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8. J. BOW, EDtTOB ASOPROrMETOR.
CLEARFIELD, PA., JUNE 1, 187a
. The Assistant Marshal will begin to take
the census sooa. Let everybody " 6 pre
pared to give the information needed.
rinn. Ilenrv D. Foster is a candidate for
tho Democratic Congressional nomination
in the 21st district. Where's Covude?
A Washington report says that five out
of the seven members ut the special postal
telegraph committee favor the e.-fablih-nient,
of a postal telegraph system thruush
out the country.
It is pretty clear that Congre" will pro
vide for a reduction, in some form, of from
thirty to fifty millions in the taies, before
its adjournment. The people will be much
obliged if ii docs.
Four negroes are reported to have voted
the Democratic ticket in Rochester, where
upon they were treated to a cham panne
eupper by the Democracy of that city. Ver
ily, Democracy is progressing.
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An old Indian woman in California, du
ring a recent trance, predicted that the city
of Sau Francisco will be totally destroyed
by an earth quake in 1S73, and its sight be
submerged in water. Ileal estate owners
there are alarmed.
At the recent Republican primary elec
tion in Unioutowo, Fayette county, Ci dar
kies voteJ, much to the chagrin of the De
mocracy of that place, who anticipated the
incorporating of thu new voting element
into the Democratic rank.?.
The New York Democratic repeaters
claim eighty thousand majority as the re
sult of their recent unlawful raids upon the
ballot-boxes. That equals a first class bo fid
robbery, and indicates that political rascali
ty is as respectable iu New York as social
crime.
D. W. Moore, Esq., editor of the Altoona
Daily Sun visited our sanctum on Monday
last. lie is a clever, accommodating gen
tleman; and under his management the Sun
continues to shine daily. Success to it, ex
cept its politics.
One cf the best speeches, and perhaps
the shortest on record, was made by U. S.
Senator Ramsey, of Minnesota, last week,
lie said : "Let U3 quit talking and com
mence voting." Thij, and only thu, was
the speech.
Wooden pavements aro not favorable for
bonfires. Certaiu enthusiastic Democrats,
in New York, bent oa celebratiug their vic
tory by the usual burnt offering of tar bar
rels, managed to set fire to the wooden
pavement in Ea Twenty-fourth street,
which wa consumed for nearly a whole
block; and, as a consequence, some huugiy
Dimmycrat will get a fat j-Vo.
In referring to the probable result in
Kentucky at the coming election, a Demo
cratic paper says "They can poll just as
" many votes as they want to suit any emer
. " gency." Just so. Your recent rascali
ties in New York clearly demonstrate the
truth of your assertion. Your criminal re
sources are always and everywhere equal to
"any emergency."
J. C. Gibbs, a colored man, who deliver
ed the oration at the Fifteenth Amendment
celebration in Jacksonville, Fla., told his
hearers that tho three great elements ol
strength now in their possession arc brain
powers, muscle and the ballot, find that the
three most important things for them to do
to improve, themselves and bless their State
are to live upon their own land, educate
themselves and theit children,- and vote
with the Republican party. A sensible
'nigger,
that.
, The Chicaco 1'ost has a happy knack of
saying good things in the funniest possible
words. What, for instance, could be more
pungent than the following :
"Jeremiah S. Black is making a desper
ate effort to get into good company by rep
resenting that Ed win M. Stanton was a pa
triot and a statesman, and entertained the
same views with regard to the rebellion that
he did. Enjo, he, Black, was also a patri
ot and a statesman. The case of Jeremiah
is a hopeless one. No amount of Black art
will serve to whitewash his rebellion rec
ord." Tell it not in Oath ! Even the Cleveland
Plaindealer, that paper which formerly ha
ted the negro so, which believed that "the
negro had no rights that white men wre
bound to respect," has adopted the policy
of the Chicago Times and Detroit Free
Press, and come out in favor of nouiinating
a colored manfor Congress, hoping thereby
to catch all the colored voters in the dis
trict, and to influence the 700,000 colored
votersf the South to vote for the Demo
cratic candidate for President in 1 872. The
Vlaiiulealer has formally come out in a
.tires-fourth column article in favor of the
nomination of William E. Ambush, the
very respectable barber, for Congress in op
position to Mr. Upson! Last Saturday
mat paper published a letter said to have
been signed by aome seven hundred of the
Democracy asking Mr. Ambush to accept
the nomination for Congress. That gentle
man responded accepting the nomination,
and Mr. A, inay'now be considered fairly
on the track for the Democratic nomination.
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Another Fenian Eaid.
"On Monday, May 23d, the telegraph
flashed throughout the couutiy, with light
niug speed, the news that the Fenians were
on the uiareh to invade Canada. This news
was confirmed on Tuesday, whereupon the
President issued the following proclama
tion :
- iYhereas, It has come to my knowledge
that sundry illegal military enterprises and
expeditions are being set ou foot within the
territory acd jurisdiction of the United
States, with a view to carry ou' the same
from such territory and jurisdiction against
the people aud district of the Dominion of
Canada, within the dominions of her Majes
ty the Queen of the United Kingdom of
Great liritain and Ireland, with whom the
Uuited States re at peace: now, therefore,
1, Ulysses S. Graut, President of the Uni
ted States, do hereby admonish all good
citizens of the Uuited States, aud all per
sons within the territory and jurisdiction of
the United States, asjaiust aiding, counten
ancing, abetting, or taking part in such un
lawful proceedings ; and 1 do hereby warn
all persons that by committing such illegal
acts they will forfeit all right to the protec
tion ot this Government, or to its interfe
rence in tbeir behalf to rescue them from
the consequences of their own acts. And I
do hereby enjoin all officers in the service of
the Uuited States to employ all their lawful
authority and power to prevent and defeat
the aforesaid unlawful proceedings, and to
arrest and bring to justice all persons who
may be engaged therein.
The two objective points for the assem
bling of the Fenians seem to have been
Huntington and Pigeon Hill, from whence
they were to invade Canada in force. Con
flicts took place at each of these points be
tween the advance of the Fenians and some
Dominion militia the Fenians in each case
fleeinir after receiving a volley from the
e-tcmy. Several of the most prominent Fe
nian officers were wounded, several follow
ers killed, and a number taken prisoners.
