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STPvOUDSBLFRG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., AUGUST 7, 1873.
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Pnblishrd by Theodore Sclioch.
Ti?l -T-vo I !! ir : yccirln advance and if nut
pi I tcf t1 the fiat of Hie ye;tr, two dollar? mijU fifty
:eiits will b! chin ne I.
i vi ).; tti;iu? I tt.itil II rrearajes are paid,
icpt "i" o. ii'in ol i he EJitor.
iLA Ivcriiseiiioiits of mm j'j'iare of (eight lino?) or
es,iic lie tlir-ti! ni-eiti i:) $1 5i). Each roUliUoiml
niJrti ;i, V i-e;il.. Lou cr ones in propni lion.
JOZS J'KIX'nSG,
OF ALT. KINDS,
Eieented in t!ie hiuliest style of the Art, and on the
most ie;iso:i.ihIe terms.
WILLIAM S. REES,
Surveyor, Conveyancer and
Real Estate Agent.
Farms, Timber Lands and Tovn Lets
FOR SALE.
Office next door above S. Pecs' news Depot
ami "J1 ilHr below the Corner Store.
March LM, is7.;-tf.
DR. J. LANTZ,
Surgeon aiul Mechanical Dentist,
Still Ins Ins orfice mi Mini Street, in the m-coik!
ftrv f Or. S. W.ilM.i's hiK'k liiil! l!!iLT, neiulv oipo-
fiic t!ic Strou. Slimi: House, and fce fl.iltf is l:l:ii.-tlf
that lV el'iit'tu yens eoiil;tal practice and liu; ino.-t
niPt an t careful :ilti'nM n to .ill ma'.ter naming
l In profession. Hint lie i f illy ible to priforin nil
nper alums i:i the cienlal line in the Hioft i-.u etui, t.;s'.e
an 1 skii.V'i! in. inner.
S.ier.i-ii Hitciiiioii ivcn to saving the itifa' Teeth ;
also, to the I'iM'illoii f Arlihiditl feet h n llul)tcr,
0 ilil. Silver or Coiitmu.jiis Gums, and porlect tils In
Mil c-es iniiied.
M st pf rsons !i;i:i-.v the jjreul ttV.y and dancer id cn-
1 nisi iii' Uielr wink Ui lilt iiicxj.i'iei! eil, or In iliuse
living iit it .!isi.iii'-e. Apr;! 13, I f T I . 1 y
jrU. J. IS. SHISJ,,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
( t'Xice 1st door above Stroudsburg House,
resilience 1st door above Post (Mfice.
Oilice hours l'u:a 0 to 12 A. M., from " to 5
I 7 to r. m.
Mar
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PHYSICIAN, SURGEON & ACCOUCHER.
II n the old office of Dr. A. l!covc Jackson,
residence, corner of Sarah r.nd Franklin .-.trect.
1 STROUDSBURG, PA.
1 Aujuft 8, IS72-tf.
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J. IMITEILSOS,
I OPLRimG AD SCniASIfAL DEMIST,
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I Having located in Ea?t Stroiul-hnrp-, Da., an
I imiinees that he is now ji-jari-il to ir.ert arti
lieial teeth in the mo-t lieautifnl sjikI life-like
manner. Also, great attention riven to filling
si nd preserving llie natural teeth. Teeth ex-
Uraeted without .iin y nse of Nitrons Oxide
i tas. All otlier work ineident to the profession
i !ie in the nnt skillful and approved Myle.
; All work attended to iromptly and warmiited.
.i'liares reasonable. I'atronagc of the public
'lieited.
Oflice in A. W. Tyoder's new l.v.ildincr, op-
ioite Analoniink House, Kast Strondsburg,
a. July 11, 1H7:) ly.
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I Announces lli it liavinjr just returned frcm
Dental Collets, he is fully prepared to make
artificial teetli in the most beautiful and Ii!e-
ike manner, and io fiii decayed teeth ac
cording to the most i-n proved method.
