i i'ti '"fii -ni-iT a' i ami itrhifai fcwn iw tTTK'.-ir. vi r-- qll)c Scffcvsouian. THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1875. GAS AM) V AT K R. At the last session of the Legislature an act was passed authorizing and empowering the Burgess and Town Council in each of the several boroughs throughout the State to levy and collect an additional tax for the purpose of providing their respective boroughs with gas and water, such tax not to exceed, however, eight mills on the dollar of the assessed valuation; pro vided that previous to the exercise of such powers a majority of the town council of such borough at a regular meeting should approve and accept the same, and at such meeting nppoint a time for holding a special election by the jKJople, at which time the legal voters of the borough should vote for the adoption or rejection of this act. The full text of the act will be found in another column of our present number. At the last monthly meet ing our borough fathers after due considera tion approved and accepted the provisions of this act, and Saturday, the 26th day of June, was appointed the day when the legal voters of the borough shall decide the question whether Stroudsburg shall continue the Erebus of the past month, or be so metamor phosed that such of its citizens as are called to be upon its streets in the late evening may pursue their way without constant cause of apprehension ; whether we shall continue momentarily to run the risk of seeing our beautiful village the prey of devouring flames, or rest in assurance of safety. . Our town council have done all they can do towards the success of this undertaking, for which they merit the hearty thanks of every citizen. They have zealously put their shoulders to the wheel of improvement and impelled it to the limit of their power. The responsibility now devolves upon us, the legal voters of the borough of Stroudsburg, and let us on the 2Gth of this month convince our neigh bors that the nipgardly notions of Monroe t-ouuty evidenced by our Court House and county buildings arc not the fault of that particular portion of it occupied by our little borough and that we will not be bound to the last century by our location and relationship. There is not an inhabitant of Stroudsburg to whom its pleasant streets and beautiful sur roundings are not a matter of pride, and vith what favor they arc regarded by peo ple abroad our summer hotels forcibly attest. Looking at it in a pecuniary light alone what vast benefit the citizens of Stroudsburg und vicinity derive every year from this re gard. Every convenience, every improve ment we introduce tends to make our local ity more popular. What profit may be to Us from the energetic enterprise of a single Individual in our community will, if we mis take not, ere many months roll around be most impressively and satisfactorily demon strated to us. What enjoyment the younger class of our summer visitors may experience promenading the gloom- blackness of our (streets is a conundrum we do not attempt to answer, but we do declare it to be a shame fur a town like this to compel its residents, permaneut and temporary, to stumble along its pavements enveloped in the dense obscur ity we have sulfered for the past few weeks, and not only dense, but dangerous, as one serious accident bears witness. More than this, what place on the surface of the globe itflors more attractions befitting a perfect rogues' paradise than Stroudsburg at the pre sent time ? no police, or night watch, every thing clad iu the deepest darkness, rendered doubly dense by the profusion of shade trees, and a jail which seems to be a most wonder fully successful machine for cheating justice. With how much greater assurance of safetj can we retire to rest with our town abund antly lighted in the manner insured if the legal voters will but follow the wise example of our town council. And if gas is so much needed, of how vast importance is the matter f the introduction of water upon which the very safety of our homes depends. Our en tire fire department consists of a single stea mer, aud separated as we are from other towns possessing competent means a lengthy period must elapse before we can invoke aud receive aid from other quarters. Our steamer even though every efficient in itself is available only at one poiut at a time and that point must necessarily be near a plenti ful supphy of water. There are twenty points in town where a destructive fire might occur and the steamer be of no practical bcucfit whatever. Supjose a fire should get under way iu the large brick block extending from Centre street to Phillips' resturant ; there is no sufficient supply of water nearer than