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THURSDAY, JULY 22. 1875.
JC--;" President Grant was last week eleva
ted to the dignity of a grand father, Ids
daughter Nellie Grant Sartoris having be
come the mother of a fine boy. The Presi
di nt was absent at Cape May at the time.
f2"Thurlow Weed has written to the New
York Tribune some curious statements about
tuecn Victoria's efforts to preserve peace
between Great Britiin and America during
the Rebellion. When Mason and Slidell
were taken off the steamer Trent the British
ministers were determined to fight, and were
only held back by the Queen and Prince
Albert, Had there been an actual rupture
the Southern States would doubtless have
teen red their independence and perpetuated
the curse of slavery.
Senator Sergeut made a neat little
computation in his recent speech at San
Francisco. "Have you' said he, '"thought,
fellow-citizens, that the reduction of the
national debt has been $120 a minute since
you have set here and I commenced talking?
Taking the average of the whole time, the
reduction of the debt has gone on at that
rate. Why, take your watch and look at it.
See the second hand as it flies ; at each tick
of the second hand $2 during the whole time
since Grant's inauguration, by day and by
ni''lit. niton wook-d.iv and nnon Snnd:iv S'J
P i i r j . -
per second in gold has gone off the 'nationa
debt."'
fci7"The PitU-burg Cammcrcial says that
the Republican nominations for the State
Senate in Pennsylvania, thus far made, are
;i!l 'rood and leave no room for doubt that the
Republicans will retain their ascendency in
that body next winter. Last winter the par
ties stoo'l, Republican 30 ; Democrats 20,
J lleven Senators go out this j'ear, and there
is also a vacancy in the Clearfield District,
caused by the resignation of lion. Wm. A
Wallace. Of these twelve places the Repub
licans lat winter had eight and the Demo
crats four. The Commercial anticipates that
Democrats will be elected to fill the four of
these Democratic vacancies, and that the
Democrats will also probably elect a Senator
in the Clarion District, while in the other
seven districts Republicans will be chosen,
having the next Senate twenty-nine Repub
licans to twenty-one Democrats.
The Sinking Fund.
About the 20th of June last Mr. Justus F,
Temple, the astute gentleman who believes
he is at the head of one of the State depart
ments, had an interview with a reporter of
the Reading Eagle, and then made the follow
ing intelligent answer to the question : "How
about the Sinking Fund?"
'"On the first of September Dcxt, under the
law, I will become a member of the Sinking
Fund Committee, and soon thereafter I will
bo able to tell the people of this State how
and where their money is invested. If any
thing is wrong they shall know it, and if all
is right they will also hear of it."
Mr. Temple became a member of the Sink
in,' Fund Commission (not committee) when
lie became Auditor General, both offices dat
ing from the same day, although he did not
seem to know it. At the time of the conver
se ion he had signed and sworn to the cor
rectness of the report of the Commission
made for the month of May. To-day we
pulli.-h the report made for June, and Mr.
Temple again signs and swears to the correct
ness of that report. The first of September
is not here, it is true, but the Democratic
portion of our citizens will no doubt be glad
to know, somewhat in advance of that date,
that Mr. Temple has examiued the Sinking
Fnud accounts and that he finds them to be
co rrcc t. Harrison rg Trhgra ph.
State Legislature.
