The Jeffersonian. (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, October 19, 1876, Image 1

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VOL. 34.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., OCTOBER 19, 1876.
NO. 20.
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Published by Theodore Schoch.
Term Two dollars a year in adranee and if not
paM b 'f.ro th. end of the year, two dollars and fifty
cents will be cliarired.
H f No pti'M-r lisecntiniil until all arrearages are
paid, nxeept at the option of the Kditor.
B- Advertiscnients of one square of (pifht Hues) or
I.;, one or three insertions ft if). Each additional in
hertion, 50 routs. Longer ones in proportion.
JOlt PKIXTI.'VG
OF AM. KINIS,
Eipcutcd in the highest style of the Art, and on the
most reasonable tortus.
J.
II. SIIULL, M. 1).
Second door b"low Rurnett House. Residenco
2nd lor west of Hieksite Quaker Church. Office
llOUM S to 9 . m., 1 to o p. tu., C to 'J p. ui.
.May ISTG-it'.
D
11. S. Mli.IAAl,
lZiysiciuii and Surgeon,
STROUDSBURG, Pa.
Oftj.-fl, formerly oceupiM by Pr. Sip. ll(?iidence with
.1. It. Millar, on? dtor b.'low thr jodVnonian OlSec.
!hcr hour., 7 to l, 12 to :i and G to J.
ii, i tf.
D
u. .. i.. im-:ck,
Salmon i)enlist.
in .T.is. V. liii'ZT'.s new lutildinj, nearly opjxvaite
i !i : S: r tidsl:ii i liauic. (ias adtnnistured lor extaetinj;
vlo-ti desired.
51 roil l-iiir-, Pa. Jan. 6,'76-tf.
J)
11. iiilii. W. J.lt'KSO.
niYSIflAS, SL7iGE0. AND AlOTCIIEUR.
OTieo in Sa-miel Hoo-l's new huiHingr, r.early op-pi-lio
tY' pvi otliee. iir-.sidenec on Sarah street,
.V'. I'ran'jliTi.
Aniri-t s.'7-J-tf
5 ? W,..-
.tllUI . Jl J Kill 4
One dnr above the "Stroudsburg House,'
StiM.' is!.'.,-;. Pa.
( '.iiit t ii'):is ronpily made.
.-to!vr 22. 1.S7-1.
V Notary Ih!!Ic,
Real Estate and Insnranne Agent and
CONVEYANCER.
j' .''V srarrJii'ti and Conreyincinr in all it
branches ca.-tuv and roiiutiy attended to.
A:!:mr!c'ljmcnts taken for other Statt.i.
O.Ti.v, Kistlr's Brick Duilding, near theR.K.
Iqt;:,
. E VST STROUDSlH'llfl, 1A.
p. o. r.rx ".
September 2s, 187o. tf.
WILLIAM S. REE3,
Surveyor, Conveyancer and
Real Estate Agent.
Farms, Timber Lands and Town Lots
FOR SALE.
O.noe mearly opposite American lloues
an 1 2 1 d or belw the Corner Store.
Mn.:!i 1 s7::-tf.
D Pw. J. L A N T Z,
SURGEON & MECHANICAL DENTIST.
:iil has his irf;' e on Main street, in the second story
of !r. s. Walton's brick building. ii-arly 'oiptito the
f:r : N'j i: j ; !J-.-is. and lie AaVi-. hi:n -if t!i it by clgh-
t.-ii
i-sr.-1
yirt ' i a ii t prui-liee and the iixM carii't and
ii! a: r-n: i )i tu all :ii-U!--rs pr rtuinin;; t j bis pr
iii.iiiat in is (':!ly abie to p'ri"-iin ail oi--ralnuy
f d -uUi liis'j in lb- iiiot earrl'.il und skillful man-
f -- i.
in tb
nr.
!
' .
