L T 14 Dcuotcb to politics, Citctaturc, Agriculture, Science, iHornlitij, anb (Sciural intelligence. VOL. 33. STROU1JSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., JANUARY 20, 1876. NO. 33. VI PuMUhfd by Theodore Schoch. ytRMS Two dollars a year in sdvane-- au.l if not ,id U-(-r the "i l of tin! year, two dollar and fifty eot will hi char-.r.-d. A N- "t li:-ntiniiiM until nil arrearages arc pai-l rt''f! tlirt ;iiin of tiii? Kditor. f j K.-riii-'ineni of niiari- of 'itrl t lint') or ltis. of tlir.;.' in. -room SI .In. Ka.-li additional in r!ioti, 3 entv l-onrr un.-i in iroM,rtia. jo it ianivri.ts OK ll.T. KINDS, 3xcuted in the hi,'lit tyle of the Art, and on the mot reasoiiaMo temn. DU. . I ITC'Iv. Siirstoii lrntlst. i i t?r when d:'iri. irou(ilurit, Ia. 1 ! jjU. K. BRUCK JOHNSTONE, Homoeopathic Physician, Residence: Benjamin Dungan, Cherry Valley, MONUOE C'OCXTY 1A. May 13, 1S75. ly. JJR. A. LUWIS FtlltliZIL'FF, Physician, Surgeon and Accoucheur, Sand Cut, Wayne Co., Pa. A!J case promptly attended, to day or nijjlit. Charge moderate. Miy '7o-tf. T) II. HOWARD I" ATT CRSO X , Payiician. Surgeon and Accoucheur, j OSee and Residence, Ma'ui street, Stroud- I fcirff, IV, in the building formerly occupied fc ir. S-ip. Prompt attention given tocalls. - ' l r ( 7 to 9 a. ru. 02ce fcemr - 1 " S p. ni. ( 6 " S p. m. ApdJ 1C ls74-ly. r. c;eo. sy. jack sox faVSICIVS. SCBCCOX AXD AlCUl'CHElR. In the old office of Dr. A. Reeve Jackon, reideiue, Cirncr of .ira!i and Franklin htreet. STROUDSBURG, PA. D iTin s. i:. Attorney at I-aw, Gr. door aUive the " Stroudsburg House," Sroiid-l):irjr, I'a. Collection!" triinpllr made. October 2Z, 1ST 4. MCRCJiixrs' norsi:, 113 &. 115 A.rtl Thirl Sstrert, PHILADELPHIA. t&" Rsduced rates. $1 75 per da-.tJl IIKN11Y STAHN, PropT. L. t. Svvi.F.R, Clerk. Not. G, IS74. 6m. WILLIAM S. REES, Surveyor, Conveyancer and Real Estate Agent. wm . i i 3 m T . tarm&. nmDer Liano.3 ana iowu jjols i FOR SALE. Office nfMrlv rtmnsitc American jldI ;M door hvlow the Corner Store. MaxcS 20, 17.".-if. DR. J.LANTZ, SURGEON & MECHANICAL DENTIST. btill hai Vis !:"'. on Mai'i ir?et, In the serond ry f I'r. S. V'iil! iu . l.rii k lu:lditii. nearly orijiosite tiie Strondliur Jloiiie. anJ he flat.T hini-lf that by eigh teen ruan rii'.iii)t ira- ti. e and the tnoM earnest and erful aiftilion a'.l matt--r. p.-rtai ninirr to lii pro fenion. lliat h i fuliy aid.- tn ,'rfnrui all onerstioin in the dental lin- in the most carfful ?wi skillful nuu- Spr-ial atteniirtn givni avin; the Natural Teeth; aro, to the invriinn of Artificial Jcrth m luMr, oid, Silver, x Oiutiuuoui uuin and pr-rfect ftts in all ! Uot p-Tvms know the cr-'t frilly and danpr of en trusting tli'-ir work to t lie iueipt,ri,'n''-d. or to t ho Ii v l xt a diitain e. April 13, 174. tf. D 0'T you know tliat J. II. McCartv Sons are the only Under- takers iu Stroudsburg who understands thvir j rbusineKS? If not. attend a Funeral mauatred by any oth"r IJn lertaker in town, and you will sue the proof of the fact. June 18,'74-tf Aonii:u Tito v nox KV THE ESTEY COTTAGE ORGANS! Thec wuperior and lioan'ifiilly finislod in trtiment; so far eclirpsed their otiitUtor in volume, purity, sweetness mid delicacy of lone, a to carry off the lirst and only premium jriv en to exliihitors of red Organs at the Monroe County Fair, lu-ld Septemher 2o, 1S74. lluv r.nt.T the btr(. For price !it address Oct f-tf.1 J. Y. SIOAFCS, ASON TOOK PAPER IIAStiER, GLAZIER AND PAINTER, MOMIOE STREET, Nearly opposite Kautr's Blacksmith Shop, Stroi dsblko. Pa. The undersigned would ro-pec' fully in form the citizens of Siroudsburg and vicinity that he in now hilly prepared to do all kioilb of Paper llanjfinw. Glazing and Painting, promptly and at ehort notice, and ihat he will kep constantly on hand u fine block o! Paper Hangings of all deecrip' ions and at low prici. The puirunaoe of the public i earnestly solieted. Mi,.v 16' MORMON HISTORY. Horrible Story of Cold-Blooded Assas sination. The recent attempted assassination in Southern Utah of Phillip Klingen Smith the .Mormon bishop, who participated in the Mountain Meadow massacre and then turned State's evidence, has brought to light a diabolical deed which was com mitted by Brighatu's agents hi Ser.tem. bur. 1S57. The following story is from the Truckle Republican of December 22, and was related to the editor of that journal il fS Vy one of the prophet's iaoine assassins : "ihc Aiken party. composed of the Aiken brothers, a man known as -Colonel,' one