Teeih cxtract-'d without pain, when de
iired, by the use of Nitrous Oxide Gas,
which is entirely lnrm'ess. Repairing; ot
H kind neatly done. All work warranted.
Charges re isnnaMe.
Offic! in J. (I. Ke'ler'ri new Rrick Luild
n. Main S reet, SlrouJsbur, l'a.
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5tami:s ff. WALTOX,
0 Atlornoy al faw,
t OHii-e in the Ltiillirs formerly ocuptcl
hy I. M. Iinr-oti, an 1 oppnsit.; tho .'trotida
Iwirg Uank, Main street,' .Strou Jlur, Pa.
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I The fiubscriiier would inform the public that
lie has leased ih hoc. e formally kept by Jacob
Ke ht, in the IJoronh of Stroud.-burir, Da.,
ad having repainted and refurnislied the same,
it prepared to entertain nil who may patronize
lam. Jt is the aim of the proprietor, to f;ini
uh superior accommodations at moderate rates
rud will spare no pains to promote the cotn
f.wt of the guests. A liberal tdiare of jmblic
fatronae wdieited.
Ajril 17, '72-tf D. L. DISLD.
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Ilost central location pt any Hotel ::i tovrn.
f t It. W. KIPLI k SON,
ity Main s-tfflct. Proprietors.
iuary y, 1873. ly.
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f Kast Stroudsburg, Pa.
I IJ. J. VAN COTT, Proprietor.
The bar contain the cholest Lbpiors and
( 9 table ii supplied with t!ilest the market
f rdn. Charges moderate. f mar 3 l72-tf.
rA'rsos
31ount Vtrnoja House,
I 117 and U9 K"orth Second St.
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PHILADELPHIA.
!iay 30, 1672- ly.
EV. KDWARD AwiLSON'S(of Wii
L Iurnsburb, N. Y.) Reci;v for CON
OPTION and ASTHMA carefully com
nded at
HOLLINSHEAD'3 DRUG STORE.
Medicine Fresh and Pure.
A 2i. 1657. W. HOLLINSIIEAI).
MONltUE COUNTY
Mutual Fire Insurance Company.
STROUrSBURG, PA.
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CHARTER PERPETUAL.
The By-Liws of this Company, and the
regulations governing; insurance have, re
cently been very materially changed, pla
cing it upon a b isis equal to I hat of any
Fire Insurance Company in the State.
Important amon-j thee changes arc the
following', via :
Policies, instead of being perpetual, are
i.-Mied for five years.
All properly i. classified and the rate of
premium is fixed according to the risk of
the ptoperty.
Premium notes are taken, and all as
sessments are made on the notes.
Property is injured for not more than
two thirds of its actml cash value, and the
full amount of insurance paid in case of loss,
provided the Io.es be equal to the amount of
itiMi ra nee.
"Annual assessments'' only are made, tx
rept in cases of heavy !os, and where a
sjieciil assessment is nfce.-sj ry.
The Company i.s 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.
StojJel! Stkes, Jicob Knecht,
J. Depne I.eBar, John Edinger.
Iliclurd S. Staples, Francis Ilagerman,
Sila.s L. Drake, Jacob iStoulfer,
Chas. D. Urodhead, Theodore Schoch,
Robert Boys, Thos. W. Rhodes,
William Wallace.
STOGDELL STOKES. PresU.
E. B. Dr eh tit, Secretary and Treasurer.
SURVEYORS.
For Monroe County:
Silas L. Drake, Tims. W. Rhodes,
William Gilhr-rf, J. Depne LeBar,
Geo. G. Shafer, Jacob Sfoufl'er.
For Wayne County:
F. A. Oppslt, Jos. It. Miller.
For Pike County :
Samuel Detrick.
For Northampton County:
Ritliard Camder.
For Carbon County:
Samuel Ziegcnfus.
The Managers meet regularly at
the Secretary's Office in Stroudsburg, on
the first Tuesday cf each month, at 2
o'clock P. M.J May 15,73-tf
GOOD NEWS!
NEW FIRM AND SEW GOODS?
