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CKEARFIELT), PA.. AUG. 11. 1869.
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
ro oovriob:
JOHff W.. GEAEY, of Cumberland co.
FOR JCD6B OV SCPBEaC COOTIT I - -
HENRY "W. WILLIAKS, of Allegheny co. j
: - A Noble Life.
On the 2Rth Jane, at the Tcry be
ginning of the Lite war for the preservation
' of the Union, John W. Geary was mustered
info ihe service as a Colonel. On the -oili
; April 1862, he was : promoted to Brigadier
General, ami on the 12th January, 1S63.
was made Major General. II was wound
ed at Bolivar, Cedar Mountain and Chancel
. loruville. To the present day he carries
rebel lead in his body. lid has been Mayor
of San Francisco, Governor of Kan.as,
Military Governor of Savannah, and Gov
ernor of Penu.ylvania. lie di.chareed the
responsible duties of each and all of' these
positions with honor to himself, and credit
to his native State. Few Pennsylvanians
have ever made a nobler record. The peo
ple read it with pride, and will re elect him
in October by an overwhelming majority.
Not Oca Dad. The Walker party in
Virginia repudiate the idea of their triumph
being callud a Democratic victory. The
"Kichnioud Enquires." the old Democratic
organ, i;ak: thus: "Tin democratic pa
pers at the North conui.itted a very grave
error in ascribing this great victory to the
' Virginia Democracy.' Tlte.-e has been no
muh lutrln in this Stole fureiaht vears.and
its very bone hire rotted and now crumble
at the rouli. Xo resurrect ionary process
could bring that party to life, and its ashes
lie mingled Kith, and undistinguished from,
tltat of tlie old Whig party."
Now OuThex. Democratic newspapers,
which a few months ag were pvophecying
a terrible deficit in the -revenue and a con
sequent augmentation of the national debt
as a result of the policy of Congress and the
incapacity of President Grant and his Cabi
net officers, aro now engaged in assuring
their readers tbat an increase of revenue
and a reduction of the debt were inevitable,
aud tbat neither Congress nor the Admin
istration is entitled to credit for the improv
ed asrect of affairs. D'ul they lie then, or
do.tbey liouowj? ,
S.NOYVDF.N SwuAU-S. Under oath, that
excellent official. Mr. Prothonotary Snow
den, testified at Philadelphia that he natur
alized upwards of six thousand citizens du
ring the political camfai.cn of '68 each of
them at fifty cents per head, under contract
with the Democratic Committee. The Com
mittee seem to havo paid nothing to the de
frauded official for the other thousands of
blank certificates which somehow contrived
to secure the seal of th ; Court. And yet
the Copperhead say wc don't need a llegis
try Law.
Osi Cheeu. At the Democratic meet
ing in Readiug, on July 31st,'says the Jour
nal, an effort was made to arouse a little
enthusiasm for Pershing, but there was only
a feeble response from one of the members
of the Convention, tvlio, after giving one
cheer, and finding no help, suddenly subsid
ed, no doubt thinking he was cheering in
the wrong meeting or tor the wrong man.
Poor Pershing, if already Perishing for want
ot Party enthusiasm and support, what will
be his fate in October. We really pity
him.
Tennessee Election. The election in
Tennessee, last week, resulted in favor of
Senter, the Conservative candidate for Gov
ernor, by about 40,000 majority. Senter
claims to be a Republican, a supporter of
the Adtninistnti.jn, and advocates the 15th
amendment; yet his election is claimed as a
rebel triumph. About 50,000 disfranchised
rebels were,ly the . lection of Mr. Senter as
Governor, grauted the franchise, and they
have repaid him with their votes thereby
I securing hi" election.
A Ueavt Loss. The six-Mory building
at Front and Lombard street, Philadelphia,
"used a alocded warehouse for the storeage
of whiskey, fell with a cnh ou Wednesday
- last. Many of the barrels hursted, and the
liquor ran into the cellar and caught fire
from the furnace, an J, as a result, the whole
ia was soon envetotra in names. oss
al-out six millions of dollars ; insured fur a
lout one ba'll
Kentucky Electkin. At the election
inJKeatucky, on Monday, Aug 2d, the
. Democratic candidate for State Treasurer
was elected by about 4-, 000 majority. This
is nearly, if not quite thirty thousand less
than Seymour's majority last year. At this
rate, the "dark and bloody ground" will
emerge from its Democratic blackness into
true Republican light, in a very few years.
"GREKK MEETS GRSEK." We see by
the Mining Gazette, that a nice little fight
ta in progress in Elk county, between thj
Early and Hall factions, for the Legislative
nomination by the Democracy of this dis
trict Well, we dou't care which whips.
The longest pole knocks the persimmon.
So pitch in, gentlemen.
Brick Pomeroy has cumed temperance
lecturer. He has an ample field for labor
among the rum-sucking Democracy.
The Clearfiald Democrats are as quiet as
lambs. Mutchler don't suit them.
" Packer's Fraud.
The following article, from the Mauch
Chunk Gazette, reveals more of i Packer
than is to be learned from Democratic biog- j
raphics. L a man who would te guilty of
so contemptible a dodge, fit for Governor?
