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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-04-29
MONROE STREET,

Nearly opposite Kautz's Blacksmith Shop.
SrRouDsBURG, Pa.
The undersigned would respectfully in.
form the citizens of Stroudsburg and vicinity
that he is now fully prepared TO do all kinds
of Paper Hanging, Glazing and Painting,
promptly and at short notice, and that he
will keep constantly on hand fine stock OF
Paper Hangings of all descriptions and at
low prices, The patronage of the public
Is earnestly solicited. May 10, 1872
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-04-29
sTROUIsBURG, Pa.
Ia ST ABTIS 1914,
CHARTER PERPETJ1L

The Bylaws Of this Ccmpay, and regulation, --
ing insurance have recently been very ma'..!,
changed, placing il upon basis equal 10 '""' 10.
Life Insurance Company in the state. ,lr.r=r
Important among these changes are '"c '''''".
viz: r 3
Policies, instead of being perpetual, are -'>o''
five wears. ...r
All property Is classified and the ra'e gl !''.'.'
fixed according 10 The risk OF tRe prgp.'''. ,-- q
Premium notes are taken, and all assessment" Do
made on the notes. ...~4.
Property is iusrued for not more than Two ,- ,,,-
its actual cash value, and the tuil a'noUu1 " 80 - !
paid in case of loss, provided the loss '' 'i'N
amount of insurance. ,. iu -ss
annual assessments" only are made eN.'t t.-,arf
of heavy loss, and whore special a>'>'''
necessary. .--,. .,..,ra-
The Company is therefore prepared to iusuIl ~.
upon terms much more desirable th"h "''
Applications may be made to any OF the -i''''
SurN SyOrS, or Secretary.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-15
PHILADELPHIA.

Dishonest Operations Of a Street Rail
way Presideut-The Proceeds Sunk
in an Iron Company.
PHILADELPHIA, Nav 1.-THE EreHiHg
telegraph says il is alleged by reliable par
ties that 5. Grass Fry, President Of the
Philadelphia and Darby and the Spruce
and Pine street railway companies, has
made an Ove-iSsue Of Darby stock, Of from
ten to twenty thousand shares, and OF
about GOO shares Of Spruce and Pine street
road. The money raised on this stock was
used, it is said, to bolster up the
Evans Iron Company, and it was the eX-
pectation of Mr.. Fry that, upon 2 revival OF
the iron trade. he would be enabled to re-
turn the money borrowed on the stock for
that company, then to retire OF destroy the
stock. On this hypOthecati0n lie realized
$40 per share on the Darby stock and S}5
per share on the Spruce and Pine Street
Company's stock. Mr. Fry, whom these
allegations so seriously affect, is man
who has long been favorably known in
this city.
Mr.. Frye has made an assignment Of his
properly for the benefit of his creditors. y
bank president said to- night he thought the
railway company was liable for the amount,
as the stock was issued in regular form,
signed by the officers and bearing the seal
Of the company.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-15
WASHINGTON.
BristOW Pushing the Whisky
Ring TO the Wall.
More Frauds Being Constantly
Unearthed.
Ample Proof to Convict the
Guilty Parties.
JeWell's Raid on Sine'S Gift
Enterprise.
WASHINGTON.