WAGS
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would announce to the public, that they have
taken the stand lately occupied by L. T. Labar
t Co., and lilted and stocked it with choice
lines, of
Groceries,
Provisions,
Crockery ware, &c.
Every tiriide in store has been selected v. ith
the greatest rare, and they can assure custo
mer, that no matter at what price wild, every
thir. puichnsed of them will prove to be of
the best fjiiality.
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 lit every
where. Call and examine goods. Prices
marked down to the Juwct living figure.
SASH, POOES AND BLINDS
Constantly on hand.
ALSO;
Ou hand and for sale a euperitr lot of
Ctilir.g Lath, Hemlock Boards and Scant
ling, Matched Flooring, and Whits .
Pins of all kinds.
H. S. WAGNER. M. H. RHODES.
April I'.J, 187.'--tf.
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J that when anv nn cntnps to Stroud.
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biirj bo buy Farjjiture, they always inquire
for McCartys Furniture Store! Seut. 26
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LANKS OF ALL KINDS f.r tale ct
this Ofljce
College Life at Lafayette.
The recent Commencement at Lafay
ette College, Kaston, drew to that place
many visitors from abroad who had friends
or relatives among the students. One of
Ihesc, from West ChrEtrr, writes to the
Local Ncics a budget of gossip about the
College and its ways, from which we
make some interesting extracts. The
College grounds are situated north of the
main portion of the town, on a high hill,
and are reached by a series of stone steps
and gradually ascending walks, protected
by irou railings ; almost at the summit is
a large granite monument, surmounlcd
by a statute of a lile size soldier' in full
unilorm, lately erected by the Alumni
Association in memory of those ol their
number who "died for the Union." We
Grst reach at the top of the bill the vener
able East College, used now as rooms fur
students and tutors. Ou one side f this
is the One new chapel, elegantly finished
and furnished, and on the other ide is
the large reading room au I lil.taty build
ing ; thec two buildiugs arc joiued to the
main building and add much to its ap
pearance io front. There are on the
large college grounds seven or eight build
ings, commodious in size aud tasteful in
appearance, aud surroundings for such of
the professors as have families. There
arc alro six hulls in which the students
and tutors have their rooms, five of these
stand on the north side of the college
grouuds. The largest aud central one of
the five is a very liue building of four
stories, which was fiuished iu 1871. It
was built by one of the former trustees,
a gf ntlemau Darned 31cKeen, of Easton,
and by hitn presented to the college ; it
appropriately bears his name. There are
also on the grounds, Jeoks' Physical
Hall, a fine structure in which the philo
sophical and chemical apparatus are kept,
and experiments are performed, and the
college observatory in which are a large
telescope and the other necessary ap
paratus. There remains, also, to be es
peeially noticed the magniSceut Pardee
building, built by A. Pardee, of Hazel
ton, at a cost of $200,000, and which it
is expected will cost nearly as much more
to fiuUh, all of which iMr. Pardee has
generously undei taken to bear. This
building is five stories in height, with a
wing ou cither side four stories h'gh
The entire length of front in a straight
line is two huudred and fifty six feet
The material is the Trenton brown stone,
with trimmings of light Ohio sand stone.
It is to be heated throughout by steam.
This building is to be used exclusively
for recitation rooms, laboratories, lecture
rooms and professor's studies ; none of
the pupils will room in it. There were
io the college at the close of the present
year two hundred and forty six students,
forty-two of whom graduated. The num
ber entered for the next year promises to
be much larger than it has been for a
long time, and will probably considerably
exceed one hundred. We ought tore
mark that the classes are called by the
year in which they graduate, thus the
class of 187G graduates in June 1S7G.