Read it and then answer: "The-impression
has gone out through the papers of the
State that Judge Packer's tesidence is in
this county. , This is a mistake. It is true
l.e has a splendid mansion here, that bis
family reside in it, and that he regards it as
his home, but in IS67 he took op his legal
residence in the Sixth Ward, Philadelphia,
by having himself assessed and his taxes
paid there. He did this to avoid giving
Carbon county the benefit of the revenue it
was entitled to derive from the legal taxa
tion on his vast estate. The County Com
missioners and Borough Councils, however,
succeeded by legal process in collecting the
taxes for that rear, which had been assessed
here, but which he hoped to be able to trans
fer to Philadelphia. Since then Mr. Packer
has lived here just as he has done for the
last twenty-five ears, and has utterly re
fused to contribute by his taxes to the sup
port of ourschools,our almshouse, our roads,
aud our borough dodging the question by a
nominal residence in a distant c-ity. This pro
cedure, which perhaps his friends can recon
cile with that "honor" of which we hear so
Diuch in connctiun with his private charac
ter, evinces a spirit of petty spite and a
lack of local pride that the people of this
county do not palliate or forgive. Mr. Pack
er still delights to be recognized as the head
and front cf the extensive interests of Car
bon county and the Lehigh Valley. The
foundation of his colossal fortune was laid
on its soil and all his enterprises are located.
And yet by a legal subterfuge, a trick, he
defrauds the county of taxes which rightful
ly belong to its treasury, and leaves its pub
lic institutions to the care of citizens of less
ability but greater merit, by turning over
his taxes to a county a hundred miles away.
It may be urged that he has a light to se
lect his residence wherever he may see fit.
So he has, and if he pays taxes where he
honestly resides we thall have no fault to
find. But for him to retain hi actnal abode
here and yet pretend to reside in Philadel
phia, for the purpose, we have f tated, is
simply insufferable, and we protest against
his claiming to be "o? Carbon county" so
long as he refuses to pay his taxes within
her limits."
A Heeded Reform.
We have long experienced the evils of the
system adopted in our Legislature, of turn
ing everything that relates to a. county or
district to its immediate representatives.
The Tcsult is that Republicans in minority
counties, might just as well be Democrats.
It they go to Ilarrisburg for legislation, and
appeal to Republieau members, they are
told it is a local matter, and they must go to
the member from their county. Yet how
can they expect favors from a man whose
election they have strenuoutly opposed?
Moreover, in "most instances, they are not
willing to trust him. They arc thus depriv
ed of representation, and of all participation
in the legitimate fruits of a political victory.
We most cordially endorse the Miners
Journal when it says : '"The Republicans
of the counties in this State iu which they
are in the minority, have for years had just
cause to complain of the neglect which they
have experienced at the hands of the Re
publican Legislatures. They are compelled
to work twice as hard as the Republicans of
the-majority counties for the success of the
party, aud when they go to Ilarrisburg for
needed local legislation they cannot get it.
If the present year was not one iu which a
Governor is to be elected, the Republicans
of the minority counties would have made a
demonstration which would have proved
useful as a lesson to the Republicans of the
majority counties. We nevertheless call
upon the Republicans of the minority coun
ties to demand at the next session of the
Legislature the attention to their wants in
the way of local legislation which is their
due. What benefit U it to the Republicans
of a minority county to work for the success
of the party at the polls, if they are to be
treated no better than if the Democracy were
in power? Let the Republican press of the
minority counties take this matter up, and
with us, determine to ask for nothing but
what is right, and to submit to nothing that
is wrong.
How He Loves Them. The Reading
limes is ventilating Asa Packer's love for
the poor man. The Time, says that Mr.
Packer amassed a colossal fortune by grind
ing the faces of the poor. Years ago he
made heavy contracts for boating coal to
New York, and got a kind of monopoly of
the business, lie carried his oppression of
boatmen so far that they rebeled against him,
and resorted to a strike. Ho went to South
Easton. where the boatmen had congregated,
iocoiuiei meiu to continue in tns service:
"but so violent was the feeling agriust him
that be was seized by the men, thrown in
to the Lehigh, and would have been drown
ed but for a timely rescue. So exasperated
were the men against Packer, that they
drove the man who hadsaved his life from the
ground with stones!" A fortune wrung
out of the sweat of other men does not ca-
ry with it any great merit, however effec
tive it may be in buying Democratic con
ventions.
DisoRACEFCi.. The recent trial of Rev.
S. P. Linn, before the Ohia Presbytery of
the Presbyterian Church, although it result
ed in his acquittal, was a most disgraceful
performance. It is astomshinz that pro
cessed theologians, when they undertake to
administer justice, should make such asses
of themselves. There was not a particle of
evidence admitted that would have been re
ceivedin a civil court The rulings were so
absurd as to make the Reverend court
common laaching stock. Its members
ought to in heartily ashamed of themselves.
' s
Packer and Pershing, a Petty Pair of
roor 1'rops of the Pomeroy-Pendleton Re
pudiation school of Politicians. How do
you like the group? honest Democrats.
Every Republican, in order to secure his
vote, must be registered before the election
and the better plan is to attend to it now.
Correspondence.
Coxcobd Depot, Va., July 26. 1869. ;
Editor Raftsman's Journal: Dear
Sir: I sec by the papers from Pennsylvania
that tho recent election in Virginia is con
sidered a Republican triumph. This is the
impression the rebels woulc like to make on
the minds of the northern loyalists, and
would like thein to labor under this false im
pression until after the State is admitted, and
the control of her destinies is placed in their
hands. But, let me tell you, this election is
a rebel victory, which they intend to follow
up, immediately after the State is admitted,
in the following manner : As soon after ad
mission as they may consider it safe to do so,
they will disfranchise all the negroes and a
few whites by altering the Constitution so as
to require a property qualification for voters.
