SIjc Jfcffcvsoniflti.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11,1875.
EsSr Our distinguished neighbor over the
vit appears to be terribly fearful that i'rcsi.
i-.'txt Oract may embroil this country in a war
with Spain. He has co reason to suspect
tfci. for if tha policy of ttra adminis
tration, has ?inceJ anjthiax, it has been
pa with all the world, and especially with
He saya
"However jet pnr claims upon Spain
uy be the nation should nover permit them
In b the raeaue of. proojotiog an unworthy
anjbition."
And yet thi was rot theory ol Democracy
lut fall, when the Virgiuus outrage agitated
the country. Then the oratfiie and presses
of that party throughout the land, iocluding
the Monroe Democrat, were bud in their de
mands for war, And je"ored and berated the
administration roundly, for not digging up
the hatchet and pitching in nolens valens:
and, at no time has that party let up in its
scolding over what it has been pleased to call
the pusilinimity of the President for not,
long ago, insisting upon a recognition of the
belligerent right of Cuba which would have
br.in actual cause for war. If war comes nw
it can only come through the entanglements
growing out of the Virginius affair; and
nr'y for that the Dunocrat ehculd not
complain.
It i& shrewdly suspected, however, that
"unworthy ambition" is not the real cause of
our distinguished neighbors outcry; and that
the n atter of war is not so great a bug bear
with him as the fear that a declaration of
war may necessitate another trip to Europe
in search of theolegic In re. But we appre
? end that our neighbor need entertain no
fears cn this head, as, if war is declared the
fighting will be done at sea, and it would
hird'y do to man our ships with men 50 hef
ty as he is. We think therefore, that wc
may safely assure him that, in any event, he
will be allowed to rest quietly and happily
with his babes- nt heme, even to the great
damage cf the lakes and fastnesses of classic
Switzerland, which will lose in distinction by
ilia absence. One would rather think that one
would enjoy a visit to scenes rendered mem
orable by former sojourn even though made
cpon compulsion, but such doc3 not seem to
be the ease so far as our distinguished friend
is concerned, and it affords us pleasure to be
able to say to him rest Amandus, apple cf
our eye for future honors in Congress, for
ven should war be declared against Spain
we assure thee it will net physically disturb
thee.
President Grant entertains no intention of
war with any country. Hi enly desire was
to call attention to the weak state cf our ccast
defences, and to call the attention cf Congress
to th best and cheapest plan of rendering
them impregnable against the attacks of an
enemy in case war did-come. Now, rest thee
Amaod':?, rest thee, and sweet be thy dreams.
The Civil rights bill passed the House of
Representatives at Washington, on Friday
last. Before it becomes a law of the land it
his yet to pass the Senate, and receive the
sanction of the President. It is believed that
it will die a death of neglect in the Senate,
and we hope it will ss a mnttcr of justice
whites and blacks. It is an iniquity which
.houId never be fastened upon the country
and one, too, which would be more observed
in the breech thai; in the observance. The
racial problem can never be solved by law,
but must receive its solution through the
rirtuous conduct of people, and the less le
gislation we have upon the subject the bet
ter. The evil effects of legislation to raise
men above their deserts, "without regard to
race, color or previous condition cf servitude"
and behavior are already too apparent, here
as well as elsewhere, to admit cf a doubt of
the result of such legislation upon the coun
try. We claim to bo a tolerable good and
jouiae black Republican but wc do not go
it to quite the length of the provisions of the
ci ii rights bilL
We have before us the annual catalogue
cf Maplewood Music Seminary, East Had
dam, Conn., Prof. D. S. Babcock, principal,
also programmecf a Grand Operatic Concert
aui reception given at Maplewood Opera
House Monday evening, Feb. 8th, under
the direction of Prof. Babcock, assisted by
s tadeot3 of his school In glancing over the
programme we notice the name cf Miss Lizzie
Williams, daughter of Mr. J. S. Williams of
this place, who made her dehut as ''Nancy"
in the charming opera of "Martha." Miss
Williams- has been a student at Maplewood,
r oce last Oxober, and her assuming one of
tho leading roles in so grand a piece as that
of "Martha." will be a piece of welcome
jarw3 to her numerous friends herebaouts.
