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CLEARFIELD, PA.. AUG. 18, 18f9.
SEPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
fob ootbbhob:
JOHBT W. GEAEY, of Cumberland co.
FOR JTJDttB OF BOPRBBB COURT:
TTETTRY W. WILLIAMS, of AUesbeny.co.
Accounted Foe. It turns out that Sen
ator Sprauge's mother is a spiritualist.
Thus the crack in his craniuja is accounted
for he-inherits it. -,.'
SNAKKS. A recent letter from Tennes
see reported a nhower of snaVes. They
were evidently 'Copperheads' as shown by
the result of the e'ection.
' A Correct Answer. To the quest' n
"Who is Tershing?' the Wilmington Cm
mercial angers, "The Democratic party
with its eye (i) knocked out." t
Ixcriasj.d Majoritt. The Republi
can majority in Alabama, at the elections
last week for Congressmen and Legislature,
foots ud more than 10.000. Last fall the
State only gave 4,000 for Grant.
A Nigger Candidate. We have the
authority of the Ilarrisburg Patriot, for
acmrr thut the neirroes of the town ol
Joneeboro, Tenn., nominated Andy John
son as their candidate for President.
A Subject of Lamentation. reaches
and ootatocs are selling iu New Wk at fifty
cents per bushel. And still the Democrats
mourn ! If the tax were removed from
. whiskey, their grief would speedily be "dis
sipated. .
Democracy. Emeron Etheridpe, de
feat 2d for governor of Tennessee in the eon
4ec t with Brownlow, now advocates repudi
ating the State debt contracted during the
administration of his successful riyaL A
very poor way of venting sr its.
The Twextt Millions Goi.vg. Packer
has been induced to start a daily paper in
Luzerne county, called the "Daily Lueernc
Uuion," to advocate his election. So goes
a part of the twenty millions. Fat picking
5s Facker, for needy politician'!.
Gone Back. Since Rooecrans declined
their nomination the indignant Democrats of
Ohio say, "we'll, he never was anything but
u, d d Lincoln hireling." Yet they were
willing to swallow hitn, brass buttons and
all. What a jewel is Democracy !
IIow is it done? Many persons would
like to know how Packer nianaeed to get
r.5e.osed and taxed in Philadelphia, and
voted there, when he and his family resided
in Mauch Chunk, and have done so for the
last twenty years. Let us have light.
"Niggers" TO Vote. Senter says em
phatically that in Tennessee equal civil and
political rights shall be guaranteed to all
without reference to race or color. Will
UiOae who claim his election as a Democrat
ic victory pica.- accept the situation ?
Will Lie. The Democratic organs' are
circulating a story that Governor Geary has
pard6ned a negro convicted of rape. There
i i not one word of truth in it. It is a lie
manufactured out of the whole cloth a
liiean, malicious copperhead falsehood.
Eight Millions Per Month. This is
the average reduction of the National Debt
under Grants administration. The rebel
politicians can find no loop-hole to under
line this statement. It is more potent
than all their talk about extravagance, and
prodigality.
Dead op Course. Brick Pomeroy was
recently presented with an eagle. But the
bird of iteedom could not live in the Potne
ry atmosphere. It died, as everything
l) il-Ie and free.mustdie under the blighting,
withering, contaminating touch of modern
"Democracy."
The National Debt. The rapid reduc
tion of our National Debt astonishes the
world. The caiiitalists of Europe are sur
prised, and in consequence our National
Bonds have risen iu the European markets
more rapidly than was ever before known in
the history of any country.
Trouble Ahead. In the home county
of Asa Packer "where his possessions lie,"
there is serious trouble in the rebel camp,
all about who shall handle the money to lie
lavishly dispent-ed by their candidate for
Governor. The fight is a Litter one, and
bids fair to illustrate the results of "rogues
falling out."
Ocean Telegraph. Oecan cables are all
the rage now. We learn of a project to lay
another one between Europe and America
with Denmark and Canada as the termini,
and of another to submerge one along the
cot of Asia. The latter is an enterprise
started in this country, but in which a num
ber of English capitalists are interested.
A Lamb for the Slaughter. Geo. H.
Pendleton has been nominated, by the Dem
ocratic State Committee of Ohio, for Gov
ernor, Rosecrans having "thrown up the
sponge" in justice to his "creditors" aud
hh ''family." Poor "young Greenbacks !"
Ha is selected for the sacrifice, we suppose,
"because he is used to it." He will be as
t a lly licked as Vallandipham. The treat
"Repndiator" will be repudia d by an
overwhelming majority.
Hon. Jeremiah Nichols. Oo Thurs
day last, Hon. Jeremiah Nichols, a promi
nent politician, died at his residence in
Philadelphia, ne was in the State Senate
from 1861 to 1866, and was firm and ar
dent supporter of the Government during
the war. His loss will he severely felt by
our friends in Philadelphia.
Going Down. L. A. Maekey, defeated
last fall by W. n. Armstrong for Congress,
ii the Clinton countj member of the Demo
cratic State Committee. Thns he fellows
in the walks of Pendleton ard Packer, going
down, down, lower and lower into the mire
of Democracy, until he will soon be over
whelmed with its meanness, stench and
putridity.
True. Verily. "The duties which are
deemed sacred to my creditors and my fam
ily," says Rosecrans, "prevent my accept
ance of the nomination." Precisely . so.
