parsec,
who happened to be passing. He was
dressed in silk and very gentlemanly iu
his appearance. He said that no Euro
peans were admitted. We told him that
we were not European. but Americans.
He said he would ho very happy fo oblige
Americans, but couldot, but did consent
that we should go up the road outside The
inner wall, ami have a view of the city
and hay. The sentinel took us along the
winding road, ami a rupee given to him
acted like a charm. It opened all the
gates and passed the police. There were
no Parsees in sight to stand in our way,
and wc entered the prohibited enclosure.
These grounds are surrounded by a wall
twenty feet high, and have been used for
a great uumbcr of years by this strauge
people. There are uo monuments in the
cemetery. There ate three round towers
about ii I ty feet in diameter, and fifty to
sixty feet high. On the top of these
towers there is an iron grate. The dead
are brought to the gate and delivered to
the priests, and the friends depart. The
priests prepare the corpse and lay it ou the
grate, and it is devoured by the vultures,
and the bones drop through the grafe into
the charncl house belo. The.-e towers
or vaults are called the 'Towers of Sileua.'
We saw hundreds of vultures sitting on
these towers, and the sentinel told us that
they would take all be flesh from the
bones of a corpse in an hour. We asked
why these towers ? The sentinel, poiut
jtjcr to one, said, 4 Parses with plenty of
money put there ;" to another, "Parses
with but little money put there," and the
other, "Parses with no money put there."
The sentinel said, wheu a corpse is placed
on the grate, the strife and noise of the
vulture is frightful, and could bo heard
for a long distance. We saw those "Towers
of Silena," aud do not care ever to be any
nearer.
There is a man in Germautown who
has a hor& which is so fast that if you
stop him suddenly while he is at full
peed, it turns his hair all the wrong
way.
A Wanderin
0 iicu xvuiaiitij Uaw
Suit
About forty years ago there ded in a
hospital iu Philadelphia a mau named
James Turnbull. He had been aruan of
means, and was interested in coal lands
near Hazleton. Bad speculation and
dissipation ruined him, and otbsrs be
came possessed of his coal propty, al
though up to the time of his deatl he de
clared that he still had a title to tiem.
He left a divorced wife, and a sin also
named James. The latter was a mere
child when his father died. Neary thir
ty years since he left Philadelphia and
went to sea. In 1852, his mother, be
ing alone and distitute, determinedif pos
sible to ascertain if her husband really
had any title to the coal lands, an! if so
to suinuiou her son back, if possible, and
have him urge his claims. The land,
meanwhile, had fallen iuto the hands of
Hou. Asa Packer, the Pardees, and other
famous capitalists of this region whr
still hold them. James Turnbull's moth
er, in the year above mentioned, found a
champion in O. II. Wheeler, csq.,!thca a
lawyer in Mauch Chuuk. He searched
the records, and become convinced that
Turnbuill's title to the lands was $oods.
It was necessary, however, to get james
back, who, if living, was the cnlyiheir,
before anything could be done to recover
the property. After twenty yeirs of
ceaseless effort, tidings were finaly ob
tained of him from Mexico, and in Juno,
1872, he arrived in this country. His
career had been one of continual peril
and adventure, lie had been shipwreck,
ed several times, aud once floated a week
on a raft until picked up by a vessel near
the Island of St. Thomas. He was an "Ar
gonaut of 'dD," and shared in all the perils
of early life in California. Several years
spent in that region was followed by hi
taking up his abode on the western coasO
of Mexico, near Mazattan. Here he was
blown up in a steam-boat, robbed by the
natives several times, left for dead by a
party of Mexican soldiera with twelve
dagger wounds in his body, and sufferetl
many other trials, making and losing sev
eral fortunes. In 1871 he heard from
his mother in. regard to the disputed pro
perty, and started for home as soon as
possible, being capsized in a boat which
was conveying him to the homeward
bound steamer, narrowly escaping with
his life, and losing many valuables.
The action to recover was commenced
soon after Turubull's return. The case
came up last week in the U. S. Circuit
Court for the Eastern District of Penn
sylvania at Williamsport. There are six
of the most eminent lawyers in the stat3
engaged for the defence among them
Hon. George A. Woodward. The case
was continued, on the ground that several
of the defendants' counsel were unable
to be present, being members of the Con
stitutional Convention.
There are 4,000 acres of valuable coal
land involved, representing millions of
dollars Hazleton Sentinel.
Freighting Lumber.
Some enterprising lumber dealers in
Chicago have entered upon an experiment
which promises to have a material effect
iu reducing the prices of lumber in that
city. Heretofore in fchipping lumber from
Michigan to Chicago by the ordinary
means of transportation it has been deem
ed necessary to have the timber saw&d,
or elso hewu down, in order taiave
freight charges. But the firm roterred
to have adopted a plan of transportation
which is new in that region, anil which
will not only cause an immense saving ir
freight charges, but also be economical
in other ways if it proves practicable.
Instead of shipping their lumber by
rail or in small lake craft, they have con
structed a monster raft, made up of logs in
the rough securely fastened together by
means of bolts and chains, and 'so con
structed that it can be towed across the
lake with as much safety, it is thought,
as rafts are floated down the river of
Pennsylvania and Maine. The first raft
built for lake navigation coutaius G00,
000 feet of clear lumber, exclusive of the
slabs and outer pieces which would have
deen wasted under tho old method of
transportation. It is made up of sections
consisting of twenty logs each, the rafa
beiDg three sections wide. In front is a
cutwater, made of logs of extraordinary
length coming together in front like the
timbers in a vessel's bow.
The cutwater equalizes the power of
the tow boat, lessens the resistance of the
water, and will break the forco of uch
storms as arc liable to arise on the Lake.
One tug can thus tow across Lake Michi
gan a quantity of lumber which it would
require a number of vessels or many trair.a
of railroad cars to move at a cost which
1s trifliog compared with existing charges.
Besides this a vast amount of waste ma
terial, which it has hitherto cost a great
deal of money to get rid of can be utilized
for fuel and other purposes when tawn
up in Chicago.
A heu belonging to a farmer in the
vicinity of Saltsburg, Indiana county, re
cently niado a nest near tho top of a sugar
maple, at lea.t twent five feet lrom the
ground and brought out a brood of chichp.
Hy the laws which usually govern well
regulated hens he attributes it to the fact
that a Deruoeart had recently moved into
tho neighborhood who was fond of frc-h
eggs, aud Mrs Hen saved her icputatioo
by cliuibing a tree.
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