The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-02-17


Public instruction in the State of New
cost 81 ,458,00O last year.
The public debt statement for January
shows decrease of 81 ,599, ,155.
In Altoona the tally of converts made
by recent revivals foots up over three hun
dred.
Earl township, Berks county, has fifteer
persons who are eighty years of age and
upward.
During the gale at Providence, r. l., a
pigeon was blown with such force against q
telegraph wire that its head was cut off.
Henry Bausman, of Lancaster county
sold tobacco raised last year on eight acres
of ground to a California buyer for over
$4,000.
A Milton man lost the "sit-down" por-
ton of his pantaloOns while interviewing a
chicken coop in that town. 4 dog relieved
and aired him.
A citizen of Palmer, Hampden county,
Mass, since the Northampton bank rob
berry has buried his bonds in ''deep hole, -
situate somewhere about his premises.
One enthusiastic old gentleman rode
sixty miles to hear Moody and Sankey on
the night of their opening in New York,
and went home after the exercises were
over.
The aerial lady who bestrode the broom
stick in NJ. G.'s melody has a rival in a
Pittsfeld Mass, woman who, during the
recent gale, took an involuntary ride across
the street on a dry goods box.
The New York Eueainq Post. organ of
Governor Tilden, speaks of Governor Hen
bricks as can empty image" and as "poor,
shambing, shufiing, two-faced, flexible wal
ter upon the tides" How these Demo
Gratis do love each other
The 9th of March has been fixed upon
for the execution of Dolan, the murderer
of Mr.. Noe, in New York. In the mean
time, Dolan's counsel will ask the Court of
Appeals to determine the point of the con-
stitutionality of the grand jury which in
dicted him.
Henry J. George, tanner. near Kutz-
town. Pa, is engaged in tanning alligator
hides. The skins have been mostly OBJ
tanned from South America and the
leater is in great demand for the manu-
tacture Of waterproof boots, being per-
fectly impervious to water.
Congress has now entered upon its third
month. More than two thousand bills
and hundreds Of resolutions have been
referred to committees, but less than two
dozen bills have been passed, and scarcely
an important resolution has been reported
back. A tortoise with his head off would
move faster than this.-PitSGurg Com.
Henry Wilson, editor of the Honcsdale
Citizen, has been appointed Associate Judge
of Wayne county, to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of Judge O'Neill. We con-
gratulate brother Wilson on his elevation
to the bench. Mr.. Wilson is well fitted
for the position, being an able lawyer, while
long experience in the editorial profession
always renders a man impartial and wise.
William Mckee, proprietor of the ST.
Louis Democrat, and a wealthy and
influential citizen, has been convicted of
conspiring to defraud the Government of
taxes upon whiskey. He appears to have
been the general adviser and organizer of
the "whiskey ring" and but few months
ago his power was so great that he boasted
that the Ring was stronger than the Gov
ernment. But the vigorous measures of
Secretary Bristow have brought the Ring
to bay, and to-day most of its leaders are
inmates of a prison. Not single prosecu-
ton instituted thus far has failed of SUCCESS