This will not conflict with the Constitution
of the United States, and by this means
they will put the negro out of their way.
They claim that he has no right to vote, nei
ther is he capable of it, because he votes.or
is inclined to vote, as loyal men vote. I
would like to have all our Senators and Con
gressmen informed of the deep and well
laid scheme of the rebels to get a Constitu
tion of their own making, for it is very evi
dent they intend to do ex I have been in
the State almost eighteen months, and du
ring this time the rebel papers have been
filled with comments against the Constitu
tion, and every man in this county who has
said anything concerning it has protested
against it. They were scarcely able to call
forth language sufficiently abusive and wick
ed to express their abhorrence of the "car
pet bagger's Constitution." This course
was continued until the President's procla-
mation came out, wnen tney oegan to gei
quiet and say, "vote for the expurgated
Constitution and against the two clauses
submitted to a separate vote." The reason
L)f this sudden change is this: A party of
rebels were in Washington conferring with
the President, and advising him to submit
certain clauses to a separate rote, which
clauses were very obnoxious to the good
citizens of Virginia, &e. at the same time
stating that the Constitution would be re
ceived by Virginians without those clauses,
about four in number. It would have been
useless for them to advise the President,had
they been opposed to the whole Constitution,
or had they expressed their opposition to it
in the presence of the President as he
would no longer listen to them on the sub
ject. This fact they were well aware of, and
to effect their deceptive purpose they assur
ed him that they would see that the Consti
tution was adopted, &c. After this they
returned to Virginia, and set about altering
their honest and original course to meet the
acknowledgments they made at Washington.
Now mark ; it was their intention to vote
squarely against the Constitution, and to
nominate rebels for the different offices.
They had selected a rebel Colonel for Gov
ernor, but did not intend to make any nom
inations until alter this party returned from
Washington. On their return, and stating
they hid promised to support the Constitu
tion, it was decided to take Walker for Gov
crnor, provided he would consent to oppose
the clauses to be voted on separately and
aid in carrying out their scheme generally ;
which he agreed to do, as it made his elec
tion sure. By adopting Walker as their
candidate, all persons out of the State would
believe they had given up the old rebel spir
it and were now Republicans, Arc I his is
what they wanted. The rebel Colonel, who
was sure of being nominated as the Conser
vative candidate, was then dropped, which
greatly displeased him ; and as he was an
editor of a rebel sheet, he would not change
the ticket in his paper. So it read np to
election day, "against" the Constitution, and
"against" the two clauses, while the rebel
ticket was printed to read, "For the Con
stitution and against the two clauses." The
Constitution provides for its amendment,
&c., so they can make it to suit theui soon
after its adoption and the State's admission.
In my next I will endeavor to show wherein
Congress erred. ' a. 8.
Falls City, Neb., August 2, 1869.
Ma. Editor: Having just returned fiom
a trip through northern Kansas, and being
at leisure, I thought I could not devote my
time better than to give my old friends and
fellow-citizens of Clearfield a little tketch of
southern Nebraska and Northern Kansas.
Falls City is situated about the centre of
Richardson county, ten miles from the Mis
souri nvcr and uve miles irotu the Kansas
line. The village is about, the size of Cur
wensville, situate on a high prairie, afford
ing one of the most beautiful views imagin
able. Hiawatha, in Kansas, fifteen miles
distant, can be seen very plainly from our
doors. The crops in this county cannot be
oeaianywnere in tne united dates. Ihe
average yield of fall wheat in this county
will be from 25 to 30 bushels spring wheat
from 10 to 15 bushels oats from 70 to 80
bushels and corn from 125 to 140 bushels
to the acre. I have, as yet, seen nothing of
Clearfield county s Jchief dependence, i. e.
Duckwneat. jand is worth Iroiu five to
twelve dollars per acre, according to locality
and distance from county seat. A good.
plain, comtortable and substantial house can
be built for $000. The Nemaha Valley R.
R. is about being put under headway, which
will afford as a direct market in St. Louis,
for the East,and Omaha for the West. The
land is much better in Nebraska than in
Kansas the crops are much better,and Ne
braska, upon the whole, offers greater ad
vantages for emigration thau any other State
West of the Missouri river. I spent two
very pleasaut days in White Cloud.Kansas.
The city is on the Missouri river, five miles
from the Nebraska line, in the North East
corner of Donaphon county, and contains
about twenty-five hundred inhabitants. Bu
siness in Kansas and Nebraska is looming
upon account' of the Railroad prospects.
Mechanics of every kind could not do bet
ter than to emigrate to this new "Western
country. We can, here, see the Aborigines
ot the forest in their simplicity and gran
der; and a more filthy, slovenly, degraded
race of people I never saw in my life before.
The great Nemaha Agency is about twelve
miles from Falls City. We see the Indian
stalking through our streets daily. 31ajor
Lightford, a broad-brim from Pennsylvania,
is the agent at this post. Mote anon.
Yours Respectfully, F. B.
From the Counties Arround Us.
Blair. A number of destructive fires
have occurred in Altoona during the past
year. Thomas J. Duke and Truman A. Beal
were tried and found guilty last week.
Campbell and McConnell, two accomplices
turned State' evidence and were released
Beale was sentenced to ten years, and Duke
to five years and six months in the peniten
tary. ... The house of H. S. McCIellan
at Alleghany Furnace was sruck by light
ning. The inmates were stunned but not
hurt. 1 . . Miss Clara Lloyd, daughter of
Wm. M. Lloyd Esq? fractured her ancle in
jumping from a carriage. . . . A Bill in
Equity has been filed by the owners of land
along the little Juniata, against S. C. Ba
ker, a furnace proprietor, to restrain him
from washing iron ore in the stream. . . .