College life is, gcucrally speaking, very
peculiar. The students are almost en
tirely isolated, at least until their last
year, from society and the bustle and
roughing of the world. A few of them
board and live in private families io Eas
ton, some of them have rooms in the col
lege aud board in private families, but
the majority room iu the college and
board iu clubs. Each of these clubs are
composed of from fifteen to thirty young
men, and has regular officers, one of whom
is called commissary, whose duty it is to
purchase the necessary provisions for the
club. lie is allowed one half of his board
ing for performing this work. These
provisions are cooked generally by tome
family living near the college grounds or
iu some of the college buildings, and din
ing room aud table furniture are provid
ed by then). Jjoarding thus in clubs, we
sru told, costs fiom$2 50 to 6150 per
week. The students are expected to lur
nish their rooms in the college building
throughout, with tables, chairs, bedsteads,
beddiug, &c., and to provide their own
stoves. I heir luel is supplied them at
cost price. The rooms in the East College
are about 28 by iU iu size, and are gen
erally occupied by two studcuts. In .Mc
Keen Hall and several of the other build
ings there is oue room about 12 by 20 with
a small bed room on cither side, which ar
raugeuieut is preferable but more expeo
sive. It would probably shock the good
mothers could they sometimes step with
out warning into their boys' rooms, for
they often what we put mildly in callitig
untidy. lJoys won't hang up their
clothes, make their beds, arrange their
books or sweep out their dirt or cob webs
iu a way to make their mothers happy,
and then not uulretiucutly some of them
will oversleep themselves, aud rush into
the chapel, which they have to attend
morning and afternoon, with very scant
under clothing, covered by a screening
over cartj miuus collar, heedless slippeis
or may be stockiugless of course this
is only once in a while, but such things
do occur. We were very much pleased,
however, with what we saw of college life
iu spite of these drawbacks. There is an
absurd prejudice abroad about the bad
uess of college boys, which is not wonder
ful vihen we thiuk of some of the wild
scrapes we hear of their gettiug iuto, but
which we thiuk unfounded. We should
have to go far before we would find few
er bad fellows amoug several hundred
young men than among the students at
Lafdyettc, aud there are uiaJe more hear
ty, disinterested, permanent friendships
among them than are found in a score of
years in the business world. There is,
we should say, less of class distinction in
Lafayette than probably than in auy col
lege in the Union, and we are glad to see
it so, for such distinctions are absurd.
You frequently se- there a freshman hav
ing as many friends among the sopho
mores and juniors and probibly even
seniors, as among his own class. College
men are notoriously irreverent, and we
believe invariably have their nick names
for the professors, some of which arc more
amusing than complimentary. Lafayette
is no exception to this rule and we find
Dr. Cattell, the excellent President, fami
liarly known among the boys as Hillie
Cattell, or as some irreverent ones put it,
l'iilie Cattle; Professor Collin is general
ly known as Spookey. which nickname
his father, the loved professor who died
during the present year, bore before him:
Dr. Porter. Professor of JJotany, is affec
tionately called Hugs, and Prof. Mara!;,
the famous PhilologNt, is known as
Shanghai. Hobbic Youngtuan, PeiJy
Moore, Joe Hardy, Davie King, Johnnie
Meigs and Jellie Snyder are the familiar
names among the boys for several of the
professors aud tutors their last names
are correct. Not one particle of disres
pect is meant by such outlandish names,
and the professors bearing them are among
the most popular in the college, if indeed
they are not the favori-ties. It must be
suppc;scd that the professors know ol their
nicknames, and an amusing story is told
of Prof. Marsh's little five year old boy,
in this connection. A student saw him
playing ou the grouuds aud asked him
who he was. "I'm little Shanghai," he
replied. Dr. Cattell expects gentlemanly
deportmeut Irom all the boys, and is fre
rjuently feeling iu his remarks ou breach
es of decorum. It is rich to see a boy
rush out of his room with an overcoat
buttoned up over an undershirt, and stock
ingless feet in down trodden slippers, and
start for the Chapel saying "Won't this
make Hillie Cattell's heart bleed."
THE PHANTOM ENGINE.
