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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-04-20
The Black Hills Fraud.

The following extract from letter writ
ten by John j. Davis of Hyde Park, who,
with others, recently left Scranton for the
Black Hills, is enough to substantiate we all
have said concerning the tough times out
there:
ave all arrived at Cheyenne Thursday
at three o'clock in the afternoon, and if !
ever saw a poverty striker place in my
life this beats them all The first thing
[ did was to find out the news of the Black
Hills and it did not take me half an hour
to make up my mind it was not the place
for me. There are about 400 people in
Cheyenne; they have been there about
seven weeks trying to get to the hills, but
have been forced to return, owing to the
the snow It is twenty feet deep on
the hills as far as they got, and what IS be-
yond that they don't know. There are al
so many at Cheyenne who have been to the
hills and endured hardships, and have not
made enough gold to pay for their -four,
and returned dead broke without a cent
in the world, and broken hearted. The ac-
counts of the Black Hills published in the
Pennsylvania papers are frauds, as I will
prove further in my letter, and letter by
a Welsh lawyer at Laramie city, where l
am now stopping. In Cheyenne our party
from Scranton had to pay a dollar a day
each for board, and sleep on the bare floor,
not knowing when they can get to the hills.
[ wished them goodbye, and began to think
where [ should strike out, for they charge
eleven cents mile fare on the cars. So
came to Laramie City, which is forty
seven miles from Cheyenne fare $5 90
We got snow-bound, and did not get here till
Friday night There was four feet of snow
when [ came in the city. The first thing
[ heard here in the morning was boiler
explosion in the rolling mill, killing eight
men on the spot among them man named
Riley, from Scranton. | am promised a
job at the mill when the inquest is over
PitStoa C6mct.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-04-20

Cg- The Suoudsburg JEFFERsoNIAN has
the cheek to speak Of Senator Thurman Of
Ohio, as connected with discovered delin-
queucies. While there is much latitude
allowed political newspapers in decryiug the
leaders Of the opposition, but in this case the
invention IS SO gross and unjust that we can
not believe else but the statement crept into
the JEFFRSONIAN without the editor knowl-
edge Senator Thurman is one ofthe purest
men in our land, attested by a life Of unvary-
ing probity and uprightness. -Easton Arglts.
1.-THE 4rgus had kept posted it would
have had no occasion to question the fact Of
the Senators weakness in a financial way.
The Atlantic and Great Western Railroad
transaction and his connection with it, does
not furnish convincing certificate of "a life
Of unvarying probity and uprightness," by
long odds The sum of $50, 900 is alleged tc
have fallen in his way, and even Senator
Thurman proved but the truth the adagC
that one cannot touch pitch without being
deflcd. BY the way, has the AJg,cs no word
for Pendletou and Hendricks, two other Of
the exalted candidates of Democracy for tho
Presidency?
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-04-20

THE recent outgoing Commissioners OF
Luzerne county, Messrs Williams. Seibert,
and Gersch5acher, all Democrats, have been
brought up with short turn by the report
of the County Auditors In the course of
their investigation of the county receipts and
expenditures. the auditors discovered some
$40, 900 which had been expended without
authority oflaw. Put up jobs-ring concerns
in shape Of county maps, indexing records,
repairs to the court house, trips by the
Commissioners to New York, Philadelphia,
and Harrisburg, including doubtless number
less good times, were among the items
which smellcd suspicious to the auditors,
and, after taking testimony concerning them,
were rejected, and suits brought to secure
legal investigation and restoration. War
rants were issued and placed in the hands Of
the Sheriff, who succeeded in arresting
Williams and Seibert, who are now under
bail to answer at Court. Gerschbachcr
however, has turned up non est, and rumors
place him both on rusticaton in Canada,
and on the ocean, bound for Europe for the
benefit Of his health. The guilt of these meu
is said to cover a more criminal ground than
that occupied by the Schuylkill Commission
ers, who vejust been released from durance
vile for peculation, and their own fate, if
convicted will be a sojourn at Fort Lifts at
least. Here is an admirable case for the
consideration Of the Easton Argus. Three
sterling Democrats caught in the tolls and
likely to be punished for robbing the county,
whose affairs they were elected to manage
and protect Awful for Democracy.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-04-20
4 MATTER OF POPULAR INTEREST