The present attempt, like the former one,
of invading Canada tvas a complete failure
on the part of the Fenians. As to the cause
of the failure there is a diversity of opinion
Some attribute it to the cowardice of the
men, and others to the inefficiency of the
offk-crs.
U. a. troops are now stationed on tne
frontier to prevent any turther hostile dem
onstration against a peaceable neighbor.
This prompt action on the part of President
Grant, "in obeying the dictates of interna
tional courte.y,- contrasts strangely with the
conduct of the English and Canadian au
thorities during the late rebellion in this
country. Th j course of the President gives
great satisfaction in England, and the au
thorities of that country should hang their
heads in very shame, at this generous con
duet on the part of a country whom they so
lately and so deeply wronged, and which
generosity they can only repay, by settling
the claims which are now held by citizens of
this country against them.
The Fall Elections,
The fall elections this year are to decide
not only the character of tl.e next House of
Representatives, but also, to a certain ex
tent, that of the Senate. Twenty Senators
will be elected by the next State Legisla
tures. The Senators whoso terms expire on
the 4ch of March next are Morrill, of Maine;
Cragin, of Xew Hampshire ; Wilson, of
Massachusetts; Anthony, of Rhode Island;
Cattell, of New Jersey ; Willey, of West
Virginia ; Johnson, of Virginia; Abbott.of
North Carolina ; Robertson, of South Caro
lina; Fowler, of Tcnuessee; Grimes, of
Iowa; Howard, of Michigan; Thayer, of
Nebraska ; Ross, of Kansas ; Yates, of Il
linois; McDonald, of Arkansas ; Revels, of
Mississippi; Williams, oi Oregon ; Harris,
of Louisiana; Warner, of Alabama ; Sauls-
bury, of Delaware ; MeCreery, of Kentucky;
and Norton, of Minnesota. The outgoing
Senators are all Republicans, except Sauls
bury, MeCrecry and Norton. The scat of
Mr. Fowler has already been filled by a Dem
ocrat, and that of Mr. Grimes by a Repub
lican. The Democrats will probably lose
one Senator in Minnesota, and gain in New
Jersey, Oregon, and perhaps one or two
Southern States. In many of the States the
contest will be spirited, for personal as well
as for political reasons.
"There is some sianificance in the great
impetus given to the culture of hemp in
Kentucky. The people in that State seem
to have a prophetic instinct that a great lot
of hanging is yet, or ought to bo doue.
Democratic paper.
That's our opinion, "percisely I" There
are more murderers and assassins in Ken
tucky, who need "hanging," than in any
other locality we know of. But wouldn't
such a process have a tendency to greatly
diminish the Democratic vote ia that State ?
. "Kentucky Bourbon whisky is a liberal
supporter of the best government in the
l- i ' o , 'l1.0 Uvin8tori district, two
thirds of the redetal revenue comes from
the tax on Bourbon wLisky." Democratic
paper.
Well ; wo are clad to know that at last a
way has been devised to secure the volunta
ry support of the Democracy for "the best
government in the world." During the re
bellion they supported the other side.
General Cameron. The Republican
party in Pennsylvania (says the Pittsburg
OixjHiteh) will be represented in the next
State Campaign Committee by the Hon. Si
mon Cameron. No man better fitted for
that position could l.e chosen. Mr f'...
ron is well acquainted with the politics of
me wnoie state, and though well advanced
in life, he possesses more vim than most men
of half his years. As the General, always
enters a campaign to win, we may expect a
lively canvass on the part of his party in
this State the coming fall. The committee
will find before they are long in existence
tint they have one live man on it ; one who
can and will breath. vitality info the whole
body. With Cameron at the helm, the lie
publicans may expect to sweep all before
them at tho next election. The Democrats
might as well now as at any time try to con
ciliate the unwhite vote, nndstop the foolish
cry, this is a white man's country."
The New York Democrat has a special
dispatch from La Crosse which states the
number of lives lost by the recent fire there
. cu m y men, women and children.
it says tne railroad and steamboat managers
are anxious to conceal the number of thoe
burned aud drowned, and that of the crowd
of emigrants on board tho burned steamer
but few were saved. The previous accounts
stated the number of persons burned or
drowned at only two, or at most four.
A Little of Everything.
An empty cart makes a loud noise.
Tho population of Pennsylvania is 3.500,000.
A terriblo bore-the insido of a fifteen inch
gun. ' t
Imprisonment for debt has been abolished in
England.
The best band to accompany a lady vocalist a
husband.
What is everybody doing at the same time?
Growing old.
What harvests of ruin hare grown from un
wholesome reading ?
The green postage stamps are like high spirit
ed boys. They should be licked cautiously.
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Two locomotives on tha Lehigh alley raiirosu
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named tne "rsoe ana --au 'su "j-
five tons.
There are three thousand two hundred and
eighteen employees in the worksheps of Minnea
polis, Minnesota
The Pilatka (Fla ) Herald says most of the win
ter visitors hare gone north, and that many will
return and settle.
The ltcv Charles Waddcll, the first white child
born in Ohio, has Just died, after a long service
as a Methodist preacher.
It ; slated that the Pone is about to create a
new bishoprics: in Pennsylvania, to be known as
the Diocese of Heading.
, It is intimated that Dr. Hammond received a
$1,500 fee for testifying in the McFarlaud trial as
an expert touching insanity.
The appropriation for the support of the army
is 529,267,000 five millions less than the esti
mate and four millions legs than last year.
New Hampshire had a Congressman who used
to open his speo.ib.es with '-Fellow citizens J.
was born in Portsmouth ; I was always born in
Portsmouth."
An exceedingly paternal man, living on Den
nis Lake, Florida, aged eighty-seven, is the fath
er of sixty childrtn, the younzest of whom is
nine months old.
No licenses to sell liquor were granted at the
the last term of tho Jefferson county Court. It is
uncertain whether Brookville will have any li
eensed houses or not.