The Tyrone people are making an effort to
supply their town with water. They had a
meeting, and subscribed $8,000 of stock.
The estimated cost is only $12,000., They
have one of the finest springs in the world,
and ought to utilize it. . . . On Sunday
night of last week a gang of burglars made
a raid on Tyrone. They bruke into the
clothing store of Goldman & Kegel, carried
off about $200 worth of clothing. They
then entered the store ol Study & Bro., and
stole some $200 worth of silks and fine goods,
and wound np on Stephen's saloon, from
which they look some $25 worth of edibles.
They will probably visit Philipsburg and
Clearfield, so look out for them.
Cambria. Mr. Anthony O'Donnell, a
miner employed iu the mines of the Cam
bria Iron Company, was killed on Wcduesday
last, by a car running agaiust him. ... A
servant girl employed at the Cresson Moun
tain House, lost $530 dollars one night last
week. ... It is estimated that near $50,
000 worth of berries will be shipped from
Cambria county this year. ... A daugh
ter of Mr. David Powell, aged nearly four
years, had one of her legs cut off by a mow
ing machine, while the father was engaged
in cutting grass near Ebensburg, on July
30th. . . . The shook shop of A. A. Bar
ker & Son, in Susquehanna tp., was de
stroyed by fire on July 30th. Loss about
$500. The work of an incendiary.
Indiana. On the night of Monday, the
2d inst, the store of A. M. Stewart & Bro.
in Indiana, was entered by burglars, the
fire-proof blown open, and bonds and money
stolen, to the amount of $1,400. On the
same night, the store of J. M. Guthrie was
visited the Lilley safe blown open, and
some ccrtincatcs ot oil stock and a revolver
stolen. . . . The corner stone of a new
Catholic church, is to be laid in Indiana,
with iiuposingceremony, on Friday next.
Centre. They have the small pox at
Harrisonville. . . . Elias Strong, of Ben
ner tp., shot himself in the arm, while care
lessly handling a pistol. - . '. The Centre
County Agriculural Fair will be held on the
October 5th.
Strong Opinion. Our Pennsylvania
Democracy is spoken of very disrespectfully
by the New York Citizen, a Democratic
journal. "The platform," says the Citizen,
"is utterly bad, without the first sign of true
loyalty or the least evidence of a devotion to
the best interests of the whole country."
The Citizen cannot, under the circumstan
ces, "expect or wish that the Democrats
should carry Pennsylvania," and give3 its
reasons :
"We do not wish this simply because it
would be a triumph of the Vallandighams,
and the Pendletons, and the oil school that
never learns and never forgets ; the former
slave power toadies, who immagined that
slavery was a thing of beauty and a joy for
ever, instead of being at best but a cruel ne
cessity of the Constitution. A triumph on
such principles and with such candidates
would only revive the dead men of the North
and South, the putrescent bodies which
have been smothered under the loyalty of
the nation ; the malignant rebels, whether
they register themselves as emetnics of the
nation in Cincinnati, Ilarrisburg, or New
Orleans. A victory now would bring the
extremcts's back to life and power, and with
them another defeat in 1872."
Wno is Persuing. The Somerset Her
ald and Whig says : "Pershing is a third
or fourth-rate country lawyer, enjoying a
plodding business as scrivener and general
county counsel. He has never, unassisted,
tried a dozen cases iu that many years of
pactice, and we doubt much if his voice has
ever been heard at the bar of the court on
whose bench he aspires to sit. His public
career has been confined to a few years' ser
vice in the lower llous- of our State Legis
lature, where he made a political reputation
so extensive that one half his party journals
in the State do not even know how to spell
his name."
Packer Photographed. Rauch, of
Father Abraham, who was at "Chunk"
long enough to know whereof he speaks,
gives the pecunious Asa this recommenda
tion : "Personally he may safely be term
ed a clever man ; of great business capacity,
and of some very good traits of character.
He lives in a magnificent house ; is a mil
lionaire ; keeps plenty of 'pure old whisky'
on his sideboard (for which as well as his
stamps there will be an immense demand ;)
is fond of fun, though by no means funny
himself, and enjoys the reputation of being
the best euchre player of Mauch Chunk.
It is said that the name of the Chair
man of the Democratic State committee, is
not Mutchler, but Mishler, and that he is
the proprietor of "Mishler's Stomach Bit
ters." It mav nossiblv prove a healthier
"
tonic for Democrats, than the rot-gut they
generally use. They need something to
strengthen them badly.
Mr. Gocld, of the Comeron County
Press, has purchased the Bellefont Rational.
Mr. Gould is a good editor, an enterprising
and energetic Republican. We wish him
abundant success in his new undertaking.
After all the fuss, General Rosecrans de
clines to accept from the Democrats the
nomination for Governor of Ohio, which is
creditable to him but rather perplexing to
the Ohio Democracy.
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A Little of Everything.
Human progreu from pap to ppa.
Look ont for counterfeit twenty dollar bills.
How to meet a bankrupt take no note of him.
; There are three thouiand earpenteri out of em
ployment in Chicago.
The Democratic majority in rebel Eentuccy i
about 40,000, or 30.000 leu than last year.
Pitch darkneas" baa been ao improved in lat
ter timet to read,"bitumioou obscurity.
