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VOL.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., FEBRUARY 25, 1875.
NOrSQ,
t-' -N-
published by Theodore Seiioch.
Y-f.ujTwo (J jliirs a year In advance and if not
. ij .f ,rj ihtj end of tho year, tvo dollars and fifty
r-aur dU:oniinnl until all arrearage are
ril "
ij Alori.ii"ni3nts of oa square of (eteht lineal or
i ins option oi me lvauor.
; .12? f,r u'.rsc inv:ruoni Jiaj. x-aca amuuonai la
i cr.ts." I.o:icr Cn? in proportion.-
JOXI 1IISSTJLG
Or ALL KINDS,
S(;i;tviin the highest stria the Art, and on the
nioat reaicmaMa tcrinj.
rcBt'ii 4ts asorsE,
.Vjri. &r, PHILADELPHIA.
Reduced rates, $1 70 per day.
HENRY SPAHN, PropV.
iJ.
T
R. Snyder, t'lerk.
Nov. 126, 1 874.
-Om.
DR. J.LANTZ,
SURGEON & MECHANICAL DENTIST.
s rt?c.! on Main street, In tin aeeorxl story
s. w
ns oriole cuu imir, nearly opposite tue
i:?. and he flaters him?c!f that by cigh-
a-.!:'U practice al Iah most carnt and
u'inn ti ail matt ;r pertaining to his pr
l is f-il!y ablj to perform all oprrU:ns
il K;;i iu ih laist careful aud bkiilful n;aa-
i:i :!!- s! civen to savin? the Natural Terth;
!, ;. iu: i:is:: li-:n of Artificial Teeth on R-.ibb.-r.
;.. r. .r t'unliduous Gutrn, and perfect Cis iu all
- ii..:roi. - .
; .- .. r- know i"r.n cre.it f ly acd danjer of n
:;: r work to the inexperienced, or totbosa Ut
m a'ai,;-.!ic.. April 13, lS7t. tf.
ti
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burgeon Dcnlisl.
t'i-.t 'nain5 juvt return!, from Dental
:"i'.!y ;-.r;inr.-.i to niii:e artificial teeth In
i'.u;;.:i au.l life-like man-r, and to nil de-.-cr
iin.r to the mosi improved raethod.
rr.1. ; - i v. about pnin. hfi) d-ird, by the
:: i x M" ' x-. wi-.i. U is c-iilirvly bannU-ss.
.";.;'! k;u 3s cei.ti v d..-a. Ail work warantcd.
. J it''
?r s n;w
k builiin?. Main tret,
Au?r. 31 '71-tf.
WILLIAM S. REES,
Surveyor, Conveyancer and
1 Estate Asrent.
Ti:
ibe-r
Lands
and
Totcii Lots
FOR SALE
r.tenrlv pjo-ite Americau
: r tvi-jw tiie Corner Siore.
Iloue
.1 v:
E 5 1 XV A 11 5 P A TT C51SO.,
vsi:ii!i. Sarean and Accoucheur,
o.
.t.: i K"-'i.!er.re, Main street. Stmd'
;.. in il;p kiihlni formerly occipicd
rrur.i; t attention given tocalU.
j 7 to 'J a. m.
.r - 1 " 15 j. m.
. ( 6 " S p. m.
-i! ? IS74-lv.
j yi. ceo. ir. jackso.v
FiliMfli", SURGEON AND AfCClTUELR.
otr.ee of Dr. A. Keves Jackson,
rn.-r of Sjrah and Franklin Ftrect.
1J i. v
OUDSBURG, PA.
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1 :e n-;b'Tiler vro'.dd inTorm the public that
it : : -.r J t he house formally kept by Jacob
K-.r in i:e lioro'igh of Jtrojulbir, Vs.,
-: i !:.r'.n - rc-pait:ted and ref;irni.hed t!e wme,
!-. :Tt;v - .-1 f entcrinin all who r.tty patronize
i-:-n. It i the aim of the proprietor, to Pirn-
i-sr -4 --oMtno'hitions at moderate rates
.-;,r.re no pain to promote the com
:e :? ..:t-. A liberal eL.trcof public
- :'!;fited.
J-t!
P. L. PISI.I5.
AUCTIONEER,
i-. U4 IO
Agent and Collector.