In a recent lecture Anna Dickinson domanded,
'Why was I born?" A thrill, and tho question
was repeated, when a horrid boy in tho gallery
sung out, '-I give it np."
The Missouri has washed away about thirty
rods of the bauk on tho Iowa side at Cuunci
Bluffs, this spring, and left a correspstiding sand
bank on the Omaha sido.
The fruit crop of New Jersey has passed
through tho critical period of blooming without
harm, and the fruit is well set, so that an abun
dant harvest is anticipated.
The New Tork Democrat says: "McFarland
does nut use sugar in his whisky. He sweetens
it with his wife's love letters and then sells the
letters for more whi.-ky. Verdict not guilty.
Three X'ersons were k il!ed by lightning on Sat
urday in iSeranton, Pa. On tho preceding night
Mr Robert MerriSeld, a son of Judge Merrifield
was also struck by lightning and instantly kit
led.
The champion old man who is in the habit 'of
mowing fifteen tons of hay per diem, baa turned
up thus early in the season in Indiana. They
are getting him organized for tha summer sea
son. What is the matter with tho Democrats, they
keep so quiet" The Fifteenth Amendment
squttk-hed them. Come, make a fight gentlemen;
you'll be more demoralized than you arlready
if you don't.
Governor Geary has gone to West Point in
charge of his son, William L. Geary, and John
Clem, known as the drummer boy of Chiekamau
ga.both o( whom have been appointed to cadet
ships by President Grant.
The Columbus (Ohio) Stat Jofriirtl anxiously
ass us, "If watiT is n bevere, what is to be
done with the beer ?" That is easily answered.
The beer must be put down.
A Virginia Degro cocked a gun and blew down
the muzzle to see if it was loaded. He didn't
stuto bis conclusion, but the bystanders, who saw
his bead fly off, think it was.
Some of tho miners in the Shatnokin region
have agreed to go to wrk at 59 per week for out
side labor, and 510 for inside and f 12 for miners
In oonscquence of this agreement on the part of
tho men, some of the operators there wi';l resume
work.
Fincastla. Va., since the great fire, presents a
saddening aspect. For squ.iTes nothing is to be
seen but blacked ruins, hon.eless chimnoys and
smouldering walls. The Court House stands
alone in the center of theown. All aronnd it lie
the debris of fire.
The northwestern correspondent of the Toronto
Trlrgrxph says that on the day Riell heard that
the Canadian Government were organizing an
expeditionary force for Ked Kivcr, be got help
lessly intoxicated, and swora ho would massacre
every Canadian in the settlement.
The laborers on tho Kansas Pafttfis Railroad
demand that they shall be armed for the protect
ion of their lives and threaten that if their de
mand bo not complied with tkey will seize a pas
senger train and coine in, thus ejecting the pas
rsongersand leaving them to the tender niercicj
of tho savages.
General Jordan, it is said, has writton to the
Cuban Juilta in New York, that he has mot with
little encouragement thus far in Washington, hut
docs not despair of accomplishing something be
fore the close of the session of Congress. Ho at
tributcs-his want of success to false reports having
reached the members of Spanish victories.
Dying words are sometimes strange. A colore
man who died in jail at New Castle, Delaware
toe oiuer uay,saia to his nurse. "You won't
have to wash any more shirts for me;" and an
old man whose feet wore cut off on the Philadel
phia and Now York York Railroad, Wednesday
night, said it '-wo. Id cost him leas tor boots."
There are encouraging assurances that the
ueath penalty is to.be abolished in Holland and
Prussia A similar measure has just been rtjea
ia iu uavaria oy a small majority. Tho agita-
i.uu u, mo (ur.-.ion in tn is country has tempo
rarily given place to moro interesting matters
Dut it is not to die out until its aim is finally
gained.
As a man and his wife resi ling in Keokuk eo.,
Iowa, were returning one day last week from th
luncraiot tne last or their three children, who
had died of scarlet fever, thunder storm enme
up ami just as they were entering the gate of
their desolated house tho lightning struck their
carriage. The man was instantly killed, and
hu wife is now a raving maniac.
Juvenile Teabodys are in bloom at Albany,
New York, and will soma day make a noise in the
world. Tha Argut tells of a little boy, his fa(
besmeared with molases, and his rags fluttering
in the breeze, running up from the river, flour
ishing a dirty shingle, and screaming at the tep
of Lis voice to acomrada : "0, Bill ! get as many
boys and shingles as you can, for there's a big
hegsitof lasses basted on tha pavement busted
all to smash !"
A snobbish traveller at Baltimore, who deman
ded his trunk at the depot beore all others, and
was told by the Irish baggage master that he
must have patienco and wait his turn, turned
upon the baggage master with "Yeu'rean impu
dent dog." To which he of tha trunks rejoined :
"An' faith, ye are a menkey, and its a 'groat pity
that, when we two were tuae bastes, ye wasn't
made an illiphant, so that ye could have yer
blasted trunk under yer nose all the time."
A Heartrending Story
One of the most terrible calamities of its
nature that has happened lately is narrated
by the Austin, Texas, JnurnaL It reads
almost like a romance, as it seems impossible
tor a small stream twenty feet below its banks
to rise with such rapidity as is stated. It
is, nevertheless, a truth that is far strauger
tuan uetion :
"W e Dub'ished. some time since, a brief
and necessarily imperfect account of this
strange and most painful calamity, which
we now correct, with fuller particulars, as
we receive the statement Irom tue lips ot
Urevet Colonel Merriani, Major of the
Twenty-fourth Infantry, who is uow in Aus
tin. Ihe Colouel, after lour years ot mili
tary service on the frontiers ot Kansas, New
Mexico and West Texas, had received leave
of absence, and was journeying with his
wife and child from hi 1 aso to tue lexan
coast.
Thev had reanhpd the head of the Consho
river, and camped for the night on Sunday,
the 24th of April.
The river is formed by the junction of the
rills of waier from several large springs,
which have been dammed into ponds by the
wild beaver, and are well filled with large
fish.
The stream is so small here that a man
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can step across it anywiicre. ino Lianas
were twenty feet above the bed of the water.
