The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-09-28
NO. II.


Two little girls were lately pratling to-
gether, and one of them said I'VE keep
four servants, have six horses, and lot of
carriages now, what have YOU got ?" With
quite quite as much pride the other answer
ed We've got skunk under our barn
S. C. Ball, the defaulting cashier of the
Hatboro Bank, is now called bass Ball.
He is ''out on a fy," and will not make
"hOme run" until the officers get their
hands upon him. The officers of the bank
cry foul and ''pitch" into him. Ball will
be bounced" when caught.-Noyrtstop.
Herald
The telegraph announces the arrest of
Boss Tweed and his cousin William Hunt,
on board of Spanish merchant vessel, in
the port of Vigo, Spain. The Boss was
travelling under the name of Secor Both
prisoncS were lodged in the fortress in that
port, where they will be retained until
extradited to the United States.
y mass convention of officers and repre-
sentatives of the banks of the United States
has been called to meet at Philadelphia on
October Sd, 4th and 9th, for the purpose
of discussing matters of importance to the
banking interests Of the country, and to
complete the organization of the American
Banking Association.
And now farmer in Orange CO.. y. Y,
has turned swindler. In a bale of hay re-
Gently shipped by him to New York, was
found stone weighing sixty-two pounds.
1t was returned to the swindler, the weight
being deducted from the bale of hay, and
freight was also charged for the return Of
the stone to its owner.
Mrs. Ellen s. Tupper, who has been for
years studying bees and bee keeping, and
who has become known as the "Bee Queen"
while in Davenport, Iowa, last winter ut
tured forged notes on which she raised
money in considerable sums. She was ar
rested a few days ago at her home in Dakota
| Territory on charge Of forgery, and is
! now in jail awaiting trial.
The Republican conferees of the Fif-
| teenth Congressional District, after several
! sessions at Towanda and an adjournment
to Montrose, on Monday concluded their
labors by nominating Edward Overton, of
Towanda, for Congress. The contest lay
between G. A. Grow, Of Susquehanna, Ed
ward Overton, of Bradford and c.. G.. Jad-
win, of Wayne.
\ Harrisburg hotel keeper has been VIC
timized by fellow who had with him two
boxes which were supposed to contain
valuable goods The individual remained
at the hotel few days, when he disap-
peared, forgetting to pay his bill, but lea7-
/ ing behind as an equivalent his boxes,
which on being opened were found to con-
/ tain nothing but scraps Of tin.
The mails continue to bring news of ter
rible atrocities in Bulgaria by the Turks.
At one place 5000 people were killed, child
rem of both sexes were carried about the
| streets on bayonets, and people were burned
alive. At another place l 900 persons who
offered no resistance were killed, and bag
full of human heads was opened in the street
/ before the house of the Italian consul, and
eaten by the dogs.
Two-thirds Of the willow for the manu-
| facture of willow-ware in this country is
| imported from Europe at a cost of s., ,000,-
! Ubp L ilG CullIN dliOIl VI Nllt NItlUN = Gull
templated by some Americans, they think
ing that by eultivating superior grades of
the basket willow they can make profit
! per acre Of $3.50. \ manufacturer asserts
that fully 5000 articles are constructed from
willow shoots-chairs, sofas, and baskets
| being the most common.
Sixty years ago was the ''year without
summer" Frost occurred in every month
of the year in 1916 lee formed half an
inch thick in May snow fell to the depth
of three inches in the interior Of New Y York,
and also in Massachusetts, in June ice was
formed of the thickness of common window
glass throughout New York ou the 9th of
July; indian corn was so frozen that the
greater part was cat down and dried for
fodder in August, and farmers supplied
themselves from the corn produced in 1916
for the seed of the spring of 1917.
An important decision, of interest to ak
who reside in cities, towns or villages, was
recently made in the Lebanon county
courts, BY Judge Henderson. 4 man was
indicted for an assault and battery on
neighbor because he claimed the fruit on
| the branches of the tree overspreading
prosecutors lots. Judge Henderson said
that every owner of land is owner
of it from his line upward as far as he de-
sires to make claim of it, This being the
law the prosecutor had the right to the
| fruit on the branches extending over his
lot. This decision is important at this par
tieular time, and is generally misunderstood
by the people,
One evening, while Harper, the clown
in Barnum's circus, was passing UP Broad
way, little girl slipped from three-stOry
window, and came headlong toward the
pavements Harper at the instant, and, it
would seem almost providentially, caught
sight of the child as it left the window
above, and with the alaerity of cat, placed