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Scuotcb to politics, Citcraturc, Agriculture, Science, iHoroIitjj, aub caecal Intelligence.
VOL. 32.
published by Theodore Schoch.
-Two dullars a yiar in advance and if not
raid
b,.f,.rp the end of the year, two dollars nud fifty
- "u r,:il'"r l''"",,,'" "'H an arrearages are
Tj , rxi a! t!ie option of the lxlitor.
vli'r''s':"!'"'s of mii Nijiiarc of (elsht linos) or
one 'T lim e insertions ?! ;".. Eju:h additional iu-
' 1 jtii,rir imtW 111 ttrmwirt inn
jo 35 rsiivrarvG
OF ALL KINDS,
ExocutiJ in tb
bi-rliest style of the Art, and on the
most reasonable terms.
Vickershani Normal School.
URODHE.VK.SV I LLE, MONROE COUNTY, PA,
The Fall lSTl'i Terra of this School will begin in the
p.Mic S'liool il'iii"', at I5rodlioad!ville, on the second
Ym-sday in July. and cor.t'iiue twelve weeks.
TERMS
r.ir tuition, for the term 3 00
i irany time l!'ss o':u t,1? whole term, ier week 1 00
v .t-c!:! iMiurdinji.in private families, jht mouth 12 00
"o eitra chaws for tlie higher branches.
ifTlie School House has been enlarged and thor-
OUtfhly repair"!,
jbaufcful for past patronage, I subscribe myself,
D. H SOEDLER, Principal.
Jjn- 4, I;74. 6t-
D R. J. LAN T Z,
SURGEON & MECHANICAL DENTIST.
Siil! ha hi o!fie on Main street, in the second story
of 1'r. S. Walton's brick building, nearly opposite the
5:roiid'iire ll"tis" and he Raters himself that by eigh
t.,n y:-ar c'iit:tiit practice and the mot earnest and
n.'!'iil aitcntioii to all matters pertaining to liis pro
f vimi. that p is fully able to perform all operations
in the d- iital line in the most careful and skillful mail
er. sp.vial attention given to savin? the Natural Teeth;
in tlu insertion of Artificial Teeth on Rubber,
0-M. sih t r. or Continuous Gums, and perfect fits in all
ovs inun-d.
M.i-j i"rvms know the rreat folly and danger of en
t'.i;!i : til- if work.to the iiiexperieneed. or to those li v
iz: ai .l:tance. " April 13, 174 . tf.
jyi. J. imtterso.y,
OPEEiTIXG AXD 3IECnA.MCAL DEMIST,
H.iv:u-.' 1 in Hast StroiiJsbitrc. Pa. announces that
,j is ii'' ,rejt."r."d to insert artificial teeth in the most
h;-:j:i; :! .'.li'i li!" -like manner. Also, great attention.
f)xrn to til liii j and preserving the natural teeth. Teeth
t sir3,'t'"J without pain by the use of Nitrous Oxide Cia.s.
All oilier work incident to the profusion done in the
mt iliful a:id approval style. All work attended to
promptly and warrai:t-d. Charges reasonable. lat
rut.ap of liie pu'olic vllcitcd.
CSi-.-e in A. Liar's new building, opposite Analo
aink Ibiu.-f, Eat Stroudsl.urg, Pa. july H, '"3.
D
it. .. Ij. i:cxk,
Surgt'Oia Dentist.
Ann"-.i!?"s that having just returned from Prntal
f,iii,"f, he is fitliy prep:irfl to make artificial teeth in
th:'tnust t-cautiful nd life-like manner, and to fill de
fsynl tec'h ..cc:plins to the most improved method.
Teeth extracted without pain, vhcn desiretl, by the
"f Niir"::s le (ja. v. hich is entirely harmles.
Ke:.ii:-i i.c (--f all hind neatly done. All work waraatcd.
t harL-f r..a"'nat'I.
ifii ".' J. Ktller's new brick bulldin?. Main street,
ftroadsburg, l'a. Aug. 31 '71-tf.