How could a man who has any regard for
his creditors, suffer himself to be a repudia
tion can lidate ; and if he did so, how could
his family ever survive the disgrace? No
wonder he declined their nomination. ? '
New Office. The Pcnasylvania Rail
road Company are building an additional
office in Philadelphia. Some idea may be
formed of its magnitude when we state that
it has a front of ninety-eicht feet on Fourth
street by a depth of one hundred and seven
ty five feet ea.tward. connecting with the
rear of the immense building of the Compa
n . . m i mi
ny ironting on xniru street, lue new
office will be four stories high.
TllE Louisville Courier- Journal is willing
to see Andy Johnson elected United States
Senator because it would "annoy the Radi
cals." It strikes us that in the end the
Democrats would be annoyed most. He is
about the worst public man in the country
and for his behavior they, not the Radicals,
would be responsible. It is in this light we
fancy, that Democrats are coming to view
the question of the Tennessee Senatorship,
Rosecrans declined the Ohio nomination
because he thought hi? "creditors" would
not like it. We suppose he meant by this
that the demands on the purse of a Demo
cratic candidate for office are bo great as to
constitute a perilous drain on his resources
I 1 t , 1 , mt
uniess ue ne an exceedingly ncn man. 1 Ins
difficulty it is needless to say was not in the
way of our Democratic Gubernatorial can
didate's acceptance. But why could not
Packer he'p Rosy through?
Railroad Extension. It is stated that
the new railway-line from the Allegheny
alley road, at the mouth of Mahonin
creek to Driftwood, on the Philadelphia
and Erie road, is to bo con Jtrueted by thefiit
named corporation, the Pennsylvania Rail
road endorsing $3,000,000 of its sureties to
be appropriated to building the road east
ward from Brookvillc. It is also understood
that the work is to be put in hand at once,
to be finished within two years.
A. J. Repudiated. The TennesseeDem
ocratic papers are curiously silent about
Andrew Johnson's chan. es for the United
States Senatorship. They evidently think
that glitering prize has been won for a man
of their own school, and do not' think his
Accidency would be half so much of a lion
in the Senate as he believes he is. The
Republican majority in that body is so as
sured that A. J's presence would only bo
useful in giving him an occasional opportu
nity to make hit .staple speech and to air
his threadbare theories.
Pomerot Outdone. Brick rorocroy
must yield the palm as national blackguard
to the editor of the "Memphis Avalanche,"
who thus demolishes ex-Secretary Stanton's
last hope of honorable mention in his tour :
"He is the murderous two lepsed hyena,
every fiber of whose vile carcass is saturated
with gore, his jaws dripping with crimson
froth, reeking with the blood of half a mil
lion fellow beings sacrificed to the Moloohs
of hellish ambition, fanaticism and hate."
What an eloquent and splendid specimen
of reconstruction ?
An Upright Judge. A Copperhead
judge in New York by the name of Mc-
Cunn immagines that his dignity has been
assailed and threatens war against the Uni
ted States. A criminal from Texas was
brought before him for a hearing. Here
leased him for want of jurisdition. The
President sent orders for his retention by
United States authority. He is retained,
and this: is the contempt for which war is
waged. New York is given to sensations,
but this is the cheapest and most farcical
yet brought upon the boards.
A Carpkt Bagger. Mr. liouis Dent,
who asks the "National Union Republican"
nomination for Governor of Mississippi, is
called by the Albany Evening Journal "a
most unmistakable carpet-bagger, whose
only claim to that or any other office con
sists in the fact that President Grant mar
ried his sister. By thus promoting a mem
ber of the family, the leaders are foolish
enough to suppose that they will secure
sympathy from the administration which
they otherwise could not hope for. They
will probably live long enough to learn their
mistake.
Call Things by their Right Names.
The Lrhigh Register says : When Dr. Cat
tell, the energetic president of Lafayette
College at Laston, souirht assistance from
the'ruen of wealth in this valley to save that
venerable institution from ruin, he appealed
"to Asa Packer, hut got from him no assist
ance. He next applied to Mr. Ario Pardee,
of Haileton, whose generosity immediately
responded by a handsome endowment. The
personal pride of Asa Packer was aroused
upon this, and then he endowed Lehigh
University. Like two men who, while walk
ing along the banks of a stream, heard the
screams of a crowning child in the water;
the 6W man jumped into the water to save
the child, the second one doggedly said, "let
it drown," but piqued and chagrined by the
generous and noble conduct of the first, also
jumped in, and beiag stronger and a better
swimmer than the first, reached the child
before him and saved it. Was it generosity
and uoblenessof character that actuated
him? Call things by their proper names.
f;e gaftmai' goutuaf, kaxfictt,
A noPEFUL Sign. The Democracy of
Ohio, baa lost faith in the "coffeepot" and
other of, their usual secular appliances.
They place their trust, now, in higher
power. Col. I. M. Connell, the candidate
for Attorney General, said, in his ratifica
tion speech: V
"The Lord is on our side, and will go with
us into the campaign, and will bring us into
the promised land of victory."
There is certainly some hope for lraprov-
ment, when a copperneaoU politician, iur
sakea greenbacks, coffee pots', and coloniza
tion, and exhibits such a spirit of devout
piety. We will know after the election,
whether Col. Connell spoke "by authority."
A Bolter. When Hon. George R.' Bar
rett was the regularly nominated Democratic
candidate, in 1855, for President Judge in
the District in which he now presides, Asa
Packer bolted the ticket and supported Bell
the Know Nothing candidate. He also
bolted the nomination of Stephen A. Doug
lass by the Charleston convention, and after
wards helped to nominate Brectenridge.