Tns Pacific mail eubsidy investigation,
which was icaugurated to find out who got
the $750,000 spent by the Steam ship in se
curing: the eubsidy, has not resulted in any
rery alarming results 60 far as menbers cf
Congress are concerned. But three things
have been established thus far: 1st, that
the money was epent, 2d, that Irwin is a
Vrick of a witness, 3d that Congressman
Bhum&cher has the poorest memory of any
man living, and that at a cost, to the govern
ment, of many thousands of dollars in shape
of witness fees. There was a look at one
time as though they were going to draw our
Tirtaou3 Congressman Storm, as a culprit in
to the piece of dirty rascalif y, but they did
Dot succeed, and we are thankful for it.
.
Tie pecuniary value of a lady's aakle
tag joet been determined by a Crawford;
jsoanty jury. Mrs. Pollard, of TitusviileJ
teaed that city for $6,000 damages because !
cf a sprained ankle received by her in 71
from an uoysea sidewalk. The jnry rend
ered s TCTirtferSW.
" It is never too late to do good," pays the
old adage, and we are glad to see that our
distinguished neighbor over the way is of
that thinking, and that he ha3 ventured to
step foiward in defense of Congressman
Storm against the charge of having touched
" filthy lucre" in the interest of the Pacific
Mail Subsidy. This, however, is not a de
fense of our worthy Congressman's course on
the ''salary grab iniquity; nor does our dis
tinguished neighbor exactly stick to tho truth
in the story which ho tells in relation to the
Pacific Mail matter.
If the testimony in that cassis correct
Congressman Storm was not offered a bribe
for his vote or influence. If ho had been,
possibly, it would be hard to tell what the
result would have been. If our memory
servos us Congressman Randall, of Philadel
phia, testified that Congressman Storm told
him that he bad been offered the thousand
dollars, and that he told it to him to make
him, if possible still more strenuous in Hia
opposition to the subsidy. On being called
to testify as to how about the matter, Con
gressman Storm etated that Congressman
Randall wa9 mistaken that he did not tell
that gentleman that he, Storm, was thus in
eiduously approached, but that Congressman
somebody else, from some of the Eastern
States, told him. Storm, that he had been ap
proached. This Congressman somebody else,
on being summoned before the Committee,
testified . that he never told Congressman
Storm any such thing.
Taking the whole case together, and stir
ring it up and then averaging it, and we con
clude, that there is a little "white fib" lying
around here somewhere loose, and that Con
gressman Storm, deserves no particular cred
it for the virtue of having resisted a bribe
that no bribe was offered him, and that, pro
bably, it was a very good thing, for his repu
tation there was not. We give, and in our
columns have given him due credit for his
opposition to tho subsidy, but in view of the
salary grab iniquity, we are glad that the
managing attorney of the subsidy interest,
that sterling democratic Congressman from
Brooklyn, Mr. Congressman Schumakcr
that genius of tender sensibilities but ex
tremely short memory that man who never
kept no letters received nor took copies of
letters sect that thorough business man
who never kept a lank -account cr check
book, nor stubs of checks drawn b hf'J?
that brilliant financier who received $300,
000 for " working up" the subsidy, and
did'nt know what he did with it, except that
he paid it out but did'nt know who to cr
wherefore that lawyer who secured success
for his client but did'nt know how it was
done that scape grace who appeared be
fore the Committee at an eleventh hour pen
itent, sorry that he ever took a hand in the
dirty business we say that we are glad,
heartily glad, that Congressman Storm did
not fall in h'13 way, or he might have been
left in a worse predicament, even, than he
who went down to Jericho and fell amonj
thioyes.
Wc are glad that our
distinguished
neighbor ventured cn this defence, for it
ia right that Congressman Storm should
stand right and bright before his constitu
ent?, for in view of the "Salary grab" ini
quity he needs that privilege. But the
truths of history, neighbor Amandus, never
forget them. "Let the truth be told
though the heavens full," is equally as good
an adage as the one with which, we
commenced this article. Bear that ia mind
always, lad.
