The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-05-18
nnlh of May is Decoration Day.

Corn planting is nearly over in lower
Bucks county
How wonderfully the leaves have come
ont since the rains.
Competition has reduced the price of
,.or in New Ulm, Minnesota, to two glasses
for FIVE cents
An infant daughter of Joseph INITIAL, of
r.ston. fell into tub of water, the other
dow and was drowned.
George Won Hollern, city collector of
Cbicaro. is defaulter in the sum of $780,
Goo and has taken trip to Europe.
Governor Hartranft reviewed the Fourth
and Sixteenth Regiments Pennsylvania Ma
,onal Guards at Allentown on the 18th,
inst.
Those who objected to the issue of silver
On the ground of its weight in the pocket
have not been compelled to invest in any
dray hire yet
The Supreme Court, now in session at
Harrisburg, will not adjourn before the
middle of June, the business before the
tribunal being very heavy.
Montreal is infested by lot of scientific
and scrupulous burglars, who apply a
chemical test to the family plate and reject
riGdly all that is only plated.
In splitting open hickory tree stump at
the New York Central Railroad shops in
Rochester, the other day, horseshoe was
found embedded it its center.
The Pottville (Penn.) INiaers' Journal
saws that according to present appearance,
the people Of the Schuylkill and other min
inc regions have a cheerless summer before
them.
Rhode Island sends to the Centennial a
roceman who measures six feet three
iochcs. That comes from living in a small
State. Not having room to spread, he
ran up.
Charles Boldly, colorcd, died at Wright
vile, Lancaster county, 4 few days ago.
lie was supposed to be lO5 years of age,
but Charles himself couldn't tell whether
he was $50 or 80.
Sheriff Kirkcndall of Scranton. delivered
to the Warden of the Eastern Penitentiary
on tuesday Of last week, eleven criminals.
sentenced from eighteen months to fiteen
years Imprisonment.
The Nebraska Supreme Court has de-
cidai that railroad companies are liable for
damages resulting from prairie fires caused
by sparks from their engines. Spark ar
testers are now in order.
San Francisco has an S. s. F. 4. C. c.
!. u. l. r. S, which means the South
San Francisco anti-Coolie Club and Young
Mems Universal Reform Society. It's um-
lilical cord is opposition to the Chinese.
4 Wisconsin editor illustrates the prevail
ing e1trayagance of the people of the pre-
sent day by calling attention to the costly
Iaby carriages in use now, while, when he
was baby, they hauled him around by
the hair Of the head.
The American Bible Society during the
past year have circulated the Bible in twenty
torign countries and had it printed in nearly
IS many languages. The next anniversary
will be held in Philadelphia.
The school house at Rondeau. Canada,
was struck by lightning on the 18th, inst.
The children were playing in tile yard at
the time, and nearly dozen were knocked
down. OIc, named Scott. was instantly !
injured
Charlie Ross was discovered wandering
about the streets Of Lancaster, the other
Gay 1t was surely Charlie, because a police |
men said so but Lancaster family sought
and claimed the boy as their very own
darling
An exchange says: eve are in receipt
two poems, one on the 'Throbbing Brain,
and the other on a Blocking Heart. Wei
VIII wait until we receive on one the
S933acaachc,' and publish all three
No yaunted field in ye olden time could
compare in color with the scarlet plumes
no" topping over many neighboring
meadow from out the tops of ragged robins,
Or as others style them painted cups, which
a'e In bloom by the million.
A New England man writes: sIn the
assessment roll Of my district, on line Of
Ioaa half mile in extent there are seven
rES1ents, r.g nine dogs and taxpayer. And
,G g''n q iull knowledge of the dogs, | believe
sD7y are better characters than their
masters"
7enturesome Philadelphian undertook
" run round a square, in state of nudity,
uu wager. He started in the race, but
'% %aS arrested before he got far, and taken to
,"v station house, where he was taught
aa' o.T qnitty to the tune Of Fifteen dollars and
IA torty-ycar-old goose at Newberry,
J:.: J.'oming county, is said to have taken un-
or,. ~, t'S protection a tame rabbit. Every
on. nou,nS when it becomes necessary to look
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