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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-16

A Tioga county man, wrongly named
Darling, jealous of his wife, attempted to
commit suicide by poisoning, but the
wide awake druggist gave him tartar
emetic instead. Furious at failure, Darl
ing next tried hanging and throat cutting
In turn. Foilsd in all, he went home,
beat his wife, smashed the furniture and
fed to New York.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-16

TIE Cashier of the Stroudsburg Bank, re-
quests US to announce that the Stroudsburg
Bank, will be closed to-day, April 10th at ,
o clock p. m, on account Of the funeral of
Mrs. Stokes. Parties having business at the
Bank on that day VIII call before the hour
n-!neI above or they vii be too late.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-16

IN. GEo. T. HELLER, sold his house and
n, on the corner of Main and Centre streets,
aGj1niug the JEFFERsoNIAN Office, on Mon
day last, to Jacob B. Miller, of this Borough
f.. e, 600.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-16
Il. O. o. #.

Below we give the names and number of
Lodges located in this County, together with
their several lists Of officers
Fort Penn Lodge, No. 1874. This Lodge
was Instituted Jauunary IA, 1916. Officers
for the present term =
n. Civilian S. Rees.
V. G.-Garret g. Ramsey.
Sec c'y.-Mchael r. Brown.
A. S.-Thomas NJ. McIlhaney.
Treas'r DARIUS Dreher.
Trustees-Theo. Schoch, Reuben Thomas,
Joseph i. Bowers.
Number of Fort Penn members 1873.
Amount paid for relief $362-during last
term.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-16

\. RUsTER is at present in New York
city, buying new goods to suit the spring and
SUMMER trade. Call at his store Saturday,
and examine one ofthe largest and best selected
stock Of clothing, hats, caps and furnishing
goods ever brought to Stroudsburg.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-16

The shipments of oil over the Lebanon
Valley Railroad in March for New York
were heavy, aggregating 1862 cars, or
about 3,Sl3,6OO gallons. The oil business
for April has opened very briskly, aud
the shipments will probably exceed those
of the last month, the receipts amounting
to between sl50,000 and 100000.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-16

Bradford county produces the greatest
amount of butter, 3,704,7O9 pounds
Montgomery next, 3,l04,74S pounds
Washington county produces the most
wool, ,o62, 1852 pounds Greene is next,
il4, 499 pounds. Lancaster is ahead in
wheat, producing 2,077 1868 bushels an
nual!y
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-16
NOTICE.

Is hereby given to all those who are indebt5
to the undersigned, that he requests them r
call at his Office, and make settlement fort.
with. All accounts remaining unsettled afs
the 10th of May next will be placed in tb,|
hands of Justice of the Peace for settlement
April 16-tf. GEO. w. SEP, NJ, D
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Ibe 1effcrsoniau.
THURSDAY, APRIL Is, 1874.

SsJ~ The Hon. John B. Storm, NJ. c.,
spent nearly week at home attending to
his business hereabouts. He left for Wash
ington and his Congressional duties on Mon
day.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-16

\ THOUSAND dollar Jack-ass arrived in
town en- Friday last. This braying animal
Is intended as an associate for those young
Lloods who have been parading our streets
for several nights past, and making things
lively
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-16

A kerosene lamp has just been inven.
ted which gives as bright light as gas,
and uses no glass chimney. Compressed
air Is forced around the flame through
the meter and pipes heretofore used for
gas.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-16

Has the Normal School project died? 1t
is pity that whereas a month ago it was
the theme on every mans tongue now we
hear nothing about it. Millersville and
Kutztown were not built up in this way. In
those places work, energetic, persevering
work, was the order of the day, and the re-
suit is thrifty Schools, and marvellous social
and precuniary prosperity. Things here
can be made the same or even better if we
pursue the same course that was pursued
there. Millersville and Kutztown both star
ted with small beginnings, but the shoulder
once put to the wheel there was no getting
tired, no stopping Now however the day
of rest has come Both institutions pay their
way, and their projectors have nothing to do
but set down, talk over the result of their
labors and enjoy the fruits This experience
cannot fail to be ours, if we put the same
stamina in our work Why not then wake
up and go to work again-this time deter
mined, in face of every obstacle, to conquer
victory Perseverance in this regard will
make US open our eyes with wonder.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-16

One ofour Country Parsons has carriage
i..'r SHE, the price of which he has fixed at
$I@19)0, at least so says the Monroe
Dcmoerat. Country preaching must pay in
Moasoe County.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-16

There is trouble about the Central
American caoutchouc crop. The Indians
have been rubbed the wrong way, and
they threaten to stretch the neck of the
next gum collector they fud in those
parts.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-16

AN incendiary fire at Williamsport. de-
stroyed 20,000,000 feet of lumber and
buildings valued at $500, 900. Insured for
500, 900.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-16
MARRIED.
DIED.