ScitANTON has been aggitated over an "oil
barrel case," which grew out of the efforts
of a couple of smart New York State chaps,
to inaugurate a nice little speculation. It
appears that there is a law of this State which
punishes by a fine cf $300 any merchant
who sells an empty oil barrel, (Kerosene)
without first erasing all the brands and marks
upon it. The law was passed with a view to
prevent inspected barrels from being used to
contain the con iuspected, or explosive,
oils and thus imposing a danger upon the
honest merchant and the consumer ; and a
very good law it is too. Well, these New
York State chap3 visited Scranton 6ome time
ago and commenced buying the barrels with
a rush and at greatly advanced prices, and a
nice thing wat in prospect, in view of the
eager sellers, and some $50,000 dollars to the
New Yorkers would have been assured had
it not been for their anxiety to buy, which
aroused the suspicion of the merchant, and
set them to looking into the matter. When
they saw the probable result of their transac
tion there was a terrible scratching off of
brands and mark9. And there was more
there was an arrest, and an indictment of the
New York chaps for conspiracy. The result
was a trial at Wilkes-Barre last week, which
has resulted in the acquittal of the conspira
tors, but ia a partial justification of the suit
by their condemnation to pay tho costs. But
it appears that the end is not yet. It has
leaked out that though the jury had no
trouble in agreeing to a verdict of not guilty
there was a "sticker" as to tlfe disposition of
costs, which, finally, after a wrangle of three
hours, was settled by the flipping of a copper
"heads I win tails you loose" we sup
pose, as to where the cost should go. After
this there was no trouble in securing a new
trial, as the Court does not recognize copper
flippiog as a legal argument even in the jury
room, and now the New Yorkers are to have
new trail and another chance for a straight
acquittal. The question alo remains as to
whether our merchants are not liable to the
penality, as the scratching of the barrels was
not done until after the.sale was clinched by
the payment of the price, and a delivery thus
secured. It is a greasy business all around,
and our own merchants would do well to
make a note of it.
, The extreme cold weather of this winter
has resulted in considerable damage to
fruit trees. Some have been frozen so
badly that the hark has split open in many
ei$e to the length of for feet.
Be patient the blue birds will soon be
around.
Tnw'T firiwt fb m nrmi-t. for there is
AT W 4.1 -M. W N Q f " f I
both money and safety in it.
Wjb had quite a chilly spell of weather
for a week past. Cold, as the saying is
was no nrmc for it.
We regret to learn that Mr. Wm Flory,
is confined to his bed from injuries received
in slipping on the ice, last Monday.
Not much hanging on the gates these
nights. Love cannot stand the pressure
of so many degrees ranging below and in
the neighborhood of zero.
Who says the newspaper business i3 not
paying? It certainly must be, for our
friend Amandus has lately invested in a
one thousand dollar "pianar."
And now there is another aspirant for
"Eggs-traordinary" fame. It is J. E. M.
Keller, and the species of fowls "White
Leighorn." Alas I poor Cochin.
The Stroudsburg Building and Loan As
sociation of this place, at their" meeting on
Friday last $200 at a premium of 42 percent,
and $600 at a premium of 42 per cent, and
$200 at a premium of 43 per cent
Collector McCartt paid his first official
visit to Wayne and Pike counties last week
We have no doubt all coming within the
realms of Internal Revenue exactions found
him a prompt and obliging officer.
OCR young married friends Tammy Angle
and Fred Norton, are the happiest larks in
town. Cause why. The former is a girl
and the latter is a boy, and both suited.
Wish them both the greatest possible amount
of joy.
"What wc heard and saw," next week
Until then, adieu "Tempest," "Sunshine,"
"Hoop-la," and all ye members of yc happy
band. Remember, though, "there is a
chile among ye takin notes and faith he'll
print 'em."
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Rev. W. B. Wood, the Presiding
Elder cf Lehigh District, preached a very
interesting and eloquent sermon in the M.
E Church last Sunday night, to a large and
appreciative audience,
. o . .
