f;e kffentan' goimxai, gfcarficfb, j?a., gtelmtary 10, 1869,
Raftsman's $0urnal.
. J. BOW, EDITOR AM9 PKOPBIBTOB.
CLEARFIELD, PA., FEB. 10, 1869.
Carrying Tire Anna.
The several State Legislatures now in
session are giving proper attention to the
practice of person? carrying concealed fire
arms, a habit of such common indulgence
that at least half the murders result from it.
Since the manufacture and improvement of
revolvers, this carrying of fire, arms has
greatly increased, and it is no uncommon
thing for men of leivnre to have concealed
on their persons a deadly weapon, which
they consider as necessary to their coove
' nience as a watch, a snuff box or tooth-pick.
But the fact is a man is generally safer with
out than with a pistoL Many a man think
ing to insure his personal safety by carrying
a pistol, has killed himself by the careless
handling of his own weapon. A man sud-
4.n1o at m rt lurl anil . I.. ., ..t a - . . 1
u u i .laiuicu, n ilii m iinirUi ill
reach, is liable to kill his best friend by ac
cident or mistake. Numerous melancholy
instances of such terrible fatality have oc
curred. We would like to see a heavy fine
affixed to this practice of carrying concealed
deadly weapons. The habit is a great and
growing evil, and should be speedily sup
pressed by law. It is an evil entailed upon
us by the war, and the sooner it is wiped
out the better.
Another Acquittal.
In the Chester County Quarter Sessions,
week before last, before Judge Butler, Mr.
Lee, the Judge of elections of TredyfFrin
township, was tried for refusing to receive
the vote of a person who presented a certifi
cate of naturalization purporting to have
been issued by the Court of Nisi Prius in
Philadelphia in September last. The seal
of the Supreme Court was affixed to the pa
per. Col. Snowden, the Prothonotary of
the Court, testified that as many as 400
were naturalized in one day, being sworn by
the criers and tipstaves. The Election Judge
refused to admit the vote under legal advice,
one of the lawyers being the District Attor
ney. J ndpe Butler reduced the case to a
single question whether the defendant ac
ted in good faith, or rejected the vote will
fully or maliciously. If he did act according
to the best of hia knowledge and belief in
the matter, he could not be convicted. The
verdict was not guilty, and the costs were
put on the county. This, wa believe has
been the result in every similar case yet
Lrought before the Courts.
State Temperance Convention.
A general desire having been expressed,
by the friends of Temperance, for a State
Temperance Convention, a call has been is
sued for such a Convention by the leading
temperance men of the State. The Con
vention will meet at the Court House in
Ilarrisburg on Tuesday, the 23d day of Feb
ruary, 1SG0. All Churches. Sunday Schools,
Colleges, Divisions of Sons of Temperance,
Lodges of Good Templars, and all Temper
ance Societies of whatever name are reques
ted to send their ablest and best men and
wjmn as delegioes to tho Convention. Ar
rangements have been, and will be with all
the principal railroads in the State, for free
return tickets, or half fare excursion tickets,
to all who attend the Convention.
A Tnroo-Grecian Battle.
It would seeni that hostilities have actu
ally mmmpnivd Twitwoon Via Tm-l-a .l
Greeks, in spite of the efforts of the Paris
Conference to maintain the pease. A "bloody
battle" is reported to have taken place be
tween the Turks and tho Montenegrins, a
race of Grecian mountaineers who occupy
tho country between Greece proper and the
Turkish dominions. It is to bo feared that
this will prove a spark which tho Western
Powers cannot extinguish ; and which will
set Eastern Europe in a blaze. It is like
the first blow that follows an angry alterca
tion likely to precipitate a fight which will
not end until one or other party is thrashed.
We of the United States will look on th is
struggle, if it co-nes with neutral eyes.
A Fiendish Act. Some fiendish individ
ual entered the "Home for Friendless Chil
dren" in Lancaster on Tuesday eveniug, Feb
ruary 2d, and deposited in one of the rooms
a ball of ragi saturated with some iuSamma
bla liquid and fiet fire to it. The opportune
arrival of the matron prevented the flames
being communicated to the building. There
were in the "Home" at the time about two
hundred children, most of whom bad retired
to bed for the night, and were sound asleep.
No punishment imaginable could be too se
vere for the fiendish wretch who attempted
to set fire to this "Home of the Friendless."
Teance. The Bedford Inquirer relates
the case of a Mi Barbara Hartsock who,
while attending a revival prayer meeting in
the village of Rainsburg, on the evening of
the 22d of January, became so much exci
ted a to pass into what is termed a trance
state, in which she continued until the
morning of the 29th, a period of 157 hours,
when she revived and commenced shouting
in the sm strain as when she fell into the
trance. At last aooounU she was in her
usual health, exhibiting no evil effects from
suspension of the natural functions.