/ WASHINGTON, May lathe Postmas-
! ter General to-day issued an order forbid
| ding the payment by the Postmaster at
| Cincinnati of postal orders drawn to the
order Of L. d. Sine, who is engaged in
conducting a gift enterprise. All register
ed letters addressed to Sine are TO be re-
turned 20 the Office from which mailed.
More whisky Frauds Unearthed.
The whisky frauds are still receiving at
tentiOn by the Treasury Department, and
Solicitor Wilson is continually unearthing
new frauds. Further record evidence was
discovered to-day against the Union Copper
distilleTy at Chicago, and $50 barrels of
spirits were seized at their works. Three
hundred barrels W re also seized belonging
to BeviS d Fraser, in st, Louis, fresh proof
having been obtained against them.
Photographic copies Of the Internal
Revenue returns are being made at the
Treasury Department and forwarded to the
officers in the different cities to aid them
IN substautiating their charges. Among
those made to-day, was one from Anger at
Cincinnati, certifying that a certain num-
Der of barrels of spirits had
been emptied and the stamps de-
stTOyed in accordance with the law,
and upon further search the same lot of
spirits was found in Chicago in the origi-
nal packages, thus cOnclusively showing
the COllUsiOn Of the gauger with the dis
tillers. On April 50, Mr.. WetsOn
called upon the Collectors Of Internal
Revenue in different localities TO fur
nish information concerning transactions
in their districts, but up TO last night very
few Of them had responded, and to-day the
Secretary of the Treasury called upon them
for an explanation Of their noncompliance,
and for an immediate reply. He is deter
mined that all orders Of this nature shall
be obeyed, or the Collectors must take the
consequences.
A large number Of communications have
been received from different sections from
parties Offering to furnish proof Of fraud,
and the Secretary has directed all such to
furnish the proof to the proper officers, and
if found valuable aud used, the parties
furnishing it will be Temunerated.
Information reached here this morning
that the distillers in Milwaukee had called
upon those Of st. Louis to combine with
them in procuring the services of Hon.
Matt. Carpenter TO obtain their release.
In response TO it, Secretary Bris-
tow sent dispatches to the Supervisors
at Chicago, St. Louis and Milwaukee, in
forming them that the best legal assistance
will be furnished them in their efforts to
convict those under arrest, and the Govern
ment is confident Of establishing the guilt
Of the parties.
Pratt Goes In TO-MOrrOW.
Commissioner Pratt will take charge of
the Internal Revenue Bureau tomorrow.
EK-COmissiOuer Douglass has decided to
open a law ciice in this city and practice
before the Supreme Court and the Depart
ments.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-15
PENNSYLVANIA'S COAL WAR.
Forty Strikers Lodged in Jail.

Forty Strikers Lodged I'm Jail.
PITTsBURG, May 1.-The coal miners
employed at the mines between Br0adfOrd
and Mount Pleasant have been on a strike
some time, and for several days past have
INDUCED in loud threats, and in some
cases actual violence against the employ
ers. On Wednesday Of this week, the
sheriff Of WestmOIeland county arrested
thirty Of the strikers, and yesterday he was
called TO the scene Of disturbance and ar
rested some nine OF ten more. The men
are confined in the UniOn'Own jail.
Compelled 10 stop Work.
TYRONE, PA, May 14.-AbOut half the
men at the POweltOn mines were compelled
by the strikers to stop work last night.
A Lively ScrImmRge.
Fifty men went to work al the Sterling
mines this morning. About II o'clock a
fight took place between the police and
strikers, and two of the latter were arrested.
The police is not sufficient to protect will
ing worzmen. L. q. COnlri editor Of the
I Italia, who Monday was captured by
the strikers, is at Tyrone with forty Ital-
iaus, determined 20 put them at work with
proper protection. A military force will be
necessary to stop the oUtrages.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-15

CAU-KU, the daughter Of Spotted Tail
is quite lovely. He's earrings have torn a
gap In each ear an inch long.
THE difference between a tale-bearer
and sealing-waN is, that sealing-wax burns
to keep a secret, and the t9lG-bearer burns
tOtell one,
\ FEENCHAIAN, intending TO compli-
ment a young lady, by Failing her a gentle
lamb, said, ''She is one mutton as is
small,'
DON'T discuss the trial with a cat in
your lap, or If you rU do it, don't get 50
exci,ed az to rub The animals back the
wrong way.
"JENuAIA," =" said a fashionable miss TO her
friend, Il think Charley Potts is perfectly
splendid; he can get on my gloves, and
wears spit-curlsn
THE saying "Excuse haste and a bad
penn has been attributed to pig who ran
away from home.
WHY is a side-saddle like a fOur-qUaTt
iug2 Because it holds a gallon.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-15
W. HOWARD BRITTON's GAME.
How a Cheeky SWindIer Sold an East
Tennessee Town.

The GreeHeUille IntelligeBccr publishes
a letter from Hamblen county, detailing
the operations of a man calling himself W.
Howard BrittOI, whOhas been humbuggiug
the people Of Whitesburg. He represented
himself as an Englishman and the agent Of
a large mining company in Pennsylvania.
He said that the company had purchased
the Messy Creek Zinc Works anGdepOsited
5000 in a Knoxville bank, subject 10 his
order, to be used in prospecting for minsr-
ais. Having cOndiuOnally purchased 4
farm near Whitss0Urg, he informed the
citizens that there were large quantities
of zinc on it, and that he was going TO
commence mining operations pretty soon
that would give employment to over
two hundred hands. He made arrange
meuts with every merchant i'm the town,
for blasting powder, with the tinn'r for six
hundred feet Of piping and with the brick
masOns for several hundred thousand brick.
He employed a WhitesbuFg lawyer, and
was 10 pay him 500 per month retaining
fee. A physician was engaged at a large
salary to practice among the hands. TX
pectatiOn ran high. Property increased in
value. Town lots were to be laid of
Hotels were TO be built. an a word,
Whitesburg was soon i6 be a city. But,
alas for WLisssUurg, when the time cane
iOF Mr. W. Howard B-i,ton 90 begin TO
make his payments, he was nowhere 10 De
found. When last seen hs vas eoiIlg to-
ward JonesbOrc 0a SnOt. His operations
recall, E-osd Erecman's career at johnson
City IN 1850.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-15
COMMISSION MERCHANT.