We learn that Mr. Samuel Overfield, of
btroudsburg, Pa., has rented the store
room now occupied by Joel Mann, on Mark
et eircet, and will tako charge of the same
about April first. It is his intention to
run a first-olass saloon. Bchidere Jov.r
nal.
On Sunday the 14th inst., the Rev.
Gladhill a Lutheran minister of Maryland,
will preach in the Hamilton Church, in the
morning at 10 o'clock, and in the after
noon of same day, in Custards' church.
On the Sunday following, in the morning
at Jackson church, and in the afternoon at
Broadheadsviile church.
Cold.
The thermometer at Tobyhanna Mills,
26 miles north of this place, indicated 18
degrees below zero, at 7 a. m. on Tuesday
last.
At this place, on same morning the
thermometer indicated 6 decrees below zero.
Keep uppermost in your thoughts those
cisterns a3 adjuncts to our fire department,
we came very near learning the value of such
appendages to our town last week, and if we
had needed them what icould we have done.
Remember Honesdale. For the want of
water at the ri?ht time, that beautiful town
now mourns the loss of $150,000 worth of
property.
One of Our ex-Sheriffs having business at
the Stroudsburg House, one day last week,,
tied his horse to the hitching post and went
in. On coming out, he discovered a card on
the nag announcing "Oats wanted within."
Contemplating the thing for a moment he
exclaimed "Oats wanted by good" and
mounting Pagassus, rode off about his busi
ness as good humored as usual.
On Wednesday last January thaw on
Thursday thermometer below zero on Fri
day cold enough to freeze ones nose off and
on Saturday still cold enough to enable one
to keep cool without much effort. Queer
weather truly, but just what might have been
expected of February, which at best always
seems to a be conglomeration of winter,
spring, summer and autumn combined.
We regret to be called upon to announce
the fact that our townsman, Richard S. Sta
pies lost a very interesting daughter on Fri
day last from scarlet fever. May was an un
usually interesting child and was favorite
with ail who knew her. She will be missed
by all, but her los3 to her idolizing parents
will be particularly severe. Public sympathy
over their affliction hereabouts will be univer
sal.
Real Estate Sales. H. R. Ransburry,
Administrator of the Estate of John Rans
burry, dee'd. sold the farm of said deceased.
on the 4th inst, to James Hoffman for four
thousand dollars.
Linford Marsh, Esq., sold 17 feet fronton
lot, Main street in this Borough, adjoining
D. R. Brown's Jewelery store, to S. Holmes,
Jr., for $2,000.
Jacob Ruth eold his dwelling house and
lot, on Sarah street in this borough, to John
Appenzeller, for $2,000.
J. S. Williams, Esq., has rented the
basement and second floor of his Hall build
ing, situated on the corner of Monroe
and George streets, in this Borough, to a
gentleman by the name of Crura, who will
fit it up,and cn the first of April next,
commence the manufacture of Boots and
Shoes
Well, you know that next Tuesday is
election. Well then lets look around ana se
lect out the best men, and at a meeting, with
out distinction of party, on Monday night
nominate them, and elect them on Tuesday.
It is just as easy as thiuking, if we only think
so and go to work in the right way. . We can
thus insure the management of our borough
ff:Lirs honestlv. 1'enrlesslv and to the best
I J
interests of the Tax-payers. '
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Our town had two very' narrow escapes
from fire last week. The one at the Y. M.
C. A. room where a lamp wa3 turned up too
high and exploded the chimney, and the
other at the Democrat office, where some
combustible material had inadvertantly beeo
put in the stove when the fire was prepared
for the night Both were happily extinguished
before damace was done. Sound argument
these for both gas aud those cisterns. .
Our little puzzle which we published a
couple of weeks ago, and the answers re
ceived, formed quite an interesting little ep
isode in the Jeffs career. The fact is we
liked it. Now who will continue the ball
thus set in motion ? Who will send us a
puzzle for each weeks edition. Don't all
speak at once but send your puzzles, with
the answers, and we will publish them. Let's
see how much fun we can get up this way.
.
