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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-23
Wages Abroad.

Sixty cents day is considered good
wages for workingman in any of the
European countries except Great Britain,
where the wages are some what higher.
In the Tyrol silk region and in Italy they
often do not get more than ten cents. liz
the country 10 Germany ten cents is the
common pay. Women there often get
but five cents In Sweden men often
work from four O'Clock in the morning
till nine in the evening, and do not get
more During the late war many poor
women in Berlin were hired to kuit stock
ngs for the soldiers for five cents. The
profit Of the poor who keep petty shops,
sell trinkets in the streets, or act as sut
ers do not average more than three oi
four per cent BARRIERS in Berlin, since
the raising of their prices, get five cents
for hair cutting and two and half cents
for shaving. Servants at hotels get FROM
three to eight dollars a month. Servant
girls in private families often get but ten
dollars a year. Sometimes these classes
cannot get work at any price.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-23

DURING the heavy gale, which prevailed
here on Monday evening, one of the wooden
ornaments on the Methodist Church steeple,
some eighty feet from the ground, blew off,
and striking the roof of Esquire Burnett
tailor shop, passed through the building to
the first floor. The Esquire, who was in the
shop posting books at the time, made very
narrow escape indeed, as the falling missile
struck within few feet of the place he wa:
sitting. 1t was providential that the acci
dent did not occur in the day time when the
hands were at work.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-23


An Oxford, Chester county, peach t-s.
has just ripened its second crop this year
sl65 900 was withdrawn from the Bauk
of England, for shipment to America.
Joe Coburn announces his de,ermiu,
tion not to accept any challenges to SIGHT
Tweed will be tried after the trial =,
Stokes is concluded.
Lancaster pays out nearly $3.50 O0a
per anuum to her manufacturing em
ployees.
The Washington Chronicle consider.
balloon ascensions public nuisances and
wants law made to prevent them.
There were nearly thousand cases 70
turned to the grand jury of Luzerns
county for selling liquor without license
Nearly fifty eases are from Pittstou.
The fight between the Brule Sioux and
Pouca Indians, in Dakota Territory m
the 18th inst resulted, according to the
latest reports, inthe killing of 90 warrior.
a Pottsville murderer of eleven wear,
standing has turned up at Sharon, and
is now safely lodged in the Pottsvlle iail
He admits the deed, but claims self.
I defense.
Niue agricultural fairs will be held in
the State of Virginia during this month
!, and November The tobacco crop now
being harvested is the best for several
years. - -lt
, An island of eleven acres has been dis.
covered in MinnetoDka. Mipu, which ss
cared The notice of the government, sur
veyors 1t contains a very rich guanc
: deposit.
J The Icelanders are beginning to emf
p gra,e quite extensively to the lutte,
4 States They are said To resemble th
; Scotch in appearance, and are bright
clean and very healthy looking class o
people.
. 4 young man was discharged from An
2 hurn prison la-' Sunday morning VIII
had earncd 500 by uverwok during hi
u four and half years of on6ncmeut H.
II was skiilfal wo, kwan engaged in tuu
shop.
Columbus, Ga, boasts of young maj
who is said to receive salary Of $l2O
and saves Sll00 per annum, aud ha
rived since the war sOmc STOu0 Il
l',oarjs at the Tree lunch counter an
t sleeps on the lee side of fence.
: Delpse Culver, Of jersey City, one
d the wealthiest capitalists in New Jerse,
J has been adjudged bankrupt BE Wa
t vice president Of the New York an
Is Oswege Midland Railroad Company. Ii
a liza biiities are said to reach S., coo 900.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-23

