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OF ALL KINDS,
C -Hied jn (lir hislirt t y!e f the Art, and oath
61 mast ie.fjn;itle term.
WILLIAM S. REES,
Surveyor, Conveyancer and
Real Estate Agent.
Farms, Timber Lauds and Town Lots
FOR SALE.
Oflii-e ?xt door alwux S. Bees' news Depot
an I - d.tor below the Comer are.
DR J. L AN'tZ,
Surgeon n ml Mechanical Dentist,
suil h i iBie ii M lin street, in the second
ii'rv -l i'f. s- vV ll.m' !in.-k iiiii'liiig, ncaily (
:!? t;i s:rniiil"i''S limine, and lie Jl.iUt-rs liiiti.-rlf
til! t riliLrf.t ';.! i-imi t:il prat'tirc and I lie iitoi-t
rfir-i 41 i iMi-i'iil alt rut l II t't all millers rrlai!iitg
t !n ;nif.;i"!i. tit-it he i fuily alilr tu wif.-riit )H
UK-Mil"" l' tin: 'lenlal ll.ie In t lie 1110 1 cticful, IhhIc
1 ,1 4.1 1 s: 11 l't i ni.Kiuer .
Si-tM.il .illritii'iii tiven to saving Hie N'.ttma Tft-tii ;
!.. t" I1"' i-ieri'Hi ( ArUflrial ri-i l li tin Uuhln 1 ,
C, '! !. i'm'i -r Oiuliuutus Oii:ii., aiul penci l ills In
ail r.i-r ih-iitiI.
,,;.uih k'i l!ie ;re:il f - I ! y anil l.iiij;.-r d en
lr i-inu K:cJ r '"k 'otiie inexp. rieitretl. or In lhr
in mi it il tin-. April 13. lcTI.-ly
ju. J. n. seiill,,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
):lice 1st door above Stroudsbiirjr House, 1
re-i-leiiff 11 door above I ost Ofiice.
Ortiee hi!!r from 1) to 12 A. M., freni 3 to o
m l 7 to 0 r. m.
May
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PHYSICIAN, SURGEON & ACCOUCHER.
In '.lie ill office of Dr. A. llceves Jackson,
reM'lciuc, coriu-r of .Sarah and Franklin ivtt.
STROUDSBURG, PA.
August e, ItsT-J-tll
Y)'1' lim J' I'-TCKSOa',
OPEBITIXS AM) MECillSinL DEMIST,
Hiving lo.-nted i:i East Strondsbnrjr, I'a.,
i! fiin.'i-s tliat lie i no-.r prcparvl to incrt arli
lici.il tectli in ili most beautiful and life-like
iii.iaacr. Also, preat attention given to filling
irt-s. i vi;i the natural teeth. Teeth ex
ir iru-.l without pain by use of Nitron Oxide
'a. AM othtT work incident to the profession
Ji:-.c in tl:c miwt skillful and approved style.
All work attended lo promptly ami warranted.
Cli ireys reasonable, i'utrouagc of the public
8-iIieiteiI.
Oiliee in A. W. LoIer's new buildinv, op-po-ite
Aua'omink House, East .Strondsburg,
July 11, 1S73 ly.
R. X. I j. PiJCK,
Announces l!i it h vin just returned from
iDtviti! Collugs, lie is fully prepared !o make
irtiiicial te-tu in tii; most beautiful and lite
ike mnnaer, anJ to fill decaycJ teeth ac-
)rilinj to the most in proved method.
Teeifi exfract'd witli-mt pain, when de-
irel. hv tiie use of Nitrous Oxide (ias.
icli is entirely Innnless. Itepnirinj of
i ki ids nrntl v done. All work warranted.
VMrxft reisunable.
OSce in J. C Keller'a new Crick build
n. Mii.i S reet, .Stroudburj, Fa.
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"fJ AHoi-isoj ili Law,
3 OTi-i" i:i the liniMiug fmncrly occupied
I'.v li. M. IJ irsoti. aii I opposite i Stmud.
) in; ISank. Mjiu street. ,Stnudsburg, l'a.
