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VOL. 33.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., MAY 4, 1876.
NO. 49.
OLJDj
piMishpd by Theodore Nchoch.
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PUIVTIXG
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KAST STItOri)SI)llt(r PA.
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- i;.:nL aJnmistired lor tt:u-ting
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Pa.
f.Tan. fi,'7r,-tf.
i xffis uiiuviai ;rp,
PiysiciaSt Surgeon and Accoucheur,
S vxi) Crr, Wayxk Co., 1.
it -.trnviilv attended, to day or nisxht.
pu. c;i:o. v . j ac lis ox
ivv'rn.
AM) AiTOlTIIEUR.
i n.v.r n"'i
linililin, tvarly ij-!K-e
mi :ir:ih street.
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Surveyor, Conveyancer and
Seal Estate Agent, j
i
Farms, Timber Lands and Town Lots
FOR SALS.
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cn.vito American
; tiic Corner Sluie.
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JRGEjN t IiIEGSANICAL DENTIST.
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fini-isite the
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tjV.'L !.v.i:t'T ).Tt:ii!:illl t ll ts jirn
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i:i ca.-i-fiil anU skillful mali-
t .-'v. ; : i s-tvin; the Tatiir:il T.-th :
, "f .:!;:'- rl 'IV. :h on KuMx-r.
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jSTEY COTTAGE ORGANS!
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t- l'i c.irrv i
en !o esiiilii
'.'iMlitv ';i'.r
rir.;- :ui'l lieautiftilly fir.islicd in
far oe. i; se. 1 ilicir competitor in
y, -'.vteMu'ss :iik1 'ei icacy of tone,
il ilii1 lir-t :iul onlv prtini'im iriv
'.rs of n-oil Oralis at the Monroe
lie!.
S. pteini.r "J"), 1 S74.
Tor juice li-t address
J. Y. SIC Al'l'.S,
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PAPER H A x ii E R,
GLAZIER AND PAINTER,
M ON' ROE STREET,
Nearly opposite Kautz's Blacksmith Shop,
Stroibsburo, Pa.
Tie uii.'crsigned would respectfully in
form the citizens nf Stroudsburg and vicinity
,1;t he is now fully prcpired to doall kinde
Paper Haninjr," Glazing and Painting,
promptly and at ehort notice, and that he
keep constantly on hnnd a fine t-tock of
ppcr Haiiginj.s of all descripi ions and at
low pries. The patronage of the public
wraestiy golictcd. " Alay 16, 1872.
FOR SALE,
I-
A ii in! 1p Incise r.il'1 lot, near the Court
It i K. t . hc.ij.. Will lie M,M together or wpa-
i'Uti' t j Mit l.n ri-liMi.r
"Ul", l.-r.2::, ls;.-.,r.
welling House for Sale.
,,r)" lii al,,. (.,.. s.(.r,. 1 I ; ir,iiv iinit;li II-
iic S..-VI-U iiMin'i.s, one of which iMsuital le
tor ;i Slur.' li'Mini sitiKiteoti M;iiii streot.
3.. i" tin- IJi.ri.uiyl, i.f St i-mnlshii r-'. The
'.iiiUliii is nearly new, aid every part
Hi'xl condition.
For terms Ae
Iht: 'J, l7.Vtf
CAUTION !
All
tn
Persons are lierehv rnntlonod not to
'u.v; on any property 'of the undersioned,
"-.ii .-inma towns hi t. Monroe county, ra.
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l" lull extent of the law. .
Str, . , JACOB II. IJUTTS.
MiurS, July 2'.l, 1.H75.
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yon lition- IIat .1. II.
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'uUr " y -ous are me ouiy uimn-
W-iii ,.lU- Ar,,VLishiTj! who understands their
j,,.' '' If not. attend a Funeral managed
other Undertaker in tovvo, and you
the pronfof the fact,
ue is, :Ul-
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VALUABLE STOCK AT
PRIVATE SALE.
The iiinlersineil utTers at jirivntr sale the foUon in-'
eehliratiil M.ck of Cows, lleifen ami Talve-, wlih-h
lireeil was iiniMirtinl liv Fowler, one the Inst jwlxes
of st.M-k in the FnitiHl States. "
A lot of Ayrshire Cows ami Heifers.
A lot of Ourhant Cows ami Heifers.
