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STROUDSBUKG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., DECEMBER 3, 1874.
NO. 28.
r'ishnl ly Thpodore Schoclii
it - f.uf in i vfi tii rui 1 1 nrT
W-'Jl'" 'Vn 1 "Vtl'io year, two dollars and fifty
t'r'n i,1M'har-'-,l. . , ... ,,
,r ,i!s-'itin,J"tl until ail arrearages are
'ii"'''' V?t tlr...iti...i ..f the lMitor.
.j. fS' P1 '. ,.,. f ii' s-iiiar of (ei?ht lines or
V U,'o rV. i-i.-rii'in SI S't. Ka.-h a.Muiotnil in
'K?nK I..-n.4-r proportion.
A Ono Cent Business.
rasivrixc
.1 la
JOI5
,F AM. KIM'S,
l.i h -it t vi -i f ll' Art. ami on the
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i r I lit- -"
.,; Tlhl $stret, rUlLAUhJA'JUA.
.yIlt'Jucol rates. 1 ; per day. -3
IIKXHV SPAHN, Prop'r.
j JJ.SYDKK. Clel'k.
' v. 's"jl-f,"J-.
' DR. X L A N T Z,
There is a man in this city who is amass
ing a handsome fortune by buying and
selling pennies, two and three cent pieces,
and five cent nickels. In many of the
newspaper offices, news depots, ferry offi
ces, retail houses where cheap goods are
sold, bakeries and other places, the accu
mulation of small coin very often becomes
so large as to be cumbersome. It con not
be disposed of, for coin is so plenty that
customers object to taking it in change in
any great quantity, and in business houses
where it is needed the regular sources of
supply are always ample. The coin might
be sent to the Philadelphia Mint for
redemption, but the requirements of the
redemption department are enough to dis
courage any business man. To send pennies
to the mint they must first be sorted and
wrapped in packages of five dollars each.
Coin of each separate mintage must be
put together. It will not do to mix the
The Gama or Grama Grass.
:c-
-p,;30N & MECHANICAL DENTIST.
h:- otlU "" M lin "trrt. in ,,,c swond story
E: : "vi'i ''1 s l.riok Ksil-iins. n-:ulv tHittf the
'Vl i- an I ll Haters liiniself that hy eljjb-
ii ' n.attoVs i-rtuinin- tohispro- "Id-fashioned coppers with the bright or
ii f'illy aM to p-rf.rm all .j..Tutitr.s j bronze-colored nickels, nor i-m'i :i t.w'n or 51
, .,,1,1 in iii- - reft;l an.l skiiltul inau- , . "
If they are packed in this way they are not
even counted at the mint, but are t4iiped
back to the sender without delay or notice
of any kind. The law also prescribes that
the coins shall h. packed in iron-bound
: 1 . 1 . 1 1 . . 1 1
DH, . t.. rsvn, uocs. autj snijiped ai ine semtor s expense.
HurKetn ycnllst. As coins are heavy, the cost of transporta
tion is considerable. The officials count
': . 1 -att mi -i c'n'i-n to savin-r th? Natural Tcth ;
m of Artitiiiiil T.'clh on Kiibbor.
l-'h -r. or i..ntiauoiis lluim, a.ul pi-rfcvt fils In all
"'" - Lir-ii
kaw i-' ?roat flly and dan.-r of -n-'
" .. .;- irk t. th iacxprriinco.l. or to l!io? liv-
April 13, H74.-tf.
rn..ii'KCK.
ti:;t liavin? just r;tnrnJ from Prta!
'--. f "..H' pr-p.r4 to make artificial teeth in
v 1. -.i-i'":f il It'l l lif'-likrt inaiiiifT, a:il to fill d
..!, i ..r lin .' t 1 th a mol iiuprovnl in'-th !.
. ,A,r , ., -.vitliont p.iin, wIk ii ii s:rel, hy the
;:t 1 ." ' '. iavntirtly hannlw.