He is a professional bolter, hence he bolted
his local taxes bylgelting assessed and voting
in Philadelphia, though his actual residence
was in Mauch Chunk. But all his bolting
amounts to nothing with the Democracy, if
they can only "bolt" a goodly share of bis
twenty millions. "That s what a the mat
ter." -' - ' ' ' - ,
Unknown. Everybody want to know,
Democrats included, who Pershing is. He
has been dabbed "Judge" by many of the
Democratic papers, but he never sat oo a
bench of any kind,, sioce he left school, or
attended his last ;Nhow or- camp meeting.
He is no Judge, and was never appointed or
elected to any office save , member of the
Legislature. Whenever he got an impor
tant case, he sent to Huntingdon for Senator
Scott to come up and help him try it. He
is a poor lawyer, having no love for, or pride
in his profession, and is utterly unqualified,
in every respect, for Judge of the Supreme
Court. It is fortunate for the people of the
Commonwealth, that his election is inipos
sible. i
Their Cost. The amount expended on
the government buildings in Washington
from the time the seat of government was
located there to June 30, 18CS, for public
works of every description, including build
ings and works of art, is $37,390,853 0.
The grounds owned by the government in
the District of Columbia amount to 578
acres. These facts are adduced to slow
that the removal project experiences no se
rious obstacle here. Chicago gives notice
that she stands ready to issue bonds to the
extent of $40,000,000, to construct govern
ment buildings there, in case St. Louis hes
itates to come np to the scratch. Really
the thins is becouiinc interesting, if not
serious.
True Patriotism. The dedication of a
"Soldiers' Monument" at Plymouth,Mass.,
which has just taken place, reveals the fact
that the little town sent 836 men to war, of
whom 72 fell upon the field of honor. This
was the rcponso which Plymouth made to
the calumnious estimate of the Puritan
character by Southern orators and newspa
pers. This was the evidence wlich the Old
Colony gave of the existence of a chivalry
within her borders quite as true as if her
original settlers had not sung long psalms,
made long prayers, and listend to long ser
mons. Perhaps the real cavaliers of the
South, if they have any of the honor which
they claim, will scud us fewer of these sneers
hereafter. "
What he Meant. The dispatch of Gen.
Rosecrans declining the Democratic nomina
tion greatly puzzles the leaders. The Co
lumbus Statesman construes it into an inti
mation that Gen. Rosecrans docs not con
sider himself a citizen of Ohio, and, there
foie declines because of his ineligibility.
That is hardly the construction which the
casual reader would suggest. More to the
purpose would be the following paraphrase :
"Feeling that I should do nothing to lower
my credit with my creditors, or sink me in
the esteem of my family, I cannot accept
your nomination that is 'Your candidate I
cannot be," or this : "I owe it to my cred
itors and my family to engage in business
that will pay ; running for Governor of Ohio
on the Democratic ticket will not pay,thcie
fore, 'Your candidate I can not be.' "
To tiie Point. Says tbo New York
World: "The people of the United States
are plundered of twenty millions of dollars
a year by the tariff on coal, and of twenty-
three millions of dollars a year by the tariff
on iron. Forty-three millions of dollars a
year thus goes straight from the pocketJ of
hard working people iutotho pockets of only
these two classes of monopolists and the
Congressmen who conspire to pass the laws
which authorize the plundering.".
To which responds the Tribune: "One of
the most extensive and successful of those
'monopolists' is Mr. Asa Packer, of Carbon
county, who has amassed twenty millions of
dollars by his operations in coal, etc., and
whom the World is trying to make Governor
of Pennsylvania. We do not charge him
with making this fortune by robbing the
poor, but the World clearly does.. Ought
it not either to stop supporting or stop do
faming him ?"
..II I ' fT.1 Hi, . ww.
I ekcisely co. ine uooa lcmp
lar" takes a moral view ot the Philadelphia
fire, which destroyed 21 ,000 barrels of whis
ky. "Twenty-one thousand barrels of whis
ky," says that Philosophical print, "wilj
amount to over forty millions of drinks-
enough for one general 'treat' all round to
every inhabitant of North America! But
for this fire, said 21,000 barrels of whisky
would in due time have made twenty-two
millions, six hundred and eighty-eight thou
sand drinks estimating only one drunk to
each quart and at a fair calculation, five
hundred thousand fights and other 'onpleas
ant' exercises ; one hundred and twenty
thousnnd police and court cases ; twelve
hundred jobs for grave diggers'; forty-five
thousand commitments to prison ; . one mil
lion dollars worth of patronage for lawyers,
magistrates and prison keepers, and an ag
gregate profit to the retailers of whisky of
about three millions." J
Eighteen or twenty persons were hurled
into eternity last Saturday, on the Ohio riv
er, by the explosion of a steamboat boiler.
No cause is assigned, but the details will
probably give the bid story everything con
sidered sound and taut,and no one to blame.
JcstSo. Some weeks ago the Demo
crats of Urn Commonwealth appeared to be
confident of an easy and conclusive victory in
October. Whether they actually were so
may well be doubted.' All the( facts essen
tial to sustain such exhileration were entire
ly wanting. Besides, it has become " the
habit of the Democrats to seem most san
guine when their1 prospects are the worst, as
was evinced last year down to mid-summer.
But whether the confidence recently mani
fested was real or simulated, it has disappeared-
The whole Democratic host is dol
orous enough. It does not retain sufficient
spirit to make even an interesting contest.