A lot of crossed stock.
A lot of Ayr-hire Calves.
A lot of DurliMin t.'alves.
The stock can lie examiiieil on the stock farm of Col.
r K. Norton, near tliis l'.orougli. For terms, Ac. call
Stromlshurpr. April (., ISTt..
J)1IX SKIAVOOI).
DOWN TOWN
AVe the undersigned respectfully- inforni
the citizens of kStroudsburg and vicinity,
that we have added to our large assort
ment of
HATS AND CAPS,
A complete and carefully selected stock of
Men's & Youths' Ready-
of the latest and
and best ijuality.
pletc line of
most fashionable styles
AVe have also a com-
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS.
IMeasc give us a call and examine our
stock ami prices before ymi purchase else
where. A e shall soon offer a
UK'tlt of
large assort-
Urnbrellas, Traveling Bags, &c.
You will find us one door west of Key-
st.-itio Dnvr Sfiirr .I:in Strit Striiiirl;.
burg, pa.
X. 1. Silk Hats ironed and repaired
at notCCm r,ye us a t..au.
WALTON' & AYIN'TEUMUTK.
Stroudsburg, April 2(1, 1876.
OFFICIAL NOTICE.
$000 REWARD!
nmi STROUDSBURG,
A tall-complexione.1 YOUNG MAN, a-ed
."i ft. (', in., heielit loO Un. Had on. when last
f-cen two oairs of pwallow-tailed sealsk
trousers, fashionable mutton cutlet waiscoat,
with delirium trimming; double-barrelled
frock coat, with horse collar and sausage
lining; patient leather-bottom top shoes, laced
up at the sole, and buttoned inside.
He i-t tleaf and dumb of one eye and hard
of hearing with the other, with a slight squint
in his eve teeth ; stoops very up right with a
loud impediment in his look, chignon on up
per lip with whiskers bitten off f hort inside;
mouth like a torn pocket ; hair of a deep scarlet
blue and parted from ear to yonder; Calves of
leg rising 4 year?, to be koM cheap on ac
count of the clearness of milk ; very liberal
with other peoples' money, atid well known to
a good templar, having been eleventcen years
a member of the I. O. G. T. (I Often Get
Tight Society).
Anv one who knows of Ids whereabouts will
please report at the
Empire Clothing Store,
where he will find the
LARGEST and BEST ASSORTMENT
OF
Men and Boy's Clothing,
Hats and Caps,
Gents' Furnishing Goods,
Trunks, Valices, &c. &c.
kept in this vicinity, and which we will sell
at the
LOWEST PANIC PRICES !
If you want to save money don't fail to ex
amine our stock before purchasing elsewhere.
If you want GOOD GOODS at low prices,
there is no place in Monroe County to com
pete with the EMPIRE CLOTHING STORE.
Our new ptock is complete in every particu
lar. Please call and examine for yourselves.
SIMON FRIED,
at Kmpikk CiAWHixo Sioke.
Htiotidsburg, March 23, l.S7(. if.
BLANK MORTGAGE
y. r s;tlf a this Office.
Store !
NEW INSANE HOSPITAL.
The following is the text of the bill for
a new hospital fur the insane, just passed
by the Legislature. It applies to the south
eastern counties of Pennsylvania, which are
now unprovided with an institution of the
kiud. The establishment of this hospital
has been strongly urged by the State Medi
cal Society, and it has been warmly advoca
ted by Pr. Curwen of llarrisburg.
An act to provide for the selection of a
site and the erection of a State hospital for
the insane for the city and county of Phila
delphia, and the counties of Rucks, Montgo
mery, Lehigh, Northampton, Monroe, Dela
ware ami Chester, to be called thc';State
Hospital for the Insane for the Southeastern
District of Pennsylvania"; and for the man
agement of the same.
Skction 1. Be it enacted, That the
Governor shall appoint nine commissioners
to select a site and build a hospital for the
insane for the Southeastern district of Penn
sylvania, embracing the city and county of
Philadelphia, and the counties of Rucks,
Montgomery, Lehigh, Northampton, Mon
roe, Delaware and Chester, two of said com
missioners to be chosen from citizens of the
city and county of Philadelphia, and one
from each of the other counties embraced
in the district aforesaid, who shall serve
without compensation.