"Poor Pussy." A monster wild cat,
which had long been the terror of Hunts
ville, CottDtSotiout, was recently caught in a
steel trap, and all the able-bodied men gath
ered together, and, armed cap a pie, pro
ceeded to seduce him into an Id menagerie
page. His first leap as they approached
carried him twenty feet into the cag, trap
and all, where he now awaits tha coming of
some Barnum. The creature measures eight
iVet ffr-m norc tip to tail tip.
Hotes From Harrisburg.
A bill has been passed by the Senate au
thorizing the Philadelphia and Erie Railway
to extend their branch road in Cameron. Jef
ferson and Elk counties. This branch will
pass up the "Bennett Branch" in Clearfield
coonty, and is intended tosupersede or com
pete wiih the "Winslow coal road" through
the same region.
The Democrats are making feeble efforts
to have the people believe that to remedy
things at Harrisburg, they must be restored
to power. This would be going from bad to
worse. Nobody is going to be deceived.
This is a matter wholly within the Republi
can household. The Republican party all
over the State is vindicating its honor and
its claim to be trusted, by promptly repudi
ating the extiavaganccand corruption of the
sixty-one men in the House of Representa
tives at Harrisburg. The Senate has done
so by refusing to sanction the act which has
brought them so conspiciously in review be
fore the people. Let Republicans every
where, while purging the party of this treat
scandal, demand of the Senate to stand firm.
And we will thus show to the Democrats
that in attempting to convince the people
that a remedy is to be found only in restor
ing them to power, they will have their la
bor for their pains. The Republican party
of Pennsylvania will show the people that
it is able to correct its own errors; and in
this way will it prove itself still worthy of
the confidence of the people.
The convention of Editors which met in
Harrisburg last week, adopted a resolution
in favor of a law permitting the truth to be
given in libel suits. This will be an impor
tant question for the Legislature, deserv
ing its serious cou&idcration and favorable
action. The law of libel in this State is
anything but creditable to the intelligence
of our people, and a reproach to justice.
Gen. Irwin, the State Treasurer, declines
to assume the responsibility of paying the
supernumery officers in the House. This
is right. The law only authorizes thirty-
four officers ; and hence that law must be
repealed and the money appropriated by an
act of the legislature before the additional
twenty-seven can receive any pay legally.
The Senate has once refused to sanction
this increase of officers in the House, and it
is to be hoped that they will adhere to their
position, and defeat any attempt to smug
gle through an appropriation to pay these
supernumeries. The people demand econo
my in every branch of our State Govern
ment, and it behooves those who have the
power to protect tho Treasury against un
due depletion. Let the Republican mem
bers of the Senate, and of the House, give
heed to the warning voice that is going op to
them from their constituents, against every
species of extravagance.
Late Publications.
Sunshine and Shadow in New York. By
Mathew Hale Smith. Illustrated: 720
pp. Hartford, Conn. : J. B. Burr & Co.
1868. Sold only by subscription.
Great cities which are the hearts of great
nations, are always fruitful topics for the pen
of a skillful writer; but probably co city in
the world centers in herself more material
of varied interest than does New York. So,
no work which could come to the hands of
our readers, who love to know "what's go
ing on in the world," and "how people live,"
would be apt to be found so intensely inter
esting as the one whose title we quote above.
J. B. Burr & Co., the publishers of the
work, certainly knew what they were about
in giving it to the public It must have a
vast sale, for "everybody and his neighbor"
cannot but find in the book a great deal to
excite and interest him, to say nothing of
the thousand valuable matters of solid in
formation which it affords. Nobody from
the country should ever visit New York
without having first read this book, and the
old frequenter of that city will find scattered
here and there throughout its pages, hosts
of things which may have escaped his atten
tion, and will rise from the perusal of the
book (which he will be sure not to lay aside
till be has finished it,) with that sort of
pleasure which one feels in revisiting in
manhood the scenes of his childhood, or in
wandering back to the "father-land." The
high and the low ; moral worth and craft
and cunning ; joys and sorrows ; smiling for
tune and frowniug penury ; the home and
altars of devotion and purity, and the inte
rior views of the homes of debauchery and
crime, etc., eta, are here painted in their
true colors.
Music Peters' Musical Monthly, be
sides twenty-four pages of new music, con
tains a large amount of interesting reading
matter, worthy the attention of the musical
public. Price, $3 a year. Single copies 30
cents. Address J. L. Feters, 108 Broadway,
New York.
Peters' Parlor Companion, for Flute, vio
lin, and Tiano. Now and excellent. Price
$3 a year ; single copies 30 cents.
Peters' Monthly Glee Hive, contains four
teen pages of Glees, Trios, Quartets, etc.
Price $3 ayear; singlecopies 30 cents.
TheSisqieha.nna Fisheries. The ed
itor af the Lowistown Gazette says: "Col.