Fatigued with the long journey of sixty
eight miles iu the previous twenty-four hours
without water, the party were pleasantly
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resting miuu, eany m mo ci;mi, vjymutt
Merriam was roused by the signs of an ap
proaching storm. The tent was fastened
and made as secure as posible, and about
nine o'clock a hail storm burst upon them,
accompanied by some rain and a strong
wind.
The fall of hail was unprecedented, last-
in? until nearly eleven ; the stones being of
the size ot hens eggs, ana striking tne tent
and prairie with a noise like near and inces
sant musketry.
The Colonel, who was not ignorant of the
sudden and extreme overilows to which the
mountain streams of Texas are liable, went
out into the darkness as soon as the storm
had ceased, to note what effect had been
produced on this rivulet.. To his amaze
ment, he found in the formerly almost dry
bed of the creek, a resistless torrent loaded
and filled with hail, rolling bank full, white as
milk, and silent as a river of oil.
He at once saw the danger and ran back
to the tent, shouting to the escort and ser
vants to turn out. Jle placed Mrs. Mer
riam, the child and nurse, in the carriage,
and with the aid of three men, started to
run with it to the higher ground, a distance
of not sixty yards. Scarcely a minute had
elapsed from tho time the alarm had been
given, but already the water had surged over
the bank in waves ot such volume and force
as to sweep the party from their feet before
tbvy had traversed thirty yards.
The Colonel called for assistance on some
cavarly soldiers, who had just escaped from
the United States mail station near by, but
they were too terroiized to heed or to help.
Colonel Merriam th:;n abandoned the hope
of saving his family in the carriage, and
tried to enter it in order to swim out with
them, but he was swept down the ice-cold
torrent like a bubble. Being an expert swim
tmor, he succeeded in reaching the lank
about two hundred yards below, ana ran
back to renew the enort, when he reccivea
the terrible tidings, that the moment after
he was swept down, the carriage, with all its
precious freight, had turned over and gone
rolling down the flood, his wife saying, as
sho disappeared, ".My darfing husband,
goodbye." The little rill of a few hours be
fore, whkdi a child might step across, had
become a raging river, covered with masses
ofdiilt wood a mile in width ,aud from thirty
to forty feet deep !
The bereaved husband procured a horse
from one of tho cavalry and rode far down
thetorrcnt, but could see nothing in the
darkncs,and hear naught but the wild sounds
of the waves. So passed the long and
wretched night.
Before day the strange and momentary
flood had passed by, and the small stream
shrank to its usual size, and ran in its wont
ed bed. The sad search begnn. Thedrown
ed soldiers and servants, four in number,
were found, and the body of the -wife taken
from the water about three-fourths of a mile
below, and prepared for a journey of fifty
three miles to the post of Concho for tem
poraiy burial. . Not till three days after
was the body of the child found, four miles
down the stream, and a long distance from
its bed. Mrs. Merriani was a lady of Cne
culture and attainments, valed and beloved
by all who knew her. The little girl, not
three years old, was remarkable for the
maturity of her mind and the sweetness of
her disposition.
Tho carriage was drif'ed by the current
about a mile, and lodged in a thicket. The
s'orm and flood are represented as frightful
beyond description. The Beaver ponds
from which the Concho takes its rise'were
so filled with the icy hail, that the catfish
were killed by tho congalation, and were
swept in wagon loads, together with the
myriads ot smaller animals of the plain,
such as rabbits and snakes, all over the
country by the sudden and rushing flood.
Three days after the- storm, when the
party left the Concho, the hail still Jay in
drilts and winrows to the depth of more
than six feet ! A calamity more sad, strange
and tragic it has seldom been our lot to nar
rate, and our deepest sympathies go out to
the father ' and husband thus suddenly
stricken to the heart by the ghastly loss of
all that he held most dear.
As Infernal Crime. The New York
Herald says : "The crime charged against a
man named Lange, a dealer in picCure frames
in this c:ty, is one that snouia give mm pre
eminence in the criminal catalogue for dia-
bolical intent. -He shipped a box in April
last on the New Orleans steamer ana secur
ed an insurance on it of one thousand six
hundred and fiftv dollars, and the box prov
ed to have been prepared .with explosive and
inflammable material, and was only prevent
ed irom burninc the ship by the watchful
ness and activitv of the captain. In the
box were vessels of alcohol, gasoline and
turpentine, and fire was apparently to have
been set to these by a chemical that would
explode with slight friction. The. friction
was provided for by mice shut in a box, who,
in gnawing their way out, were to fire the
train that might have destroyed the ship
and all her company at sea. Here, then, is,
if the eharge prove true, a man who delib
erately contrives that awful calamity, fire on
a ship at sea contrives the possible fright
ful death of twenty or thirty persons to se
cure the small prise of sixteen hundred dol
lars insurance money. He should be tried
by a jury of sea captains and sailors. It is a
remarkable coincidence that this crime was
attempted against thesteanier George Wash
ington, whilo some years since a crime of
the same nature was contrived in the ship
ment of poods on the Mississippi Bteamer
Martha Washington."
President Grant acted wisely in putting a
veto upon the movement of the Wyoming
expedition into the Indian country by the
"Big Horn Mining and Exploring Associa
tion." It is evident from the description of
the organization that it is intended to make
3 formidable raid, which would be certain to
provoke retaliation, and thus open up a new
series of Indian hostilities. Advices from
Washington indicate clearly that a very
strong combination exists in Wyoming hos
tile to the Indians, and. considering the
pending negotiations for peace, the Admin
istration could not do otherwise than put a
stop to the threatened movement.
At last good has come out of Nazareth.
The years have stretched into centuries since '
a scion or. the Kritish royalty has said or
done anything evincing real statesmanship.
The good Queen is a matron highly respect
ed f'or her many domestic virtues. The
(ieorges were blockheads and blackguards.
The 1'rince of Wales is looked upon as a
mere pleasure-seeker, heartless and brain
less. We are not prepared to change our
opinion of him ; but we are glad to chroni
cle one indication of statesmanly sagacity.