J jut 1.1-tf
j ,3I5:it5CAX lilrVKU.
I The niib-crib'T would inform the public that
iH' h:ts K-ased the house formally kept by .Jacob
Juiecht. in the Borough of .Stroudsburg, I'a.,
5iid having rc'iiainted and refurnished the same,
i lTepured to entertain all who may patronize
i im. It is the aim of the proprietor, to furn
h superior aecoinnvxlations at moderate rates
fn;l will sptire no pains to promote the com
;jrt f the guests. A liberal share of public
spairoiutjjc mil ie: ted.
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postcentral locution ot anv Hotel in town.
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1 r 11. W. KIPLE&SOX,
Mam street. Proprietors,
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East Stroudsburg, Pa.
Ii. J. VAN COTT, Proprietor.
The BAR eontnma tliA a!miAisf T.imiAra on1
jtbc table is supplied with the best the market
1ord. Charges moderate. may 3 1872-tf.
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MT 31ount Vernon EIoiiko.
117 and 119 North Second St.
AROVK ARCH,
PHILADELPHIA.
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MPTION.ud ASTHMA careful
irefully com-
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HOLLINSHEAD'S DRUG STORE.
(kT Medicines Fresh and Pure.
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AN EARLY DAY INSURRECTION.
The Slaughter of Negroes in 1741-4 A
rage from History.
The "negro plot," as it was termed in
t lie city o! New York in 1741, is a matter
ill history. Tew, however, are familiar
with the .tory of lhe plot. In 1711, one
tilth ot the inhabitants of lite citjr, who
numbered about teu thousand, were ccro
and Indian flaves. 1 lie punishment to
wliich these slaves were subjected for lhe
moat trivial onences were sever. Should
three or four of different owners be found
convcr.Mr; together they were liable to
receive thirty niue (a favorite ti'i tuber at
the whipping post) l.ishcs upon the bare
back, aud the same penalty if found alone
outside the muster' grounds with a club
or other weapon without a written permit
to carry it. The leading merchants of
the city were engaged in the slave trade,
the policy of the Government being to
encourage their importation. I'ublic sales
of
slaves was a weekly occurrence in the
market dace nt the foot of WalL street.
A number of robberies had occurred
in the city, nod many slaves were pun
ished therefor. This wa followed by
several lueeuutary ures. fcuspicton was
fixed upon a lot of Spanish negroes,
formerly sailors on a Spauish ship, which
had been taken as a prize and brought to
iNew 1 ork, where the sailors were con
demued and sold at auction as slaves.
Having been freemen, they murmured
loudly at this li.ir.l usage, and rashly let
fall threats which were now recalled as
words of ominous import.
The Spanifh negroes ! the Spanih
negroes! was the general cry, and the
cit) was aroused, and the magistrates had
a woman named Kary IJuiton brought
I before them. She deposed, under promise
of freedom, that I ;c-ar aarck, 1 rince
Amboyman and Cufl Philips used to meet
frequently at Ilughsou's aid talk about
burning the city, aud that llughsoo and
his wife promised to assit them. That
Ilughs.tn was to be Governor, and Cuff
to be King, but that l,e had never seen
any white person in their company when
such conversation took place. The in
formation was received with avidity by
the magistrate?. Mary Durton became
the heroine ol the day. The accused
parties denied the charges, but many
negroes were arrested, and thpy, frighten
ed badly, began to accuse each other of
the crimes. The Gist victims ol the
gallows were Cicsarand Prince, who were
handed on the llth of May, 1711, upon
a gihbit. erected on au island in the
Fresh Water "Pond, where the present
Tombs prison now stands, aud where so
many have since paid the pcua'.ties of
their crimes. They denied until the last
all knowledge of the conspiracy, but
admitted stealing the goods of Ilgg,
Ilughson and his wife, with Peggy Carey,
were hauged on a gibbet erected on the
East River shore near the corner of the
present Cherry and Catharine streets.
