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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-09-26
An Editors Appeal.

As the report that we are very wealthy
has gone abroad among our subscribers
and has made them awful slow about
paying up, thinking doubtless, We don't
want the money, we hasten to say the
report Of our wealth is false in every
particular. IF ocean steamers were
selling at cent a dozen We couldn't
make the first payment on Il canoe
The lightning Of poverty has struck u,
square. and had it not been for an
armful of hay our devil managed to
steal from blind mule, our large and
interesting family would be without a
mouthful to eat this moment. Is not
this sad picture, and can you, delin-
quent subscribers, look upon it without
feeling the greenbacks rustic with in
dignation in your pocket-books? We
do not like to dun, but we must if you
fail to take the hinJ-Sbenandodh VA. }
Democrat.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-09-26
Nearly SC. 600 600 of capital arc now in

Nearly S6,oO0,000 of capital are now in
vested by these growers in peach culture.
Among the heavy consumers of peaches
during the season are the Gamers.
This industry uses annually many thou
sand baskets of choice fruit. In Balti-
more the Gamers are the principal buy
erS in the market; but after all, the
great bulk Of peaches are eaten from
the hand And in past seasons il has
been found that, however great the sup
ply of good peaches was, there was al
ways demand enough for them to effect
sales ut some price or other, of all that
were offered ON the market. This sea-
son the peninsula is we'll supplied with
dryers, and the great bulk of the inferior
fruit is being dried.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-09-26
Religious Notes.

The English revisers of the Old Tesla
ment have got as far AS Joel j., Z.
New Zealand has population of 400,-
600, of whom 10000 are Catholics.
There are nearly two thousand Ro-
man Catholic missionaries in Hindo-
stan.
The latest Investigator gives Jerusalem
5000 Christians, 1900 Hebrews, and
$4,000 Mohammedans.
Rev. MeDuff Simpson, from Staun-
ton, Va, has accepted a unanimous call
to the Richmond Presbyterian church,
of Philadelphia.
Bishop Whipple, of the Protestant
Episcopal Church, who has been serious
~ ILL., has entered again upon his active
abors for the Indians Of Minnesota.
Oh holy sense of wrongs forgot,
And injuries forgiven
The human soul that feels il not
Knows not the bliss of Heaven.
1t is estimated that about 100000 of
the church members in the United
States are committed by the teaching
and discipline of their churches against
secret societies. In this total the Roman
Catholic count 100000.
The American Missionary Association
meets this year in Syracuse, October %
to %. Rev. f. y. Noble, ID. d., of New
Haven, Conn, will preach the annual
sermon. Rev. Joseph Cook and others
will also take part i'll the exercises.
The Methodist Episcopal Church
through It's Missionary, Church Exten-
sion and Freedmen's Aid Societies, has
expended, chiefly for the colored peo-
pie, s., 101,757. ave have to show for
this" says the Christian A}r0cote, in the
South thirteen institutions for higher
education, with twenty -six professors,
1900 pupils, and property valued at
S25o,000. Sixty thousand colored chill
dren are now annually taught by the
teachers sent ont from schools and col
leges."
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-09-26
Wales and TiIden.

Mr.. Tildcn met the Prince of Wales
recently. The entire proceedings were
without Formally, We'll, old fellow,
he said, Il see you have been misbe-
having again. French actress this time,
hey? Are you not aware, my friend,
that reform is necessary
Yes" said the Prince Of Wales,
placing his finger on an American news
paper containing an account of the
Wallingford matter, yes, | think it is.
Good day, sir, said Mr. Tilden, with
intense dignity.
Good day, sir" said the Prince OF
Wales, bowling stifliy.
The cable doesn't seem to have men
toned this.-R0chester Democrat
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-09-26

~. robIe ought my manners now to be;
Ioy white my secret life who have seen
r.. ord in his own glory,-i who see
~, - ysst u mound OF love TO intervene
ps,Yecn the torrent of my sins and me-
.,,bt IN walk now as the angels do.
,hr holy dead. redeemed by patient strife
rom this less goody slate; to whom accrue
Tba higher ISSUES Of that noble life
which hath with God undying interview.
oncht 10 be as holy-white as they,
a. ardent toward my Lord =; alas, INSTEAD,
lrnou The very path my lo,d doth tread
TO meet my soul. sink down sooth to sas
nm the roadside almost n castaway.
In M. MY soul awake and use
lose forever my divine abode
rim this poor estate thus abide
The ground stand on now will soon sGbsid
Ard be by ocean lathomless o'erflowed
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-09-26