..1 Si is n-iilv il.ue. AH work warantetl.
1''".,.,' .-.i'-i..
.1 k li r's nvw hrlck builuinar. Main street,
1'a.
;ai!'. ?i '7i-tf.
WILLIAM S. REES,
S::7oyor, Conveyancer and
Real instate Agent.
to, TizibPi' Lands and Town Lots
FOR SALS.
fiirt next r a!ove S. Kees' news Depot
'All H.-.r Ii'-!. the Corner ."siere.
ilirc'i 17"-tf.
D
U. IXOY'AllS) 1MTTL51SOX,
Pijsioiin, Safsoa and Accoucheur,
!KWor to (Jco. W.'Scip.)
file Miin street. Stroud-j'onrg, Pa., in Dr.
i;x h'ii! ri.l-!H'C rnh street, next
When in the American deserts, and see
ing how admirably this grass grows in
spite of the heat and absence of rain, it has
often suggested itself to the mind of the
writer to recommend it for trial in the
Southern States. This idea is revived by
reading the following in the California
Horticulturist :
While California dairymen, Ftock-raiers,
and farmers generally, says the San Fran
ciseo llnral lrcsx, tire so enthusiastically
engaged in investigating the merits of and
experimenting with the different varieties
of grass now grown or being introduced in
to the State, we suggest that a trial be
given to the wonderful grama grass of New
Mexico. yjt that we believe it to be any
bffter or even so good a hay-making or
jtasturage grass as some of our other well
known varieties, as clover, Alf-tlf, the
Italian, etc., but because we think ita pro
perties make it peculiarly adaptable to our
pasturing or dairying localities, which are
not suitably situated to render the others a
success. The. places where it promise to
be of most value will be at once indicated
by the short description which we here
give of it. It is a hardy perennial, with a
tendency to grow in dense bunches, and in
its natural home the plains, mtnns. and
even mountains of New Mexico at
tains a height of from eiirht or nine iuches
to about two feet. It thrives in the mo,
,3 ca.l.
f 7 to 0 a.
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Prompt attention
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Apr',! M IS7i-ly.
2 p.
9 p.
m.
in.
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Kin, SU2GE0X AND Al'COlTIIEl'R.
In .;.? cM ofHre of Dr. A. Keeve Jackson,
!-:i?'ire ciriKT of Sarah and Franklin street.
STROUDSBURG, PA.
ULKICAX taOTUL.
T:i? s'i!eriVr would inform tliepurilie that
j his lewtl house formally kept hy Jacob
111 tiic i;rntixh of ."Srou i-uurcr, la..
vn iiivi:t?re::unte:i tn-l rofnriuslieu the same,
'prqnrel to t-ritert iiti all who may patronize
n. h the ;ti:ii of tho proprietor, to fiirn
,li ".!i 'ri.ir :uv.iinolation-i at moderate rate?
y-u will j:ir' iij patn to promote the com-
' ii tu (,"iet:5. A libtral aharu ol public
"tt'WiiW noiirited.
A?-i!j7,'72-tl D. L. PISLK.
JipkxcsoTse:",
H0NE3DALS, PA.
'tat central location ct any Hotel in town.
It. W. KIPLK&ON,
I'roprictors.
the sender does not hear from his consign
ment in nearly a ve.ir. lie tints loses the
use of his money for that length of time.
This combination of vexatious details pre
vents those who have an accumulation of
coin from sending it to the mint, and it
seems as though the officials at Philadelphia
intended that they should not be troubled
with it.
Every day a man rides tT the newspaper
and other offices in a buggy, and buys the
eion which has been taken in from the
newsboys and the customers. For the
pennies and two cent piece he pays ninety
seven cents a hundred, and for the .three
and five cent nickels he gives ninety-nine
cents for a doll r's wo'.th. The sellers are
gl;:d to dipose of the coins at this diseonuat.