McMichaels' Creek, and what can prevent the entire destruct ion of thousands of dollars worth of property when our only available wcapou against the element is a single stream coming up a hill through sevcu or eight hundred feet of hose? Now, suppose we have haydrants scattered throughout the town at various convenient points, each one of them capable of throwing two streams at least ; two or three of these hydrauts could undoubted!' be brought to bear upon any given point in town ; moreover water every where convenient for the steamer ; what an addition would they be to our protection against fire? The' are always ready, neat, efficient, and handy in their working. What other possible method is there of procuring the same protection, so cheap iu the obtain ing, so easily kept serviceable and so efficieut? Surrounded as Stroudsburg is by everflowing spring? of abundant power it is remarkable the idea has never been carried into effect before. Of course these projects are meet in with opjsition, never during the history of the world has an improvement been sug gested but- certain persons have tried to tTuw or whine it down. Every great inven tion whicli is blessing the world to-day has had its bitter opponents to conquer There has been a class of persons in all time who have had to be dragged along by the will of the nge, who have been a dead weight upon their enterprising neighbors ; they exist as well in Stroudsburg as elsewhere, aud let us know ing persons of these pernicious inclinations whom we can argue or reason out of their notions sec that on the 20th inst., our and their ballots arc endorsed "for a gas and water tar" and to those whose brains arc so tightly bound in their purse strings that they cannot be reasoned with let us do a favor for which they will as assuredly thank us in the future as they will deuouncc us on the day of their defeat. A Fool and liis "loncs soon parted ! A few years ago our citizens will remember that a certain character calling himself Dr. Allen, was in the place selling the "Electric Green Mountain Oil," Well the said Dr, put in an appearance on show day, last Saturda', and announced his vocation now to be selling one dollar bills or anv other kind, for that matter. After a little maneu vering, by giving away rings of no value. and scattering among the crowd ten cent currency, in order to disarm suspicion and get their interested attention, he commenced by selling one dollar for seventy-five cents, and then by folding up a ten dollar bill and pretending to put it into a box, he would ask who would give five dollars for said box; and, strange to say, he found many buyers, who instead of getting ten dollars, gave five and got one. And then to vary the exercises and increase the interest, lie folded a twenty dollar bill and pretended to put it into a box in presence of the audieuce and then asked who would give him fifteen dollars for one dollar, and found several ready buyers, who were green enough to suppose they were get ting twenty dollars for fifteen ; but unfortun ately they got just one dollar for fifteen. Grumbling availed nothing. When the Dr. got through at one point he would blandly bid them good day, aud presently pull up at a new point and gain a uew audience, and per consequence new victims. We think all who got swindled out of their money de served it, for it seems impossible for some persons to learn wisdom from other persons folly. But many such, were compelled to learn that a fool and his money is soon parted. Mit. D. M. Zimmerman, Secretary and Treasurer of the Camden &, Atlantic Kail road company, will please accept our thanks for a copy of a very neatly printed pamphlet entitled "Sea-side Views of the City by the Sea Atlantic City, N.J." This gives a de scription of this sea-side resort on the coast of X. J., only CO miles from Philadelphia, reached by the Camden & Atlantic Railroad. Trains run through in one hour aud three quarters. Atlantic City is noted for the great variety of its attractions ; for its facili ties for fishing, sailing, and gunning ; for its unsurpassed beach for bathing ; for its good hotels and numerous home-like cottage board ing-houses, for its broad and beautiful aven ues, alike desirable for the drive or promcn- de. It contains over loO hotels and boarding-i houses, and tipwards of S00 pottages, and three elegant hot and cold salt-water bathing establishments. Sale of Iic personal properly of the late Jacob hingmasler. Abetter representalion of the solid men of north eastern Pennsylvania is seldom witness ed than was afforded by Stroudsburg cn Wed nesday of last week. The occasion was the sale of the personal property of the late Jacob Singmaster, consisting of