.-.! 1,
M
a! atteoti'i'i jfivt-n to saving the :alural Twtli ;
t . i t i!ivrii-n of A'-iinVial 'lceta n KubliT,
, siivr, '.)utinus buai., atl p-of-i-t tits in ail
i -isu r .1.
-I ;.-r--i;i W'vv the r'-:it foliy and danger of ert-
i i n;-i r wjri lo I iiz m x p'l i 'in-en, r i i nusu n
: a ilistji-Hje.
Ajiril 1", 1S74. tf.
Opposition toHumbuggsryl
T!:e p. rider-ijued hircy anniutnef that lie lia re-u-n-il
bii-;:it-.v- at the old' .stand, next door to Jlticter's
ii.'.iii;;.-:.,rp, Main st r--t, st rourl.sbiirjr, I'a., and is
i'lilly prepared to accommodate all in waul of
BOOTS and SHOES,
Made in the latest style and of ;ol material. Jtcpalr-ln-
pfonmtlv atttiitcd to. tiivu nie a rail.
J'e-. :, is;.-,-iy.j c. lkwi.s w.ti:hs.
AXOTISUK TKOIMIY 1VOX
ur the
ESTEY COTTAGE ORGANS!
These R-.iporior and leatiti fully finlslied in
triiiiients ko far eclised their competitor in
volume, purity, sweetness and delicacy of tone,
as to carry off the first and only premium piv
en to exhibitors of reed Organs at the Monroe
County Fair, held September -'), 1874.
Luv onlv the led. " For price list address
Oct 1-tf.j ' J. Y. SKJAFUS,
-a
PAPER IIAiUI,
GLAZIER AND PAINTER,
MOMIOE STREET,
Nearly opposite Kautz's Blacksmith Shop,
Stroudsbdro, Pa.
The undersigned would respectfully in
form the citizens of Stroudsburg and vicinity
rhat he is now fully prepired to do all kinds
of Paper Hanging, (ilazing and Painting,
promptly and at fchort notice, and that fc
will keep constantly on hand a fine ttock of
Paper Hangings of all descriptions and at
low prices. The patronage of the public
is earnestly snlicted. May 16, 18T2L
Dwelling House for Sale.
A very depirahl'j twortory Dwelling I tons;, contain
2a in seven rtwus, one of which is suitable
fi f.r a Store Jibfni, situation Main etr.H't,
In the lluioiifrb of Stroudsburg. The
ll.ilVShiiildiiifria n:arlv new, and every part
gjJgof it i:i s-d condition. For terms Ac,
;:t this oftice, 9- 15'5-tf,
&h B&
1 UbPLi
J. U. MeCartj & Sons,
Practical Undertakers,
Beg herewith to offer to the public ait a bu
siness novelty and practical convenience the
following price list, of superior
COFFINS and CASKETS.
An examination of the list will at once reveal
the cost of articles in this line, whether metal
or wood, from the plainest to the most elabor
ate finished, bo that parties at a distance or at
home, have but to read to find the precife ar
ticle wanted, at prices much lower than ofler
ed by any other house in City or Country.
These goods are all of the best quality, nothing
inferior being kept in stock, and will bear the
closest inspection, which is cordially invited.
The list will be found to embrace all the more
recent and meritorious inventions.
Price Lit of Coffins and Caskets furnihiwd by
J. 11. MrCarty & Sum.
No. 1 Full size complete $2-'i 00
No. 1 Full size O (J top and molded
base, complete 30 00
No. 3 Full size, double top and mould
ed base, French plate Glass, handles
plated, Satin or Merino lining 3- 00
No. 4 Full size, round corners, rich
mountings, Merino lining, Silk
fringe 40 00
No. Full size, double top, full glass
Octagon ends, Merino lining, com
plete 4.", 0
Imitation Coffins, full size $9 to 13
do do all sizes, from 20
inches to 6 feet, in stock 1 50 per foot.
Children's Coffiins, Walnut $o to
do White Caskets, complete,
from 2 fr, Ii inch, to 4 ft. o inch. $12 to $1S.