The present House of Representatives
of Pennsylvania stands 109 Democrats to
V'2 lb-publicans and there can be no
change in the political complexion of that
body during the coming year other than
that occasioned by death or resignation, as
the members chosen last year hold over
until the fall of 187G. There arc, however,
says Senator Coocr, of the Delaware Coun
ty American, "twelve vacancies to the
Senate, eleven by expiration of term, and
one by the promotion of Wm. A. Wallace
to the United States Senate. Elections
will in November next be held in all these
Districts for a single year term, this under
the new Constitution, while next year all
cf the Senate will be elected cither fur two
or four years, the odd numbered Districts
getting the longer term. This term, how
ever, will hardly contain more sessions than
an old one, for in 1878 the biennial sessions
commence. Those who now go out of the
Senate are Alexander, Warfel, Rutan,
Jlcilmau, Lemon, McKinley, Cutler and
Mc-Clay eight Republicans; the four
Democrats being Playford, Wallace, Row
land and Chalfant. The present political
comi ilex ion of the Senate is 30 Republicans
to 20 Democrats. At the election the Re
publicans may lose one in place of McClay,
tloetcd from a Demoratic .District, but will
rarry all the others. Lemon is the only
man having a close District, Blair 700 Re-
publieun and Cambria 700 Democratic, but
Lemon is renominated, and being personally
very popular it is not likely that there will
be any change. In Chalfaut's Democratic
'District, probably the fight betweeu
Buckalew and he will be renewed, and if
this is done the Republicans may profit in
Columbia and Montour. Lutan, Cutler
McKinley and Alexander, among the He
publicans. aA Playford, Wallace and
Rowland among the Democrats are it
candidates for re-election. We believe all
ire, au'i mosi oi wicui win l-o
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EsS" Somebody has figured out ' what the
expeuse of supporting the National Govern
ment has been to each voting citizen during
the last six Administrations. The table
shows that under l'olk (Democrat) the ex
pense per head was 52.05; under Taylor and
Fillmore (Whig), $1.S9; uuder Pierce (Demo
crat), $2.3.1; under Buchanan (Democrat)
$2.28; under Lincoln and Johnson (Repub
lican), 1.94 ; under Grant, $1.09. That is
pretty good showing for "Radical rule."
Snow fell at Lousia Court House, Virginia
on Tuesday, July 13th
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Oxford township, Warren County
X. J. has a population of 4,170.
The wheat crop nqw being harvested in
the Iudian Territory is the largest ever known
in that country.
Thomas Dickson of Scranton, has been
elected a director of the Eric llailroad. J
good selection.
Major Wm. Sciiooxover, nearBushkill,
has already made contracts for boarders,
which fills his house.
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There have been received in Cheyenne,
from the Black Hills, ninety ounces of gold,
worth about $1,650.
One hundred and fifty "picked Welsh
singers" are organizing an expedition to at
tend the Centennial.
Lehightox has $40,000 worth of stock
subscribed to start a new back, the capita
of which is to be $50,000.
The sale of postage stamps in the New
York post office for the quarter ending June
30, amounted to $049,149 68.
Amoxg the shipments to Antwerp by the
aderland from Philadelphia last week were
seven huudred sewing machines.
A new counterfeit of the oO-ccnt note is in
circulation. So scrutinize your change. The
imitation can be detected by the absence of
interwovrn lines.
The potato bug has reached the desert, a
hundred miles north of Ottawa, Canada.
They arrived in showers, striking against
window panes like hail.
Boarders are making a much shorter
stay this season and are more careful how
they spend their money. Cause, hatcnt got
it to spend. Effect of the panic.
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Hon. Asa Packer, the munificent foun
der and benefactor of the Lehigh University
at South Bethlehem, has recently made the
institution a present of thirty additional acres
of land adjacent to the present grounds.
The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Railroad Company promise to lay a railroad
through Passaic and run forty trains daily
between Iloboken and Patersou as soon as
their new tunnel at Bergeu Hill is completed,
which will be in July next year.
ExcAMr.MENT. The Easton Grays intend,
we learn from the DispatcJi, treating them
selves to an encampment on the 30th of this
month, at the Delaware Water Gap, where
they will remain four days. The company
will start on the 30th inst, and carryall their
accoutrements, parading in white duck pants.
During the encampment the campany will
be controlled by strict military rules. We
wish them a good time and fair weather.
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Fatal Accident.
A daughter of John Lawrence, at Toby-
hanna Mills, this county, met with a fatal
accident last Thursday, while kindling a fire
in the cook stove with kerosene oiL Her
dress took fire from the explosion or sudden
ignition of the oil She was at home alone,
her mother being at the time out in the woods
after berries, and her father at work on the
Steam Saw Mill, there was no one to render
any assistance, until one of the neighbor
women heard her frantic screams and came
to her assistance, but too late to do her any
good. The firery element had done its fatal
work. All her clothing was burned off, and
portions of her body were burned into a crisp,
while her legs and arms were completely
blistered or raw. She survived the accident
about three hours. She was in her Sth
year.
Serious Accident.