named Buck and two others, started East from California just as Johnson's army was entering Utah. They were wealthy gentleman of an adventrous, speculative turn, and had the finest outfit of mules, equipments, guns, pistols, etc.. ever seen in Salt Lake City. They carried with them about $30,000 in gold. On the IIuntbol.lt they fell in with a train going East, and trav eled with the emigrants until they reach ed the Utah settlement. Near Ogen thev were arrested as spies, brought to Salt Lake City and closely confined. Utah was under martial law, and this fact was the pretext lor this outrage. The emigrant train came along and vouched for the men as being ?"odr 1,onest gctlcmoii, but without effect. aiicii iiiuiu-jr was ioo tempting a prey. fter being incarcerated some' time, two t fv . , , ailii fi.r -,,l,o.-. . . ,.1 ,. .. . , spilt hv t 10 Miirlin.iK t I -j ; r t. ,r . i . i, .!.. r- an securt. I lie apparent fairness oi this move vanishes wiien we learn that the escort was l'ortcr Rockwell. John Lot and One-eyed Mites, three of the blackest hearted villians that ever lived. When the j party arrived at Nephi. a council was called j among the Mormons, and sixteen men j were appointed tj-use up' the Aiken party. x The few who opposed the cold-blooded plot I were silenced by the argument that it was (Jod's will expressed through his prophet j Uiigham. At midnight a team was fitted j out and driven on ahead of the Aiken party. who were asieep at .ephi. I he next even ing just as the victims were camping at the Sevier river, a party of men drove up from the opposite direction and asked permission to camp with them. THE PLOT OF THE MUUPEIt Was well planed. The Aiken party never suspected that these men were assa.-sins, who had been in Nephi the night before. The)' were pleased to have company, and the camp fires were built side by side. The ! Mormons outnumbered their victims four j to one, yet were too cowardly to make the i attack until sleep rendered the poor victims j helpless; then they pounced upon the sleep ing, defenceless lellows and struck them on the head with king-bolts, clubs and iron t ti. n ? l i l ,.i a i-..: ..a OJI?. V OlUllUI UUUIIUUU Ul, UllU Ul UIML'U ! and bleeding as he was. escaped in the j bushes. A second one of the Aiken boys J sprang to his feet, but was shut down. j The other two were brained where they ; lay. The three lifeless bodies were thrown into the river, and the brother who was shot down revived when he come in con f tact with the cold stream. Poor fellow, a Iloue i night of horror awaited him which was worse than a thousand deaths. Crawling over the cruel pebbly botton of the river, drenched, bleeding and half dead, the man reached the willows near the camp. Here he lay shivering with fear arid heard the murderers boast of the brutal deed. Sum moning all his strength the wounded man crawled away through the bushes AND STAItTEU HACK TO NEPHI. It snowed lightly during the previous day, and that night there was a bitter, biting frost. Aiken had on nothing but his i,auts and shirt. The crisp snow and the sharp ttoncs cut his feet until he could hardly endure the jain. Weak from loss of blood, dazed and stunned by blows on his head, cold, deserted and lonely, weary and worn out. the man traveled all niirht ion Naught but thoughts of a murder ed brother hying mangled and unburied in the black waters of the fcevier gave him strength to press forward to where he vainly hoped for assistance. Just at dawn he completed his twenty-six mile journey, and fell exhausted at the foot of the little hill iu the outskirts of Nephi. lie had fallen in front of a house, and from the inmates he learned that one of his com rades had likewise escaped and had ascended the bill only a few moments before. Wild with the hope that it was his brother, he .struggled to his feet and staggered onward. In spite of all his efforts befell heavily four or five times, and could not rise until he had lain still and rested for a few moments. When he reached the hotel he found the Colonel instead of his brother. The poor, half-murdered men tittered not a word, but locked iu each other's arms fell swooning to the ground. Even the Mormons who looked upon the scene were affected to tears. f 'O L D -1 J LOO P E ? ASSASSINATION Awaited these brave fellows after all. Thoughtlessly. they told that they recog nized some of their murderers. The hotel was guarded day and night by the Mor mons lest the victims should escape. The hotel -ke per