THE ACE OF TBEEs.-The longevity Of
various trees has been stated TO be in
round numbers, as follows Deciduous
Cypress, 5000 years; boabab tree Of
Senegal, 5000; Dragons blood tree,
1000; yew, 5000; cedar Of Lebanon,
5000; olive, 900; oak 1000; orange,
1900; oriental plane, 1900; cabbage
palm, 700; lime, 600; ivy, 600; ash, 400;
cocoanut, palm, 800; pear, 300; apple,
200 years The Brazil vine palm arrives
at the age Of $50 years; the scotch fir
gets It's growth in about 100 years, and
the balm of Gilead in about 30 years.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-09-26

There was no one looking, so he drew
her to him, and kissing her scarlet lips,
whispered
Tell me, darling, when viii You be
come Leslie Gray again.
, 1877-08-18
DIR. Hewes,

The Great Magnetic Healer and Clear
Seer has located at Seattle, W. T. The
Doctor is unparaled in the treatment OF
chronic diseases heals speedily all that
are curable-Rheumatism, Parlysis, Can
Ger, Catarrh, Liver, Lungs; all diseases
of Uturus. Nervsus and Mental Derange.
ment. diseases OF the Eye and Ew. The
Doctor treats Macnc,icnlly and with cor.
responding remedies. Office and Resi-
dcncr Union ST. bet ftli and jth.
, 1877-08-18
KNOX STALLION,
G2
M AIM E HERO.

Tb;s beautiiul young Stallion will be four
yct,s old on the l0tn Of June; stands hlteen
lands and two inches high; color, rich'
bright bay, with black name and tall
PEDIGREE:
S,rc Fmperor william; he by Gen. Knox;
dam by Rysdyks IIambletonian; combining
th" two best strains Of blood in the world,
Cen Knox is the sire of Lady Maud record,
y. t,lN: Camors (2;l994); Plato (record, 2'3lE
G;l2reth Knbx record, 2;264G Messenger
KnoS (record, 2;S2G Maine Shshcr record
9ss,: and many other very last ones F9llow,
in@ 4 A record of the best time made by
SI5uppler, another noted flyer OF the same
str,Ss7 1s74-9:23, 2:23, 2:20; lS15-2:22l2,
a.HH, o!22. ls76-93l1%, @lS %lT; 2;2V
g;l63, 2:l99l, 3;17l6, 2;l5&, @lS' %lV54'
. IN Witi be found al r. D. HTLToN'S RANCH,
Spohomish river. ~" My farm Is one and
hnIf miles from Snohomish City, and can DC
rrMched from all parts of the Sound oy the
steamer Nellie, which makes regular TRIPS up
the Snohomish river
TERMS SoOy
By the season. Mares not proven with ioal
can be returned next season free oil charge,
,clabling or pasturing furnished at reasohaDic
rates Mares at risk Of owners.
6itf r. d. HILTON, Proprietor
, 1877-08-18
Good Bottom Land.

Tue undersigned will offer for sale Tor tn, tht
,ort siyiy days, if not sooner disposed OF, clght
sls ieo acre ere Iots creek bottoms, near snGnomi,h
tarai Fair grounds, and to the school ii toTm; NJ
,sd If desired, two acres good level upland 10
crch lot will be sold to accomlhountG tn"so
wishing home. For terms aud particulars
inquire Of , n, i,, MpHHr' H;ty '''p'
ssSM"'"' sssa, J. n. LOW
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1877-02-15
The Decision as 10 Florida.

