Scootc&-ioo!ittc0, Citccaturc, 'gricrilturc, Science, illovalitii, axxb General SiitelHgcucc" 1 JO- 1 "n: VOL. 34: Published by Theodore Schoch. Tkrms Two dollars n year in advance and if not pari iVfurn the t'lid of the year, two dollars and fifty cents i!! bo e.haried. S- N paper discontinued until all arrearages are pai l, exi t-pi rit the option of the Editor. tLJr Advertisements of nno sonar' of (cijrht lines) or loss, one r three insertions $1 rn. Each additional in .ertioii. Id runts. Longer ones in proHrtion. -.. JOll I'llIXTirSG OF ALL KIXIS, Executed ia the highest style of the Art, and on the ut reasonable terms.-. . J, iff. sklii, 31. . Seeond door below Burnett House. Residenre 2nd door west of llieksite Quaker Clnmh. oitice hours S to :i a. ni., 1 to 3 p. m., 0 to 9 p. m. May 2"), lS.o-tf. I'liysiciau and Surgeon, STROUDSBURG," Pa. . Oili.e, formerly occupied by Dr. Seip. Residence with .1. !?. Miller, one door below the Jelferouiita Ollicv. lilo-e hours, 7 to 11, 12 to : and 0 to il. May 11, Wo. tf. othVe in Jus. Ed inker's n?w build ins, nearly opposite the St .ond!ir;; Uai.W. tiaa adiunisuTed for extaeting when d ir.-d. . . MrotnlsSur', Pa. f.Taii. ,TG-tf. ' GUO. W. JACKSOX 1 11 I Oil l.i.l) .L rmwrniY rnnt . aiiLii.l nv IND AITOITHEL'S. e in Sa::m.'l Hood's new tmildinu;, nearly op p ollice. Uesideuce on Sarah street. po.it I! aliove I ran Kim AlIiM-l -If XiJfary t'u-.lic, i:ast .TiiorisiiL'i?G pa. .V knowl.l n:'iis ta'.en and all business jv. taoiiim t" ;ln-e csrelollv exiv iit'-'l. e;:( in . thompso'X, Ei'.il E-tate In -ur.niee A: ! "r's new l.uii din-.; :ie;ir the Iei"t. n:n.-e. Ki Mlts. E.i.-t -iroii.i-'iiir. lu., Jan. '. I "Co. t J Attorney at Iaw, ( ne door al ve th ".Strou Jsburg ironse,"' Sir.iii.Klvii-o;. Pa. ('.ilicctions romptIv inai'o. October 1S74. lij BJ 4 WILLIAM S. REES, Surveyor, Oonveyaiicer and 1 Estate Agent. Farms, Timber Lands and Ton Lets FOR SALE. racarlv opiiosite American IIoiR-S an I '21 d..r I.-eiow the Corner Slore. March ;1, lS7:-tf. D P.. J. LANT Z, SURGEON & MECHANICAL DENTIST. s: i!l hns his olHce on Main street, in tlis s.-e-iiid story vf I r. S. '.: ,;;' l.ri'-ic t 1 1 i 1 1 i n . iK-arlv opposite the Str i i Im.iit; I! , ri-.t. r.s iiiiu-.'if that by t-i-h- tC 'ii yi-ar e 'ii-laiit jjra-riee and I he most earnest and vlr fiii atlfiition 1.1 :uattrs jn-rtaiiiii:ir lo )ij pro 1'"io:i. tim! h i-. at.le to )) -rforiii ail operii.in.is i;i th:' !:. la! line in t!ie iiio.-t emt l'ui and -.kilHiil inun Jier. Sp.-.-ial attention triv.!. to saving the Natural Teeth; -.1!- ., to ill- j!i.'Tti"n fSf Artiiieial l'r tii on Iliil-tier. i ol i, Silver, '.r Ciitiauui (iunis, and perleet tits in ali i u.i r:-d. M p roii, fenow the rerit f 1 1 3" air' danger of en t i rh ir -.v, 1: lc t i liie i n -x jr.Tie!i'-.-.J. or to t !ei i v i.i a: a i:.-!at!f.. Ajiril is".. if. The n n l.'ri ted hereby announces; that he has re ai the old stand, lo xt (ioi.r to Jiuster' sn.ie-d I. 'I.. Ja! i li ;or-. Main sir" Mrood :.nr--. Pa., aud is prepared lo aceouia;'Ha: all in want of BOOTS and SHOES, 111.1' lie iat'-st stif and nf jjood material. Repair iii p'uiiiptlv a"U n!ed t . ( iive ;:ie u f-all. " !-,-. h, i7.-iy.j (.'. LEWIS WATERS. AXOTSZEK TilOI'ISY .VOX UV THE ESTEY COTTAGE ORGANS! These superior and beautifully finished in- ttrumetits so far eclipsed their competitor m volume, purity, sweetness and delicacy of tone, to carrv oh the first and onlv premium giv fti to exhihitors of reed Orjrans at the Monroe County Fair, held September -, 1S74. ' Buv only the bex(. For price list address Octl-tf. J. Y. BIG A FITS. ism PAPER llXii&m GLAZIER AND PAINTER, MONROE STREET, Nearly opposite Kautz's Blacksmith Shop, Stroldseuro, Pa. The undersigned would respectfully in form the citizens of Stroudsburg1 and vicinity thHt he is now tully prepared lo do all kinds of Paper Hanging, Glazing and Painting, promptly and at short notice, and thathe WI keep constantly on hand a fine stock of aper Hangings of all descriptions aDd at low prices. The patronage of the public '8 earnestly solictcd. May 1G, 1872. Dwelling House for Sale. A very desirahle two storv Dw(dlinr House, eoutain- niRfceven rooms, one of which is suitable lor a store Kooiu, situate ou .Majn stiect, in the HorotiKh of Stroudsburg. Thf ! Inn Mi ni? is iuar!v new! and every part , of it in good condition. For terms ie., all at this otfice. fUec. 0, 1875-tf. BOT you KnoW lliat T. II. Mc(.arty A: Sons