about FIVE miles from ROgeTsville juno
tiOn, were out in the woods on Tuesday,
engaged in peeling tan bark, when the
father met his death in the following man
ner: Mr.. Bryant vas engaged ia removing
the bark from the body Of a tree already
felled, whilst his son was telling another at
some little distance from him. Seeing the
tree at which his son was at work about to
fall, he stepped out Of the way Of danger Is
he supposed, but it appears1that the falling
tree caught on the surrounding timber,
which swerved it from its course and broke
a large limb which falling, struck Mr.. Bry-
ant on the top Of his head, scrushing his
skull, and killing him instantly.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-15
MISSOURI.
The James Boys aud YOnngers Bury
the Hatehet-PreParatiOn for a Big
Bank Robbery.

The James BOys aud YOnngers Bury
the Hatehet-PreParatIO for a Big
Bank Robbery.
ST. LOUIS, MAY 1.-The Republicans
Kansas City special says information has
been received from reliable sources that the
feud which has existed for some time be-
tween the James boys and the YOungers
has recently been settled, and that they are
again operating together. II is also stated
that two other well known desperadOes are
with them. A few days since they purchased
one of the fleetest and best bOttOmed horses
in Missouri, for which they paid a high
price in cash. The informant says they
have determined to strike some mOnied
institution soon, and a robbery may be ex-
pected at any moment.
Susan B. Anthony passed through the
city this evening on her way from New
York 10 LeayerwOrlh, to see her dying
brother, Col. r. ID. Anthony.
At Already.
ST. LOUIS, Nav 1.-The Democrat has
q special from Clinton, Henry county, Mo-,
giving an account Of daring robbery COM
mitted in that county last Thursday. d.
B. Lambert keeps a country store twelve
miles north Of Clinton. IL stands alone on
the prairie, has crOquet ground in front of
the building, and is the resort of the young
people Of the neighbOrhOOd. Last Thurs
day morning, about II O'Clock, two strangers
rode up, entered the store, and were
shortly followed by two other strangers.
As soon as the latter entered the store, the
first two drew their TeyOlvers and COM
manded Lambert to stand. The
other two men went to the croquet
ground, where eight gentlemen and ladies
were playing, and ordered them into the
store where they we're guarded By three Of
the men while the fourth robbed the store
of 500, a fine watch, a shotgun, two re-
vOlver5 and a considerable quantity of
goods. They then left in the direction Of
Clinton. All well-dressed, genteel looking
man, we'll armed and mounted on splendid
horses. The robbery was done so quietly
that a blacksmith working 100 yards dis
tant knew nothing Of it until the affair
was over.
A gentleman living near Clinton says he
saw two Of the Younger brothers, and from
this fact the robbery is attributed to the
Younger and James brothers.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-15
To Printers and Publishers
PRESSES FOR SALE

We hare a couple Of fine secondhand
Presses for sale, l5bieh zee haUe used
from four 20 fire years, tUhich are good
ones and in good running order.
A Taylor Press, small cylinder, size
mine column paper. measure ofthe Union
and american. Capacity 1000 impress
siOHs per hour. IIt complete order and
but little lU0rH. Is aOlg fitted for steGBs,
bit can be r1ga Gy hand l0ith slight
change.
4 Drum Cylinder Potter Press, bed
size suited for a Rine-eOlumR paper. Id
mirabLy adapted to newspaper, poster
and general 700 lTOrk. Is being run nOsg
almost daily IN this Office.
In one or both Of these Presses zoe tOiIg
sell absolute bargains.
For kErther information # desired Gs
TO the Presses, and for terms, address
UNION and AhERICAN,
Nashville, Tenn.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-15
SOUTH PASS.
Cant. Eads surveying the Situation
his Iettfs : Just the Ehing.