. i-T.- .iTU'-i
v'.r.-d ;o s
iUs, us wtii
ii--. i.'sv? ft iir.tify the puMic that
!' it hhort no' ice rwrnnal prcpTty
as JCkI Latj, at pubiioor private
T"'i';nas
j's 04 store stand, at Tst
Dec. 17, 1ST4- ly.
attorney al Ia-tv,
e osor aiwte ;iie ''Stroud-flurg iroitse,'
K'-.'bur Pa. '
! 'ectic:; prorcptlr made.
Jer '2-2, !S74. ' ' "
HOMESDALE, PA.
il locatioa of any Hotel in town.
K. W. KIPLK Sc SON,
trct. " Proprietors.
is;:. iy.
T
.'IV.! J !
DOS'T FOltiiET that wlicn
you want any tbir-s iu the Furniture or
"-namerital Sine tint McCarty & ons in the
OiJ-l-Vlows Hall, Main trect, troudsburg,
IS '.!:
J;
.ace 10 get it.
r-i-tf
DOX'T you know, that J. 51.
M-(j;iry &. .Sons ate lie o?iy. Code'r
vr.s in Jirnudpbr? who xnt&ernXhtidS their
f'Ktiej ? If not. attend a Funeral niftnapred
t.v any other Undertaker in town. od you
we the proof of the fact. "
June lS.'74-tf
A.
ROCK A FELLOW,
DEALER IN
dj-3Iade Clothing, Gents Fur
Rishini; Coeds, Hats &Caps,
Coots & Shoes, &c :
EAST. STROUDSBURG, PA. .
(Near ihe Depot.) - " -Tfe
pni-ISc are invitd to call-and Vx.n3ne
A DESPERATE GAME.
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THE PLOT OF THE CARBOXDALE BANK ROB
BERYA MIDNIGHT RAID CO NT EM PL A
TED THE COUNSELS IN THE COAL MINE
THE DAYLIGHT ROBBERY MIDNIGHT
MEETINGS IN THE GRAVEYARD--nOW
THE iroNEY WAS HIDDEN TnE RATS
ATTACK THE TREASURE ITS FINAL
DIVISION. AND.'.SUBSFQUENT; DISCOVERY
AN INTERESTING- STORY.
The storj of the CarbonJale bank rob
bery is pnof the most interesting; records
of modem cflines, and reveals a plot so in
tensely dramatic, that the details Trill amp
ly repay peroral.' It appears after the rob
bers bad secured their prize they ; were in
a regular quandary what to do vrith it. It
was to their consciences as tryin- as the
tenacious old man of the sea in the fable,
and they tvere constantly-removing it from
place to place, stealing it from each other
and sub-dividing it to silence grumbling ac
cessories until it was considerably scattered.
V irh a vievr to making our account authen
tic beyond contradiction, we waited on Mr.
llcb't A. Tinkerton, yesterday . afternoon,
; nd gleaned from him the fallowing true
sury of the affair, which. we give almost
wefd for word as he told it, with the ex
ception of the names of the charact;rs who
figured in the crime.
THE DOUBLE TLOT.
There were two r-Iots to rcb the
bank.
The Srst contemplated its robbery at mid
night,' and was planned by some of the par
ties at present under arrest and several
others , who were not taken into the plot
contemplating the daylight robbery. The
night robbery was planned at meetings held
in a coal mine a hort distance from the
city. There were ten men in this plot be
sides several outsiders. Th; plan origina
ted about eight months ago. The parties
to the plot noticed that old Mr. Stott used
to work alone in the bank at night, and
that Duggan; the chief of police, used to do
duty as watchman at the bank, and in or
der to' carry out the robben- sucees-fuliv,
it was necessary to put Duggan out cj the
icay.
They' then intended to go to the bank,
rap at the door so us to bring the cashier
to the door and then rush past and over
power hint before he couid use an;
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ure
al ms. men tiiey proosea to lngutcu
him' vrith pistob into o-euing the safe, and
if necessary to dispatch Iiiin.
