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The New York herald., 1872-12-12

A You've LADY arIDOw,. or REFINEMENT
hold capable and fond of children, only those who
are honorabc cf good poston and Wishing 70 the
services OF lady need Addrvss ~ NJ. box 05
Herald Uptown Branch Office.
The New York herald., 1872-12-12

A SOUTHERN WIDOW LADY, AGED "a YEARS, OF
n education, refinement and good address, ever nc.
customed to the surroundings OF refined Circle and
fully potent TO I'LL any position Of and RESPONSE
bL desires 70 meet with some occupation whereby sho
would like to meet with more reliable gentlemen
who already have house would assist her In taking
cheerful and happy home as she Is fully adequate with
CARDS character. capnby, &c OF the highest order no
obiectiVs 70 leaving the city. address, three days
Mrs. LA FONT Herald Uptown Branch once.
The New York herald., 1872-12-12

A ENGLISH WIDOW LADY DESIRES A POSITION
~ as housekeeper would ohoct the city.
Address Mrs. CARTER brooklyn Branch Herald Office.
The New York herald., 1872-12-12

O1Q EAST 21ST ST., NEAR 3D AVA RESPECT
AlC able woman laundress in a private family
can do up linen IN first class styles also French uling
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-03-28
sEpOrfant RailsoaG COnsOli-
d2ffnn

Last week we briefly announced one of those
great corporation movements which has been
SO frequent of late in different parts of the
country. The Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western Railroad Company and the Central
Railroad Company of New Jersey entered into
an agreement consolidating and uniting all
their interests.
The magnitude of the consolidation is thus
commented on BY the New York Suu of Tues
day: -
The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Railroad Company corporation that has
risen from comparative obscurity, within four
years, to the position of one of the richest and
most powerful concerns in the country-puts
in property that has cost $72,000,000 of actual
investment, while the Central Railroad Com
pany, itself short local road, but one doing
a great and paving business, puts in its own
and leased lines, worth nearly $50 100000
The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Railroad consists of double-tracked road
running from "The Junction." near Washing.
ton, n. j., through Scranton, Pa to Bingham
ton, and includes the roads formerly known as
the Warren Railroad and The Valley Road. Its
length is l45 miles; its capital, S20,000000; its
outstanding bonds, S1l,0O0,0OO. 1t owns the
newly built Boonton Branch, thirty-two miles
in length the Syracuse and Binghompton Rail,
road eighty miles long; and the Lackawanna
and Bloomsburg, also eighty miles in length
II controls, by lease, the Morris and Essex Rail
road from Hoboken to Easton, eighty-four miles
scventy-one of which is double-tracRcd, with
the Newark and Bloomfield and Chester Rail
roads. The Utica Division, leased and pur.
chased lines, extends from Binghampton to
Utica, ninety-eight miles the Oswego and
Syracuse Railroad, thirty-fve miles; and the
Cayuga and Susquehanna road from Oswego to
Ithaca, thirty-three miles. The cost of each
road is represented in the follwing table:
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-03-28
A new chair in our Sanct

A new chair in our Sanctum, for
which we are 7nder obligations to the liberal
ity of Messrs. Lee & Co., is just about the
easiest loafng adjunct, we have come across
in many years We can lay back in that
chair, and lighting our Havana = told style
for cent, enjoy ourself, in style equal
to the happicst monarch who rests on ''tc,ra
t6n,d." We will remember Lee & CO., for
that Chair to our latest day, and would say,
zen pasSant," that it is worth any ones
while, whether the purchase of furniture or
the mere desire to crafty curiosity is the
object, to call upon Lee & Co., at their ware
rooms and see what is to be seen. They
have other chairs just like ours, and every
othcrk known variety besides, and their general
display of furniture, both of their own and
city make, is without limit as to variety, cx-
cellent in quality and suited to the purse of
all who desire to purchase From cradle
to full grown bed post, from a wash stand
to the most finely finished wardrobe, from
chair to the costly sofa, from sheet to
comfort, from pillow to a mattrass, and
from clothes pin to wooden overcoat,
vugarly called a coffin, all can be found at
Lees, equal in kind, quality and liberality of
price to the same articles found elsewhere.
Reader give Lee & Co., cali before making
up your mind where to purchase.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-03-28
The winds Dofngs.-Duripr tb