It looks as though our distinguished neigh
over the way, (see his article headed "Hell"
in last week's Democrt, was trying to make
us believe there wzs no hell. You can't come
that neighbor. It can't bo did. Why what
would become of the splendid churches in
our borough, for the erection of which so
many thousand dollars have been spent with
in the last few years, if that doctrine should
prevail. No, nol Hell is an absolute ne
cessity hereabouts, to keep us somewhere
within the line of grace. Don't it ?
.
The Winter is fast drawing to a close and
still we hear of no move towards the estab
lishment of that dancing school under the
auspices of the Y. M. C. A. At Scranton
the Y. M. C. A. indulge negro minstrelsy
as a drawing card, and it is said, make
money by it, but we have neither bones
nor banjo in tho association here, and we
doubt whether we could find the "heland
too" and "'double shofuV until aftss a few les
sons from the mender of our manners anJ1 the
limberer up of our awkwardness. We war.t
this altered so that we can be in. "ton" and
hence our dancing school suggestions.
OUR sporting characters hereabouts, who
have been contesting for thechampiansJoot
ists belt for several weeks past, on Saturday
last removed the scene of their exploits to
Tannorsville. The result of their first con
test at tho latter place is as folbws :
12 3 4
Charles Brown, 1 0 0 01
Harrv Burnett, 0 1 I 02
Joseph Shaffer, 0 1 1 02
Abraham Azer, 1 1 I 1 4
Sam. Buckley, 0 0 1 0 I
Hiram Shiffer; O 1 0 01
Geow Alleger, 0 10 01
U. Younkins, 1 1 1 14
John Sclwood, 1 0 0 01
John H. Lesh. 0 0 10-1
Pierson & Sigafus' Allegorical entertain
ment, to be given in the M. E. Church at
East Stroudsburg, Wednesday and Thurs
day evenings, Feb., 17 and 18, promises to be
of an unusual interesting character. The
paintings are pronounced by critics as the
most able and elaborate works of art, and the
manner in which they arc exhibited and
simplyEed by explanations as each scene is
presented to the audience, to be very instruc
tive to all who are so fortunate as to see
them, especially sabbath school children.
Messrs Pierson fc Sigafus are deserving of
the most liberal patronage from tho citizens
of this place.
Railroad Accident. Ezariah nunt,
son of Ebenezer Hunt, a resident of Stroud
township, employed as a brakeman on No.
10 Freight train, Del. Lack. & Western
Railroad, met with a terrible accident above
Forks station, a few miles north of this place,
last Tuesday morning. So far as we can
learn he slipped and fell between the cars,
the wheels passing over his right arm, crush
ing it from the elbow to the wrist in a
shocking manner. His left arm was
terribly lacerated, the flesh being completely
torn from the bone. The wheels also passed
over his right leg, diagonally across the knee
crushing it fine. He was brought to East
Stroudsburg about noon and placed in the
ladies room of the Depot, when Drs. Bush,
Patterson and Jackson applied every remedy
tnown to medical science to relieve the
sufferings of tho unfortunate man. No re
action having taken place, amputation of the
crushed limbs was deferred and ho was
conveyed to the residence of his father,
about two miles from town where he was
relieved from his terrible suffering, by
,.1 , .... . Or J
aeatn, aoout seven o clock: in the evening.
Mr. Hunt was a young man about twenty
five years of age, and married about one
year ago. He leaves a young wife and
child to mourn his sad end.
The Philadelphia City Item names,
among the probable candidates for Gover
nor, next fall, Gen. Charles Albright, of
Mauch Chunk; Winthrop W.'Ketchum.i
of Luzerne ; Charles Thompson Jones, of
rnnaaeipnia, xoung S. Walter, of Dela
ware ; Gen. Negley, of Pittsburgh ; Judge
Schofield, Gen. Todd, and John W. Kil-
hnger.
The Wilimgton (Del.V 'Event Evenxtia
says Pennsylvania "always disgraces itself
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in cnoosing a united states Senator." To
which the Norristown Herald verv brieflv
and pointedly replica : "A paper that is
puniisnea in a btate that was represented
by a drunkard for years, and now by a re
bel sympathizer, thould not hurl such large
- Ex-Governor and Senator Wm. A. Buck.
ingham died at bis re&idenca in Norwich.
voanpcucut, iasc rrioaj nignt.