Cuff Phillips and Q tack were tried
and sentenced to be burned at the stake
on the ul'th of May, aud on the day ap
pointed the fagots were piled iu a grassy
valley in the vicinity of .he present Five
Points, and the wretched victims were
led out lo execution. The grounds
adjacent were thronged with sjectiforf,
eaer to witness the terrible tragedy.
The poor wretches, terrified and tembling.
gladly availed themselves of the last
chance of life, and, on being questioned
by thehr roasters, confessed that the plot,
had been originated by llughsoo, and
that Quack's wife had set fire to the
Governor's bouse aud buildings, and that
Mary Uurton had spokeu lhe truth and
could name many more conspirators if
she pleased. As a reward they were te
prieved until, the further pleasure of lhe
Governor could be known. But the
impatient crowd who came for a spectacle
would not be so easily balked of their
prey, and ominous mut'eriogs were heard
around the pile, with threats of evil
import, and the sheriff was ordered to
proceed with bis duty. Seared by these
menaces he dared uot lako the prisoners
back to lhe jail, and the execution went
oo. The funeral pile was lighted, and
the wretched negroes perished in the
flames, knowing with llieir last breath
they had doomed their fellows to share
the same fate.
On the 6th of June six others shared
the like fate, aud on the llth three of
the Spanish sailors were also burned at
the stake. Five days after two others
were condemned to be burned and three
to be hanged, and five more of the
Spaniards convicted. On the PJth of
June lhe Governor issued a proclamation
of pardon to all who would confess and
reveal the names of their accomplices
before the 1st of July. Upon this ac
cusations multiplied, aud Mary liuiton.
who at first denied all knowledge of any
white man, save Hughson, being im
plicated, suddenly remembered that John
Ury, a pchoolmaster, had also been con
cerned iu it, aud he was hanged.
From the llth of May to the 20th of
August, one hundred and fifty four ne
groes were committed to prison, fourteen
of whom were burnt at the stake, eigh
teen hanged, seventy-one trantported,
and the rest pardoned or released for
want of evidence, while twenty-four
whites were committed to prison, four ot
whom were executed. It was a true
foreshadowing of lhe ltcign of Terror.
Every one feared bis neighbor, and
hastened to bo the first to accuse, lest he
himself might' be accued aod thrown
into prison. Freh victims were daily
seized, aod those with whom the jails
were already ovetflowing were transported
or hanged, with scarcely a form of trial,
in order to make way for the new comers.
So rapid was the iucrease, that the judges
feared that the numbers might breed a
pestilence, and devised short methods of
riddiog themselves of them, sometimes
by pardoning, but as often by hanging.
The tragedy would probably have
continued much longer had uot Mary
Burton, grown bolder by her success,
began to implicate persons of conse
quence. This at once aroued the fears
of the influential citizens who had been
foremost when the negroes were con
cerned, and put a stop to all further
proceedings. She received her hundred
pounds, blood money, and the city fell
back iuto a feeling of security.
How Smoking Tobacco is Prepared.
The tobacco as it comes from the plan
tation is dried to the utmost, and passed
through a mill in which a revolving cyl
inder, armed with small projections, grates
it into tiny particles. It is then by the
same machiue sifted through a series of
sieves similar to those of a wheat fan, that
which remains on the upper and coarser
seives being passed and repassed through
the mill until sufficiently fine for use.
For this it is unnecessary to stem the
leaves, the refuse stems being themselves,
used in the manufacture of inferior
grades, and the sweepings of the stem
ming room are devoted to a like purpose.
These last are first carefully examined, to
make sure that nothing is left in them to
break the mill, no nails or stones to in
jure the machinery. A man on his hands
aud knees was picking over a pile of
sweepings the day we visited the factory,
a m
seeming as inteut ou Ins task as the
searcher for pearls in the oyster pits of
Ceylon.
The inferor grades of lugs, &c , can bo
used only for smoking. Iodeed, no leaf
if worthless for the manufacture of one
or another of the innumerable brands
somewhere between the golden chaff which
the millionaire fills hif costly meerschaum
and the black mixture which Paddy
smokes in his clay pipe as he drives his
dray there is a place and use for it all.