The winds DOings.-During the
elbow, which prevailed on Wednesday of
last week, the gable end of the brick School
House. at Snydersvillc, this County was
blown in, the weight of the bricks and NOR
ter breaking the ioice and crushing through
the ceiling. Happily the children succeeded
in getting out without any one being injured.
The gable end of the Rinker School House,
in Hamilton, also blew in, during the same
storm The Scholars made narrow escape.
Only one was hurt, and he slightly on one
car
The brick School House, at East Strouds-
burg, shared the same fate during the same
blow, but 10 one was injured
a portion of the Bark Shed, attached to
Huli's Tannery was also blown down, during
the blow No one hurt.
Old Boreas seemed set upon doing his
level best upon the day named, and it is
miraculous that no one was seriously injnr-
ed
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-03-28

RaS~ RECENT proceedings in Congress indi-
cate that tea and coffee will be placed on the
free list this session, and that there will be
Senate and House have agreed in the matter
of coffee and tea, but in different ways, SO
that a mutual understanding will have to be
reached Quite a number of other commodi-
ties, from which little or no revenue is deriv-
cd, may also be included, but it is pretty
well settled now that there will be no general
Tariff legislation this session.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-03-28
Some Iron Statistics.

Five years ago Illinois did not produce
ton of pig metal. Last year she made
65, 900 tons of pig metal. Last year, Mis-
souri, mined 26S $500 tons of iron ore, and
Michigan 9l0, 1884 tons Nearly one .thirc
of the pig produced in the Uuited States
is made from Michigan ore. Illinois as
a rail producing State. is second only tc
Pennsylvania. About 3 500 tons OF" "black
ore "are mined in Clay county, Indiana
every day, part of which is sent to ST.
Louis. One mill in Wisconsin places that
State fifth on the list of rail. producing
States. 1t made 25,774 tons last year
Michigan last year made nearly 100 900
tons of pig metal last year, against 900
tons in 1851. The Missouri ore com
panies are preparing to put 100000 tons
of orc in the market this year. The man
ufacture of rails in the United State have
doubled in the last years Miners .Jour.
nal
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-03-28

A friend Of ours has two boys, aged
respectively six and eight years. The
youngest was partaking pretty largely of
the good things of this life at the dinner
table, Immediately on their return from
Sunday-school. The elder, after cycling
his brother for some time said "Char.
lie, if you were to eat much more, and it
should kill you, you would weigh so much
that the angels could not carry you to
heaven" Little six year old hestated
for moment and then looking up, re
piled: "Well, if they could not do it
alone, God would send Sampson down to
help them"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-03-28
Cure for HoOf Rot.

a veteran stock raiser gives in the
Rome On. Y, Sentinel the following as
Il certain cure for hoof rot in cattle, horses
or sheep: "One teacupful of sharp cider
vinegar, one and half tablespoonful OF
copperas, one aud a half tablespoonful OF
salt Dissolve gradually on the hot stove,
but do not let it boil When cool, apply
it on the affected limb and hoof, and also
swab out the month of the animal with
mixture. Two or three applications usual,
ly effect cure. The remedy has been
used with perfect success since 1918.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-03-28
Large Product of Pic Iron.

We learn that the little old Blast Fur
mace at Oxford, which was put in opera
ton \. d. l743, and changed few years
ago from Charcoal to an Anthracite fur
mace, Increasing its diameter in the BASH
es, from u to - feet. has been produc-
ing from 30 to over 100 tons of Pig Iron
per week, the present winter. This vi eld,
is we believe unparalleled in this Coun-
try, for the same size furnance using au-
thracite as fuel.-BeIcjderc ApOUo.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-03-28

Through tickets around the world arc
now issued. the price being 81, lbs in
gold, and the running time eighty ouo
days The line of route going westward
is: From New Yorh to San Francisco.
5000 miles San Francisco to Yoko kohama,
400 thence to the Hong Kong, ,60O;:
thence to Calcutta, 3, 800 thence to Bonn
tay, l,400 Bombay to Suez, 5000; from
Suez, by way of Alexandria and Brindisi,
to London, about $500 and from Lon
don to New York, $500.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-03-28
Lei all who nre disnnsnd To rrnwl >, on-

