The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-08-07
MISCELL A N EOU US.

Steer clear of ugly looking dogs; they
may not be altogether healthy.
A Baltimore wife beater, without arms,
manages to maui his wife with his feet
Connecticut is the heaviest hardware
manufacturing State in the Union.
The public debt statement shows a de
crease during the month of July of S3I0,
| 5lS
Hollohan and Nicholson, the murder.
ers of Mrs. Lampley, were hanged in
Baltimore on Friday last.
A. T. Stewart, of n. Y. after dispos
ing of, by will, sl00,000,000, went to
Europe
1t is stated that the hay in the New
England States is much larger than was
anticipated.
One of the curiosities of indiana is a
girl whose left foot is ten times larger
than her right.
A blue heron, rare species, was cap
tured in Washington township, Lehigh
county, few days ago.
"Patriotic Knights DauntIess" is the
title of new secret society being intro
duced in the eastern part of the State.
The Newark Journal seconds Groes
beck's declaration that the Democratic
party is dead, and thinks the party would
smell better under another name.
In ten years three fourths of an acre
of ground near packing house iu In
dianapois has increased in value from
$500 to 10000.
| j. A. Chapman, Chairman of the Ore.
gon Democratic State Central Commit
! tee, has resi- gnei his position and will
henceforth act with the Republican par,
ty.
A COW that gives buttermilk is report
ed from Forest county. Her owner is
looking for another of the same breed on
the principle that one good churn de
serves another.
A child was born in Worcester, Mass.
the other day whose mother is nineteen
years old, grandmother thrty-six, and
great grandmother sixty five.
UnofhcialIy it is announced that the
Modoc prisoners are all to be shot, pro
vided, Of course, the finding of the court
martial shall be approved by the Presi
dent, and of this there can be little doubt
An adventist down in Maine, who looks
for the end of all things earthly early in
August, has mortgaged his farm and is
having what he calls a good time on the
proceeds.
An old lady in Kinderhook village,
who has been nearly blind for twenty
years, has lately recovered her sight com
pletely. and can now thread her needle
or read her Bible as easily as she could
when only twenty years old.
The most complete powder works in
the country have been started on Gard
ners Greek, Luzerne county. near the
Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad =
Their capacity is between 400 and 500
kegs of powder per day
Reading has successful artesian well
the depth Of which is $50 feet, and the
diameter of the bore inches, aud in it
has been placed tubing ) inches in dame
ter and 3Oi feet in length The water
rises in the tube feet above the surface
of the water in the Schuylkil canal.
The notorious burglar, named Charles
Bernard, who escaped from Moyamcnsing
prison in June last, was captured last
week at St Louis. He was arrested on
suspicion of having been engaged in forg
ing bank checks, and was finally idcnti
fed as an escaped convict from Philadel
phia.
The number OF buildings DESTROYED by
the fire in Baltimore last Friday week. is
officially stated at ll3 This includes
two churches, three school. houses, eieh
teen four story, sixty four three story and
twenty three two story brick houses, four
restaurants, three boarding houses and
four stables.
During the past year Railroads 10
Penn'a carried about as many passengers
as there are people in the whole Union
viz: 35,270,209. Out of this number
30 were killed, The chances of being
killed, therefore. by railroad accidents,
are much less than one in a million.
The son of Charles Dexter of Spring
field, Mass, is attempting to starve him
self to death. For three or four weeks
he has eaten almost nothing, and now
his teeth cannot be forced open to get
food into his mouth His physicians
assree that he is near death, but differ as
- 'ns cause Of his strange conduct. The
whole affair is most mvsterious but it |
seems probable that the youth is insane. !