Luther, youngest son of Charles Slutter,
living near Bartonsville, this county, met
with a serious accident, last Friday. The
accident, we learn, was caused by his attempt
ing to draw a piece of partially sawn board
through a circular saw, he having a hold of
the split ends of the board, and by pressing
the said ends too tightly together the saw
was locked or stopped but the force on the
saw or wheel quickly drew his hand against
the saw which almost severed it, leaving only
his thumb. Dr. Nathaniel C. Miller was
called, and seeing that a tedious and compli
cated amputation was necessitated, procured
the assistance of Dr. Samuel Foulke. The
operation was completely successful. The
thumb together with a jiortion of the hand
was saved, which will make his hand yet
quite useful.
The Rev. Perceval Beckett, B. D.,
the former Hector of St. Paul's Church,
Columbia, Pa., has been sent by the Bishop
of this Episcopal Diocese of central Pennsyl
vania, to take charge of the Church work in
this county.
On Sunday at 4 30: P. m., Mr. Beckett
held service in the parlor of the Delaware
Water Gap House, quite a large congrega
tion was gathered together. This service
will be faithfully kept up uutil October 1st.
As soon as the necessary arrangements can
be made a morning service will be had in
Stroudsburg, and an eveuing one iu East
Stroudsburg, every Sunday.
It it the desire of the Bishop to commence
a regular parish work here iu our midst. We
do hope that this desire will be carried out.
Mr. Beckett is from Oxford University, and
is well knowu in this diocese and that of
Pittsburg, as a very earnest and successful
clergyman.
A. C. Jaxsex succeeds John N. Stokes
as Express Agent in this place. The bu
sines will be conducted at the old stand.
Mr. J. is well knowu as for long time
the assistant express agent, as well ac
quainted with the business in all its details,
and we trust has all the necessary qualifi
cations to render him a good and efficient
agent.
Frank White, son of James White,
of this place, who served, an apprenticeship
with A. Raubenold, Jeweler, is now ar
ranging to locate at Wcatherly, Carbon Co.
Pa., in the Jewelry business. -
Mr. W. is a young man of good habits,
and doubtless will prove to be a decided ac-
quision to that town.
The Camp Meeting held under the auspi
ces of African M. E. Church, in Durfee's
woods, was largely attended on Sunday last.
In the morning Rev. G. L. Trosser, of
Columbia, Pa., preached an able sermon in
the absence of the Pastor J. T. Hammond,
who missed the train at Trenton, on Satur
day evening, whither he had gone to procure
the services of other ministers, He, however,
after walking a good part of the distance
arrived at the camp ground shortly after
noon on Sunday. In the evening, J. W
Hall, now employed at the "Burnett House"
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preached a sermon Denttingany puipit. ms
voice was clear, his words distinct and his
manner earnest, and his discourse was listened
to with great interest. The camp will be con
tinued over another Sunday, and eminent
ministers from abroad are expected to
participate during this week. The best
order has prevailed during the entire camp
meeting.
A letter from Western Missouri to the New
York Times, written the early part of last
week, says that the country ravanged by the
grasshoppers a month or two ago has almost
recovered from its losses. Where the earth
was entirely stripped of vegetation it is now
covered with living green, the result of re
planting and favorable weather. The soil is
so fertile that everything has grown like
magic. The rainfall has been great, satura
ting the earth and doing considerable damage
to the railroads. Few localities in the East
can show more promising crops than those
now growing in the region so recently devas
tated, and there is no present doubt of an
abundant supply of food. A curious result
of the grasshopper scourge is the springing
up of a new kind of grass, resembling buffalo
grass, which will be very valuable for pastur
q. In other parts of the West the crops
have been a good deal injured by heavy rains,
Wheat and oats have turned out well in Illi
nois, and hay is more than a full crop. A
great amount of corn was planted, and the
yield all through the West will be very large.
Fruit, especially affples, is deficent all over
the country.
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Dedication.
The new Methodist Episcopal Church at
East Stroudsburg, has reached its comple
tion.
This beautiful edifice, taken in conjunction
with the new, neat and commodious Parson
age, erected by the side of it, makes in the
whole, a picture that is really imposing.
The church is one of the largest and best
in the district, and will be dedicated to the
worship of Almighty God, on Sunday, July
25th.
In the morning at 10 o'clock, a sermon
will be preached by Bishop E. G. Andrew.
The llev. Dr. Dashiel of the Newark
Conference, will preach in the evening at
8 o'clock.
There will be a service held at 2 P. M.,
comprising addresses, by Bishop Andrew,
Dr. Dashiel, Prof. Butts, of Drew Theo-
ogical Seminary, Rev. Dr. Carrow, Pastor
of the Stroudsburg M. E. Church, Rev. W.
