The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1869-03-18
MISCELLANEOUS.

f,OVN N"i'
There were $40 Methodist chuIchcs
dedicated in 1868.
The wheat crop in Virginia is very
promising.
The people both North and South are
pleased with Grants Inaugural.
The doctors have required Gen. Grant,
to moderate his smoking.
The Arkansas Senate last week passed
the Fifteenth Constitutional Amendment.
A ship arrived in New York on We'd
nesday with several cases of ship fever
on board.
The "eight hour" movement has bro
ken out afresh in New York and Massa-
chusetts.
The Democratic newspapers find fault
with GRANT for sending HANCOCK to-
Dacota.
The Rhode Island House of Rcpresen--
tatives rejects the femile suffrage PROPOSE
ton.
The State Senate on Thursday adopted
joint resolution ratifyirg the Fifternth'
Amendment.
Hon. John Guthrie, late United State.
Senator from Kentucky, died or Saturday
in Louisville.
The report that Minister Hale dose not
sympathize with the republican movements
in Spain is denied.
Mrs Lydia Beecher, mother OF Rev.
Henry Ward Bcecher, died in Brooklyn
Saturday, aged so years.
South Carolina and Georgia Rave
adopted joint resolution ratifyiDg the
Fifteenth Amendment.
Both branches of the Maine Legislature
have passed a resolution adopting the
Fifteenth Amendment.
The terrible pressure upon Senator's
and members of Congress by Office hun
, ters is becoming unendurable.
1t is thought that Major GeneraB
Schofeld will be assigned to the COM
mand of the Pacific coast vice Halleck.
The Rev j. c. Butler of Washington,
has been elected Chaplain of the House
of Representatives.
The famous yacht "Henrietta" belong
ing to James Gordon Bennett, Jr, il
advertised for sale.
t A Lady was recently elected School
Director in town in Massac husetts, but
] she refused to serve.
5 At Senatorial caucus On Tuesday
Senator Anthony of Rhode Istand, was.
! unanimously agreed upon as President,
2 pro tenn, OF the Senate.
The "arithmetic man. of the World is
resurrected and hard at work over the
New Hampshire election returns.
A country editor wants to know chow
in thunder them city newspapers got
hold of the Cabinet "men's obituaries so
: quick %
1t is rumored that Edward Mcpherson,
Clerk of the House, will be called to an
! important position under the new admin
istration.
g LIBERALITT.-The merchants aud
] property owners of Chicago, have insured
! the lives Of the frcmen in that city, for
$4,000 apiece.
James Grant, charged with shooting
H. Rives Pollard, Of the Southern Opin-
ion has been found not guilty and dis
a charged from custody.
e The Philadelphia Conference Of the NJ.
e E. Church commenced its session as
# Philadelphia, yesterday the 18th inst
S Bishop Thompson presides.
: General Cadeau's "Millitary History
4 of U. S. Grant" is being translated into
the French, German and Spanish langua-
T. ges.
Mrs. Josephine s. Griiing, 4 promin-
ent advocate of female suffrage, is a can
didate for the Postmistress-ship OF Wash
: ington City.
: Secretary Borie is actively at work in
the Navy Department, and we now have
the assurance that at last we have live
i man and a stout heart at the helm.
The recent Appropriation bill passed by
> Congress, discharges from the Patens
}; Office twenty, one clerks ofthe SI400 class,
J., and fourteen Of the $1,000 class.
r a cargo of wheat from California,
!. which recently arrived at Boston and was
e sold, returns net loss to the parties in-
S terested of over $4,000
s Quite a number Of Mormon families are
!, living polgamously in Williamsburg, near
y New York. The men have from two
to eleven wives apiece.
The number of children who attend
y schools in the United States amounted to
Q 5,000,000 They use 20,000,0 900 books,
!, which cost SlS,750,000
i Sand is not only an excellent substitute
. for straw as bedding for horses, but is, in
many ways, superior to it, as the saud
= does not heat, but saves the hoo&s of the
: horses.
The wealthiest man in America Ia
young Stevens son of the late Edward A.
Stayaps Of HohoEan Who xv han he roach