Worrall's fish report is an interesting one,
but we fear even his suggestions for more
law will have little effect, the great trouble
being the enforcement of laws when they are
passed. We saw at least half a dozen fish
baskets between this and Duncannon last
year, and so long as these are suffered to ex
ist and the dams are not altered, it is all
idle talk about shad, salmon, pike, perch,
rock, Ac"
House Blown Down. A house was
blown down at Mt Auburn, Ohio, on Fri
day night, January 29th, and the family,
consisting of Mr. Vandergriff.wife and child,
so badly injured that the child died almost
immediately after he was extricated, the
mother was not expected to live till morning,
and the injuries sustained by the fat her, the
physician says, must prove fatal "The
spider s most attenuated thread is cord, is
cable" to man's hold on life.
Nebraska. The Legislature of Nebras
ka ha3 passed the bill transferring the capi
tal of the State from Lincoln to Omaha.
Washington City Gossip.
A most disgraceful scene took place, on
the 4th, in the committee room where the
investigation about Wells, Fargo & Co. was
going on. Mr Broomall, of Pennsylvania,
wa3 conducting the examination of the
Washington correspondent of the Evening
Press Association, who is well known here,
and who is as respectable as any member of
Congress. After swearing the witness.
Broomall asked him if he was the author of
a certain dispatch, and . upon receiving an
affirmative answer, said it was a lie from be
ginning to end. He then, after some ques
tioning, went into a most sweeping and bit
ter denunciation of newspapermen, and par
ticularly of Washington correspondents. He
said in substance that their sou!s,brains,and
principles were for sale, and he would not
believe them on oath. He continued this
abuse till interrupted by Mr. Getz, of Penn
sylvania, who informed the witness that in
spite of what the Chairman faid, there were
two members of the Committee (alluding to
himself and Mr. Plantz, of Ohio,) who did
not share such views. The attack of Broo
mall was so gross that the phonographer
was directed to omit portions of it The wit
ness then said he would not submit to an ex
amination in such a manner, when Broomall
threatened him with the power of the House
to compel him to testify. The mnttcr is the
subject of very general talk to-night,and the
opinion is general that the whole thing was
a cowardly abuse of the power a Chairman
of a Congressional Committee has over a wit
ness.
A resolution was introduced into the
House, last week, providing for the pay
ment of $75,000 to Mrs. Lincoln and her
children. The resolution was referred to the
Committee on appropriations.
Mr. Orth. of Indiana, introduced a reso
lution into the House, to receive San Do
mingo as a territory whenever her people
should demand it- The resolution was ta
bled by a vote of 1 10 to 62. It is said that
an effort will be made to bring it up again.
If the joint resolution proposing an amend
ment to the Constitution for the the exten
sion of suffrage, which was passed by a two
thirds vote in the House on Saturday,should
pass the Senate by a similar vote, and be
ratified by three-fourths of thj State Legis
latures, it will become a part of the Consti
tution, and thence-forward, while it remains
so, th5 right of any citizen to vote, without
distinction of "race, color, or previous con
dition of slavery," will be indisputable.
The amendment forbids the United States,
or any tate to make such distinction. If
sex had been included, then the champions
of woman's rights would have been victori
ous.and the way to the ballot-box open to
them. As it is, some of tbem contend that
under the amendment they possess, as "cit
izens," the right to vote.
The House seems to grow belligerent lat
terly. Hardly a day passes.lately.that Demo
crats are not induced to raise a small Don
nybrook Fair. On the 4th, after the dis
posal of the contumacious witnesses, by the
discharging of Johnson and Scammell the
lat ter being required to defray the expenses
incurred by bringing him here the Indian
appropriation bill came up for discussion.
Delegate Holbrook, of Idaho, got the floor,
after debate by General Garfield and Messrs.
Windoin and Sidney Clarke on a motion of
the former to lay on the table, and denoun
ced General Butler as having made state
ments that were unqualifiedly false. Mr.
Colfax called him to order immediately, de
claring such language insulting to the House
and wholly unwarrantable in parliamentary
debate. Holbrook, however, declared fhat
he would not withdraw it ; thereupon Gen.
Schenck offered a resolution of censure. Hol
brook stood in sullen defiance, not at all real
izing the humiliating and disgraceful posi
tion in which he was placed. Holbrook was
brought to the bar, and the Speaker admin
istered a severe censure. The Democrats
even were ashamed of their colleague, and
none were so poor to do him reverence.
A resolution, to increase the salary of the
President to $ 100,000 after the 4th or March
next, was referred to committe on appropri
ations. Mr. Schenck, of Ohio, remarked in the
House, several days aeo, that he believed
the receipts from customs and internal taxes
the next fiscal year, would exceed four hun
dred millions of dollars, leaving a handsome
margin, after the payment of all ordinary
expenses and interest on the public debt, to
wards the gradual extinguishing of the debt
itself. This is an encouraging view of the
national finances, and we sincerely hope it
may be fully realized.
The Paraguryan Dictator has given up
the Americans, Bliss and Masterman, whom
he has been accused of holding confined as
prisoners of State. It is" said that Lopez re
quires that they shall be tried in this coun
try for conspiracy against his authority. All
the trial they will be likely to receive here
will be of the same sort as that which has
already been held, by public opinion, upon
the late Minister Washburne.