horses, a magnificent assortment of carriages, fine blooded cattle, agricultural implements, and other articles of minor value in abundance. As early as Tues day afternoon hearty looking old fellows of portly form and an air suggestive of the "rhi no" were frequent upon our streets, dressed most carelessly comfortable, and lazily puffing their Havana? as tliev strolled along our streets eying the property and looking as if they had half a notion to buy our pretty little borough. The arrival of every train swelled their number and on Wednesday noon, Strouds burg could have furnished as goodly a quota to a heavv weight clam bake as anv town of its population in the country. At 1 o'clock, the hour advertised for the commencement of the sale an immense crowd thronged the beautiful grounds belonging to the estate. Ex-Sheriff Henry engineered the sale with his usual skill and address. The bidding was spirited and the articles generally brought good prices. The entire property sold footed up in value $3,S17 02. Uelow we give a list of the princi pal articles told, viz: No. 1, Alderncy Cow, to It. 11. Depuy, Strouds burg, $80 00 " 2, Devon cow, Isiac S. Case, Tobv- hanna Mills, cash " 72 00 " 3, Alderncy cow, Ira Tripp, Scran- ton, cash 81 CO " 4. do do do do do 10o CO " 6, Aldeinev cow, James C. Cyphers, Hope, X. J. 71 00 " 9. do do do do do 104 00 Half blood Aldemey Cow and calf, Daniel J. Jlildebrant, Hope, N. J. cash 74 S8 8, Alderncv cow, 11. It. Depuy, Stroudsburg. 131 00 Alderney cow, Dr. E. Monvitz, Phil adelnhia, cash 84 4S Alderncy Cow and calf, S. II. Smith, Hunterdon Co.. N. J., cash 76 80 Alderney calf, 4 weeks old. Clark Cool, Delaware Station, N. J. 20 00 Aldernev heifer, IS months old, John Singmaster, Millerstown, Pa. 03 00 do do do do do 56 00 do bull, Knos Ackerman, Ackerman- town, Pa. 06 00 2 African Gazelle, Ilev. Itobt. Pitts, Stroudsburg, l'a. 82 00 G rev Horse, Daniel II. Snyder, Kas- ton, Pa., cash, 4S0 00 Bay Horse, Ki. Sheriff Henry, Strouds burg. Pa. 77 00 Two-seated Carriage, Charlton Burnet, 3q., Stroudsburg, Pa. l'A 00 Phajton, John N. Stokes, Stroudsburg, it 00 Jenny Lind wagon, J. X. Stokes, do. 133 00 Ihfwstcr wagon, Stephen V. P. Kach- linc, Easton, Pa. 210 00 Personal. Miss Ida Posten, daughter of M. B. Posten, a former resident of this place, is on a visit to her relatives and num erous friends hereabouts. Last Tuesday afternoon, Miss Sue. Van Buskirk, Miss Alice Schoonover, Miss Etta Bush aud about twenty-five others of her lady and gentleman friends, tendered her a complimentary pic-nic to the Delaware Water Gap. The affair was one of great enjoyment to all who participated and particularly grati fying to the fair one for whom it was gotten up. The afternoon was. spent in rambling through shady nooks and dells, boating, and disposing of the good things provided by the ladies. The night train brought the pleasure seekers home, all happy and delighted with the pleasures of the day. o Festivals. The Ladies of Stroudsburg will hold a Strawberry Festival in the new brick build ing of S. Holmes, Esq., Thursday and Fri day evenings, the 17th and 18th inst., for the benefit of the Young Men's Christian Association of this Borough. A cordial invitation is extended to all to be present, and aid in a good work. The members and friends of the Fenncrs- ville Sunday School will hold an Ice Cream Festival for the benefit of the Suuday School, next Saturday the 19th inst. All are cordially invited to attend. The festi val will be held in the afternoon and evening. Strawberry Festival in M. F. Coolbaugh's Woods, Saturday afternoon, June 19th. You are Invited. Proceeds for Church. It is hoped that there will be a general response to the call, as the object is a meritorious one. An Ice Cream Festival will be held in the grove at the Poponoming Lake, near aylorsburg, Monroe county, Pa., on Satur day, Juuc 20, 1ST?, for the benefit of Poponoming Sabbath School. There will be also vocal and instrumental music ou the ground. All persons arc cordially in tcd to attend. W. S. Arnold, ) J. II. Arnold, Committee. "VVm. II. Altemus, j Goods cheaper than ever at X. Rustcr's He has them marked way down to bottom prices. Our Countj Map or Atlas. We were recently shown a sketch of High land Dell which is intended to grace the pages of the Atlas. The sketch is taken from two points, and is executed in the very best mauner. Much of this kind of work is being done for the same purpose. We learn that the artists name who executes this kind of work is 11. G. Hardie, jr. New goods will arrive at X. lluster's this week and next. Don't fail to call and see them. There was a severe frost at this place. on Sunday evening last, and in many gardens in the Borough tender vegetables were frozen stiff. Iu many portions of the the County it was quite damaging to corn and potatoes. In Tubyhanna township, ice, of considerable thickness was found on Monday morning. Important. In order to quit the Boot and Shoe Business, Simon Fried offers his entire stock of Boots and Shoes, at first cost and bdoxc cost. Come one and all, now is your chance for Bargains. What iv c Iieard and Saw within the Week. Everything is "beautiful" and "Xycc" below the hill. So mote it be. 