1T71
ERSONIAM.
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Bcuotcb to politics, Citcraturc, gricnlturc, Science, iilovalitij, ani cneral 3ntelligcucc.
VOL. 31.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., OCTOBER 9, 1873.
NO. 22.
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Published by Theodore Schoch.
f RH'Jf i -Tt Ill4rs a year in adranee and if nut
n,i jf o ihft en I f the year, two dollar Hiid fifty
Vr:lt he clWRe.l.
si m i- hc iihi'ie I until .ill arrearage are paid,
, ,teil 'he :' ol the Elitr.
1.7A lri:c:nent of one 'Hire of (right line) or
i-infe i(ierti.in $1 50. Each additional
niit "' eiit.. I.onjer one in proportion.
j o i it i tixu,
OF ALL KINDS),
ftc-1rJ in the hiahrst style of the Art, and eata
in-ii reasonable terms.
WILLIAM S. REES,
Surveyor, Conveyancer and
Real Estate Agent.
Farms, Timber Lands and Town Lots
FOR SALE.
Oiliee next door above S. Keen' news Depot
and iM dr belw the Corner Store.
March 20, lS73-tf.
D R J. lj An"t
Surgeon and Mechanical Dentist,
Still Ins his !Ee on Mnin Street, in the rcond
t.ny til" Dr. S. '.Vall.i.i iiiirli litit dine , neatly oppo
Mie'tiie Ti iMiiUIim J Iliue. ami In- Il..t!er liimself
tht tiv ri'.; in rf ii yeis :niisl.iin. procure ami tlie iimt
rtnf:-t t.ii c nt-inl n'.Teii'i n to all iivitlcrs nl;iiiiing
to lu (uf':i'n, t li.t tie is fu!!y lilc lit pt-rfuriii Nil
r.rriiu in "i" 'leii'al line in the mofl oarWiil, tante
1 . 1 1 an 1 'vili!'il iiirfiiuei-.
S;iin:il 4i!-iii i.in ;iiyn to avin; lh- N.t ii ra ' Teeth ;
t t!ir i.Tli'iii ( ArtihrMi I rrl h n RtiMirr,
U il, Sili'-r "i C'i:ilhiu.):is On us, and perlect tile In
ajl C4-r i:i vi'id.
V1 il iers.i!i U ii'i-.v grr:il fully ami d.nr-r ft en
t niv.ins thrlr wni k io tiie lnexji riem-ed. or to lhe
living ;tl a ii-l.n:e. April 13, ISTI. ly
Jyi. J. II. NIII'LL,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Ofl'i-e 1-1 door aliove Stroudsburg House,
re-ilriee I ft Jimr above IVt Ofiice.
Orli.-c Ii.i.if from U to 11! a. m., from .1 to 5
anl 7 to 0 r. M. May
D
55. UVA. JAi"KS."
PHYSICIAN, SURGEON & ACCOUCHER.
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In ihe old oilu-e of Dr. A. Peeve Jackson, !
re.-idence, corm-r of .Sarah ami Franklin ctreet. I
STROUDSBURG, PA. j
Aiiju.t 8, 17-2-it: j
JIt. I!. J. 3MTTi:ilSO.,
ilPERlTlMl AXD MECIIAMQL DEMIST,
j
Hiving hvited iii Eat Stroudsbnrg, Pa., an- j
ii iii.u-i-s tit tt Ik- now prepared to insert arti- !
licial tt-etli iii the most iK-aiiiifol an l life-like
maimer. Also, reat attention given to filling !
.tad jr-ic-rvi:i the natural teeili. Teeth ex-
trioted wiiliowt pain bv of Xitroiw Oxide !
tia. All ntiier work invidf-nt to the profession J
done in tlii? mot s-killfil and at'orovetl tve. j
All work attended to promptly and warrantel.
Clures reason able. I'atronae of tltc ptiblic
fiJiv-it?d.
l.iice in A. W. Loder's new building, op
posite Analomink J louse, East IStrondsburg,
I'a. July 11, 1873 ly.