Two Whites are wanted to receive a million and
half inheritance ia lrelaad. W hite would
like it.
The Bellefonte National bat been sold at Sher
iff's sale. No wonder they could -'do rJuay joo
tcori."
A landlady in Boston, it is said, makes her bis
cuit so light that her lodgers can tee to go to bed
by them.
It's a great comfort to be left alone." said an
Irish lever, "especially when yer sweetheart Is
wid ye."
The New Tork Sua predicts that Mr. Seward
will be the next President and Horace Greeley his
Secretary.
Olive Logan is said to be the best swimmer at
Long Branch. Miss Reed has the honor at At-
lantio City.
Mrs Partington makes Shakespeare say ."Sweet
are the uses cf advertisements '' It's so, whether
he said it or not.
Do you call this a trunk V irrowled a dejected
porter. "It only needs a lightning rod to mis
taken for a boarding bouse."
The lately appointed Territorial Judge of New
Mexico has been there, surveyed the field, be
came difgusted, and returned.
TheElmira Advertiser saye there is a young
lady in that place so refined that initead of say
ing blackguard she says African Sentinel.
At Guadalajara, Mexico, Carlotta Ferro, a girl
of sixteen, is clerk of the eourt and secretary of
the city council .and teaches schsol besides
Some Parisian gourmands lately dined on rats,
and expressed themselves delighted with the de
liaious and succulent properties of the flesh.
Money is scarce in Arkansas, but she expects
to make S30.0(i0,000 on her cotton crop this year,
which will place her financially on herfeet again.
To such a state of cleanliness has Cincinnati
been reduced, that a firm in the West End have
been compelled to put up a sign of "Dirt Wanted."
A man in Connecticut, seventj-eight years of
age and ii.firm, has read the Bible through sev
en.' four limes since bis confinement to the hour-
A reporter describes a suicide thus : '-He laid
himsef down, and shot himself with bis bi toe "
It is suggested that the weapon was loaded with
nails.
The Cape Cod Gazrtt says a man residing at
Marston Mills, Barnstable, has three sons, three
horses, three cows, three calves, three hogs, and
three broods of chickens.
The county jail at Mercer is without a single
occupant. The Dispatch says it is the first time
Sheriff Black has been without boarders since the
commencement of his term.
Not long ago a young married lady in Illinois
was liiunii dead in her bed, and a Coroner's jury
tendered a verdict of "died of convulsions, aided
by tight lacing." Ladies beware.
A young man in Jefferson county, Indiana, was
taken ick cbout two years ago, and fell into a
aecp steep, from which he only awoke a few
weeks since, demanding his breakfast.
Henry A. Wise, that chivalrous Virginian who
caused John Brown's body to dangle in the air,
expresses himself jubilantly, concerning the re
sult of the recent election in the Old Dominion.
A Connecticut railroad conductor waited with
bis train for a man 10 swim across the Naugatnck
river the other day. the bridge having been swept
away by a flo.id. Truly an accommodation irain.
The Boston Advrrtixmr well sajs: "The issue of
the political contest in Pennsylvania the coming
fall is one of dollars and sense The Democrats
have the dollars and the Republicans the senso "
The Sew Bedford Standard says lady in that
city recently appeal ed in church neatly dressed
in calico. and concludes that it would not be dan
gerous to lend lae nusuaua 01 sucu wuuu
money.
At one of the ragged schools in Ireland a cler
gyman asked the question, '-What is holiness?"
A poor convert, in dirty .tattered rags, jumped up
and said, -PI aae yer riverence, it's to be claoe
inside.''
With all bis immense wealth, can Asa Packer
point to a single liberal gift made by him in bt-
half of his imperiled country during the late
war? No wonder he is a favorite with rebel De
i mocracy.
Gen. Harrison Allen, of Warren county, was
nominated for State Senator at Franklin, on the
30th ult. Gen. Allen has a military record which
is as brilliant as that of any persoa in Western
Pennsylvania,
The hopeful Democracy are rejoicing to-day
over a "great victory" achieved in Kentucky, as
if it was an unexpected event. Poorfellowa! they
are only realizing the proverb, "drowning men
grasp at straws.'
A man in Danville.Vermont, in his eighty-fifth
year, who never rode in a stage or car, nor atten
ded a circus or lecture in his life. recently walked
to Hanover, New Hampshire, a distance of one
hundred and twenty-five miles.
A New Yorker at Mt. Desert says the Sunday
Indian pudding there "is like a mixture of oats
and molasses. It is well adapted for boarding
house purposes, for no human being in his senses
would ask to be helped a aeoond time."
The Chicago Pott ssys the Democratic journals
of Pennsylvania are in a muss about their candi
date's name for Supreme Judge; some of them
printing it Pershing. and some. more in accordance
with the "eternal fitness of things," Perishing
An Iowa girl, described as a pretty, talkative
laughing, bright eyed brunette, lately got into
Omaha in the evening, was introduced to a young
man next morning , went to a pic-nle with him
and brought him back and married him before
supper.
A western paper announces the illness of its
editor, piously adding : "All good paying sub
scribers are requested to mention him in thei
prayers The others need not. as the prayers of
the wicked avail nothing, according to good au
thority."
The Cuban prospect now is brighter than ever
What with the recent success of Quesada,the eon
tinned troubles in Spain, and the seizure of the
Spanish gunboat building in the United States.
the enemies of Cuba are at present in a very an
enviable position.