Alta New England family reunion
held few days ago, the head OF the an
cestral name. an old lady nearly ninety
years of age, made a little address to her
descendants, as follows
I'VE are assembled to CONNIE morale
our ancestry. Let US practice thelr Vir
tuous lives. They were CONSCIENTIOUS
men, that despised fraud and oppression
As we look at their lives We hnd them
honest. willing to earn their bread by the
sweat of their brow. They were not de
luulters ;they did not covet what did not
belong to them. This, my young irlenos
is serious thing in the nineteenth cen
tuary. Many have lost their integrity
What is to become of our family, our re
latious. our country. If We have no truth
no honesty, no upriShtness In our lives
It is truth and honesty that live
Ase is backward looking and perhaps
this venerable DANES mellow memor'e
of the sgood old days" of our foreiathers
NAV have invested them with some
what fictitious halo. Nevertheless, he
epigrammatic admouitions well deserv
to be laid to heart by those OF this gen
Grafton, no matter what may be thel
class, condition, pursuit, or the charac'e
of their political affiliations Sometime
the hushed Past speaks wcightiest wisdoI
unto our noisy Present 1t was certalp u
so in this instance. 1t is to DC hoped W
NAV Interpret its voice Alright, aud retail
lis lessons as we ought.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-23
Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity

EAsToN, Oct lI-The public entertain
ment Of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fratern
ity, assembled here in convention during
the week, was held in Able's Opera House
last evening.
A large and select audience Of students
and faculty of Lafayette College, and
ladies aud gentlemen Of Easton, crowded
the hall Coates full orchestra furnished
appropriate music. Whitelaw Reid, Esq
Of New York city, Of the Kappa Chap
ter. Miami University, presided, and mad c
the opening address
Abiding to this as the largest of the
college fraternities, he paid tributes tc
several Of the distinguished living mem
bers, and to Theodore Winthrop and
Minor Wilkins among the dead. lie
closed with the declaration of the desire
of every chapter Of the fraternity TO work
only in accord with and in perfect and
loval subordination to the college faculty
or to disband whenever the professors
should require it. He introduced Wayne
MacV eagh as foreign niuster who had
not disgraced US, and graduate whose
fair fame was the special pride of the
fraternity.
Hon. Wayne Mae Veagh, of Harrisburg
of the Phi Parent Chapter of Yale, then
delivered an oration on Life in CONSTANT
nople." A literary gem, though evidently
extempore.
Mr. 2. Brynberg Porter, NJ. D., oi
New York city, of the Phi Chapter, read
graceful and neat poem, with an ap
propriate introduction, entitled "The
Egyptian Minerva.
The convention banquet was most
agreeable and happy conclusion to the
exercises of the convention, which has
been one of the most important and
pleasant in the history Of the fraternity
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-23

Persons desirous Of indulsing in the
uncertain business of laying wagers on
the results Of elections obtain a solid slice
of comfort from Illinois, the Supreme
Court of that Commonwealth having just
decided that "betting on elections is not
gambling, and that judgment rendered
on a note given in payment of such bet
is valid" In the next exciting political
canvass people anxious to wager large
sums viii, no doubt, proceed to the State
where the law recognizes and protects the
peculiar pecuniary transactions they affect.
There is no possibility of predicting what
the courts of our Western States will
next decide to be legal and equitable.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-23

A dispatch from Carrollton, Mo. gives
an account Of u shocking tragedy enacted
near there Robert. Austin, a young
farmer residing about eight miles from
Carrollton, suspected his wife OF lntideI''y
and on Friday left home, saying he was
going to the St. Louis Fair, and would
be absent several days. He went to the
depot, but returned home alter dark anu
secreted himself in closet iu his vile ;
bedroom, armed with double barrel shot
gun. II vile soon retired. and shortly
after Elijah Haley entered the room and
undresscd himself AS he was getting
into the bed Austin sprang out ami tred
but missed Haley, and the shot entered
his wifc's abdomen. Austin fred again
at Haley auI killed him instlltly. Mrs
Austin died on Saturday afternoon
Austin surrendered to the authorities
All parties are we'll connected.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-23
MARRIED..