are the only Under takers in Stroudsburg who understands their husiaets? If not, attend a Fuucral managed by any other Undertaker in town, and you id see the proof of the fact. Juae 18,'71-tf 53 h T li- rf tv nit '-3 - r COL. INGERSOLL ON THE STUMP. A SPEECH FULL OF FIRE AXb'FUX TIIF DEMOCRATIC TARTT's TEDIGREE A SOLEMN WARNING AGAINST BACHELOR PRESIDENTS. An immense mass meeting of republi cans was held in - Lcwiston, Maine,' last week, when speeches were made by Gov. Connor and Col. Kobcrt G. In?;ersoll of Illinois. There was great curiosity to' hear the latter gentleman, and his appearance was greeted with loud applause. It is safe to say no one was disappointed. '" He Vkept the audience in a perpetual roar of laughter for nearly two hours. The main portions of his speech are given below, taken from a full report in the Lc'icktoYi Journal: THE REPUBLICAN TART AND y THE SLAVES. Ladies and Gentlemen belong to the Piepublican party, and I am gUd of it, and I will give you a few reasons why I am glad of it. The Republican party is i iic eunseience oi me ninetecntii centuiy. hat was the condition of the country when the Republican party came into power?. I know there are those with envenomed tongue who denounce this partv; men who, if they had their own way, would nut have allowed nsio have a county to day.' The Democratic 'party made it the duty of citizens; to hunt fugitives seeking liberty. Such a law would disgrace the statute books of hell. Laughter. No man ever voted fur such a law who was not a n.scal. I intend tu tell the truth, if I am strong enough, and I tell you I have an excellent constitution. Laughter. This crime crept into the Supreme" Court. That court was a farce. I know all about it. In IJSIjI, if a negro had planted com and the crop was ready for harvest, and a Demo crat had come along to steal it, the Supreme Loiirt would have decided, with their spec tacles pushed back on their bald pate, that the corn belonged to the Democrat. Loud applause. This was the spirit of the good old p-iity of reform. Loud applause. Imagine the condition we were ia when the Republicans came into power. Justice and mercy were vagrants. At the North the Democrats were ready to give anything for an office. The Southern States took up arms took up arms for what ? "Why, for the right to steal from four millions of petirle of diftercrt color. 1 believe I am superior to the black man and so superior that I can get my living without robbing him. Laughter. The Democratic party commenced the war against the Union. The j question was. Are you for or against the j Union ? The Republican party offered all that it could it almost irot into the dirt, i 1 I -.1 ii j ..v . . l i rri uui iiic ovuia ruiiica to war. xue TCUt Republican party and every Unioii-loviuL: Demucrat in the North struck hands to right f..r the Union. Are you sorry the Repul licaii party won in ISi'A) ? Are you sorry the urcut Lincoln was elected Presi- djut ? He was almost the only man who. having absolute power, never abused it except on the side of mercy. HE WARE OE BACHELORS. Then there's Ruchanan ; an old bachelor, and for God's sake, never trust another. I wouldn't trust a man who don't love a wife better ' than " politics. fCjlrcat laughter.! Luchanan said : ''1 can t do anything.' He fell back on State rights. Now, I claim . ; j nobody ever urged that doctrine who didn't want to steal something from somebod-. Laughter. It was called up when the South wanted to secede. Ruckle up your coat when they talk State rights your 1.1 l 1 riM i T'oeKet-booi- is m aanger. iney believe the United States is a simple partnership, and that when any member of the firm wants to s-.'t up business on his own account he ma' go out. Now,, what has the Demo cratic party been doing 'all these years? The Republican party has its book open. The Democratic party says : '"For God's sake let our pedigree alone." Laughter. I say let's examine the pedigree. The Democratic party was opposed to the war ; that ought to damn them eternally ( I would be willing to let them end a little short, but politically I mean eternally.) Laughter. The Democratic party opposed the means to put the war down ; they swore the debt never ought to be paid. They tried to impair the national credit. The Democratic party said, ''Don't buy a bond ; the South will succeed." If the Democratic party had its way, the soldiers in the field would not have been paid. They ought