The man then rides to about the on'.y
tradosmen in the city who desires a
quantity of pennies the pawnbrokers
and to them he sells the coins at par, tak
ing their notes for three months in pay
ment. The pawnbrokers who have shops auKng
the joorer classes say that they need small
denominations of fractional currency or
coin, a many of their loans do not exceed
ten or fifteen cents. Many poor persons
A Lone Hand.
Daniel Drew was sea-ted in his office one
day after his disastrous tilt with North
western, by which the boys of nail street
tilted the old fellow out of two million.?.
There was a curious expression on his i'tce,
something between crying and laughing ;
and he :-ieared to be contemplating the
vanity of all things hero below, or how
quickly millions take to themselves wings
and slip. While seated thus a stranger
entered, and accosted his con fideutal clerk :
You paid me fur some stock yesterday;
do you remember the transaction ?"
'Oh, yes ; perfectly, replied the cierk.
'Well, then, you made a slight mistake,
Hir.
''Guess not ; I am no the habit of doing
11 1. v.. 11
so, stud he, somewhat t i-iueu to thins
thak such a charge should be brought
against him in Drew s presence.
"But I am sure you did ; just
over your books, and if I'm mistaken, why
I ll treat."
Keluctantly the clerk complied, and
found that he had made an error in figur
ing and paid the stranger one hundred dol
lars too much.
Drew got up and approached the desk.
"I knew it," said the btranger, throw
ing down a hundred dollar greenback. "I
!,
Tko Official Vote.
glar.ee
make it a point to oe Hottest, ne auaeu,
up his coat.
buttoning
the money at their leisure, and sometimes dry and sandy locations, and in fact seems
to be like the water cactus ot the deserts
of southern Arizona, especially created to
supply the place of vegetation, which de
rives most ot its moisture from the tir or
immodiate surface of the ground. It takes
kindly, however, to moisture, as in the vi
cinity of springs or streams it grows much
ranker. Hut its great and distinguishing
peculiarity exists in the fact that when it
matures it does not "dry up" like others
of the class, but cures into good hay as it
stands. The process by which other gras
ses return their sap and substance to the
earth and air seems to be arrested by Koine
unknown agency in this variety entirely,
and the bunches remain throughout the
winter as little cocks of well-cured hay. Of
course, it has not such a body as housed or
stacked tame grasses ; still it is very nutri
tive ; and the Mexican burros, aute!ope,
elk, and black-tailed deer, keep fat upon it
the winter through. Now, in our foot
hills and mountain country, where the
grass is never very luxuriant, and where it
soon becomes worthless y drying, it seems
to us that the introduction ofthhi grate
might give very good result. We are cer
tain, that, once having gained a foothold,
it would hold i:s own thereafter without
pawn their articles of wearing apparel or difficulty. nd the expense of procuring
"Honest, eh?" whined Daniel, turning
to him, "honest ! Do you live in New
York ?"
"I do, sir."
"You do, eh ?. And you are being hon
est ? Well, you are playing a lone hand,
young man ; a lone hand. If you had
much U) do in Wall street, vou would get
awfully lonesome that's all
say."
The official vote of the state, which lias
just been authentically auuouoed shows a
total vote of 5."I,3"8 on lieutenant gov
ernor, against 071,1 17 for governor in
1S72, and 401,21)1 for state treasurer in
1873, or a falling off this year from 1872
of 1 1G.73D votes, and an increase over last
year's vote of 90,0iM. Judge Weodward
received the highest vote of any Demo
eratic candidate, his excess over Judge
Paxson being 7,121 ; Latta over Olmsted,
4.670; Temple over Allen, 4.172, and
McCandless over leath 3,625. The aver
age Democratic majority is 5,150. The
highest vote polled by any Teniperace
candidate was 5,060 for Judge Black for
supreme court, and of this number more
than one-halt ciino iroiu Allegheny coun
ty, aud about one-ninth from Luzerne.
