The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-08-17

the marriage notice of Mr. Edward Dreher
to Miss Bartholomew, the ceremony of which
being ascribed to the Rev. Mr.. Van Allen of
NJ. Smithfeld. But we have since learned
that the ceremony was performed by the
Rev. Mr. Wallace of this place
Baltimore is flooded with watermelons.
Grasshoppers now infest thirty counties
in Georgia.
Tramps are burning barns in Potter and
Mexican counties.
Wild turkeys are reported plenty on the
North Mountain in Cumberland county
Over two thousand acres of land have
been burned over by forest fires in New
Brunswick
2S6 trains come in and 90 out of the
depot Of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Jer-
sey City daily.
The United States Treasury in San
Francisco redeemed fifty thousand dollars
in greenbacks with silver on Saturday.
Two hundred and seventy thousand
to foreign ports from New York last week.
At Pottsvllle on Saturday night more
Mollie Maguires were found guilty of as
sault and battery with intent to kill. Sen
tences were deferred
There is stalk of corn at the state road
depot in Atlanta, whose tassel touches the
cap on the third story window thirty six
feet from the ground.
During recent heavy thunder storm in
Dutchess county, New York, hundreds of
wild geese were killed on a pond where
they had settled
The trial of Allan c. Laros for the muir
der by poison of his father, mother and
Moses Schug, some months ago, will COM
menced at EastOn yesterday.
The New England apple crop is immense
ly heavy, this year, and trees will suffer
from breaking branches. Merchants are
buying heavily of green apples, at one dol
lar barrel, for shipment.
In the Jordan river, Upper Michigan,
trout abound in such numbers that recent
ly party of four persons, after six days
fishing, caught 1000 Jordan is not al
ways a hard road to travel.
The Salt Lake Tribune" asserts that
when the Mormon bishops of San Pete
heard that General Custer and his gallant
soldiers had been massacred by the Sioux
they sent band of music to serenade few
lodges of Indians camped near by.
1t is suggested that there is life in
drowned persons hours after they appear
dead, and that alcoholic, with other treat
ment, will bring it out. Whipping and
hot applications are efectual.
"What is the chief use of bread ?' asked
an examiner at q recent school exhibition.
''The chief use of bread" answered the
urchin, apparently astonished at the simpli-
city of the question, sis to spread butter
and jam on it.
A pair of boots made from human skin
is on exhibition at the Centennial. 1t is
said to make good leather, and when tan
ned becomes six times its original thickness.
The medical colleges sell them to the tan
ners at five dollars apiece. Tough
a New Hampshire youth of sixteen
eloped with and married a girl of fourteen
four years ago, but she left him in about
two years, whereupon he married another
girl Of the town without the formality of
divorce, and she having gone he is now
taking third, at the age Of twenty.
The two main industries of the Pacific
coast States and Territories are in flour
ishing condition. These are agriculture
and mining. The present successful har-
vest year is not confined to California, but
from Oregon, Colorado, Montana and Utah
there is like cheering Intelligence.
The weeks sales Of shorthorns at Paris,
KY, closed on Saturday. Sixty-two cows
were sold on that day s21 800, and eight
bulls for $500 The stock on Saturday
was the property of Messrs. Warfeld,
Burgess and Combs The total amount
realized during the week was $4,000.
The New York first class hotels are be-
ginning to try the experiment of reduced
fares The New York Hotel leads of, and
the Sturtevant follows, announcing that it
will entertain guests in one hundred upper
rooms at So per day, and in one hundred
other rooms at So so. Rooms will also be
leased without board at 81 per day and up
wards. If the New York hotels succeed
in this, those of the other cities will follow,
unless the high rents they are now paying
will prevent it.