We condense/ from the LcItigh Register tho
substance of a Conversation about Oak Hall, in
Browns ristdq d4rgest ged
attendant@fe the speakers:
Visitor What corner is the Building on?"
Attendant: SOUTHEAST corner Of SlJth and
Market Please note the SIXTH, for some
strangers seeking Oak Hall, have been misled
by designing persons"
". " It is perfectly colossal! Do you know
a. $4,000 square feet-C6 on Market, and
$50 odd on Sixth, six stories high, has over
three acres "a hoorjEg, and covers space once
occupied by ysoTssnan twenty different busl-
V. ''Do you use steam-power?"
A. A giant young engine furnishes power
for the freight and passenger elevators and the
boilers steam for heating, and the other opera
tionS of the house"
V. What order do you fake with goodsY'
A. "They are first opeZed and arranged in
the basement on long II<y counters, and taken
thence on the fSsigh/elevator TO the inspec-
tors room o. inoLol, on thGSa floor"
n. No, SIR, measuring. The goods are first
measured in the piece, then inspected. The
cloth passes over rollers in the face of a strong
light, and two men sit, one before and one
behind the goods, watching with the eye of
hawk for the least pin-hole iInperfection, and
marking every flaw, 50 that the cutter may see
and avoid 1t When he comes to cut the gar
mentS."
Y. :, You must employ an arIzy of cutters?''
into garments,-besideSSvS machines that do
dozen mems work eaclf2t a stroke"
goods?'
a: We do, and most carefully. Our ex-
aminers inspect every stitch and seam, and
certify TO every garment as eXtra-well made
before we put our ticket on it, and become
responsible for it
deal % '0U eic@'
A. I'm every direction, sir. It is tke system
and economy we practice all Tee w9g through
that enables US to put our prlSySlls GOWN to the
people as we do" U
". After inspecting the work, what becomes
OF it?'
a. Before it goes into Stock it is ticketed.
Livery single garment has its number and
other points noted on it, SO that its entire his
tory can be traced without fail upon our
books"
Y. :" You must have 60 or 10 sa1esmen?p
y: why sir, on busy days you maJsce 100
In the various rooms and suites oil rooms
selling to the throngs of customers."/ I
" DO you do an order bu&AeS by mail
and express?
A. very great. All over the country. Our
November /, 1879.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-04-20

~ The State Legislature is wrestling
with a bill fixing the salaries of public
officers in counties of less than 100000
population-thus including all except Phila-
delphia, Allegheny and Luzerne. As it
passed the House, the bill provides that
the salary Of each county officer mot includ-
ing Commissioners Directors and Auditors
shall be $1,000 per annum, with the addi-
ton Of fifty per cent, of all fees paid by
them respectively into the county treasury
in excess Of $1,000 yearly Whenever the
fees Of any Office do not amount to $1,000
a year, the incumbent's Is to be equal to
the amount Of the fees now established by
law. County Commissioners are to receive
50 per day for every day actually devoted
to the public business, with an addition six
cents for every mile necessarily traversed in
the performance Of their duties-proyided
that the entire compensation does not
exceed 1900 per year. County Treasurers
are to receive three per cent when the
receipts are less than $4,000 ;29 per cent.
when between $4,000 and 100000 u
per cent. when between 100000 and
$50, GOO &c. These salaries are to be in
lieu Of all fees, perquistes and mileage
heretofore allowed The act does not APP
ply to persons elected or appointed to office
before the date ofits approval. 1t is, in fact
a very slight change from the system now
prevailing, but it complies with the letter
Of the Constitution.
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perfect system ed rules of solr
make It poSsiIe TO please peonin eaasslrers,,
p@ag per1gi peFfectly as they were e9Y} 5i mia
v. 81 suppose you have at 1ea,+,.
different departmentsY Aslf q do,.
A; My dear sir we have no-or
each charged with its own LI1Sj.,,es lAan to,s.
thoroughly organized, necesSo rv ~ and eoS
in the great wheel" Wheel gg
'. VIII you name dozen Or
ment, for those who prefer CISSto,ln CItsttoin DeIar
Teady-ma9s ILe Furnishing ino'THl, RarIn made d
The Shirt Factory, with its IL, pri underwrs,,
making our own first-class shirts rm1achEs,
ming Department. itself as biz as III Ihe lin
BI,s; lar store, Inc Garment Stock Py PoGyyIa legV
named before. The Special 1i Tnic,DI ,DIepartnesi'
ment. The Delivery DepartnooIrt.l us Depar,
score of messengers. The eAtr WiG \,
'. Hold, hold sir enCuchr,
Il. / m not half through Tho .s-
editing and publishinN busn5ssns ouIl->iJributoSs
Iteli all your 5IgJ0G fr G;9p.es moaII m5i
Department, witlPlts many r0arnsg' NM 1he NenI
Department. The Youths Der,TTfr, Ihe Boyi
@ @CLiIuren department, with ifS lha
ment. The Chief Clerks DeTSs r,,pLn DeleT.
its book-keepers and assistants Gt,tmeht viii
ayers department; Finapcier's TGiggisl Nan.
ether Offices OF the fr1n/aH Ir,,in ,Unce, and
thinking, planning, excIutinr JTH! - Is bee.
ing, registering, rccgS II. sem ing ntk
and in thousand dTS/fys ioini,,S5, tpr "a seljr,
70 carry on business with the rcSrio lorCi
nually." -N So'VVv,J0 u
V. "S-t-u-p-e-n-d-o-u-s,p
a: Indeed it is! I forgot n
Cashiers Department, v hich haDGIolH name i.lle 10
OF retail sales & en- some single daysT 40 30
v. 50 600! Immeusel Thar: Irb.
the house to buy cheap and sclTcLeeSa.. enables
A. . EzactIyl You have iIlt t'LbfaP: bf3
people throng here, knSSirZlha w. w. IT. H., Ihs
on low prices and immeeA/EaIcs' > We uepeld
" hat are the 'FoTR RULES, rh..-
much abOut?' LID hear 80
A. Cur system of business deaIir,
price, no deviation , Cash for eyerysIIi., Ons
"A guarantee protecting the pUrcbss:r-.. &, ],
money returned if the buyer can't Ciia.-Ilihs =: Ihs
be suited" N~-- O'AeEWAs
Y. Nothing could be fairern
A. Nojhlng. And the people son ~
" " Wen, thank you, sir, i0r Your u, ,o,..,
a. Net at all. It's pleasure 70
Call again. and be sure or tie pla%%N-'Vg!oo
maker x Browns Oak Hall SSotZG.r., .l.' ma
Ecr Sixth and Market" N/ eo'
". Thank ycu! ! shall be Haprv 70 6o,.
Good morning" 4! " 70 50
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-04-20