The meetings at' which this hellish, de
sig,n was matured were regularly and well
:.tt mded. Each participant in the plot go
ing singly at the dead of night tu the mine
in which they were held and returning in
the same way. This plot fell through in
consequence of two of the most prominent
men withdrawing from it, because murder
was contemj Ltod. It was supposed that
the bank contained from eighty to one hun
dred thousand. dollars, and the thieves had
,:-t th-jlr hearts on a great haul.' After this
-
pi bt "was frustrated, bne of the active par
ticipants in it thought that there was a good
chance for a
DAYLIGHT ROBBKRY-
of the bank. Jlencticci that Mr. Stott
was in the habit of letting his two clerks
go to dinner, while be remained alcne in
the tank. The last, clerk left the bank
preciiely at. nxn, the other left fifteen min
utds bcibre bim, and for alwat twenty-five
minutes'the cashier was left alone. This
tact idtogether with the isolated condition
of the bank which stands by itself inspired
the robbers with confidence of casiiy secur
ing tbxt for - which they had worked so
earnestly and well. -
It was also di-scovercl that Mr. Stott
left the: key sticking in the inside of the
front door, and this it was intended to use
in locking the door to prevent depositors
cr "others' from coming in during the rob
bery. :.'.''" ' - .
To the rear of the bank the directors
foornl situafed, and a door leads from this
into the yard.' They also discovered that
the key was usually left in that door, and
this. thev intended to use as a means of
exit. . . .
When this information was gained the
leading plotter took all the present parties
who arc under arrest one by one into the
project, - 'including a miner, whose duty it
was to receive, the money from the. robbers
after they left the bank for which purpose
he wjs stationed in a convenient place. The
meetings of this second rcbb;r Land were
held at . :
THE OLD GRAVEYARD
n,r tVo l.ridi'e at midnicrht where amid
V,. l.MtT.'.ond t!w .vilence of the tombs, the
plan of robbery and murder was freely dis
cussed; The lirst daylight' raid was con
templated for the fifth of January, but failed
in consequence of the two men who wcro
to ntc-r thp bank,mectinga friend of thcir's
ju; Vh-U'.r-f- crc about ttl ; enter,: and ?o
kiioVing that' he wou.M. "suspect something
they turned away and there M matter
rested for th.r present, having been post
poned until the next cold day.
The cold dayVas appointed, because
there would not be f-o nsany people on the
street pnd thi .fact of a robber disguising
LWface would net excite any; suspicion.
Th'us Jack Fro-st waet takeu in as aoother
accotnpHe'C. ' . '
At the next meeting which wss held in
ihe graveyard it was concluded that two of
the party'at present under arrest should
6tart from the liighworks - pn the Dandaff
road at exactly three minutes past twelve
at noou sad walk :. at their regular gait,
down, to the bridge" crossing, tiie Lacka
wanna river in the rear of the baak. , Tvo
of the other, men were to be watchers, were
to start precuyV''i0 '
hrI on the opposite direction of tfcphsnV,
and pass along one on each' side of Main
street, and to cast a glance into the bank
as they passed by, so as to see that the
coast was clear, without hesitating however.
They were to walk right ahead until a point
where Main street intersects a short street
on which the bridge before alluded to is
located, and the first two men were expec
ted to be stationed. If-the coast was clear,
the men who passed by the bank were to
raise their hats lightly and walk on slowly
without seeming to take notice.
The raising of the hats was the signal
that all was right, and so as to make assur
ance doubly sure, another participant was
stationed on Shephard's corner Main street,
to see that the clerks had left the . bank at
their appointed time. :
... This was to be done all by signal ; not a
word was to pass between the plotters, and
the raising of the hat was the universal
token.
THE ROBBERY.
As the two men who started from the
front of a certain hotel already referred to,
come . within sight of Shepherd's comer
where the third lookout was stationed they
rcceived the proper signal, passed up Maine
street, one on each side, as planned, and
one being twenty feet in the rear of the
other. On arriving within sight of the
bridge they saw that their companions who
were to enter the bank were at their post.
The signal was given promptly, and those
who were to enter the bank walked up to
Main .street, Bond being twenty feet in ad
vance of his companion. The men who
gave the signal retraced their steps slowlv
and remained in sight of the bank until
they saw their accomplices enter and the
window curtains pulled down to prevent
parties from looking in. All watches were
to remain at their post for ten minutes, so
that in case the robbers were intercepted,
they could be on hand to prevent their ar
rest, and to use every means in their power
to do so. At the end of the ten minutes
they. were to separate and each one was to
go to some, store where he was acquainted,
get into conversation with the store-keeper,
aud to remaiu with him constantly until
the news came that the bank had been rob
bed. This was for the purpose of proving
an dil,I. They were if possible to call the
store-keeper's attention to the time so that
in case they were suspected and arrested
this could be proved to. One went into
Ir. Hand's office, another into Shepherd's
Ftore and the others were to see to the transfer
of the money to a safe hiding place. And
as soon as all hands engaged in the crime
could conveniently do so. they were to has
ten to the scene of the robbery, and be very
energetic in hunting up the thieves.
