5il)c 3cffcrsonian.
THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1877.
The Legislature of this State will ad
journ to-morrow.
gThe local option bill was defeated in the
House of Representatives, at Harrisburg, oo
Thursday last. .
JESifWhat a source of consolation it must
he to the mourning Democrats that the
Electoral Commission was a tribunal of
their own invention.
ajThc American Newspaper Reporter
hrs changed hands and is now published
by R. II. C Valentine who will make it
the best publication ot its kind. t
j&5T"It must make our radical Democrats
feel rather flat to .see how cordially the
policy of Hayes is endorsed by their poli
tical brcthcrn in many quarters.
C?It is funny to see the small potato
country newspapers call President Hayes
'Mister Haves," Returning Board Hayes,
"Fraudulent Presideut," &c. The fools
arc not all dead yet.
JKSrSamucl 0. Ball, the defaulting cashier
of the Hatboro National Bank, was on Satur
day last, sentenced to ten years imprison
ment at Xorris.town, Pa. The amount of
liis defalcation was $24,000, belonging to the
Lank.
ra3The Bank of Lansingburg, New York,
has suspended; and A. I. Powers has been
appointed receiver. The liabilities of the
brink are $S75,0OO, and the nominal assets
$1,150,000. The suspension is thoucht to
have been can cd by speculation in New
Jersey Central and other railroad stocks.
Er-IIoN. J. Donald Cameron, ex
Secretary of War under President Grant,
was elected to a seat in the United States
Senate on Thursday last, to fill the unex
pired term of his father, Hon. Simon
Cameron, who resigned a few days ago.
The new Senator is the oldest son of
Simon Cameron, and never held an office
until appointed Secretary of War by
President Grant in May, 1S76. He is a
gentleman of excellent capacity, of very
large means, estimated at from two to
three million?, and has the reputation of
possessing administrative powers of a very
hi-h order. His home is in Harrisburg,
v.-here he was born 50 years ago, though
he seems much younger than he is. He
never manifested much interest in politics
until ten years ago, since which time he
has shown himself to be an adept in the
management of Legislatures and Conven
tions. He is regarded as a shrewd and
daring leader, troubling himself little
about consequences. He was a prominent
member of the last State Convention
which met at Harrisburg in March last,
and was selected by it to head the Penn
sylvania delegation to the Presidential Con
vention at Cincinnati.
For a number of years Mr. Cameron
was President of the Northern Central
Railway of Pennsylvania, in which posi
tion he was succeeded by Col. Thomas A.
Scott when t ho managers of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad obtained a controlling in
terest in the Northern Central.
El c To lining ttie
formers."
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The Democracy plead for reformation so
hard and pitcously during the late Presi
dential canvass that President Hayes feels
called upon to use his utmost endeavors to
reform them; and so earnestly has he set
it tins work that the Democratic inakc-
1
bene ve-rciuruiers.
fcnd themselves com-'
pletely astonished. They can't under
stand how it is that President
Hayes is indeed a reformer. For re
form with the Democracy meant official
spoils; but with President Hayes it means
real reform without any regard to spoils.
This is a new and strange reform to the
Democracy. The)' never saw its like be
fore, nor can they understand its meaning.
They even now doubt their own eyes, for
many are questioning what they see, and
r.re trying to make themselves believe that
it is something different from what it seems
to be. The Democratic-place-seekers are
uf'rai 1 that Hayes will totally break down
the Democratic opposition to his administra
tion in the South, and such a result they
clearly see betokens an utter breaking down
of their party power in a national point of
view. Jlence the resolutions ot the cx-
Rebel element of the South to support
Haves' administration strikes on their ears
like a funeral note. Poor fellows ; they
praj'od fur reform, and now that they have
got it pure and simple, as it were through
a special providence, the all-absorbing
question of one Democratic reformer to
atnother is, "what are you going to do
about it ?" But to all such we would say,
huld your peace, and in four years you will
be reformed to a degree you never wished,
hoped or prayed to attain to.
GRAM AXD HAYES. .