JURY LIST FEB. TERM-1876.
ORASD JURY FIRST WEEK.
- Chestnulhill Felix Storm, Chaa. Hufsmith,
Abraham Mengel. . -
Eldrcd Paul Gower. '
- Hamilton Christopher Bitten bener. John
II. Fenner, Simon Storm, Geo. Green, Casper
Metzgar.
Jackson John Hay.
- M.&nithjield MosesStrunk, Benj.S. Strunk,
Charles Trible, Andrew J. Fish, Hugh Labar.
Paradise John Storm.
Pocono Henry Miller, Charles Arnold.
Ross Samuel Meckes, Reuben Hartzell.
Smithfield Martin Ye.ter, James Fcuner.
Slroudnburg Iliram S. Wagner.
Tunkhannock Frederick Keenhoid.
PETIT JURY FIRST WEEK.
Barren Geo. B. Williams, Geo. W. Ink.
Chestnuthill Simon Trach, John Merwine,
R. Wcss, Joseph Heller, Charles Eberle.
Eldrcd Charles Roth, Chri.it. liarieib, Jr.,
East Slroudxbura Wm. E. Henry.
llamillcm Stodgdel Leh, Isreal Ilouser,
TJnford Hufsmith. Joseph A. Featherman.
Jackson -Frank Anglemoyer, Andrew Det-
nck, Michel Miller, Josep.i urecn.
M. SmUhfid d John Primrose.
J'aradisc Jacob Learn, Jacob Kccscckcr.
Polk Paul Smale, Reuben Kresge.
Ross Jacob Schoch.
SmithUdd Ed ward Yetter, A ndrcw Albert,
Barnet Morgan, Samuel Casebeer, Harman
Kober.
Stroud Peter K. Edingcr, Geo. Bush.
Stroudsburg John Conner, Jcre. Frutchcy,
Joseph Matlack, Theodore Schoch
Tobyhanna Samuel Setzer.
PETIT JURY SECOND WEEK.
Barrett Stephen H. Peters, Emery Trice,
Eli Utt.
Chestnuihill James Everitt.
E. Stroudsbttrg Comodore Price, Jacob Bus
kirk, Wilson Kereon.Chas. E. Ekirfee.
Hamilton Abner Shoemaker. Geo. F. Hel
ler, Jacob W. Buti, Joseph Fellencer, PeSer
Modeller. Geo. Erdowin, Jr., Jabez KirkhuSL
Jackson Philip McCluskey, John Dailey.
M. Smithjkld George M khael, George W.
Labar, Philip M. Peters.
Paradise John J. Price.
Price Thomas Fish.
Smithfield M. C. Kautz, John W. Custard
David Smiih, Charles M. Hoffmany Ia&ac R.
Transcre, David Yetter, Manassah Labar.
Stroud Sydenham Lee, Ciiarlea Dtnnia,.
Henry Dcsri.
James Postenn.
Tu.vJJian.nock ITenrv Keenhoid.
Tno. M. McIjlhaney, Protby.
Last month New England lost $1,023,
475 by fires.
The Philadelphia pslice arrested 2,053
persons, during January.
Mr. Isaac Kupp, cf Union township,.
Berks county, has a ewe that gave birth to
four lambs.
Tli& number of German -speak iisg chil
dren attendij: scliouls in this State is esti
mated at 144,000,
Ir Womc-tadoff Berks ccur.tyr lives a
msa sixty years old", who has- never tasted
fish, flesh or fbwL
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There fa aa o?c log- house standing in
Jonestown which is one- hundred and
forty-two years old.
The Baltimore petruTeanr trade1 have
large order for oil to be efcippcd for
Eurone in the next two months.
A cheeky business. A New York bar
ber claims to have shaved 4,414,62S custo
mers during the last fourteen years.