Among thccallerson Gen. Grant, recent
ly, was an inquisitive member of Congress,
who threw out a feeler in the shape of a re
maik that he had understood that President
Johnson did not intend to invite the Gener
al to ride to the Capitol with him on inaug
uration day. General Grant prompjy re
plied "that there was a constitutional requir
ment that would render it necessary for him
to go to the Capitol on that day to be 6worn
in ; but he knew of no requirement that
made it necessary for Johnson to go there
to be mustered out"
The coming monthly debt statement will
show an increase, owing mainly to the fact
that the great bulk of the interest on the
five-twenties is payable in January.
State Convention. The Republican
State Committee met at Harrisburg, on last
Thursday, and fixed upon Wednesday, June
23d, as the day for holding the State Con
vention for the purpose of nominating can
didates for Governor and Judge of the Su
preme Court Measures should be taken
by the Republicans of this county, to se
lect delegate to said Convention.
Huntingdon county paid $3,000 last year
for fox, awl, hawk and other scalps.
Terrible Calamity.
On Sunday, January 31st, a dam near
Daubury, Connecticut gave way, and, the
waters rushing down the valley, carried
away several houses wiih their inmates, and
destroyed a number of bridges and a large
amount of other property. The Danbury
Times, of February 1st, publishes the fol
lowing particulars of the fearful calamity :
J ust rs the bells ceased to ring the people
to their evening worship the most terrible
calamity ever hapiuing here took place.
The dam of the upper Kobanrie reservoir
gave way, and the immense "body of "water
therein contained came sweeping down upon
our unconscious citizens. Those who lived
at the UDier Dart of the town were startled
by a sudden rushing, roaring sound, like the
driving of a heavy gale of wind. Those in
doors could not understand it, as their build
ings were not racked, as they would be in
such a gale. Many left their houses ana
went out to listen better, and then they dis
covered before their very doors a boiling,
hurling mass of water. The water came
upon the village through the gorge above
Flint's dam, bringing with it a huge masses
of ice, and heavy masses of timber It came
with learlul velocity, strikiug the houses on
3 lain street, near the river bank, and sweep
ing them from their foundation in an instant,
it swept down the flats along the stream
north, and, east of Main street, carrying de
struction to evervihine in its reach, and
bringing terror to all within its t earing. The
total extent of the damage done cannot be
estimated. The amount of property lost
cannot be less than $60,000, and will proba
bly exceed that amount. The loss of life
has ben terrible. In the houses destroyed
in the upper part of Main street there were
14 persons. The terrible scenes and inci
dents of the night and this morning beg
gars description. The people have turned
out in masses, and at this hour are going
over the pathway of the calamity. The
scene is now one of great desolation, especi
ally on the site of the houses of those lost.
Hardly a trace of where they stood is visible.
One building is deposited a little way back,
badly shattered, the other is a complete
wreck, the larger portion lying just south of
Patch street, and some distance below its
foundations. The Main, North, and White
6treet bridges were destroyed, and the Patch
street bridge so racked as to be unsafe to
walk over. Charles Chase's carriage manu
factory, on North street, was demolished,
being struck by the building removed from
Main street Sunderland's carpenter shop,
on White street, was torn from its place.
A horse, stabled at one eud of the building,
in some unaccountable way got out, and
swimming to land, came off unharmed. The
office and builder's hardware store of the
Ives Brothers was flooded, and considerable
damage done to the stock. Isaac W. Ives's
lumber yard was also flooded, and a larce
lot of lumber swept down the stream, or
thrown about the yard in confused heaps,
Loss was also sustained by Stevens Bros,
and A. Ely, carpenters . P. Robinson & Co.
flour dealers ; Lacy' lloyt & Co., hat nian
ulactuers, and Bradley 5z Mansfield, livery
stable keepers. Great cakes of ice, weigh
ins a tun or more, were scattered along the
course of the water in greut profusion, fences
were swept down, outhouses, sheds. &c,
damaged, the number of which it is impossi
ble now to ascertain, but which, together
with many incidents of interest, will be given
in the regular issue of Tte. Times on Wed
nesday. The i folio wins; is a list of the persons
killed : Mrs. Iluested, an old lady, mother-
in-law of Charles E. Andrews, body recov
ered ; Edward Clark, body recovered ; Mrs.
h.dw;trd Llark (a body supposed to be hers,
but badly disfigured, was recovered) : three
children of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Clark,
bodies not recovered ; two children of James
Broth well, body of one recovered. A body
was found near Ilurlburts factory, which
was identified by Mrs. Hanford B. Fairchild
as that of Miss Fanrie" Humphries, a lady
whohad left Mrs. Fairchild's house on White
street, just before the coming of the flood,
and was overtaken by it betor she could
get across the bridge. Right after the water
reached White street, two women were seen
dinning to a tree ;they cried for help, but
the huce cakes of ice and masses of timber
surging between them and those who en
deavored to help, rendered all attempts in
effectual, and after a few moments they
loosed their hold to the tree, and were swept
from sight One of these two was undoubted
ly Miss Humphries, but the other is not yet
known.