Can yon tell -why it is that when any
on' cr.mes to Struudsburz to Vmy Furniture, they al
ways inquire for McCarty's Furniture Store !
Sr;-U i.Y.7.
"WILLIAM S. REES,
Surveyor, Conveyancer and
Seal Estate Agent.
Faras, Timber Lands and Town Lots
FOR SALE.
OiTtce neit door abore S. Kees' news Depot
end 'Id door below the Corner Store.
March 20,
D
K.IIOWARD X'ATTGKSO.,
Physieiar, Sarjeon and Accoucheur,
(Successor to Geo. W. Seip.)
0:7,c2 Main street, Stroud.-bnrg, Pa., in Dr.
building, residence Sarah street, next
Friend new liaeetirjjr house. I'rompt attention
to caiis.
f 7
rJice Lours 111
April 10 187-1-ly
to D a.
" 2 p.
"9 p.
m.
m.
m.
JQR. J. II. SSIIXL.,
PHYSICI A.N AND SURGEON.
OrrKE & EF.slI'F.NCr., AT IXDUX QCEES UOTtL.
Ail caes promptly attended to. Office
bjurs from 9 to 12 JL 21., from 3 to 5 and
' 'o 9 p. m.
lhar!fr-5 mnrlerat
Consultations free.
Mar 3.'
3-1 v.
D
K. CLO. W. JAG'ftSOX
MKICIAX, SURGEON AND ACCCICIIEIR.
n the old office of Dr. A. Reeves Jackson,
"silenee, corner of Sarah and Franklin btreet.
STROUDSBURG, PA.
St 8,'72-tf
PHYSICIAN AND ACCOUCHEUR,
MOUNTAIN HOME. PA.
4-Cta
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KKiCAs iiotj:l.
. - uus'-nocr would mlorm tlie public mat
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fa.,
va me.
Mm I entertain all who may patronize
Him a'm t'ie proprietor, to furn
ar.rj "!-nri0r accoin,aodationa at moderate rates
fort f Harc no pail) to promote the com
"oi uie guesls A lib j ghareof puL,lic
RTe solicited.
via: luii si..
7
H0NE3DALE, PA.
-t central location ot any Hotelin town.
i69 M . R. W. KIPLE k SOX,
iiorii3' at Law,
V.. i . llJ- "yiiM ioriyaii y Kepi uy
txll :-m tlie .borough ofBtroudsburg,
u,x reoailltPd ami rfu-nislifr! tlit
At .
L. f ? building formerly occupied
tur,, p "'Jrsf11' aQd opposite the Strouda
j&Q 13 "tf treet' trou,3iibur2 Pa-
A FIGHT WITH A BURGLAR.
A Midnight Straggle in a Pennsylvania
iarm Honse.
Parmer fcanmcl Bond lives with his
tanulr eiirht miles from Milton. Pa. On
Saturday night, May 30, he awoke in the
middle ot the night and saw a burglar in
his room. He jumped from bed and gras
ped him by tlie throat and whiskers. The
whiskers, a long pair, were false, and came
ott in the farmer's hand. The
struck .nr. liond in the face, but he did
not release his hold. His wife responded
I.J . ..II J I 1 rwn . .
iu in.- ran ior nejp. ihe burglar unable to
release himself, started for the head of the
stairs, dragging the farmer with him. 3Irs
iona seized the burglar by one leg. He
knocked her down. She jumped up and
scizeu mm again, wmie her husband show
ered blows on his face. Reaching the head
of the stairs, both the farmer and the burg
lar rolled to the bottom. The noise made
uy tne struggling men aroused a son of
31r. Lond's, who joined his father and
mother in the attack on the burglar. At
this juncture the burglar drew a pistol and
would have shot the fanner dead, had not
31 rs. Lond, seeing the movement, pushed
the pistol to one side. The ball took effect
in the groin of her son.