We clip the following racy description of
Grant and Hayes, at the inauguration of
the latter, from the pen of Mary Clemmer,
taken from tho "N. Y. Independent of the
15th inst. Its perusal will well repay the
reader :
" At precisely 12 o'clock, amid the
breathless silence of that vast multitude
followed by Fish, Bobeson, and Tyner the
two Presidents slowlv entered. Every eye
was fixed upon the out-going and in-coming
man. They walked side by side, Grant and
Haves. The contrast between them struck
me at once. Grant is not an ignoble-look
ing man He impresses you with his power,
such as it is. It is of that broad, sinewy
fiber that spreads over the earth and clings
to it. It is of the earth, earthy. It may be
sordid ; it is never spiritual. To that far
spiritual looking and longing that character
ized Lincoln, Grant is a stranger. This
world and its good things its wines, its
horses, its riches suffice him. Give him
enough of them, and he is happy in his
own way. And nothing in Heaven or on
earth can make him so happy as to have
his own way. He has conscience, honor, a
sense of duty ; but not the sentiment ol
either. None of them oppress him ; for,
whatever he makes up his mind about
firbcr one. he is sure he is right. His
affections are as strong as his prejudices,
which is saying that they are of the strong
est. He will not turn trom anybody he
likes, no matter how bad he is. Ha not
only hugs him himself; but thrusts him
upon other people, which is unjust and has
made much oi the sin and sorrow ol ni?
administration. With some of the strongest
traits of strong human nature and not a
few of its sweetest and truest instincts,
where his being should line highest it is
cut short. He is strong upon the earth,
but he does not rise skyward.
You look up to see the other man. Not
only does he ascend in stuture, but his head
soars so symmetrically that you remark
its bight, lie is strong where human beings
most need strength in his moral percep
tions and faculties. He is capable ol
chivalric honor and of a consciousness 0!
duty strong as death. His pictures give
but a faint shadow of the man ; for hi?
stature, his movement, his presence indi
cate him even more than his face. All ex
press the highest manliness. The light
step, the erect head, the splendid figure,
the .dear, open countenance all indicate
purity, health, and power. We have been
told so often that he is "not a great man"
that I expected to see a rather weak-looking
brother, and confess to positive surprise
when I saw before me a man who made the
men about him look rather poor and small,
who, if there be anything in temperament,
physique, and head, has enough of each
and all for himself, with considerable to
spare for others. Having seen him, nobody
now could ever make mc believe that he
has not a mind of his own. with wii! enough
and sense enough to put it to the best use.
And the whimpering Thomases of the party,
who have expected him to be putty in the
fingers of his Republican makers, may hang
up their fears.
Meanwhile, on this man of whom every
one in the nation is this moment thinking
a fair woman between two little children
looks down. She has a singularly gentle
and winning face. It looks out from the
bands of smooth dark hair with that ten
der light in the eyes which we have come to
associate always with the Madonna. I have
never seen such a face reign in the White
House. I wonder what the world of Van
ity Fair will do with it, Will it friz that
hair? powder that fac ? '.tTiw those sweet,
pure Jines away with pride? bare those
shoulders ? shorten those sleeves ? hide
John Wesley's discipline out of sight, as it
po?cs and minces before "the first lady of
the land'"?
What will she do with it, this woman
of the hearth and home ? Strong as the is
fair, will she have the "grace" to use it as
not abusing it ; to be in it, yet not of it ;
priestess of a religion pure and undcfiled,
lolding the white lamp of her womanhood.
unshaken and unsullied, high above the
leated crowd that fawns, flatters, and
poils? The Lord in Heaven knows. All I
know is that Mr. and Mrs. Hayes are the
finest-looking type of man and woman that
I have ever secu take up their abode in the
White House.
President Hayes stood on the eastern
steps of the Capitol, where Lincoln stood,
and pronounced his inaugural address.
Around him was the flower of fashion and
of state. Below him were regiments of men.
black and white, whose blue uniforms re
called, at least to one, the silent army of their
brothers whose bivouac o:. yonder flights
made this picture of the nation possible
Banners waved, and far away across the
pale green ground.' spread the people, lhc
gray cloud-mass of the morning, that prom
ised "a dark and snuffling day, and
passed away. The low Maryland hills
flickered in sunshine and shadow. The
Personal.
Mr. James Edinger, of this Borough, left
town on Tuesday for Scrantoo, on busioes.
Mr. J. E. M. Keller, will start for Phila
delphia, on Monday next, and expects to be
absent for some time.
llev. Francis A. Gilbert, of the Wrilliams
port Seminary, occupied tho Rev. Mr.
Howell's pulpit, at East Stroudsburg, on
Sunday last.