to (politically) eternally be danined.'for.that. Laughter. How many Democrats were delighted every time the Union army was defeated ! Voice, "That's so." That's a fact. I don't tell it as news laughter, but simply to refresh your memories. What's more ? The Democratic party tried to tret up-a fire in the rear in Canada; Jake Thompson had 8700,000 from the Coufclcracy to operate in panada, in con junction with the Northern' Democrats. The Knights ot the Golden Circle in Indi ana and Illinois received money from Jake Thompson. He hired men to fire New York and Cincinnati. He furnished pistols to those men in boxes marked "Sunday school books." I have right here a copy of Jake Thompson's letter, iu which he speaks of the danger of his letters falling into loyal hands ; ' for, says hcj they will implicate leading men iu the North. What kind or loading men: former n jemo- ' n. . i cruts friends ot Honesty- ana - reform, gentlemen. Laughter and tremendous cheering. ; . -.' AN' EXTRACT FRO 31 DEMOCRATIC PEDIGREE. I was at Peoria, 111., when the Demo crats held their convention. "Brothers, the' said, "let us put down that tyrant - - . .... n m Lincoln. 1 hey were lor peace, they said, a.ad dl the time tbey had Jake Thompson's STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., SEPTEMBER 7, 1876. 1 1 mm iih'hhm"wi pistols in their pockets. Laughter. That was the first meeting held in the interest of an uprising in the South. Rut Valland ingham told them, we'll elect McClel lau and that'll accomplish at the ballot what it is proposed to do by force. Jake Thomp son laments the failure of his attempt to burn New York with Greek fire. That's what the Democrats were doing iu 1SG4. Recollect wheu I speak of the Democratic party I mean the men who did these things. I am sorry to see men, good and true and loyal, who arc with the Democrats still, aud who are trying to make them respect able. My voice has no word for those men, do however they do, who faced shot and shell for the Union. I do not stigmatize them. I do not allude to true and loval Democrats, but to those Democrats who arc Democrats from mere cussedness. Laughter. How came it to that ? Is a man to be ashamed for having fought the Democratic party with shot and shell ? Will the time ever come when these scars worn by Gov. Conner shall be a disgrace to him ? Shall the time come when wo shall not mention the struggles of our bovs and defend their scars? It never can "come! Rut I say if the Democratic party gets the power, the Union soldier will have to hide his scars. If Samuel J. Tilden is elected President, he will be the tool and instru ment of the Southern Democracy. Did the Southern Democracy ever allow the Nor thern Democracy to manage ? The never did, and they never will. After the war was over the Republicans told the negro he was free, and that he must be a citizeu and have the ballot. The Democratic par ty voted against all these measures. Mr. Hendricks spoke in the United. States Sen ate and said there was no power iu the peo ple to change the Constitution and make the slave free, lie to-day believes these persons were unlawfully deprived of their property. RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE HARD TIMES. It is some trouble to get up a Republi can. You've got to build school-houses. If you want to make Democrats, tear them down. If you want to make a Democrat, app.al to prejudices, or appeal to hard times. A Democrat iu Illinois thinks the chinch bug conies of the Republican Administra tion. Who made the times hard ? Who made it necessary for the United States to borrow money ? The Democratic party, North and South. And now they say we ought to have whipped them for less. Hard times ? You will see what hard times mean if yi u get the Democratic party into power. We've got down to hard pan. Aud we are already in the light of the dawn of a re vived business. Why ? Recausc the Re- ' publican part' is bent on seeing a ro!d dol- i ';,r aRd in resuming specie payment at the appointed time. The Republican party, I ! 