was in league with the assas sins. His team had hauled the murderers to the Sevier. When three weeks had passed, the wounded men had so far re covered as to wish to return to Salt Lake City. The hotel-keeper refused to let them go until his bill was paid. They had escap ed with nothing but a gold watch and a silver-mounted Colt's revolver. Their money snd valuable property was laying in the Ncpul tithing office in Cod's store house. They offered the hotel-keeper the watch worth $250, for their bill, but he demanded the revolver instead. As he took the pistol, Aiken said : 'There goes our last friend. We'll never leave this val ley alive.' Disarmed, wounded and utterly helpless, these men were put into a wagon and driven to an old stable a few miles out of Nephi. The driver backed his wagon up close to this stable and unhitched the horses, saying; he wanted to feed them. The hind end of the wagon had been taken out before starting and as soon as the horses were out of the way A VOLLEV OF HUCKSIIOT Fired from the stable fairly riddled the bodies of -the two Californians. The party of cowardly wretches concealed in the stable continued to fire until every muscle in the victims' bodies ceased to quiver. Then they stripped off the clothing and thew the bodies into one of those round springs or natural wells which seem to have no bottom, and filled it in with large stones. To this day the place is known as 'Murder er's Spring.' Sufficient proof is in the possession of the 'United States officials at Salt Lake to convict the perpetrators of this frightful crime if justice could be obtained in Utah. Timothy 11. Foot is the hotel-keeper's name ; Wolfe is the man who drove the fatal wagon and Bishop Bryant presided over the council at Nephi that passed the sentence of death. Actual participants in the crime have confessed, and if protected would testify to all the particulars. From one of the murders I obtained my information. I have not colored any portion of the narrative : the bare facts are before you." Seventeen Years Among Savges. An Australian correspondent of the Lon don Times writes : "An interesting case of naturalization of a w hite man among sava ges has just come to light. Seventeen years ago the French ship St. Paul, with three hundred and twenty-seven Chinese coolies for Australia, was wrecked on a reef off llossel Island, in the Louisiade Archi pelago, eat of of New Guinea. The coolies were lauded on an island, where they were left by the captain. The story of the China men is a short one, for, as the natives hap pened to be cannibals, it seemed good to them to fetch off the fattest every day and eat them, so that when at last a ship came to fetch them away there were only seven teen left. The boat containing the captain and his crew of eight Frenchmen made the coast of Australia near Cape Direction, on the Cape York Peninsula, and the captain and crew landed in search of water. Among them was a boy twelve years old, named Narcisse Pelletier, of St. Giles, near Bor deaux, who cut his feet badly in walking over the rock, and unable to keep up with the others ; consequently, when the boat started on its course he was left behind, and remained three days alone on the coast. He was lying asleep under a tree when a gentle shaking made him aware that he was in the pressence of three black men and two black women who made signs of surprise and commiseration. Thev gave him some food, and led him away without any vio lence to their camp, where he was received by others of the tribe in an equally friend ly manner. He became one of the tribe and adopted their way of living, which, as he describes it, is, perhaps, as primitive as any that can now be found. Shelter and clothing are dispensed with altoget'-cr, ex cept that the women wear a small fringed girdle around the hips. Their food con sists of fish, which they take entirely by spearing and harpooning, fruits, and a few animals. They use fire for cooking, obtain ing it by rubbing two pieces of dry wood together. Their jicrsonal ornamentations consists of a few scars made by cutting the flesh with broken bottles and pinching up the incision repeatedly until a cork-like ex crescence is formed. The design, as ex emplified in his person, consists of two straight cords across the lower part of the chest, the longer of them about teu inches iu length, about a third of an inch thick in the middle, and tapering off to the ends, the other somewhat smaller ; four or five short lines