Smoking tobacco is generally put up
in bags, holding from two ounces to one
pound each, one pound being the limit
allowed by the Government for any single
package. The packing is done by means
of hollow iron cylinders, over which the
bags fit closely, and are tightly drawn.
Into these the tobacco is poured, and by
working a treadle a wooden mallet into
the cylinder, compressing the mass into
the smallest possible compass This
operation is repeated until the bags are
full, when the cylinders are withdrawn,
leaving the closely packed tobacco in the
bag.
The number of bag required for this
business may be imagined from the fact
that in the single factory visited by the
writer their manufacture furnishes a sup
port for fifteen poor families, beside which
a large number arc made by persons who
merely do the work as a source of pocket
money. The manufacture of tobacco is
the principal industry of Richmond, out
stripping even iron in the reveuue which
it produces. The largest income listed
last year in the State of Virginia was
that of a Richmond tobacconist, and what
the Bourse is to Paris, the Stock Ex
change to New York, that the Tobacco
Exchange - is to Richmond. Harpers
Muyaztite.
Fat Wives.
The people iu portions of Africa have
many curious customs and superstitions
Among the former may be mentioned the
fashion of having fat wives. Being in
troduced to a great Chief's wife Speke
thus describes her: "I was struck with
the ordinary dimensions, yet pleasing
beauty of the immoderately fat fair one.
She could not raise, and so large were her
arms that the flesh between the joints
hung down like large, loose stuffed pad
dings."
The chief, pointing to his wife, said;
''This is the product of our milk pots ;
from early youth upwards we keep these
pots to their months, and as it is the fash
ion at court, we have very fat wives."
A sister in law ef the King was a per
feet wonder of hypertrophy. She was
unable to stand except on all fours.
Speke uublushingly requested to measure
her. This is the result.
"Round the arm, txenty-threc inches;
chest, fifty two inches ; height, five feet
eight inches. All these are exact except
the height, aod I believe I could havo
obtained this more accurately if I could
have laid her on the floor. Not knowing
what difficulties I should have to contend
with in such a piece of engineering I
tried to gtt her height by raising her up
This after infinite exertions on the part
of both, was accomplished, when she sank
down again fainting fur the blood had
rushed. into her head. Meauwhile the
daughter had set before us sucking at a
milk put, on which the father kept her
at work by holding the rod iu his baud ;
for, a fattening is the first duty of. fash
ionable female life, it must be duly cu
forced by the rod if necessary.
'low much are thoso tearful bulbs by
the quart ?" asked a maiden of a White
etrett grocer. Ha 6tared at. her a mo
me nt; recovered himself, and said; "O,
them inyups; eight cents."
Advantages of Drunkness.
If you wish to be always thirsty, be a
drunkard ; fur the oftener aod the more
you drirrk, the oftener and more thirsty
you will be.
If you wish to prevent your friends
from raising you in the worlJ, be a drunk-
ark ; and that will defeat all their efforts
if you would eflectually counteract
your own attempts to do well, be a drunk
ard, and you will not .be at all disapoiot
ed.
If you are determined to be poor, be
a drunkard, and you will be ragged and
penniless to your heart content.
If you wish to starve your family, be a
drunkard, and then you will consume the
means oT their support.
If you would ha imposed upon by
kuave, be a drut karJ, for that will make
their task easy.
If you would get rid of your money
without knowing how, be a drunkard,
and it will vanish insensibly.
If you arc determined to expel com
fort from your house, be a drunkard, aud
you will do it effectually.
If you would be hated by your family
and friends, be a drunkard, and you will
soon be more disagreeable.
If you would be a pest to society, be
a druodard, and you will be avoided as
an infection.
If you would smash windows, break
the peace, get your bones broken, tumble
under horses aud carts, and be locked up
in a station house, be a drunkard, aud it
will be strange if yi u d j not succeed.
If you wish all your prospects to be
clouded, be a drunkard, and they will
soon be dark enough, as drunkenness is
the mother of disease.
The Beggar on Horseback.