The burglar fired again, hitting 3Ir.
Bond in the right arm, near the elbow.
The farmer's wife seized hold of the pistol,
while her son ran out and got a club.
The weapon was discharged twice while
31 rs. Bond held the barrel, but doing no
damage, loung JJond returned with a
dub, and broke the bnrp-l:n-'s rio-hr ann
with a blow. The pistol "dropped" to the
fioor. 3Irs. Bund picked it up with the
intention of shooting the burglar, but be
fore she could use it her son had knocked
him senseless to the floor with two heavy
blows on the head.
All of the Bonds were badly injured.
The farmer was terribly beaten about the
head and face. The pistol-ball had made
an ugl' flesh wound in his arm, and his
body was bruised by the fill down stairs.
31 rs. Bond had a long, deep cut over her
elt e3 e, where ihe burglar had struck her.
Her son's wounds were confined to the pis
tol shot in the rruin. The ball entered
near the hip joint, and was imbedded in the
flesh. They were all covered with blood, as
were the walls and floor in the hall.
31 rs. Bond attended temporarily to the
wants of her husband and son. She' then
bound the senseless burglar so he could not
escape if he came to. 3Iounting a horse,
she started as fast as it could carry her for
31 ikon. Arriving there she aroused Dr. j
Billinirs and Constable "Watts, and started
both for her house. In an hour and a
quarter after leaving home she arrived back
there, and was soon followed by the doctor
and the constable. 3Ir. Bond and his sen
were found to be suffering severely from
their wounds, but their injuries were pro
nounced not dangerous. The ball was ex
tracted from young Bond's wound with lit
tle difficulty."
The burglar wa.s found dangerously in
jured. The fall down stairs had broken
three of his ribs. The blows from the
club, besides breaking his right arm, had
fractured his skull in two places. He was
also badly cut and bruised. The ropes" with
which 3Irs. Bond had tied him were re
moved and he was placed on a bed. He
suffered intensely. Dr. Billings gave him
every care, and in an hour or two he felt
easier, and gave an account of himself.
He was die of a gang of three profssional
bunrlars from Philadelphia. His name is
George 3Iyers. His comrades were Jake
Schell and Wilson Fry. They traveled
througn the country disguised as umbrella
m enders and peddlers. Their plan of opera
tion was to enter a town and "work" it
thoroughly. They always got information
of places where good hauls could he made.
In 3Iilton they learned that farmer Bond
liad received, a day or two before the at
tempted burglary, a large sum of money,
the proceeds of a sale of cattle. They de
termined to make a effort to obtain it. From
various parties they had received a good
idea of the interior of the house, the habits
of the inmates, &c. Fry unlocked the front
door with a false key. 3Iyers was to search
the upper part of the house, while his com
panions were to take the lower part. When
the noise upstairs warned the Litter that
3Iyers was discovered, they fled, leaving
him in the lurch. Myers said it was his
intention to kill all three of the Bonds at
the foot of the stairs, and he would have
done so but for the young man knocking
him down with the club. On Myers per
sou was found a
pocketbook belonging to
linbiff 8500. This had
3Ir. Bond, conku
been taken from his pantaloons before the
burglar was discovered.
Dr. Billings decided that it would be fa
tal to Myers to take him to jail. The con
stable concluded to Jeave a man to guard
and attend to him until he could be removed.
A man named Fitch was given charge of
the wounded burglar. On Monday night
lie was aroused from a nap by a knock at
tlie door. He opened the door. A man
.standing near said to Fitch that the con
stable wanted to see him out by the wagon.
A wagon stood a few feet from the door.
Fitch stepped out, and when he reached
the vehicle lie was knocked down by some
one standing by the front wheel. When
lie came to consciousness the wagon way
gone. He was gagged and lying on the
ground. Bragging himself into the house
he was astonished to see that the wounded
burglar and a portion of the bed was gone.