A few days since four coal trains of one
hundred and fifty cars each passed over
the Lehigh Valley Railroad to Philadel
phia. Two brothers and a sister in Berks coun-
ty are respectively, six feet four and a half
inches, six feet two inches, and six four
inches in hight.
The total value cf the silver and base
coinage at the Philadelphia mint last month
was 4G2,8o5. There was no gold coinaec
during that period.
The witty division of the human race in
to three classes men, women and the
Beecher family is almost daily vindicated
in the great scandal trial.
Miss Way, of Union vill, Chester coun
ty, found a way to put together two quilts
inside of two j'ears, one containing 7,270
pieces and the 2,173 pieces.
Two young men of Sugar Run, Clinton
county, recently ran a barefoot race a dis
tance of a half mile, for a half bushel of
apples. They gained their prize without
freezing their feet.
The other day, in Jersey City, in broad
daylight, with the roar and bustle of life
around it, and pedestrians upon the side
walk brushing against it, a corpse stood
leaning against a lamp-post unnoticed dur
ing all the morning. The man had been
frozen to death while in a drunken stupor.
The Tamaqua Ilrm tells of a German in
that place who, on a wager, ate one hund
red and fifty frozen oysters, and still lives.
The Carlisle Herald supplements this
story with another, about a colored man
"getting away with thirteen bowls of
mush and milk, at a festival in that place.
The bowl held a quart.
The Oxford Frees says that William
Hughes, of Londongrove, Chester county,
raised tho past season on three and five
sixth acres of land, three hundred and
eighty-four bushels of corn. The ground
was limed and ploughed the fall before, and
no other fertilizer was used. The corn
was planted 2 J by 4 feet, and two stalks
in a hill.
.There are connected with the State arse
nal, at Harnsbure, twenty-six cannon, la
277 muskets and rifles, 1910, pistols and
oocs sabres and artillery swords. Accord
ing to the report of the Adjutant General
there are 317,475 persons in Pennsylvania
subject to militaay duty, 8,903 of whom
belong to the National Guard. The num
ber ot commissioned ofiicers is 733.
This is the way they do it up in tho
"State of Greene," according to tho Way.
nesburg Republican : "Thero is a woman
in the west end of tho oountv vhn r.
stand in a half bushel measure and should
er four bushels of wheat in a wool sack.
She offers to bet five dollars that ahe can
tnrow down any man in Aleppo township
Another woman in the same township
tackled a two hundred pound man in church
a short time since, in the prescnoe of a large
congregation, because the man claimed to
be a Universale, and made him beg for
The Johnstown Tribvne stntM .t .
of the messengers ire the House of p. e
sentatives at Harrisbr Lj Th ?re
Snyder, Democrat, of Blw county r I8
reported to be worth $75,000, but M?e?
noca ia lull lm ia 1 -'tlSl.
in the obscure post of messrr .Cn7
a year, thus preventing some tco? W ?
serving Democrat from eariv.T . . .
1 rT-
needed subsistence.
The Pennsylvania Society for tLa in
vention cf Crueky to Animals held V
uucii tu x iiiiautJlL'Uia last
an 1 1 -1 .,r . 451
I ha onnnil rarryt cdmn l . 1 v
for the year 1874 were $3,440.72 J
receipt,
expenditures S3.416.44. There VoT
standing bihs to the amount of $550 D
ing the year 1826 complaints were'rej?"
tered at the Philadelphia office reprew"
ing 3619 cases of cruelty. The Sooiet
has established branches during the v
at Scranton, Harrisburg, Pittsburg "p
ton, Lancaster and York. 0 as"
t
Near Allentown, Pa., recentlv,
boy of nine, named Moyer, was iniiumini!