That this compact was well carried out,
is shown by the fuel that two of the real
robbers hired a sleigh, armed themselves
with revolvers, and set out in search of the
the inofJending . ones. Oa arriving at
depot they told, the chief of police about
two men whom they saw enter the train,
and who looked to them as suspicious char
acters. The chief had the good sense to
see that the parties were all right, and on
this account did not .crrcst them. The
party who was stationed to receive the
money from' the thieves met them as ap
pointed on the Diir.dafT road, after having
played their part in the bank, as already
published in the testimony of Mr. Stott
given in Tuesday's Republican.
On receiving the money this accessory
carried it to the house of an accomplice,
where it was hurried in an ash-pile to the
rear of the house.
"PLACING" THE MONEY.
' On the same evening it was removed by
the robbers, who thought it too close to the
house, and it was carried about a quarter
of a mile distant in an old pillow case and
buried in a heap of snow. Subsequently
it was feared that the
FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW, ' ;
would tell tales in case the officers came to
make a search and so that investment 'was
not considered safe, and another removal
was planned. .Accordingly, at midnight of
the same night it was removed from the
snow-pile and placked in a lath-pile located
in the neighborhood. '-Another conference
of all the robbers was held, and it was con
cluded that the lath-pile was also an unsafe
investment, as parties engaged-around the
saw-mill would be likely to discover it, and
another removal was decided tipon. So be
fore daylight on the following morning,
one of the robbers removed it and placed it
in a eloset in the rear of his dwelling. He
shortly afterwards heard that he was sus
pected as one of the robbers, this deposi
tory was also considered unsafe and the
funds were transferred to a gaioon and
thrown under the counter. .,
. - . COUNTING TIIE SPOILS.
- Later on in the evening the money was
removed to a hotel, v. here at midnight in
the presence of all the robbers, it was coun
ted ibr the Unit time, wheu it was ascer
tained that if divided, . equally, allowing a
Mt r cc?itgc to outsiders wno had a knowr
ledge of Uio robbery, the share of each ac
tive participant would amount to about $1, -50'oV
The cut ire amount was, 80,700. :
. The money was left in the hotel ia its
piUawase until . the following Sunday,
when it was concluded to remove it to what
ya considered a safer hiding-place. .It was
accordingly givca to oue of the robbers who
carried it to a small grocery siore ou thej
outskirts of the town, and lifting a portion j
of the- floor buried it beneath it without -
the prpinetor's knowledge. How this was
accomplished could not be explained with
out injuring innocent parties, and so we, re
frain from the particulars. Oa account of
the inDOceuce "of the storekeeper andtfie
at tn ;.jvfu rmsr, wa'ir tnemoney
at any time, it was again removed and on
this occasion carried
INTO A COAL MINE, , . . .
about a mile from the mouth of the slope,
and hidden in one of the chambers. "Here
at least" said the , thieves "it is entirely
safe.'-. But subsequent events proved the
fallacy of this belief.. The money was re
gularly visital every day, and one fine morn
ing it was discovered that other thieves were
on the trail of the stolen treasure. This
time it was the rats. They gnawed a hole in
the " pillow-case, and were chewing Uncle
Sam's green-backs. Maledictions were free
ly poured out on the rodents and a notifica
tion was sent out for a full meeting of the
thieves once more. Each was afraid to
take charge of the money personally, and
the raid of the rats led them to conclude
that a division should be made at once.
Accordingly while the other parties waited
outside two of the robbers entered the mine
at midnight, obtained the money and con
veyed it back to the grocery store already
mentioned. As they were about to count
it, they encountered -
AN INTERRUPTION, -
and they went up' stairs into a cold room,
leaving the money in a cracker barrel down
stairs. The parties who caused the inter
ruption were three old men who came in to
sit down aud smoke their pipes as custo
mary in country stores. Presently they
commenced
" A DISCUSSION ON CRACKERS
in the course of which the merits of good
and bad ones brought forth a lively dispute
much to the annoyance of the men upstairs
who overheard the story, and who feared
every moment that some of the disputants
would go to the barrel, iu which the nioney
lay to tyke a sample cracker to sustain his
argument. The thieves were afraid that
another division of the spoils would be ne
cessary to shut the old .men up, but for
tunately ' the cracker controversy was cut
short, by the idtroduction of the Beecher
Tlhon trial much to the relief of the rob
bers.' But the disputants were long-winded,
and no fire being upstairs the robbers were
shivering with the cold, and one of them
proposed to go down and " "clean the old
men cut." They finally left, having ex
luiusted popular topics, and the thieves
trembling with the cold, descended and
warmed, tliemscivco by the stove. The
money was again removed from, the cruck-er-bairci
and it was about to be counted
over again, when
ANOTHER RAP. AT THE DOOR . .