I)
R. . L,. I'ECK,
.Vurgeoix Ocntlst.
Announces tlnthavin? just returned from
Denul Co'legs, he is fully prepared to make
ruficial tc;t!i in the most beautiful and lile
1 ike nun icr, and to fili decajeJ teeth according-
to the most i-nprcved metho.
Teeth extracted witlio.it pin, when de
irel. lv the use f Nilru Oxide Gap.
which is entirely Inrmlef. Repairiiy of
ad kinds n-ntljr done. AH work warranted.
Charges reasonable.
0!5ce in J. (i. Keller new Rrick tuild
n;. Mail Street, Strotidsburj,
au31-tf
JAMES II. WALTO.V,
Allorncy at L.ar,
O.Tf in the building formerly oocupiod
by L. M. Biirson. an l opposite tbe Stroti'ls
.btirg Hank, Main (street, .Stroudsburg, Pa.
i'an 13-tf
A.
.HEKICAX HOTEL..
The mb-criher would inform the public that
fiie h:is leased the house formally kept by Jaeob
Kntiht, in the lljrough of Stroiidsburg, l'a.,
aiiid having repainted and refurnished the fame,
a prepared to entertain all who may patronize
him. It is the aim of the proprietor, to furn
ish superior accommodations Ht moderate rates
and w ill fipare no pains to promote the com
fort of the guest.. A liberal share of public
Ipatronajjc solicited.
-April 17, '72-tf. D. L. I'lSLE.
Jipi.i: siot.se,
HONESDALE, PA.
I Mo-t central location ot any Hotel in town.
R. V. KIPLE & SON,
lO Main street. Proprietors.
January 9, S73. ly.
I ACfiWA.WA iioi:si:7"
J 01T0SITK TIIK DKPOT,
KaX Stroudsburp, Pa.
1J. J. VAN CO'IT, Proprietor.
The bar contain the ehoiest 'Liquor and
he table in supplied with the best the market
afibrd. Charges moderate. may 3 1872-tf.
X7"atsos
' mount Vernon House,
117 and 119 Uorth Second St.
ABOVK ARCH,
PHILADELPHIA.
May 30, ly.
REV. EDWARD A. WILSON'S (of Wil-liam-burgli,
N. Y.) Recipe for CON
SUMPTION and ASTHMA carefully com
funded at
EOLLINSHEAD'S DRUG STORE.
Kr Medici net Fresh and Pure.
Nor. 21. 1867. W. H0LL1NSIIEAD.
MONROE COUNTY
Mutual Fire Insurance Company.
STROUrSBURO, PA.
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CHARTER PERPETUAL.
The By-Li w of this Company, and the
regulations governing insurance have, re
cently been very materially changed, pla
cing it upon a hieis equal to that of any
Fire Insurance Company in the State.
Important among these changes are the
following, via :
Policies, instead of being perpetual, are
i.-sued fr five years.
All property is claftsified and the rate of
premium is fixed according to the risk of
the property.
Premium .notes are taken, and all as
sessments are made on the notes.
Property m in.-ured for not more than
two thirds of its acfuil cash value, and the
full amount of insurance pr.id in case of lose,
provided the lo.s be equal to the amount of
insurance.
'Annual assessments" only are made, ex
cept in cases of heavy loss, and where a
special assessment is necessiry.
The Company is therefore prepared to in
sure property upon terms much more desira
ble than under the old sysiem.
Applications may be made to any of the
Managers, Surveyors, or Secretary.
MANAGERS.
Stojcl! Stakes, Jacob Knecht,
J. l)pue liBir, John Edinger,
Riclnrd S. Staples, Francis Hagerman,
Silas L. Drake, JCub tUouifer,
Chas. D. SlrodheaJ, Theo-!ore Schoch,
Uoln rt B..y?, Thos. W. Rhodes,
William Wallace.