"Coal Oil Johnny," says the Sioux City
Journal, is the plagiarized pet name giv
en a young soldier uamed Forrester, sta
tioned at one of the upper forts. lie re
cently fell heir to Si5,00'J. and of the
amount a remittance was made to him of
S3.0QU. lie got a furlough and went to
Yankton, where for the last three or fo.ur
weeks he has been imitating, to the best
of hisability,.44CoiI Oil Johnny" of Penn
sylvania fame. lie has been making it
very interesting for the boys, spending
money for their benefit with a prodigal
hand. He drinks but little himself, and
is not known to have been intoxicated at
any time, but he has no objection to his
"f rieuds" getting drunk as lords at his ex
pense, as often as their constitutions will
permit. His delights is to drive a four
in hand, aud give everybody a ride ; and
he makes presents without number, and
but a few days sinco sent a Yaukton bel
lc, on the occasion of her brithday, a $200
organ. Perhaps the best instance, how
ever, of his di.-regard of lucre was shown
when he bought a team, which struck his
fancy, for S730, aod two days later sold
them to a Russian colonist fur 130. His
3,000 is nearly gone, and when he has
run through that he says he is going to
settle down in Yankton, buy a livery
stable, and become a prudent and decor
ous citizen. He is in the meantime hop
ing through the influence of his ducats
to secure his discharge from the service.
Packing Oranges and Lemons.
A full grown orange tree yields from
500 to 2,000 fruit annually, and arrives
at the bearing state in three or fire years,
as does the lemon tree ; " both grow
luxuriantly in most soils. The plaota
tious (iu the Mediterranean countries)
are called gardens, aod vary in size, the
smallest containing only a small number
of trees, aod the largest many thousands.
The fruit is gathered in baskets similar
to peach baskets, lined with canvas, the
basket being bcld by a strap attached and
passed around the neck or shoulders.
From the garden the fruit goes to the
rupacking magazine, where it is removed
from the boxes, in which it was packed
in the gardens, , and repacked for ship
mcnt by experienced female packed, after
having been carefully assorted by women,
and wrapped in separate papers by young
girls. As many as 500 persons (mostly
women and children) aie employed by
some of the fruit growers in their gardens
and magazines, in gathering, sorting, and
repacking for shipment, the wages paid
them varying from nine to sixteen cents
a day. In sorting, every fruit that wants
a stem is rejected. The boxes are then
securely covered, strapped, and marked
with the brand of the grower, when they
are ready for shipment. Twenty years
ago, this trade was nothing in its commer
cial characteristics, or the inducements
it offered to capitalists. Now it is pro
pressing with giant strides into promi
nence, and is a considerable source of
revenue to the government.
About 05,000 in silver coin arrived
at Chicago on Friday last by tbo Adams
Express Company from the Philadelphia
Mint, consigned to one of our national
banks and a firm of private bankers, who
are paying it out at par. The bullion
from whieh it was coined was from one
of the. smelting au 1 refining works of that
city, which is producing about $200,000
worth monthly, all of which it wall oon
tinue to have coined for circulation.
Mr. Pcnjamin Raiiiear, of Stoe, Creek
towuship, N. J., has raised a trophy to
mato weighing 28 J ounces, and tneasur
ins one way 16 inches aud 11 inches
the other.
Power of Music.
To regarl music in the light of a medi
cine seems rather a strange idea, yet its
curative power was fully recognized long
ago. Frequently the life of n dying man
may be save-I by music not too near his
bedside. It is only to catch his atten
lion and hold it with something that im
parts pleasurable feeling, , orjer to sus
tain him beyond the moment of supreme
exhaustion, which marks the crisis of dis
ease. Usually, however, the ears of the
dying are regaled with no sweeter music
than the sighs and sobs of their sorrow
ing Iriends. Of course they are troubled
aud depressed, and when the critical
I reith comes, fail to catch it, and so die
There is much iu this theory, startling as
it seems Music, as an agent for promot
ing heiXh, is of high value.' If invalids
would devote an hour or two daily to
practicing vocal music, it would restore
them to health. Persons with weak
lungs may thus ward off fatal lung dis
eases. The effeots on the body and mind
are excellent.