BY a vote of eight to seven, the Electoral
Commission has decided that the votes of
Florida should be counted for Hayes and
Wheeler. The formal report to this effect
was made up and sent to the President of the
Senate 1t was signed by Justices Bradley,
Miller and Strong, by Senators Morton,
Elmunds and Frelinghuysen, and by Messrs.
Garfield and Hoar. This decision was not
unexpected, because it follows logically FROM
the preliminary decision as to the admission
of evidence. When the Commission con-
cluded that it would consider only the con
tents Of the packages opened by the Presi-
dent of the Senate, and sent by the two
houses to the Commission, it was clear that
the votes of Florida would ultimately be
counted for Hayes We have no doubt that
4 ike result must have been reached if the
Commission had gone into the question OF
the legality Of the action OF the Florida Board
OF Canvasscrs, and still more surely if it had
gone into the question of the popular vote.
L had no authority, no power, no seWblance
Of excuse, for doing anything Of this kind,
and it so decided. COndning itself wholly to
the returns, the decision as to the Electoral
vote was reached, not more certainly, as We
beiieye, but more rapidly.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1877-02-15

SAD AFFAIR-On Wednesday, February
7th, John F., a son of Adam 4. Singer, OF
Jackson township, this county, while cross
ing fence with loaded shot gun slipped
and struck the hammer of the gun against a
rail which caused discharge of the gun and
the load entered into the left arm at point
about two inches below the arm pit cutting
off the principal blood vessels, nerves, and
completely severing the bone. The accident
occurred at O'Clock in the afternoon. DIR.
Rodgers Levering was Immediately called,
who seeing that the case was serious one
and secured the assistance of DIR. \. c.
Miller. The two then successfully exam mod
the wound and finding that amputation was
necessitated secured the assistance of Drs.
Shull, Jackson and ilagerman. The ampu,
talion was performed on the following Friday
by Dr. Miller, assisted by Levering, Shull
Jackson and Hagerman. Time of operation
including closing%up of wound and dressing,
fifteen minutes. The young man is twenty
years old and is doing well.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1877-02-15

Mr.. GEORGE CRAMER. a resident of Stroud
township, this county, on his way home from
church at Spragueville, on Monday evening
last, ard in attempting to cross the culvert
above the railroad bridge, fell through to
the d-bed, distance Of Is feet, breaking
the thigh bone of the left leg, fracturing
both knee caps and also received e large
scalp wound above the forehead. Dr. l..
Bush, of East Stroudsburg, was called and
rendered the necessary medical aid To-day
we have been informed that Mr. G. was as
comfortable as could be expected.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1877-02-15
LEHIGH AND WILKESBARRE.
Receivers Appointed by the United
States Court at Pittsburg.

PTTTsBURG, Feb. 12.-In the United
States Circuit Court this morning Samuel
Dickson, of Philadelphia, made a motion
for the appointment of Edward w. Clark,
Benjamin Williamson and w. II. Tilling-
hast as receivers of the Lehigh and Wilkes
barre Coal Company, and, after argument,
the persons named were appointed.
They were required to file bonds in
100000 fer the faithful performance Of
their duties An injunction was granted
restraining all parties from interfering with
said receivers in taking possession and
transacting the business of the company.
EFFECT OF THE NEWS THAT A RECEIVER
HAD BEEN APPOINTED.
WILKEsBARRE, Pa, Feb. 12.-The an,
nouncement here at headquarters that the
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company hac
to-day applied for receiver has caused nC
panicky feeling as yet. 1t is thought tht
mines will be worked as usual
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1877-02-15
Proposed Marriage Law.

In numer Of the States of the Union
law is upon the statute books making it
obligatory upon all parties desirous of
getting married to make application in due
form to the clerk of the Orphans Court
in their county of their intention, and
secure license before having the ceremony
performed by minister of the Gospel
This is done to give publicity to such mar
riages, to keep record of the marriages
and for proper protection of the minister
called upon to unite the couple in the rites
of matrimony. The intention of the law
has so well subserved public morals, and
prevented obnoxious joining together of
persons of the opposite sex, that its passage
is demanded almost everywhere. A bill
making it Necessary before marriage service
can be performed, to procure licese from
the clerk of the Orpans' Court, is now
pending in the Legislature of this State
Its enactment will provoke no little COM
ment by those yet free from the marriage
tie, and its provisions prove an interesting
study to them in this and other sections of
the State.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1877-02-15

"a Now it appears that the decision of
Mr. Justice Bradley in the Florida case
was based upon the unreversed mandate of
the Supreme Court, delivered by the late
Chief Justice Chase, declaring the acts of a
defacto official, although ineligible, perfect
ly valid. Under this view the votes of
ineligible electors must be counted, and the
only legal way of invaidating them was to
have proved ineligibiity before the official
act is performed. This process was acces-
sible in all Of the contested cases, but was
not availed of by the contestants in due
time. This neglect bars action now. With
more or less indirection this rule viii govern
the cases of the Louisiana Returning Board,
and the alleged ineligible electors for that
State as well as that Of the alleged Ineligible
elector for Oregon, so that it is plain that
the electoral votes Of those Commonwealth
will be counted for Hayes and Wheeler.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1877-02-15
Industrial Notes.

