The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-01-03
GENERAL NEWS.
Garroting is in vogue in ST. Louis.

Garroting is in vogue in St. LOUIS.
Sixty millions dollars worth of Govern
ment property is stored at Jeffersonville
KY.
The records of Salisbury prison have
been found, with the names of over 200t
Union prisoners reported missing.
There is young man in Springfield
Mass, 10 years OF age, who weighs 27C
pounds.
The total receipts Of internal revenue
for the fiscal year to Dec. 9th, is $l61,
637 Ash
There are now ITO scholars in attend
ance at the Soldiers Orphans SchoN in
Quakertown.
Gov. A. j. Hamilton, of Texas, has To-
Gated in Harrisburg, Pa, and will soon
commence the practice of law there.
1t is estimated that the value of whea
and -four exported from California the
present year will be s6,500.0 in gold.
f. \. Grant and n. Butler are the pro
prietors of an academy in Louisville, KY
judging from the names that firm should
possess excellent publications to teach
the young idea how to shoot
An investigation of the recently award
ed Indian contracts shows that they are
thirty seven thousand dollars higher than
were the rejected bids. Lo, the poor In
dian has been at the bottom Of many dis
honest fortunes.
The voting population of New York
at the last election, was Is, ,S4l Of Pen
nsylvania, 597 1923 total in both States
l,3l6,211, representating an aggregate
population of 10, 900, 900, or nearly one,
third of the entire Union.
From the beginning of this years to the
end of October the number of German
immigrants conveyed,,to the United States
from Hamburg was 4O,566, against &c.
9Sl at the corresponding period of last
year.
4 saw manufacturing company has
been established in San Francisco upon
very extensive scale. Saws of every
| description are manufactured from the
rough plates of steel which are imported
direct from England.
Every particle of rust on iron may be
removed by first softening it with petro
leum and then rubbing it we'll with coarse
sandpaper. To paint iron, take lamp-back
sufficient for two coats, aud mix with equal
quantities of Japan varnish aud boiled
linseed oil.
Cracks in furniture may be advantage
ously filled by the following composition
Moisten piece of recently burned lime
with enough water to make it fall into
powder; mix one part of this Stacked
lime with two parts of rye -four and a sufli
cient quantity of linseed oil to form it
into thick, plastic mass.
Henry Knause, residing in Hamburg
Berks county, Pa, set gun-trap in his
smoke honse, for the benefit of some
thieves who had stolen his meat. He for
got that be had set the trap, and was the
first one to open the door of the smoke.
house, when the gun was discharged, and
he was almost instantly killed.
John and Patrick Mccullough, of st.
Clair, Schuylkill county, had hearing
on Tuesday of last week on the charge
of distilling and selling whiskey without
a Government license. A sample of the
article made was obtained, and it is said
that among the materials used in its man
utacture were mOLasses and horse manure
Truly, choice and aromatic liquor for a
human being to pour down his throat
On Thursday night DIR. Whitbeck, of
Hudson, slipped upon the icy sidewalk,
and falling down, dislocated his ankle
He could not get up again, aud would
probably have lain there all night had not
horse which had got loose from a stable
came nosing around where DIR. Whitbeck
laid. Selling the animal by the head he
was enabled to raise himself to his feet,
aud he then managed to get on the horse 8
back and ride him down to his Office,
without saddle or bride.
Mrs Millard went to see her husband
at a mill in Washingtonville, Orange
County, New York, on Saturday, and in
passing some machinery, her dress was
caught and one of her legs torn from her
body. Her husband, in attempting to
rescue her, had an arm iearfully mangled
He Opened his jack knife with his teeth,
and had nerve enough to cut the tendons
holding the injured limb. The husband
and wife are both in critical condition.