It was very plain that the companions of
Myers were informed in some way of his
condition, and had planned his rescue in the
warmer stated. Fitch made haste to in-
STROUJDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., JUNE
form the constable at 3Iilton of the escape
ui me prisoner. iVbout daylight severa
. . ... t . . . J 'Z
pursuits started in pursuit, but had not at
last accounts found any trace of the flyin
burglars
The Dnnkers.
That curiou.s but very moral and estima-
bie body ot people, the Duukers, have just
concluded their regular annual meeting at
Girard, 111. They descended upou that
little village, ten thousand strong, and where
tney nave lound place to sleep, or what
they have found to cat, during the days
nicy nave ueen together, are questions im
possible to settle. These Bunkers are Ger
man Jabtists, whose organization dates
back to the year 1708, and their title is a
derisive one, coming from the word tunker,
to sop. They are sometimes called Tumb
lers, from the method they adopt in baptis
ing, of placing the candidates on their
knees, and then pushing them forward into
the water. Among the peculiarities of
their doctrines and practice is included a
marked plainness in speech and dress, akin
to that of the Quakers. They will not go
to law ; will contract no debts outside of
their order ; will not vote, or take part in
political affairs ; and are opposed to war,
and will not serve as soldiers.
Some of these peculiar tenets have been
anew expounded in the conference just
Closed. Among the points decided are
these : That a Dunker may wear a full
beard, but not a moustache only ; that mem
bers ma' not engage in banking business,
as it leads to covetousness : that it is not
advisable to send children to college ; and
that membership in farmers' clubs, gran
gers, etc., is not expedient. They also
united in a strong condemnation of the
"ungo lly piano" and other musical instru
ments. I hey discussed the question whe
ther it is necessary to salute colored mem
bers with the "holy kiss," and left the mat
ter to the opinion of each church. The
strength of the denomination is hi the Wes
tern and Southwestern States, but as they
believe it to be unscriptural to number their
members, only an approximate estimate can
be jriven. The latest figures rut it at
150.000. Concerning their customs and
appearance a correspondent of the Chicago
Intcr-Occan says :
"They hold that Christian regeneration
will exhibit itself externally, and hence,
when entering the Church as members they
renounce the pomps and vanities of the
world, they should manifest it by a plain
ness of dress, of uniform character in the
men as well as women ; hence, in all the
arge number present no sister exhibited
any flounces, furbelows, or jewelry in dress,
but instead were attired in plain, modest
colors, many of tliem in calico, and all, both
old and young, wear sun-bonnets and re
move them while in church, each one hav
ing on her head a plain cap of the style of
our great-grand-mother's days, made of
white Swiss muslin. The men wear the
style of dress usually adopted by the Quak
ers, ami in meeting a brother salutes by
shaking hands and giving the kiss of bro
therly love. "When a brother is unfor
tunate financially they assists him, and in
no exse allow one of their members to be
supported at the expense of the state or
county. They are opposed to all secret
socities, and make this one of the points in
receiving members. They advocate tem
perance in all things, and prohibit their
members from manufacturing or dealing in
ardent spirits. They counsel the brethern
not to hold office or vote, especially in time
of war, and prefer that they should net
vote or take any interest in state or politi
cal matters, and advise the brethren not to
read jolitical papers, on the plea that it has
a tendency to lead their minds astray and
create discord among the membership."
To those who enjoy the fuller liberty of
other Christian sects, these small restric
tions and minute details of custom and mor
ality may seem trivial and unimportant, as,
indeed, they are. But it should be remem
bered that these people, while attending to
these affairs, do not neglect weightier mat
ters. They are sincere Christians, good
citizens, and kind
neigbors.
-Baltimore
American.
No More Waiver of Exemption.