THEY are drilling oil wells by water
power in Elk county.
w. A. SWAN has been nominated as a
candidate for Mayor by the Republicans of
Scranton.
THE Cats Run Coal Company, in Ale
gheny county, will commence business about
the 1st of May.
SEVENTEEN hundred pounds of chain
are produced daily at the Westerman Iron
Works Sharon.
ONLY four out of the eighteen iron fur
naces on the Susquehenna, south of Harris
burg, are in blast.
AN order has been given at the Altoona
railroad shops for the erection of several
new and improved locomotives.
HEMPHILL & Co., Pittsburg, are filling
an order for double-acting, seffeeding nail
machines for firm in Scotland
THE Hematite Iron Company at Allen
town have purchased furnace at Kutz-
town, and will put it in blast in short
time.
JOHN STAvER, of Pine Run, Lycoming
county, will put into the water this season
800, 900 feet of logs and 100000 feet of
boards.
The Pittston Arms Compay are fitting
up their establishment with machinery, and
will be ready for business about the first
of April.
THE zinc mines at Friedensville, Lehigh
county, owned by Jacob Correll, of Bethle-
hem, are now being worked by Osgood &
Co., and the yield is good.
THE Phenixville Iron Company has re-
ceived the contract for building a large
bridge in Canada. The work will run until
the middle of August.
PENNSYLVANIA steel company, at Bald
win, received an order for 600 tons OF
hammered steel rails Miles of rails are
turned out daily, the rail mill being in full
operation.
THE largest gas vein ever struck in the
oil region has been found on the Gibson
farm The roaring, it is said, resembles
Niagara and can be heard distinctly dis
tance of nine miles.
AN order for $4,000 worth of air.
brakes has been received by the Westiug
house Company. of Pittsburg, from Eng
land. This will supply three hundred To-
comotives and one thousand coaches.
One hundred and fifty refrigerator cars
are being constructed by the Allegheny
Car and Transportation Company for the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, to be used
in carrying meat from Texas to New York
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1877-02-15
Che IeHcrsoniau.
PRESIDENTIAL.

AS stated last week the count of the Elec-
toral vote 10y the joint convention of Congress
went on without protest or even grumble
until Florida was reached, when objections
were made and it was handed over to the
Electoral Commission for decision as to
whether it should be counted and for whom it
should be counted The commission after
full argument ou both sides decided on the
9Th inst that it should be counted for Hayes
and Wheeler The joint convention met
again on hast Saturday at | o clock to receive
the decision Of the commission and go on
with the count of the Electoral vote, but
when the decision was rendered objection was
made when the two Houses separated for
individual action on the decision. The
Senate approved of the decision and adjourned
over until Monday, and the lower House
without acting on the decision adjourned to
the same time.
The House on Monday voted to not APP
prove of the decision of Electoral Commis-
sion, but the act appointing the commission
only requiring that its decision shall be APP
proved Of by one or the other of the two
Houses of Congress, and the Senate having
voted to approve of said decision, Florida
was therefore declared counted by the Presi-
dent Of the Joint Convention for Hayes and
Wheeler.
The counting of the electoral vote was
then resumed in order, and proceeded har-
moniously until Louisiana was reached, when
objections were made aud filed, and the case
as made up was handed over for Judgment
and decision to the Electoral Commission.
The Democrats in this case are represented
as counsel by Field, Cambel Trumbull,
Carpenter, Merrick, Hoadley and Green;
while the Republicans are represented by
Evarts, Matthews, Sheaberger and Slough
ton. Senator Mcdonald and Representa-
tive jerks on the part of the Democrats
presented the case to the Commission on
behalf Of the oljectors, while Senator
Howe and Mr. Hurlburt presented the case
on the part of the Republicans. The case
after argument by counsel representing the
respective sides will be decided by the Com
mission, but not, probably, before the last
of this week or even the first of next
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1877-02-15
PHASES OF CRIME.