prevented it. The robbers on this occas
ion thought they would not run the risk
of another freezing, . and accordingly those
that were not known in that section of the
town, pretended to be under the influence
of liquor and one of them laid his head on
the knees of his confederate; while those
who interrupted remained in the store.
Thi interruption wss caused by the wife
of the proprietor cf the store who came in
to get some potatoes which lay in the bar
rel next to that in which the money was
re-dej-osited and the thieves feared that the
woman would put her hand into the wrong
barrel, so they were again ia agony, until
she left. ...... r . ...
After her departure the door
ed, and. the thieves resolved that
circumstances would anyone be
was lock
under no
admitted
until thev counted their funds.
at
The money was counted and divided
without further interruption, and the party
broke up at the peep of day," each setting
out ill a diiJercnt direction for his heme.
FINDING TnE FUNDS.
One of the parties set out for Bingham
ton, where he was captured a wck later,
arid his share of the money found in a stable.
Another was arrested on Saturday last at
his house, and his share of the money was
j discovered in a suow-batik,' frozen over, at
a fchurt distance from his house; another
portion of the money was recovered through
the instrumentality of the third robber, it
being concealed among his friends. The
share of the forth party was found in an
old- earthenware, jug in. the , cellar of his
house.
There was2 a subdivision cTtTlc' rrronev
also, into sunw of fifty, one hundred and
two hundred dollars, and a number of those
who were engaged in the first plot for the
proposed night-robbery suspecting those
who were engaged in the actual robbery
insisted on receiving their share,, and so
black mailed the successful
thieves, until
their shares dwindled down to
very small
proportions.
In addition "to this the thieves began to
j-teal from each other, and so succeeded in
mixing up the different shares until it be
came a complicated problem indeed to trace
the actual sum " in the ' possession of each
one. : "-"'''''. - ' '
i: 4 TRACING TIIE THIEVE. ' - ,
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' The manner in which the parties were
hunted dowy by the detectives forms an
interesting chapter Ih'the history of this
curious crime. TThe lirst clue was obtained
from several uf the -storekeepers-who- ob
served two t f the principal robbers iu the
y'cipjty of the. bank duringthe forenoon of
the day on 'which the robbery was commit
ted. ...These, were the characters' that did
the. outsjde watching. Their reputation was
weir known to be none of the best, and au
investigation was aLOUce set on foot by the
A r.tif I roc tt-1i.Ii lc n1?ni ii fj t ru era Liti
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cesf fully. " A" careful surveillance of the
movements of these parties disclosed it con
nection bctweeu themselves and their, con
federates, and as it was though t that a number
of outsiders were connected ys ith jt uwiug to
their association. with. ..the men on whom
the strongest suspicion rested, it Avas oorl-cTud'-!
03 Friiiy h, to male rii J vi h
thieves and gather them into the -arms of
justice. . To be,,, successful it was though
best to make the descent on all parties con
cerned, and so warrants were obtained from
Alderman Fuller and the ofneers of the
law made a surprising swoop on the thieves
and brought them to the Lackwanna Val
ley Hotel in this city where they were de
tained until their appearance before Alder
man Fuller, after whicih they were trans
ferred to Wiikes-Barre. The details of the
manner "in which the detcetives conducted
their preliminary operations are within our
knowledge, but it is better by far to sup
press, them, because while they are un
doubtedly interresting, they can serve no
good at present and would only expose
innocent persons to the wrath of these who
have figured in this story.
- - ..' THE DETECTIVES
who traveled the mystery of this com
plicated plot, are deserving of .the high
est degree of praise. To their remarkable
knowledge of human nature, their excellent
stratgic ability, and their untiring energy
is due the fact that the leading characters
have been arrested without any undue
dem'onstration of violence, or any unneces
sary theding of blood. They were all armed
however, and if the worst came to the worst,
would doubtless teach the participates in
this desperate game a lesson that would
long be remembered in-'Carbondale. '
Mr. Robert Ai Tinkerton under whose
skillful superintendence the affair has been
carried cut, although a young man possesses
the tact, shrewdness and selfpossession, so
highly essential to" his profession,- and
throughout the entire affair he acquitted
.himself towards all parties concerned in a
manuer becoming his arduous position.