Great Blunder. We observe that in a
number of localities candidates are neminat-
ed on distinctive Temperance ' platforms,
and are to be supported by Temperance men
independent of politics. No greater mis
take could be made. Every Republican
who thus votes, plays into the hands of the
Democratic " party and the Whiskey Ring,
which are identical. He simply proposes
that the Republican party shall retire from
the control of political affairs, and his course
can only be justified by the conviction that
the ascendency ot the Democracy will be
more servicable to the country and to the
cause of temperancev This no honest Re
publican can for a moment believe. Why
then, commit so egregious a blunder as to
withdraw his support from the party and
principles he believes to be right, to waste
it in attempting to accomplish what is im
posible? Ifj.anything is to be gained for the
cause of temperance by voting, it will only
be through supporting and maintaining the
great party of progress, which sympathises
with all human reforms, and steadily ad
vances with the onward and upward march
of public opinion.
Beginning to Tell. The revenue of
Uncle Sam this year is so much larger than
last, that it is beginning to excite uuiversal
comment. . Duiing this month, so far, the
receipts from internal revenue have aver
aged over six hundred thousand dollars a
day. The amount is so much larger, as
compared with last year, that it has gone
beyond the most liberal estimates. When
it is taken into consideration that the price
of everything was higher last year at this
season, than it is this, and that there is a
general complaint ot dullness in business
this month, the situation casts suspicion, to
say the least, upon the powers in posession
a year ago. In one district in Virginia, by
a change of officials, the revenue has nearly
doubled already, and in many other districts
the amounts returned have been largely in
creased, with no indications, so far as busi
ness ii concerned, to warrant more than the
usual returns. Johnson had a semi-Demo
cratic act of officers under him then. If
officers half Democratic, should in the main
return such small revenues, what would be
come of the nation if all were so-called Dem
ocrats? Yet that party asks to be again
placed in power ; and in order to dupe the
intilligent masses, they preach economy and
honesty to secure th prize they covet
IIeavv Contract. The Juniafa Senti
nel, says: Col. J. S. Patterson, Col. J. Y.
Cresswell and Hon. James M. Sellers, have
made a contract with the State of South
Carolina for the construction of the Blue
Ridge Railroad. This road runs from An
derson, South Carolina, to Knoxville, Ten
nessee, a distance of one hundred and nine
- v
ty-eight miles. Thirty-sever, miles from An
derson to MarysTille are completed and in
running order, and thirteen miles from
Knoxville to Marysville are completed and
in running order. A distance of one hun
dred and forty-eight miles is yet to be con
structed and is covered by this contract. It
is very heavy work, as the road crosses the
Blue Ridge. There are ten tunnels one
over five thousand eight hundred feet long.
The contract by these gentlemen includes
grading, masonary, bridging, ties, iron and
everything necessary to make it a first class
road and it is to hi completed in two years.
The cost of the work will exceed nine mil
lions of dollars. Twenty months are needed
to do the tunuehng and grading, and four
months for the superstructure. The com
pany of builders are to advance a million of
dollars before the road advances a dollar,
aud of this million $300,000 are to be de
posited with the road within thirty days af
ter the 1st of August, on forfeit of $50,000.
The October Elections. We invite
attention of the press and people of the
State, without distinction of party, to the
recent radical changes in the election laws.
The Legislature, at its last session, passed
an act eutitled "An act further supplemen
tal to the act relative to the elections of this
Commonwealth," aud it was approved by
the Governor on the 17th day of April last.
The fifteenth section of this act abolished all
spring elections, and required all elections
hereafter to be held on the second Tuesday
of October. That no misapprehension may
exist we here give said section in full, as fol
lows: "Sec. 15. All elections for city, ward,
borough, township and election officers shaU
bercalter be held on the second Tuesday of
October, subject to all the provisions of the
laws regulating the election of such officers
not inconsistent with this act ; the persons
elected to such offices at that timeshall take
their places at the expiration of the terms
of the persons holding the same at the time
of such election; but no election for the
office of assessor or assistant assessor shall
be held under this act, until the year one
thousand eight hundred and seventy." :
Hence, in our judgment, it is the plain
duty of the people at the next October elec
tion, to elect all the city, ward, borough,
township and election officers (except assess
ors), which would have been chosen at the
spring election of I860, had the said act of
17th April, 1869, not been passed. ,
We regard this as a matter of great public
importance, says ""the Telegraph, and take
this method of inviting public attention to
it, hoping our cotemporaries will aid us in
disseminating all needful information on the
subject.
Iga., jUtflUgf
- ; A Little of Erery thing.
.
Comfortable Coffins" are advertised in Bonon-.
Nova Scotia if emigrating to the United States.
One of Burlingame'i fuit is about to marry a
French beauty.
"Spiritual gprightlineM' i the last lynonym
for drunkenness. " '
K fine beer, it is said, ean be brewed from old
boots in Cincinnati.
Definition of pride by a four year old: "Walk
ing with a case when you am lame.
' Seventy stores on Broadway; IT. T., are empty-
High rents sometimes ean't be reached.
It is denied that Senator Morton is in fsvor ot
universal suffrage and universal amnesty.
A Pittsburg girl of e ght years has died from
lockjaw occasioned by the extraction of a-iooth.
The first treasurer of Madison county, Iowa,
kept the funds of the county in his wile's stock
iDg. , : ,
A family of poor people from Virginia arrived
in Indianapolis on Sunday, after having walked
700 mile-.
