The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1866-05-03
GENERAL NEWS.

The Fenians are said to be rapidly sim
meriHg down.
Pittsburg, Pa suffered loss of $31 900
by fires OIL Saturday and Sunday.
The dismantling of all the forts around
Washington was completed on Monday.
1t is said that it will cost over S30.000,-
600 10 equalize the boHnties of sailors alone.
James Glennon was hanged at Elizabeth
N. j., on the Goth inst, for the murder of his
wife about year ago.
The payment of the 500 gold interest
was commenced by the Treasury Depart
ment on Tuesday.
The banking house of A. N. Mylert 81 Co
at Scranton, has failed. Cause, speculation
in "ile" Liabilities 100000.
Messrs. Evarts, Clifford g. Rosseau have
been retained by the Government for the
trial of Jeff Davis.
A prize exhibition of penmanship, by sol
diers who lost a right arm in the war, was
held at Washington on Tuesday last.
Ten buildings were destroyed by fire a
Leavensworth, Kansas, on Saturday morn
ing. last. Loss $4,000.
The new penal law of Alabama, which
goes in force after the lst of June, contains
provision Furnishing horse and mule steal
ing with death.
In New York city the laws against cruel
ty to animals are beginning TO te enforced
Six men were brought to grief, on Saturday
for inhumanity TO dumb trutes.
A H., oI - ,oI,
sets, who claims TO know all about the Bur
dell murder. which caused so much excite
menl in New York few years ago.
The ancient Stuyvesant pear tree, at tht
corner of Bird av. and 18th ST., New York, i
row in full bloom The tree is over tw,
hundred years old.
The Treasury Department has received
through our Consul at Birmingham, England
as The gift of the people of that city, 4, 4,50I
in gold for the benefit of the Freedmen.
A man named Peter August Madison, Wa
arrested at Washington on Friday, on suspi
cion Of being the accomplice of Probst in th
murder of the DeerIng family.
The Internal Revenue receipts for tn
month of April, from all sources, foot u
! SO. .425,Sol % Total since commence
ment of present fiscal year S263. .3l6,390 81
The New York papers announce that tn
cholera on board the hospital ship is abating
From 40 10 80 of the % persons in the hos
lpital are convalesccnt.
Probst has been found guilty, at PhiIadel
| pha, of the murder of Christian Deerng.- -
lie confessed to the murder of The boy Cor
neius
Official statements Of the cattle plague il
| England, show that up TO March "a, 1866
2C3,353 were attacked, Of which l20,S3
died and BOAST were killed. The plague
now decreasing.
During Januaryand February the excess C
passengers going west Of Chicago. over thos
returning cast, was 800 each month.
March the excess was 5, 400, and in April
will reach 10000.
The Governor of Vancouver's Island ex
changed Salutalions with President johnson
last Thursday, over the completion of III
Telegraph connecting the island with III
main land.
| Some rufiiars went to a circus perform
ance, recently, near Crttenden, KY, and be
ing denied admittance they fired severa
shots into the tent, killing one man an
wounding several others.
TEe receipts from customs at New YorI
Philadclp phia and Baltimore, for the wee
ending April 2Ist were as follows Ne,
York, 50 536,375 40; Philadelphia, SI79
S75 81 /: Baltimore, S59,9Si %.
The US Marshal in Philadelphia. wa
recently resisted in an attempt to serve
warrant against parties infringing n rubbe
patent. Several shots were fired. The re
sistants were arrested.
The New Haven Clock Company's work.
and eleven adjoining buildings, were dc
stroycd by fire on Monday. Twenty fam
lies were rendered homeless and 200 me
thrown out Of employ. Loss $200,000
Three hundred German immigrants reach
ed Augus'a, Ga, on the 25th ut., under th
auspices Of the Georgia Immigrant Comps
ny. They are all engaged at $3.50 per an
mum with board and lodging for the men
and 500 for the women.