Among the important laws passed by the
recent Legislature is the one relating to
the exempting property from levy and sale
on executions and distress for rent, declar
ing the waiver thereof by a debtor, except
?rtain cases, void. Ave give the bill m
full as it passed both Houses. It reads :
"Jle it enacted, tic. lhat on and alter
the fourth day of July next, no waiver ex
cept as hereafter provided, by any debtor,
a resident of this Commonwealth, who is
the head of a family, of the benefit or right
to claim exemption of property from levy
l 1 .... 1 1! i . V
and sale upon execution auu uisiress ior
rent that Is now or may hereafter be al
lowed or exempted by the laws of this Com
monwealth, shall be vaild, any debtor mak-
such waiver or any agreement therefor or
any member of the family of such debtor
may claim and demand and shall be entitled
to such exemption the same as if no such
waiver or agreement therctor had been
made : Provided, 1 hat this act shall not
affect or apply to any waiver or agreement
therefor made prior to the fourth day ot
July next, nor shall this affect or apply to
any obligation, agreement or indebtedness
entered" into or contracted for the purchase
of real estate ; and provided further, That
this fehall not aflect or apply to any waiver
of inquisition or confession of condemnation
of real estate made by any aeuinuans as is
provided by "An act relating to executions,'
approved June 16th, Anno Domini 18oC."
uv. irmm je xf 1 1 ' m imaijtmijjBwa
Tragedy on a Train.
The robbery of the express car on the
..Michigan Central 11. 11. on Friday oth inst.,
was ot so tragical a nature that, represented
upon the stae, it would '-thrill the house,"
as the critics say. According to the Detroit
Tribune of Saturday, the train was the fat
night express which left Chicago at five
o clock p. m. The car of the American
Express Company was next the engine,
and was only occupied by the messenger,
being lighted by a single candle, and all the
doors locked. Several thousand dollars
were in the safe, before which sat the messen
ger, 3Ir. S. B. Heath, sorting the packages
of money. When t he train had reached a
Mjint a few miles beyong New Buffalo,
Heath, was bending down, saw a man's foot
softly placed between him and the safe, and
before he could turn himself he was struck
a violent blow in the forehead.
II is assailants at the same moment put
out the candle, and seizing a package of
money darted out of the front door, the
lock of which had been forced off. Heath
by this time had sprung tb his feet, but
before, in ln3 half-stunned condition, he
could reach the door another man was upon
him, and a terrible life and death struggle
ensued. Heath had a revolver, and the
robbor a large knife, and the men endeavored
to use their weapons. The fiirht was long
and desperate. From side to side and end
to end of the car the men rolled and tumbled
in the darkness, now one uppermost, now
the other, and again side by side, Heath
trying to shoot and the robber to stab. At
last, when Heath was nearly fainting from
exhaustion, and was K ing underneath, ho
managed to shoot his antagonist through
ie head. The fellow, although not instant
ly killed, rolled off the messenger and lay
unconscious upon the floor. Heath then
fainted and remained in this condition until
the train reached Xiles, a few miles beyond
The sight that met the eyes of those who
entered the car at 2silcs was a terrible one
The robber was just breathing his last, and
Heath, badly injured and covered with
blood, lay upon the floor unable to rise
The man who escaped carried off $2,700 in
money, and seems to have left his compan
ion to his fate.
MAKING UP WINES.
Death makes some strange disclourcs.
We have heard of a gentleman who settled
the estate of a wine dealer in Xew York.
Having access to his books, he examined
the accounts of what was bought and sold,
ind was surprised to find that, while for
3'ears he had large quantities of wines, there
was no indication on his books that he had
ever bought any. Not a gallon purchased,
but thousands of gallons sold sold for the
juice (if the grape, when, in fact, it was his
own infernal concoction of drugs and poi
sons, on the sale of which he grew rich at
the expense of the lives of his fellow men.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging ;
the genuine article is bad enough, and, at
the last, biteth like a serpent and slingeth
like an adder : but these devilish com
pounds arc worse than a whole colon' of
serpents, adders and scorpions, and no liv
ing man, it is said, can, by the taste, dis
tinguish the spurious from the true.