A line from J. S. White, who left here
for Kansas, on Monday evening last, an
nounces his safe arrival at Pittsburg, on the
momiog of the 20th, and intends proceeding
on his journey at 1:20 same day, and returns
thanks to all who aided him in getting off.
Miss Sue Vau Burkirk, one of the most
obliging operators on the line of the W. U
T. Co., who has been visiting friends and
relatives in New York State, for the past
hevcral weeks, lias returned to her old posi
tion in this Borough, highly delighted with
her trip, and greatly improved in health.
A letter from Mrs. Ella Fillmore, residing
near Sacramento, California, to her father,
.Mr. R. S. Staples, says garden truck is grow
ing finely in the open gardens, boquets of
lillics and other choice flowers can be gathered
outside of conservatories and that no fires
are needed only for the purpose of cooking.
Hon. Stogdell Stokes, arrived in town on
Thursday and after arranging matters left
again on Saturday last, for Moorestown, N
J., ami will spend some time with his daugh
ter Martha. Judge Stokes is enjoying good
health, and was highly pleased with the warm
greeting he received from his many persona!
friends in this place.
Mr. Allen Snyder, oldest son of J. E,
Snyder, Esq., ol this Borough, returned
home from the Millerstown Normal School,
on Saturday 10th int. Allen will return to
the school again on the 1st of April next,
and by close attention to his studies expects
to graduate at the close of the term. Success
attend his efforts.
Paints and Oil- cheap for cah a
Hollinshead's Drug Store. March 1-lmf
A Birthday Surprise. On last Satnr
day evening a grand supriec took place at
the residence of Mr. Peter Williams, it being
in honor of his 70th birthday.. It was
complete surprise to the old gentleman', every
thing having been kept so quiet that he ha
not the slightest gliiumcr ot the coming
event. At 6 o'clock he went home to sup
per, which was his usual hour, when to his
overwhelming surprise on entering his house
he found a table set extending trom one
corner of the room to the other richly frcigh
ted with all the good things calculated to
nlease the eve and gratify the appetite that
fancy and affection could invent and supply
Mr. W's feelings on that occasion can tatter
be imagined than described. There were
assembled six of his own children, three sons
in-law three daughters in-law and 1G grand
children.
May he and they live to enjoy many such
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tristive occasions.
Lead has been found in Cameron county.
TnE "Spring fever" epidemic is fast ap
proaching.
Gold head embroidery on lace is coming
into
vogue.
It will be safe now to put away the
sleighs and bells.
Farasols. to be in style, must match
the color of the dress.
Titere is still three feet of snow in some
parts of Totter county.
Our farmers, as a rule, have not yet be
gun plowing for oats.
An eagle recently attacked and killed a
calf in Clearfield county.
Celert is nearly over ; parsnips and
watercress arc coming in.
The Philadelphia colleges this year gradu
ated 587 medical students.
Leghorn straw hats, always so graceful,
will be worn this summer.
Now is the time to make your contracts
for erecting new buildings.
Low shoes and black stockings are be
coming tonnish for gentlemen.
Paint and whitewash brushes are good
investments at this time of year.
Some of the farmers of Chester county
have begun to plough for corn.
The newest polonaises are so long as to
show only a glimpse of the skirt.
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One thousand sheep died in Washing
ton county during the past winter.
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The cost of the fire department
Allentown last year was $7,0S2.0G.
More attention ought to be given
growing the better varieties of fruit.
to
People who desire to be in the fashion
must wear gloves of a deep pink color.
Some women won't be happy in heaven
unless they can scrub it out once a year.
We had an old fashioned snow storm last
Friday. Fully six inches of snow fell on the
level.
Help to revive business by making im
provements while labor and material arc
cheap.
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A fine quality of green marble is found
on the banks of the Delaware, about a mile
above Easton.