Those two counties are the only ones in
which the Temperance ticket recived a
sufficient number of votes to be worth the
trouble of counting. In eighteen counties
there was not a single vote cast for the
Temperance candidate for lieutenant gov
ernor ; in fourteen counties the Temperance
vote was less than ten in each ; and in only
six counties was the vote polled above one
hundred. Tt is a somewhat remarkable
l"tct that in Potter county, where no licenses
to sell li'juor have beeu issued for more
than twenty years, not a single vote was
cast for the Temperance ticket.
AMERICAN TROTTING HORSES.
The Turf, Field and Farm is respon
sible for the following : "Among horse
men it lias been known for a long while
that a Methodist luinUtcr owned a colt, of
which marvelous things arc told. The hii-
iun! was-
black
as a raven.
I have got to
RAILB0AD lTEHS.
trinkets only when driven to do so by the
want of a single meal of food, and such are
not particular as to the denomination of
the money they receive. The pawnbrokers
give their notes without interest, thereby
gaining the use of the money for three
months. Xac York Sun.
FIENDISH OUTRAGE.
A Fanner's House Attacked and R.msack
ed The Farmer's Feet Roasted to
Make Him Give Up His Money.
see
d sufficient to give it a trial would be
very trifling.
An Interview With Stokes.
.'I.i:r
n street.
WU I ElXIXKEIOf'SK,
Counse llor n(-Laiv,
Office.-Kresgeville, Pa.
i!;?t; ;T, f, .r.n. anj KnifHsh. tut
o: a:t limls v!u-iud aud full talij'.uetion jruanui-
iCk-l. 15 '74.
PUVID S. 1.1:1:,
u Attorney at Law,
r.
n fiixir aWe the "troudsburg Hon
rnill!...-?
"-'"it.i.'t.U!
promptly
in
adc
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1 1. .
y "Hamburg, X. y.) Becipe for CON-
t.X. r.hWMMl
- - 1 .111 j
V. WILSON'S fof
and ASTHMA carefully
""iRd-d at
EOLLINSHEAD'S DRUG STORE.
&T M'jdicitf frt-xh rmd jmrc.
7 21- r'7. 1IOLLIN1IEAD.
D()Vr rostfttiT Ilia! vrh
Vnn it-.... .i- . t y 'a
jr( any tiling in tne rurnuuie or
hm,.";!,1 that Mcl'atty k Sons in the
-i mvs' Ha!!, .Main street, Stroudsburg,
2L 1v74.tr
I JCKAFKLL()W,
IEALER IN
J-Made Clothing, Gculs Fur-
fiis!iin- Goods, Hals & Caps,
Boots & Shoes, &c.
CAfT miOFDSllURG, PA.
(Xcar the I)c-ot.)
l"';'!ic lire invited to call and examine
From llie Titasville Ilcrahl, 4J4tli.
A daring robbery was perpetrated about
six oMoek last evening, at the firm house
of 3Ir. Joseph Dreed, of Troy township,
about five miles from this city. At the
hour mentioned, four masked men de
manded entrance to the house, which was
peremptorily refused by Mr. Dreed, who
suspected something was wrong. Tlicy
immediately burst the door open, and
seizing 31 r" Dreed, tied him with a rope to
the lounge. They asked him where his
money was concealed, and he said he had
none." They then put his feet in the fire to
compel him to disgorge, which was of no
avail, as he had little or no money in the
house. Ujon searching his pockets they
took between thirty and thirty five dollars,
and then ransacked the house. While they
were thus occupied, 31 r. Dreed released
himself and alarmed the neighbors, and the
house was in a short time surrounded, but
the robbers had fled. 3Ir. Dreed and his
nephew tracked the burglars to this city,
arriving here about twelve o'clock last
night. The old man narrated the partic
ulars to officers Kane and Ilardenburg, who,
having a full description of the parties, may
possibly succeed in capturing them before
daybreak. 3Ir. Dreed is guttering intense
paiii from the burns on his feet, and retired
to the Johnson House, as he was unable to
return home. It seems the robbers first
inquired for the son of 31 r. Dreed, who
was absent at the sining school, and it is
not yet known whether Mrs. Dreed was
abused or not.
