Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-10-31
Miscellaneous Items,

During the late German war pom
toon bridge was thrown across the
Rhine in II minutes.
Mrs. Hayne (once Julia Dean) has
some conjugal business before the
Probate Court in Salt Lake City.
A lady's blighted affections were
healed in a New York Court by
judgment of $500 against the "brute'
she sued
Rev. Dr. Baldwin, a distinguished
Methodist divine, the author of car
mageddon," died at Nashville, the 5th
instant Of cholera.
1t is stated that Gen. Magruder is
about to give up his residence in Mex
leo, and will return either to New
York or New Orleans.
Mr. Coleridge vas once asked which
of Wordsworth's works he considered
the pretticst, when he promptly re-
piled, "IIis daughter Dora"
The Charleston Mercury which has
been suspended for some years, is
about to be revived by its former cdi-
tor, Mr.. r. Barnwell Rhett, Jr
Mrs Cunningham, notorious in
connection with the Burdell murder,
a few years since, is said to have been
lost on the steamer Evening Star.
General Fremont made little
speech in Indianapolis the other night.
He didn't commit himself, but con
fined his remarks to the flag and the
eagle.
Fremont has five man and wheel
barrow at work on the South Branch
Railroad, in Missouri. An exchange
says he will put it through if it ruins
the wheelbarrow
1t is said in Providence, Rhode
Island, that Mrs Kate Sprague,
daughter of Chief Justice Chase, and
wife of Senator Sprague, is about to
apply for divorce.-Er.
"I have nothing but my heart to
give you," said a spnster to a lawyer
who had conducted suit for her.
DWELL" said the lawyer gruffiy, Ego
to my clerk-h takes the fees"
SLAUGHTER OF SoUIRRELs-The
squirrel hunters of Solon, Ohio, had q
squirrel hunt on the 18th. One party
returned with 1855 scalps and heads,
and the other party with 1895 scalps
and heads.
A notorions horse thief, named
James Oldheld, was arrested at Eddy
vile, Iowa and while waiting for the
, cars, with the officer, took quantity
of strychnine, which produced death
Immediately.
} A western paper says Mr.. Kings
bury, the newly appointed Postmaster
) of Boston, is young and polished
A gentleman Of the Democratic persua-
e sion. His wife is one of the prettiest
women of Boston.
An Irish woman applied to the
: Portland Relief Committee, when the
: following colloquy ensued allow
many children have you p "Six."
= allow old is your youngest" "My
; youngest is dead and Tee had another
Z since"
THE RIoE CRop. While the cotton,
: sugar and molasses crops of Louisiana
will be failures, it is consoling 10 know
|, |, that the rice crop will be good. The
:, papers of that State assure us that it
will be larg than ever known before
r. Superlatives are dangerous things.
? A man once wrote to his wife: "My
= dearest Maria !" and by return of post
he received the cold reply, Permit
me to correct either your grammar or
your mortality who are your other
@ dear Marias p
"What sort of sermon do you
II like 2" said DR. Rush to Robert
V Morris, one day. 81 like, SIR" replied
d Mr.. Morris, "that kind of preaching
:, which drives man into the corner OF
B his pew, and makes him think the
0 devil is after him."
|, On memorable occasion, the
IS Duke Of Wellington. remarkable in
y the British House of Lords. "lf
J, could avoid, by any sacrifice whatever,
e even one month of civil war in the
l. country to which am attached, !
It would sacrifice my life in order to dc
Q. it,"
a General Frank Blair attempted to
= address a meeting at Cape Girardeau
J, Missouri, on Saturday evening, but
= was driven from the stand with stones
!. and followed to the hotel with hoot.
. ing. The windows on the side whore
u General Blair was known TO be were
y all broken.
nf DAMAGES AWARDED. The litigation
= about "Our American Cousin" whio;
- has been before the courts for som,
"a years was terminated in Now Yorl
=. a. on Tuesday, by verdict in favor o
. Laura Ktone. The action was foi
damages against John S. Clarke, fol