Children's solid Kosc Caskets, kept
in stock, from 2 ft. 10 inch, to 4
ft. 10 itu h. trimmed and taxed $20 and up.
No. 1 Full size CVket, complete $3S 00
No. 2 do do polished, handles
and plate, complete 42 00
No. 3 Full size Cask. t.poli.hcd Wal
nut, handles, plate, thumb-screws
and richlv trimmed, complete 1 00
No. 4 Full size beautiful Octagon or
bent ends, raised double top,
full glass, heavy moulded, Me
rino or satin lined, complete 50 00
No. 5 Full size Gem Casket, in Wal
nut or ltosewood only, no sizes
under 4 ft. J inch, price as trim
med, from $50 to $150 00
Style A Wrought metal F.urial
Caskets, full size, weight
from 250 to 40tj lbs. plain
linih, imitation of liose
wood or Walnut, single
glass, from $4S to $95 00
Style li Full size beautiful Cas
kets, boiler iron, weight
from 250 to 350 lbs. double
thick plate-glass, beauti
fully trimmed with satin
or merino, from $75 to $150 00
Style C Full size wrought metal
Casket, glass covering,
whole top, J inch thick,
bar. handles, silver corner
pillars, weight from 350 to
450 lbs. price from $190 to $ 100 00
Children's Metalic Caskets, all sizes, from 3
ft. up. Prices in proportion.
No extra charges for attending Funerals.
September 28, l.srti.
TO THE
Oppression of high prices !
RELIEF HAS COME ! !
Now you can get the benefit of your CASH in
purchasing
BOOTS and SHOES.
Prices lower than any in Town.
If you don't believe it call and be convinced.
The People's Cash Eoot and Shoe Store.
3 doors above the Washington IIotel.-a
K. K. WYCKOFF,
Formerly with J. Wallace.
Stroudsburg, Jnly 27, 1870-JJm.
rialehl T,5lnnH Curum-r n1 Omftn C.- Pump. with
t a RV 1tI- SMALL. Vt-li-r.. Iiv.lff.iid ih.TrJri.
C. G BLATCHLEY, Manuf r, 506 Commerce St.,Phtla.
Sept. 2S, '76-6m
CAUTION !
All persons are hereby cautioned not to
trespass on any property of the undersigned,
situate in Stroud township, Monroe county, Pa.
Any one violating this notice will be prosecuted
to the full extent of the law.
JACOB ir. BUTTS.
StBou&iburg, July 20, 1875:.
$. WOOD
m pups m
THE
w York Store,
STILL DOWN TO THE
OLD PEICES
in spite of the advance in prices at whole
sale, AND OUlt STOCK L AUG Ell AND
MOKE COMPLETE THAN EVER.
We have scouretl the market for things
Interesting and Profitable
FOR OUll CUSTOMERS,
AND CAN NOW OFFER GREATER
INHUCKMENTS TO
CASH BUYERS
TPEVSr EVEE !
Dress 6oods, Cioths and
Cassinieres. Flannels and
Biankeis, bleached and
brown MUSLIN, Prints,
Shawls, Underwear for
For Ladies, Gents' and
Children.
(Seals' Furnishing Goods,
HOISERY,
KID GLOVES,
Ribbons, &c. &c.
We propose to MAINTAIN our REP
UTATION for being the
Cheapest Store
BY BEING JUST WHAT the TERM
IMPLIES,
AND IF ANY THINK THEY HAVE
REASON to DOUBT IT WE WOULD
VERY KINDLY INVITE THEM
TO CALL AND INVESTIGATE, AT
The Hew York Store,
Stroudsburg, Oct. 12, 1STC 3m.
Auditor's Notice.
The undersigned auditor appointed by the
Court to make distribution of the money in
the hands ofT. M. Mcllhaney, Assignee of
Geo. II. Singer, will attend to the duties of his
appointment at his offiee in Stroudsburg, on
Friday, November 3d, 187C, at 1 o'clock, p.
m., at which time and place all persons hav
ing any claim or demand against the said fund
will present the same or be forever debarred
from coming in for anv share thereof.