The damace done to the reservoir is verv
great About 100 feet of the upper dam
and the entire length of the lower dam, is
swept away. Men are already at work upon
the dams, an J the water pipes will be filled
in a few days. The foundation of Flint's
founders' is undermined, and two tenements
belonging to Hendrick Barnum, on North
street, are somewhat damaged.
The Charities of the State.
From the report of the committee of the
Senate appointed by the Legislature to in
quire into the subject of Slate charities, it
appears that there are thirty -six charitable
and correctional institutions in the Common
wealth, which areeither supported or aided by
State appropriations. To these institutions
$5,608,312 have been donated. The peni
tentiaries, houses of refuge, lunatic hospi
tals and institutions for the deaf and dumb
and blind, have been awarded the largest
bounties of the State. Since t he rebellion,
(1,347,631 have been devoted to the sup
portof soldiers' orphan schools. Of the total
amount expended in charities, the following
sums have been received by institutions lo
cated in the western end of the State ; Wes
tern Penitentiary,$441,613 ; Western House
of Refuge, $323,250; Western Lunatic Hos
pital, $581,341; New Brighton Retreat,
$10,000; Marine Hospital, Erie, $20,000 ;
Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, $8,000; Pitts
burgh Infirmary, $8,000; Home of the
Friendless, Allegheny, $7,000; St. Paul's
Orphan Asylum, Pittsburgh, $11, 000: Ze
lienople Orphan Asylum, $6,000 total,
$1,322,501. But a small portion of the
charities of the State are represented in the
above aggregate. The private contributions,
to these and kindred institutions, greatly
exceed the public donations. The benefits
thus bestowed upon suffering humanity are
incalcuable. It is not the- purpose of the
Legislature, as we understand it, in creating
a Board of Public Charities, to restrict the
bounties of the State, but, under the syste
matic supervision of such a Board, extend
them until the benefactions are equal to the
demands of society, and fully up to the re
quirements of Christian civilization.
Remarks by Hon. G. W. Scofield.
On our first page we publish some remarks
made by Hon. G. W. Scofield, on the re
sumption of specie payments. Mr. Scofield's
remarks are plain, practical and logical, and
will repay a careful perusal.
The project of erecting a new county out
of portions of Lycoming, Columbia and Lu
zerne is being agitated by parties interest
ed. The proposed limits will contain about
four hundred square wiles, and over two
thousand voters.
. A Little of Everything.
Boston has two potatoes on exhibition for
which the owner wants fifty dollars apiece.
Domestic cats have gone wild in San Joa
quin county, California, and are makjnggrcat
trouble. ,
A Model surgical operation to take the
cheek out of a young man, and the jaw out
ofa woman.
Solomon advises the sluggard to go to the
ant, but the shiftless in our day generally go
to their uncle.
One bull fighter in Spain made $300,000
by his perilous profession, and then died
without using it .
A Kentucky fanner is exhibiting an egg
in the shape of a dumb-bell, laid by one of
his eccentric heus.
Parsonages in Minnesota and one acre of
ground are exempt from taxation, by a law
recently passed in that State.
The first Protestant church in China was
inaugurated during last November at Han
kow, by the Anglican Bishop of Victoria.
Johnstown has a sensation. A young man
named Felon, it is said, inherits by a grand
father's will the greater portion of Cambria
city.
A cotetnporary says "we are pained to see
by our exchanges that Jefferson Davis is
spending the winter in three different places
at once.!'
Chauncey Wild, of the Kanawha region,
is visiting Cincinatti, is nineteen years old,
seven feet high, and weighs three hundred
and four pounds.
A Florida court has had to adjourn five
different times because the jurymen would
go to sleep "and snore almost as loud as a
thunder storm."
Is it a sign that the present year will be
unlucky because it begins and ends on Fri
day? Superstitious ones may think so but
we hope they are few.
Captain Joseph Metcalf, the oldest mem
ber of the Masonic Order in the United
States, died in Erie on Feb. 27th, in the
ninety-fifth year of his age.
A lad named Myers, died in Shirley town
ship, Huntingdon county, recently from hy
drophobia, caused by having been bitten by
a mad cat, about a month previous.
The last attempt at suicide was that of a
Georgia woman who drank a whole bottle of
castor oil. It is presumed that the next
time she will try a more sudden poison.
The Budhist monastery of Hanle, in
Thibet, situated at a height of 15,116 feet
above the sea level, is the most elevated hu
man habitation on the surface of the earth.
An exchange says : "Sixteen slow sub
scribers in several sections of our county will
be sold without reserve to the lowest bidder.
They will not pay and we can't afford to keep
them."
A Local poet indicted a sonnet to his
mistress, entitled "I kissed her sub rosa."
The compositor knew better than that, and
set it np in printer's Latin, "I kissed her
snnb nosa."