Suction 2. Said commissioners shall
select within four months of the date of
their appointment a tract of land not less
thau than ' two hundred acres in extent,
within convenient distance from the city of
Philadelphia, and easily accessible from all
the counties embraced in said Southeastern
district.
Section 3. The tract of land so selected
shall be good arable land, with an adequate
supply of good water, and large facilities for
drainage from the hospital buildings ; and
said tract of land so selected shall be ap
proved by the Governor in writing, and its
cost shall be approved by the Roard of Pub
lic Charities in writing before the purchase
money shall be paid, and the deed for the
same shall be taken in the name of the
Commonwealth ; but nothing herein con
tained shall prevent said commissioners from
receiviwr a deed to the Commonwealth in
fee for any land donated for the purpose
aforesaid.
Section 4. The said commissioners shall
: dopt such plan for said hospital as shall
ii.volve an expenditure exclusive of the
!and not over eight hundred dollars per in
n. ate when completed and ready for occu
I ancy, and said plan shall be in accordance
with the best design for the construction of
such institution, shall be well and securely
built, without expensive architcctual adorn
ments or unduly large or costly administra
tive accommodations, which would lessen
its ability to receive and care for the suffer
ing class, for which such hospital is to be
erected ; and no changes shall be made in
the same so as to mcterially affect its gen
eral character without the consent of the
Governor and the Roard of Public Charities.
Section 5. The said commissioners shall,
with the advice and consent of the Gover
nor and Roard of Public Charities, have
power to fix the salary of the superintend
ent of construction and of such other persons
as they may think it necessary to employ
in order to secure the proper and economi
cal construction of the building : Provided,
That the total expense of said buildings and
grounds shall not exceed six hundred thous
and dollars.
Section fi. To enable the commissioners
to purchase the land and to make necessary
preparation for the erection of the build
ing provided for, the sum of twenty-five
thousand dollars (25,000) is hereby ap
propriated, to be drawn from the treasury
as the same may be required in the pur
chase of laud and erection of building here
inbefore described on warrants signed by
the chairman of the commission and coun
tersiged by the president or general agent
of the Roard of Public Charities.
Section 7. Said Commissioners shall
proceed to erect said buildings and complete
the same at as early a period as possible com
patable with the economical, substantial and
skillful execution of the work, and shall
make report to the Roard of Public Chari
ties of the amaunt of money expended by
them and of the progress made in the erec
tion of the building, semi-annually at least,
and oftener if so required by said board.
Section. 8. The said commirsioners up
on the completion of said hospital shall sur
render their trust to a board of managers,
to consist'of thirteen members, four of whom
shall be appointed by the Governor from
the State at large, two by the councils of
the city of Philadelphia and one by the
county commissioners of each of the other
counties embraced in the Southeastern dis
trict herein described. Said managers or
trustees shall be a body politic or coperate
by the name and style of the Trustees of
the State Hospital for the Insane of the
Southeastern district of Pennsylvania ; they
shall serve without compensation, and shall
manage and direct the concerns of the In
stitution, and make all necessary bydaws
and regulations not inconsistent with the
Constitution and laws of the Common
wealth. Section 9. That this hospital shall be
specially devoted to the reception, care and
treatment of the insane, und that ia the or
der of admission this class shall have pre
cedence over paying patients.
Section JO. That the several constitu
ted authorities having the care and charge
of the poor in the rcsjtectivc city and coun
ties named m tuis act shall have authority
to send to this hospital such indigent insane
under their charge as they may deem pro
per subjects, and they shall be generally
chargeable with the expenses ot the care and
maintenance and removal to and from the
hospital for such indigent insano.
Section 11. That the rights which now
reside in the courts as to the commitment
of the insane to the State hospitals shall be
possessed by the several courts of the afore
said Southeastern districts of Pennsylvania
in relation to the hospital herein named.
oECTlON 12. That the Governor, iudges
of the several courts of record of the Com
monwealth, and members of the Legisla
ture shall be cx-oflicio visitors of the insti
tution. Act Relative to Assignees.
The following is a correct copy of the
act relative to sales of real estate by
assignees, passed by the Legislature of this
State at the present session. It was framed
and advocated by Senator Yerkes, and its
passage was mainly due to the efforts of
the Rucks county members.
