The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-08-13

The cranberry crop in W;soo.
misses well. 0lsn pO.
There were thirty-seven deaths
risburg during July. III Har.
There are 5000 Catholic r.,
Washington Territory. "uans H.
Europe consumes abous two-tb;,,
petroleum produced in the United Is s.. o. the
1t is asserted that if tbecor
Chicago l,lO6 divorces will be N, T.s' afiks
the bud. O-asted IN
The Allentown Iron Comn,nr,
duced the rent of its tenants t;y.a. y las le
per cent. "'nt!y-dye
A lady in Harrisburg gave E.a
'. week, to a four-legged baby. It 5i5 ,Sl' aa
live long. uo hot
Secretary Bristow has issued .,
calling in s25, 100000 more Of "4 a OIdq
twenty bonds. "' I've,
Luzcrne isn't mining greet l.,
coal, but her people are gatherjng IJ1 rI Of
of huckleberries. FSlg
A cow at Barre Forge. Hnn,i,.
county, has had six calves within ~
years-twins each year. '-i's
A fellow in Oil City advertises bv,,-.
ten handbill that he has "a too yoa, WIZ, III
hafer and cafe for sal" Ua
Two steers belonging to Mr.. Jacob Pm
of West Earl township, Lancaster cann.
weigh $500 pounds each.
Aaron Kreider died in Lancaster q, j.
9TH inst, of lock:jaw, brought on byi,
juries received i'll mill.
The epizooty has broken out anew ,,,
in severe form among the horses in diF-
ent parts Of Lancaster county.
Ten million dollars of national bank no,..
have been received at the Treasury Der,r
ment to be replaced by the circulation
An exchange asks: "What the di
scratch is the matter with the ministers
Some Of them seem 20 have an uncIean Itch
The specie shipment to Europe on S,tpr.
day from New York aggregated S221I
GA, of which 81, ,200,0 was in cold cd,
There will probably be about forty an.
plejack distilleries put in opratioa il
the upper. end Of Lehigh county this
season.
A horse in Marshall township. Be,b
county, eats young chickens. lie mus
have been owned and trained by ,
preacher.
A pine tree planted on the farm of J. R.
Boney, in Armstrong county, in 1901 Is
now 1S2 feet high and three feet in d.
ameter.
Sunbury lawyers have agreed to a fee
bill. Item eleven reads as follows: ID.
vorce-where ibeIlant is male, $50 f.
male, $40.
4 Detroit father keeps his boy in nights
by vanishing chair and sitting him down
It's novel plan, but awful tough on the
trowsers.
Should this Brooklyn scandal last much
longer, we may expect that the increase Of
insanity by newspapers will be greatly
augmented.
The Republicans of the Fifth Conge,
sional District of Wilkcsbarre, nominated
". W. Ketcham for Congress, at Wilkes
barre, on the 9TH inst
At Port Jervis, n. Y, on single even,
ing not long since, there We're assembled
not less than 1915 cars and 10l LOCOMOTIVES
belonging to the Erie railway.
Miss Hettic Ann Lease, of FIeetwod.
Berks county, threw up her lease Of ih
last week, Immediately after poura:
kerosene into the coaking stove.
The crop prospects from all parts Of The
country are of the most favorable chaH3-
ter, and will be well if the haryests O
not prove marketably superabandant.
II shall awaken in heaven" wrote BE-
ton girl before she took arsenic. But Sa
took too much for a death dose, and aEoN
with stomach-pump down her throat
The Philadelphia Record says: 'HH
Father Keenan,, at Lancaster, has attalle
his ninety-sixth year, and is certainly Tie
Oldest priest in America, and perhaps inU
world
Graphic A Western postmaster TTi@ I15
the Postmaster General THAT he'll VIII )
full of county postmasters before long
they do not get more pay than Is allow"
this office"
Enterprise deserving reward. 4 Soa.
western publisher, not having the aG,:I YsI
age of telegraph and exchanges, Is PaIsGI
ing some of David's Psalms under the D'"
of "New Poems by Beecher
The Honesdale Herald says, Isa5e1
Contant, aged sixteen, in the presence
her brother who was unable 10 S' ,r.,
threw herself into the canal and We
drowned at Tracysyille, Wayne coun!'
A pauper in the poor house Of IS
county, Iowa, is CT years DID, anu l., n
several children living, all OF "hoI q, hon
comfortable circumstances. One o. - a
is a minister. He must be rather '"'!