A. A. iilNfcjMORK, Auditor.
Oct. 12, 1876-4L
Auditor's Notice.
The undersigned Auditor appointed by the
Orphans' Court of Monroe county to make dis
tribution of the balance remaining in the hands
of John I. Storm, Administrator cum iestamento
annexo of Elizabeth A. (ireacen, late of the
township of Stroud, in said county, deceased,
will attend to the duties of his appiontment, on
Monday, the loth day of November next, at
10 o'clock a. in., at the office of said John 15.
Storm, in the borough of Stroudsburg, in said
county, when and where all parties interested
are required to attend and they will be heard,
or else be forever debarred from coming in for
a share of said fund.
DAYTON WALTON, Auditor.
Oct. 12, lS7t-4t.
A.
ROCKAFELLOW,
DEALER INr
Ready-Made Cisthiug, Gents Fur
nishing Goods, Hats- &Caps,
Hoots & Shoes, &c.
EAST S TirO UDSB URG, PA.
(Near the Depot.)
The public are invited to calf and examine
goods. Prices moderate. May C.T.O-tf
BLANK MORTGAGE
For akle. t this Office.
COME TO BOOK!
The Democracy which needs reform has
been yelling itself hoarse in denouncing the
party which put down the late Democratic
rebellion and has since paid about one
quarter of the debt incurred in doing said
job this self styled reform Democracy
with the gambling bruiser John Morrisy
at its head and Bill Tweed's followers at
its tail this same party had the audacity
to charge the Republican party with wast
ing the public funds, and appropriating
them to private uses, of incompetency in
managing governmental affairs, &c, &c.
Read the following facts presented by,
Senator Conkling and then judge how
much the Democracy need reforming in
the way of telling the truth.
In speaking of the whole slanders of the
party struggling for power and pelf, he
said :
"To judge of the acts of those who have
filled both hemispheres with these noxious
rumors, let us look at the treasury books,
and see whether officials have lately been
more or less honest than formerly. The
post office department is separately stated,
and I take first all the other departments
collected :
From Jan. 1S34, to 1S38, Jackson being
president, the loss on each SI. 000 was
$10 53.
From January 1 1S3S, to 1S42, Van
Buren being president, the loss on each 1,
000 was 21,15.
From January 1, 1842, to July, 1845.
Harrison and Tyler being president, the
loss on each $1,000 was 10 37.
From July 1, lS45,to July, 1849. Polk
being president, the loss on each 1,000
was 8 04.
From July 1, 1S49, to July, 1S53, Tay
lor and Fillmore being president, the loss
on each $1,000 was $7 G4.
From July 1, 1853, to July, 1857,
Pierce being president, the loss on each $1,
000 was 5 8G.
From July 1, 1S57, to July, 1SG1, Buch
anan being president, the loss on each $1,
000 was 80 9S.
From July 1, 1SG1, to July, 1SG5 Lin
coln being president, the loss on each 1,000
was 81,41.
From July 1, 1SG5, to July 18G9, John
son being president, the loss on each 81,000
was 4S cents.
From July, 1, 18G9, to July, 1873,
Grant being president, the loss on each
81,000 40 cents.
From July, 1, 1S73, to July, 1S75,
Grant being president, the loss on each 81,
000 was 30 cents.
In the postofiice department the loss un
der Mr. Pierce was G 92 in a thousand ;
under Mr. Buchanan it was 83,02 in a
thousand ; under Mr. Johnson it was $2
0G in a thousand. Under Gen. Grant, dur
ing the first term, it was only 81 13, and
during his second term up to the end of
the fiscal year 1S75 it was but fifty-three
cents. The postal order system has been
only recently introduced, and therefore.it
cannot be compared with the past ; 390,
000,000 have been handled, sent and re
ceived by postal orders, with a loss of only
forty ceuts in each 81,000. Does all this
look like a decay of official integrity ? Com
pare the expenditures of the government
in 1873 with those of 1860. Iu 18G0 they
were 81 90 for each person in the United
States ; in 1875, estimating only 40,000,
000 people, they were 81 70 for each per
son estimating 43,000,000, 81 GO each.