In Stroudsburg, on the 18th inst, En-, =
Stokes, wife of Hon. Stogdell Stokes, in the Z; T.
year of her age.
Funeral 5th day afternoon, at 8 u ~
-Interiment at Friends grave yard, on AM
street, in this Borough.
In Stroud township, on the 11th inst NJ,
Rachel Lee, aged SO years months and d..
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-16

OK Friday last snow storm set in at
Memphis, Tennessee, and lasted for two
hours, which astonished the Oldest inhabi-
taais Of that place
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-16

The Supreme Court of Indianna has
just rendered decision declaring places
where Intoxicating drinks are sold in
vilation of law to be common nuisances !"
Pennsylvania please copy
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-16

The blue birds are mating, and protesting
against the cncroachments of Winter on
Spring.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-16
Great Fire at Williamsport-D Destruction
of Lumber Yards, Saw Mills and Four
teen DWellingS--LOsS $500. 900.

WILLIAMsPoRT, April IA destruc-
tive incendiary fire was started at one
A. NJ. to day in the piiDg yard of Brown
Early & Co.'S saw mill. 1t destroyed all
the lumber, amounting to about twenty
million feet, piled on forty acres OF
ground, between ths above named yard
and White, Lantz Il Whites saw mill
In its course it consumed Filbert, Otto
& Coz saw mill and G. Ii. Krouse & Coz
brick planning mill, and also fourteen
frame dwellings on Filbert street The
fire was got under control at eight P. NJ
The wind blew gale during the first
part of the fire. 1t is reported that one
man was burned to death in the brick
planning mill. Assistance was received
from the Lock Haven and Sunbury Fire
Departments, to whom this city is under
many obligations for their efficient
services.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-16

One cent was Scranton clergyman's s
fee for performing the marriage cere.
mony for couple on Easter Sunday.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-16

CLOTHING, boots and shoes, and valices
gents furnishing goods, all of the latest styles
and at very low prices at Simon Fried's
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-16
Dissolution Of Co-Partnership

The Co-Partnership heretofore existin
under the firm of r. F. & II. d. Bush, wasth
day Dissolved by mutual consent, r. F. Busl
on account of bad health retires. The busines
will be continued by II. d. Bush, at the oil
stand. The accounts of the firm viii be settled
by r. F. Bush. Those indebted please ca
and settle, those having demands will preseH
them Immediately for payment.
r. F. BUSH,
Stroudsburg, April /, 1874.l H. D. BUSH.
n. B.-The Store hereafter viii be continue
by the undersigned at the old stand. Than
full for past patronage he hopes by strict atte
ton to business, under the Golden rule "IF
and let live" to retain liberal share OfpubI
support.
April 16-4t. II. B. BUSH
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-16
Execution OF Prague Bryant in Tennes

NASHVILLE, April l0,-Prague Bry.
ant was hung at Pulaski Tenn, today,
tor the hilling of Alexander Steel, tive
years ago. Large crowds of colored peo.
pie witnessed the execution, and were
much excited by it,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-16

Mrs Dougherty, of Scranton, was gored
oy COW on Thursday. Her throat was
torn from ear to ear.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-16

The snow at Ebensburg Pa. fell so deep
last week as to break down peach, plum
and other fruit trees.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-16

A contributor to the Historico, D
cord has discovered that Thoma, C,. nc
of Pennsy ylvania, in 1914 patented an es' =;
vention of an iron clad steam vessel % =.
war.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-16

TuE best assortment Of ladies, misses and
chi!drcnS shoes, at Simon Frieds.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-16

Snow was five inches deep in some parts
of Ohio, on Friday last.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-16

THERE was heavy snow storm at Louis
vile, Kentucky, on Friday last
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-16

Ii you want to get nice spring suit good
aud cheap go to Simon Fried's.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-16

A Pheuexville man cats l ,O95 pies an
nually.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-16

The largest assortment of trunks and
yalices, at the very lowest prices at Fried's.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-16

SUNDAY was cold enough.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-16

MONDAY was a good spring day.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-16
Election Notice.