Let all who are disposed to growl at our
too long delaying Spring be informed thsa
an old resident of Peoria, III. has iDform-
ed The Rcrifw of that town that in 1922,
he reached whit is now Chicago on tho.
9th of June, and that the frost was nos
then out of the ground The next year
at the corresponding date, the soil was
frozen SO hard that gardening couDd not
be begun. Here is another contribution
to meteorological mysteries which We
verify believe to be unfathomable, even
by that mythical parsonage, the oldest
inhabtaut.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-03-28

Two farmers of Clay county, Mo were
recently bitten by mad dog, and fearing
that they would be attacked by hydro
phobla and injure their wives and children,
they had heavy irons made and fastened
upon them. Their hands were securely
manacled, strong iron bars were fastened
about their waist, aud to this was welded
chain, one end of which was fastened
to ringbolt in the floor and thus they
lay awaiting the approach of the most
terrible of maladies.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-03-28
What Beecher Thinks of Grant.

Henry Ward Beecher in speaking Of
Grant and his administration says:
We firmly believe that, under General
Grants administration, the republican
party has conducted the country through
a period of struggle almost as perplexine
as was the period of war, and with dis
cretion and success which are not un
worthy of the reputation achieved by it
IN the stormy days of civil convulsions =
What correction of abuses comes to be
demanded will be achieved. / is the
force of public opinion outside of the gov,
ernment which fills its sails and gives it
power to move. We do not deprecate the
criticisms of able journals. Just as fast
as they can raise the tone OF public senti,
ment in the community they will secure
the execution Of that sentiment by the
Administration. In short, the republican
party, in our Judgment, represents ideas
and politics indispensable to the growth
OF Justice and liberty in this great Com,
monweaIth 1t was never more fitted to
carry out the best thoughts of our wisest
men. And in looking about for a leader
IN the coming campaign We know of no
one so likely to secure success as the man
who IN his military life, however slow or
cumbrous in his methods, seems to have
invariably come out victorious in tho end.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-03-28

THE detailed report OF pork packing
coming from Cincinnati says that the to
tai number hogs packed in the West dur
ing last year was four million eight hund-
red and sixty eight thousand four hund
red and forty, eight, against three million
six hundred and ninety five thousand two
hundred and fifty,one of the previous
year. Average weight of hogs, two hun
dred and twenty seven and five eighth
pounds. Yield of all kinds of lard per
hog, thirty nine and quarter pounds
The increase in the crop is thirty and
four ninths per cent, and the increase in
lard is twenty, eight and one eighth per
cent.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-03-28
Spontaneous Commission.

An experimenting Detroit chemist took
piece of threadbare cotton cloth, smear
dit with boiled oil, and placed it in the
centre of chest filed with paper and
rags Although the room was not tight
and the weather was cold, there was Il
smell of fire about the room in eight days.
Unpacking it, the experimenter found the
rag half charrcd. In April he made a
similar experiment with a pair of pain.
ter's overals, which he rolled up with
pine shavings aud crowded in next to the
roof boards of loft. In a week tie smell
Of smoke alarmed workman in the next
room, and the overalls were found to be
on fire. And during the hottest weather
a handful of old cotton rags, not smeared
with oil, became hot enough, when hung
up in tin box in the sun, to light match
es which he had placed among them
These facts show the necessity of caution
in putting away rags, especially those that
may be saturared with oil, benzine or 9TH
er infammable substance
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-03-28

Philadelphia wants to be the capita
city of Pennsylvania. The Mayor and
Councils are pushing the speculation, and
a public meeting in behalf of the change
was held last Saturday. 1t is urged that
Harrisburg is out of the geographical ccn
ter Of travel, and that "the force Of habi,
and the incouveniences of removal have
alone prevented change from being
made long ago" New buildings for the
State Government must soon be erected
those now in use at Harrisburg being
shabby, dirty, and inconvenient The
mob spirit in Philadelphia seems to us
the main objection to the removal propos
ed but then there has sometimes been
an exhibition Of the same spirit In Harris
burg. At the PhiadeIhia meeting on
Saturday one gentleman held forth
vigorously about the extreme unheallhi-
ness of poor Harrisburg. ats air." he
said, Sis loaded with miasmatic vapor, its
water is poisonous, and while many mem
oers OF the Legislature have been seriously
sick others have died" At least four
gentlemen offered to give land for the new
buildings which would be required, and
thirty citizens were sent to HARRISBURG
to see what could be done about the mat
ter.-TriJune.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-03-28
GsS~ headquarters Republican State Ce1,
frai C0Dtmittee Of Pmnsylraaia.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 5, lS7:


PHuADFLPHIA, Feb 5, 1872
Ia pursuance of the resolution of the Re-
PUBLICAN STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE,
adopted at Harrisburg, Jan. Is, 1872, RI
PUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION, composed OF
Delegates from each Senatorial and Repre-
sentative District, in the number to which
such District is entitled in the Legislature,
will meet in the Hall of the House of Repre-
sentatiycs, at Harrisburg, at 10 O clock, noon
on WEDNESDAY, the 10th day of April,
y. D. 1872, to nominate candidates for Gov
crnor, Judge of the Supreme Court, Auditor
General should the Legislature provide for
the choice of one hy the people,, and an
Electoral Ticket; and also to elect Senator
ial and Representative Delegates TO repre-
sent this State in the REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
CONVENTION, to be held at Philadelphia
June ), 1872. RUSSELL ERRETT
VIM. Eloitt Chairman
j.. f. Houston,
Ezra I.ukens, Secretaries.
L. n. Ivtle,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-03-28

THE election in Utah on the question
of adopting the Constitution and forming
State Government was held on Monday
week. As the Gentiles made no contest,
the Mormons carried the Constitution and
elected their nominees without op
position. a very large vote was cast by
the Mormon women, who are electors un-
der the new Constitution
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-03-28

The weather for the past two weeks, has
been as tickle as the most heartless coquette.
Just as warm, pleasant day would begin to
morve the heart into a feeling of love for the
pleasant days Of Spring, blast from old
Boseas, asad touch from Mr. Freezo, would
set things back again to the depths of grim
winter But never mind. There is a good
time coming.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-03-28

Only six inches of snoFi has fallen in
Dakota Territory this winter. The prai-
ries are now bare, and all the transporta
tion west of Cheyenne is done on wheels
The grass is green, and some ponies are
found in splendid condition, which have
subslsted on Buffalo nrass all Minter.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-03-28


THE State Senate on Friday last some.
what unexpectedly passed the general
Local Option bill, covering the whale State
in its operation. Itwas previously amend
ed so as to provide that the people shall
vote upon the question of granting Ii
censes by cities AMI counties instead OF
by wards and townships, as specified in
the House bill. The first election is to
be held in March, 1873. This changs
will probably make the law less acceptable
to its advocates, as it practically ties the
hands of those who feel able to mould
public sentiment in their particular locali
ties. 1t cannot be expected that more
than one fourth Of the counties in Pennsyl
vania, and probably not near so many
will vote down the sale of liquor under
the Senate bill but wherever the neces
sary strength can be mustered the result
will be much more comprehensive. The
House has yet to act on the Senate amend
ment The bill was passed in the Senate
by 16 yeas against ii nays-Mr. Find
lay, Democrat, voting with the Republi-
cans in the affirmative.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-03-28
How to Swallow a Pill

The Chicago Medical Times is responsi
Bile for the following: "Put the pill un
der the tongue and behind the teeth. and
let the patient immediately take a large
swallow of water, and he will neither fee
the pill nor taste it. In fact he cannot
tell where it has gone, and | have seen
them look about the floor to see if they
had not dropped it,"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-03-28

Elk Senator Bnckalew il announced q,
determinedly averse to being nominated
for Governor Of Pennsylvania, and the
Democrats arc in consequence turning to
Gen. CaSs, who, it is claimed, will carry
the Reading Convention.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-03-28

THE revival at Lawrence, Kansas, is
still in progress. Drunkards, infdels,
and professional gamblers are among the
numerous converts. No church or hall
in the city will hold the crowds which
flock to the meetings. From two to sew
en- hundred people attend the morning
prayer-meetings. The city was never
half so much stirred religiously.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-03-28

The method for preventing the spread
of smallpox, recently adopted in Alaba-
ma, is certainly very efficient. 1t is TO.
let-thc patient quietly and safely die by
himself; hire a negro to bury him, and
shoot the negro as soon as the inierment
is complete.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-03-28
Mason TOck has ius