Gen. Meade has promised to be present
at the dedication of the monoment to the
soldiers who fell in the Mexican war, in
Harrisburg, on the 26th of May, if his public
duties will permit him.
A wild turkey was killed in Washington
county, Ohio, the other day, and after hav
ing been sold, was found to contain a pound
and six ounces of railroad spikes. He had
been dosing himself with iron for general
sbility.
A son of Reuben and Louisa Myers, of
Mt. Union, was bitten by a cat about eight
weeks ago, from the effects of which it died.
The cat was rabid, and after it had bitten
the child it jumped at its uncle, who killed
it with a blow from a stick.
A man from the interior of Pennsylvania
lost his pocket liook a day or two ago. A by
stander saw thetheft,5but refused to describe
the pick-pocket. In explanation of this
strange refusal, he asked the victim, "Why
did you charge me ten cents for a drink of
water when I was in the army at Gettys
burg?" Advertisements setup tn large typo, or out of pfatn
ttyle,will he charged double usual rates. Nocnt
WANTED at Glen Hope, Clearfield
county, Pa., a good Sawer to run a
Malay saw, by the day or thousand. Apply to
W.C.METZ.
February 10th 1869-31
rPO WAGON MAKERS. The under-
signed is desirious of connecting with his
SMITH SHOP, a first clan wagon, sleigh 4 sled
establisbmeat. A good opportunity is offered to
a Wagon Maker, who wishes to go into badness.
The subscriber can also furnish to applicant a
comfortable bouse (near the shop) if desired.
HENRY KERNS,
February, 10th 1869. Curwensville, Pa,
rAUTION. All persons are hereby cau-
tioned, not to purchase or use a note
given by me in favor of URBANAS RIGGLE,
dated December 30th 18fi8, due in ten months after
date, for twenty eight hundred dollars without
interest, as the said note was obtained through
false representation, and by me will not be paid,
unless compelled to do so by lawful process
G. S. PEKRY.
Osceola Mil's, Pa. Feb. 3d 1869.
FOR SALE.
STORE, DWELLING AND STOCK
of goods for sale.
The Store, Dwelling and Stock of goods "and
about eight aores of land, the estate of the late
Robt. Campbell at Port Matilda, Centre Co., Pa,
will be sold on easy terms.
The store contains a small stock of saleable
goods bought low for cash. Has a good trade,
and is a desirable louation for business The'
dwelling contains eight rooms, is in first rate or
der A II the usual outbuildings, and a good
stable. The grounds contain about FORTY FK (JIT
TREE all bearing well. For further informa
tion apply to J. P. CAMPBELL, on the premises.
February, 10th 1869
TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
Unhid States, for the Western District
of Pennsylvania. EBENEZEtt MoMASTERS, a
bankrupt under the act of Congress of March 2d
17, having applied for a discbarge from all his
debts, and other claims provable under said act.
by order of the Court notice is hereby given.to all
persons who have proved their debts, and other
persons interested, to appear on the 9th day of
March 169. at 10 o'clock, A M , before S. E.
Woodruff Efj. Register in Bankruptcy at his
office, in Philipsburg. Pa., to show eause, if any
they have, why a discharge should not be granted
to the Siiid bankrupt. And further, notice is
hereby given that the Second and Third meetings
of Credi ors of the said bankrupt, required by
the 27th and 2th sections ot said act. will be held
before the said Register, at the fame time and
P'"- - 8. C. MeCANDLESS, Clerk.
February, 10th 1S69. 2t
JTEW ADVEHT1SEMENT3.
"POR SALE a valuable Blacksmith Shop,
a good Frame Dwelling House, and two
Lots, situate in the Tillage of Glen Hope. The
aitoatioa for carrying on HIacksmithing is one of
the best ia the county. The buildings are in good
condition. For terms, Ac, call upoo or address
the subscriber at Olca Hope Clearfield oounty. Pa.
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and
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The ZINGARI BITTERS are comnounded from
a prescription of the celebrated Eervptian physi
cian Db. Cheofos , who, after years of trial and
experiment, discovered tne Atngart Jlerb tne
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Dyspepsia, Fever and Ague, Bilious Fever, Cholic,
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Chronic Diarrhea, Cholera Morbus, Chol
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Yellow Fever, Scrotula, Diseases of
the Kidneys, Habitual Costiveness,
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In the Preventio and Cure of the above dis
eases, it baa never been known to fail, as thou
sands of our most prominent eitisens throughout
all parts of the oountry, will testify. Let the
afflicted send for a circular containing testimoni
als and certificates of those who have been cured
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No 6 N. Front St , Philadelphia.
Recommended by Ex-Gov. David R. Porter, of
Pennsylvania, Hon. Robert J. Fisher, of Penn
sylvania. Hon. Edward MePherson. of Pennsyl
vania. Hon. Joel B. Danner. of Pennsylvania
Hon. Win. McSherry, ot Pennsylvania, and others
Send tor circulars. Feb. 10th, 1869. ly J
THE CARS! THE CARS!
REDUCTION IN TRICES.
