The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-04-13
"Did you catch that orizzlv vou s..rto5

did you catch that grizzly you started
after last night p inquired one hunter of
another, who was somewhat boastful of his
prowess IN the hunt "p'a'al no. You see
L tollered him for about thirty-six hours.
and then the trail got little too fresh. y
Does Mr.. Hester Clymer see the point 2
The Senate of South Carolina, sitting as
q Court OF impeachment, has found Judge
Montgomery Moses, of the Seventh Circuit,
guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors,
and dismissed him from office. A commit
tee reported to the House in favor of the
Impeachment Of Judge Buttz, ofthe Charles
ton Circuit
The Cincinnati soft money organ has
been too mad thus far to say much about
the abandonment of the rag baby by the
Pennsylvania Democrats. 1t merely re-
marks in bitter way that they were ''either
terrible liars last year, or they are terrible
liars now" The observation appears to
have grain of truth in it.
The counsel of Lennahan, who murder
ed Captain Riley in Wilkesbarre eighteen
months ago, who was captured in Ottawas
Illinois, last November, and who was con-
vlcted of murder in the first degree and was
sentenced to death January 20, have Sc
cured a delay of twelve months, the case
having been carried to the Supreme Court.
\ brutal prize-fght came off near New
ark, Delaware, on Wednesday, of last week,
between two pugiIists named Weeden and
Cleary. About 500 roughs, collected from
the large cities, were present. The men
fought for nearly an hour and half, when
Cleary was declared the victor. No police
were about, and the rufians will probably
escape arrest.
An unparalleled case of cruelty to ami
mails Is being tried in the Erie County
Court. 1t seems that the defendant, who
resides near Erie, in trying to manage
baulky horse, fastened chain to its lower
jaw and hitching another horse to the
chain pulled the jaw entirely off Such a
brute should be prosecuted to the full ex-
tent Of the law.
A funny story in connection with the
Beecher cause has just come to light 1t
appeares that Bowen was lately informed
that Brooklyn drcssmaker had stated that
a certain fashionable customer told her that
she was expecting funds from Mr. Beecher
with which to pay her bill. Bowen traced
the story by means of a detective, and as
certalned that the party named Beecher was
New York real estate owner and com
mission merchant, and not the Plymouth
pastor.
There are eleven persons living in Rock
land township, Berks county, within cir
cult of ten miles, who are remarkable for
longevity, all being between so and 100
years of age. Of these the following arc
the oldest: Abm. Rumber, 95; Daniel
Angstadt, 65; Mrs. Rohrbach, sc Mrs.
Mass, 81 John Mass, 50 Jacob Bosburg,
SO. Mr.. and Mrs. John Mass have lived
together as man and wife sixty-five years,
and are yet a happy old COUPLE in the full
enjoyment of mental and bodily health.
The Greensburg argus says: A CORE
spondent informs us that piece of iron
hung in fruit trees will effectually prevent
the ravages of frost The informant states
that the night before the freeze in April
last, he hung several pieces of old iron in |
ten of his peach trees, and that the fruit |
was not killed. The fruit of the remain
ing trees (ifteen in numbcr) was all killed |
A piece Of horse shoe was hung in cherry
tree in the same orchard and it was loaded |
with fruit, whilst on three adjacent trees
the fruit was entirely killed.
A hospitable lady gave her young friends
a party, the other night, and when round |
dances were proposed, she strenuously OBJ
jected "but, she added, eff any of the
boys wish to hug the girls, let them sit
down upon the sofas and go right at it in
no round dances, mind you"
They went at it, and seemed to enjoy them
selves every bit as much as if they had
glided in round dances all the evening.
And the girls are '.just dying as one of
them expressed it, for that lady to give an
other party.-Norristo,o Herald
Judge Jerry Blacks opinion of the Dem
ocratic House of Representatives was ex-
pressed according to Washington CORE
spondent in the following emphatic terms.
He was demonstrating against the commit
ment of his client, Kilbourne, when one of
his Democratic friends said But, Judge
we could't do differently" Couldn't do
retorted the Judge, contempt
lously couldn't do differently All that
the Democrats in this House are after is
garbage garbage and it won't be long be-
fore you'll be thrown out as garbage your
selves !"
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