STOGDELL STOKES. Pre' I.
E. B. Prkiikr, Secretary and Treasurer.
SURVEYORS.
For Monroe County:
Silas L. Drake, Thos. W. Rhodes,
William Gilbert, J. Depue LeBar
Geo. G. Shafer, Jacob SfoufTer.
For Wayne County:
F. A. Oppelf, Jos L. Miller.
For Pike County :
Samuel Detrick.
For Northampton County:
Richard Camden.
For Carbon County:
Samuel Ziegcnfus.
0" The Managers meet regularly at
the Secretary Office in Stroudsburg, on
the first : Tuesday of each month, at 2
o'clock P. M. May 15,73-tf
.GOOD 'NEWS!
NEW FIRM AND NEW GOODS?
WAGSER k RHODES
would announce to the public, that thcr have
taken the stand lately occupied by L.T Lalwir
Si. Co., and . fitted and stocked it with choice
line, of
Groceries,
Provisions,
Crockery ware, &c.
Every artirle in store ha been selected with
the greatest care, and they can assure custo
mers, that no mutter at what price wild, every
thin? puiehased of them will prove to be of
the best quality.
Jt 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 ICo. 1 brand of -
St. Louis Mill3 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:
On hand and for sale a supcricrlot of
Ceiling Lath, Hemlock Boards and Scant
ling, Matched Flooring, and White
Pine of all kinds.
H. S. WAGNER.
April 10, 1873-tf.
M. II. RHODES.
BLANK DEEDS
For sale at this Office
JOB PRINTING, of all kinds neatly cy.
ecutcd at this oftee.
G. II. Dreher. E. B. Dreher
PHCENIX
STORE,
(2 doors west of the "Jeffersonian Office,")
ELIZABETH STREET,
SI rou ds burg-, Pa.,
DREHER & BRO.,
DEALERS IX
Drngg, Medicines, Perfumcry
and Toilet Articles.-
Paints,
OILS, VARNISHES, GLASS & PUTTY.
Abdominal Supporters and Shoulder
Braces.
Seeley's
Hard It Mini: It Til USSES Also
Bitter's
TRUSSES OF VARIOUS PATTERNS.
Lamps and Lanterns Burning
and Lubricating Oils.
Fhysieians Prescriptions carefully Com
pounded. N. U. The highest Cash price paid for
OIL of WINTERGREEN.
may4-tf.
THE MONROE COUNTY
Co-Qperative Life Insurance.
COMPANY.
STROUDSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.
Limit 5,000 Members.
CHARTER PERPETUAL.
Any person of sound body and mind, of
either sex, not !ess than fifteen nor more
than sixty-five years of age, and not enga
ged in any occupation, exceedingly danger
ous to life, may become a member of this
Company, by paying an admisHon fee, as
follows :
From 15 to 40 vcars of age 63 00
" 40 to 50 " " 5 00
" 50 to CO . 10 00
CO to 63 " 20 00
And ore dollar fur Policy.
No other charges will be made at any
time, excepting one dollar and ten cents for
each member who dies.
The advantages of this COMPANY over
the ordinary Life Insurance Companies are,
that the fees are so small that the man of
moderate means can secure a. competency
to his family at a trifling cost, and payable
at such long intervals, and such small sums,
that no person can be inconvenienced by
them. This company cannot fail; no
panics can affect it. Persons holding cer
tificates of membership in this Company,
are sure in case of death that their families
or heirs will get as many dollars as there
are members in the Company.
No restrictions arc placed upon traveling
or residence.
Applications for insurance, or informa
tion, may be made to the Directors or Secre
tary, at Stroudsburg, pa.
DIRECTORS.
R. S. Staples, . R. Biesecker,
M. F. Coolbaugh, Wm. Fine,
Kindarus Shupp, J. II. Fetherman,
C. D. Brodhead, Peter Gruver,
E. B. Dreher.
R. S. STAPLES, Pres't.
JAMES CARR, Sec'y.
