The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-09-03

An exchange remarks that this has boon
"bad year for good men" ' Oeen
A good place to study the d..,
languages-In the graveyard. Osaa
A woman in Allentown, Pa has,
fined 500 for being a common scolJ 'een
On week days one buys his music l., ,
sheet but on Sundays he gets it byy % tIs
choir. '"e
1t is estimated that over $4,000 t-,
were taken out Of the streams about MN Wa
ford this season. WI
Over six thousand dogs have been In,
this season in New York by the poEo' 1,u
authorities. fS
A band of thieves is said to have ost,r
lished headquarters in the neighborboo5 %
Mullica Hill, n J. ="
Phillipsburg, n. J., liquor dealers b,r,
just had to pay $500 into the school fnnS
for violating the law.
Butler, Clarion, Venango and Warr,,
produce 10000 barrels of oil daily snI
142 new wells are being drilled. 1
A severe frost has been felt in the ;r..
rior of New Brunswick, and is killing mot
wheat and many early vegetable crops.
Evidence is accumulating daily that .,
organized and associated gang of ofhouscbroaL
ers is operating throughout Northwestern
Pennsylvania.
A heavy permanent investment. Owe,
six million dollars worth of property b,.
been buried in our great lakes since tho
introduction of steam.
From the cirular issued by the Board of
Exposition Commissioners, it appears THAI
the Cincinnati hotels can accommodate
8,O75 people with lodgings
Almost every farm house between NIL
ford and Stroudsburg is filed with city
boarders The business Is worth 81 .OOOa
week to the Valley
i Coggias comet, that recently made such
a show in the northern heavens, is DOW
visible on the other side Of the globe Al
Melbourne, Australia, it makes fine dis
play.
One of the largest assembIages Of the
industrial classes ever seen in New York
State is expected at the Central New York
Fair, to be held at Utica on the 9th of
September.
! Many Of the lumber mills in this and
other States, as we'll as in Canada. have.
shut down, owing to the dullness Of the
lumber trade, but viii probly start up,
again in October.
A young woman at Trenton, who was
sleeping with her feet hanging out Of the
chamber window, was struck By lightning
and almost torn to pieces. The other Tren-
ton women have taken their feet in.
During Barnum's three weeks stay at
, the Hub, 81, ,05S persons visited his show,
the largest audience numbering 1855.
5 the largest days attendance beng 26. .465,
! the receipts S212 ,362, and the profits
5 $50, ,662.
And now Barnum offers fifty thousand
dollars for the return of little Charlie Ross,
upon condition that the ubiquitous little
fellow shall be allowed to travel with his
big show. What would this country d
, without Barnum, anyhow?
: Treasurer Spinner on the Goth ult. re-
: ceived letter from Bristol Vermont en-
, closing a certificate of deposit for $4,000,
willed by H. F. Day deceased, TO the
7 Treasurer of the United States, to assist IN
liquidatinS the national debt.
4 remarkable friendship exists between
a dog and hog at Grand Junction, Iowa.
This strangely assorted couple are to be
met in each others company in all kinds
Of places except mud holes, which canine
passes, and if a person molests one he has
to fight with the other.
/ The annual supply of copper from tie
whole Of the civilized world is estimated at
between 126,000 and 10000 tons The
: annual tin supply is also stated at from
| 25,000 to $4,000 tons. These estimates
are made by leading English house
engaged in the tin and copper trades,
1t would be a great convenience if far,
mers generally would have their names
printed upon the gates in front Of their re,
. sidences. Strangers often have much dit
ficulty in finding the residence of persons
of whom they are in search, which would
!; be ovbiated by this course
A Virginia paper asserts Mrs. Katie
= Shepp, living in the Massanutan mountain
} is 1l3 years of age, has a full set Of clear,
D white regular teeth, luxuriant black halr
/ without thread of gray in it, is as straight
as an arrow, and can dance the "oa
/ Virginia break down" with the spriShtDes'
girl in the country.
A singular fish is found in great num-
bers in the coast rivers of Alaska. II IS
about eight inches long, transparent anu
the fattest of all the 6nny tribe. THIS ia2
however, has not the oily, rancid taste o.
other fish, but is like fresh lard. Nhen
q these fish are dried the Indians often t0iR
> them to novel and practical account
burn them, in place of candles. They SNo