They Do Say,
that the old silver dollars are rarely seen
that Easter eggs of bright colors please the
voung that suckers, 14 on a string, sold
or 20 cents that Sunday last was a bright
day that young chickens of choice varie
ties have already been hatched this cpnng
that Saturday was rather gloomy for the
sparrows and other birds that we have
gas, and yet our street lamps are hid away
in darkness that we have a set ot reckless
youths in this town that Reeves Bush
has been engaged at Ruben Miller s sad
dlery that a fine hog belonging to Wilson
Dreher died of lock-jaw that potatoes
are arriving in Philadelphia from Ireland
that the earth is now thoroughly saturated
with moisture that the oldest man in
New York is Capt. Larbush, aged 111
. 1 . ,.- 1. It -11 1
years that "l'eity reports an umigs
right 111 Geimantown that JMetcalt is the
st successful chicken-hatcher in the
county, he having at present UO young
chickens and 20 hens hatching that the
sands of Delaware contain a small quantity
of gold that oranges are said to be good
for the liver that the A. M. E. School
will give a concert for the benefit of their
Pastor, at Williams' Hall, April 5th
that it will soon be warm enough for people
to loaf around the store doors that the
1 1 ess Brothers arc building an addition to
their store that everybody feels "jolly
when the bands beirin to rlay that the
Philadelphia Store has the finest sign in
town that the "Red Front" will be
opened by II. S. Wagner Sc Co., April
1st that the wide-awake business man
takes care not to hide his light under a
bushel that many little girls indulge in
ropc-jumping for exercise that E. P.
Holiinshead is very tasty in arranging arti
cles in his drug store, and has procured
the services of Milton Edinger to assist in
compounding medicines that "Joe" (?)
feels happy since he has turned dairyman
that a strong-minded woman will always
be speaker of the house that as the first
of April comes on Sunday all moveable
people will remain quiet until the day iol
lowing that Sheriff Shafer will sell out
the drv goods store of H. D. Bush to-
mi O
morrow that James White left for Kansas
on Monday night that .Sebastain Eehle
is the finest boot and shoemaker in this
county that John E. Snyder is assignee
for J. S. Williams that some evil dis
posed person threw a brick-bat through
the transparency at the Democratic head
quarters that bull-frogs will soon com
mence their evening concerts.
From IngcrsoH's New York Lecture.
. WIIAT SOUTHERN congressmen did.
Let me tell you something. If the High
Joint Commission had failed ; if the Vice
President had never counted the vote ; if
the election had been thrown into the
House of Representatives, Samuel J.- Tilden
would not have been elected, but Ruther
ford B. Hayes would have been elected by
Southern votes. Great applause. I know
what I am talking about. During the last
Congress the Southorn members, not all of
them, but enough of them, men who had
fought upon the field of war against the
life of our country, then held in their hands,
so to speak, the destiny of the United
States. With one word they could have
plunged us into the hell of civil war. We
were notsaved by the Northern Democrats;
we were not saved by the great host of
honesty aud reform. We were saved by
those who once sought to destroy the na
tion, because they had had enough of war.
Applause. They refused to act with the
Bourbons of the North. They said : "We
like this country; we know what war is;
our land was laid waste ; our homes and
towns and cities were reduced to ashes ;
there shall be no more war that we can pre
vent. A President shall be chosen, and
that President shall be inaugurated." Men,
I say, who had fought upon the field of
battle against our party, stood up in the
caucuses of the Democratic Party in Wash
ington, and used those very words. Great
applause. To them we are indebted for
the peaceful solution of the question. They
gave us peace, luey preserved it, so to
speak ; and I am willing to unite with them
to preserve that priceless gift forever. Ap
plause. Why should we live in enmity ?
If there is any way to settle this questiou
by reasoning, by argument, by compromise,
let us settle it in that way. When the
President delivered his inaugural he knew
exactly the position that had been taken by
these Southern men. He must have known
it. lie knew the patriotic stand they had
taken. He knew that the opportunity had
been presented to the South to show that
they still lowd this i-ru:if i-v. v.va !:' v.n.w
that the opportunity le.d b !) grandly im
proved by them. Knowing ail this, he ex
tended to these men, to th- entir South,
not the sword of war, but the olive branch
of v
The vivacious youth row trundlcth his
hoop on the sidewalk, to the annoyance of
the pedestrian.
The Delaware, Lackawanna and Wes
tern Railroad Company are conveying to
New York about ;Vi,000 tons of railroad
iron, i5,000 tons of which are for the. Cen
tral Pacific Road, and which is put upon
lighters in the North river, and the rest
for other roads. It takes fort five bars to
make a carload, or eleven ton- to the ear,
nd of course a contract like this means a
good deal of work at the rolling mills and
0:1 t!i? road.
The March winds cause a4 flutter in
ladies' dress goods and a looking up in the
article of hosiery.