March 6, 1873 tf.
flic Umpire Drug Slorc!!!
(Removed to Fowler's building.)
I have recently bought the Stock
of Drags in Nicholas Ruber's buil
ding, formerly owned by M. F.
Evans, and have added a large
supply of
NEW GOODS,
PURE DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
different brands of pure
WHITE LEAD and other PAINTS,
Pare SPICES, ground and unground,
Linseed Oil, n wand boiled, Japan Dryers,
Varnishes, Window Glass, French and
American Putty, Patent Medicines,
Fruit Jars, pure Wines and Li.
qiors fr medical purposes,
Rye Whiskey, 7 years old,
and will keep on hand
a good supply of
Horse & Cattle Powder,
ProfWsor Myer Horse Lin
iment, East India Oil, Shoulder
Bruces and Supporters, Lamps and
Fixtures, and every thing usually kept
IN A DRUG STOR El 1 1
I have the assistance of (C. S. Detrick,'
who has had 15 years experience in reading
MeJicines and ditpentinj Drugs,) and
Samuel Williams who has been in the
business
Physicians Prescriptions carefully com
pounded from the purest material, Physi
cians ordes for Drus and Medicines care
full filled, from selected stock at reasonable
prices.
All orders by Stage or otherwise,, will be
promptly aitrnled to. Give m a al1 and
satisfy yourselves.
' 1 PETER WILLIAMS.
Btroadeburg, Pa, Ju!y 24,TJ-6aa. .
An Impromptu Wedding.
A Missouri paper gives a detailed ac
count of how a betrothed couple were per
suaded to anticipate the day set (or their
wedding, and to have the ceremony
abruptly performed at a birthday party,
at which they chanced to be guests It
says: "Recorder iheir was also present,
and as soon as he saw the young couple
come to, with an eye to business he sug
gestcd that if anybody was present who
wished to be married, ho was at tbeir ser
vice. The young couple at once took the
hint; The young man was willing, but
the maiden was backwark and would not
consent. Adam concluded to use a little
diplomacy, so he Rajs. UI will make a
present of a Sod cooking stove to any
couple that I shall marry to night ' This
proposition so deluhted the company
that others commenced oUeriog pre
sents. F. G. Mueller said, 'I will give a
nice bureau;' F. G. Ahlers, 'And I a
spring mattress;' Fischer, the hatter,
up., ! I wr.a r.- . m : n
vun uib iui n lUbfeiug tlldll , iHIUCr,
the gunsmith, I'1I give a set of cushion
bottom chairs ;' Mr. Volk, 'And here's an
extension table;" Mrs. Anna Nietcbock,
I'll give a 850 bedstead ; Mr. Gafz, 'Put
me down for a One looking glass ;' Mrs.
Mitchell, 'Here's a breakfast set ;' Miss
Fritz Nictebock, I'll give a clock ;' and
so they went on until the presents in the
aggregate amounted to about $400, the
young couple meanwhile blushing and
hardly knowing what to say or do. Sev
eral friends of the young lady got around
her, and told her she would not again
have such a favorable opportunity to
'make a start in the world ;' aud just as
the party was breaking up, about 11
o'clock, Mr. Hunstock, who seemed to be
working in Adam's interest and urging
on the match, came round to the Re
corJer, and whispered in his ear : 'Stop
a leedle, dot's all right by chinks, we
got a vedding anyhow poody, soon I'
Adam called a halt, the company stood
still in hats and bonnets, while the Re
corder proceeded and said, I pronounce
you man and wife, and may God bless
you,' and Miss Stierin was Mrs. Green,
to the intense delight of all present."
Protection to Cemeteries.