Passing the chapel I could hoar the swel
ling notes of the organ ; and the singing of
the choir, which was rehearsing for to-day's
service, held me spellbound. As the time
for closing the prison was fast approaching,
I was reluctantly compelled to resume my
stroll. As I looked ahead of in;; I saw a
convict, whose coarse garb seemed to fit his
figure more neatly than those of the others
I had passed. The long, quick stride told
me that it was Ed ward S. Stokes. The
wide slanting visor of his cap almost con
cealed his eyes. His hair nearly snow
white, 'and a full, jet black beard of a six
weeks' growth readily explained to me why
it was that so many who have seen him in
New York failed to recognize him in the
repelling costume which he is now com
pelled to wear. I knocked at the little of
fice door, and. passing in, was warmly
greeted by Stokes. He had before him
some drawings of machinery for making
stone blocks, in which he was very much
engrossed. As he leaned over the table, I
could not help noticing the general neatness
of his ap;arance. His fhirt, with i(s
hickory stripes, was ironed neatly, and the
gray felt shoes were tied close and tight,
Looking up from his work he said : "The
anniversary of my arrival here is near at
hand, and when 1 look back over the years
of my incarceration, both here and in the
citv, how long the time docs seem ! 1 strive
patiently to forget everything, but I find it
impossible. Were 1 the murderer that my
enemies seem determined to have me, I
could not complain of my lot ; but when
I know that the facts of meeting 31 r. IMsk
are known to no one but myself and my
(lod, and that the boy, Hart, was a hired
perjurer, I cannot but feel kneenly my ter
rible situation." Siny SVy Letter.
A New Line to th3 West.
Boston, Nov. 21. The project of a
new and direct railroad from Boston to the
West is receiving general attention of busi
ness men here at the present time. The
route proposed includes the New York and
New Kogland road from this city to
Williimantie, the Hartford, Providence and
Fishkill road to Hartford, Conn., the
Western and Poughkeepsie and Eastern
lines to Poughkeepsie, aud crossing the
Hudson, a line of eighteen miles to Pine
Bush, yet unbuilt. At this point direct
connections will be made with the Penn
sylvania and Erie road West, and with an
entire system of roads to the coal and iron
fields, aud a line to Washington and the
South, some twenty miles shorter than an
now existing.
Tt is stated that the Pennsylvania road
will bridge the Hudson river if eighteen
miles west be completed, and will guarantee
that seven hundred carloads of freight will
be sent daily over the line to Boston as
the road is built. It is proposed to cross
the Hudson river in floats, carrying an
entire train, until the bridge is completed.
The friend. of the scheme say that in six
months' time and for 51)0,000 the direct
route can be established.
AlK-MNB DETW EEX TOItTLAND ANI NEW
YO'tK.
The opening of the Nashua and Rochester
railroad took place to-day. This road makes
a complete air-iine between l'orllanu ami
New 101k. A special train was provided,
conveying a large number of railroad
magnates and aLU-Mis of Nashua, Portland
and Worcester, who participated in the
excursion.
Isaac C'cnheiiner, a young man in the
employ of George Weilder, of Fair view
township, has won the belt as the champion
potato digger of Erie county. In one day
this season he dug a hundred and three and
a-half bushels of red ieach blow potatoes
with a common hook, pulling the tops as
he went along.
The supreme court
lias decided tha't
personal property located in one place and
owned by parties living in another place
shall be taxed in the place in whicli it is
located, and not in which the owner
reside.
The filly. Lay Stout, owned by Richard
IViiUtan, of Phil;lelpia, is said to be the
fastest three-year-old in this country. She
baa trotted three consecutive beats
111
The most obstinate mule on record turned
up the other day in Sonoma county, Cal.