WILKEsBARRE, February 3.-At nine
o'clock this morning the Court of Quarter
Sessions for Luzerne county was opened,
with Judges Harding and Handley on the
bench. The following senterces were pro
nouuced Andrew j. Williams, one Il
the ex-CommSsioners Of the county, had
been indicted upon charge Of extoriion
and bribery in receiving money from out
side parties for paying the bills they held
against the county. AS the prisoner had
pleaded guilty, the sentence was only enc
hundred dollars fine and payment Of costs
Of prosecution.
George NJ Nagle and Patrick F. Lynch
who were indicted for conspiracy i'll detIraud-
ing the county out of some four thousand
dollars, were both indicted upon four counts
and pleaded guilty to each count They
We're sentenced to pay the costs, pay fine
Of sixteen hundred and twenty five dollars
and to be imprisoned in the county Jail for
four months
James Courtright. the ex-County Treas
urcr, who was indicted on two counts for
embezzlement, was next called up. He had
refunded the entire sum, about twenty
thousand dollars, but on the advice of his
counsel he entered a plea of guilty. His
sentence was the payment of the costs Of
the case Imprisonment in the county Jail
for two years and six months.
Martin McDermott, who had been found
guilty of murder in the second degree for
killing his paramour by strangulation, was
sentenced to Imprisonment in the Eastern
Penitcntiary for five years and three months.
Thomas Campbell, of Carbondale, who
was found guilty of murder in the first
degree after two trials, for shooting a
companion in a drunken row at that place
on the 4th day of last July, was sentenced
to be hanged.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1877-02-15
The New Tax Bill.

Among the changes in the tax bill agreed
on by the ways and means committee one
is to include in the assessment, all horses
and cattle over two years old, instead of
over four years old to strike the clause
taxing occupations and salaries and cmolu-
ments of office, and in lieu thereof impose
per capita tax of fifty cents on all males
over twenty-one years of age that pay no
real estate tax, and that there be no special
tax collected for state purposes, but that
each county pay AN apportionmcat out OF
its treasury to the state
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1877-02-15
PERSONAL.

Last Friday, we had the pleasure oftaking
by the hand our old friend, Mr.. G. KEN
merer, of Vineland, N. j. We regretted to
learn that he has been confined to the house
for the past month by sickness. He passed
through town on visit to the old homestead,
and friends in Hamilton.
Mrs. Ella Fillmore, daughter of Hon. r. s.
Staples, who has been visiting her parents
for some months past, left town yesterday
for her home at Laramie, Wyoming Territory.
William Keller, son of George B., a
former resident of this Borough, and at one
time an employe at the Democrat office:
made us call, on Friday last.
Hon. S. S. Dreher, of this place, presided
on Tuesday and Wednesday Of last week, in
the Northampton County Courts, at EaSton,
in place of Judge Myers.
George E. Wolf, of Scranton, was in town,
last Saturday, visiting his grandfather,
Hon. S. G. Throop, who is confined to the
bed.
Mrs. Jeanette Hollinshead returned home
from visit to Philadelphia, on Tuesday last
She is in the enjoyment of good health.
Mr.. John Boys, who has been confined tc
the house since last fall is failing very
rapidly.
We are pleased to learn that James H
Stroud, is improving as rapidly as possible
Tbaro IL No imnroynment in the condition
of Hon. S. g. Throop.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1877-02-15

CAROLINE HAYES, (Mrs. Shay of this
borough, will deliver Lecture in the Court
House, on Tuesday evening, the 9th inst
Subject: The Church and the Theatre 4"
We have never had the pleasure of hearing
Mrs. S. lecture, but from the very numerous
notices we have seen respecting her as an
actress, we doubt not that she will prove to
be both interesting and instructive But
come out one and all and hear and judge for
yourselves
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1877-02-15

FIFTY thousand Russian Mennonnites
have determined to immigrate to the United
States. They have the alternative Of tax
ing up arms or leaving the Empire, and
prefer to cross the sea. Fourteen thous-
and of them will settle in Kansas early in
the spring.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1877-02-15

WE regret very much to state that on
Saturday last, Mrs. Sally Starner, widow
of the late David Starner, of this place, was
striken down by stroke of palsy. DR.
Simon Miller was Immediately called and
administered to her wants. The entire
right side is paralyzed.