The manual labor system at Cornell University
works to a charm. One student supports bimsrlf
by cabinet making, another by printing, another
by photography, while some work on the farm
and another who sweeps the rooms and makes
fires has taken the first prize in science and Ger
Questions for young Democrats in Pennsylva
nia : How did your candidate for governor begin
life ? As-a Packer. When did he do his first
packing ? When he packed hu. carpet-bag and
packed off from Connecticut to Pennsylvania
When was bis last packing done T When he pack
ed the Ilarrisburg Convention.
Got- Geary was nominated on the first ballot
by a vote of 125, to 8 for all others. That is th
way the Bepnblieans remember the men who
fought the battles of the flag. The Democracy
remember tbe soldiers In their platforms ; th
Republicans remember the soldiers in their nom
inations. The difference ia preach with practice.
and preach without practice.
Advice Wasted. The New York World
U trying to work out a new Democratic de
parture.and is advising its disciples in Penn
sylvania to form a Democratic Working
men's Party, ou the basis of a return to
specie payments. It might as well save its
wind. The Democracy in Pennsylvania
have negro on the brain ; and although the
Democrats in other States have been elect
ing them to office, the unterrified here are
as much '"fornenst" them as ever. Until
they settle the question of whether a ''Deru
ocrat is equal to a nigger," the World may
stop its preaching.
Wouldn't Havk IT.-Refering to .helP1 BUILDERS A Nil
chairmanship of the Democratic State Ex
ecutive Committee, the Reading Ih'spatcJi
says : "Wallace would gladly have takeu
the chairmanship another term but for the
Registry Law. Wallace told his friend
Charlie Buckalew that the Radical Legisla
ture had blocked his gaine, knocked the
grounds alt out of his coffee-pot, this was
to be an honest campaign and he didn't
want' anything to do with any such a 'd d
Radical arrangement," and positively insis
ted upon being superceded as chairman."
When Temperance men make nomina
tions for political offices, independent of po
litical parties, they simply play int3 the
bands of the rum sucking, baer drinking,
whiskey-swilling Democracy. By directing
votes from Republican candidates, they aid
in placing in power men pledged to the sup
port of the liquor tiffiac. in all its hideous
ramifications.
Lancaster county proposes to establih a
free college, so as to give every boy born or
settled within her borders a first class edu
cation. It is a glorious and magniQccnt
idea, worthy the noble Republicans of old
Lancaster.
Kentucky is rapidly approachirg the
verge of civilization. . About twenty Uniou
men have been elected to the Legislature.
A'(vrtrmentx set ttp in farg typyv omt of plain
tttU,totU b charged doubt usual rates. JVotutx
A DMIXISTRATORS; NOTICE. Let
ters of Administration on the estate of
Henry Irwin, iate of Lawrence township, dee d,
having been granted to the undersigned, notice is
hereoy given tbat all persons indebted to said es
tate are required to make immediate payment,
and tb one having jluiins against the same will
resent tticiu, nruperly auttientieated, for settle
ment, to JilHN SAXKKY.
AIAKY IltWIN.
Aug. II, 18K9-3tp. Administrators.
J.
K R A T Z R
Is receiving new goods
r-el Is choice groceries
Has a full stock of dry goods
Receives goods every week
Buys all his goods for cash
Can afford to sell them cheap
Has the beift cook stoves
Warrants bis boots and shoes
Keep all kinds of leather
Lxi'hanges lor produce
Is closing out summer goods
Wants all kind of grain
Peliver goods free of charge
Will buy you anything
Keeps everything
iiis store isopposite the Jail.
Clearfield, August II, IS6u-Im.
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
AT Pi: IV ATE SALE.
The undersigned offers at private sale the nn.
divided one half, or the whole of the Bald Hill.
Property, in (Jirard township, Clearfield co.. Pa
Said property contains about FIFTbEN II UN-
DRKD ACHES of land, well timbered with Pine.
Hemlock and Oak. A good STEAM SAW MILL,
fifty horse power, with capacity to cut 20.00U feet
per day, is erected thereon. Also, a Pi.-kct. Shin
gle and Lath Mill coniteoted Ihe machinery is
comparatively new and in good order.
Persona wishing to purchase can receive fur
ther information in reeard to price, te , rv call
ing on JOHN li. FL'LFORD, Clearfield, Penn'a ,
ALEX. IRVIN, on the premises, or the under
signed.
Aug. 11, 136'J-3tn. JA.KfcS lriVl.N,Sen.
AGRICULTURAL FAIR.
The '-Clearfield County Agricultural Society"
have determined not to hold a regular Fair this
year, for tbe reason, mainly, that notice haa not
been given in proper time to have the necessary
preparations made. It has been determined.how-
ever, to ho'd a Fair on the old around, near tbe
Borough of Clearfield, on WEDNESDAY,
THURSDA V 4- FRIDAY, te 14rA, 15rA and
16(4 ofay of October, A. D. lH70,and for the pur
pose of affording tbe farmer an opportunity of
preparing, and making it an object to improve
and exhibit fall crops to be put in the ground
this year, the following premiums a: eo Acred
forthe exhibition of 1370. viz:
Best 2 acres of WinterWbe.it, 5.1(1 00
Best bushel of Winter Wheat, 4 00
Best i acres of Rye, 20 00
Best bushel of Bye, 3 00
Best 2 acres of Oats, 0"0
Best 2 acres ef Buckwheat, 8 00
Best 2 acres of Corn. 2(1 00
Best 1 acre of Clover Seed, 8 00
Bast 1 bu.-hel of Potatoes, 3 00
Best i bushel of Timothy Seed, 2 00
The above premiums will be paid to the per.
sons to whom competent Judges shall award
them. The entire premium list will be published
soon, for tbe Fair next year, in the hope tbat many
may be induced to compete for tbe premiums.
and thus encourage a good cause.