October q, 1873, in Middle Smilhfeld al
the residence of Andrew J. Shoemaker, Esu.
by the Rev. Charles 4. Van Allen, Mr.. Pet,
IS. Williams. of StroHdsburg, Pa, to Mis-
Hanna NJ. Grattan, daughter Of the late Dr
Matthew George Grattan, of Middle Smith
field
September 10, 1873, by Rev. Charles F. Yar
Alien, Mr. Mil!ard DuFie, Of Port JcryIs, y
y, 10 Miss Elizabeth Walton, of Shawnee, Pa
BY the same. October s. 1873, at the re-.
dencc of the brides parents, Mr.. Joseph Brn~
lev, of Lehman township, to Miss MaHia
Decker, of Middle SmithtivI.i, Pa.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-23

Hon. Morrow B Lowry exhibited I
forty two year old horse at the State Fair
lately he'll at Ere. The horse Wa,
brought into Erie county by George VI
LauwaD, OF Reading. a contractor on the
Erie extension canal in 1889, and wa.
rode hy Mr.. Morrow, who was one of lhG
marsha!S on the occasion. at the grca
Whig and Democratic CUnveDtinD OF
the lUth cf September, 1910 The horse
is as black as a raven. with a head u:
white as that of an old man twice hi'
age, was never sick, day in his life, anc
having been operated on by skilliu
dentist ten years ago, now carries gooc
mouth and eats corn like colt.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-23

On Wednesday night of last week, some
eighty head of cattle, belonging to Shaddin-
ger & Smith, broke out of the Railroad Cat
tie Pen at Fork Station. During the night
they scattered along the railroad, and while
standing around, passing train killed four,
wounded several others, and so frightened
the rest that they scattered around in all
directions. By Saturday night all not killed
or injured, were gathered in save sixteen,
which are yet at large. Messers Shaddinger
& Smith, through our columns offer liberal
reward for their recovery. The pen in which
the cattle were confined was SO poor as to lay
the responsibility for the loss, it is said, on
the Railroad Company.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-23
rag THE following is the official result for
Representative in this district
TWC RESULT.

The election last week resulted, as usual, in
an unequivocal majority for the Republican
State Ticket. The vote was small, but the
result shows that preponderating proportion
of Republicans were at the polls, and the
majority is quite gratifying.
In our own county, the result IS very
small vote, but we believe that in every in
stance good men were selected for the several
positions TO be filed For Representative, in
the election of Mr. Kistler, we claim Repnb-
can victorv-not in the election of a man OF
the Republican stripe but in the sending TO
Harrisburg, of an honest, sober, and indus
trious man; one who VIII strive to carry ont
the wishes of his constituents, without regard
to party. and man of whom we shall have
no reason to feel ashamed-instead Of man
who has nothing to recommend him but his
strict adherence to party ring rnles.
As to whether it is best in the end that we
had no special candidate in the field, that Is
not now a question before us. We had 10 such
candidate, but we have secured the next best
man in a Democrat, who, we arc certain, will
always vote right when the honor and pros
perity # the Commonwealth is concerned.
1t is no small cause for congratu!ation that
though Mr.. Kistler was nominated by the
Democratic leaders, irregularly, for the pur-
pose Of punishing Carbon county, so good a
man was selected And it is as much cause
for congratulation that having nominated him,
and having found out that he was not the man
10 suit them exactly, the same leaders endeav-
ored, unsuccessfully, to get him off the track,
that they might have opportunity to eat their
own words, elect Dimmick, and make peace
with Carbon.
Our neighbor of the Democrat, and other
dignatories of the party, labored earnestly and
diligently to accomplish this thing; but
thanks to Mr. Kistler's spirit and to the adhe-
sion which the Republicans, both Of Carbon
and Monroe, gave him they were whipped
out of their boots,' and he stands our Rep
re.entative under no obligation to do any
thing but what is right an independent
Legislator
1t is said that there are quite a number Of
soreheads about, because of Mr.. Kistler's elec-
ton, but their possessors have no just cause to
mourn. If either of them had been nominated
the result might not have proved the same.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-23

The Frederic (MD County Court las
week decided point that particularly in
terests the auctioneer, the bidder and the
person making the sale. The case was
this a farm was knocked dOwn' to I
bidder who afterwards refused to comply
with the terms because no one but the
aetioneer bid against him The case Wa:
taken into court. The aucti0neer was d
witness, testified that the purchaser
statement was correct. anG the court de
cared the sale fraudulept one and no
valid The substance of this decision is
in plain words, that az auctioneer has NJ
right to ''run up" property on bidder
simply to make good sale.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-23