According to a London letter writer, he was
recently talking with a Mr. Somebody, who
remarked that the property held by convents
in England was a fair subject for inquiry ;
whereupon Wales replied : "I cannot agree
with you; once an inquiry of that sort is
sanctioned who knows where an inquisition
of the sort will end? Why can't the people
follow the example set them by the Ameri
cans and let each other's religion alone?"
This is an inquiry that shows Ilis Royal Ex
pectancy to be abreast with the spirit of the
age upon the grand subject of religious tol
eration. English Liberals must take heart,
for insignificant as is Crown influence in the
politics of Great Britain, the personal pre
delictions of the prospective King cannot
be looked upon with indifference.
Senator Nye is reported to have delivered
himself as follows ; "When an infuriated
husband pistols some of his friends, on sus
picion, because he is supposed to have se
dueed his wife, or to have been se'duced by
her, it is true heroism to take the conse
quences and be hanged according to law.
This would create genuine sympathy, and
be the highest possible vindication of domes
tic honor. If l)an McFarland were hung
now, I would weep overjiim as a martyr jo
the marriage couch ; but being acquitted he
coes his way, in public estimation, a low,
mean, cowardly, ilrunUen Irishman. It is,
you see, a great wronjr to I)an, and he ought
to feel grieved that he is not banged. Of
course, with his wife unfaithful to him, life
is a desolate blank, a dreary waste, not
worth shucks. And if I were Dan, I be
lieve, as the jurv failed me. I'd bo hang my
self, as Judas Iseariot did, like a gentle
man."
The Boston Traveler, of May 19, says:
"We mentioned, a few days since, that a
member of the liailway Committee had as
sertcd that he had been offered $20,000 to
sii;n the mr.jority bill in favor of the Boston,
llartfurd and Erie KailrOad. The honora
ble gentlemon from Worchester made a full
explanation to his colleagues this morning,
and we give him the benefit of the explana
tion. It was as follows : "I went home the
other night, and, after Harriet and I had
retired, says I, "Harriet, which had you
rather have me do, bring home to you $20,
000 for pin money or an honeFt husband?"
bays she, 1 nomas, an honest husband.
I he committee took an audible action upon
the explanation, but a Quaker vote being
taken, the majority decided that Harriet is
greatly iu danger of losing both."
There has been some misapprehension of
the position of the Administration on the
((UCBti'.n of allowing a portion of the British
expedition to pas through the Sault Stc.
Marie canal, and one of the vessels was re
fused before explicit orders were issued.
The order issued by the President is to al
low all vessels not carrying munitions or
contraband of war a free passage through the
canal. This is precisely the privilege that
is extended to American vessels in passing
through the Welland canal. Information
is at hand that vessels loaded with supplies
for the Winnipeg expedition have already
passed through the canal into Lake Supe-.
rior, m route for the chain of lakes in the
Bed Biver country.
There will soon be a big talk in the national
wigwam, at Waihinston, between the Great
Father and his illustrious sons "Red Cloud,"
"Spotted Tail," "Yellow Hair," "Swift
Bear, ' and other Indian notaouities now
on their wav to the Federal City. Let us
live in the hope that the calumet of peace
will be smoked in cood faith on both sides.
and that most undesirable and horrible of
all conflicts of arms, an Indian war, avoided.
They tell a ridiculous story of a mishap
to a fat man at the recent burnintr ot his
house at Springfield, Massachusetts. Tbo
egress of fatty through the doorwas cut off
hy the names, and a window of narrower
dimensions than the man was the only way
of escape. He put his head out, and into
the embraieof a friend, while another friend
inside used a broom handle to keep him
squirming, by which means he worked his
body through.
An assortment of paper, cards, and en
vc'opes, on hand, and will be printed to or
der at the Journal office.
21 civ Sldccvti.5cmcnt.si.
AdverUxrme.sit set it
tn 0rgtyp,mr out f pfa i n
11 60 charged Uotth! usual
rates, jvgcitts
DM I X ISTB ATOR S X(
ters of Administration on
1 V - r a . 1 i-. .
OTfCE. Let-
on tho estate " of
Richard Ashcraft. late of Burnside townshin.
ueceusea, nr.ving oeen granted to tne undersign
eu. nonce is neretiy given tnat all persons in
debted to said estate are required to m.ike im
mediate payment.and those having claims against
iuo name win presen 1 mem. proporiy aumentica
ted for settlement to ALEX. McILW AIS8,
June 1. 1870-fit. Administrator.
A G II E AT OPFE R
Horace "Waters,
431 Broadway, New York.
will dispose of ONE HUNDREryIANOES, ME-
ijir.'.'.! ina umi ao 01 six nrsr class masers,
including Chickering A Sons, at ixtrbw ilv low
PRICE FOR CASH. DCRISO THIS MONTlt, or will take
from SJ to S25 monthly nntil paid. 4-13-'70-ly.
L O N G EST It 0 0 F
in the Unite! States is on Kinek's Sons' Factory,
Easton, Pa., one third of a mile long and is
covered witn
READY ROOFIXG
CIIBAP, DURABLE and easily applied. Ind
for circular and samples to the manufacturers.
HEADY ROOFING CO,
June 1-ap. 13, y. No. fit Courtland St. N. Y.
I EXECUTOR'S XOTICE. Estate of
J Jos. A. Caldwell, deceased. Whereas,
Letters Testamentary on the estate 01 Joseph A.
Caldwell, late of Piae township, deceased,
have been granted to the undersigned. All per
sons indebted to the said estate are requested to
maKe immediate payment, and those having
claims against the same will present tnera, duly
authenticated, tax settlement
JOHN PATTON.
TUOilAS STIIONS,
Jun. 1.1S79. Executors
WOOL CARDING. The undersigned,
' proprietor of the. Union M ills, in Union
township, Clearfield county, would inform the
public that he ia prepared to card wool, on rea
seuable terras and in a workmanlike manner.
Persons having wool to card should attend to it
inimediatly, as the factory will be closed after
September 1st. Wool intended for carding can
be loft al It. Mossop's or C. Eratzer'a, in Clear
field, and I will take it away and return it whea
carded.
Jane I, 1870. J R- ARNOLD.
WOOL ! WOOL ! !