Among the late acts passed by our Leg
islature, was one giving police powers to
superintendents or other persons entrust
ed with the care of Cemetery grounds,
which we here reproduce. It is singular
that persons can be found so lost to all
sense of decorum or decency as to despoil
the last resting places of the dead of their
treasures of shrubs and flowers, planted
by loviug hands, but it is nevertheless,
true, and it would be well for such van
dais to read and reflect that there is
punishment to be meted out for such
wanton desecration. "It shall be lawful
for the trustees, directors or other officers
of all organized cemeteries within this
State, to appoiut as many day and night
watchmen of their grounds as they may
deem expedieut ; and such watchmen,
and also all of their superintendents,
gardeners and agents, stationed on such
grounds, are hereby authorized to take
and subscribe before any mayor or justice
of the peace in the township where such
cemeteries may be situated, an oath of of
fice, similar to the oath required by law
of constables ; and upon the taking of
such oaths, such watchmen, superintend
ents, gardeners and agents shall have,
exercise aud possess all powers of police
officers within and adjacent to said come
tery grounds ; and they, and each of them,
shall have power to arrest, on view, all
persons engaged in violating the laws of
this State in reference to the protection,
care and preservation of cemeteries, and
of the trees, shrubbery, structures and
adornments therein, and to bring such
persons so offeudiog, before a mayor or
justice of the peace within such town
ship, to be dealt with according to law."
.
A Word for Jersey.
Notwithstanding the jeers of outsiders
at "Jersey," and the sluts of her being a
foreign State, her sparse population of 10
or 12 miles distant, barren soil, Sec, all
must admit that her mosquitoes and gal
lynippers are a Grst rate, full grown pro
duction, complete in all their parts, from
biting down. One of a party recently
rusticating on the "Shore," avers that
while lying down, defending himself from
an attack by the affectionate animals, that
he actually felt a rising sensation ns
though he was being lifted up. This may
have been a delusion, as "Jersey lightn
ing" is eaid to have produced the same
sensation ; but he averred it to be a fact
that they could bite through three sets of
clothing without difficulty. Yet for all
this, the mosquitoes are not to be de
pised. They appear to be endowed with
patriotism and defend their native soil
with a vigor not to be ignored. It ap
pears that a party of Peunsylvanians, who
recently encamped in little Jersey, feci
iug rather iudepcnJeut, actually stole a
railroad depot and carried it into the
bushes to sit upon. The iMisquitoes in
dignautly resented the outrage, and mak
ing a vigorous and uuiled atfuck on the
intruders, routed the whole crowd, retook
the depot, and probably carried it back to
its position. It is well for the "loved
ones at home" that it wus only tha nios
quitoes that went for the crowd. asJer
sey justice is uoted for the celerity and
certainty uf its operations on all uiisdocrs.
The apple crop iu Greeno county is
very large and ol fiue quality.
Heavy Sentence.
The Bank of England forgers have had
their trial and sentence. It appears that
one of them,-George Bidwell, after the
examination of wituesses, delivered an
address to the Court, in which heexooerat
ed Austin Bidwell and Edwin Noyes from
all complicity io the frauds, and declared
that he and George Macdonnell were the
only guilty ones. Macdonnell also ad
dressed the Court, bearing out the state
menta of Bidwell. The case was then
given to the jury, who, after twenty
minutes' deliberation, found all the
accused guilty. Mr. Justice Archibald
immediately sentenced each of the
prisoners to penal servitude for life the
highest punishment under the . laws for
their offence.
A Horrible Murder.
Scranton, Sept. 117. The bodies of
Mrs. O'Marra, aged 05, aod her daughter,
aged 30, were found near Montrose Sta
tion, Delaware Lackawanna and Western
railroad, this morning, but not injured by
trains in any way. The corouer's jury
elicited sufficient evidence to warrant the
belief that they were murdered and placed
on the track by Daniel O'Marra, the. old
lady's son, and his hired man, named Irv
ing. Blood was found on Irving's clothes,
and at several points between the house
and the railroad, a distance 'of two and a
half miles. Daniel O'Marra had inheri
ted some property, on condition that he
would support his mother and sister, the
latter of whom was partially blind from
her birth. The supposition is that he
killed them to be relieved of the burden
of supporting them. He aud Irviug have
both held toaoswer.