Take Heed.
No matter how intimate you may be
with the friend with whom you have busi
ness transactions put your agreements
in writing. How many misun lerstand
ings arise from the loose ways in which
busiuess matters are talked over, and
when each party puts his own construe
lion, the matter is dismissed by each par
ly with the words. "All right ; all right."
rrequently it turns out all wrong, and
becomes a question for the lawyer aud
the courts. More than three fourths of
the litigation of the country would be
saved if people would put do.vu their
jrecments iu writing arid sign their
names to it. bach word tu our language
has its peculiar meaniug, and memory
may by the change in a sentence, convey
an entirely different idea from that in
tended. When ouce reduced to writing
ideas are fixed, aud expensive lawsuits
are avoided.
That beats the Jews," is a vcrv com
a
mon expression, but we do not know its
ign. There are some things in which
the Gentiles cannot beat the Jews when
the latter do their best. In New York
the other day there was an Israclitish
wedding between representatives of two
of the wealthiest Hebrew families iu that
city. An arched way was built from the
curb to lhe door, carpeted, and the inter
ior of the house resembled an opening
day of a jewelry store. The presents
were without number, and valued at 2d,-
000. In the center of one room was a
canopy, under which at opposite sides
stood bride and groom. The bridesmaids
stood behind the bride, the mother of the
bride by her daughter's side. After ad
vice by the Rabbi, that official executed
a Hebrew chant, and then the bride aud
groom tasted wine from the same goblet,
which was held to their lips by their par
ents The ring was then placed on the
bride's finger, and the Rabbi, casting a
glove on the ground, the bride-groom
crushed it beneath his heel, and the two
were declared husband and wife.
The Allentown Chronicle says : A
man residing in Sancon township, this
county, whose name our inquiry failed to
ascertain, had hoarded iu different places
about his house twenty thousand dollars
in greenbacks. When the recent panic
came upon the country he grew fearful
lest in the prevailing scarcity of currency
his savings might be discovered aud
stolen. He went out and offered some of
it to his neighbors on mortgage aud the
offer being accepted, he went to take it
out of its hiding places. Six thousand
dollars were found to be so moulded as
not to admit of identification, and the sav
ing farmer possibly knows now that his
wealth would have been safer in some
body else's hands (ban his own. It would
be h pleasure to get hold of his name, for
while a man has a right to dispose of his
money as he pleases, one whose method
has proven so disastrous would serve as a
warning to all similarly disposed. And
we do not doubt but that we have many
such iu Lehigh couuty peuny wise and
pound foolish.
If you want to try a man's capacity
give lii nt a cigar, then a strip of paper,
light a match, and a soou as he has the
cigar bit off and his paper in a blaze, ask
him an important question that can't be
answered under sixty seconds. The gen
erality of mankind pull hard and then be
gin to reply, stop short and pull again,
and recommcuce fresh. Then they send
out a sentence enveloped in smoke and
about as clear a? ground green glass ;
then I hey bieak off short aud go for the
weed again, and, finally, they try to con
vey their ideas in an eloquent glance, the
paper burns down to their fingers, and
their hand goes up like a pigeon oat of a
spring trap. Their final expression of
sentiment is not exactly suitable for a
class ut Suuday school.
The growing impoitance of our4 export
trade in leather, is said to have attracted
considerable atteution abroad. Tne stock
is reported to be eagerly sought after by
English dealers, aud it is stated that
there are a number of large commission
houses iu Liverpool' and London, whose
sola busiuesa is the sale of American
leather, which, it U affirmed, will com
pare favorably with any made in Europe.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A Lancaster machanic has made a steel
shaving 54 feet in length.
An unknown disease is taking the
breath out of Chester county cows.
There are 8086 voters in Reading, a
decrease of 490 since last year.
All the rolling mills in the Lehigh
valley arc reported to be in full blast.
An Allentown man, who has lost con
fideoco iu banks, is carrying 51000 about
in his pocket.
James Headley, of Attleboro, Racks
county, is DO years and 10 months old,
and is still vigorous and healthy.