The Philadelphia papers, since the pro
posal was made TO arrest all street musi
clans az vagrants, have received many
protests against such action on the ground
that the street musicians furnish the on "
music that can be enjoyed by the poor
little children Of the back streets, and that
their arrest and prohibition will deprive
such children Of their pleasures aud en-
joyment as
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-23

Mr.. VALENTINE KAUTZ is making pre-
paration for the erection of brick Black
smith and Wheelwright shop, on the site OF
his old one, this fall The building will be
two stories high, and, as considerable taste is
displayed in the plan, will prove quite an
ornament to that portion of the town.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-23
Our monetary laws are good iu that n,

Our monetary laws are good in that no
one can lose anything by bad bank notes
for the reason that there are no bad bank
notes. Every bank note is secured by
Government bonds in Washington and
what is remarkable, where bank breaks,
that has circulation. its notes command
premium ln other times it was very
different, for then when there was trouble
with banks, no one knew whether the
notes he held were worth anything or
not. This one fact should do much to
keep people from scare about the banks.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-23
IMPROVED ORDER OF WOMEN BEATERs.

IMPROVED ORDER OF WOMEN BEATERs
Mrs, Barbara Haney, was brutally assault
ed by fellow, calling himself John O.
Coyne. and his wife, on Thursday last, at the
Lime Stone Quarry, near Delaware Water
Gap. Severe injuries were inflicted on hel
head and breast. The accused were arrested
and held for trial by Justice Bush. She is
now under the care of DIR. G.. w. Jackson
and is doing we'll
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-23

The Reading Eagle gives romantic
love story of wealthy old Berks county
farmer, who became smitten with and
married handsome pea nut girl. For
some time things went on pretty well, but
few days ago the young vile pulled up
stakes aud emigrated to Philadelphia
leaving her disconsolate, venerable and
matrimonial companion sadder and wiser
man. He don't believe half as much in
pea nut girls as he used to.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-23

We hear rumors of the lease of the up
town Tannery by party of New York capt.
talists, and that the work of working in hides
will soon be commenced. We hope the
rumor may prove true, and that full com
plement Of hands may be put on.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-23

According to table in yesterday s
Press, the next State Senate will consist
of 20 Republicans and l3 Democrats
and the House of 81 Republicans and 80
Democrats Republican majority on joint
ballot %
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-23

A queer fish was eau hit in the Susque
hanna recently which has no Known
parallel II is about eighteen in length.
has head like a catfish, broad aud
thick body, with four short stout legs
aud tail like a taipoIe, and weighs be
tween iour and five pounds When tax,
en- from the water it became speckled like
4 trout.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-23

Mr.. GEO. II. DREHER and Lady were
welcomed home from protracted wedding
tour, on Tuesday evening, last week. We
were pleased to see that the time consumed
in the tour touched friend George so lightly
as not to interfere, in the least, with the in
slant recognition of friends. Batchelordom
received a severe blow when George joined
the honorable order of Benedicts.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-23

FRIED, the indefatigable, a very ruler
among cothiers, left town, for the city, a
few days ago, to make other large additions
to his extensive stock of clothing, boots and
shoes, furnishing goods, &C., &c. The dc
nands of his customers rendered this neces
sary, and Simon is not the man to lag behind
the market. Look out for new rush Of
novelties ON his return
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-23

The Scranton Republican says: "At
the present time there are over one hun.
dred cases of smallpox in Hyde Park,
and the disease on the increase. In sew
eral instances corpses have been known
to remain unburied for three and four
days"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-23

The self confessed murderer Of Nathan
having been brought to New York at las.
the public may have the benefit of dud
caught at last, or whether his confession
was only the ingenious trick of a clever
scoundrel. who thought by these means
to secure free passage from San Francisco
to New York
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-23

Mr.. SAMUEL BUCKLEY, Superintendent
Of Wallace's sash factory, who has been
spending a couple of weeks In Virginia.
returned home on Friday last He speaks
well of the prospective future of that sec
ton Of country,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-23

In Newark, New Jersey on Tuesday
the Democrats elected their Mayor by
l79 majority, but all the municipal boards
are largely Republican MIR Perry, the
new Mayor, pledged himself iu advance
to close the beer gardens on Sunday, and
consequently received the support OF
many Republicans.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-23