The Moon's Orbit
We commonly regard the moon as a
satellite of the earth, and we are taught
at school and in our tcx books, that while
the earth travels round the moon ravels
round the earth. But in reality this is
erroneous, or at least is suggestive of er
ror. The moon ought to be regarded as
a compauion planet, traversing with the
earth around the sun. The distinction
is not at all a fanciful one. The earth is
not the body whose force the moon chiefly
obeys. On the contrary, she is attracted
more than twice as strongly by the sun
If the motions of the earth and moon
could be watched from some far distant
stand point, the observed movements
would by no means suggest the idea that
the moon was circling round the earth ;
aod in fact, if the earth .were coueealed
from view while her satclliate was thus
watched, the moon would appear to cir
cuit rouud the sun in an orbit which
could not be distinguished from that
which the earth herself pursues. Corn
hill Magazine.
Porcelain.
Procclaiu differs from glass in the great
preponderance of silicate of alumiua io
its composition. It consists mainiv of
clay, which is infusible, and some alkaline
silicate, which fuses and binds the clay
together, rendering it impervious to mois
ture. The fineness of the ware entirely
depends ou the purity of the elays.&c ,from
which it is made. The glaze which covers
porcelain is produced by dipping the "bis
cuit" ware into water in which is sus
pended finely ground feldspar; the porgus
mass absorbs the moisture, leaviog the
surface covered uniformly with the feld
spar. It is then exposed in seggars to a
very high temperature, by which the
feldspar is melted aod the glaze produced.
Stone ware and common "pottery ware"
arc glazed by means of commou salt. The
ware is dipped in sand water, placed iu
the furnace into which has been thrown
moist salt. The heat quickly converts
the salt into vapor. In the presence of
the steam the silica on the ware dccoui
poses the salt, forming a silicate of sodium
which glazes the article, and hydrochloric
acid which escapes. CasseU's Popular
Educator.
Regular Liquor and Tobacco Dealers
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue
decides that regular liquor and tobacco
dealers holding special tax stamp as such,
may close their ordinary place of busiucss
for the time bcinir. and, on registry of
the facts with the collector or the district,
may do business under such stamp atone
stand in the fair grounds situate iu the
said district, without the payment of ad
ditional tax, but before opening again
their regular places of business should
make a new registry with tbe collector
of the district.
So we are yet to naviatc the air with
cast iron balloons ! A French savant has
discovered and illustrated that hydrogen
"as is composed of two elements, the
levity of one f which is to oxygen gas
ns nine to one, and to illuminating gaas
twenty-fi e no one. It is nln inflammable
Hnd will extinguish fire. The discoverer
filled a copper ball with the newly gas
discovered and it arose to the walls.
A colored debating society in Trcn
ton, Tenn , has just debated the question,
"Which is the most of profit to man
money or education?" Ono ofthede
haters argued that if it had not been for
education the world would not have been
half as large ag it is. This clincher was
met, however, by the argument that "if
it wasn't for money, how you gwine to
ride on de kyars ?" It was at once decid
ed io favor of money.
An 85 round sea tortlri wan fn,.Kt nn
Friday at Lewes.
Danville employs twenty sevea school
teachers whose monthly salaries aggregate
$1,204.
Chester expects to' build eighty nevr
nuuae una iau, some ot which are dot
yet begun.
"Moonlight City" is the title given tha
latest village in the oil region. It is lo
cated near Turkey City.
An Indiana farmer has sold 100,000
watermeloos this season, aod' still insist
that he ought not to be hung'.
Burglars are busy io Elizabeth, N. J.,
aod the viciuity, two stores having been
robbed there within the past week.
There are four tribes of Indians remain
ioR in Delaware, and the aggregate num
ber of the four is only sixteen' persons.
