The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-05-08
MISCELLAN O US.

Tomato plants are said to reach the
height of eighteen feet in California.
In a new Kansas town they will have
no one who smokes or cbews.
Nearly all the N. j. quail said to have
been killed by the frost.
Allegheny valley Railroad earned one
million dollars in 1872.
The Nathan mansion in New York is
deserted and spooked.
During the month of April 1888 arrests
were made by the police of Philadelphia
Ohio congregation pelted the pastor
with upmarketable eggs for preaching
a temperance sermon.
Edward S. Stokes, the murderer Of
Fisk, has at last been refused q new trial,
which means he is to be hung.
Eight hundred German emigrants
arrived at Baltimore on Saturday In the
North German steamship Berlin.
There were 80 lawyers, % farmers, 6
doctors and 8 editors in the just adjourn
ed Legislature.
Over a thousand hotels in the state
have closed since the election on the IL
cense question.
Seventy nine new iron works were
erected in this Estate last year, and in New
York but seven.
1t is reported in Philadelphia that Col.
John W. Forney is to be run for Sheriff
by the Reform Association.
A Philadelphia lawyer is under arrest
for failure to pay over $1,000 collected
by him for a Pittsburg liquor firm.
Doctors in Tennessee have a hard time.
IF the patient lives he don't pay, and if
he dies the family want to shoot the
physician.
1t is reported that S. e. Cole, a mer
chant of Bath, Northampton county. has
absconded for parts unknown. His debts
amount to $4,000.
Louisville, Kentucky, was visited by a
heavy storm Of wind and hail on Wednes-
day night last. The ground was covered
with hail to a depth of several inches.
Alligator hunting is profitable en-
ployment in Florida since the demand
for the hides has sprung up in Europe
One hunter has killed 900 of the reptiles
since December.
A tall gypsy woman belonging to a
band that were e%ncamped outside of
Easton tried to carry off a 5 year old
child of Ed. Clark, who resided in that
town. Look out for the gypsies.
A milliner at Defiance, Ohio, walked
into a church one Sunday recently, and
rawhided a business man who had SANDER
ed her. The minister halted until the
affair was over.
English farm laborers who earn So. so
a week, and board themselves, are expect
ed to work at FIVE in the morn.
ing, two hours before breakfast, and to
work after supper until dark.
The Salisbury, Md, Advertiser of
Saturday last says that the prospect for
an abundant crop Of strawberries is ex-
%cellent, and that the peach crop thus far
is safe and bids fair to be the largest for
many years.
An iron bridge at Dixon, H., fell Oh
Sunday afternoon, while crowded with
people gathered to witness a Baptism
At last accounts 80 dead bodies had been
recovered, and more persons were sup
posed to have been killed.
Great distress prevails among the pc
p%ulation of the islands of Bafin and Shark,
off the coast of Galway, Ireland. The sheep
have died of starvation, and the potato
crop of last year being a failure, the peo
pie have no seed to put in the ground.
An Omaha paper alleges that a dead
COW was hauled to the outskirts, a few
days ago, and that in less than fifteen
minutes the Indians encamped In the 10
lality had it cut up and slowed away in
their tents, thus beating the crows out of
a square meal.
The most novel accident recorded lately
is one happening from a kick by a hog at
Durham's Corner, Bureau county, Illinois:
Mr.. Durham was putting the hog in a
wagon, when it kicked him in the eye,
filling it with the broken glass of his spec.
taeles. The hog was dropped so sudden
ly as to break its back.
A beautiful young young girl was mar
ried 10 San Francisco last week, and at
the conclusion Of the marriage
she turned to her husband and said
George, kiss me ; | am dying" The
husband complied with the request, and
at that momen the young bride fell dead
to the floor.
The Governor has approved the Con
gressional Apportionmcnt bill that was
passed at the recent session of the Legis.
lature. 1t was not in all respects salts.
factory to every portion Of the State, but
it is practically impossible to arrange the
districts so that they will please every
body.
The Local Option law is now in force