7. wn'l pay the debt and protect all men. I The Democratic party can find no flaw in the record of 3Ir. Hayes. He will carry out the doctrines of the Republican party. If Tilden is elected he will be controlled by the Democratic party. Yv'hich party will you trust ? I tell you, gentlemen, you mut stand by the Republican party. What was Mr. Tilden doing when Mr. Hays was fighting for Ins country i 31 r. Tilden was resolving the war was a failure. hat is Mr. Tilden to-day ? An attor ney at-law, an old batchclor. There is no more f esh on him than on an old umbrella Great merriment. He is one of these oily attorneys you see depicted on the stage He is a demurrer. Great laughter. He never courted a woman because women can't vote. Merriment. Lately he has adopted a ragbaby that really belongs to Hendricks. Prolonged laughter.! He is now spending his time in explaining how he adopted it. Laughter. TLAIN TRUTHS FOIt THE DEMOCRATS. I know the State in which an audience like this can collect can never elect a Demo crat for Governor. I know you will re elect Gov. Connor by a rousing majority. Applause. There is not a State prison in this country but votes for Tilden and Hendricks. In the State prison in Maine last year there was but one convict who ever voted anything but the Democratic ticket, and I'll bet a thousand dollars he was wrongfully sent up. Loud laughter aud applause. The weeds will grow even in the street, but the corn needs care. The weeds are hard to kill. And it's hard to kill the Democrats. They can only be ex terminated by education and thought. When a man begins to grow continental in thought, and have sympathy, then he says he will give every other man the same chance iu the world that he asks for him self. Nature has made inequalities" enough. Some people are born with few brains some of them you can find in the Demo cratic party by close inspection. Laughter. Why should men add artificial inequalities? All men are of the same race. All men must stand together. Governments should protect white and black alike. Now, don't forget to tell the Democrats the whole truth tell them in a Christian spirit, just as I do. When they tell you, let by-go nes be. by-gones, don't do it. They have copied our platform, but don't trust it it hasn't the right signature. It makes all the difference whether a bankrupt or a banker signs a note. The Republican party lias done what it could. Tell the Demo crats the truth I'm afraid you'll forget it. Laughter. The Republican party will pay the debt and protect all men. Remem ber that too. I want every man here to recollect Tilden is half a man, half a pair of scissors. Laughter. Where would we have been if we'd all been old bachelors? Loud laughter and applause. I am glad that we h-ve a frty cn whob-j brow ia the ihii m ph. eternal sunrise ; that we have a party of freedom, pledged to the procrcss and eleva tion of the human race, aud pledged to stand oy tne divine rights of man. - Insanity ia the United States. liie intelligent care of the insane, with a view to the restoration to health and so ciety, is so recent that it may. be dated, in the United States, in the present eenturv. The time in even within the recollection of many now living, when faith iu the cura bility of the disease become general, even among medical men. Upon the dawning or tne beuet that insanity was susceptible of cure, hospitals began to be built, for the two-fold purposes of custody and treatment. for besides the difficulty of taking care of me lunatics at Home, it, was found that comparatively few recovered. From this period hospitals began to be regarded as not only the best, but to most persons the only places for the insane. Hence an in creasing demand for the accommodation ; and though their numbers have multiplied largely, and have greatly increased in size, they are still inadequate to entertain all who knock at their doors, and with piteous appeals seek admission. Iu this connection may be noted a curious result of the estab lishment of new hospital facilities. The newer states, in estimating the hospital capa city necessary for their insane, have na turally consulted the census statistics to find what number to provide for ; but it is invariable found that when a hospital is opened for the accommodation of a given district, the applications for admission far exceed its. capacity, largely outnumbering the statistics collected by the cersus-taker. The country seems suddenly thronged with iusaue people, and we are apt to be impress ed with the belief that this dread disease is largely on the increase. Rut the probable fact is that no such increase really exists. It is not unnatural that, mainly out of r i i . t iamny pnae, tne questions of the census takers are often evaded, aud the relatives of the unfortuuate patient, seeing no benefit