Another, Waunino to Boys ! On
Saturday last, Amos, son of Burneace Haines,
aged about 14 years, in company with several
of his associates of this Borough, went to
East Stroudsbnrg, and whilst there attemp
ted to steal a ride on a passing coal train and
succeeded ia getting 00 and in attempting to
cross between two jimmies slipped and was
caught by the calf of the leg and came very
near having the flesh torn off" ; the skin was
stripped from near the knee joint to the
ankle. Dr. J. H. Shull of this place was
called and attended to the wauta of the
sufferer.
Ol'R milliners are getting ready for
their grand openings next month. The
new styles arc said to be handsome.
The Board of Commissioners of York
county have reduced the valuation of all real
estate in that county fifteen per cent.
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How many wives can a man have ? Six
teen four better, four worse, four richer,
bur poorer. Four times four are sixteen.
Under date of March 5 the limes, in
its financial art'uaV, says : "United States
funds are now almost the only legitimate
objects ol investment in the foreign market.
Times have changed. This same London
Times begged its Continental readers in
May. lfttll, to sell out Federal stocks atliS
rer centum and invest the proceeds in the
famous (or infamous) cotton loan at 00 per
centum. But then tlie Confederate seemed
likely to be the winning side.
The Johnstown Democrat says: The
champion heavy weight of Altoona is named
Eli Green. He tips the beam just now at
4()j pounds, ai.d it is said that for a nura
ber of years he has not slept in a bed. Up
until some six years ago he was employed
as a locomotive engineer on the mountain
division, Pennsylvania railroad, but owing
to hit, obesity and tendency to fall asleep
while running his engine, it became ueces
uiry to discharge hiai.
city, covered ail over with the bloom of
banners, stood stately and beautifuly beside
its embracing river, within encircling hills
In one long street the firemen rested. In
another the artillery waited. The last
words were uttered, and "the deep
mouthed guns" sent out salvo after salvo,
that shook the hills. Drums began to beat ;
men to march. Then from the vast multi
tude went up a peal of exultation.
Four days ago this scene would have
seemed . impossible. But a little more
.
than a week ago. assassination was
threatened if this hour came. How low
the clouds hung ! How deadly was the
battle ! Who could dream it possible now?
To look on this eight is enough to make one
believe that already things are ordered on
the best and surest foundations that
peace and happiness, truth and justice, re
ligion and piety are even now established
For over all, more than all, the people
have peace and a President. Our homes
are saved, commerce is unimpeded, indus
try is quickened, the avocations of life go
oi without interruption, and the world has
learned anew that a republic founded in
righteousness and preserved by free gov
ernment strikes far below the roots of anar
chy aud the storms of human passion ; and,
though it can be shaken, it will not be
destroyed."
Stbscribe for the JrTPRR?OMA?.
There is a "corner" in marriages in
New Castle. Lawrence county. And thus
it happened : The young damsels signed a
oledire to the effect that they "will not
marry any young man who drinks intoxi-
.1 tf i.l
eating liquors or uses tobacco, ana the
young men of the same place say they
will neither court nor marry any young
lady who ices, pads, wears a big bustle
palf'itator or other patent appliance as an
improvement on nature. Ibis has "cast
gloom over social life in that vicinity
Its a fine thing for the billiard rooms and
sowing societies.
The letters under the device of the eagle
on the reverse of our silver halves and quar
ters indicate the branch mint at which they
were coined. "O" means the New Orleans
mint ; "C C" means Carson City mint ; "C"
means Charlotte, N. C, mint ; "D" means
Dahlonega, Ga., mint; "S" means San
Francisco mint : the coins made at the
Philadelphia mint have no such designat
ing letter.
The Lnckawaxan river is clear of ice.
Though the amount to be rafted on the
waters ot t he Lackawaxen and I'vberrv is
nail, perhaps there never was so large an
imouut on the .Delaware. Jierort gives
lolbert Sc- Branuing 8,000,000 feet, whi'c
Wocd !fc Boyd come in for 2.50:.),0K) ; then
there is C. P. cc G. G. "Waller and many
more that claim the small amount of 2,000,- j ;
000 each.
At U eatherly, Carbon county, a citizen
killed a chicken last week, and found in its
gizard oue five ceut piece and three pennies
Monday morning last the thermometer
stood five degrees above zero. On Tuesday
morning one decree below. Not much
springlike.