The following incident illustrates the
workings of this svstcm of adulterations
and abominations :
A rich wine dealer residing in London
recently, on his death bed, being in great
distress of mind, acknowledged to his
friends that his agony was occasioned by
the nature of the business he had followed
for years. He stated that it had been his
habit to purchase all the sour wines he
could, and by making use of lead and other
deleterious substances, to restore the wine
to palpable taste. He said he had no doubt
that he had been the means of destroying
hundreds of li v s he had noticed the in
jurious effects of his mixtures on those who
drink them. lie had seen instances of this
kind where the unconscious victims of his
cupidity, after wasting and declining for
years, despite the best medical attendance,
went, to their graves poisoned by the adul-
terated wines lie had sold them.
man died rich. But also ! what a
did he leave his children.
.
Save Your Peach Trees.
i ii ii.i
This
egacy
On examination, I find the peach trees arc
badly infested with the borer, some three-3Tear-old
trees having as high as twenty
worms, and some are entirely killed.
Their presence is indicated by the worm
dust or borings thrown out, with the gum
that issues from the wound, which is just
below the ground.
The remedy is to dig away the earth
and follow the pest to the death with the
knife. Leave the trunk exposed a few
days to show remaining worms, after which
fill in and hill up six inches, and spread
dry ashes around the tree.
Tree Gkowek.
How to Catch Mice.
A correspondent says : Having noticed
mice in our seed barrel, I bethought me
how I might trap the little . intruders. I
thought of saturating a piece of cotton with
chloroform and throwing it in, then closing
the lid. On raising it again in a few
minutes I would find that life had almost
or quite departed. Having on one occasion
left the piece of cotton in the barrel, on
again returning I found three mice with
their heads in close contact with it and
dead. In the evening I saturated another
piece and placed it in the barrel, and on
owning the next morning, to my surprise,
I f jund about nine dead mice.
18, 1874.
The Great Srorm of Sunday Last.
New York June, 10. Detailed accounts
of the storm on Sunday from different parts
of this State show that some damage was
done by hail in the vicinity of Rochester.
Green-houses and gardens suffered badly
at Pitteibrd. A large barn was struck by
lightning and burned in the town of Chili.
A man was seriously injured and three
cows killed, in Albion, by lightning. Two
electric balls of fire exploded in a large
square in Utica.
The Catholic Church was totally wrecked
by lightning. The Congregational Church
had its steeple taken off and landed in a
neighboring yard. The orn amental windows
of the Episcopal Church were all smashed.
The roof of the depot was blown away,
smashing a house in its fall. Johnson's tan
nery chimney was blown down, and thou
sands of dollars' worth of glass broken by
the hail, all in the town of Hamilton. The
roof of the depot at Poolville was blown off
and the window glass and fruit trees badly
damaged by hail.
The tow boats were blown ashore below
Albany. A barn was burned tit Port Schuy
ler. The streets of Schenectady were badly
gullied by tlie flood, and several buildings
damaged by lightning. At 3Iill Point, in
the town of Glen. 3Iontromery county, J.
J. Fa ul ker's grist mill was seriously injured.
A broom-eoru dry house, two broom shops.
and two tenement houses were destroyed
David Faulker had wood house, kitchen
and bar room destroyed, tenement house
blown in, and a cooper shop blown down.
Henry C. Pettmgill, in Honda, seve
ral acres of prune tiraoer mowed down. Da
vid Biood s hop yard was destroyed. 3Ir.
Lody, at 31 ill Point had two dwellings de
stroyed and a barn carried four feet off its
foundation.
A Heretical Chicago Priest.
Chicago is a decidedly heretical city.