parallel to these and above them on each side of the front of the chest all the lines being about an inch apart : some similar short lines or 'crackling1 in front of the right shoulder, and a few slight ones in front of the left ; besides that he has a hole through the lobe of the right ear large enough to hold a piece of wood of the size of a five franc piece when stretched, and finally a hole through the division of the nose to ad mit a piece of bamboo as large as a common lead pencil just below the nostrils. They do not practice any other mutilation or modification of any part of the body, but they cut their hair (which is black ami straight not curled iu the smallest degree) with broken botth's. The incisions applied to the women differ only in pattern from those of the men. When it rains heavily they try to shelter themselves with pieces of bark or branches, but they have not even the rudiment of a hut. They seldom stay long in one place. They have no stone im plements in use ; their weapons and fish spears are tipped with iron, obtained from hoops of casks picked up on the beach Their language, about a hundred words of which have been written down lrom Pelle tier's dictation, does not appear to have any thing in common with Malay, or any Pa puan dialects, of which vocabularies are at hand. It abounds in nasal sounds. They are wholly unable to count, and have no words for numlcrs. Their relations between the sexes are those which obtain among piimrj's etprr than m-oi. T', ptrong take three or four women each, and fights for their iMtssession are of frequent occur rence. When a man for any reason is dis satisfied with or tired of his wife, he simp ly spears her and there is an end of it. Domestic troubles are consequently of short duration. Neither cannibalism or infanti cide is practised by this tribe ; on the con trary, according to Pelletier's statement, the' are rather good-natured people, and would be kind to any white man who came among them unarmed. Of any religion, or belief in the existence of any kind of un seen world, they appear not to have the slightest vestige. Pelletier is, of course, a living curiosity. lie is to be handed over to the French Consul at Sydney, who will no doubt forward him to France. What his ultimate fate may be no one can say, but it is certain that if he is to thrive as a civilized man he will require a large amount of discretion than his training up to this point is likely to hare given him." A NEW CURE FOR PARALYSIS. Eow a Young Women Restored Her Par alyzed Arm to Action. From the Virginia Enterprise. "About a year ago a curious thing hap pened here," yesterday remarked a robust and rosy-cheeked butcher, whom we had been complimenting on his fresh and healthy appearance. "I know," continued our butcher acquaintance, "that, as a rule, men engaged in my business enjoy good health, and have a fresh, rosy look ; but whether dabbling in blood and breathing and ab sorbing the fumes and vapors arising from fresh meats has nothing to do with this, as you appear to believe. I cannot say ; neither have I seen any blood drinking, either by butchers or others. But, as I have said, a very curious circumstance occurred here about a year ago. I generally work in the market so I must get my red cheeks through what I absorb from the meats 1 handle but about a year ago one of our butchers took sick, and I filled 1 is place in the slaughther house for about six weeks. "I had not been in the slaughter house long until one afternoon about two o'clock our time to begin killing a carrl;e drove up. Two ladies alighted ; one known to me as the wife of the "superiuU-ndent of i one of our leading Comstock mines, and the other a young lady from San Francisco, as I afterward learned. 1 saw, almo.-t as soon as the ladies arrived, that the younger one had no use of her right arm. It was so completely paralyzed that she was obliged to move it about with her left hand. I ob served that when she wanted to put her deadhand into her muff she was obliged to reach through with her left, get hold of the hand and then draw it to where she wanted it, just as though it had been a skein of yarn. Well, it appears there had been some understanding about the vmmg lady com ing there, but what she did not a little sur prised some of us the first day she came. The ladies stood looking on w hile we hauled up a bullock and knocked him on the head. No sooner had the knite been withdrawn from the animal's throat than the young lady threw