His owner was hauling a load of lime, when
a warm rain shower set in. The lime,
slaked by the rain, was toon in a high tate
of combustion, and the wagon (taught fire;
but the animal in question, which formed
one of the team, stubbornly resisted all
efforts to detach him from the burning
wagon, and was cremated on thcispot, while
his unfortunate owner etoou by ami misap
plied Scripture.
From five to fifty tons of briarwood arc
received in Baltimore every week, from
I'oints on the Potomac, York, James and
llappahannock Divers. .Host ot it is sinp
ied to Philadelphia and New York, bring-
led
ing 82G a ton.
The Fast Time daring thd Season :
The following shows the fastest time j
made by American trotting horses during j
the season, and where the exhibition oc- t
curred : Goldsmith Maid, Boston, 2.1i;i
Lulu, Roehe-.ter, lUl'H ; Gloster, Rochester,
2.17; Red Cloud, Buffalo, 2.18; Can.ors,
Buffalo, 2.10 ; Mambrino Gift, Buit.do.
2.20; Fleet j Golddust, Buffalo, 2.20;
Smuggler, Buffalo 2.20 ; Castle Boy, Utiea,
2.21 ; Nettie, Cleveland, 2.22 ; Bodin
BniTalo, 2.2U ; Lucille Golddust Utica,
2.22 ; Fred Hooper, Cleveland, 2.2:5 ;
Thomas Jefferson Buffalo, 2.23 ; Cozotte,
Snringfiold, 2.23 ; Frank Wood, Rochester,
2.2 tf Kansas Chief, Utiea, 2.21; Nah
ville Girl, Springfield, 2.2 1 ; James Howell,
jr.. Springfield, 2.2 1 ; Music, Utiea, 2.24 ;
Thomas L. Young, Buffalo. 2.21 ; Joker,
Buffalo. 2.25 ; Nellie Irwin, Rochester,
2.25 ; Commodore, Utiea, 2.25 ; Everett
Bay, Springfield. 2.25 ; 3Ionarch, jr.. Utica,
2.25 ; Spotted Colt, CLve'and. 2 25i ; H.
C. Hill, Rochester, 2,25! ; Magnolia, Buff
alo, 2.2oi ; Wellesley Boy, Utica, 2.27 ;
Stewart 3Ialoney, Sprin field,- 2.27 ; Ben
Smith. Rochester, 2.20 ; Kittie Cook, Buff
alo, 2.20 ; Bella. Springfield, 2.:0 ; Condit
Smith, Rochester, 2.30 .
anil bore the
name of Blackwood. The value ofth
horse, in the estimation of the owner, may
bo seen by the pleasant little price that was
put upon him. The horsemen on the street
laughed that a plain 3Icthodist parson, lu
the wilds of Kentucky, offered his animal
for Si'0,000. A gentleman from New
York heard so much about this eok that
he took a trip down to Kentucky to look
at him. lie saw him move. He describe-i
bi:n as a marvel. His nostrils Income red
as fire ; his eyes dilate, and he seems trans
formed. The captivated New Yorker of
fered $30,000 for the colt. The owner re
ceived the projMis.d with disdain. He did
not even reply, but ordered the horse back
into the stable, and went into the house.
Another visit was made, and the horse
changed owner, 50,000, it is said, boiug
the pries."
We have had sent us soure very Cuo
large ears of corn, for heavy crops of which
Chester and Delaware counties make aspe-
cuiry. jsotwitnstanamg tne uroutn, our
crops of corn in this section are generally
full crops, the growth finWtt.il before its
effects were much frit. These cars wero
so large and fine that we weighed them,
and had the grains on each counted. TIioho
from Townsend Walter, West Chester,
weighed 1 pound 0 ounces each, and had
1.138 grains ; from James Ingram, near
Wet Chester, weighed 1 iomid l ounces.
and h.;d 007 grains ; from D. D. Paul,
Wallingford, Delaware county, weighed 1
pound 4 ounces, and contained 057 grains.