This shows a decrease of 20 cents each, or
cents, as the case may be. But it will be
said that these arc only current expenses,
they do not count the Millions of interest
on the debt, and the pensions and war ex
penses. No, they do not. The rebellion
made the debt, the cripples, the mourners
and pensioners ; and who made the rebel
lion ? Did you ever hear of a Republican
rebel ? Was it a Republican administration
which allowed ships and arms and states to
be seized when an hour of firmness would
have strangled rebellion in its cradle ? The
Democratic policy, North and South,
brought on the rebellion, and every drop
of blood and every farthing it cost, is to be
charged to the Democratic account Men
may forget this, men may deny this, but it
is as certain as is that intclligience which
weighs worlds and atoms in a just balance."
ARE'We'dRYING UP ?
The Cause of Droughts;
The question, "Are we drying up ?" is
discussed by Prof. J. D. Whitney m the
American Saturalist for September with
out the anathemas against the lumber trade.
Those who witnessed the ravages of forest
firos nn the. hillsides of New England and
elsewhere, doubt the comprehensiveness of
writers who ascribe mucn importance to
the slow movements of the axe. Time
would more profitably be spent in inquiring
into the causes of these fires than in
deprecating the cutting down of trees.
We cannot suppose that many of the fires
are spontaneous. The chief responsibility
for them is frequently ascribed tc tKe loco
motive ; but the huntor, the camper-out
and the smoker huve much to answer for.
a
However this may be, the popular notum
lt.nl nil aK 1T S AC'l I A
I Hub CI4L.11 niiuitJsaio uoii uunvu w vj wn
quantity of raiufall Prof. Whitney regards
as very much at variance with the results
of European investigation. Undue weight
has been attached to recent meteorological
statistics, which, in such a cocsideration,
nre ton' narrow too brief to be serviceable.
Records of the height of the waters of
rivers are more significant. Such records
have been kept at several point3 in Europe,
and thev show that the Danub, Rhine,
Elbe and other rivers have for many years
been carrying a constantly diminishing
quantity of water, and that these is reason
to apprehend that they will eventually
disappear from the list of navigable rivers
of Germany. But all grounds for investigat
ing the-possible cauative agency of wood
cutting in relation to this dinmnition seem
to be removed from under us when we
realize that records eclipsing in mangitude
all those kept by the hands of men exist in
the terraces surrounding the lakes and
rivers of the Humboldt Basin and other
parts of America ; terraces which indicate
that the period during which the process
of dedication has been goiug on fur antedates
the invention of edged tools by men. Re
cent explorations in Central Asia also show
that the areas of several great lakes have
been vastly curtailed. In view of these
facts it would seem that the hypothesis of
the forests upon evaporation and rainfall
must be set aside ; and that we must look
for some grander cause whose scale shall
correspond with such effects. Setting aside,
such as the possible variation is the central
heat beneath the earth's crust, there is one
well-known cause which, we think, can
scarcely be demonstrated to be incapable of
producing the dessication. The sun's heat
is notoriously the source of all climates, and
changes in the amount of heat radiated
from the sun are now regarded as causing
the changes in the terrestrial weather. It
is therefore reasonable to ascribe our dry
ing up, since it requires ages for its com
pletion, to a change in the solar cause re
quiring also a long cycle for its fulfillment,
provided that astronomy gives us proof of
any such change. And astronomy does tell
us of two such cycles ; one in the obliquity
of the ecliptic, and one in the perihelion
distance of the earth from the sun, both
cycles being results plantary perturbations
of the earth's orbit. The effect of the
second of these cycles is too abstruse to ex
plain here ; the first is simpler. As the
angle between the plane of the earth's
equator and that of her ' orbit diminishes,
the limits of the torrid zone also diminish,
in as much as that zone is bounded by the
tropics which are determined by the angle
in question. The region then, over which
the sun is occasionally vertical is being
narrowed. An obvious result of this nar
rowing would seem to be an intensification
of the equatoral phenomena of trade-winds,
heat, and raiufall within the torrid zone,
and a corresponding loss of heat and of
precipitation in the extra tropical zones.