off the large mantle that she wore, and, rushing forward, sat down upon the fioor just at the bulleick s neck, where a torrent of blood was gushing. She then bared her right arm and thrust it into the shoulder into the gaping and blood-spouting throat of the animal, holding it there until the blood had ceased to flow. We were then killing about thirty animals every afternoon, and every day regularly the girl came and thrust her dead arm into the bleeding throat of one or more of them. That girl had great courage, and was not one of your over-nice kind, I can tell you. She had a coarse elrcss ofsonieneavy wool len stuff that she wore for the purpose, and when the bullock fell, and the knife had done its work, she at once ran up and seated herself on the floor, as regardless of the blood as if it had been so much water. There she would hang across the neck of the beast until it ceased to bleed. She was so brave that we were all glad when she got well. I remembered how happy she was when she came one day and showed us that she could begin to open and close her fingers. From that time forward she im proved rapidly. Soon she could move her arm, and finally could grasp and lift things with her hand. I think she came for about three weeks before she was cured. The last day she came she was quite bright and merry more so than I had ever seen her. After putting on her mantle she thanked us all for our kindness to her and shook hands with us, giving us the cured hand, which, as she laughingly said, we had 'some right to.' After the young lady went away we thought we should see many persons there to try the blood bath, but none have ever come. The girl was the only one, and I never saw anything like it be fore or since." Baknum, the philosophic showman, lec tured in New York the other day on "The World, and I low to Live in it." We make the following homely and sensible extract, which deserves to be read and pondered everywhere : "The only real economy is to regulate the outgo to the income, so that the latter shall be greater than the former, and every year we shall be worth more than the pre? ceding one. The real comforts of life cost but little ; it is the eyes of others, not our own eyes, that rule us ; it is the fear that Mrs. Grundy shall have something to say that governs us. The real wants cost lit tle iu comparison to what is earned, but it is this outside show that is so unfortunate j for Americans. 'Pay as you go' is the philosopher's stone, nearer f-hy unv al- ' o'.rniirt ar get it." The Hungry Ten Thousand. Many amusing as well as some sorrowful stories are being related in connection with the unprecedented raid upon Washington for the two hundred and odd subordinate places in the house of representatives at the disposal of the Democratic part'. Among others is that of the two ancient ex-members of congress who years before the war figured somewhat ennspicuoously as pro slavery leaders iu the house of representa tives. W:h the fall of slavery and rebel lion these individuals sank out of sight, but came to the surface again as soon as the Democratic party had achieved its first vcitory. They repaired to Washington on the assembling of Congress, one seeking the position of clerk of the house and the other that of sergeant-at arms. Both were defeated and they next sought places of a lower grade, and so kept going lower until they reached the fold ing and pasting department of the docu ment rooms, where they were finally i' i . i suceessiui in securing quarters at a salary oi eight hundred dollars a year, for the per formance of the humblest drudirery. The New York World's Washington corres pondent asserts that the applicants for the various places in the gift of the house of representatives, from clerk down to pasters and folders, numbers not less than ten thousand, representing every state from Maine to California and from the northern borders to the Gulf of Mexico. Hundreds of these applicants are unable to reach their homes again except by the assistance of the members of congress who represent their districts. A once rather conspicuous state legislator of South Carolina has secured era- ployment to w heel the mails from the house j present time. There .-.' e I'.OSS school dis of representatives to the city post office, j tricts iu the State ; !7.:2 schools, an in-f while others who held equally prominent j crease of 45l) ; lc..) school directors. 