Si ncc the completion of the Northern
division of the 1). L. ct W, railroad, there
have been a Dumber of accidents iu the
immediate vicinity of Factory ville. There
is a deep "fill" juat south of the depot,
and engines, trains, and passengers have
rolled down this embankment. These ac
cidents have resulted iu tlie death of wo
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meu ana passengers, ana Dut tew pass
over this spot without shuddering as they
look dowu hundreds of feet beloT. North
of the depot is a sharp curve and a deep
cut, through which the wind always whis
ties with a long melancholy wail, as it
the spirit of some one was suffering the
agonies of mortal paiu. It has a peculiar
sound, and it has been the theme of much
comment and speculation iu that victinity
and by the traveling public. It is even
claimed by many that on the anniversary
of one of the most fatal accidents a phan
torn engine, traui ol cars, tilled with spir
itual passengers are seen passing along
tho rail with the speed of the wind, while
ou the stilluess ot night raises the shrill
shriek of men and women, as if again
precipitating down the declivity. It pas
ses iu a moment and then all is still again.
We do not vouch for the above state
ment, but there are those who will.
Sneaking of the souuds iu the cut wc
have heard it often, and several years ago
we were deceived for a whole night by
the illusionary souudofan approaching
train. It was behiud time, ana latciug a
position on the platform we waited its ar
rival. Uutil three o'clock in the morn
ing we stood waiting, and duriug those
hours were deceived many times by the
sound of the approaching train. lhosc
familiar with the peculiar noio ot an ap
proaching train know that it is hard to
be deceived. There is the long roll as it
moves on a straight Hue ; the short pulls
as the engine labors up grade, and the
quick click ! click ! as it turns arouud a
short curve. That peculiar sound in the
cut was never noticed until after the fatal
accidents ; but since that time the low
wailing, dying, groaning sound is nightly
heard, but never in the daytime. We
were assured by the agent that this sound
has deceived hundreds of passengers.
He informed us that many a time the
invisible train has been heard so lain
and distinctly by the passengers' that with
one impulse they would leave the room
aud rush for the platform, only to be dis
appointed and deceived by this strange
and mysterious sound. The proprietor
of the hotel near the depot bears the same
testimony, aud told us that frequently
gues's hearing the sound would leave the
supper table for fear of losing the "down
train." All theee are facts ; but by what
subtle, invisible influences these sounds,
so remarkably imitating an engine and
train of cars, we, in common with many
who have heard them, arc unable to tell.
iicrantun tStuidiii Free lrcs$.
William Hurbach, keeper of a den of
iniquity in Philadelphia, has been arrested
for enticing two young girls from their
homes iu Uciks county, and held in
500 bail.
A woman at Roaring Hrach', Lycoming
county, peeled two huudred cords o!
hemlock Lark last seasou, and seventy,
five this season. The Williauisport
Bulletin says that "womcu who can peel
two. hundied cords of barST iu a muIc
scasou aro getting mighty ecaioo."
SHEDS OVER SIDEWALKS.
Public Streets Must be Kept Exclusive
ly for the Use of the Public.
A Judge of the Superior Court or New
i oik city has decided, upon an applica
tion for an injunction, ,hat sheds con
structed over sidewalks are without any
authority of law-that they cannot even
be legalized by the Legi.,ture.13 m,
one has or can have a right to occupy the
public streets for private purposes. Even
the !oug coutiuued practice iu this re-nrd
does not give it the sauctiou of law. The
party erecting the shed in this case was a
grocer, and had a license to build from the
Corporation ; but the owner of the build
iog, which had giveu a lease of it fur
i,ine years, conditioned that there should
be no alteration without his consent, ob
jected to the erection of the shed as a
violation of the terms of the lease went
on with the shed, aud the owner applied
for au injunction. Iu deciding the case,
the: Judge said : "No case that I cau find
admits a power iu the Legislature to le
galize the use of a public street for pri
vate purposes. In the case before me
the appropriation of a part of one of the
public streets of the city is for an exclu
sively private purpose. The defendant,
and not the public will derive the bene
fit and advautagc from the structure.