FIFTYTHOUSAND pounds of WOOL wanted
atThompsen A Co's., where yon can get the best
price for all prodaee, and GOODS as CHEAP as
the CHEAPEST house in this county.
"They don't defy competition," but are prepar
ed to meet it. They are constantly receiving
goods from New York, Philadelphia and Pitts
burg Call and eee their geoe and prices.
6-1-lt Cnrwensvillo, June 1, 1S70.
WEW ADVEBTISEKEWrS.
IAUTION. All persons are hereby cau
'tioned not to purchase a certain promis
sory note, given by D. E. A J. II. Uruhaker. to
Mrs. Susannah Thompson, ot Union township, for
one hundred dollars Sai l note h as been lost or
stolen, and having been paid, we will not pay it
again nniess compelled to ao so oy law.
o l-.il.-p. v. c.oJ. it. unuDAKLn.
MEAT MARKET- -
E. Wrigley Sc Bro.,
Having purchased the shop and fixtures ef W. R.
McPbersen, would inform the citizens of Clear
field and vicinity that they are at all times pre
pared to furnish
FEESH BEEF,
Veal, Mutton, etc.,
at the lowest cash rates to customers.
A liberal share of public patronage is respect
fully solicited
Cash, paid for Cattle, Sheep and Hogs.
ROOM ON MARKET ST.,
Clearfield, Pa., Juna 1. 1870.
'4-TTOW SHALL WE PAINT OCR HOUSES ?"
XI By J.W. Mascut, CI., 220 p., SI .JO. Free
by mail on receipt of price.
Mascrt A WniTOS,
.New York-.
(Ap 13 Sm.
Si") AAA year and expenses to agents to sail
,UUU the celebrated WILSON SEWIMl
MACHINES. Tbo beet machine in the woild.
Stitch alike on both sides. One Machine without
money. For further particulars, address 25 N'.9th
St , Pfail'a. Pa. March 30,'70-3m.
i GREAT OFFER HORACE WATERS, No
j. 4S1 Broadway, New York, will dispose of
One Hundred Pianos, Melodeons and Organs, of
six first class makers, at eitremely low prices for
cash during this month or will take from 5 to $25
monthly until paid. New 7 Octave Pianos for S'-75
and upwards. Sen Organs for $45 and upwards
for cash. Ap 13.'70-ly.
rpEETII ! TEETH 1 !
- Extracted for 25 Cents,
Extracted with the use of Nitrous Oxyd Gas.
and Local Anaesthesia, (the only harmless and
efficient anaesthetics now in use,) by
S. J. Ilnyi, Surgeo Dentist, Curwetuivillr.. Pa.,
Who wiuld hereby most respectfully return his
thanks for the libeial patronage of the past, and
ii.for'm the public that he has removed his Office
to the Corner of State and Loeust Streets, over
Jenkins' Storo, where be is prepared to receive
his customers in newly filled up Rooms, and do
their woik in the most tkilful and workmanlike
msnner All work done in the latest and most
approved styles and guaranteed.
JJr. Hays will te engaget m nis omeo irom ine
1st to th'23d of each month ; the balance of h
month, ha will spend in lilen Hope, Humside,
and l.nthersburg. alternately, rarties residing
at a distance, should write to us previous ot ttoeir
eomtng. Umje nours. trom n to u o cioca, a. .11
and from 1 to o'clock, P. M.
We use none bat the very best material, and
defy competition for beauty, cheapness, aad du
rabilitv Give us a call.
Curwensville, Pa , May 2j, 1b0 -febty.
TOBACCO AND CIGARS.
WHOLESALE AXD RETAIL,
At the New Tobacco and Cigar Store of
. X. M. HOOVER,
Two doors eut of the Postofiice. Clearfield. Pa
Constantly on hand a fine assertment of Navy,
Congress Cavendi'h, Cable. Spunrell,
Michigan and Century Fine-cut
Chewing Tebaccn, e.
Also, a large and well solee'ed stock of Imported
and Domestic Cigars. Smokirg Tobaccos,
Meerschaum and Briar Pipes,
Fipe fixtures, Tobacco
Eoxes, Cigar Holders, and everything gener
fi.und in a we'l regulated Cigar
and Tobacco Store.
fy Remember the place: Two doors east
the Postoffice. Clearfield, Pa. May 23, '70.
of
GHERIFF'SSALE. By virtueof sundry
writs of Venditioni Expnnn issued out
of the Court of Common Pleas of Clearfield coun
tv. and to me directed, there will be exposed to
public sale, at the Conrt House, in the borough of
Clearfiel l, on MOND AY, the 13th DAY OF J t'Nb
1870, at 2 o'clock P.M., the following described
property to wit :
A certain tract ot land situate in Guelich tw..
Clearfield ceuntv. Pa., beginning at a post on the
line of the Sarah McMurtrie survey, thence north
61 deg. east 1 perches to a post," thence south
29 deg. east lfiO perches t i stones, theaco along
line of Thomas Merrgatral south 61 deg West 2o
perehrs to a post on the plank road, thence along
the pUnk road north 20 deg. west 4 perches
north 70 deg. west 4 perohes. north SS deg west
14 perches, north 69 deg west 26 perches, north
62 deg. west 20 perches, north 72 deg. west 8i
perches to a pon,theneo nsrth 29 deg west 6S
perches to white pine stump, thence north 61 deg
east lf,0 perehes to post, thence north 29 deg.
west 1 14 perches to place of beginning, contain
ing 31 1 aeres. more or les?. b -iing same land con
veved to Allemen. Myers A Lovell. by J Fry and
wife anil recorded in Deed Book "B. B." page 474
Ac , at Clearfield, Pa. bsized. taken in execu
tion, and to be sold as the property of Morris
Saycr.
Alio A certain tract of land situate in Brady
twp., Clearfield eounty. Pa., beginning ata whito
oak eorner the nee 1 1 0 perches to post corner of
land sold to Robert Patton. thenee north 132 per
ches to a post, thence east 53 perches to a post,
thence south 20 perches to a post, then !0 east 17
perches to a post, thenco south 112 perches to
place of beginning, being the same land convey
ed from J C. Fuller and wife to W. C. Smith and
(i. W. Canfield by deed recorded in Clearfield,
Pa., in Deed Book "B. B." page 247 Ac. Seized,
taken in execution, and to be sold as the prop
erty of Smith, Curry A Co.
