The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-08-27
A colored woman died in n
Friday, aged 101 years. 1isnton ou

A colored woman died in Tro.,
Friday, aged 1O1 years. -'snton oa
The next session of the State n
.. 5: of A, will be held in PittsSn p.
October, 1875. ''''Ourg, in
The Baptist Church at N;,r
Monmouth county, n. j.. is said 'a.uiGG'oFn,
Oldest in the State. 10 be the
Slight frosts were reported on
grounds in the vicinity Of Lewistn, p 'Ae Low
on Sunday morning. Ne,
A Mauch Chunk small boy of tbo
tive kind ran an umbrella handle da ,ile ies
throat, the other day. 0O"A bis
Butler, Clarion, Venango and W.r
duce 10000 barrels of oil daily ,e9 ar9 pto,
new wells are being drilled @ua l4s
The chestnut crop this season mo-.
a larger yield in Fayette county fbbollses tboa
been known for several years. ''"u has
A raid has been made on the D,,.r
saloon keepers, and twenty-eigbt b"Isul'
been held for appearance at Court D'''
a matter of interest. The ir,o.
the national debt has been rcduco5 =. g On
millions during the last seven years, "SE
A novelty in manufacture is that oFl .
planes, and other tools of the carnon:, W gas
and coopers trades, recently establish.
Bridgeport, Ohio. 4"
''Tempering the wind" etc H..
the first summer in four or five Years 5 Is
New York and Brooklyn have an;on-1 r'-I
exemption from the cholera. ''''0
The Detroit City Council recently
dered new census, and the people ara =,
joicing over the result. Population n, Il
083 ; increase in four years q 500.
The Treasurer of the United States boI,.
at this date, as security for national bsns
circulation bonds amounting to $3.50 60e
100, and for public deposits, Sl5,572 Pm
The chicken cholera is doing consido,,
bic damage in the neighborhood Of Sa-
geants, Hunterdon county, n. J. One 6r
mer recently lost seventy fowls inside g
twenty-four hours.
There was white frost at Goffst9xn and
Weare, n. H., Sunday morning. and / !,
feared the fail crops have suffered. FarIr
Sunday morning overcoats and gloves were
in re4uisition at those places.
Hendrick B. Wright has been nomin,
ted for Congress by the Democrats of the
Luzerne district. ". ". Ketchum is the
Republican candidate. That district wopa
be strongly represented by either gentle,
man
The factory of the Chester County Can.
ming Company, located in Oxford borough.
is now in full operation Within the last
three weeks 5000 quarts of blackberries
and 2000 quarts, Of huchIcberries we're can
ned.
4 marriage recently at Lexington. Eng
land, the bride being a lady without arms
The ceremony was in the Episcopal FORM
and the ring had to be placed on the third
toe Of her left foot In signing the regis
ter she wrote with her foot
Hon Marshall Jewell, the new Post
master-General, has returned from Russia.
and is now at his home in Hartford. He
will enter upon his duties at Washington
on the first of September. Everybody
anticipates that he will make a good officer.
There IS family in Greene county con-
sisting of father, mother and thirteen child
rem The oldest child is aged seventeen
years. The four youngest are still using
sucking-bottles, and have no names The
oldest of the four is in its fifth year; the
youngest is in its first. We may add, the
prospects are still good for several more.
Greene county nrust be a healthy place TO
live in.-Jjiontorp .StGn9srd-
Benjamin Waters. of SusquehaHTa couu-
ty, met with horrible accident few DAYS
ago While standing In a wagon unload
Iag furniture the horses ran away, throw
Ing hiln between the hind wheels and the
bed of the wagon, one of his legs being
thrust between the spokcs of the wheel.
He was carried aroup3 with the wheel
which passed over his body, crushing his
ribs. Finally he seized hold Of the wagon
box, cxtricated his lee, aud in his manned
condition held on to the box unrl the
horses, which ran quarter Of 4 mile, were
topped. During this whole distance his
lee was caug,.t between the wheel aud vi
gon body, and was fair,yy ground to s'lEftS, u;
The wheel had to be remoret before Ills
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