B. Wood, P. E., of the Lehigh District,
and others.
Doubtless, the occasion will furnish an op
portunity to many of our friends, members
of other churches, and members of our own
church to hear for the first time, a sermon
delivered by one of our Bishops. All are
cordially invited to participate.
Pastor.
Williamsport has highway robbers.
A Jersey Shore man has captured 90,000
potato bugs this season.
A man in this State was mean enough
to hang himself with his wife's silk apron.
There were five cases of sunstroke in
Cincinnati on Saturday, two of which were
fatal.
A church fair in Bethlehem made over
$1,000 last week. The times can't be so
hard over there.
New York city consumes during the
berry season nearly 300,000 quarts of
strawberries daily.
There arc 700 hackmen in Boston, all
of whom are at each railway station on the
arrival of every train.
F. McClenchan, of Sigourney, Iowa, is
the father of twenty-four children, and the
quarter centennial one is soon expected.
The Milburn Wagon Company, of
Toledo, O., made a siugle sale lately of
1,200 wagons to go to Galveston, Texas.
The freight receipts of the Union Pacific
Railway for June show an increase of $81,
553 over last year. Boston Daily Xtvcs.
Boston has a tenement population of
65,000 persons, representing 13,000 fami
lies, crowded into 43,000 rooms in 2,G3S
houses.
Four Pittstown gentlemen recently drove
108 miles in one day. The team used has
been wagered to travel 500 miles iu five
consecutive days.
According to the Easton Free Press the
prospects for an enormous cranberry crop
at present are the best that have been
known for many years.
A boy named Johnson, of Oil Creek
township, Venango county, gained local
fame by slaughtering a black snake fifteen
and a half feet laong, the other day.
East Stroudsburg Items.
There is some talk of a- glass works in
town. Wonder if we will get it.
A new pavement has just been laid in
front of the new M. E. Church and Parson
age, which is a great improvement.
Messrs. Peirsox & Thompson, our en
terprising Real Estate agents, have opened
an office opposite the R. R. Depot, at East
Stroudsburg.
The "Lackawanna House" under the
snperintendency of Henry Whitesell has been
doing a heavy business during the past week,
in the way of transient trade.
S.'G. Peters has had to lay in an extra
stock of furniture. He was down last week
and took out twenty-one more boarders. And
still they come.
City boarders are now flocking into the
boarding houses throughout the county. On
Monday the Milford stages had twenty-one
passengers and as many trunks, besides a
large number of valices.
Mr. Case B. Smith, has completed his
large boarding house and cristcned it the
"Oak Grove House." He has just returned
from Easton where he has been to purchase
his stock of furniture.
There is a mud hole along Washington
street, which was dug out by the street
brigade, iu front of Frank Smith's property
that wants filling up again between it and
the Street Railroad track. The street is
almost impassable.
The new M. E. Church, at East Strouds
burg, will be dedicated on Sunday next, with
appropriate ceremonies. The sermon in the
morning will be preached by Bishop Andrews
and in the evening by Rev. Dr. Dashiell of
Newark Conference. Addresses will be
delivered in the afternoon by eminent minis
ters from abroad.
Mr. Aloxzo Terpening, had the roof of
his house and piazza badly shattered by
pieces of rock falling on them from the blast
ing of the rock in front of the Catholic church.
Now is the time for the borough to take the
rock all out necessary for the widening of
Courtlandt street. If it is left until it is
more thickly built up it may cost the Borough
something for damages and be greatly detri
mental to the interest of property holders as
well as dangerous to life.
The Berks County Agricultural Society
will disburse $3,4S4 in premiums at their
next fair.
Five hundred dollars reward is offered
by the Commissioners of Schuylkill coun
ty for the arrest of the murderer of Police
man Yost at Tamaqua, and $1,000 more by
the borough authorities of that town.