The Boon bill investigation is about over
and the committee is now engaged in max
ing up its report. What a Democratic
committee will say, when all those involved
in suspicion are Democrats, is not hard tC
guess. The report will whitewash the sus
pected Democratic members, as much as ii
can under the adverse circumstances, and
the whole affair will be treated from Thorn
tons standpoint, as huge joke. There was
no actual corruption, we will be told, and
the Democratic members were only joking
when they offered each other four hundred
dollars apiece to vote for or against the bill
1t has been pretty well established, how
ever, that the Journal Clerk of the House
received $500 for himself in an envelope
from the friends of the Boom bill but an
other friend Of the bill gave $500 to .
member to secure his vote and that the
sum of 81 800, in certified check, was
given to the Journal Clerk to purchase the
votes Of fourteen members, at $500 each
to vote for the bill, the remaining $500 be
ing for the Journal Clerk himself The
latter sum was not used, the fourteen mem
bers whose names were settled as recipients
having all voted against it. The purpose
to use it was plain, but the men failed tc
come to time. These facts seem pretty
well established and, unless we accept
Thorton's theory that the whole affair was
joke, it is equally well established that
the opponents of the bill freely offered S4OC
for each vote against the bill that was open
to purchase.
1t is also pretty well established that all
or nearly all the men implicated in the de
velopments are Democrats The journal
Clerk is Democrat; the man who gave
$500 in an envelope to a member is &
Democrat, and most Of the members impli
Gated are Democrats. 1t is a Democratic
muddle, all through, and we leave that par
ty to reap the consequences Of it.-PtHs
| burg Commercial
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-04-20

The perseverance Of the father of Charlie
Ross should be encouraged by the news
that Mr.. f. c. Mahoney, of South Wind
ham, Connecticut, has just found daugh-
ter near Mendoza, Illinois, who was stolen
twenty-three years ago, when but two years
of age. The woman guilty of the crime of
abducation in this case confessed her male
faction at deaths door, giving names and
other data by which the daughter put her
self in communication with her thankful
parents.
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Auditors Notice.
MARY ANN TEEI

