The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-08
NO. g.

three miles wide has just been discovered
at Preston, MINI.
THE Pennsylvania State Teachers As
soclation will meet at Wilkcsbarre the 10th
llth and 18th of August.
Georgia peaches are beginning to mako
their appearance in the Northern markets
They retail at about SO q crate.
Something new was observed in New
York the other day, in the shipment Of
1900 barrels of sugar for Turkey
a boa constructor, now on its way to
the Garden of Plants, at Hayre, France,
measures twenty four feet in length
IT is not a comforting thought to s,aoks
ers that the smallpox prevails largely
among the New York cigar makers.
A Methodist Council, at Detroit. Michi-
gan, has suspended the Rev a. w. Tory
from his pastoral functions for lying.
a son of Brigham Young was among
this years graduating class at West Point.
He came out 4th out of Il class of 10.
Ex-"Boss" Tweed remains in Ludlow
street jail, not having yet furnished the
S3,O00,O0G bail required in the civil suit.
\ million dollars worth Of judgments
have been entered of record in Schuylkin
county, as result of the recent coal strike.
There seems to be no longer any doubt
about the existence OF gold in Clusters
Gulch i'll the Black Hills in paying quanti-
ties.
Canadian crop prospects continue to be
reported in very favorable light, and rs
abundant harvests there as here are proba-
ble
\ fire causing damage to the amount Of
$4,000, resulting from the explosion of a
kerosene lamp occurred at Jersey City
about a week ago.
So much devilment has been done in
Dauphin county, lately, that the Criminal
Court will have to sit two weeks, instead
Of one as is usual
The Gettysburg Campt2e, says the wheat
crop in Adams county will yield ten 10
twenty per cent. more than the average,
according to present prospects.
Speaking Of the crops in Louisiana, the
New Orleans Ptcopunc says reliable ac-
counts from every quarter concur III rep
resenting them as exceptionally fine.
Reading has brickmaker who has made
2100 bricks in two hours and fifty-iivc
minutes with single off bearer, and the
Times calls it the quickest work of the kind
on record.
There is disposition on the part of
the Luzerne miners to go to work on the
operators terms, and the first practical step
toward resumption in the Lehigh was
taken on Saturday.
\ woman's rights sort of a turkey COB
bier in Newlin township, Chester county,
drove a setting turkey off her nest, and has
undertaken to hatch a brood himself, and
viii not be driven of.
There is wheat field at Abilene, Kansas,
containing 1900 acres covered with wheat
in excellent condition. The crop has been
contracted for at Sl.25 per bushel, and viii
probably bring S20,000.
There is disposition on the part OF
mbny OF the Luzerne miners to 90 to work
on the operators terms, and the first prac-
teal step toward Il resumption in the Lehigh
region was taken On Saturday.
Ellis Wilson, of Newlin township, Chcs-
tor county, reports having caught during
the past five trapping seasons, GA musk
rats, 442 polecats, Is flying squirrels and
many birds, including an Irish swan.
\ man in Ohio had his house set on fire
by tin milk can. The can was turned
bottom upwards to dry, OH the western side
Of the house, and reflected the rays Of the
sun against the Notwithstanding, scttin"
it on fire. This is a new incendiary.
In Maidencreek township, Borks county,
there are four women whose united weight
is almost nine hundred pounds, as follows
Mrs. Ann Snyder, 264 pounds Mrs. Mary
Strausser, 223 pounds; Mrs. Hannah
Shade, 2l2 pouadS, and Mrs. Kitty Folk,
200 pounds.
| a Tennessee preacher stood up the other
day and said My hearers, | now urge
all on ye to dive down into your brceches-
pockets and haul out suthin' for the poor"
and the women of his congregation hooked
straight ahead without saying word or
making dive,
\ box of scgars made in 1860 was opened
at Boston on Bunker Ilill day. They
were of fine flavor. \ few were smoked,
two or three sent to President Grant, and
the rest packed in an alright box, marked
not to be opened until the second centcn-
! nial Of the battle.
At sale of thoroughbred horses and
cattle at Toronto, not long since, some oi
the choice breeds brought fabulous prices,
\ calf seven months old, ''Airdrie Ouch.
css, brought $4,000. \ bul calf, two
e months old, fifth Duke Of Ililhurst. " wa.
f bought for $500, The sale realized $50.
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\ new and quite dangerous counterfeit
fifty cent scrip of the series of 1873 ha;
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