The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-23
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The professors are getting ready
the coming transit of Venus '0'
People in Boston are expecting
thing to happen, presently. 'On''
The Granger. talk of Commando,
rata redistribution of the weather pro-
Hon. Winthrop W. Ketchum will -.
Europe next month. 'HH
The State Medical Society will meet.
Easton on the 18th of May. '''
There are nearly 1000 children IN -
public schools of Harrisburg. - 'us
In New York on Friday last PATTI,
Gilligan was sentenced to imprisonrs..,
for life for the murder of Philip Howora'
Preparations are being made 70 -.
the Switch Back railroad to its foII cao" w
city during the coming summer.
An Eastern paper suggests that the c,r
saders adopt this motto: The horn -
the ungodly shall be put down"
Brucetown, Kentucky, has eoIor.,
girl, nine years old, who remem bers ever
word she ever hears read or spoken.
The 1000 people of Pottstown -.
$4,000 eggs on Easter Sunday, at a eo,,
of S64l a.
The Pennsylvania Railroad now carrie,
emigrants from New York to Cbicoco e.
four dollars head
Memphis is an enterprising city. 7,
has mosquitoes, sandfies and caterpillar,
already.
One hundred years ago this month
Kentucky was first settled. The occasion
will be celebrated in Bourbon.
New York is going to pass bill max.
ing the payment of fares in horse car,
dependent upon seats furnished Sensible
1t is a noticeable fact that at least on.
State in our Union publishes more news,
papers than the whole Asiatic continent
The most extensive manufactory Of
files in this country is at Beaver Fals
Pa. The establishment now employs 200
workmen.
In Lancaster county the supervisor,
sell their roads to the lowest bidder. "a
keep them in repair for the year, and il
is said the plan works well
| If there is one time more than another
when a woman should be entirely alone
it is when a line full of clothes comes
down in the mud.
Farmers in various sections of Camden
and Burlington counties say that the re.
cent cold snap has killed most of tbs ear.
ly fruit buds.
| There is smart rivalry between
Chicago and Brook lyn as to religion:
sensations. Also as to infractions of the
| Decalogue.
Senator Summers house has been closed
to visitors, as the crowd has been SO great
that it was found impossible to receive
them.
The Egyptians brewed beer four thou.
sand years ago. They brew it still, and
they call it Booza Some Of them get
boozy on it.
China has streets paved with granite
blocks laid over three hundred years ago,
and as good as new: The contractors are
dead
Louisiana has eight hundred and sixty
four schools, in which are employed l.
476 teachers, on an average salary of $i2
80 per month.
In England, for every 103 900 to 1l3.
900 tons of coal raised, death is certain.
In our American coal mines NO such NOR
tality as this prevails
A band Of forty FIVE robbers aad horse.
thieves in Eastern Kentucky, has Just
been scented, and an army of police is oa
the malefactors' heels.
Alabama coal is in fair way of max.
ing stir in Cuba. The shipments made
there have given satisfaction, and extep,
sive orders are expected.
The annual product of the British coal
mines increased from l04, 500 959 in the
year 1868 to ll2,875, ,525 tons in 1870,
and 1913, 1913, S53 tons In 1872.
Thirty thousand sojourners are now in
Florida, nearly all from the North. The
great charm is the climate next to that
the privilege of eating oranges
indianapolis boasts of city tax levy
of only L mills on the dollar, which pro
dues $459 ,347 revenue This indicates
a valution of over s4l, 100000.
A female coifure constructor is New
York, advsrtises herself as "hairdresser
to Miss Nellie Grant" No commOtlon
has followed the announcement.
Expensive business. Getting born
costs the people of the United States
s22O, ,O95, 600 annually getting married
$3.50, 100000 getting buried, s15,S59'
450 total, s543, 1884, ,45O.
A boy baby, born in Bedford, a lev
days ago, weighed nineteen pounds II