MARY Ann IEEL, No | De-
VS.. ! Term 1873 "a,
Ex. of Peter Merwine, decd. J Orphans Court.
The undersigned auditor, appointed by the
Orphans Court of Monroe county, to make
distribution of the money in the hands of the
Sheriff, from the above Execution, will attend
to the duties of his appointment ON FRIDAY.
May 18th, 1876, at John B. Storms office in
the borough of Stroudsburg, at 10 o'clock. 4
NJ, when and where all persons interested in
sad distribution may attend il they think
proper or be forever debarred from coming in
for any share thereof.
NJ. y De L. VAN HORN,
apfa -u-tt'l Auditor.
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Gle gcffcrsoniau.
THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1876.

rs~ ''No Convention heretofore has ever
thought of interfering with the right Of dis
trict delegates to make their own selection.
SO says our distinguished neighbor over
the way, in the course of long rigmarole Of
twattle delivered on the action of the late
Republican State Convention, and its manner
ofselecting delegates to the National Conven-
ton soon to assemble at Cincinnati. Mista-
ken, Amandus. The Democratic Conven-
ton of 1852 set the nefarious precedent be-
cause the majority, who were worshippers Of
y. b., Pennsylvania S favorite son, - found
that without this exercise of power the State
delegation at Baltimore would not be unani-
nous for the nomination of 'Old Buck" for
the Presidency. 1t was looked upon then
as an unwarranted usurpation on the part of
the majority, and the action of the Harris
burg Convention is not whit more accep-
table to the party which, in this respect, it
50 grossly misrepresented.
1t is a cardinal maxim Of the Republican
party that the people are the source of all
political power, and we have no recollection
that the mass Of the party ever delegated to
It's delegates in State Convention assembled,
the power to adopt the shufHed off precedents
of Democracy. Indeed experience assures
us that the closer we have followed the action
of'that party the nearer and the more de
scryed!y We approach defeat All our troub-
les now, and we have enough Of them in all
conscience grow cut of our forgetfulness Of
this fact. All the ammunition the Democrats
have for the approaching campaign flows to
them from the same source. Thus the
thioycry and frauds so recently fastened on
50 many Of our big g-guns at Washington are
but the following Democratic precedent
furnished by the deeds, in the same line, of
che Democratic SYartWouts and Prices and
their hosts of Democratic compeers in the
days lang syne" and a trouble which the
friends Of Hartranfc viii have to encounter at
Ciacinnati and which may lead to an undesir-
able wrangle in that body, viii prove but
natural out crop of the heresy INDUCED by
the Harrisburg Convention, in ignoring or
overriding, the right Of the districts in select
Sng thcir own representatives. 1t was bad
move; not as establishing precedent, but
in adopting precedent invented hy Dem
ocracy, and adopted for the purpose of cheat
ing the Pennsylvania friends of Cen Cass
from being heard in opposition to Mr.. J. 3.
1T Baltimore in 1852.
We do hope our distinguished neighLor
vii be more guarded in future in his relation
of facts. 1t is notifying enough for us to
know that our Convention proved so silly as
to adopt n cast of hCresy of Democracy,
without our neighbors attempts to fasten it
on Us as a Republican invention.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-04-20

\ careful enumeration OF the population
Of Philadelphia, by wards, was made by the
police week ago. Blank reports were
left at every honse in the city, to be filed
mp by the inmates, and two days afterward
they were collected. The footing up Of
these returns occupied a week, and on Mon
day afternoon the result was announced.
The total population Of the city is 817,-
4i8, which is an increase Of l43, ,422, or
more than twenty per cent, since 1870.
The most populous ward is the Fifteenth,
which has 46,471 inhabitants and the least
populous one IS the Sixth, with 1900
citizens The Twenty ward has %,
299 residents. There are about u 600
Eaore females than males in the city
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-04-20

WHEN you are in search of bargains il
dry goods and fancy goods, we would conf
dentiy recommend the New York Store, fol
they certainly have the most complete stock
and lowest prices in town. Their plan oi
doing business, low prices and reliable goods
on the cash plan, has met with the genera
approval of the public, which is evident from
the crowds that are to be found there every
day. Look at their advertisement and sex
their prices.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-04-20


- Investigation Is still the order Of the
day at Washington, with results particularly
damaging to some who have hitherto stood
high in the social and political scale. Ex-
private Secretary Babcock appears to be
rapidly falling into the tolls His latest
phase, and bad one it is too, is completely
in the safe burglary transaction of two OF
three years ago. Well, all we have to say,
and our fervent aspirations are let justice
be done though the heavens fall" If the
Republican party has nurtured, or is nutur-
ing, a nest ofyipers in its bosom, the sooner
shcy are discovered and ousted the better.
The principles of the party are too pure, just
and holy to be strangled by corrupt men,
and the sooner the penitentiary has all such
within its walls, the better viii we be pre-
pared to 60 before the people and ask them
for continuance in power. Let no guilty
person escape" and to the accomplishment
Of this end, for the honor Of the country, we
hope the Investigations now going on viii be
both comprehensive and thorough, including
every department and employe in whom
fraud or even the semblance Of fraud is sus-
pcctcd.
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April 1885,.