An election will be held by the mernoe., .,
the Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Oouf'
of Monroe County, at the public house !, = =, 4
cob K. Shafer, in the Borough OF StTonJs,
on the 18th of April, 1874 to decide VIZ =.
said Company shall be allowed to take -. n
er insurance than 5000 or not none ~
ing. BY order of the Board. -n D.,
PETER S. EDINGER, IT"
April 2, 1874.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-16
CARDi!
Mrs. E. HIBBLER,

Having resumed Dress-making az If, NJ IA
dence, Main street, first door aoC'T ,' -, ie
Kern's, will be pleased to see all % ~ i,.t:1
and former patrons, and all GIne,, ,rsl -
of having made neat, fashlonaOl', ',,,sntii5asl
perfect fitting Dress. Particular "',;II r
en- to cutting and fitting. LaP.N
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-16
THE LOSS

Is estimated at $5OO,OOO; insurance,
sl5O,0O0. The following are the principal
sufferers: Brown, Early & Co., p Herdic
& Co, Filbert, Otto & Co, Filbert 4 Co,
S n. Williams & Co., r. H. Hawley & Co.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-16


for the presen term =
G. P.-George L. Dreher.
H. P.-Jacob f. Herzog.
S. W.-Abraham Rockafellow.
j. W.-Darius Dreher.
Scribe-Thomas NJ. McIlhaney
Mountain Home, No. 6S4 Officers for
the present term =
n. CIV. r. Stright.
V. G.-Philip Koehler.
Sec'y.-E. II. Heller.
A. Sc. W. Depue.
Treas r-Ephraim Huffman.
Rep. to G. L.-E H. Heller.
This Lodge has membership of l60
Amount paid for relief of sick members
sl36.
Mountain Home Encampment, No. 237.
Officers for the present term =
c. Pc. H. Heller.
II. P-Jerome Frantz.
S. W.-Charles W. Decker.
j. W.-John III. Bord.
Scrlbe-Phlllp koehler.
Treasure-Wm. r. Stright.
Nicola Lodge, No. S27. Officers for the
present term =
n. G.-James X. Harps.
Y. G.-Aaron Bittenbender.
Sec'y.-Eugene 3. Marsh.
A S.-John W. Yinger.
Treasr.-George Snyder.
Number of members rs. Amount paid
for relief 500.
The aggregate amount paid in benefits by
the several lodges of Odd Fellows, in this
county during the quarter ending April 1st,
foots up total of $4,000. The member
ship numbers 426 making an average of
81. % and fraction paid by each member
for the relief of sick and disabled brethren
and their families A good showing truly.
The payments by the Encampment are not
included in the above.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-16
HOUSE RAISING, ~

The undersigned having equsiPIPyr rsl.i
with the necessary apparatus, 10 i'''
to attend to all orders for =,
House Raising and Mo'Dy Dys
and for tho removing of large or Fzpsdss ss
without regard to distance i ard =
workmen will only be empioyt;%i, eticnp
effort will be made to ensure saw. S1'.. or rsl
who secure his services. AddlgTsT AdnlsTT =
febl9tf East o'i0'
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-06-30
Tane Worm Tane M0rm !

Removed in few hours with harmless yegeta-
worm, with head passes Refer those afflicted to
residents OF the city whom have cured that had
ical College, on Tenth Street; had taken in vain,
turpentines, the so-called specifics, and all known
remedies. DR.. X. #. KUNKEL, No. 259 North
in business for over twenty-five years, and is per-
tectly reliable. Call and see. Advice free. Re-
measuring 20 feet At his office can be seen spec.
linens, some Of them over forty feet in length,
which have been removed in less than three hours,
by taking one dose OF his medicine. DR.. Kunkels
treatment is simple, safe and perfectly reliable.
and no Zee until the worm, with head, passes. DR..
t. L. kunkel, 259 North Ninth st. Philadelphia.
Consultation at Office or by mail free 3S b52t
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-06-30
For the Bloomfield Times.
A Word to School Directors.