to come from revealing this "skeleton in the closet," keep it from observation. But, promptly when an asylum is opened within their reach, free to all without pay, the curtain is drawn, and they coma forward with their afflicted. That insanity does not increase, prorata, at least iu the United States, is proven by the census returns for the past twenty years. In 1S50 this country had a. popula tion of 2:i,ll)l,S7C, and a total number of insane aud idiots of 31,JS7 or 1 in 378. Iu 1SG0, with a population of 31,443,322, there were 42,804 insane aud idiots, or 1 in 733 ; and in 1870, with a population of 3S,r.5d,0S3, there were GlJOU of that class, or 1 in G23. Iu England during the same period, there was an average of about 1 m 450 ; in Scot land, 1 in 4 GO ; iu Ireland 1 in 400 ; in i ranee, 1 iu GU0 ; and in Australia, 1 in 524. These reports, if accurate, show a favorable condition in this country as com pared with others. Scrihncrs Monthly. A New Confidence Game. Confidence men are always inventing some new scheme to swindle the unwary granger. Every day at the second-class hotels, where grangers and drovers make their headquarters the clerk is appealed to to show some unfortunate the way to the police statiou to recover his lost wallet. The latest device is for one of these sharp ers to get himself up to look as much like a granger as possible, and then stand around the hotel until he can make the acquaint ance of his victim. After doing so, he in vites the victim to take a walk, and tells him that there are so many sharpers about that he had better leave his pocket book with the clerk of the hotel. The sharper takes out his pocket book, shows a large amount of bills, aud the victim hauds him his. He tics a string around them both, takes them to the desk and receives a check for them. They stroll off together, and finally the thief leaves the granger standing in some saloon, while he goes out to see a friend. The granger Waits, and while he is looking for the return of his friend, the thief presents his check and gets both of the pocket books. This trick has been played a number of times of late in the city. Chicago Journal. How to get rid of tree Stamps. Geucral Colquitt of Georgia, in a recent address gives the following two ways of do ing this : The remove stumps from a field, all that is necessary is to have one or more sheet iron chimneys, some four or five feet high. Set fire to the stump and place the chimney over it, so as to give the requisite draught at the bottom. It will draw like a stove. The stump will be soon consumed. With several such chimneys, of difierent sizes, the removal of stumps may be accomplished at merely nominal labor and expense. In the autumn, bore a hole one to two inches iu diameter, according to the girth of the stump, vertically in the centre of the latter, and about, eighteen inches deep. Put into it from one to two ounces of salt pctere ; fill the hole with water, and plug it up close. In the ensuing spring, take out the plug, and pour m about two gills of kerosene oil and ignite it. The stump will smoulder away, without blazing to the very extremity of the roots, leaving nothing but ashes. Judge El well has recently decided, in Columbia county, that repairs to school buildings cannot be property paid out of the special tax for building purpcsc-s. Can a Dog Swim ? From the Huntington Long Marnier. Captain Dunce, of the Leonida, is the owner of a large Spitz dog named Jack, that was picked up in the middle of the Sound, several years ago, as he was swim ming about several miles from land. On Tuesday the captain left the faithful crea ture on the East Neck wharf by some mis hap, and Jack, seeing the vessel some dis tance out in the bay, decided to follow. As the vessel was under good headway little notice was taken of his jumping off, the wharf, as it was supposed that he would soon return. The vessel reached New York that night. Nothing was seen of the dog about here during the following day, but what was the astonishment of the captain aud crew, on going up to the dock while the vessel lay in her dock in New York, on the morning of the second day, to find the faithful creature at his post watching over the vessel in his usual manner. He was thoroughly exhustcd by his long swim of over forty miles, however, and could do nothing but lie about and recruit his strength for two or three days. Horses Killed by Bees. From the Xt ic- York Sun. A