The heaviest shipment of coal oil over
the l. V. branch of the p & r. r for
a single day, for New York, via the Al.
lentown route, was on Wednesday last,
when 1875 tanks were despatched from
Harrisburg Allowing 65 barrels to the
tauk, and 40 gallons to the barrel, we
have a total of 35l 900 gallons.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-23

Hon. Daniel II. Agnew (Republicau).
now one OF the justices of the Supreme
Court, will be Chief Justice of Penn
sylVania from the first Monday of Decem,
Der, 1873, when the term of the present
Chief Justice, Hon John NJ. Read, ex.
pires.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-23

Mr.. PETER S. WILLIAMS, one of our
enterprising jewelers., stepped out of the
realms of Batchelordom, on Tuesday, by lead
ing to the Hymenial alter, one of Monroe $
fairest daughters. May the happy pair know
nothing but bliss in their journey through
life. Whose turn comes next?
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-23

THAT bridge over the race at Kautz's Is
not yet rebuilt, though the stones for the
abutments have been on the ground fol
some time. Hurry up Mr.. Contractor, fol
the Borough cannot afford to pay damage
for accidents, which may occur through your
DELAY
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-23

THE Town Council have taken in hand
the widening of Walnut street, from Bald
wins Hotel to Wallace corner. Though
costly, when completed, this will prove de-
cided improvement to that end of town. By
another season, the property holders further
down will be asking for the same improve
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-23

A Luzerne county man fell asleep,
soothed to slumber by much fire water.
He slept forty FIVE hours, and awoke to
fiud that somebody had quietly cut one
OF his ears off.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-23

Recently the figures were given of the
amount of chewing gun or wax manu-.
featured by New Jersey firm, and now
a Western paper chronicles the poisoning
and narrrw escape from death of three
little girls who had been chewing this
concoctiou of red oxide of mercury and
beeswax
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-23

Rgr WE have two bright spots, in this
desert of Democracy. The Borough OF
Stroudsburg, and Paradise township. The
Republican majorities are not large but they
are encouraging. We might have more such
if we would but organize properly and worl
thoroughly.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-23

SOME mischievous lads, on Tuesday night,
who might find better employment, tore the
carriage steps from the front of Mr.. Parett 5
residence, on Simpson street, and set them
up on the roof of Mr.. Lewis Myers barn.
Boys will have fun, but such fun may prove
costly.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-23

JUDGE DEYoUNG AND LADY spent week
at the Nazareth Fair, and among their
friends in that neighborhood. They had an
unusually pleasant time, and they both
speak most enthusiastically of the beauty,
evidences of prosperity, and hospitality
which they witnessed and experienced, in
that region Of their old home
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-23

r. S. STAPLES and Wm. Z. Henry, re-
ceived car load Of Wild Horses and Mules,
from the far Western plains on Saturday
evening last. The animals are rather small
in stature, but promise, from their great
strength and powers of endurance, to make
quite an acquisition to our equine stock.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-23
Special n Offices,
Este, Cottage Organs.

The styles are beautiful, adapted to !
requirements and tastes, with prices suit
able to all classes of purchasers.
We call special attention to the Tor HG
mana and the wonderful For JHJi'aate.
Every instrument fully warranted.
Es3y- Send for an Illustrated catalogue col
tanning full description of Organs.
J. Y. SIGAFUS.
Dee. B. 112-tf StroudSburg, Pa
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-23

THE Rev. Mr.. Koher, on Sunday last
announced German services at the Lutheran
Church for next Sabbath morning. we
believe it is the intention to have German
services occasionally in that church in the
future
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-23

WHY might not the immense door-plates
worn now by the ladies on their belts be
utilized by engraving thereon the wearer S
name. age, residence, fortune, or expecta-
tions. and stating whether heart free or
enraged?
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-23

The music loving portion of our citizens
should read Miss Koher's card in another
column. She is finished performer on the
instruments she processes to teach, and will
doubtless give thorough satisfaction to all
who avail themselves of her services.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-23

THE season of the scar and yellow leaf Is
upon us, in all its beauty and grandeur.
The country never looks more beautiful than
at this season.