Also By virtue ef a writ of Levmri Fa
cias the f allowing Real Estate, to wit:
All thatxertain h use situated iu Utahville,
Beccaria Township, Clearfield county, Pa., and
bound by lot of , the house being
twenty-four feet in length and sixteen feet in
depth together with ground enough for the ordi
nary use of house. Seised, taken in exeeution,
and to be sold as the property of . I. H. Hyssong.
C. HOWE.
May. 25. '70. Sheriff
TRUSTEE'S SALE.
In the Court of Common Tlcas of Clearfield
County.
First National Bank Clearfield, ) Xo . March T
vs. - 1859 Domestic
G zone. a W. Siiinxp.r.. ) Attachment.
There will be exposed to public sale, at the
Court House, in Clearfield Boroagh, on MONDAY
the I3;h DAY OF JUNE, A. D.ISTO.by virtue of
tne authority in tbem vested as Trustees of the
estate of George W. Shimmel.
All the right title and interest of George W.
Sbimmel.'jr , in that certain tract of land former
ly known as the Peter Gearhsrt farm , upon which
said George W. Shimmel now lives, situate in
Bogzs township, Clearfield county. Pa., described
asi'oliews: Beginning at a white oak corner en
the south west corner of the survey, thence east
by Walbro Frazer and James Crawford survey
236 perches to chestnut; thence north by Charles
Crawford about 110 perches, or. so far till it
comes to the corner of George W. Sbimmcl's pur.
chase ; thence west along his line about 110 per
ches; thence south about 10 perches till it strikes
the line as surveyed off bstween fcele and Warren
and Peter Gearhart a& made by Moses Boggs ;
thence west along that Hue 126 perches to the o d
line between the two surveys; thence by Walbro
Frazer survey south 106 perches to the place of
beginning, containing about lie acres more or
less.
Said FhimmelB interest in sVid land is such as
he has under a purchase by article of agreement
from J. B. M'Enally, dated May 12, 1SB6. in
which among other things there are reserved to
said M'Enally his heirs and assigns out of the
same 10 acres at the eastern end of the tract te
include the saw mill and dam, and all the water
power of the stream Laurel run, and right to raise
the water in the same by a dam or dams and to
use the same Said reservation also includes all
the timber fit for sawing exoeptm hand rod thou
sand feet, and all the stone coal and other valua
ble minerals or substances beneath the surface
with the right to enter and remove the same.
Said described property will be sold subject to
forgoing reservation and the balance of purchase
money due from George W. Sbimmel te J. B
M'Enally.
Money to be paid at confirmation of sale;
TIIO.S. J. McCULLOl'GH,
WM M. MeCCLLOL'GU.
It. L. K.REBS.
Ttustees.
May 23,lS7.-3t.
TO BUrDIEK3 Hail... Glass. Oils TW, r ,
cine Plaster. Lead. Varm.hx 1.1.. c'-
at reduced prices. Opposite the jil" s'
C.JiiUTZr;.
GROCERIES. Old
choice R,o Coffees. Young Hyson. Imperial E V'J
and Japan Teas, Sugar, 5-yrup, Rice. Ca,eralk
xay. Spanr.,11, and Cut f obiocos, and "nnff'J;
Ooveremeht J:i
reduced prices. Opposite the jail'
C. KRATZER.
AGON'S TOR SALU-The m
' ' siznetl has fi.r s.-ilo
of the best and most substantial m.ke whi-hl'li
tie sold low lor casn. Shop on 3d stre.r
Market. Clearfield, Pa. cr
May Zj, ls.O-tt. GKOj). LAMch.
QAUTIOX. All persons are !,eretr ca..-v-t!cned
not to harbor or trust mv- wi'e
Lydia A. Ksnonff. on my account, as I will "5 '
dsots of her contracting she having l.tt tcv'w
and board without just cause or provoettion
Jggs tp. rn-i 3tp.
Jj-MlS KaSol'FF.
For Sale or Ron!.
A two story Store I'snse. with large one siot
ware room in rear 2S by 20 fet of cronnd
situate on Second street. Clearfield. This prnn.
erty is in good repair, and well situatel for a bu
inesx stand. For further particulars ironire of
May .T. '70-tf. I. g. KIVL1K!
""J AUTION. All persons are hereby can-
tioned against purchasing or in anv wav
meddling with tho following property tow in
pessrssiou of Andrew Holt, of Ferguson Uira
ship, to wit : One brindle cow. one cooking stere
three beds and bedding, as the same bilong ta
me, and are subject to my or.l.r.
W B. THOMPSON.
MaySS.lSH -3tp.
MlLLIXER AXD DRESSMAKER.
SIRS. JONES, desires to inform the public tbt
she has opened a Millinery and Dress-making tt
tablishment.on Market St . Clearfield, l'a . lim
ine residence of Mrs. C D. Watson. A share of
public patronage is solicited. One pnei Urm
maker wanted. ilay , IS. 3t.
gMALL PROFITS andQUICK SALES.
HARTSWTCK t IRWIN
are constantly replenishing their stock ef Prep,
Medicines. Ao. School books and Staiioesry,
including the Osgood and National series
ef readers. Also Tobacco and Ci
gars, of the best quality, and at
the lowest prices. Call and see.
ClearScld, Nov 10, 1S69
NEW MARBLE WORKS.
Opposite the Jail.
CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
Monuments. Grecian Tombs. French Cnuctics,
Mantles. Table Tnps. Washing Ranges. iirin
Statuary. Terra Cotta Ware, of everj description,
Head and Foot Stenes. of New and beautiful de
signs, all of which we offer at eity prices, or 2S
percent less than any other establishment in this
county. Having a large experience in tbe l.iui.
sess, we guarantee satisfaction in all ca-es Or
ders thankfully received and promptly filled in
the best workmanlike manner.
S A.GIIRi.Y
Mav 11, 170 -tf Jahzs Wtsi. .igfr.t.