'They have arrived and Owen is happy as a clam at high water. We would recommend a careful perusal of the book of Deuteronomy, to those self righteous Pharasees who are so exultant over the misfortunes of friends of better days. Our esteemed friend who so gracefully manipulates the magnetic key, is fearful that her heart may be broken. At least we have her word for it Some of our sharp, shrewd old fellows were "taken in and done Tor" circus day, to the tune of $2.50 and upwards. Cary, thee should have known better. The new style of "Potato bug" bonnets, "hopper grass" dresses and "Circus" stockings are perfectly charming. "Hoop-la" and "Fire-fly" have extended their walks down town. W hat is the attrac tion? Who can tell? Young ladies must be much very fatigued, indeed, when they seek rest on store steps and wheel-barrows. Gates have a rest, now, but Lord, how the bridges and hiding places in the suburbs have to suffer. Constable Fisher has created quite a stir among the "mud larks." A good move. The signals of a gay and festive baggage master, with a soiled cambric, when below Durfee's crossing arc getting well understood by the residents of that locality. The young lady in the grove can no doubt explain them all. Those wishing to secure a good bargain will do well to call at N. lluster's, as he is bound not to be undersold. Three indictments were found on Thurs day against the firm of H. B. Claflin & Co charging them with unlawfully receiving and concealing smuggled silks, knowing them to bo smuggled, to the value in all of S3S0.000. Three indictments were also found against the firm of auctioneers known as Field, Morris, Fenner k Co., in which partners are charged with concealing and helping to conceal smuggled goods to the total value ot Sl,OUJ,uuu. The Secretary of the National Grange reports the total number of granges m the Lnited Suites at 23,500, with a member ship of 1 ,500,000. ..riKjtjjmoo.yi.-vac-7 East Stroudsburg Items. Sales of Ileal Instate. Mr.'Jee K. Smith, of East Stroudsburg, sold and deeded, during the month of May, lots to the following named persons: E. L. Kennedy, 1 lot for $1,000 Margaret Barrier, 1 lot for 500 T. Stemples, 1 lot for 2o0 Emma Hoofsmith, 1 lot for 300 George Stevens, 1 lot for -"00 Wm. Sc breeder, 1 lot for . COO Edward Tavlor. 1 lot for fi00 L. T. Smith, 1 lot for 500 Jacob Woodling, 1 lot Miles E. Ilutcheson, Esq., has been put ting a piazza in front of his home on Crystal sticet. This is quite an addition to Mr. IPs property, adding something in value and much in beauty. The Depot was made lively on Tuesday, by the merry cherry faces of a company of lads and lasses on their way to the Water Gap. This is the first excursion of the sea son. Had they went one day earlier they might have taken Jack frost along. Mr. Wm. E. Henry has been beautifying his new house, which has already dieted at tention by its attractiveness, by the addition of lightning rods on the front corners, a new neat picket fence and a flag stone pavement in front, and walks around the house. Mr. II. has also furnished his home in good style for the reception of city borders. Mr. Isaac T. Puterbaugh, has been adding to his already beautiful dwelling, on Walnut street, a new flag stone pavement, the entire width of his lot 100 feet Few men in the borough have displayed more of an enter prising spirit than Mr. P. and where ever he has taken a step towards improvement it has been creditable to himself aud also to the town. Mr. Abraham Gish, who has been known so long among U3 as our butcher, having sold out the butcher business, is erecting a large barn on the rear of a lot which he has lately purchased from Webb G arris, on Crystal street, and intends going into the Liven business. We were sorry to learn that Mr. Gish lost one of his best horses last week, valued at $165 00. This is a bad beginning for Abraham, but we wish him success in business, that his loss may soon be repaired. The Ladies of East Stroudsburg are on hand with their usual annual Floral, Straw berry and Ice Cream Festival, which they purpose holding on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, afternoon and evening, June 24th, 25th and 120th. They