He says it is needed to protect the goods
in his store from injury by the sun ; but
it Joes not appear that he does not intend
to also use the side walk beneath it as a
mart for the exhibition and sale of his
goods. It cannot, therefore, be claimed
that such use of the street is not incon
sistent with the public u?c of the street,
or that it is for a public purpose. The
corporation, holding the streets in trust
for the public, have exceeded their pow
ers in attempting to authorize such ap
propriation, aud the erection and coulinu
ance of the structure comptaiued of, is iu
my judgmcut without authority of law.
It is Better.
Heller to wear a calico dress without
trimming, if it be paid for, than to owe
the shopkeeper for the most elegant silk,
cut and trimmed in the most bewitching
manner.
Hetter to live in a log cabin, all your
own, than a brown stone mausion beioog
ing to somebody else.
Hotter walk forever thau ruu into debt
for a horse and carriage.
Hetter to sit by the plaiu pine table,
for which you paid three dollars ten years
aso, thau to send home a new extension
black walnut top, and promise to piy for
it next week.
Hetter to use the old cane seated chairs
and faded two ply carpet, than tremble at
the bills sent home from the upholsterer's
for the most elegant parlor set ever made.
Hetter to meet your business acquain
tances with a free "don't owe you a cent"
smile, than to dodge arouud the corner to
escape a dun.
Hetter to pay the street organ grinder
two cents for music, if you must have it,
than owe for a grand piano.
Hetter to gaze upou the bare walls than
pictures unpaid for.
Hetter to eat thin soup from earthen
waae, if you owe your butcher nothing,
than to dine off lamb and roast beef, and
know that it does not belong to you.
Guinea Pig Pork.
The guinea pig is extensively used in
Peru as an article of food, not merely by
the higher classes as a delicacy, but
mainly by the poor, from its cheapness
and abuudance. It is au cotirely her
bivorous animal, and a clean feeder, be
ing there chiefly maintained on green
lucerne or trefoil, but it would doubtless
thrive equally well on cabbage or lettuce
leaves, and most sorts of green garden
stuff in short, on the same food as tho
rabbit, to which it has many points of
similaiity. Its only similitude to the rat
is that after the hair has been scaled off
it presents an appearance not unlike what
a lare rat might do if similaily treated
minus the tail. For cooking it is uot
skinned, but the hair being scalded off, it
is split open aud cleaned, and is generally
fried entire in a frying pan, or some times
grilled over the coals. Thus prepared, it
is savory and delicate, the flesh being
white, succulent ami uutritious, very
superior to the rabbit, and it makes a
most excelleut dish. The cost of rearing
and keeping them is next to nothing, aud
their introduction into this country as an
article of food would prove an inexpensive
addition to our materials for the break
fast or dinner table.
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What She Could Do.
The editor of the Portland Transcript t
having asked a lady correspondent, who
applied for a situation. "What could
she do?" received the following com
prehensive reply : "I can keep house on
a secret ; drive u horse or a bargain ; tend
a post office, a store, or n baby ; make a
loaf of bread or a shirt ; sew on buttons,
.Sec, or so forth ; mend stockings, milk a
cow, wash, iron, baje, or brew is that
enough lor a worn a u to uo t mtu x
decipher the copy the puzzles you, re
write the lyanusctit t plain aud true, or
even if fortuue but play we fair, and my
sphere poiuta the way of my duty there,
tke the editor's scissors, his office, and
chair. Satisfactory guarantee any day
that I tan do and have all that I saw
! ( aud more too.")
The $20,000,000 Land Dispute.
The excitement created a few months
ago about the possession of valuable coal
buds in Schuylkill and Columbia coun
ties has been renewed. A correspondent
of the Carbon Democrat writiug from
Shamokin under date of July 23, says :
The sheriff of Northumberland county
has been busy in serving some eighteeu
writs of ejectment, covering some 8000
acres of coal lands of immense value, be
ing a part of 10.300 acres lying partly
in Schuylkill and Columbia counties, aud
supposed to be worth some 820,000,000.
