The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-08-05

Ht cicCtloH III AcHluChy oi 4hohuaJ
resulted in thetriumph of the whole Demo
cratic ticket.
A dispatch was received by gentleman
in Milford, Pa, from Paris, that was only
an hour and half on the way.
The Assistant Treasurer of the United
States at New York has been directed to
sell S5,000,000 in gold during August, Z
They have found the right remedy for
''tramps" up in New Hampshire. 1t con-
sists Of a well-administcred does of cold
lead
zaI Il is thought at Washington that Gen
eral Bates will be elected to fill the unex-
pired term of Andrew johnson in the
Senate.
The yield of wheat throughout Maryland
this season has been unusually large. In
some favored localities the return is un-
precedentcd. a
The sale Of the Northern Pacific Rail
road, which was advertised to take place on
Monday, has been postponed until Thurs
day, August II, - - s1 " Nf4s1
Benjamin Bannan, for many years the
publisher and editor of the Pottsvillc
Miners Journal died at Pottsville on Sa-
turday, aged Us years.
AN Indiana farmer named Murray, while
pitching hay from his loft recently, pitched
out S. $50 that some one had concealed, and
he feels merry enough over it.
Senator Andrew johnson, ex-President
of the United States, died at an early hour
on Saturday morning at his daughters re-
sidence in Greenville, Tennessee. y
The Catasauqua Manufacturing Company
are now making plate steel. The Lehigh
Shovel Company, of that place, uses this
steel and pronounces it first class.
An Oregon man has astonishcd the au-
thorities of the Agricultural Department
at Washington by sending in a single ship
ment 1876 different kinds of insects.
johnson won the championship of the
world and $4,000 in a swimming contest at
Philadelphia on Thursday of last week.
He swan 1o3 miles, his opponent Coyle.
about 81.
The newly-elected dean of the law depart
ment of Lafayette College, Hon. w. S.
kirkpatrick, will deliver an address at the
Inauguration of that branch of the college,
October 6.
a A problem for physiologists is the case
of a Chinaman and negro woman who mar
ried in Arkansas Il year since. Their first
child has light hair, and its complexion is
white as snow.
Judge Morris, counsel for Theodore
Tilton, on Monday served Il notice on Mr..
Beechers attorneys to be prepared to
answer in a new trial on the first Monday
in September.
AngAltoona clcrgymen had his carpet
bag stolen at the West Philadelphia depot
on Tuesday night. 1t is supposed the thief
committed suicide when he discovered that
it was full of sermons. n
a Bcrks county boy has lost one of his
eyes in a very singular, manner. lie was
engaged in picking potato bugs, when one
of them flew in his eye, binding him, dcs-
pite the best medical aid.
The public debt statement shows the
decrease Of debt since June 30 to be ST.
294, ,SS7. Coin balance, Sos, ,942, zoe. 20
currency balance, S4,316,9 ,9G9.96; coin
certificates, s22, 2,725 100. #&H6
On the north sides of some of the Maine
mountains the snow is said to be still very
deep. The snow banks appear in curious
contrast with the trees all around them in
their bright green foliage. H'#HA
A Medina { Pa physician, while peace
fully engaged in robbing the grave of a
dead negro, for sHscientifc" purposes, had
an eye shot out by some unfeeling person
who sought to retard the march of science.
Z The damage by the great rains in the
West is beyond estimate. All the great
rivers are terribly swollen and many OF
them have overhowed their banks. The
crops in many sections are almost total
failure. aE@E AZ 8ETEh
Two hundred and fifty Irishmen of NIer.
Ger county publish a card in the Sharon
HeTdtd, stating they are disguised with
Democracy ; entirely Withdrawing their sup
port from and severing their connection
with that party. rs
Gen. T, E. Spinner, the honest old gen
tleman who has just gone out of the posi-
ton of Treasurer of the United States. af
ter service of fourteen years, is now pro-
posed as the Republican candidate for Trea,
surer of the State New York. They couldn't
choose better. 0tI aa --8a1a|6
The Towanda Reporter says that Brad
ford county will give Governor Hartranft
this year a majority 1900 or 1900 larger
than he received three years ago. People
who were then influenced by the calumnies
against him have learned better, and hun,
dreds who voted for Buckalew will be on
the right side this time.
Two weeks ago, in Scranton, James Nea.
Ion stabbed Martin Gleason, infcting a