Cambria county boasts o'f a farmer who
has realized from his farm of 125 acres
$1000 per year, clear of-'expenses, for tho
20 years.
The amount paid to the" heirs of Wil
liam II. Seward for the copyright of tho
first six months of his "Travels Round
the World," was $11,464
A youngwoman in Omaha is mentioned,
who committed suicide by cramming all
her lover's letters into her throat. 'Not
very sage stuffing for a goose.
Viocland has shipped over the New
Je rsey Southern railroad this season 211),
4'JG pounds of grapes, and over tho Westr
Jersey road 177,484 pounds.
An Illinois dentist recently attempted
to pull a tooth for a man aod brought out
part of a minoie ball from his taw. which-
has lain there for nine years.
At tho recent exhibition of the Cum
berland County Agricultural Society, the
receipts at the gates amounted to 52318,
80, and from all sources, $2815 SO
Robert W. Barnard, of Scranton, a son
of the late Col. R. W. Barnard, of tho
United States army, was lost overboard
from a vessel at sea,. while oa a voyage
to China.
A grey eagle, weighing eighteen
pounds, was recently caught in Pika
county. Pa. It was taken without injury
in a largft steel trap, the jaws of which
had been wrapped with cloth.
A Scranton paper, io giving an acc-oanfc
of a shooting affray, says the wounded
man is expected to recover, as the pistol
ball lodged in his dinner pail. One of
Erin's own must have written that item.
The Hollidaysburg Standard relates a
circumstance wherein sir persons lost
their lives by drinking from a cop which
had been used by a person who died from
diptheria.
Water is now worth fire cents a barrel
in Texas. Should the Decbocratic party
carry the election, there is every reason
to euppose that it will soon cease to ba
quoted at all.
A Lancaster, man named Bender at
tempted to commit suicide because hia
wife refused to kiss him. lie had been
on a protracted "bender," and was drunk
at the time.
The delinquent tax collectors in Scran
ton, who hold about $16,000 of the city's
money, are to be made to disgorge. The
present mayor is among the number, and
owes the city $1500.
A Bedford county liquor seller waa con
victed on three indictments- at the last
term of the county court. He pays a fin
of $250, with the added privilege of six
ty days' imprisonment.
A youog man named Turnbull, for
many years a sailor and adventurer, has
sued for valuablo coal land in Luzerne
county, amountinj to 4,000 acres, and
said to be worth $10,000,000.
The largest load of lumber ever ship
ped from Williamsport in ooe boat left
that qjty onMonday, the 22J inst , for
Middletown. It contained 107,776 feet
(inch boards) and 5000 laths.
Thirty five hundred houses were swept
away by a late inundation of the province
of Acra, iu India. No estimates Inyo
yet beeu made as to the loss of life. Of
coursu the suffcriug of tho people will be
terrible.
The Commerical ami Financial
Chronicle, in its annual review of tho
year, places the cotton crop at 3,939,403
bales, against 2,974,351 for the year end
ing August 31, 1S72. The average
weight of the cotton bales is 4G4 pound .'
President Grant, and Gens. Sherman,
Sberidau, and Hooker had a narrow es
cape from being run over by a coal traiu
at Pittsburgh, week before last. The
cow catcher of the engine grazed the hiud
whecU of the carriage in which they wero
crossing tbe track.
General McClellan has just been ap
pointed geueral manager ofacompauy
lately established io New York, which is
called the United Rolling Stock Com
pany, and might be denominated a rail
way livery establishment. It builds und
buys, and keeps ready to loan, such rol
ling stock as railway companies may uecd,
such as locomotive, passenger cars, bag
gage cars, freight cars, coal cars, &o. A
railway compauy just established, which
has not the means to stock its road pro
perly, may have locomotives and cars to
any extent from this novel corporation,
which has, or shortly will have, over ooe
hundred locomotives leady for use, and
cars ad libitum. The capital is placed
j at $5,000,000.