R. MOSSOP
HAS JUST RECEIVED
200 BARRELS BEST FLOUR.
100 BAGS OF SALT,
10,000 POUNDS OF BACON,
5,000 POUNDS OF LARD,
1,000 FOUNDS DRY PEACHES,
1,000 POUNDS DRY APPLES.
All of which will be sold
at Railroad Prices.
County Merchants will be sup
plied with the above articles
at a very small advance
on cost.
February "i th, 1889.
PMALE SEMINARY,
BOLLIDAr SBCRO, VA.
Rev. Joseph Wai gh, Principal.
$50 000 expended on the building.
None but Snrcessful Teachers employed.
Locatiy, it healthful and beautiful; accessible
X ,cP? li- SeT0n,n Session opens January
13-1b6a- December 23, 1868-3m
XOR SALE. A fine BAY HORSE, ri
sing five years old, perfectly sound, and
sate in h n rn Ate. i , . ,..,..
- y - ."" " nana cuuux
Dd J,1' DKey harness. Inquire of
rfiD. .V fry rri 1 . ....
r- j A. W . lU i tK.
,h.SB1rIrrT.V"b'e,T0''n P Perties. in
T . . v.tUB,(1. vocations desir-
"' uunaings new. Apply to
WILLIAM M M Ct'LLOCGH.
December 16. 1868.
Attorney at Law,
Clearfield Pa.
WOOLEN GOODS AT COST -After this date,
" woolon goods, including hoods, nubias,
breakfast shawls, sontags.ohildren's capes scarfs,
cans. oe, will be sold at cost, at
Jn. 1, 1869. J, P. KRATZER'S.
German Peaa Shaier Corn Humlnv ft..
it ' y J- P- KRATZBH ''
SHINGLES WANTED. The aighesTTr,
price paid for No. 1, long shingles, bv J u
KRATZER, Opposite the Jail. '
H ISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP
The firm of J. S. Reed 4 Co., Du S
of P. A. Reed Co., are hereby dissolved by
tual consent. All persona owing said firm n ,
whom a balance may be due are requested 1.
make settlement with Lloyd, Caldwell A Co ,
Tyrone City, Pa. Tv roae, Feb. S -3t ji pi "
A Z U R E N
Concentrated Indiro.l
FOR THE LAUNDRY.
It is warranted not to streak, or in any ssannw
injure the finest fabrics. For Family use sold la
five. ten and twenty cent boxes. Each twenty eeJt
box besides having five times as much blue as the
five cent boxes, contains a pocket pin cushion or
emery bag. For Hotel and large Laundry as ii
is put up in $2 00 boxes
See tht each box has proper trade mark Tor
sale by A. I. Shaw and llartswick A Irwin, u.
C J. IIAYES, Scrqeov Dentist, Office
on Main Street, Curwensville, Penn'.
Will make professional visits for the eouvtni'
eneeof of the public commencing in April, 1M9
as follows.vii : Luthersburg.fint Friday of tverv
month ; Ansonville, first Monday of every month
Lumber City, first Thursday of every month -spending
two days in either place. All ordss for
work should be presented en the day of his arri
ve lin each place.
I fT Teeth extracted by the application of local
anasthesia. comparatively without pain. AU
kinds of dental work guaranteed.
N. B. The publie will please aotioe. that Dr.
H., when not engaged in the above visits, may be
found in his office in Curwensville. sp.l,'69-ly
CLEARFIELD ACADEMY.
The Third Session of the present Soholaitls
year of this Institution, will commence on Mos
day, the 8th day of February, 1869.
Pupila can enter at any time. They will W
charged with tuition from the time they enter t
the close of the session.
The course of instruction embraces everything
included in a thorough, practical and aeeoa.
pliahed education of both sexes.
The Principal having had the advantage of
much experience in his profession, assures p.
rents and guardians that his entire ability aid
energies will be devoted to the mental and moral
training of the youth placed under hia eharge.
Terms or Trmoa:
Orthography, Reading, Writing and Primary
Arithmetic, per session, (11 weeks.) i 00
Grammar, Geography, Arithmetic, and Hiito
ry. .M
Algebra,Geometry, Trigonometry, Mensuration,
Surveying, Philosophy, Physiology, Chemistry
Book-keeping, Botany, and Physical Geogra.
phy. S.0
Latin, Greek and French, with any of the a-
bove branches. $1J,M
ryNo deduction will be made far absence.
For further particulars inquire of
Rmv. P. L. HARRISON, a. .
July 31 , 1867. Principal.
T J. CUNNINGHAM,
J ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Real Estate Agent and Conveyanoer,
TYRONE. BLA1B CorSTT, Tk.
Special attention given to the collection of claims.
lyron, fa., January 21, isoy-u.
ADMIN ISTR ATOR'S NOTICE.-Let-ters
of Administration on the estate of
Goorge Aston, late of Union township, Cletr
seid county. fa.. dec d, having been granted te us
undersigned, all persons indebted to said eststs
are requested to make immediate payment, sci
those naving elaims against the same will prs-
sent them, properly authenticated, -for settle
ment It. KKtbSLtK.