The plains of Kansas are tasseled with
plenty. 1 The crops over the bulk of the
State are unparalleled for heaviness of
yield and breadth of acreage, and it is cal
culated that the exportable surplus of
wheat will rise to 13,000,000 bushels, con
siderably exceeding that of Caliornia,
A case has just been decided by the Su
preme Court of Illinois, in which the law
of negligence is made to apjdy to parties
obstructing streets, the court holding that
they are responsible for accidents to life,
limb or property indirectly growing out of
such obstructious. A collision between
two teams, by which a boy received injur
ies resulting in death, having been traced
back to the fact that it was caused by the
unlawful occupancy of the street with a
sandheap, the owner was mulcted in dam
ages to the amount of two thousand dollars,
the Supreme Court affirming the judgment
of the court below. This is sound equity
and common sense.
The Lehigh and Eastern Railroad.
Milford, Pa., July 10. The final sur
vey for the Lehigh and Eastern llailroad
is now being made, and the work of grad
ing will shortly be commenced. The new
road will run from Hazleton, Pennsylvania,
to about one mile east of Port Jcrvis, New
lork, where it will connect with the Erie.
The distance of the new route is ninety
eight and one-lialf miles, and runs from
Hazleton over the Pocono Mountains, cross
ing the Delaware, Lackawanna and Wes-(
tern Railroad west of Stroudsburg, thence
passing up the Delaware Valley to Port
Jcrvis. The route is a comparatively easy
one to build, and S. P. Kase, president of
the road, states that $0,000,000 is sufficient
to build, equip and put the road running in
order. As soon as the survey is finished
the work of grading will be begun.
Bank Notes Stolen.
"Washington, July 18 .The Control
ler of the Currency has been advised by
the National Bank of Barrc, Vt., that $1300
of its unsigned notes, which were received
on the evening of July G, were stolen from
the vaults of the bank the same evening by
a gang of masked burglars. The notes
stolen were seventy-eight notes of the de
nomination of $10, and twenty-six notes of
the denomination of $20, amounting to
$1300, numbered (bank number) from 911
to 93G, inclusive, and the Treasurer of the
United States has been advised of the rob
bery and requested to decline to redeem
these notes. No additional notes of the
denominations of $10 and $20 will bo is
sued to the bank, and the notes outstand
ing of these denominations will be retired.
Washington, July 19. One of the un
signed notes stolen from the First National
Bank of Barre, Vermont, was detected at
the Redemption Bureau of the Treasury
Department this morning. The signatures
of the bank officers had been affixed, though
they were nothing like those on the genuine
notes. The notes, which wi nf'ti.wi
nomination of $20, was received from a
Brooklyn bank, to which it will bo returned.
The New Stamped Envelopes.
The new stamped envelopes, which went
into use on the 1st of July, make no
change in prices ; but there are new grades
and denominations, while other grades and
denominations are discontinued. Amonjr
the changes is the addition of 5-ccnt envel
opes, in suitable sizes and qualities, for
foreign postages. The head cf Taylor on
the 5-cent envelopes will be in profile, in
conformity to the general style of the series.
There has also been added, in appropriate
denominations, a new size of envelopes, 33
by 5 inches, designated as No. 4 com
mercial. The new size is a medium be
tween the full letter and extra letter, and is
well adapted to business requirements. The
7, 12 and 24 cent envelopes will be discon
tinued. The color of the third quality
envelopes throughout will be changed from
amber to blue, to render them less trans
parent. It is expected that the issue of
postal cards of new design will be com
menced on or about the 1 of August
next. The Department will not issue
2 -cent postal cards for foreign postages,
there being no authority under the law to
do so. The object can be accomplished by
adding 1-ccnt adhesive stamps to the 1-ceut
cards.
Mr. August Krocgcr's little by on Wil
liam street was badly poisoned one day last
week by eating or handling potato bugs,
which he found in the garden. The mother
discovered the child with a handful of
nniaViorl Vmrrc nnr npirf d.iv it. was SWfllpd
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badly about the face and limbs, and was
covered with red blotches. The child has
quite recovered now. Parents will do well
to guard their young children from hand-
line these daneerous thines. Muldlctoicn
Press.
Baltimore is excited over the marriage
in that city of a scion of English nobility
to a colored woman. The Baltimore pa
pcrs set the bridegroom down as a direct
descendant of the Plantaganet family of
England, and say that a few years ago,
when public indignation was at its height
against the Trince of Wales, he would,
had the indignation assumed a more tangi
ble form, have been in the direct line for
ascending the British throne. Boston
Daily Aeics.
A married woman of Allcntown got tired
of her husband and home a week or ten
days ago, and eloped with a young man.