purpose adding some thing of the novelty to it this year by holding it in a tent to be erected on the vacant lot opposite the Church. These ladies when properly co-operated with have never yet failed to give a pleasing entertainment of any kind, into which they have entered and with the spirit manifested for the coming festival we doubt not it will be pleasing and satisfactory to all who lend them their pat ronage. The proceeds will be devoted to furnishing the auditory to the church, which will soon be ready for dedication. o It is almost a year since Charley Ross was stolen. Last year Ilarrisburg paid out $4C,03S., CC for teachers. The Sunbury jail has nineteen prisoners two charged with murder. Thirteen millions of trees were planted on the Nebraska prairies last year. Governor Kellogg savs the actual debt of Louisiana to-day is 21,209,680.25. Some thievish dead beats stole thirty coffins from a New Orleans warehouse the other night. Reading is drumming up all its little men. lhe last one iounu is 4i inencs high, and is 27 years old. Kilgone and Lcary, two miners, were mortally wounded by unknown parties near Thomaston, Pa., on Saturday night. Says the New York Star : "Brooklyn fairly stinks with the carcasses of dead dogs and cats. Nothing else : The States most severely threatened by the potato bug this year arc Delaware and Acw Jersey and ANestern New lork. The Republicans of California have nominated T. G. Phelps for Governor, and Jos. M. Cavis for Lieutentant Governor. The coal miners' strike is considered at an end. A number of collerics resumed work on Tuesday, and more will follow in a few das. Lightning struck one of the United Pipe Line Company s oil tanks at Monterey, l a., on, Friday night, and caused a loss of $200,- 000. Boston has had a rainfall of 5-37 inches in twenty-four hours. Some damage has been done to city and railroad property. 1'rovidcncc has also had a heavy storm. Judc Martin Rycrson, late a member of the Geneva commission on the Alabama claims, died at Newton, N. J., on the 11th, inst., aged 00 years. The cane and rice crops of Louisiana arc in an exceedingly promising condition, es pecially along the coast between New Or leans and the Gulf. "Heaven's Own" is the name of a new Nevada town where a railroad passenercr saw a woman pinning her husband to the fence with a pitchfork. An experienced trucker in Camden coun ty is firm in the opinion that the reason that the bugs and insects increase ever)' year is heeause ot the destruction ot bird? It is evident that it is only of late years that these pests have visited the truckers in such overwhelming numbers. Robert S. Fithian, a trucker at Bridgeton New Jersey, has discovered a sure remedy for potato bugs. It is gas lime. He says that he has killed as high as a hundred o these pests with two teaspoonfulls of the lime. He scatters it on the vines, and the bugs die instantly, or emigrate to the next patch, lhis is a harmless remedy am. should be tried. APPALLING CALAMITY. Earthquake in South America 16,000 lives lost. Havana, June 11. News has been re ceived here by way of St. Thomas, of a terrible earthquake iu New crenada. The destruction was greatest in the valley of Cucuta, on the A enczuelan frontier. It is reported that 1C.000 lives were lost by the calamity. Panama, June 4. The royal mail steamship Balize, which arrived at Aspinwall to-day from Savanilla, brings the following particulars published m an extra of the Barranquilla SJu'jyjiiity List, May ot a terrible earthquake in the Andes. The information which has reached us on the subject is contained iu a letter dated in Salazar, seven leagues from Cucuta, the 19th of Ma-, from whicli we extract and translate the following: At 11.10 A. M. of 3'cstcrday (ISth) a severe earthquake visited this city and region. In this city a large part of- the church fell. Several houses were destroyed and some people killed. I he city of Cucuta is entirely destryed, only a few families being saved. The Botica Allcntania (German drug store) was set on fire by a ball of fire which was thrown out of the volcano, which is con stantly belching out lava. This volcano has oiencd itself in front of Santiago iu a ridge called "El alto de la Giracha." San Cayctano was destroyed Santiago in a large part. In Granialote there was great destruction. Arboleda, Cucutilla and San Cristobal are nearly destroyed, principally the last four. The population of these towns is estimated by a person well ac quainted in that region, more or less, as follows : San Cayctano, 4,000 : Santiago, 2,000 ; Gramalote, 3,000 ; Arboleda, 5,000; Cucutilla, 5,000; San Cristobal, 10,000. The country above refered to embraces the regions around about where Colombia and v cnczuela join, the Colombian portion embracing the State of Santander. It is in some respects the most productive part of this republic, and the coffee of the region is famous all the world over, lhe shock was felt sharply in Bogota and adjoining sections. A gentleman who was, at the time in Facaltiva says that the movement asted for three-quarters of a minute. It was also slightly felt in Barranquilla. THE SC ENE OF THE CAI.AMITV. As will be scene from the above dis patches, a terrible earthquake visited a portion of New Grenada on the 18th of May, by which it is estimated that a least thirt3-fivc thousand persons were either killed, wounded or rendered homeless. 