The epidemic has broken out in a unex
pected quarter. There is a young, cultiva
ted, original Catholic priest in that city
known as Father Terry. He lectured be
fore the Cathlie Libc-rary Association a few
evenings ago and threw Professor Swing in
to the shade by the ultraness of his views
and the cleverness with which they were
expressed. He complained that the peo
ple who contended that the earth was made
in six working-days do not say whether the
Lord worked on the eight-hour system,
and claimed that the Book of Genesis is an
epic product of Oriental genius. Some of
the explanations are harder to believe than
the book, as, for instance, that Adam was
thirty-five years old when he was created,
and that he was put to sleep when the rib
was taken out of him, so that Eve might
be spared the pain of having her mode of
construction criticised. In speaking of the
Ark, Father Terry saill that it was rather
remarkable how the different animals said
to have been preserved in that structure re
appeared again in the very parts of the
world to which they must have been orig
inally indigenous. Some theologians thought
taat they were transported to the Ark and
and back again by means of angels. Just
think, said Father Terry, of an elephant
sitting jauntily on the shoulder of a seraph,
and of apes borne grandly in the air on the
wings of cherubim. These and similar
things indicate that Chicago is not likely
to lack for theological sensations ri-j:lit away.
Can't Swallow This Story.
At Barnum-'s show, one day, a young
husband, the happy father of a chubby, rosy
11111 i
cnecKed bauy, was wandering about the
concern, and alter a while neared the head
quarters of the "Wild Fiji Cannibals."
Holding tlie aforesaid oflspring in his arms,
he stopped to view these feeders on human
flesh. 31r. Fiji accosted the papa thusly:
"Fattec baby ; white man good eat : tender.
Fiji man like him. How muchee price ?
riji-man pay 3Iehkec man dollars. ' The
horrified father drew back aghast, but
hastily responded in this wise : "What'll you
give, noble savage ?"
"riji-man give ten dollars.
"Too cheap : worth more; but I'll tell
you what I'll do. I've got a nice old moth
er-in-law at home, 1 11 sell you for five dol
lars ; she's rather tough eating, but good
for a square meal."
Remarkable Sales of Blooded Stock.
Chicago, 3Iay 2L One of the most ro-
markable sales of blooded stock ever held
in this country took place at Dexter Park,
being that of the celebrated Lyudal herd
of short horns beioisirin-r to W. S. King of
3Iinneapolis. Fifty-eight cows and twenty--
in 11.1 j .
one buns were sold, tne iormcr aggregating
10,1 C and the latter $25,37.", being art
a verge of $1,032 each for bulls.- Buyers
were present from every part of the Union,
from Canada and erne 31r. George Bobbins
from England, who made the most notable
purchase of the day, that of the bull Duke
of Hillhurst, for which he paid fourteen
thousand dollars. A large number of the
finest animals sold went to New York,
Kentucky, Iowa, Illinois and 31issourr.
Unquestionarly there are a great many
rascals in South Carolina, but they are not
all "Radicals." Thejrraud iurvof Lexincr-
ton county and the grand jury of Lancas
ter county, respectively, have just presented
indictments against their County Commis-
t 1 1 -a v
sioncrs all ot whom are white Democrats
-for theft and corruption in office. Will
those opposition papers that are so grieved
over the political profligacy running ramp
ant in that State, make a note of this inter
esting fact ? It is instructive.
NO. 5.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Binghamton quotes new potatoes 75
cents a bushel.
Tlie mills at Apeiika, Ala., commenced
the grinding of new wheat oa the 20th ut:
And now it is intimated that Gould is
likely to come again into possession of the
Erie Railway.
Tlie yellow fever, which appeared last
week in New Orleans, hxs now broken out
in Pensacola, Florida.
The amount of government revenue de
rived from fermented liquors, during the
past ten years, Is $02,270,737.
The washing of 400 sheep in Pursoly
creek, Green county, caused the death of
thousands of fish in that stream.
The Kansas wine crop of last year
amounted to $200,000. This year it'wilf
reach $500,000 if nothing happens.
There are 172 vessels of different charac
ter at present in the port of Philadelphia
loading and unloading.