The two first were what is known here as
Gourd seed, while the last was more of
the Flint variety, never eontaing quite so
many grain on the ear, but preferred by
some farmers as weighing rather heavier
to the bushel. Fractictl Fanner.
Abduction of an Infant.
'Yes,"
you do-
A Good Example.
Burleigh writes to the Boston Journal :
Those who visited Commodore Yandor
bilt's rooms last week could have scon in
the ante-chamber, waiting for an audience,
n person about fifty years of age, under
sized, light hair, quiet, and evidently well
preserved. When his time come he was
ushered into the little room where the
Commodore holds court. "You don't know
me," said the visitor, "but I know you very
well." "Who arc you " said the gruff rail
road king. " I am Luton Stone. " ha
not Stone the bareback rider !'
wa the reply. "And what are
ing? "I have made a little money in my
business and have retired to a farm near
Patterson. I have taken with me my old
horses, that helped me make what little
money 1 have. I have built a temall cir
cus, and when my friends come to see me
I treat them to a little entertainment. It
is difficult to tell whether myself, my
fiiends or my horses enjoy the treat most.1'
"But, Eaton, how have you preserved your
self so well ?:' "During all my circus life
I abstained from the use of all stimulating
drinks and from tobacco. I found that, to
be at the head of my calling, it was neces
sary for me to hold my nerves in perfect
control, and this 1 euulu not do with the
use of htiniulants. I never used tobacco,
and never took a drop of intoxicating drink
111 my hie. 1 am not as rich as you are
Commodore, but I am quite as happy.'
Both the constables of Mincrsviile,
Schuylkill county, are in jail on a charge
of highway robbery. One of these ttime
woithk-s bad, on the day the robbery was
committed, been released from jail, where
he had served a short sentence for beating
his mother.
waen
he died.
j..w-
Huntington, Tenn., has not had a mar
ria"e for two years, and the girls demand
to know what policy the leniocratie party better than I do now, ' said
proposes to udopt in (he prrrni5e, go viywh ,rr. U I Ma;- wh
A minister akcd a tipsy fellow, loaning
1 I ..A - ,1 J. ....
up against a lence, wnere ne cxpccicu 10 go
"HI can t get along any
said he, "1 uan t
.re f am !"
FurEMAXsnuRO, Penn., Nov. 2G. At
4 o'clock this morning, it was reported
that the infant and only child of 3Ir. Allen
(loss had been stolen during the night.
The rumor proved to be true. Some person
or persons had entered 3Tr, Goss's dwell
ing, situated on the borough lin :t!id taken
the little one out of the cradle, which stood
t the side of the bed in which lay the
mother,uneon-!oiis of what was going on.
The excitement is very great, and many
:ire the theories. Th case is a mystery,
and battles the skill of the police and others.
who have been uriremi.'tmg in the search
for the missing child.
Ft: f.kmaxs rcuno, Penn.. Nov. 27.
Since yesterday morning there has been
great excitement over the reported stealing
of an infant child of Allen Goss from its
cradle during the night. Unremitting
search by the citizens and authorities re
sulted in the finding of the body of a child
in the Lehigh River, Avhich was recognized
as the missing baby. The evidence indi
cates that the riother threw the child in
the river. 31 rs. (loss was arrested and
conveyed to the Easton jail this morning.
x here is much feeling against the woman.
A new fiour is making its appearr.nec in
Eastern markets, made away i??- the inter
ior of31innesota by what is styled tho
"new process for purifying middlings," a
process thus far kept secret. This flour is
heavily bodied, and of such consistency
that when thrown into the air it does not
fly off in particles, but descends into the
hand in a mass. It requires one-third more
water in mixing than in ordinary flour, and
in kneading it into dough more labor is re
quired. The bread, it is claimed, will re
main fresh for a long time. The yield to
the bushel of grain is not know. It is
claimed that by the "new purifying pro
cess" it has been found in 3lmuesota that
spring wheat can be made into the highest
priced flour, and that the same can be done
with the other kinds of wheat. There are
now about twenty mills in 3Iinnesota in
which the new machinery has been intro
d uced . Oi n a 1 h 1 Farmer.