An Act to enable Assignees, for the
benefit of creditors, to make sales of Real
Estate encumbered by liens.
Whereas, It frequently occurs in as
signment for the benefit of creditors where
the assignor is the owner of a number of
tracts of land encumbered to such an extent
that it is impossible to ascertain definitely
whether a sufficient amount can be realized
to discharge all the liens, whereby the titles
made by the assignees are regarded as
doubtful, and the assignees are thereby
unable to make advantageous sale of said
real estate ; therefore,
SECTION 1. Jic it enacted hy the Senate
anil Jituse of Jieju'esentatires of the Com
moniccalth of Pennsylvania in General As
scmhly met, and it is hereby enacted by the
authority of the same, That in all assign
ments for the benefit of creditors it shall
and may be lawful for the several courts
of common pleas of this Commonwealth,
upon application of the assignees of insolvent
debters, setting forth that the personal es
tate is insufficient for the payment of the
debts, and the real estate encumbered with
liens to such an extent as to render it diffi
cult to determine whether the same can be
sold for enough to pay all the liens as afore
said, to grant an order, where the said
court shall deem it for the manifest interest
of all parties, authorizing and empowering
the said assignees to make public sale of
such real estate, or so much thereof as shall
be deemed necessary, at such place and
upon such terms as the said court shall
direct ; of which sale notice shall be given
twenty da-s prior thereto by hand bills
aud publication in at least two newspapers
in the county where said lauds are situated,
should two newspapers be published in the
county, one of which may be German, if
such be published in tho county ; which
sale or sales, after being confirmed by said
court, shall discharge all liens against the
real estate so sold, excepting that where
tue lien ot a mortiraire upon real estate is
or shall be prior to all other liens upon the
same property, except other mortggges,
ground rents and the purchase money due
the Commonwealth ; the lien of such
mortgages shall not be destroyed or in any
way affected by any sale made by virtue or
authority of any sale made under the pro
visions of this act, and the proceeds arising
therefrom shall be appropriated to liens
extinguished by virtue of such sale accord
ing to their priority : Provided, Reforc
said sale is authorlized the assignee or
assignees shall file a bond, with two ap
proved sureties in double the estimated
value of said real estate, conditioned for a
faithful appropriation of the proceeds there
of : A nd provided further, That the court
shall require such proof of notice of such
intended application to have been given to j
the lien creditors or their attorneys as said
court shall deem sufficient to give said lien
creditors an opportunity to be heard touch
ing said order of sale.
Section 2. Whenever said court shall
grant an order of sale as afuresid, said court
may order a stay of execution on all liens
that may be divested by such sale by the
assignee until said order shall be expended
or revoked : Provided, That it shall be law
ful for said court to extend any order of
sale, granted as aforesaid, or to award an
alias or pluries order of sale.
Section 3. Whenever any such assignee
shall make sale, cither public or private, of
any real estate, assigned under the deed of
assignments, and the assignor or any person
should refuse to surrender possession of the
real estate so sold to the purchaser at said
sale, it shall thereupon be lawful for said
purchaser, after having fully complied with
the terms of said sale, to tile a petition in
the court of common pleas of the proper
county setting forth the facts, and the said
court shall thereupon direct notice of the
tiling of such petition, to be served upon
the person, in possession, and requiring him
or her to show cause, within ten days from
the time of service of such notice, why
possession should not be surrendered to
such purchaser. The court shall, upon the
filing of such petition aud answer, or if no
answer be tiled then upon the expiration of
the ten days aforesaid, hear and determine
whether or not the purchaser is entitled to
possession, and if so make an order direct
ing the sheriff to deliver to said purchaser
possession of the premises: Provided,
That the liens of mechauics and material
mcu shall not in any way be invalidated or
impaired by any of the provisions of this
act, but the same shall iu all cases be
entitled to receive out of the proceeds of the
sale whatever sum they may be legally
entitled to, according to right and priority
of lien.
Samuel F. Patterson,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
John Latta,
President of the Senate.
Approved the seventeenth day of
February, Anno Domini one thousand
eight huudrcd and seventy-six.
J. F. IIaktuanft.
The Young Attorney.
The Detroit Free Press thus describes a
youngster who came to ' that place from
Rcstou to be a lawyer :
It was amusing how quickly that boy
picked up a knowledge of legal business.