McKEAN COUNTY, PA.
ITS WEALTH. IN MINERALS AND TIMBER
WHERE MUCH OF TIIE SOFT COAL COMES
FROM A PLACE FOR TIIE HUNTER AND
FISHERMAN.
'Bradford, Pa., Feb. S The' town of
Bradford is" situated at almost the center
of the northern tier of towns of McKean
county, and border on Cattaraugus county,
i4. Y. - Bradford borough is '.'located very
nearly in the center of the township, of
which it is the business center.
A richer county than McKean there is
not in the state. : Its beds of coal are ex
tensive; aud ail very rich ia bitumen, mak
ing the coal of great worth for heating pur
poses where cleanliness, is not cared for,
such as producing steam in locomotives and
stationery engines. For household purposes,
Iiowever, it is disgreeable and uncleanly.
The engines of the western division of the
Erie Railroad are supplied at the sautes
at Carralhon with coal from quite exten
sive mines about 12 miles south, of Brad
ford. .A corporation called .the Buffalo
Coal Company have made extensive ar
rangements for mining coal in another part
of the vouoiy, which the McKean & BaUala
Railroad, new being rapidly -built, . will
transport to Buffalo and ether points of
market. These beds of coal lie iu the great
central coal basin of Pennsylvania, and are
probably, a continuation of the more south-,
crn deposits. -The coal producing territory
of this county has uever been thorc-uhlv
j developed o?y.ceomu of the Lck of facili
ties for transportation, until withm a year
our county having but a little over 17 miles
of railroad the Philadelphia and Erie just
touching one corner and the Buffalo, Brad
ford r.nd Pittsburg Railroad having been
completed only about fourteen miles into
the county, or to the Bond Vein and La
fayette coal mines, at Alton and Gilesvilie.
In prospecting for coal large deposits of
iron ore have been found which are said to
be very rich, yielding over 'JO percent.
This as with the coal, has never received
the attention it would have oa account of
lack of transportation, and owing to the
fact thaU the attention of most of the popu
lation lias Jbeea given to lumbering,, hi clear
ing and taking to market down the. Alle
gany and Ohio rivcrs" the vast forests of
pine and hemlock abounding in that region.
J.,Brudcr, of Bradford, sends to piarket
five hundred million feet of pine annually,
and intmufactuTcs nearly as much into
shingles.- McKein county is- not only rich
in cod, iron and lumber, but also in oil,
having some very rich oil territory, and for
the pleasure seeker, be he hunter or fisher
man, there is no better field' for the sport
in the state. - -
Broom-Corn.
Dr. Franklin introduced broom-corn into
our country. While examing a corn whisk
(imported) he accidently discovered a sing
le seed, which he planted in his garden,
and from which the corn was propagated.
Massachusetts was formerly the only State
where vthe raising of this corn and tiie
manufacture of brooms was carried on to
any great extent, and Boston was the great
distributing point for the manufactured
goods. -Now there is scarcely an acre de
voted to broom-corn culture in New,. Eng
land, as siucc the war farmers have raised
tobacco in its place. Illinois is the largest
exower of broom-corn at present,' Ohio and
Xew York coming next, and Chicago and
Cincinnati are the centres of business, while
New York is the great depot of manufac
tured goods. '
At Scoharie, N. Y., lately, u mouse crept
into a beehive to steal honey, but was
caught in the act and stung "to death by
the. irate bees. Soon Mr. Mousey began to
disseminate a bad smell, which bees cannot
tolerate ; being' Unable to removo him tbev
wont to work and sealed him
and sealed him up hcrmcti-I
that not the rfljhteet tnldH
cally in wax, so
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A BROOKLYN GIRL WHO HAS BEEN
- IN A TRANCE SINCE CHRISTMAS.
The latest Brooklyn sensation is ths dis
covery of a young lady who has been ia a
trance since Christmas. Her - mother's
name is Roberts, and she is . the wiiaw of
a famous pilot. On the day before Christ
mas, while a gentleman wa3 conversing with
the yoimg lady and her mother, the former
voluntarily made the remark, "Oh 1 mother
dear, I am so tired I must go to leu ; I
want to sleep forever." She retired to bid,
went to sleep apparently, and haa kin in a
trance ever since. She has eatc-n scarcely
anything since first gcing ia this peculiar
state, the only food she has partaken of hie
ing a little ice-cream about two weeks ao,
at which time she drank a quart cf water
Medicine is given to her by inhaling only.