Th rcc inches of snow have fallen at
-egaunee Mich., and seven inches at
Fort Geary Manitoba.
lhe Standard say that cigars, snuff
and tobacco absorb more capital than
bread iu Pottsville.
Over 500,000 cig:3 were manufactur
ed in Lebanon county in the month of
September.
Au extensive vein of iron ore has been
discovered near Ridgebury, Bradford
county.
Roache's shin yard at Chester emW
l,o00 men, and pays out for wages 817 -000
weekly.
A Chester county man has a cat twen
ty three years old. Its eyesight is good,
aud it doesn't use tobocco.
Five milliou dollars in English
tovereigns have been recently melted in
she Assay Office at New York, and sent
to the Mint, in Philadelphia, for coinage:
St Lawrence county, New York, ap
pears as the rival of Oneida in high priced;
cattle, five short horns having recently
been sold in that county for 15,000.
An ignorant old lady was asked by a
minister visiting her if she had religion.
She replied : 4 I have slight touches of
it occasionally."
John P. Reber, a merchant of Pine
grove, Schuylkill county, has a canary
twelve years old. which has raised sixteen
young birds this season. Pretty well
done for an old stager.
Lancaster city gave a Republican
majority for municipal officers last week,
electing Capt. Stauffer for Mayor. The
Councils are also Republican, for the first
time in many years.
The total debt of New York city and
county is stated at S13u208.961, the city
debt being 101,262,506. The total in
vestment in the city and oounty rinkincr
fund is 23,21,612.
The "Circassian girl," exhibited by
Raruum, is visiting her native village of
Olney, Illinois. The deceptive creature
has already salted 11,000 in seven
thirties. The Icelanders are beginning to emi
grate quite extensively to the United
States. They are said to resemble tbo
Scotch in appearance and are a bright,
healthy lookiug class of people.
The 'champion" pumpkin raiser so far
th is season belongs to Shaeffertown.
Lebanon county. He raised 13 pumpkins
on three stalks, averaging from 140 to
1C0 pounds. One of them measured 79fr
inches.
Mr. David Marvel, residing near Uai
lettvill, Del., has raised one of lhe largest
hogs on record. Its length is nearly 7
feet and its girth about 8 feet, its weight
being estimated at between 1400 and
1500 pounds.
The "champion" pumpkin raiser so far
this season belongs to Shafferstown, Leba
non couuty. He.raised thirteen pump
kins on three stalks, averacin? from. 140
to 100 pounds. One of them measured
"
seventy-uinc and a half inches.
The Atlantic Mills, at Lawrence. Mass .
closed Thursday evening for the remain
der ot the week, and will run onlv onr
days in the week for the present. The
nail mills of the Bay State Iron Works
have suspended operations, and 260 men
have been discharged.
Iu Lancaster, a grocer's horse ran away,
aod in about one miuute broke off a lamp
post, smashed a fire plug, knocked down
a sign and three awning posts and drovo
a swinglctroe through a seventy fik-e dollar
plate glass window, and didn't run a
square to do it. Enterprising horse, but
rather expensive.
Tt is the opinion of some of the most able
fi'nv.ticiers of New York, that there will, by
the first of November, be from thirty mil
lions to thirty five millions of dollars in
gold nfloat in that market, without any
regard to private hoards, and the price
cannot be kept up. This is an encourag
ing prospect.
The lady who tapped her husband
gentley with a fan at a party the other
night, and said, "Love, it's growing late ;
1 think we had better go home," is the
same one who after getting home shook
the rollingpiii under his nose aud said,
"you inlernal old scouudrel you, if you
ever look at that mean, uasty calico faced,
mackerel eyed thing that you looked at
tonight, I'll bust your heal wide open."
About sixteen years ago Mr. Win. Mel
ing, now a resident of Minersville, Schuyl
kill county, while engaged in blasting in
California, had bis little fin per carried
away by the premature explosion of a
blast. Last week his hand became in
flamed and festered and upon opening at
the place where his finger hal been, a
piece of stone was taken out, which must
have remain 3 1 there ever sioco the acci
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