January tf.l8f9-fltp. Administrator.
AGENTS WANTED. $75 to 1200 p
Month 1!! or a commission from which
twice that amount can be made by selling tns
Latest Improved Common Sense
FAMILY SEWING MACHINE,
Price $18.00. For circulars and Terms addrsa
Deo SVM-Sm O. BOWERS A CO.
320 South Third-Street, Philadelphia, Ps
"PARM AT PRIVATE SALE. Thesub-
SCriber offers for 6ale bis farm in Law
rence township, situate on the east bank of tk
Susquehanna river, with the Erie turnpike
the outh, and containing 84 acres. Moitof'it
farm is in meadow, and the whole under r4a
fences. The improvements are a good log auus
and frame bank barn, with the other neoeaxrr
out houses. A spring of good water is aesr tls
door. An orchard of choice fruit is growing os
the premises. There are three veins of good nsl
on the land, to wit; one of five feet, one of tins
feet 4 inches, and one of two feet the lattersMr
the river. For terms, inquire of the suhseristr,
on the premises. JORDAN BiD
December 16, 18S3 p.
THE Pennsylvania ' "State Tenipern
Union" is actively eneacred throtich iti
agents in presenting the Tempersncs Kefora.
They have made more than three hundred I
perance speeches and sermons since the beginaiEf
of this year, and are still busy. Thej will ss
ewer all demands for Speakers, in the ordtr of
application. Persons wishing to have the Toul
Abstinence dootrines advocated, and wsir7
reasons presented why a prohibitory law saoslt
be enacted, can be gratified by writing to um
Secretary. Wm. Nicholson. Esq.. So. US Qo!s
7th St., Philadelphia, or toRev. Pernell Coowbt.
613 Arch St., Philadelphia. There is to t
TemDflrinri Pnnv.nlinn fnr ihm SfAfa SM il
Harrisburg next February. Dec, t.
Tms t s to gitx Bono : Th at on the 4th i'7 d
January. A. ., 1869, a Warrant in Banarsptry
waa issued aeainst the Estate of John Kjan.ol
Burnside township, in the county of Clesrftid,
and State of Pennsylvania, who was sdjudr1
Bankrupt, on his own petition ; that the psjs
of any debts and delivery of any property
longing to such Bankrupt to him or for hissN.
ana the transfer of any property by him are for
bidden by law; that a meeting of thscrediton
said Bankrupt, to prove their debte.snd to ekoosi
one or more assignees of his Estate, will hs s
at a Court of Bankruptcy, to be holden at tbs
fice of S. E. Woodruff, at Philipsburg. Ps , bfJ
S. E. Woodruff, esq.. Register, on the u J"
March, a. d., I860, at 10 o'clock, a u.
By O. P. Davis, Deputy U. 6. M.
THOS. A. ROWLET.
Jan. 20 4t U. S. Marshal, a 7A"
NOTICE IN BANKRUPTCY. This is tosn
Notice : That on the first day of J"."",
A. D , 1S69, a Warrant in Bsnkruptcy
against the estate of Stacy W. Thomrw-,t'"
field Bridge, in the county of Clearfield swlfcM
ot Pennsylvania, who has been adjudge! t"f
rupt on his own petition ; that the P'J"?
any debts and delivery of any property
ing to such Bankrupt; to him or for his
the translerof any property by him "b, V
bylaw; that a meeting of the creditors
said Bankrupts prove theirdebts and I
one or more Assignees of his estate, will J
at a Court of Bankruptcy, to be holden at ."""j
of the Register, in Philipsburg, Fa.. btn
Woodruff, Register, on the th day of Mares.
D., laf9, at 10 o'clock, A M.
THOMAS A.
17. S. Marshal, as -Mf
Dept. U. S. M. Ji!Ll-
By G.P. Davia. Dept.
QLEARFTELD MARBLE WORK5-
ITALIAN AND VERMONT MABBLB
FINISHED IN THE HWHEoI
STYLE OF TUB ART.
The subscribers beg leave to M"1fi1,lrr
eitisens of Clearfield county, that '"'ss,.
opened an extensive Marble I ard. 1Mr.
west corner of Market and Fourth ,tr,T,
field, Pa . where they are prepared to
Tomb Stones, Monuments,
Tombs. Box and Side ToroW.
Cradle Tombs, Cemetery PosU,
Shelves, Urackeu, eta, p
on Tery short notice. -.
. . AstitJ'
They always keep on hand a iarg t
work, finished, except the lettering, se f-.
sons can call and select for tbemK r
desired. - .Mris'
They will also make to order any "?,
work ih.t .n.w k. and fheVBSW
selves that they can compete-with
turers outside of the county, either la ' t
ship or price, as they only employ " ' . gj-
woramen. All inquiries By "Lh.-ifCA
swerad. H JOHN OtVrifH
May 22, IS6T-U. HENRI s a-