The ordinary fuaction.3 cf nature are of
course in suspense. "YhiIe she is in thLi
state her body is rigid and her hands tight
ly clenched together. If her' author or
sister, who arc in constant attendance
upen her, request her to oreri them
she will not, but in the mortin'-'whea
the ordinary 5 ablutions are pernrmsd
she opens them of her ovmaecoid
to be washed,. AVhcn they are closed the
strongest man could not open them. Sha
ha;, asked for water at times, and once for
ice-cream, but any attempt to coaverzi.with
her is futile. Iler pulse is .frctn 72 . to 74,
her body warm, but temporarily chilly im
mediately after drinking water. The'phy
sician seems to be the only one who. has
any power ever her, and that apparently
seems to be cf a kind as mvstericus as the
ma lad v.
How to Prevent Chapped Hanu3.
Chapped hands aud skin cracks
srp cn-
tireiy unnecessary even in tne cokiet
weather if proper care is observed. Most
of the so called toilet soaps are caustic, or
full of . ley,' and act very injuriously" upon
the skin. Genuine ca.tt:!e svap i.-; almost
wholly neutral, and is the best fbr washing
with. By rmsing the hands entirely free
from every trace of soap, and wiping them
thoroughly before going out chaps may Ln
avoided ; any that do appear can be cured
by rubbing the affected parts with cold
crcMii,. or, what is the same thing, common
lard before retiring. , -
To' Bake' Haa.'
Most people boil ham. It is much' tet
ter baked, if baked right. " Soak for an
hour in clean water and wipe dry. Next
spread it all over with thin butter an i then
put it in a deep dish with sticks under it
to keep it out of the gravy. .V"hca it is
fully done, take off the skin and matter
crusted on the flesh side and set it awav to
COoi.
They call A. H.Strph:
of dried Confederacy."
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Governor Ilartanft gives the total debt
of Pennsylvania at $24,5G3,G35 37.
Brigham Younghas sutheieniiy recovered
to sit up and get married occasionally t-
It is claimed that, there is'o'ver S15,0'C0,
000 cash capital invested in Grange enter
prises. - - - --,:'.
The value of sardines annually caught in
the Mediterranean, is estimated at $1,000,
000. The work cf death is of surprising extent
in .New ion
citv numoenng
neuriy one
hundred a day
Arrangements are being made fur dedi
cating the new Masonic Temple ia New
York on the 2d of June next.
Forty girls will run after a snob with a
gold headed cane, where one .will shy up to
a fellow with sound horse sense.
The Erie Railway pays out nearly 015,
000,000 a month to shop and -track hands
in the neighborhood of Port Jervb. .
Another minister has fallen. This, time
in Philadeldliia. lie trod upon a banana
skin. His "statement" was brief, but very
emphatic. . - r -
Railroad freights are running down as
low as the thermometers. Fifteen ".cents
per hundred weight from New YoTk to
Chicago is the figure. &
Mr. R-J, Boyer, . of Valley " township,
Montour county, put up two large sr-oves
in hi.H hog-pen- recently,
comfort of hb 'grunters.'
for the greater
The commerce of France is passing - be
yond any period in its history. The1 ex
ports, and imports of 1S74 amounted to
over SI ,500,000, largely exceeding any for
mer year. - . . .
Among the contents of a box cf articles
lately sent to the starving 'of Kansas, was
a tract entitled "The Wickedness cfOIut
tony." Tltis may be called one of the - hu
mors of starvation. , -t
' ' Some of the Xew'Erigland skating pond3
are natural gas-works. Oarburctted hy
drogen bubbles up 'from decaying matter
at the bottom, and the boys - light it and
skate by gaslight. . " " -"
- A bully boy in Penn Yar, according to
the Democrat, adopted a novel style cf
sleighing one day last week. Ho harnessed
his father's bull and drove him before &
cutter from his' home in Benton to Penn
Yan, guiding hiin with lines the same as if
he wero an animal of the equine, instead of
the bovine, genus.: The: boy did not test
the ceetness of his bull with the flyers cn
the street that day, but the animal "trf-tted
through town' at a good fate cf sreO.' The
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