treated by a male teacher. The child Lad
committed soiao trivial offence, aaj M
punishment therefor wa3 stiied by j
unfeeling teachor and placed in a straU
died posture across two desks that is h"
had to maintain himself b an prisht
position between two of the school desk's
perhaps three foet apart, with a foot rest
ing on the tigt of each from the reces
hour in the afternoon until the close in th
evening, causing such a severe strain upon
I113 framt that be could scarcely walk
homc-
At present there are no soldwra'
phans applying for State care and protec
tion in Pennsylvania. The total number
of su-si orphans now supported by thi
State i3 2,987r while 7,3(Jb have boen sup
ported in this manner sbce the plan tu
adopted. The cost of the system in 1ST I
wa3 $450,879 49, against a cost of $4G7 -132-84
Ii TS73- Of this srrm 5,000 wi
expt-ncl&d in- prepuriri tle Siale noraul
schools discharged orphans of saitiible ae
and qualifications for teachers. For the
four years of work that remain to be done,
there will probably be required $1,200,000,
and this sum added to the amount alrendv
expend-ed will make an aggregate
00,000 expended for the purpose.
of 3:.
A heart-broken ycath h Wilmington'..
N. C, nine years old, has latery foaod re
lliifby inditing the following letter to a.
playmate of the ether sex 1
Washington, Jimry 5tH.
Mr darling LUCY : I must leave you;
to-morrow, yon used to love me but your
love for mc is gone but my love for you is
just tbs same just think Lucy how your
words cut my heart i would give yovs tuir.p
too as well as Robert bat if you want to
self your love for two or three apples go a
head veforit caro a straw lucy i love the
ground-you- Wxdk on i would die for "you i
love vou lucv please 5cceive mv vow.
FRANK ,T. E.
P. S". if yotr hear of mo-being dead you
drove me to it R gays be dont care a lijr
tor-
vow- noro the rest.
The cTaablc- io? the old honors, just
thrown oif by Senator Wallace, hiis com
menced in good earnest. . In Centre. P.
Gray ?eek, of the Watchman, and Adam
Hoy are named. Hav's friends accu3
Meek cf Lerog a ''Modoc," and Meek s
friends retort by calivsr Hoy a 'babv dem
ocrat." In Clearfield, Je:T. Boycr ar.I T.
M. ilcCuIlougn, who belowr tc t;:e "Mo-
docs," are named, while here 2 Clinton-tin
Democracy are ready to present our friends.
It. Peale or C. S. McCorm:-k, turn c!
whom would represent the district ns a.iy
and faithfully as the parties named f oui
other counties. It may be in their cairer
haste for position and power, they will
leave a ray of hope for Republicans to hang
their hats on.
Rumor says that Wallace docs not pro
pose resigning his scat in the State Lcgis-
ature. and thereby save his friends the an
noyance and expense of an extra election..
Lock Haven Republican.
The water famine throughout New Eng
land and Western New York is apsuuun
really alar ml; g character. Not only
have many of the large factories been
obliged to suspend work, but there is
great distress among farmers and stock
breeders, who in many cases arc obliged t."
transport their stock or bring water freni
great distance ? In the towns and in the
country alike, the supply of water irm cis
terns long since tailed. 1'he weiis arc
most all clrv, and those from which so much
as a dipper full of water can be obtained at x
draught arc jealously watched and guarded.
lue only source of water-supply tor tntu
sands of families both for washing and
drinking, since the first of December, has
been the melting of snow, and tlus re
source has now become so precarious as to
excite continual alarm lest the slenaer
supply should entirely fail. It is a vf cti-
tion of the experiences of every eoucu.
that as lands are denuded of forests i1
streams grow feebler, tho springs dry
and the supply cf water iron these sou. a
lessens each succeeding year. et haruv
any body appears to heed the lessen prf
erly. A Swindler Victimizing the Penns?1-
Tamans.
There
is. a swindler going about different
of Pennsylvania, passing livs1
nffiAr nn the lookout
for counterfeit money. He has raeceefca
in obtaining money in soma instances Iron
the credulous and unwary, and in one case
robbed a widow of Northumberland county
of S2.000. Tho wonder is that sny saw
persons can bo imposed upon by so trans
parent a trick.
On Thursday evening, says tha Lri
Dispatch, the wife of John Sheridan, u
ing on tho Lake road a mile or ea.,
this city, gavedirthto four fema le
dren, throe of whom were alive at
counts. Tater famiUns is absent, fi '
gone west last full fend has not rettl ha
It would ' bo worth something' 533 -look
of astonishment on his faoe
learns of this alarming increase in B