pair of horses, valued at S400. be longing to Dr. Webb, of Boonton. New Jersey, were attacked by bees a few days ago, and were so fearfully stung that they died. The day was very warm, and the . : i n i unuiiais oerspireu rroiuseiv. m nassino- by six or seven hives it is supposed the odor from the horses offended the bees, for they attacked the animals in swarms. The driver tried to unhitch the horses, but was unable to do so in consequence of their plunging aud kicking. He then went for assistance, and retured with long gloves on his hands and his head covered with several nil i . - ioius or mosquito netting. lie had to scrape the bees from the horses with his hands, and finally got the horses away, but subsequently they died. 1 he rage of the bees still continued and on the following day they attacked their owner s house, and the family were compelled to vacate. All the Southern claims swindlers are Democratic reformers. A large mine of pure emery has just been discovered near Troy, New York. The public debt statement shows a re duction duriug August of 83,110,300 29. Harvard college has received an anony mous gift of over twelve thousand dollars. Six hundred houses were destroyed ly fire iu St. Ilyacinthc, Canada, on Sunday. A single farm in New Jersey has sent twelve tons of currants to New York this season; Babcock's trial for complicity in the safe burglary conspiracy is set down for Sep tember lCh Property to the value of forty thousand dallars was destrayed by fire at Tyrone, Pa., on Sunday. There are employed in the work of min ing and shipping anthracite coal iu this State upwards of G0,000 men. It is not true that Tilden is about to pub lish a new arithmetic that will show how many times 820,000 goes into 87,1 IS. Centralia boasts of a big man, named McCormick, a native of Ireland, who is six feet six inches tall and weighs 330 pounds. The entire coffee crop of the world last year was 000,000,000 pounds, of which the United States imported over 300,000,000 pounds. England has waged forty-nine wars since 1800 ; France, thirty-eight ; Russia, twenty two ; Austrian, twelve ; and Prussia, eight. Hop picking has commenced in Wiscon sin and New York. The yield will be an average one, and the quality better than iu most seasons. It has been ascertained that a large or ganization of beggars exists iu New York, presided over by a woman aud having a treasurer and secretary. The Pennsylvania Ministerium, the oldest Lutheran Synod iu the couutry, added 5,G15 new members to the number of its communicants last year. A few years since, the Copperheads wouldn't touch Greenbacks "not fit to wipe razors on." Now, Greenbacks are good as gold or better. The petroleum speculators are happy : the article has advanced within three months four dollars per barrel, placing millions of dollars in their pockots. A ground hog, weighing ten pounds, which had destroyed one hundred heads of cabbage, was captured near Easton by Jacob Walter's sou. The hog will be roasted and eaten. Brigham Young is making an organized missionary effort in Pennsylvania. Two apostles of Moruionism named Pratt and Duncan are in Schuylkill county preach- in Thirty cents on a dollar is all that the Miners' Trust Company's Bank, at Potts ville, can offer its depositors and creditors, and as there are many workmen among the former class much distress has been caused. General Banks quotes a Southern Con gressman as recently saying to him : "To be frank with you, we want the govern ment, aud we will get it if we have to mur der and Etampede any number of people." NO. 14. M r. Thomas L. Rabeock, of Sussex co., N. J., has some (0 or 70 beehives, nearly all filled With lively workers. The honey is made iu glass boxes, and h almost as white as silver, a peculiarity of all the honey made this season. A strange marriage took place at New London last Saturday. When the cere, mony was finished, the bridegroom refused to fee the clergyman or to allow his wife to be kissed, and told her to go her way and he would go his, which they both did. The damage by grasshoppers during the last few years to the crops of Colorado, Da kota, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Minnesota is estimated at about 8100, 000,000. Now find them an efficient de stroyer of the potato bug, and they will all be happy. An old religious fanatic named Cobb has been the immediate cause of several brutal murders in Arkansas. He proclaims him