A Tilden Club Disgusted.
A practical illustration of the Demo
cratic clamor for "change" was afforded in
the action taken hy the Fifteenth Ward
Tilden and Hendricks Campaign Club Fri
day. The club iniuestiou contains nearby
three huudred members, and was started
about two months ago under circumstances
very auspicious as far as its probable
efficiency was concerned. Col. T. A.
Merriman, a merstcr of the Tammany
Hall General Committee, way chosen as its
President, and it was resolved to support
tfce Democratic nominees. A large and
handsome flasr containing the name of Til
den and Hendricks was thrown- the
breeze amid great enthusiasm. The ex
posures of Tilden through the press and iu
courts of justice produced a powerful im
pression on the minds of the club members,
and they watted eagerly, but in vain, for
the refutations which were promised. The
lame explanations and apologies offered did
not suit their views, and they came to the
conclusion finally that they had been
deceived by the false pretenses of the Demo
cracy. A special meeting of the club was
thereupon called and was held in the
Mcnzel lloutpe, at Sullivan and Bleeckcr
streets, last evening, when a reorganization
of the club was determined and carried
out. Nearly three hundred gentlemeu
were present at the meeting. C. T. Mcnzel
was chosen temporary Chairman, and the
club then proceeded to form a permanent
organization. R. E. Sprague was elected
President, C. T. Menzcl, Vice President,
and John Fisher, Secretary. A resoultiou
was unanimously adopted amid great
enthusiasm, in which the members of the
club tender their services and support to
the Republican candidates for the offices of
President and Vice President as well as
for the Republican nominees for State, City,
and County offices. The preamble to the
resolution recited the exposure of Tilden':?
connection with the Pottier & Stymus fraud,
the Michigan-iron-money swindle, and rail
road wrecking experiences of the Demo
cratic reformer. Another resolution was
then adopted directing the removal of the
removal of the names of Tilden and Hen
dricks from the club banuer and the substitu
tion thereon of the nomes of Rutherford
B. Hayes and William A. Wheeler. A".
Y. Times.
CONDENSED GAME LAWS.
YOU MAY HUNT FROM
TO
Doc. 15
Dec. 1
Jan. 1
Doc. 15
Jan. 1
Jaiu 1
anytime
Jan. 1
Jan. 1
Jan. 1
Jan. 1
anytime
make an
Rabbit,
Rail and rcedbird,
Pheasant,
Quail,
Squire! all kinds,
Plover,
Snipe all kind,
Deer, Wild turkey,
Woodcock,
Oct. 15
Sept. 1
Oct. 1
Oct. 15
July 1
Aug. 15
anytime
Oct. 1
Oct. 1
July 4
Duck, Wood and summer, Oct
Pigeons wild, anytime
Every true sportsman should
effort to Bee that no violation of th
e law co-
cures in his district.
Capital Punishment by Drowning.
Drowning, as a mode of capital punisdi
mcnt, has only lately ceased in Europe,
and is probably still in use in some other
quarters of the world. Tactius, writing
about the end of the first century, tells us
that the Germans hanged their greater
criminals, but that meaner and mora
infamous offenders were plunged under'
hurdles into bogs and feus. By the law
of the ancient Burgundians, a faithless
wife was to be smothered in mud. The
Anglo-Saxon codes ordered women con
victed of theft to be drowned. The pun
ishment was in such common use through
out the middle ages, that grants of capital
jurisdiction ran "sum osmi tt jurat," i. c.f
"with pit and gallows." The pit, ditch, or
well, was for drowning women ; but the
punishment was occasionally inflicted ort
men. The doom of the parricide Was to
be put into a sack and cast into the sea,
A canon of Prague, afterwards enrolled iu
the catalogue of saints, was drowned iu
1383, for refusing to reveal the secrets of
the confesHonal. In this instance, perhaps,
drowning was allowed to the offender as a
matter of favor. So in Scotland, in 155G,
a man convicted of theft and sacrilege, wau
sentenced to be drowned, "by the queen's
special grace." So lately as Kill, a man
was drowned at Edinburgh for stealing a
lamb. By that time, the r unishnient of
drowning had become obsolete in England.
