The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1869-03-18
State News.
Scarlet fever prevails in Reading.


Scarlet fever prevails in Reading.
Boatmen are passing through Eastou
on their way to the canals.
Northampton county farmers are NOV
ing their grain to market.
Reading is in the hands Of itinerant or
gan grinders, harpists, violinists, and
''such." Unhappy Reading.
The Eagle hotel in Williamsport, with
most of its contents, was destroyed by fire
on the morning of the 10th inst.
The people of Lewistown complain that
they have more than their share of burg
lars.
Some Erie milkmen resemble the whale
that swallowed Jouah-they take great
'prophet" out of the water.
Henry Cook, prisoner in the Norris
town jail, made his escape on Tuesday OF
last week by shutting off this mortal coil.
Rev. George Bringhurst, in card, re-
flutes the rumor of last week, that Twitch
ell had confessed to him that he dad
murdered Mrs. Hill
A lady passenger became mother last
Saturday morning on the Chicago express
train while crossing from Allegheny to
Pittsburg.
The Erie Observer is in formed that
project is on foot to build pipe line for
conveying oil between that city and Titus
VILE The distance is fiftysix miles.
At the funeral of Mrs. Brenizer, at
Reamstown, Lancaster county, recently,
five of her sisters were present, the young
est of whom was over eighty years ofage.
/ The Allentown Daily Ne,cs says that
"lady"i in that highly virtuous town
passed bad 50 note on blind man, in
payment for two brooms.
i At the Republican Allentown City
election, on Friday, Mr.. George BeiseI
was elected as the niminee of the party
for Mayor, and Daniel X. Diefenderfer
was chosen for the Office of Postmaster.
], On Saturday last the time honored
University of Pennsylvania conferred the
degree of NJ D. on one hundred and thr
ty gradutes, representing twenty-five
States.
A man named Louis Guiles, of Ear
township, Berks county, committed sui
eide last Friday night, by hanging him
| self. This is the second suicide in that
township within the past month.
Mayor Fox, of Philadelphia, is getting
very particular-at least some Of his off
GERS think so-he having discharged {;
police officer for being drunk, although
not on duty at the time.
David Guyer, jr., Of Horse Valley
Franklin county, having wife and two
children, accidentally shot himself abou
two weeks ago. Death ensued in a fcW
hours.
About seventy thousand Odd Fellow!
are expected to participate in the semi
centennial anniversary Of the establish
, ment Of the Order, which is to be held il
Philadelphia on the 26th of April next
The Warren Ledger says there will no
be less than nine million feet of boards
+ RATED between that place and Corydor
: the coming spring, and great deal more
will be manufactured before the raftiD2
t season is over.
E. W. C. Green, late Pension Agen
for Pennsylvania, has resigned, and it i!
said that lie is a heavy defaulter to the
, government-whicha accounts for the Ions
delay of the pensions due the first of Jan
uary.
The Allentown Nelcs intimates thai
some of the citizens Of Lehigh county are
engaged in furnishing prisoners in the
county jail with instruments with which
to effect their escape A batch Of ole
files, saws, hoop skirts, and ropes was re
Gently discovered in a straw tick in ono
of the cells.
So numerous have the theifs of freight
and coal on the line Of the Reading Rail
road become, and especially near the city
of Philadelphia, that the company was
compelled to employ batch of special
detectives to watch for the plunderers al
Port Richmond. They were sworn into
officer by Mayor Fox on Wednesday last
The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Com
pany are filling their canal this week
preparatory to starting their boats. The
Delaware Division filled their canal on
Sunday, the 7th inst. The Morris CANA
Company will fill their canal some time
during the coming week Boatmen with
their teams are daily passing through thi;
place on route for New brunswick and
other points along the canal, to take pos
session of their boats which had been tieC
up during the winter.
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