self Christ, and his deluded followers carry out his doctrine, even to the extent of murder. At some places infants have been offered up as sacrifices. An imposter is going the rounds in dies ter county representing himself to be an agent for a lady's magazine, having with him two copies of ehromo premiums, for which he also solicits orders for frames. He collects any sum he can get, from sev-' enty-five ceut3 upward. A correspondent of the Slatington Xeica writes to that paper from Weatherly that a man named Ruck, while out berrying near that place, came across a rattlesnake, which he killed, and which upon being measured was found to be seventeen feet and three-quarter inches long. That beats the Wel-Ii Mountains snake In the Lehigh coal region miners and all inside hands have been reduced fifteen per cent; below the wages paid in August. Engineers, bosses, firemen and outside hands a reduction of from ten to twenty per cent. The men accept the situation aud there will be no trouble. A young man who was engaged to be married recently committed suicide in Cin cinnati, and the mother of the damsel whom he was to wed brought in a bill against his estate of 8128 for board and 850 for wedding expenses incurred by the prospective bride. The court allowed 8100 of the account, and the matter was finally settled by the payment of 835. In the northern townships of Berks coun ty the distillation of apple whiskey, gener ally known as "apple jack," has already commenced, and it is expected that the pro duction will exceed that of any former year. The apple crop is reported to be very large, and the farmers are hauling their apples to the distilleries. A large quantity of vine gar is also being made. A few days since a three-year-old daugh ter of Mr. Corbit, in West Nantmcal, was sitting on the grass iilavinir with a dor. when the child's mother, hearing the dog whine, rushed into the yard and found her little daughter almost frightened to death. A blacksnake nearly four feet long was wound around the child's left leg. The mother caught the snake near the head, when it unwound itself, and she then dis patched it with a hoc A few weeks ago, on the farm of Mr. Eli Reno, of Chippewa township, Reaver county, a hawk alighted with the intention of helping himself to some of Mr. Reno's poultry. He Was at once tackled by a game rooster, of the Ginger Red species, and a furious fight between the hawk and rooster ensued. The conflict lasted for fully an hour, at the expiration of which the hawk fell over dead, and the rooster was left mas ter of the field. A curious case of "hereditary birth marks is reported from Kentucky. For several generations the ancestors of Mr. Alfred McCrooklin, of Spencer county, have marked their hogs with a cross and slit in the ear. The same stock has remained in the family through the lapse of all these years, and now the ear marks appear at the birth of the piglings belonging to Mr. McCrocklin. This saves him the trouble of remarking his hogs. It is stated that a singular disease pre vails among the cattle of Lebanon county. Within a few weeks a number have gone blind, some in one eye, but most of them iu both eyes. One farmer has twelve head, some entirely blind and others partially so. One calf, at three days old, never out of the stable, lost its sight. On some farms two, three and four are victims to this dis ease. The nerve of the eyes seem to die from within, and the eye becomes white. It may not be generally known that the nickel deposit near the Gap, Lancaster County, Pa., is considered the largest yet discovered in the world, and the only de posit of the ore worked in America. The miue is on the high dividing line between Chester and Pequa Valleys. Besides nickel, copper, iron and limestone are found in the same locality. Nickel was discovered hero about the year 185G, though copper, which is taken from the same mine, was known in this locality seventy years ago. The ore has a gray color, is very heavy, and so hard that it is mined entirely by blasting. After the ore has been broken into small frag ments it is put into kilns holding eighty to ninety tous each, and' subjected to heat produced at first by the burning of a small quantity of wood and continued by the conversion of the expelled gas. It is then put into a smelting furnace and undergoes a treat mcnt similar to that of iron ore. Hartf-rd Pest.
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