The suits are con:meuced-by Hon. Francis
Jordan, of Harrisburg, who holds these
lands iu trust for parties liviug iu New
oik, and is interested, also, as adminis
trator of the Governor Geary. The deeds
were recorded here iu April last.
'1 he plaintiff claims to hold direct from
thy Commonwealth, having paid for these
huids. and thit the title has never bceu
bst to them Tha Philadelphia aud
Leading Railroad Company claims these
lands by tax title, and also by what U
known "as the Grant title, commencing
over twenty years after the Morris title"
The plaintiff alleges that the tax title is
good for nothing, and that the Supreme
Court has already declared the Grant title
to be a fraud. The railroad company re
corded a mortgage to the Fidelity Insur
ance, Trust and Safe Deposit Company of
Philadelphia, in trust for the benefit of
Hritish capitalists in this couutry, July
7, 1871, for $25,000,000.
Mr. Jordau, with Judge Shiptuan,
made a survey of these lands in May last,
and caused several dwellings to be erected
and leased. The railroad company sent
a large body of men, who surrounded,
upset, and burned up the houses and took
forcible possessiou, creating quite au ex
citement. Creole Women.
The Creole woman is prettier than the
French woman. There is a climatic in
fluence iu America which refines features
aud gives delicacy to the complexion.
This is especially the case iu Louisiana,
where finely formed womea are often
found to be the descendants of ignoble
looking ancestors. The light olive tint
of the womau seems to have been painted
over a ground color of blushing lake, and
this pinkish crcaminess of the skin savc3
it from dullness aud sallowncss. In a
word, there is something of that trans
parency for which paiuters are always
seeking. She inherits from her mother
over the sea the physical characteristic
of round limbs and delicate extremities',
with a figure something slighter another
effect of climate, also that seuse of art
with which people are born, but can never
entirely acquire. From the same source
come her coquetry and her grace of speech
and action, but modified. She docs not
wear crude colors or awry shapes ; uor
does she express herself with unseemly
gesture or discordant tones. Her dress
is rather sombre than gay, and her car
riage simple and conventional for they
all walk alike. Smoothness and graceful
propriety are hers. In a word there is
an abseuce of angels in her general con
duct. "Louisiana Creoles" bj Albert
Anodes, in August Galaxy.
Plcasantvillc, Venango county, i? shak
eu to its social center by a matrimonial
sensation, wherein a florist, son of a min
ister, seems to be the offending party
Nine years ago he married a young lady
of good family, who was a faithful aud
loving wife to him. In conducting his
business correspondence, the floiist made
the acquaintance of a young lady in Har
rison county, W. V., and became smitten,
with her. Ho tried to induce his wife to
sigu a paper siguifying her wish to be
divorced, without letting her know the
uature of the document. Very seusibly
she refused. Her signature was forged,
however, a decree procured in a Wiscon
sin Court, through the aid of New Yorks
divorce shyters, and a marriage between
the West Virgiuia lady and the mau of
plauts and flowers, duly consummated.
Wife No. 2 was kept in Erie, the hus
band dividing his time between her and
No. 1, uevcr haviug told the latter plaiu
ly that the divorce had been procured
Thus matters stood still until within a
few days past, when a grand explosion
took place. The injured wife has placed
her case in the bauds of a lawyer, and
the recreant husbaud has "made hitasclf
scarce."
The Lewisburg Chronicle says : There
is a lady living in Lewisburg ninety two
years of age, enjoys excellent health, and
tends her garden every fair day a pur
suit she thoroughly understands, as her
large uumbcr of growing plants abund
antly proves. She is also a great reader,
having quite recently, read the OKI Testa
ment through io "four weeks" time a
job which some of her children havo
been at for sixty years, aud perhaps are
uot through yet.
There is a little railroad at Uayou Sara,
Louisiana, that ruus to .Wood ville ou a
very uncertain schedule. A stranger
came iu the other day aud inquired how
often the steam cars made trips to the
country. Tha paity interrogated said
'Tri-weekly." -What do you lueau by
tri weekly ?" The answer wus, "It goea
up one week aud tries to coa.o down the
uext."