The time is rapidly approaching when
Gentlemen and Ladies of different disposi-
tions, qualifications and belief, will apply
for schools. Whether you consider the
Importance in the selection of school teach
ers OF not, do not know, but let me say to
you that it is of great Importance, that the
right kind of teachers be employed in
teaching our children. Do you want your
child to be an infldel then send it to an
infidel teacher. Do you want your child
to be immoral? ? then send it to an immoral
teacher. Do you want your child to be
fop or tlirt, then send.it TO a fop or flirt Of a
teacher. tr
But if you want your child to become a
man or woman, that is worthy the name,
send it to teacher that is man or woman
in the strictest sense of the termAnot an
intidel-not an immoralist, etc. But of
sound mind, temperate, God-fearing, strict
ly moral, If not christian. Gdcii1tI
Sad experience has proven the above as
sertion to be true-what a responsibility
is resting on the school directors. But they
reply. How can we get the right kind of
teachers Let me answer their questions
by asking few more questions. b, ;-s
LIST. Is it not true that our schools at
present differ greatly from the schools
thirty years ago, in their text books, &C.
2nd. Is it not also true that many teach
ers who taught thirty years ago could not
teach our present schools with their text
books. 4Ilul l HtlH ai
Sd. How did You succeed in securing
teachers so far in advance of our aged
teachers, Let me tell you, you succeeded
by making 1t a test Of qualification, this
enlisted talent into the army of teachers.
Now If you as Directors will make tenn
perance, God-fearing, strict morality or
Christianity, (Which l should prefer A
test of qualification in connection with the
present test of qualifications to teach,
you will not only enlist talent, but prin-
ciple and piety to meet the present want,
confer upon the rising generation a blessing
that will tell fayorably in time and eternity.
May the spirit Of inspiration awaken the
school directors to see to their duty, and
parents to urge them TO discharge it. And
heaven will smile on our schools, and
crown them with success. ID. B.
SHERMANsDALE, PA.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-06-30
'0be Gunts, Nem BLOOMFIELD, 1po.

eB- The people along the mail route be-
tween Bethel and Middlebury, VT, who
have been losing letters for the past three
months find that Mrs. Farnie A. Jewett,
wife of the postmaster at Hancock, has
been helping herself to any that she
thought might be valuable Special Agent
Camp, Of Boston, started for that part Of
the country about fortnight ago, and as
suming the role Of railroad conductor
who was taking a vacation he put into the
mails letters containing marked pieces of
money, and having power to open the mails
he finally traced the robbery to the Han
cock office. th 'iu
The money of MIR. Jewett, the postmas-
ter, was examined, and it was all right,
but his wife was finally induced to produce
an old wallet, which was found to contain
four pieces of scrip that Camp had marked
She confessed having burned four letters
that she had ri1ed, and her thefts are esti-
mated at 5000 or $780, The post Office has
been turned over to one of the Jewett's s
sureties, but Mrs. Jewett is allowed to live
with her husband for the present, though
under bond.
EB~ A melancholy accident has just oc-
CURED in Switzerland Mr.. and Mrs
LislSeard, young English pair on their
wedding tour, set out with a party of
friends to make an ascent of Mont Blanc
When they had reached the summit of the
Corridor, the ladies felt the cold so severe
ly that the guides advised the party to re-
turn. All were fastened together with
ropes, and the bride set out leaning upon
the arm of guide.
Hardly had they taken hundred PAGES
when Mrs. Liskeard and her companion
suddenly disappeared down crevasse,
covered with slight layer of frozen sn low.
Unhappily, the rope by which they were
connected with the others broke, and they
were seen no more. The husband at once
procured extra assistance from the Grands
Chalets but the bodies could not be re-
covered, and it is thought they are some
thousand feet down in the mountain. The
death Of the two unfortunate persons must
have been instantaneous. va
aB- At Windsor, Va, recently, Mr..
James NJ. Vaughan and his wife were seat
ed in an apartment of their residence when
the latter rose to look at clock in an ad-
joining room. A thunder storm was rag
ing at the time, and the moment after
Mrs. Vaughan left the room sharp flash
and heavy report came. A few minutes
afterward Mr.. Vaughan followed his wife
to see what detained her, when he found
her dead on the floor, having been killed by
the lightning. .r
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-06-30
Dies Of HylrOphObIn.