' The Blair County Agricultural Pair is to be
held in Hollidaysburg on the 2Sth,2th and 30th
of September. "
George Francis Train says "some people call
him a fool." Yes, and he is always ready to re
spond to the call. - '
Stewart's working girls' hotel is to be a first
class one, which will not practice any of the com
mon boardiug boose atew-arta.
From Rosecrans to Pendleton is a greet step.
What ean be impossible to the party that can go
over so much ground with one leapt
Tbe water in the Schuylkill and all its tribu
tary streams is very low, and the entire Schuyl
kill Valley is suffering from dronght.
There is a female prayer meeting in Newbury
port, Massnchusetts,which was organized in 1814.
and has been continued regularly ever since.
A "wicked and adulterons generation seeking
after a sign" may find one en West Randolph St.,
Chicago, that reads, '-Kssh pade for ole rags."
Tbe Roman Catholic parsonage at Ebensburg is
to be raffled off at $2 a ohance, the drawing to
taKe place during the first week ot the next court.
Thomas Beaver, of Danville, not content with
donating S25.000 to Lafayette College, has dona
ted a similar amount to Dickinson College, Car
lisle.
Vanderhilt's daughter teaches her daughters to
mond their own stockings, because, sbe says.
there ia no telline what mav happen in this
country."
Winking at a pretty girl through goggles is like
doing business without having an advertisement
in tbe newspaper. The venture is neither seen
nor appreciated.
A Catholic clergymen in New York has been
arrested for ebuining money under false preten
ces. There are sixty complaints against him
from poor persons.
The editor of the Dayton Ledger says he has
endeavored several times to gel tbe nameof Sam
uel Bowles into his paper, but the perverse com
potitor always got it Bowels.
An eagle recently presented to Brick Pomeroy
is dead. Being the bird of freedom, it eoul I not
breathe the Pomeroy political atmosphere, and
live. If it bad only been a bossard.
Democratic newspapers in Iowa are disputing
about the spelling of the name of one of tbei
candidates. The gentleman's own testimony is
rejected on tbe ground that "he dont know.
He that pursues honor, applause or worldly
reputation, is like the foolish schoolboy running
after tbe butterfly and neglecting bis book : both
meet with disappointment, dissatisfaction and
reproof.
The Nevda Inalans are greatly delighted with
riding on the cars.almost every freight train car
rying from ten to one hundred. The other morn
log one of them fell under the weelsand was eu
to pieces.
A boy in Brookfield. Linn county. Missouri, re
cently found a small bird's nest, which was duly
protected by a one cent revenue stamp, properly
canceled, and thoroughly attached to the nest of
the builder
The amount of money sent through the mails
by postal money order this year foots up thirty
million dollars, against sixteen millions last year,
and it is estimated that the amount will again
double next year.
The Ohio Deinoctats are in a sad plight over
the declination of Rosecrans. If they could only
improvise a twenty millionare now, they could
at least keep up appearances until the first class
whaling takes place ia October.
Harper's Weekly, Harper's Monthly, Leslie's
illustrated paper, the Chimney Corner, New
York Ledger, Saturday Night, and all the other
weekly and monthly literary papers and maga
zines are for sale at the post office.
Washington is alarmed! Her last asseesed val
uation for real estate amounted to some 50,000,
000. This enormous and auspicious valuation
would be cut down at least two-thirds if the St.
Louis speculators could remove the capital.
Tbe Empress Napoleon contemplates visiting
the United States Here will be a chanee for
Mrs Flunkey to eclipse all her former efforts in
the reception and celebration business. Mrs. Eu
genie Napoleon proposes to stop at Saratoga.
The Cubansare Knocking Spaniaids right and
left, and beating them most unmercifully, if Cu
ban news via Washington are to be relied npon.
The capture of a few 400's of the invaders at a
time will soon tell materially on the Spanish
army.
Our regular army is on the decline.in numbers.
There has been very little use for troops since
Grant's inauguration. A reduction of the army
irom forty regiments to twenty-five is to result
in a further saving to our National Treasury of
many millions.
Cincinnati having proposed an excursion of
business men to California. Chiogo responds thus:
'-We do not believe there is 'gumption' enough in
Forkopolis to send a commercial excursion to the
Pacific coast, nor is there any business interest
that requires it."
A man passed tlfcrough Allentown the other day.
pushing a wheelbarrow, in which was seated his
wife, unable to walk from rhenmatism, and who
was trundled all the way there from II inois
Two little children of the pair tramped by the
aide of the father the entire distance
Tbe Allentown Democrat cautions the Odd Fel
lows of the State against a person giving the
nameof Rice, who is on a collecting mission, as
he is an arrant impostor. He is about 23 years of
age, of medium size and build. dark complexion,
and tel Is his story in a very pathetic manner.
Since a Republican President has been in the
White Hoofe, tbe revenues from whiskey and to
bacco hare more than doubled. How would the
matter stand to day, had Seymour and his elan
been placed in power? Let the intelligent man,
who has examined "current history," judge for
himself.
We do not hear of so much scalping on the
plains since tbe Republican policy has been car
ried out. The effect of the nw policy of the
Government toward the Indians eannot now be
appreciated, but enough is already known to
make a further economy in that direction that
must be estimated by millions
Tbe sleeping girl of Kentucky is dead. For 14
years. Miss Susan Caroline Godsey, residing near
Hickman. Slept never waking for more thaa 15
minutes at a time. On the 14th ult., she prophe
eied that there would be an eclipse on the 7th of
August.that the sun would never shine as bright
ly as before, and that the world would soon come
to an and, and then sbe died. ,
18, 1860.