1 he cities of Salazar, on the frontier of New Granada, of San Jose de Cucuta, also on the borders of the same State to the east, and the less important towns of San Ca3'ctano, Santiago, Gramalote, Arboleda, Cucutilla and San Cristobal, were all either totally dcstro3ed or so shaken as to render them almost wholly worthless cither for places of residence or business. Salazar is a place of some pretension, while San Jose de Cucuta is and old town, with a popula tion of from eighteen to twentv thousand people. The main articles of trade at this city were coffee and cacao, which were sent to market cither through the ports of Venezuela, or down the Magdalena river to the Caribbean Sea. The other places injured or dcstnn'ed were of less importance, ranging in population from 10,000 to 20,000 souls. The section of country in which the late fearful upheaval took place is decidedly volcanic in its geological character and outcroppings. The centre of the force was located in the vailoj" ot Cucuta, which has more than once given evidence of the presence of hidden power in the bowels of the earth. The population of the smitten gion is composed of Spaniards and domesticated Indians, with some American and English adventurers, and the crops consist of coffee, cotton, sugar, cacao, maize, wheat, indigo and tobacco. The chief export is coffee. The shock which produced such disastrous effects in the eastern section of New Granada was also felt in a positive manner at the city of Bogota, which is much nearer the coast of the Pacific. Iu this latter localit the earth ague lasted for nearl3' a minute. As carl' as the Sth of 3Ia3' some portions ot Chili were shaken b3 an earthquake. The shock, however, was slight. The irrcat internal Avar was traveling to a centre, where its full force was spent on the 18th, ten da-s later. The whole western front of the American Continent, from San Francisco to Cape Horn, is subject to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, aud Central America has had its full share of such calamities, lhe last one is sickening in its details, and perhaps the worst is not 3rct known. Within a few days despatches from Europe crave information that a stronj? Russian fleet had been ordered to take sta tion in the Waters of Greece. And now we hear that five Turkish men-of-war have been ordered to cruise in Greek waters. This betokens trouble, and a Ministerial crisis is believed to lc at hand. Greece has been a European anxiet3' ever since her independence of lurkey was achieved by the assistance of the European powers. After that accomplishment, tho first difli culty arose upon the subject of finding ; monarch for the government of the Greeks. For some time the matter was in abeyance, and excited much attention in Europe. The satiric song. "A King for Greece, A King for Greece, A King for Greece, wan ted a Sovereign Prince for Greece," amused our fathers forty years ago. Prince Leopold, of Saxe-Coburg, was first chosen but, after three months' trial of the uneasi ness of wearing a" crown, he abdicated Otto, of Bavaria, next mounted the giddy ladder ol power, and in a lew 3'cars got enough of it. After him came another foreign cadet. George the First was in duced, in 18G3, to accept tho soverignt3' He comes lrom tho famous, or notorious house of Schleswig-Holstein Sonderbouri Glucksbourg, and there is even probability mat no win abdicate, it so, there will be a new trouble, and in such a contingency Buisia and Turkey will always be ready to intervene, lhe other powers must also be on hand. England could not be easy with out having a finger in the pie, and Bis mark is always mid y to prove the authority and influence of Prussia- and Germany. Reading claims 4,000 cat; The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has rendered a decision which vacates the office of Clerk of the Orphans' Court in tho counties of Allegheny, Luzerne and Phil adelphia. In these counties separate Orph ans' Courts have been established by law with the Registers of Wills as