It was his duty to stay in the office when
the lawyer went out, and he felt all the
importance of his position. When big
boys came aroutid to ask for a job of carry
ing up coal Thomas went for them heavy.
"Roy !" he would answer in a severe
voice, l l don't want to see you come to
grief, but if you don't hurry right down
stai;s I'll get out a capias, switch you be
hind the bars and have you hung before
grass starts !"
The attorney had to go to Chicago one
day, and he told Thomas that he might
wash the windows and slick up a little.
lhomas went in. He had new mattin?
put on the floor, put a painter at work
and hired an old woman to wash every
thing which could be washed. It was a
neat job all around, and he felt as if he
ought to be praised for his enterprise. The
attorney begun to scold, but Thomas re
marked :
"Ain't we as good as those one-horse
lawyers across the road ? Is a law office
a barn or is it a law office ?'
Two weeks atro he was told to down
and order half a ton of coal to keep the
stove going till warm weather. Some one
told him the coal would be considerably
higher next vear, and so, on the ground of
economy, he ordered five tons sent up, and
most of it had been dumped on the walk
before the attorney discovered the situation.
Thomas would probably have lasted a week,
or so longer than he did, but for his recep
tion of a lady client who came to see the
lawyer about applying for a divorce. The
lawj'er was trying the case in court, and
the boy had sole charge of the office. He
received the lady iu his usual urbane
manner, and when she inquired for the
attorney, ho replied :
"He is otif, but my legal services arc at
your disposal."
She didn't seem inclined to consult him,
aud he went on :
:Is it a case of wife beating or divorce?"
She intimated that he was an impudent
boy, and he replied :
"Ycry well, madam, we can't take your
case at all."
She said she'd call and see the lawyer,
but Thomas answered :
"It won't do you any good. We can't
take your case at all not for love or
money."
She returned two hours later, when the
lawver was in and Thomas was out. and it
was decided that the boy would have to
seek some other profession. That evening,
when so informed, he replied :
"All right. If I'm going to be a law
yer I want things to git up aud git around.
You don't want a lively boy around here,
and I saw that over a week ago."
It was intimated that ho hadn't better
"sass" any one, and he blandly replied :
"No one is sassiiig -ou. If you want
this partnership dissolved we'll part
frieudly. If you don't want to rush
things this is no place for me."
He is peddling peauuts now. and the
way he dusts around is the cause of his
having half a dozen fights per day.
Brave Western Girl.
ROMANTIC TRAGEDY IN INDIANA.
Parties from the neighborhood of the
occurrence furnish the following particulars
of a tragedy which was consummated near
Rlik City, on the Green river, Indiana:
It appears that Miss .Margaret Payne,
who resides a mile or two up the river from
the village mentioned above, had gone into
the place to make some purchases and spend
the day with a young lady acquaintance. In
the afternoon she started home, and when
about three quarters of a mile from the vil
lage, and at a point for from any house or
help, a burly negro man, who was out on
the water in a skiff, pulled into the shore
and sprang into the road, accosting the
young lady, and asking if he could walk
with her. Thoroughly frightened, she an
swered "No," and increased her pace. He
also hurried up, keeping by her side, but
between her aud the river.
Miss Payne's home was the nearest house,
aud between her and it lay a heavy strip
of brush and timber, lonesome, dark and
dense . At a point where an encroaching
hill crowded the road to the very vcragc of
the river, and where the bank was steep,
an inspiring thought flashed upon the brain I
of the sorely distressed damsel, and, mus
tering her strength for one signal effort,
when she reached that point she gave her
unwelcome companion a tremendious shove,
hulling him over the bank headlong in a
bed of quicksand. Then, without stopping
to look after the fate of the man, she ran
home at the top of her speed. The negro, of
course, was immediately swallowed up by the
sund. Ilii body has not been recovered,
though it can be distinctly felt with a pole.
He is supposed to be a tramp who had been
loitering about the neighborhood fur a few
weeks past, aud who is now missing.
U'ii W . !! .til
Ole Rull is in Paris.
A Wisconsin
at birth.
calf weighed
115 pounds
The Main Exhibition buildin
miles of walks.
; has el
even
The average population of the Eastern
Penitentiary is 720.
At Easton's Lafayette College just now
are ooo students
The Mayor of Oil City gets a salary of
one dollar a year.