In Allentown they have a wheelbarrow
so awful ugly that it scared four shoes off
Nathan Frederick's horse and made him
kick a buggy to pieces.
It is said that a piece of cotton put into
a bird's cage over night will attract the
insects. The cotton may be removed in
the morning and cremated.
IIolunshead Druo Store. This ol
and well known established house, situated
on Main street, in this Borough, has recently
been re-papered, painted and fitted up in the
most convenient manner, and reflects great
credit on its present proprietor, Mr. E. P.
Holiinshead. The papering and pahiiing
was done by Mr. Joseph L. Bowers, a master
workman in his lin'i of busiuess.
A Rochester woman's plan for clearing
the sidewalks in winter : Bore holes in
the ice, fill them with petroleum, set it on
fire, and wait till the snow melts.
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Take Notice. O. B. Gordon, will open
his subscription school, in Ann street Schoo
House, on Monday morning next, (March
26th, 1877), to continue 4 months.
As you pull vour overcoat up around
your ears it is pleasant to reflect that in
less than ninety days you will be anathematiz
ing Adam for bringing clothes into fashion
WnAT will the harvest be? Well, it'
hard to tell so early in the season, but from
the arDcarance o th gr;.n, as far as heard
Large Eoa. Mr. Charles L. Ilallett,
one of the most enterprising farmers of
Stroud township, on Thursday last, presented
us with a hens egg which measured the
longest way around it"- inches and 01 inches
the other way, perfectly shaped. This egg
is the production of a two-year old Brahma
hen. Next
All the foreman and station agents cm
ployed by the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western Railroad Company were notified
on Monday last, of a reduction in their
wages to take effect from the first of March.
The wages of the foremen will be reduced
810, and of the station agents $3 per month.
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On Tuesday, the Cth inst., the Sheriff
of Luzerne county, received from the
Hamilton Rope Works a coil of rope de
signed to be used in the execution of
Campbell on the 10th of next month. It
is made of fine American hemp and U a lit-
J tic over a half inch in tluclcnet-s.
from,
Ood.
the prospec4
r
ior
largo
yield
eace.
Boiled to Death.
TERUITiLE FATE OF A LAT50RER IN A TROV
1JRKWKRY FALLING IN A VAT OF SOIL
ING EL LP..
The Port Jervis Gazette, 10 inst., con
tains the following: A shocking and fa
tal accident, resulting in "Jie death of the
victim, occurred at the lager beer brewery
of Le wis Boucher, at the junction of Fourth
and Tixn'on streets. Trey. N. Y.. Tuesday
:ifte!';!0!ii-:ibout half-past one o'clock. All
thai- time .Joseph Kautz, who had ehnrge
of the brewing rooms, was on his tour of
inspection and seeing something amiss with
the machinery over a vat of boiling malt,
stepped upon the edge of the vat to arrange
a faucet, lit reaching up he lost his bal
ance and fell back into the seething iiouor.
lie uttered a piercing cry and disappeared,
the depth of the 1 ciling fluid being several
feet. The terrible crv ior help brought a
fellow
namod Mich,
id
vita gro-it xA
I the
l 1 1 1 1
nie lie puin.'ii ivautz out.
lei
to
er to
own
The Benevolent Association of York
lired a stone quarry near that place, where
a large number of otherwise unemployed
aborers have been kept at work, at ten
cents an hour, during the winter
result of the work estimated to be about
three thousand perch of broken stone, ready
or piking streets or roads.
had both
Kautz wa
ilesh hung in
eves were lit
hands terri'.dv
and in doing so
burned. When
drawn from the boiling vat the
irew irom tue 00a v, ins
to a i"Hy,
rally hoi
ind his
P.'t;: j-h-:l:-:
1 T
lie
;n no
vom
ited
ur alter
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The bonnet shapes for spring are very
much like those during the winter The
change in trimming will be more decided.
new hats being almost-entirely covered with
flowers. This will make the dear creatures
still more attractive than ever.
Scholars have been in the habit of
taking loaded pistols into the High School
of Easton. Last week one of the patois
was discharged during the session. For
tunately no damage was done. Several of
the lads engaged in the practice have been
dismissed from the school.
tor.gue luing out si
rpjie the boiling honor '
ing taken irom tn.
fenng, and wti'on removed to ius home. No.