THE murder Of Mr. Hoffman on the rail,
as announced last week, is but another cvi-
dcnce of the necessity of fagman being
stationed by the railroad company at Bur
sons crossing as well as at Browns Narrow
escapes at both heretofore, without this
provision for safety, make accidents at either
of these points hereafter the result of gross
criminal carelessness on the part Of the rail
road company.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-04-20

If the warm weather which has charac-
terized the last few days should continue,
all the fruit trees will soon be in blossom
and the air will be burdened with their
fragrance.
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Auditors Notice

The undersigned. appointed Auditor oy ~. 5Jilre
Common of Pleas of Monroe county To n'SI JlbsBs
ton of the moneys in the hands OF iho> du7
Assignee of Joseph e. Romine will atttTu ~ 'r,lra
of his appointment at the office of " m , ,h -
the Borough of StroudShurg, on Friday uSS Stir, ND
at o'clock, D. M. when and where Sh t,inr ip q
present their claims or DC dcharred iroh' 'O''
said fund. 80 ,p5iiOE
April 2O-4t.f G. Il. StAfif~H -
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-04-20

For the first quarter of the current year
there was 1896 failures in the United
States, covering Liabilities aggregating SCI,
100000 During the first quarter of 1875
there wereI733 failures, with liabilities re
ported at S38, 8,000,000 New York city is
credited thus far this year with 313 fail
ures, with liabilities amounting to $4,000,
O00--nearly six per centum Of the total
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Auditors Notice

The undersigned auditor appoIn'eG, - y r,ii
Orphans Court of Monroe County, s,s d
distribution of the money in the haaIIi nan Ia
Joseph Lee, admir- of the estate 1I mi anpoip.
decd. will attend to the duties OF ms ~. ai oft
ment on Friday, May 10th, 1876, ~ .ii,.iIockA
in the borough of Stroudsburg, at !iV.Ore.el j.
NJ, when and where all persons MINK link 20
said distribution may attend II they :nr W., ifhi
per or be forever debarred from coil''"'
any share thereof. ,,5ituI,
THOS. NJ. McILHANEl, A"N
April, colt.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-04-20

Is1~ Judge Watson, President Judge Of
Bucks county, filed an important opinion
in his Court, on Tuesday of last week,
against the payment of County Commits
sioners of the costs charged by Justices of
the peace for committing vagrants, as has
been the practice for many years.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-04-20

THE style for dresses this spring is tight
to the form in front with about fourteen
yards of extra sail in the rear, which is to
be clutched in one hand to give grace and
style, and dignity to the wearer.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-04-20

THE first Of April settlements has caused
considerable pulling, hauling and squeezing
among the money changers both here and
elsewhere this spring. The fact is that money
was hard to be got in time, in many instan-
ces, and the result was vexing if not possibly
disheartening to many. Now that the April
pinch is over we hope to hear less of the cry
of hard times.
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JUST opened at the City Hall of Fashions,
a complete stock of new goods, comprising
ladies' and gents furnishing goods, fancy
goods, hats, caps and straw goods, at lower
prices than ever offered before in Strouds
burg. Don't fail to call before purchasing
elsewhere as you will miss great bargains.
j. w. ANGLE,
April l3-3t Proprietor.
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WE should all feel more safe in our pro-
perty and sleep better when we retire for the
night, if the Council would see to the build
ing Of those cisterns for fire purposes. We
hope soon to be able to announce the begin
ming and completion of the work.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-04-20

TIE ballot papers forwarded.to head quar-
ters, of England's general election last year,
weighed, in the aggregate, five ton.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-04-20

THE March coinage of the San Francisco
mint was 50, 3OS, 900, against 50, 542, 900 fol
the same month hast year.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-04-20

DIR. FRANK b. KELLER, former resident
Of this Borough, has located at Pottstown
Montgomery county, Pa. and will engage in
the practice of his profession. We wish him
success in his new location.
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$l,5CO WANTED,

On first Bond and Mortgage on Farm V.,an, N,,nr q
for term of years. Interest payable "I",n,-i ~
al this NEEINE LAI."