It survived in Scotland until 1GS5. The
last execution by drowning in Switzerland
was in 1G52, in Austria in 177G, in Iceland
in 1777. It was abolished in Russia early
in the ISth century. In Saxony, a woman
conviqtcd of childern murder, was sewn up
in a sack, along with a cat, a dog. and a-
snake, and thus drowned, in 173 1.
Digest of Election Laws.
Polls open at 7 a. m. and closes at 7 p.
m.
Every male citizen twcnty-or.c years of
age possessing the following qualifications,
shall be entitled to vote at all elections :
1. He shall have been a citizen of the
United States one month.
2. He shall have resided in the State v
one year ; or, if having previously been a
qualified elector or native" born citizen'
thereof, and shall have removed therefrom
and returned, then he shall have resided
six months immediately preceding the dec--tkjn.
3. He shall have resided in the district
where he intends to vote two months im
mediately preceding the clectiou, iustcad
of ten days as formerly.
4. If twenty-two year? of age or upward
he shall have paid, with in two years, a
State or county tax, which shall have been
assessed at least two- nvenths" previous to
the election, and paid at least one month
previous to the same. t
5. Foreign born citizens must have been
naturalized at least one mouth before the
election, and nm-st conform to the require
ments of section 4 preceding.
The election will be held on "the Tues
day next following the first Monday iu
November," being this year the 7th day of
the month.
Friday, September 7th, is the last day
for being a?scssed.
Saturday, October 7th, is the last day
for securing naturalization papers.
Saturday, October 7th, is the last day
on which taxes can be paid in legal time to
vote. The above dates should be carefully re-
membered and acted on by all voters.
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Earthquakes. :
It is estimated that twelve or thirteen
earthquakes, destructive more or less of
life and property, occur every 'ear, and
it is well known that the surface of the
globe is never free from sensible evidence
of the continued operation of earthquake
agency that in some quarter or another
tremors or slight shakings are always- tak
ing place. When' these are ot a serious
nature, "whole cities have been destroyed
fertile districts, with all their fruits and
grain, have been laid waste ; and enormous
masses of human beings have lost their
lives. No less than G0,000 perished in the
great Lisbon earthquake ; while in that of
Calabria, in the end of the last century,
40,000 were destroyed. It is estimated
that as many as 13,000,000 of the human
race have thus perished.
No portion-of the earth's surface is ex
empt from the inffuence of earthquakes.
Egypt l as been less visited than perhaps
any other country, but even here we have
the record of one whih took place in 174l
A. D.; and Holland, with it3 loose alluvial
deposits, has also felt their power. Nor
is the bed of the ocean exempt ; records of
many subaqueous earthquakes exist, taken
by vessels at 3ea, sometimes passing over
the point of greatest disturbance at tho
moment of the shock.
An Ohio clergyman relates that as he
was once about to marry a couple the man
said : "Be short ! be short !" I said, "Yes,
I can do it in three minutes." "That'
right," he said, I saw that there was some
little dissatisfaction on the part of the wo
man. I said. "You dou't want to have it
too short ?" "No," she said, "a body dun't
waut to get herself up so for nothing."
ritKPARE for a rapid brushing up of
business after the close of the Centcmiial.
Until that time, everybody will be scraping
up their bottom dollar to see the show.
The nearca the close approaches, tho mcn-j
anxioua people are becoming to visit k.
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