s,.,, rads Surveying the situation
His Iettis Just the Ehing.
pass I,OUTRE. via New Orleans, May
1.-THE revenue c,sssg John 4. Dix, with
Capts. James b. Eads 2nd John B. B1tifn-
GER. of St. Louis. Col. Andrews, Of Pits
Rurr. and others on board, left @e" "
leans at noon yesterday, arrived al SOU 'Li!7 n
west Pass at 5 p. NJ, and anchored uh.lI
daylight this morning, then proceeded 20
South Pass, accompanied by lhe
steamer Heroine. On arrival here
the party went on board the He
raine and proceeded on over ne
bar. Capla'n Eads and Col. Andrews, IN
connection with the government engineers,
making s0undiugs of the bar and line OF
proposed ietlies, ind not less than eight
and a half feet of wateg On the bar. The
-souudings were continued 20 The head Of
the passes, where the least water f0uUd
was sixteen feet. The weather was very
favorable for sOUndings. The opinion Of
all present was that the jetties would prove
= perfect success in securing a sufficient
depth Of water for any vessel.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-15
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

indianapolis proposes a musical jubilee
next week. Give us a rest.
An incendiary fire in Knightsville yes
terday consumed $4,000. The proprietor
cfthe house in which it started Has Deen
arrested on suspicion.
Capt Thornton, Of the United States
navy, died yesterday in Philadelphia. He
vas executive officer Of Faraguts nag ship
in all the battles on the Mississippi, cut
out some privateeTs near Mobile, and was
executive officer Of the Kearsage when she
sunk the Alabama.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-15
Black Killers Brought Rack.

ST. PAUL, Minn., May 14.-Gen. Terry
TO day received a dispatch from Fort Ran
dali, announcing that Lieut.. Armstrong
had just brought in the Andrews-W Wharton
party, en- route to the Black Hills from
Sioux City, consisting Of fOrty-tWO men,
six wagons and twenty-five horses. Eleven
Of the party had reached to within fifty
miles of Harney's Peak.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-15
ALABAMA.
Another of the Spencer Gang
Comes 10 Grief.

A Postmaster Pleads Guilty OF I'm
bezzIemeHt aud Goes 10 the Peni-
tentiary.
MONTGOMERY, May 14.-C. II. Davis,
late Postmaster at Union Springs, plead
guilty Of embezzlemeHt Of funds from
letters. BY request of the District Attor-
ney. who states there were eXtenUating cir
cumstances, the lowest penalty was i'm
posad-six months Imprisonment and a
Zine to the amount Of the money aDstracted.
Davis was a member of the Legislature in
1872 and voted for Spencer for Senator.
soon after be was appointed postmaster
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-15
AUSTRALIA.

A Bark CnPsIzed-Au Lost, Intending
the Captains Wife and Family.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.-THE bark St.
Magnus, Capt. EasteTbrOOk, from Adelaide
for Brisband, entered MOreton bay and took
pilot on board. The wind chapped round
giving her the lee shore and both stood out
to sea. She was discovered next day bot
tom upwards. The government steamer
searched unayailngly for the survivors Of
the wreck. She was sailed and owned by
Capt. EasterbrOOk, a BOstOnian, and for
many years a resident Of Adelaide. His
wife and family perished with him.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-15
A Black FIend's Confession on the
aeannIH

CHARLESTON, S. c. May 14.-JOsh Fra
zier, cOlOred, vas hanged at Camden to-
day for the murder Of Benjamin Cooper in
December last. He was convicted on cir
cumstantial evidence, but after conviction
confessed the crime. On the scaffOld to-
day he confessed that he murdered his wife
and child and a negro woman, and had
burned many barns and gin houses.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-15
SPAIN.

SANTANDER, May 1.-THE Carlists are
shelling Q1etaria, and have done great
damage. A vigorous fire is returned from
the fort and five men-Of-War in the harbOr
ReinfOrcements have been dispatched to
the town.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-15
FOREIGN.
Celebration of the POpe's Birth
day.
A Sad Shipwreck on the Aus
tralian Coast.
Suspension of a Rio JaneirO Bank
Eighty Three Years Ola.

NEW YORK, May 14.-A special dis
patch from Rome states, that the POpe's
birth day anniversary was celebrated with
extraordinary rejOieiDgs. Deputations,
letters and congratulations were arriving
throughout the day. Twelve presiding
PontifS have reached the age Of 81. Pic
Mono alone, suTpasses the years Of Saint
Peter, ia his chair The Marquis, Of Stock
pole, has been appointed Secret Chamber
lain.
A National Donation 20 GarIbaIdI.
ROME, May 14.-The Senate has voted
national donation 10 Garibaldi.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-15
Evansville - Granger and Harry
Mitchell WInners-A Running Race
TO-Day-PrOtest against Chain Shot.