The Society have also determined te open the
Fair ground on Friday, the 15th day of October
ISS9, at 12 o'clock, M., for tbe purpose of a trot
ting match on the track for a citizen purse of
$50 best 3 in 5. in single harness, to trot against
time. Open to all horses owned in the county at
least to days previous. The grounds will be open
from I to & o'clock, P M Admittance 26 cents to
all persons. Persons desiring to enter their hor
ses to compete for the pane ean do so by giving
notice, either in person or by writing, to tbe See
retary, and by the payment of an entrance fee of
32 00.
It is hoped tbat township organisations will be
got up in the mean time, in the different town
ships, and that a greater interest may be mani
fested in the eause of Agriculture. Meetings and
discussions will do much good. If requested the
t-ociety will send speakers to meet any of tbe or
ganisations once or twice, with a view of encour
aging and promoting home discussions
G. R. BARRETT, President.
A. W. Graham, Secretary.
Clearfield, Pa., August 11, 1869.
"VTOTICK. All persons indebted to the subscri
j-i oer, are requested to come and settle with
out aeiay. K. MOSSOP.
SALT' SALT!: A prime article of ground a
urn salt, putcp in patent sacas. for saleebea
at the steie of
R. MOSSOt
PLASTER the cheapest in the county, at
May 29 '67. MOSSOP-8.
NAILS SPIKES the cheapest fntbeecunty
at MOSSOP'S
OIL CLOTH S, at greatly reduced prices, at
May 13, -69. ' MOSaOP'S.
W. H. AKM8TBOSO.
"Liaa.
A KMSTRON. LINN. ATToax,v,- U
William mnrt T . . I r -
iamstmrt- I.i.nn,;.. p ..... ,
legal business entrusted to them will beea.f,n
and promptly attended to. I 0 s 4 l "
D R-
B,
C L A It K'
CELCBRATEO
FEMALE PILLs.
vok a a La ar
Boyer 1 Shaw and IiarUwkk A lr;n
Clearfield, Pa.
Aug 4.119-ly Kelail Price. Sl.iO per packj.
MECHANICS.
Eealed proposals for erecting the work and fa.
nisbing the different kinds uf material to be
in the construction of a new Prison, with So err
residence attached for Clearfield county, l'eun '
will be received at the Commissioner's (-ffi.. ,'
Clearfield, until Wednesday, the Zth dav ot 43.
gust, inst., where p'ans and specifications cn
examined at any time.
Bids will be received for the whole contrt
well as for the different hranebes ef tfce work tlI
Excavation. Musonry and Stone Work.Brk k Wuri
Carpentry. Cast Iron. Wrought Iron. P!jtrju.'
Painting and Glazing. Plumbing and lN-lraulics'
Heating and Ventilation, Mating, iirjrt'
Locks, sc.. and Tin Work.
For further particulars apply at the faid ittct
The Arcbitcst will be present the dav hefurt
the letting to give any necessary explauaiiou.
Attest: HKXRYSTONK
G. II tiuoDLAinxn. OTHELLO SMKAl)
Clerk. S. li. SUAPFSkH.'
Comm'ra Office. 1 Cmic'ri
August 4. ISfitf.
T 1ST OF JURORS drawn for ScrteuiUr
Term, li6'.:
GRASS b JURORS.
Philip Dotts. Bcccaria.
Samuel Shoff.
Jobn W. Kylrr, Bogg.
James Zigler, Brady.
Kb M M asters, Burnside
L. Laporte.CurecnT'is
Record B ration limiuji
John Witherow.
John M Munay, -Reuben
Caldwell. -R
S. Carr. Lawrnr
Miles Read.
George Thorn. "
Wm. L Merrell, Morrii,
Austin Flegnl.
W m. m eMover.
MaUbew Irvin,
A. Curry,
J as. Curry. Jr . Chest.
John ''r.iue Decatur
R. fhowalter.
! Jo
J W
hn B Kvler.
Jastfhug.rt, W. C. Ueover,
Penn.
TRAVKKHK Jf RUR f Fl RST WEEK.
U B. Wright, Bcccaria, ! Charles Mignot. liiraM
tip I . I n. , ...
i.l.uii. - . 1 . w . r ort-ey uraiinui
Theodore Weld.
Hiram Hummel. tiulicc.
Jacob Cauipbell.
Bell
George Spanker.
Wm. Williams, Jordan,
Robt Patterson.
J W M'Garvy.Kartltuai
Win Cathcart. ki'iox.
Alex Antes. Lawreucv,
W.P Fullertou, -
Vm.Mupe,
S B Taylcr. . "
R. M'Pberson,
N.Rishel,
Clark Brown. 4-
Wm leinnejr, Morris,
John llavia, -
G R Dillon.
Robt Dougherty. -
Job u R vers. N.Wu.h,
.W.a!lghr.
C R. Boalich. 'Veola,
J . A.BIattenlerger."
John Lawshe,
Patrick Daily. Prm,
John Wiilemire.
J. R. AinoM. Tcion,
g. w.st.tff. v..ojira,
W B Alexander. -Jaoob
KeoJ,
UanJ M Crackcn. -A
lien Cross, Boggs.
Alger'n Holden. Bloom
Henry Kylrr. Bradford,
l'aniel Stewart, -Scott
Flegal.