87 positions in the south before the war are ! superintendents. l;.80 teachers, 8U.17:; happy in securing positions as assistant I pupils in all, and 5ol ,H4 S average attend-deior-keepers and similar unpretentious j a nee. an increase of Average salary piaeo. The post master of the house of j representatives, Col. Stewart, has given i great offense by taking all his assistants 1 from among his own neighbors at Alex- ndria. including al! his male relatives, while Mr. Adams, the clerk of the house, com mitted a like offense by giving all the best r,,as in.hi l 'tubers of his own family including the chief clerkship to his uncle, Green Adams, formerly a member of congress from Kentucky. Notice Under the Exemption Law. Judge Pearson, of Ilnrrhburg, has de cided a case involving the notice required from a debtor who elects to retain three hundred dollars under the act tf 1K71, ex empting personal property from levy and sale and securing to the debtor the remain- il.ir nidinr in hiinl ov tiininv in 1iimLi lin the deficiency. All the property of Kphiram u' T':1' U5- '-" oi r i Ney had been sold, on a fi. f'ti ". and the day s(j.10uls u 16 XM TC without giving serious after the seizure Nov served a written no- ,'c1 ,t0 anybody. If tl.e work of the tiec on the sheriff that he claimed the bene- scl"?'.jl be so arranged to aduw the Bible lit e.f the exemption law. The appraisers 'n h'' at toe close of the day, valued the personal property at $04 70, j Iie.lthr Iuss u! nme ,,u,r d;rdcr need re which was returned to Ney : rcpoited that ?ult f.rom n V,:irt J'e pupils qu.ctly leav- ' 1 i the real estate could not be divided without prejudice, and it was sold for $410. Mr. Ney made claim to $2!J5 24 of this fund, which, with the appraiseel value of his per sonal estate. $04 70. made SiUO. The main point raise'd was, whether the notice served upon the sheriff was sufficient to entitle tie Nay to claim a portion ef the money in Court to take out his $300 of the real es tate. The Court held that, although it was certainly itimated that the party must express his determination to take land, if capable of division, andean only get his money from the necessity of a sale, because it will not divide, yet the exact form or no tice is not prescribed by the statute, nor is it clearly set forth in the cases cited. If it had been we may probably suppose it woulel have been adhered to on the principle of "stare decisis." More mature rejection and the habit of society have caused a re laxation of what we might infer was in teneled by those earlier cases, though in reality they all turned on other points. As a general rule I think that old law, like old wine, is better than new, in this instance the new is preferable. By the notice served in the present case the officer was fully rip prised of the defendant's demand, and what he claimed and desired. We find him ac cordingly selecting appraisers ; they valu ing the personal property selected by the debtor, determining that the real estate would not divide and fixing iu value. The notice given was fully understood and its work as proved by the result. The corrt directed the $2'd5 24 to be paid to Ney as claimed. Curious surgery. A number of years ago a young Iowa farmer dislocated his limb, which was not properly reelueed, and left his leg two inches short, which was lengthened out with cork sele and hi;el. A few days ago a woman ran against him, the wheel-hub striking him on the defective hip, and knocking him over. When he arose his leg was two inches too long, and he was obliged to remove his coi k-exten- sion, the wheel having reduced the dislocu- tion. He walked home immediately. w Leonard Kapp, of Marieui township, Berks county, raised this year, on a farm of 105 acres. 1,800 bushels of good wheat, 70 bushels of rye, 1,540 bushels of corn, 800 bushels of eats, 300 bushels of potatoes, 40 loads of hay, 80 loads ofstraw, besides raising and pasturing 30 head of horned cattle, 17 swine unel 9 horses. The value of the crops raised was $5,851, besides the stock. Who says that firtuiug docs uot p-jf ini'injgfd rg . ' What Hampers Industry. If now we reflect upon these fads how one large sli' e of the aggi '.g. te product of industry is shorn off by the prodigality and I! - recklessness of governments ; how another large-slice is shorn off by the criminal clas ses, directly to support themselves, and in directly to iUpport those persons by whom they are watched and guarded ; anothr-r large slice by the drones, who contribute nothing and take much ; and a fbuith by those habitual vices which render us unfit l r continuous and effective exertion, we shall see one reason why thj lump that i.i left to be distributed among actual workers, and others entitled to it. is xi diminished. The rats have nibbled at the cum. The capital of the nation, which is only its sav ings for future use, is pared away before ii can be put to that use. A vast crop ,f funguses impoverish the soil that would be. otherwise drawn around the roots of whole some plants. Jt other words, th wealth i of society, which is all it has to live uiioii !i - i .