Disgraceful Hangiso.' The detail? of
the execution of Charles Orme, sentenced
to death by Judge Barrett, for the Brodhead
murder, are of the most revolting character.
The prisoner and the Sheriff ' wrangled on
the scaffold, Orme charging that he had
been ill treated in prison, and the official de
nying the charge. The machinery of death
was so badly arranged that the rope broke,
and the prisoner fell stunned to the ground.
Orme struggled for his life whilst the new
noose was being prepared, and when the
second attempt to kill was tried, it was done
so bnnglingly that the man straggled n'o-
lently for fifteen minute and was not dead
until twenty-five minutes had elapsed from
the time he was swung off. The affair Is
represented by those who witnessed it as
utterly horrible. It is not elear that the
interests of socisty and considerations of
humanity demand the abrogation of the
death penalty, but it is clear that civiliza
tion and humanity are outraged by the sav
age and careless manner in which it is often
inflicted. Neither the laws of the land or
the feelings of the people justify such an
exhibition as this. - :
51 at; dmttecMttt&
Aiivertwme-Mt tt up ut large ty out of ptatn
etpi,witi be charge aouhle usual rmtee. J0c-ute
CAUTION. All persons are hereby cau
tioned against purchasing or in way
meddling with a NKW VAJON. now in the pos
session of James H. Lucaa, as tbe same belongs to
me aud has only been left with said Lucas oa loan.
sunject to my order. AhtA. itivl..
Bald 111 tie, August 1, ISotf-3t
CAUTION. All persons are hereby rau
tioned against purchasing or meddling
with a certain HLAtlv MAKE, now iu possession
of Jacob L. Clear b art, of Boggs township, as the
same Belongs to me and Has only oeej lett wttn
aaid Gearhart on loan, subject to my order at any
time - . w. I., uyas.
August 18, lSC9-3tp.
("CAUTION. All persons are hereby no-
w tihed not to harbor or employ my bon,
J'i.-ti-u Kiiii-.it. miner, who nas lett the paren
-tal roof without any just cause, and I am there
fore determined to collect all wages that may be
due him and will pay no dents ol bis contracting
unless cempelled by law. JVAU KLVtuU.
frencnville, August 18, IS59-3tp
"T ANTED two competent Teachers to
' ' take charge of the publi
the Borough of Osceola.
public schools iu
High School fiO per month.
Primary School S40 per month
Term five months. Applicants will enclos du
plicates of (Jertiflcate and address. U 11. GOOD
Secretary. or J. A BLATTENBERGER. President
OsceolaMille. Pa. August 1, fit)
"CAUTION. All persons are hereby cau-
tioned against purchasing or l-i auy way
meddling with the following described Dropertv:
line Bay Horse, one Black Horse, one Two horse
v agon, one I able Chain, two tetts Harness and
one pair Twin Sleds, now in possession of David
Cowher, as tbe sinie belong to me and are only
ten witn Sam downer on loon. suhj-ct to my or
aer at any time. I), s 15L liKt-i X.
Osceola Mills, August 13, lSfi9 3tp.
A DMINISTHATORS" NOTICE. Let
ters of Admini.-tration on the estate of
Henry Irwin, late of Lawrence township, dee d
having been granted to tbe undersigned, notice ia
hereby given that all persons indebted to said es
tate are required to ma'te immediate payment,
and those having jlainis against the same will
present them, properly authenticated, for settle
ment. to J'ul.M &A.VKr.i,
MAKY IRWIN.
Aug. II, 189-6tp. Administrators
J.
K It A T Z It
la receiving new goods
Sells choice groceries
lias a lull stock of dry goods
Receives goods everyjwetk
Buys all his goods for cat-h
Can nffuru to sell them cheap
Has tbe best cook stoves
Warrants bis boots and shoes
Keeps ail kinds of leather
Exchanges lor produco
lsclosing'oui summer goods
Wants all kinds of grain
Delivers goods free of charge
Will buy you anything
Keeps everything
Hi store isopposite the .tail.
Cleaifield, August Il,lb6u-lm.
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
. AT PRIVATE SALE.
The undersigned offers at fiTtrate sale the nn
divided one half, or the whole of the Bald Hill,
Property, in Girard township, Clearfield eo., V
Said property contains about FIFTEEN HUN
DRED ACHES of land, well timbered with Pine
Hemlock and Oak. A good STEAM SWV MILL
fifty horse power, with capacity to cut 20,000 feet
per day, is erected thereon. Also, a Fivket.Shin
gle and Lath Mill connected Tbe machinery is
comparatively new ana in gooa order.
Persons wishing to purchase can receive fur
ther information in regard to price. Ac , by call
mg on JUIl.-v 11. ruttUKU, Clearfield, fenn a
ALEX IRVIN, on the premises, or the under
' Aug II, lS9-3tn. JAMES IRVIN, Sen.
AGRICULTURAL FAIR.
i
Tbe "Clearfield County Agricultural Society
bave determined not to hold a regular Fair thi
year, for the reason, mainly, that notice has not
been given in proper time to have tbe necessary
preparations made. It has been determined.how-
ever, toho'd a Fair on the old ground, near th
Borough of Clearfield, on WED JVESIXA Y.