For the second race and citizens purse
Of s., 200 there were eight entries, among
which was 7. g. Prince, of G.. j. Fuller,
Nashville. Gen. Mac was absent in Ken
lucky and did not arrive in time. Harry
Mitchell was second in the first heat, but
won the race and 5000 in three straight
heats. MOlsey gained the first heat. The
time was: first heat 2:32, second 2;31t,
third 2:3l3, fourth 2:31a. Harry Mitchell
in the third heat came near making a re-
cord Of 2:25, but saved himself by coming
in on a jog. Billy Brittoh and RipOn Boy
were distaDced on the first beat. The sum
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-15
A Big Blaze.

COLUMBUS, o., May l4.-The extensive
works of the Columbus Lumber and Barrel
Company, including stock, seasoned lum-
Der, and valuable machinery, was totally
destroyed by fire this morning. The loss
is $4,000, on which there is an insurance
Of $4,000. One peculiar circumstance is
the most Of the present owners only puT-
chased their stock about q week ago.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-15
JOHN c. BRECKEERIDGE.
rIts Condition Unchanged.

LEXINGTON, KY, May 1.-THE cOndi-
lion of Gen. Breckenridge remains I'M
cj,a.-ed. lie IS still free from pain, and
those In atisEdancs On-him are less sppre-
brusiye of his sudden death than they were.
He saw a few visitors to-day.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-15
SING-SING.

A Vesn tor LtBerty-EOur COnvicts
steal a Locomotive.
.PGvGHKEEPsIE, May l4.-Nhiie the
engine attached 10 a freigh, train going TO
New York city. was raising through the
arch al Sing-Sing prison this morning, four
convicts Jumped on the engine presenting
revolvers at the engineer and fireman aad
compelling them to get off They then cut
the engine loose from the tram and started
south, abandoning the engine three miles
north Of TauytOwn where il was found
with both cylinder heads broken.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-15
NEW YORK
The Great Silk Frauds.
Government DefraUded Out of
81, 100000 in New York
City Alone.

NEW YORK, May 14.-Investigation in
to the operations of the sO-called silk con
spiTatOrs shows that Of the silk placed up
OHthe market in this city, the government
was deprived Of one million five undred
thousand dollars.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-15
MEMPHIS.

Decoration Day-CheeFiHE Crop Re
ports.
MEMPHIS, May 14.-Final arrangements
have been made by the Confederate and
Federal soldiers for a joint decoration on
the 2gth Of May. tins Colored people are
included in the arrangements.
Advices Cf the crop prospect are nov
more favorable than at any time since 1866.
From every se5tion there IS the same re-
port. More land is in cultivation and the
people are working better than ever known
before. Cotton. corn, wheat and fruit viii
be more than plentiful.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-15
THE PACIFIC COAST.
GOId-OregOn EIeetiOn-An Engineer
Held for MansIaughter,

Held for MansIaughter.
SAN Francisco, May 14.-Sixty thogs-
and ounces Of gold melted in the mint
here yesterday.
A dispatch from Salem, EOregon, says
Gov. Grover will call a special election
Oct. % to ill the vacancy caused by the
death of Congressman LalOw.
Jas. V. Smith, the engineer Of the steam
er Senator, blown up at Portland, has been
placed under bond on the charge of man
slaughter.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-15
SOUTH AMERICA

A Brazilian Bank susPends.
NEW YORK, May IA private cable
dispatch states that the National Bank Of
Rio JaneriO has suspended.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-15
ENGLAND.
An Inman steamer Goes Ashore.

LONDON, May 1.-THE Iuman line
steamship, 9th Of Brussels, which sailed
from Liverpool yesterday for New York,
has gone ashore on the Irish coast, but got
of without damage or assistance, and pro-
eaadod
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-15

Although this was the last day, a large
citizens purse was made up for a running
race tomorrow afternoon, mile heats in
harness, the two best in three. There are
four entries and three to 90.
A protest against ChainshOt on account
Of his record, was fled in iwTiting. His
owners filed affidayits, and proof must be
filed against him within fifteen days, or he
takes the purse Of 5000, awarded him in
the second days trOt. The pools, over
$1,000, are held for this decision.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-15

The divers were able to examine the
hull of the Schiller for four hours to-day.
They found her broken up-a confused
mass Ofiron and timber. Her lower deck
rests on the rocks and her bottom is torn
Of. None Of the specie was recovered and
no part Of the cargo was visible.