Sentence of an Embezzling Bank Presi
dent.
Richmond, Ya., Nov. 27. T. T.
Broock?, convicted last week, in the United
States Circuit Court, of embezzlement and
making false entries while President of the
3Ierchants' National Band of Petersburg,
w;:s brought before District Judge Hughes
this afternoon for sentence. The Judge
stated that after consultation with Judge
Bond it had been decided, in consideration
of the advanced age of the prisoner, to fix
the term of imprisonment at the minimum
allowed by law. He thereupon ordered
the Clerk to enter an order fixing the timo
at five years iu the Albany Penitentiary.
Broocks's counsel leave tor Washington to-
One of the New York papers states that
somebody the other day stole a very valu
able bull-dog from the Central Park men
agerie in that v'.iy, and I havefelt ever
since as if I would like to get acquainted
with the thief. A man who is capable of
stealing a bull-dog, has talent that is suffi
ciently remarkable to entitle him to thought
ful consideration. I suppose for a very
small inducement such a man as that would
pick up a couple of Bengal tigers and a
hyena and walk off with them, and if I
owned a good, wild cat I would not like to
leave him alone with it. 1 think this man
must be related to a boy in Pottsville, Pa.
It is stated in one of the Pottsville papers
that "a boy of thirteen ran awav with a
circus from this place last week." And
this, it seems to me, rather lays over the
operation of the embezzler of the bull dog.
Here is a boy of thirteen who disdains
to stealing a single auiuial but actually con
fiscates an entire circus and decamps with
it. Destiny points to a career in Congress
tor tins hoy. hen I think, ot tne man
ner which he would put through a salary
grab, I feel as if. the country was entitled
to his service at Washington. He might
prove to be invaluable it he should take a
notion to steal the Washington mounnient,
or to elope with the Patent Office just be
fore the annual avalanche of Rei-orts de
scended on the country. 'Mux Adler.
They have people in Chicago who an
pleasantly referred to us "eightcen-carat
frauds." .They are men who profess
Christianity and th.irgc ten per cent, com
ui'sspn fbr passing reund the hat in church.
night to make application
clemency.
for Executive
A rubber horseshoe has been invented
by a gentleman in Newark, N. JM which
is made and lined in a similar manner to
the rubber shoes worn by humans. It is
made of the best quality of India rubber,
and is designed as a substitute for the iron
shoe, and as a means of preventing many
maladies to which horses' feet are subject,
it being claimed that horses suffering from
cracked or contracted hoof and similar
hurts are generally cured by the substitu
tion of this for the metal shoe. It is easily
removed and put on the hoofs, and thus
the unimal, while in stalls or pasture, may
go barefoot. It costs about one-third more
than overshoes and weighs forty per cent,
less. It is claimed to be durable. JJural
AVc Yorker.
Does the young man who persists in be
ing a loafer ever reflect how much less it
costs to be a decent, respectable man ?
Anybody can be a gentleman if he chooses
to be, but it is expensive being a loafer.
It costs time days, months, and years of
it. It costs frier. Is. Your consorts will
be only the buccaneers of society. It vests
health, vigor, comfort all true pleasure
in living, honor, dignity, self-respect of tho;
world when living, and finally idl regret aud
consideration when dead.
Men dying make their witla but wire
Escape a woik sati ;
Why should they make what all their lives
The gentle darn- have had ? Snxe.
A darkey preacher liuing out a hymn
from memory said :
Jlunged in a gtOf ef dark despair.
Ye wretched piuneis cow mtof dar T
m
The most unpopular man in the country
just now is he who saws his wood tH long
for his ne.ighlor's srv.