But her new-found happiness was of short
duration. The other day she returned to
her formor home, repentant and destitute,
and sought the forgiveness of the husband
she had deserted. Instead of being re
ceived with joy and full forgiveness, that
individual would have nothing to do with
her, and turned her from the door of the
home which she had disgraced. The part
ner of her guilt has not been heard from.
The Owego Times sa-s that farmers and
gardeners should remember that potato
bues arc poisonous. On Sunday last, iu
Yates county, a gentleman while showing
a visitor through his garden, crushed sev
eral of the bugs in his hands. Shortly af
terwards he touched his finger to his
tongue. In less than two hours it had
swollen to such an extent that he could not
shut his mouth ; his hands were badly swol
len and turned black. Two physicians were
called in, who, after several hours' hard
work succeeded in subduing the poison.
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The satisfies furnished by Mr. Dodge to
the Department of Agriculturcl reveal, in
startling figures, the vast natural wealth of
our country. Less than one-fifth of the
entire area of the United States is occupied
by farms, of which only one-fourth is uuder
tillage. Notwithstanding our enormous
wheat crop, the land which produces it is
not equal in extent to the surface of South
Carolina. Our national crop, corn covers
territory not larger than Virginia, and
the potato crop could grow in less than the
area of Delaware. In view of these fieurcs.
who can question the boundless resources
of America, or look with misgiving upon
our steady tide of imigration.
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Chemistry of the kitchen ought to be un
derstood as well by all young ladies, as
chemistry of the farm by young gentlemen.
The merits of soap, how to make it and use
it, are worthy of as profound study as the
arts of music and painting. How to knead
and bake, Is as an accomplishment as high
as fancy needle-work. N hat science so
sublime as that of domestic economy ? The
wife in more senses than one holds the key
to her husband's treasury. If she knows
all about the dollars, they go to constitute
the family comforts indoors, she has a
greater knowledge than he who applies
them judiciously to buying plows, harrows
and horses. Then what a precious accom
plishment is that which groups the ele
ments and affinities of the family into a
compound of order and love ! This is the
art of all arts, aud it belongs exclusively to
women.
Of all the rat stories vet told, this nnn
from the Scranton Jiejnthlican, tops the
heap : Iu all the old mines rats are numer
ous and laree. Thev crow to 1.1m si nf
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wharf rats. They possess ereat instinct
and a practical education. They have be
come so ravenous that harness, rone. fi.(
and everything that comes in their way is
uesiroyeu. in the V on btorch slope and
shaft rats are so bold that when the miners
sit down to take a lunch they find trouble
some creatures trnawine at tluir
shoes while on their fopt. A m c,r
comes from this shaft. A miner who b.i.l
left his bottles of lamp oil tightly corked
in his mine chamber, found thn mrk .nton
off and out of the bottle and the contents
gone. 1 lacing another filled and corked
in the same place, ho stepped but a few
feet away, and bv the aid of hi.4 (lirn limn
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watched the modus onperandi of the oil
ucaiers. jvuing the cork oil in about two
minutes, they seemed to take in the situa
tion at once. AVhen thev fbinul tht
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could not get their oleaginous meal from
the bottle with their mouths, they turned
and dipped their long file-like tails into the
oil, licked them off. and within tu'piifir
minutes emptied the bottle without even
a vote ot thanks.
The Williamsport Gazette and BuUetU
says: "There are a less number of low
liquor saloons open in this city now under
the license law than , there used to be at
times under the local option act."
Last Saturday there were twenty-fly,,
car loads, or in round numbers 500 000
pounds of cheese, shipped on the cheese
train of the Atlantic and Great Western
road from staions in Crawford and Mercer
counties, Pa.
A milk dealer, fifty years old, committed
suicide recently by jumping off a ferry boat
into the Delaware river at Philadelphia
31 ilkmen are proverbially fond of water"
but this one allowed his fondness to rua
away witli his judgment.
The Chemical Bank of New York, with
a capital of $300,000 declares a dividend
every two months, the last on the 1st of
July, 15 per cent; par value of shares
$100, while $1,000 a share is bid for the
stock, and none for sale.
Revenue officials have been closely at
work in the collector's office at Louisville,
examining into the late defalcation. The
amount will be much larger than at first
supposed, probably not less than $75,000.
Evidence that Jackson's death was by sui
cide was accumulated.