Co-Partnership in Store.
C. A Rorobaugh having assoeiatsi with him
la the Mercantile business, in Lewuville. C!sir
field eounty. Mr. C. R McCracken. solicits a con
tinuance ef the patronage so generously sxitn lej
heretofore
Havrng just retarned trom the eastern citi
thir stoek embi aces a large and varied anrt
mentof Dry Goods, Groceries, lltrdware. Qum?!
ware, and in fact nearly everything uru
al'y kept in a ountry store, which they will sell
at prices to suit the timos.
Country produce taken in ex-hsr.js forgooli
C. A. nuROBAl'tiil.
Mav 1&, "70. tf. C R. McOH ACKE3
EG KSTEIVS NOTICE. -Xotio iher-
l.v civen that the fjll'.w,ns io;-mnti
have been examined and passed ly me aud remain
filed of record in this office for the inspection of
heirs. legatees crcdi.ors.and all orhers in aDywav.
interested and will be presented t- the r.sit Or
phans' Conrt of Cearfield county, to he bell at
the Court House, in the Borough cf .'lcir!i'i
commencing on the .11 .Monday of June, 170 :
Partial account of Samuel llerty. Eiscutor
of Samuel llegarty, sr., late of Woodward tewa
ship, dee'd.
Final account of Henry and Jacob Jlchrwine.
Executor of Conrad Mehrwinc, late of Braiy
Township, dee'd
Final accout of Fre leriek Arnold, AJininitr
torof Peter Arnold. late of Brady town-tip. icc'J.
a. w u;e.
May 1 1. ISTi. Bagger
s
HERIFF'S SALE. By virtueof sundry
writs of Lec.tr i F'lrins issued out
of the Court of Common Pleas of Clear5e!i
county, and to me directed, there will be eipm-d
to public sale, at the Court House, in the bor,.nr,!
ol Clearfield, on MONDAY, tho 6th HAY vf
JUNE. 1S7. at 2 o'clock P. M. the fo'.loeir.;
described property to wit:
A certain building aed lottf ground arpurter
tenint thcre'o situate in the borough of Clesrfield
l'a , on lot No. 26 iu what ia known as i!nsui
addition to sai l borough of Clearfield ard 1oud.
ded east by 4th street, south by lot No 27. wt
by allev. and north by lot No 2', and bein? si
feet front and 150 deep, said home being in froct
on 4ia street 13 feet aad about M feet in dep:h
and built of plank. Seized, taken i eiecatiun,
and to be soli as the property of M. J. A P- V
Furviaree.
Alro All that certain two story frame dial
ling bouse, tituve in the borough of Osceol.
Clearfield county. Pa., on lot No. 149. tojeihtr
with so mach ground as is noeeary ioroidinsry
use of said house, said house is two story higs
and fronting on Stone street 58 feet and U feet
deep. Lot bounded east by Stone street, north
by lot No. 143. west by Decatur adey, and south
by Montgomery alley. Seized, taken in execa
tion, and to be sold as the property of Win. U.
Wallace.
Also By virtue of a writ of Vtndina Erpo
uas, the following Real Estate, to wit:
A certain tract of land situate in Ferguson tp ,
Clearfield county. Pa . bounded and described
follows, to wit : Beginning at a beiulnok corner,
thence by Benjamin Gibbs survey south oD (if
west 230 perches to a post, thence soath 40 a;.
east 16 perches to a post and line of CorneiiuJ
Tubbs. and thenee along line made between them
north oO dee. east 230 serenes to a posi, inru'.w '
John Prissier, snrvcv north 41 deg
reft I M
perches to place of beginning, containing i"
hundred and fourteen acres mure or Ics. aal
being the north-west half of survey in name "f
Mattiias Barton, fceizid, taken in execution, ai.a
to be sold as the property ot Panl White.
Also A certain tract of land situate in Kar
tbaus town. hip. Clearfield county. P.. bouodrl
and described as follows; n the north by 'ac'-'
of Isaao Gaines, on the south east aed we3t rr
lands of McGarvey s. containing six'y-eight icrtj
more or less, and having afout fif'y en of
cleared laud under a good state of cultivation,
with a two tiry log house and a good lug barn,
and good bearing orchard thereun. SeneJ. ta
ken in exeeution, anl to be sold as tie proper.
of Jeremiah Gaines. , ,
Also four certain tracts of land, situate a fol
lows : No. 1. Situate in Bradford township Clear
field eounty, Pa , bejtiuning at a black oak on ttJ
bank ol the Susquehanna river, tbence south '
degrees West 222 perches to a post on Ihe cf?1"
line of survey, thence North 22 degrees H est 1-'
perches to pitch pine comer on the bank of s"'1
river, thence down said river by its several cour
ses and distances about 34.1 perehes to Ine pt e
of beginning, containing one hundred an i six .
twr. .,..1 .!. . and Bavin? tntrfoTi
river, thence-North 6S degrees West j perch""
a post, thenee South-east 60 perches to 1 P"
thence North east 56 perches to the river, tnenee
long the river by its courses and distances to w
place of beginning, containing about twenty sc
more or less all cleared. Also No. 3, "'0'
Karthaus townshin, Clearfield county. bont
East by the Clinton eounty line, North by '"""J
Hugh McGonifel, West by John McGomgal. ana
South by land of Jeremiah Gaines. c-n"m' .
about fifty aeres and having erected ,nejv
large two story frame bouse, a frame bank Dr ,
together with a good bearing orchard. a
cleared and under a good state of culuva ion.
Also No. 4. situate in Kartbaus township, t-
field county. Pa., containing about thirtj-i
acres adjoining the above described fifty
L.ino-.ll .1.., sui.d. taken in exeeution,
and to be sold as ihe Preperty of Isaac Gaines
May 13, TO'. CJ10WE,Jheriff .
CHILDREXSfurs twensy-8" T" tnt '"J"1
est at J. SHAW 4 SON.
erected a small log house and barn anJ ""
seventy five acres cleared. Also Tract so -.
Situate in same township, Clearfield county, r ,
K ; : -. i, n th Snsanehanna
ir