Mason TOck has just received hi.
spring stock of plain and fancy wall papers
TO which the attention of the public is invited
The market has been ransacked to secure
desirable styles, and we think Mason has hi
the nail on the head Being a practical
paper hanger, of much experience, we think
he is just the man for all to consult, who in
tend papering the present season.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-03-28

THE Greeley Tribune of the goth inst
announces that the snow has vanished
from central Colorado, the ground free
from frost, and the farmers beginning to
put in crops Of Wheat aud Oats. 1t
admits that there has been "three months
of forced inactivity" making money scarce
and many Of the colonists poor, though it
is not known that any have suffered for
the necessaries of life. Cattle in town
are in fair condition, but will be the bet
ter for few days grazing OF the herds
that have had to forage for living on the
bleak prairie, from fourth to a third arc
dead, or soon will be. We pity the cattle
but regard this as good thing for the
country. Not till men are cured of the
delusion that something valuable may be
had for nothing will they work and plan
and look ahead as they should Coal at
Greeley is S64 per tun Hay, Sl7 s; Flour,
per cwt., S32 to S5i; Wheat, Sl35 per
bushel; Corn, Slf per cwt Bacon, 124
to l4c. per ib. f; Wool (Merino), 40c !;
Mexican, 80 to 35c per fb Wood, $40
per cord Beef, l00l5c. per ib. Mutton,
l5c. Buffalo, l5c. 4; Antelope, l5c. !;
Venison, Zoe. Trout, Soc. (; Ham, zoe. !;
Butter, 30@l5c.-Work has been com,
menced on the great irrigating canal,
which proved inadequate last year, caus-
Ing the loss OF crops to many.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-03-28

Snow fell to the depth of about four
nches on Monday night last We saw a few
Sleighs on the streets on Tuesday morning.
but sleighing, except for the poor horses,
was mix cum areuse."
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-03-28

"A man having announced that he want.
ed to marry girl "with plenty of snap in
her." the la Crosse Leader advises hin,
to Ego for the Wisconsin girl who swal.
lowed forty percussion caps the other
week"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-03-28

THE new sleeping coaches for the Erie
Railway will probably be put on the road
when the spring time table takes effect.
The cars will run to Chicago without
change, Notwithstanding the great differ
ence in the guages Of the roads over which
they are to run. Over the Erie road they
will Of course run on wheels of six foot
guage. At Buffato the cars will run under
hosting machine, which will lift the car
from the broad guage trucks. Should this
newest thing in railroading be successful,
it will relieve the public from many annoy.
ances from varying railroad gauges, Of
which there are five (including the "nar.
row gauge in the country. The attempt
some years ago to make car wheels movable
on their axles, 50 as to accommodate
different gaugers, it was thought at the
time would Gil the requirement, but it
has not been tried to any great extent on
passenger cars, the shifting being done by
running the cars upon gradually converg
ing or diverging tracks until the narrower
or broader gauge is reached. Then the
wheels are agin locked.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-03-28

The Cameorn Herald gives a statement
of logs got in this winter on the Driftwood
branch, in Cameron county, to be run
down the river. The statement contains
none of the stock being got in to be
manufactured in the county, and foots up
30,250, 900 feet OF this 81, 100000 feet
are pine, 100000 feet hemlock, and
100000 feet are oak and chestnut.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-03-28
THE SECRET ERRORS OF YOUTH.

Which are hurrying so many thousands Of
the bright and promising youth fboth sexes
to early and unhonored graves, are but the
out groupings ola diseased imagination. In
disposition to eXertion, loss of power, loss OF
memory, difficulty of breathing weak nerves,
trembling, horror of disease, dimneSs of Vi
sion, pain in the back, hot hands, flushing
of the body, dryness of the skin, pallid coun-
tenance and universal lasstiude of the muscu-
lar system, are among the most frequent
symptoms.
BsE WARMED IN TIME,
Mishlers Herb BitterS is the only sure
remedy. it has cured thousands and will
care You. FRX ET AND BE CON
WINGED.
March I, 1872, I'm.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-03-28

rgr THE official majority in Montgomery
county for John G. Smith, Democratic can
didate for the State Senator, was l225.-
Chester and Delaware together gave $50:
for Waddell, Republican, which elected hin
by a majority of 1877 in the district. Not
more than two-thirds of the votes were poll
cd in either of the counties.