- ..... ... iu:e creating new weaiin, is cii vert eel lrom the process oi' creation to various ele.-truc-tie processes, l'ewards of labor that would have gone to the creators are sucked into the remorseless jaws of the destroyers, aui they who deserve mr.'jh are robbed by those who deserve uone. L'coiiomical and just, governments, good habits, ami the extirpa tion of the blood-suckers, are the primary conditions of a better distribution of the trains of industrial enterprise. AVjc York Post. i. ii - . ? it - i - i ,. The ltpoit of the Superintendent of Pub lic Instruction for the Stale of Pennsylvania, is a document of considerable interest at the jt male teachers per month. S H. 07, a de crease ot fcl.fcstrom liii ; average salary oi female teachers, 834 O'J. a decrease of 81, 73. Average cost of tuition per pupil each month, )2 cents ; cost of tuition fir the year, 84,74(5.875 52. an increase of $219, 5i;G.4'J ; cost of buiidirgs, etc., $2,059. 4G4 So total cost of tuition, fuel, building, and continironcie?. $9.25 l.doO.l'd, an ine-reasu of $297,158.70 over the past year. There was also an increase of $541,941.02 in the total expenditures for scheiol purposes dur ing the year. The estimated value of the school property is $24,200.7 SO. Coiwern ing the question of retaining the Bible in the public schools the report saws : "I would iike to have a copy of the Bible up on the desk of every teacher, in the sight of all the children in the land. The pan ful alternative of discontinuing the use of the Bible in the public schools is seldom i- i 1 i i- th e room at a given signal A school house has been erected at Dan ville which cost about $o5.00'l. The receipts of Berks county from taxes, etc., in 1875 were $2I4,40; 03, and the expenditures 8l95,8o0 70. Tiieue were fifty births and twenty-five deaths in Aileiitown during the months ef December. Forty-eight marriages were recorded eluring the same perioil. Ten convicts from Luzerne county were taken to the Eastern Pentcntiary a few days ago. Their aggregate sentences reach ed sixty-five years five months. One of the convicts received fourteen years and ten months. The Sunbury Daily says : Ministers evi dently are plain spoken in Selinsgrove. Not long since, while one of them was ser monizing from the pulpit, the church door opended and a young lark hesitatingly stood in the doorway. The rcveretied gen tleman gave him a withering look and caused his suelden retreat by saving --Go out, young man, s'tcs nut here !"' The annual report of Aeljutant General Latta shows that there are now in the ser vice S79 oftie-ers and 9,273 enlisted men ; 194 company organizations, ( cavalry, 0 artillery and 178 infantry. But six infan try companies are unattached. The rest are attacheel to nineteen regiment organiza tions. There is one provisional battalion of four companies. The Adjutant General speaks well of the different commands. One of the most, singular breach of promise cases on recortl has just occurred in New York. About twelve years ago Mr. and Mrs. Saulspaugh were divorced, in 1 ST I they were reconciled, Mr. S. invit ing his former wifo to become his house keeper under a promise of remarriage. Month after month passed, only to bring about a postponement ed the happy day. Finally the woman's patience became ex- hausted, and she has just sued her former husband for damages, as stated. Tiik : suspension of worl in tl,.. Vmm. l r i t n - ing coal region will not affect the Lack awanna region. The Delaware, Lack awanna and Western Railroad Company, Delaware and Hudson Canal Company and Pennsylvania Coal Company, the principal corporations operating in the Lackawanna Valley, although having their yards stocked at tide-water, ceimmand along their great highways a sufficient inland trade to keep their mines working during the winter sea son at their present oao-ci'.y, r u tt).e rvj'- t.S-- h'jl: r.iuv.
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