Clerks. J' Philadelphia this abolishes the position now held by Major Richard Ellis, wlio.e duties will he performed by Gen. Clark the present Register. ' Small-pox and diptheria are diseases which have alwa3s been thought to thrive best in the winter season, because people then live most indoors, cut off from the free circulation of the air, and these mala dies feed on an atmosphere poisoned and impregnated by themselves. It is curious, therefore, to remark that in New York both small-pox and diptheria have increased very alarmingly since the beginning of summer, there being last week 109 of the former and 44 of the latter reported to the Board of Health of that city. Another curious feature is that the small-pox is not confined to the districts where it would be most likely looked for by reason of tene ments thickly crowded with human beings, but is steadily moving up town into neigh borhoods not often visited by diseases of its virulent character. It New York city has, at all times, innumerable pest holes in which disease may be engendered, and from whicli it may spread through the air to dis tricts the most healthy. A Citizen of Mauch Chunk Shot by a Philadelphian. Mauch Chunk, Pa., June 13. Last evening an attempt was made to murder George Spowl by John 11. Race, of Phil adelphia. Race had been drinking heavily during Saturday. On Saturday evening he went around town pointing a pistol at and threatening to shoot a number of peo ple. Meeting Sprowl he deliberately shot him in the abdomen, the ball severing one of the arteries leading to the heart. Sprowl was taken home, where belies in a very critical condition. Race was commiitcd to prison. A Warm Reception by Easton Policemen. E aston, June 13. Becker & Rader's hardware store was entered b burglars last night at half-past twelve o'clock, f hey attempted to rob the safe, but were dis covered by policemen, who surprised the robbers. They fled by the rear yard into a back street. The officers fired several times, the burglars returning the fire. The trail was lost bv the officers, but subseuuent- one ut the burglars was fomni in a stable the roar of the Franklin House. He was taken to jail. This morning at half- past ten another of the burglars was found in a wood shed about half a block from Becker & Rader's store. He had been hot through the left leg and riirht should- or. I he burglars are supposed to have been from New York. Their tools and fuse were found in the store. The wound ed burglar is not expect to live. 1776. 1875. 99th ANNIVERSARY Of American Indsp.sndGncs AT STROUDSBURG, PA. Saturday, July 3d, 1S75. The citizens of Stroudsburg have made extensive arrangements to celebrate to this our most memorable anniversary in a be coming manner. THE PROGRAMME : A Grand Procession at noon in three )ivisions. THE FIRST DIVISION, HEADED BY THE Stroudsburg Cornet Band, In which will be represented all the STATES OF THE UNION II Y FORTY YOUNG LADIES, on a mammoth chariot drawn l3 10 Horses. T1IK SKCOND DIVISION, IIEADKD J1Y TllK Beethoven Cornet Band, of Stroudsburg in which will appear The Goddes3 of Liberty, Pocahontas, and other Idnian characters, George and Martha Washington, with other old continental characters, and all the leading nationalities in the world. with Clowns, Harlequins, Equestrians and Dwarfs, all in lull costume of their da3and country, lhcse costumes have been pro cured from A. M. A aas, the famous costu mer, of Philadelphia, THE TII1KI DIVISION, HEADED 1JVTHE Hamilton Cornet Band, will consist of the Stroudsburg Fire Department with their Steamer drawn l3' six horses. The Brodheadsville and Kresjreville bands will be at the head of the Procession ac companied b' citizens on horseback and on foot. THE ROUTE CF THE PROCESSION' Will beat from the Court House Square down Franklin St., to Main, down Main to Center M., up Centre to Sarah St., up Sarah to Pocono St., down Poiono to Main St., down Main to Iron Bridge, returning up 31am bt., to Ann St., up Ann to Race M., up Race to Main St., down Main to Frank lin, up Franklin to Court House Square where the procession will be dismissed and the meeting organized. Order of Exercises at th8 Square. 1st. Mush;. 2nd. Prayer by the Rev. Dinsmore. I rd. Reading of the Declaration by I). S. Lee, Esq.. dtlw Music. Sth. Ora tions by the Rev. J. D. Catron and other eminent Speakers. COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS: Simon Fried, President, A. O. Greenwald, Sec. Darius Dreher, A. O. Jansen, J. G Keller, Frank Hess, Theodore, Schoch, Petes Born, Samuel Hoffman, X. Ruster. In the evening there will bo Balloon. As censions, Fire Works, Music, &e. i i i i ! 4 3 i w ) J
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