Miss Mary Rhode, of Slabtown, six miles
cast of York, is represented to be the small
est person in the State. She measures 33
inches, weighs 30 pounds and is 18 years
and ten months old. Her memory is good
but she talks like a child two years old, the
age at which she stopped growing.
Philadelphia has a clerical scandal. The
Rev. Thomas Botts, pastor of the Twelfth
Baptist church, is charged by thirty-four
members of his congregation with "unmin
isterial conduct, undue familiarity with
certain ladies and want of truthfulness."
The matter is being investigated.
There has been exported from New
York since the 1st of January to foreign
countries $40,7S7,54G in gold and silver,
the great bulk of which Avas American
gold and silver, the former in coin and
bars, and the latter exclusively in bars.
The exports fur the same time in 1S7-1
were $25,048,150.
Potato bug "bees" are now all the rage
in some sections of this State. The beaux
and bells meet during the day and pick
potato bugs from the vines, and in the
evening the house is thrown open to the
young folks, who spend the greater por
tion of the night iu dancing.
Sweep of Rain and Wind.
Cincinnati, July 18. Severe storm of
rain and wind swept over the country from
Newark, Ohio, to Wheeling, West Vir
ginia, yesterday and this morning. At Cam
bridge, Ohio, some chimnevs were blown
down and buildings considerably damaged,
but no loss of life is reported. The dam
age to crops in the path of the storm h
thought to be heavy.
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Another Lecherous Parson.
In the township of Cheltenham, Montgo
mery county, recently boarded a mcthodist
minister and his wife, with one of the
deacons of his charge. The family having
a blooming daughter ot fifteen summers, to
whom the paster became so much enamored
that even in his slumbers the fair vision
formed fancy's dream. A few morning
ago the mother of the voune ladv was
sliocked to find the clerical fraud iu bed
with her daughter in her room. The
pastor endeavored to explain matters bv
stating that he had been reading Bessie
Turner s version of how Tilton carried her
to his room while asleep, the nieht previous.
and that in his sleep he must have straved
irom Ins own premises. The explanation
was unsatisfactory, however, and he was
given 24 hours to leave the neighborhood.
The affair has created quite a sensation iu
Cheltenham.
A Model Investigating Committee !
The Committee appointed of the late
session of the Democratic Lecristaturc to
o
investigate the affairs of the Philadelphia-
and Reading Coal and Iron Company, are
having a good time of it. They commenced
"invest ieatine" soon after the adiournment
of the Legislature at one of the big hotels
in 1 hiladelphia. After several weeks spent
in discussing French cookerv and hidi
priced wines, they removed their quarters
10 ine eracK hotel at l'ottsville, relieving
themselves from the immense fatigue of
their labors by daily excursions through
the coal rcjrious. Rcadin' was rcxt visited
where the rare cuisine of the Mansion
House was thoroughly 'investigated.'
Returning to Philadelphia on Friday even
ing of last week, we next hoar nt them
steaming down Delaware Bay iu one of the
Reading Railroad Company's mammoth
vomers, to 'investigate the Cape .May
Ocean Regatta ! Though sumntuonslv
entertained on the passage they of course
ueuariceu at that lashionable watering place-
to go through another round of dining and
wining at the Stockton ! The jolly mari
ners after a thorough lnvtio-itJrm of ilu
Stockton's larder, re-embarked in the Read
ing Company s pleasure yacht and steamed
some forty miles out to sea to inform them
selves of the movements of the schools of
porpoises, and ascertain if any 'reform'
were needed in that quarter. During the
voyage uown the hay and return, the Com
mittee Were ill charim nf Tlinmas M.
Richards, Esq., (Jeneral Agent of the
lUMuiug oai and iron Company, ami
William Lorenz, Esq., Chief E nginccr ot
the P. & R. R.. who smro.1
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or expense for their handsome accommoda
tion. The Committee reached Philadlphia
on Wednesday night so completely tx
nausieti py their arduous labors that it will
take several weeks at the 'Continental' to
properly recuperate. Cunsidei-in-' the zeal
with which they have pursued their inves
tigations we may expect next winter to
have a most l.d
thorough reform of any and all abuses that
mu i-Aiaiuu or are liKeiy to happen m con
nection with the coal trade for all time h
come ! ' Vive a bagatelle. ! Vive 1 huai-
ohj. inriis aiixl bcttujlfcill Journal.