Rerks county farmers are
their horses for mules.
exchanging
4
Roston is said to have sixty firms with a
capital of 81,000,000 each.
The cost of keqirig convicts in the State
Penitentiary is 31 cents pef day.
The Lehigh Yalley Railroad is 101 miles
long, 90 miles being double track.
Judge Pierson, of llarrisburg, has de
cided that venders of patent medicines must
pay license.
Hon. George Lear, of Rucks county, has;
been confirmed as Attorney-General of
Pennsylvania.
Jacob R. Wolf, of Bethel township,
Lebanon count', has an apple tree that
bears black apples.
Iloutzdale, Clearfield county, has eighty-
one voters, and sent up eighteen appl
tions for license to sell liquor.
The Montague Paper Company j Turner
Falls, Mass., have wound an unbroken
sheet of paper four miles long aud weigh
ing half a ton.
Reading has a base ball club calld
T X t mi
"The
jjazy jsme. ine members sit
on tnc
fence and look at a hired nine play the
game lor them.
If you want a relic of the Empress
Eugenie you can buy an inkstand she once
owned, now in possession of a eitizen of
Galveston, Texans, for 8350.
Two hundred and fifty dollars in geen
backs were found sewed up in an old vest
belonging to a gentleman who died in
Ebensburg, Pa., a few days ago.
An aged colored woman died recently hi
Crawford county, who two years before
her death began to turn in color ; and at
last became as white as any one.
Do you go to church ? There are G2,
522 churches in the United States, with
sittings for 11,395, 542 people. The total
value of church property is $349,019,780.
Some people regard it as singular that
man "who never played cards in his life,
because it's wicked," will exact fifteen per
cent, interest from a widow. Detroit Free
Press.
Out West the agriculturists are crumb
ling bits of clod iu their horny fingers,
wondering if they contain anything over
eight thousand grasshopper eggs to the
peck.
The quest ou. "Can any good come out
Nazareth ?" has been answered in the
of
affirmative. Annie Good came out of Naz
areth, and was arrested in Reading for
vagrancy.
Any one who is fond of pigeon pie should
have been iu the beech woods of Pike coun
ty a few days ago. A boy who counted
the roosting birds gives the number at
twelve billion and eighteen "more or less."
A clothier in Danbury excited public cu
riosity by having a large apple painted on
his sign. When asked for an explanation,
he quietly inquired : "If it hadn't been
for an apple, w here would the ready-made
clothing stores be to-day ?"
It is a dengerous undertaking to express
one's opinion of the personal attractions (or
lack of them) of the average Scrantoti
feminine. One of the strong-limbed Ama
zons of that city cowhided a man a few days
ago because he called her uglv.
There was some excitement in a Penn
sylvania Sunday school the other Sunday
when a little boy, whoso teacher had sent
him home fur her cards which she had
forgotten, returned in a breathless triumph
brandishing a euchre deck, with the joker
on top.
The fact that this is the one hundredth
anniversary of the work of George Wash
ington, the man who didn't resemble a gas
meter to any alarming extent, will proba
bly cxplaiu why no falsehoods from Wash
ington have appeared in the newspapers
this year.
At Otter Creek, Ind., Win. Ross, an old
citizen, took poison. Ten days before he
had stolen two bushels of wheat from ;v
neighbor named Stalkner, aud was to be ar
rested, hence the deed. He had been long
known as a very honest man and the theft
was perpetrated to procure food for his
starving family.
It
is
set to music arid sung with great
at llarrisburg. The words run
applause
thus : ;
Uoom, brothers, boom ! boom with care,
lluom in the rcsture of the inauajare.
One Mrail.t vote for f"r fingare
lHli;iiij; a vote U two fiuare
l'aoh fiiigor i one hundred dollare
Of divvy go to each roostare.
Room, brothers, booin ! Ikmuu with care,
jKnYt be afraid of Uncle Tetare.
The number of failurcrs in Philadelphia
from the 1st of January to the 1st of April
instant is put down at 34, with liabilities
aggregating 81,322,220. Tho number of
failures in the State of Pennsylvania dur
ing the same quarter, exclusive of those iu
the city, is put down at 139, with liabilities
to the amount of $3,125,171, against 155
failures and 81,927,00t of liablities iu cor
resjtoiidiug time in 1S75.
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