THURSDAY 4 FRIDAY, t. Uth.Mth and
16A daye of October, A. D. 1970,and for the pur
pose of affordieg tbe farmers an opportunity of
preparing, and making it an object to improve
and exhibit fall crops to be put in tbe groun
this year, the following premiums areoffered
forth e exhibition of 1370, vis :
Best 2 acres of Winter Wheat, $.10 00
Best bushel of Winter Wheat, 4 no
Best 2 acres of Rye, 20 00
Best bushel of Rye, 3 00
Best 2 acres of Oats, . 10 00
Best 2 acres cf Buckwheat, ' 8 00
uest Z acres or Torn, 20 00
Beat I acre of Clover Seed, 8 00
Best 1 bushel 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 the Fair next year, in the hope that man
may oe induced to compete for the premiums,
and thus encourage a good cause.
The Society bave also determined ts open th
Fairground on Friday, the 15th day of October.
1369. at 12 o'clock, M , for the purpose of a trot
ting match on the track for a citixens purse of
$50 best 3 in 5, in single harness, to trot against
time. Open to all horses owned in the county at
least 15 days previous. The grounds will be open
from 1 to 5 o'clock, P M Admittance 25 cents to
all persons. Persons desiring to enter their hor
ses to compete for the pure ean do so by giving
notice, either In person or by writiag, to the See
reiary, ana oy tne payment or an entrance fee of
$2 00.
It is hoped that township organisations will be
got up in the mean time, in the different town
ships, and that a greater interest may be mani
rested in the cause of Agrioulture. Meetings and
discussions will do much good. If requested the
Society will send speakers to meet any or the or
ganizations onoe or twiee, with a view of encour
aging and promoting bom discussions
G. R. BARRETT, President.
A. W. GitABis, Secretary.
Clearfield, Pa.. August 11, 1S69.
: nu.,
RMSTROSir LIS 5.
Williamscort. n,;n ,'. Lv-
legal business entrusted to them will be r...r. '?."
nj promptly attended to. Ang 469i " '
D
R.
B. C L
CKLIBBATEB
FEMALE PI L T. v
POS SALE Br
Boyer A Shaw and Hartswick A Irwin
. Clearfield) Pa. 1
Ang,d9-lyl Retail Price, Jl.iO per p
.
pilOPOSALS-TO BUILDERS vn
1 MECHANICS. AXD
Sealed proposals for erecting tbe work acd f.
if bine the different kinds of mn.ri.i , .. '.
n tbe construction of a new Prison aiii. j.
residence stuched for Clearfield county Pe, 4
will be received at the Commissiocer's't r '
uisaiuciu. nuiii neeueauay. toe zsth dav ot
gust, inst., where p'ans aud specification cat
examined at any time.
nids will be received for tbe whole eoatrett i
well as for the different tranches of tte worx Tii
Excavation Masonry and Stone Work .Brie k Wtk
Carpentry. Cat Iron, Wrought Iron. P!a,t.rjc,
rami nrana ,i attnp p nmh n. n . 1
Heating and Ventilation, Slating. H.rdwJ!!'
Locka. 4e, and Tin Work. "arawar,,
For further particulars snolv at th . :
The Architect will be present th. d k.,-....
th
e letting to give any neeessary explanations.
Attest: HEKRr STOMP
G. B. Gooplahdbr. OTIIKM.o SMcn
Clerk, e. H. SHAFFNKH
Comm'rs Cfhje. Conmi ri
August 4 1809. j
T 1ST OF JURORS drawn for ScrtcmW
'IV.rr,, i w;o
. GRAI JURORS..
Philip Dotta. Beccaria, I L. LaBorte.Cnrn.,M.
Samuel Snuff, " Record Bratton (Ir.t,.
.John W. Kvler.. Boggs. i John Wiih
Kb.M'Mastera.Burusicle
ixujcs .igirv rraiiv. .ionn Al Murtrnv.
I Keuben CaldweM.
Wm.Westover. "
It S. Csrr. Lairr.nce,
Miles Head,
George Thorn.
Wm. L Merrell.Muri!
I Austin Fiegvl.
1 John B. Ky!er, "
jW.C.Heover, Ptn.
Matthew Irvin, "
A. uurry. "
Jas. Curry. Jr , Chest
John t rane Decatur.
K. Sbowalter,
Jas Shugart,
TRAUciise jt itoiu rmsT wkek.
H B. Wright, Beccaria. ! Charles Mij-not. Cir..
W.Lull.
Theodore Weld,.
I . II. nreey Grabim.
in ram ilumiaeMielu-h.
Jacob Campbell, Bell.
George Sp.injler '
Win. William. JorJ.a,
Robt Patterson.
J W M'Garvy.Karthiut
Wm Catbcatt. Kt,ei,
Alex Antes. Lawrence,
W P Fullertou,
Win. M apes,
S B Taylcr. "
11. .M'Paoraon, "
N.Ki.hel. '
Clark Brown. "
Wm Doinney, Morris,
John Davis,
G R Dillon,
Rcbt Dougherty,
John Bvers. X. Wtsh
G.W.iJa!lathjr.
C R. Konlk-n. 0-Iii
J . A .Btatteiiberg-r.-
John Law-he, v
Patrick Daily ft-i,
John Widrmire, -J.
R Arnold. Cnion,
'?. W. Shoff. Wnodea-ii,
W B. Al-iasuer,
Jacob i.e.d,
David M'Craeken.
A lien Cross, Boggs.