Francis Butler, well known dog fancier,
and regarded as authority on dogs, died at
his residence in Brooklyn last week of hy-
drophobia. He was bitten athis store in that
city, six weeks ago, by small spitz dog,
while endeavoring to make it take some
medicine. Mr.. Butler was a native of Eng
gland, an accomplished linguist, and has
been connected with several education
al institutions as professor of languages.
Some years ago he went into the business
of training, buying and selling dogs, and
his ability in controlling and training them
was marvellous. He wrote a book entitled
"Dog Training" He had no fear of hy-
drophobia, and often expressed the opin-
ion that it was simply nervous affection,
and that the bite of dog would not pro-
duce disease unless fear supervened and
Occasioned it.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-06-30
Terrible Disaster,

An appalling catastrophe occurred at
Syracuse, N. Y, on the night of Tuesday
last A strawberry festival was being held
at the parlors Of the Central Baptist Church
when without any premonition the floor
gave way, precipitating room full into
the story below. 3.i
The parlor was on the second foor and
room underneath was also full. The fire
alarm was Immediately given, and firemen
hurried to the scene. Sonic ten thousand
people were there, and tremendous excite
ment prevailed. The following are among
the dead bodies recovered DR.. o. E.
Wainwright, Mrs. Wainwright, Miss Min
ME Thompson, child named Ostrander,
little girl named Leonard, a little girl
named Horton, Miss Theodore Holmes,
and a little girl named Minnie Collins
Rev. Geo. L. Bowling, Pastor of the
church was dangerously injured also his
wife, who is not expected to live Rev. II.
j. Eddy, seriously injured. Two hundred
persons were injured, some dangerously.
Later dispatches show that 23 persons
were either killed or have since died from
their injuries.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-06-30
Bitten bra Horse.

A Lancaster paper narrates the follow
ing l3.c
Son last Tuesday morning band of
gipsies who had been encamped in gap at
Laurel Hill during the night, while moving
to some other quarters passed John Peters
smith shop, in Upper Leacock township,
where they stopped to get some horses
shod. AS one of the men passed in front
of one of the horses which was hitched in
with another in q large coach, the animal
reared up and attempted to cut down the
gypsy with his fore feet The gypsy caught
hold of the bride and attempted to jerk
down the horse, when the animal got the
mans thumb and part of the hand in his
mouth, and held ON to it with o desperate
grip, shaking it as dog would. The man
called for the smith to knock the infuriated
animal down, which he did with club,
but he still held ON to the mans hand
Peters struck the horse another blow over
the head, knocking him over again, but
still he held on like tiger, Another blow
behind the ear leyeled him again, when he
slightly opened his Jaw and the man jerked
out his hand, which was terribly bruised
and crushed, but it is thought no bones are
broken. DR.. l. Bushong was sent for who
dressed the wound and injected some NOR
phine into his veins, as he was suffering
terribly from the pain.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-06-30
Thirty Years. Experience Of an
OId Nuran 1.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup lie the
prescription of one Of the best Female PhYsl.
clans and Nurses in the United States, and has
been used for thirty years with never failing safe
ty and success, by millions Of mothers and chill
dren, from the feeble infant Of one week old to
the adult 1t corrects acidity of the stomach, re-
ieves wind collie, regulates the bowels, and gives
rest, health and comfort to mother and child. We
believe 1t to be the Best and Surest Remedy in the
World in all cases OF DYSENTERY and DIAR-
RHdEA IN CHILDREN, whether it arises from
Teething or from any other cause, Full dlrec.
tions for using will accompany each bottle.
None Genuine unless the fac-simile OF CURTIS &
PERKINS is on the outside wrapper. Sold by all
Medicine Dealers ..s 7 b Tyr
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-06-30
stolen PronertH.

An officer ofthe detective force was last
week detailed by the chief Of police, at the
request of Governor Shepherd, to find and
compel the return of furniture and other
public property stolen by members of the
District Legislature upon its disbanding.
Most of the property has been recovered,
and, upon learning that the officers were
searching for it, several members brought
back what they had carried of; saying it
was only taken in joke.