Jacob Kuuiz. Brady.
H. Uartafelt. Jr., "
Chaa Scbweru. ia
Wm Schwem. "
George Kllingcr,
I. I). Kitchen. Burnside,
Jonathan Fry. Cbest,
Benj Klinger.
Jonathan Koland. "
J. B.Pickard. Covington
" L. Reed. Clearfield.
K. A. Graham, "
R. A Mi.vb.eil, "
Win Porter, u
Joseph Goes, Decatur,
Hani Koozer. Fereunon,
W. T. M Corkle.Girard.
Nich Russelot,
K Spackuiau,
Fred Irwin, "
THAVERSt JLROKS SECOND WKH.
Samuel Powell. Beecaria 1 Tho Leonard, t-iranl.
Arthur Bell. Bell G W.Nurchoo.l.'iraLjn
Pat Gallagher.
.I.ia l.inAa Jr .
Boggs I Armine Nevlii.g liu'ieri
Brady, j David Tyler, liuio.
Alex I'unlap. - Sylvester liunt.
John Hint;. Burn.ide,
-lohu Thouii"ii Ji.rtlun
Win. Elder, Kort'i.u-,
Junius Cuthrart. Kd.-i.
J. Dougherty. I.awrmc
M. L Gulirh.
W. M"ul!ot!gh.
L. C. Bloom,
J. B. Fertruaon. L City,
Joseph Biii'cj, 1'ite,
II. K. Bailey. I iii-i..
T. Hampton, Wusdnari
Win. Kline.
John Wolf,
Jobn Mehauy.
Alfred Straw. Chest.
C. S Worrall,
K P. M Maatejs '
J. M Adums Clearfield
Henry Parka. u
C. B Sand ford.
D. F. Coplin. Decatur
Stephen Kepbart, -
. It Morgan. "
Luther Barret. Forgusou
C Ferguson.
TX THE COURT of Common Tie., of
Clearfield county :
ARRISOX & ODELL,t.al.,)Xo Ml March T
v S 1A(V.
JOHN Tl'RLKY. ) For n Attachment
Now. 28th June. ISA9. T. J M'Culleush. laril
Krehs. and Wm. H M'Cullouch, rc-itui
Trustees, aacording to the provisions of the set
of assembly: Bv tbs Court.
Notice is hereby e. ven.lv tbe undersigned in
reside in tbe Borough of Clear 5eld. uf their ap
pointment as above stated, and all persoai in
debted to the said John Turieyf or holding prp
erty belonging to him. are required to ny an-1
deliver all such sums of money and property dci
and beSongmg to him, to tbe undersigned 1 rui ec.
and all creditors are requested to present their
respective accounts and demands.
T j M'crMtrsn,
DAVE L KltEBs.
W. M. M ClLL'H tSn.
July 21, 1P9. Tnmees.
TNT THE COURT of Common Ilea,
Clearfield county :
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
No. 118 March T. 'tl
Foreign Attachmtct
OF CLEARFIELD, bt. al..
GEORGE W.SHIMMEL.
Now. 28th June. 1869,
T1..M I. Lrabl.T 1-
M'Colfough, and W:m. m'. M'CulIough. appoiJ
Trustees, according to the provisions of tbs e'
1 I. ihm Ponrt.
ACB1U1J. . J -
Notice is hereby given.by the uedar'(rned !
reside in the Borough of Clearfield of their p
pointment as above stated, snd all personi in
debted to the said George W. Shhumel. or ho.dii-1
property belonging to bim. are required to I'".'
and deliver all such sums of money and proprty
due and belonging to said defendant, to "
dersigned Trustees, and all creditors are deiirM
to present their respective account or deaiatH
T. J. MXL'LUirGH,
DAVE L. KREBS.
W.M. M CILLol t.H.
July 21.'68-4t. Jf?-
R E M 0 A L.
HARTSWICiv IUWIS,
DRUGGISTS,
Market St, Clearfield, V.
We beg leave to inform our old and ne ;
me.-. tbat we have removed our estnb!i.sm
the new bnildingjust erected on SI -
nearly adjoining the Mansion Uou on tfi
and opposite Graham Sons' store, wbers
apectfully invite tbe public to come and oJ
DRUGS, CHEMICALS, PATEXT XEbl-
CINES, OILS. PAINTS It VAttXlH
Oor atock of Drugs and Mediainescon't of ""J
thing used, selected with the greatest care
WARRANTED STRICTLY
We also keep a lull stock of Dyes p,'T.fa?'!
Toilet articlea-Soaps. Tooth Brushes. !.
es. Whitewash Brushes, and every other
Brushes. We have a la ge lot of
White Lead, Turpentine
Flaxseed Oil, Paints, and in fact rJb'.?
in the painting business, which we '
prices to cash ouyers.
TOBACCO AXD SEGlK.
Contectionery. Spices, and the Iar !
rietiea ever offered in this place, and
to be of tbe best tte market 'rT;;u;icK.
Dee. 2. 1863. JPU?" F. IRWI'-J.-
M
TJSICAL GOODS.vJulins 4ntea "'."',ring,.
accord eons, Haliaa.. strings. gu'; r
clarionet reeds, music paper, irwira i
for sale by J. P. KRATZER,agat for rian
organs. Jannary;
GROUND ANJ UNOROUSD fPICfj
English Currants, Essence Conee.au
gar ot the best quality, fr ale br wlS
Jan. 10. - UA.aTaVirK f. t
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