Ida street, lingered in gr-ar agony for
two hours and then expired. Coroner
Flood was notified and will held :in inquest.
After the accident the liquor, about thirty
barrels in all, was drawn oil' from the vat.
Tho po..r vieti;:i was ia the vat about live
minutes. lie was only nineteen vears of
age, was single and a most exc;
man.
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The Dp aware Ice.
William Harper, of Forest county,
Penn., recently received back $ot5,0l from
an agent who had absconded with $'J0,000
twelve years ago. Having acquired great
wealth in South America, the agent added
$16,000 fur interest.
An old lady, hearing some one reading
about a Congressman-at-large, rushed to
the kitchen door and shouted, "Mary Ann,
Mary Ann, don't you leave the clothes out
all night; mind, I tell you, for there s a
Congressman at large."
IT IS fSPAPITALLY C.OIXO OVT I'NPEH THE
INFLUKNCK OF THE MILD WLATI1KR.
The ice in the Delaware, owing to the
recent rams and tho mikl weather 01 the
past few days, has broken loose at various
points in this immediate vicinity. There
is not, however, sufficient water to carry it
ir, and it lies in small masses near the
hores, at bends in tho stream, or aground
on the more exposed places in the river.
t will require a good freshet to start the
otherwise weakened iee and dislodge it el-
ectually. There is no cause for alarm
even among tl ose who are inclined to be
is
Bees have suffered severely this winter
in all parts of the State. The cause is at
tributed to a scarcity of bees' food last fall.
the bees having commenced to consume
their store earlier than usual in the end of
the winter.
Fifty acres of tobacco will be cultivated
near Freeburg, Snyder county, this season
Those who were engaged in business last
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year were well compensaicu ior ineir
trouble.
The pugalistic display in front of the
Tanite Company's office, about 6 o'clock in
the morning on Friday last, was anything
but encouraging to William. Adam came
off victorious.
Miles Ogle, the notorious counterfeiter,
has been convicted at Pittsburg, Pa., and
sentenced to eight years' imprisonment and
$8000 fine. Several others were convicted
at the same time.
An exchange truthfully says that it is
true of newspapers as well as of churches,
that those who contribute the least to their
support criticise and find tho most fault
with their management.
The Huntingdon county treasury con
tained almost 83,000 at the last settlement,
and the conirty is virtually out of debt.
How a man wears his hat : At twenty,
tipped sideways over one ear ; at thirty, on
the back of his head ; at forty, drawn down
over his eyes ; at fifty, sitting square on his
caput, with the brim tryiug to rest on both
shoulders.
The wedding ring of a lady who was
buried in Pottsville twenty-seven years ago
was recently unearthed by the sexton and
sent to the husband of the deceased in
California, where he now resides.
Clean your yards, empty vour ash
barrels, remove all superfluous and un
sightly matter about your premises, do
anything at all to employ your spare time
till business revives.
The people in the country are cautioned
against a set of chaps now in Pennsylvania
who pretend to be agents for a lottery
promising great prizes. 1 hey are swindlers
Dou t touch them.
The grand jury of Schuylkill county
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aciea upon eigniy-iour 01119 lust week
ignoring seven.
timid over the results of a
Port Jervis Gazette.
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A Shower of Rocks.
The people of Walton county, Ga., were
itely visited by one of the strangest of
phenomona. According to the Yidrtlc, it.
was nothing more or less than a genuine
shower of stones, varying in size from as
arge as a hen s egg to that of a man s two
fists. Tho stones are of irregular shape, of
a dark grayish color, interspersed with a
bright shiny substance resembling isinglass.
lhe shower was brief, and extended over
not more than four acres of ground, and
followed by an explosive sound not unlike
cannonading. A panicky feeling pervaded
the vicinity visited by tho shower. As
many as a dozen stones fell on tho root oi
the editor's house, though without doing
much damage.
Express Robbery.
TRAIN HOARDED AND & MESSENGER SHOT.
New Orleans, March 18. An express
messenger on the train from Mobile, which
arrived here at 10.15 last night, reports
that at Lookout Station a man boarded tho
express car and presented a pistol at him.
Luc messenger made a rush at the man ana
received a ball in the hand, disabiling him.
The highwayman then grabbed a
package, leapded from the car and escaped.
Men who have reached mature years
without gaining any reputation on which
they can stand may soon sit around on the
boxes in front of tho stores again.