The Dctriot I'ost has crop returns from
nearly every agricultural county in 3Iichi
gan and pronounces them quite uniformly
favorvable.
Eight j'oung men are now in ntil at Wil-
liamsport, charged with incendiarism. The
evidence against them is said to be strong
and conclusive.
Cyrus Stark, brother of Hon. J. B.
Stark, was struck by an engine on the
Lehigh Valley railroad, near Caxton, Fri
day last, and killed.
Thomas Walsh, saloon-keeper at St.
Charles, 3Io., found his wife talking to ono
Scanlou and shot her through the heart.
He then fired at and missed Scanlon.
Sweetness in bulk. Ninety-four car
loads of strawberries passed northward
from the Del ware Peninsula on the Oth
inst. This is the largest shipment ever
made in one day.
A dispatch from Prescott says Lieuten
Ilooper, on the 27th of 3Iay, "had a fight
with Apaches near Tento Crokus. He
killed four Indians, and captured seven wo '
men and two children.
Samuel P. Knight, of Southampton',.
Bucks county, has cause to be proud of his
dairy of eleven Alderney cows, from which
he now realizes 110 pounds of iilt-cd red
butter per week, ten pounds to the cow.
A Chicago Jew has subscribed five hun
dred dollars toward Professor Swing's new
church. This is the first instance' iu the
history of that city of a Hebrew placing
himself on record as helping to sustain
nnstianity.
Philadelphia has 20 national banks, witlr
an aggregate of $10,035,000 of paid up
capital, Baltimore, 14 national banks, -with
$11,241,085 of paid up capital : and Pitts
burg, 10 national banks, with $3,000,000
ot paid up capital.
3Iuch of the lumber taken down the
una spring Kim remains unsoid. ine
market seems to be overstocked. Business
in the lumber regions is very much de
pressed, worse if anything, than at tiny
time siuce the panic.
A man in Patersou lias been sentenced
to hard labor in the State Prison for one
year for attempting to swindle a saloon
keeper of $25 on pretense that he would
prevent the city from prosecuting for keep
ing the saloon open on Sunday.
A woman who recently died near Ban
gor was so anxious lest her body should be
dug up and dissected by the doctors that
she left $u0 to pay a man for watching her
grave a month after she was buried." The"
watchman is at hrs post every night.
Some profit. Of one hundred and fifty
two English banks, thirty pay 10 per cent.,
twelve 15 per cent, and fourteen 20 per
cent., while eighteen pay more than 20 per
cent., the average for the whole one hun
dred and fifty-two being 13 per ccv.t.
A house on "Quality Hill," Elizabeth,
which cost $30,000 to "build," was sold by
the sheriff one day last week for eight
cents the purchaser of course to pay off
mortgages ami assessments. The sheriff
promptly remitted the purchase money to
the owner of the house.
A thirteen year-old daughter of Dexnisj
Maloney, of Ulster county, N. Y., went
to a pic-nic last week -jumped the rope"
233 times without stopping. She shortly
afterward died from the effects of the vio
lent and protracted exercise. ' There are
many instances of this kind on record.
The value of the fruit crop of California
last year may be estimated in round num
bers at $2,000,000. From the tenor of
the reports from all portions of the State
the fruit crop of 1S74 Avill exceed that of
last year by about fifty per cent., and as
the largely increased demand for packing
will keep up the price, its value may be -estimated
fairly at $3,000,000.
The Lancaster Ksyresx says : Jnneas
ter should be called the "City of Churches."
With a population of less than twontv-five
thousand, she has twenty-eight places of
public worship, divided as follows : Lu
theran, five ; Reformed, four including
the College Chael ; Episcopal, three ;
Catholic, three ; 3Iethodist, three ; Baptist ,
two ; Presbyterian, two ; Evangelical Al
liance, two ; Church of God, one ; 31ennon
ite, one ; 3Ioravian, one ; Hebrew, one.
Wo also have a Swedenborgian Society,
but they are at present without a public
worship.
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