Alger'n Holden. Bloom
Henry Kyler. Bradford.
Daniel Stewart, '
Scott FlegHl.
Jacob Kunts. Erady.
H. Hartsf.lt. Jr.,
('has Rchwera, "
W m Sch sen ,
lleore Kllinger, "
U. 1. kitcrtcu.Uurnside.
Jonathan Fry, Chest.
Beni Klinger. "
Jonathan Kolaml. "
B.Pickard-Covington
G. L. P.eed, Clearhell.
E. A. Graham, "
It. A Miteheil, " v
Wm Porter, "
Joseph Gosa. Decatur,
Paul Kooser. rereuson.
W. T. MTerkle.wirard.
Xicb Russelot,
A ."-pact1 man,
Fred Irwin, "
TRAvmst jurors secoxd trtrr.
Psmnel Powell.Beccaria I Thos Leonard. Girard
Arthur Bell. 1111 G W.Xarho',l.lrk-i
I at tiallagher.
Jos Lines. Jr ,
Alex Dnulap,
B-gs Arm in- N'rrlinj fju j,
Brady, J lvii Tyler liu-un,
- I Svlves-ir tlunw
onn King. Burnsido,
John '1 hompem Joriaa
Wm. Kliler. Kirlttai,
lames Catbearr. Kaux,
J. Doaaerty.Lawrttir
V. L Guiich.
W. M'Oullengh. -L.
C 'tr,:n,
J. at. Kerguswn. h City,
lotenh Bailer. rita,
II. II. ri!evr I Lit.n.
John Mehffy
Alfred Straw.
Cheat.
C. S Worrell.
E P M'.Mastejs -
J. M Adams.ClearneTd
Henry Parks.
!. I! Sandford. -
D. F. Coplin. Decatur
Stephen Kephart, -
W II .Morgan.
Lather Bnrrei. Ferguson
J C Fergcion.
IT. i!-miitob W-.J-tii
Wie ll.'me.
J.hn tV..:f,
R E M 0 M A L.
HARTSWICK Si IRWIN,
DRUGOISTS,
Marlct St., Qlcarfichl Pa.
We beg leave to inform our old and raw cn
mes, that we hav removed our est.biuLrjif nt to
life new hcitding jn-t ereetud on Mark't atrret,
nearly adji inin ike Mansio:, liotn-e on tiis ut,
and opposite Gr-I.atu A lions' store, whtte e rs
apeetfully invite the public to coine and bur their
DRUGS, CHEMICAL!', FA TEXT TJF.llI-
cixes, oiu pai.ts VM:!sm:s.
Our stock of Drus;s and Medieicescns:rt of ererv
iking used, s leeted with the gixltit cars, sui
WARRANTED STRICTLY ITliF.r
We also keep a full stock of lives Pi-rfumsrii
Toilet articles. Soups. Tooth Hrusnes Il-ir iitnih
es. Whitewash Brushes, and every o;faar kiail f
Brushes. We bave a la g lot of
White Lead, Turpentine,
Flaxseed Oil. Paints, and in fact ererv'hitg "i
in the paiuting business, which we offer at City
prices to cash uuyers.
TOBACCO A.XD SEGAKS,
Confectionery Fpicea. and the largest stork of s
rieties ever offered in this pla'e. and warraattd
to be of the best the market aff rd
J. G HAKT?WI"K.
Dee. 2, 1S6S. JOHN F. IRWIN.
LIFE INSURANCE
COMPARISON.
Advmutagn of the MUTUAL TV.,, ei" the
Rrturn Premium Plen ef
STOCK CO MPAX1ES:
RATES.
Mutual
Plan
.V1 CO
37 30
47 00
59 40
Krt'rn Pr'm
As?. Plan
40 $4(1 65
45 54 20
50 75 50
55 109 35
Dif'rtKre T'trV
uSi.tiun ;o oea
TS 90
4 Sli . '
On the aes named tbe rates of the Sto-k C'"'
pany are from 25 to 84 percent, higher th a
Mutual rates.
BESl'LTS.
Policy for $5,000 at 1 Policy in the Mu:t0
mmm nf 'i ' nn tn ntsrn I V. r-r,..V CM. T t'I
premium plan of Stock , cash, half note. t'r -Companies,
annual pre- I COO.will est in lyc;-
miuin.all cash, S13 50,
!. ineladine is
aud no Dividend to be
made. 1 n cse of dooth
at end of I years, the
Stock Company will pay
the
Am't of Policy $5,000
Return Premium 1.395
terest on note", t',1-'-But
the Mutual Cotr-F-ny
will pay tte
Am 't of Pol iry SIC"
Less Pr'm notes
.395 I ca.n ' -
ia Cash. and 4 dir.af"
Showing that for 1I0 mere Ch P '''
the gain on the Jlutuul plan to the insored n
bar's family is Fifry Per Cent. Should o-
occur at the end ot 5 years, the comparison woa-
Cash p't Stock Co .S 9T 50-p'd to family?''' J
" Mutual- $75 00- "
At the age of 40, tha Mutual rden tor !.
Cash Premium, will yield $9.:0 ; white t be .
plau for2C32 50. Cash Premium, yields 5. . -50.
Showing a gain on the matual pwn or
327 50, and dividend.
IXSCRS TOCR LIFI TX THE
PENN MUTUAL.
OF PHILADELPHIA.
II. B. SWOOPE, Agent,
July 1469 -tf Clearf-eld fa
M. H. ARMITBOSO.