Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-12-20
Progress orfhs crceIcv Reform
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hluahl, DivW MS hfalns out ON last
Friday.
A steel corset saved the Ito Of
lady in Louisville who was accidcntly
shot by her SON
J. Friederberg, of Bufhlo, was
stripped and robbed on a road through
a swamp near Bergen, n J by uiree
robbers.
Three robbers were taken from
Kentucky jail last week and hanged
10y the people.
A young and very pretty dressma-
ker of Columbus, Ohio. has absconded
with large number of "rich fabrics
belonging TO her customers.
A colored preacher, named VIM.
Harris, has been arrested indIichmond
tor alleged abduction and seduction of
the daughter Of Lomax ID. Smith,
colored barber.
A Hartford special says that Mr..
Leach, grocer, OF that city, was stab
bed four times on Thursday night in
an encounter with burglar The
robber escaped.
A young man in Clay county, ILL.,,
attempted last week to shoot his faith
er, but as his revolver missed fire, the
father seized a shot gun and shot the
young william dead
An indignant mother found her
hopeful daughters in low place of
amusement in Chicago the other
night, and taking each by the hair of
tho head led them out of the house
to the great astonishment of the
spectators
In the suit of Repon, charged with
counterfeiting, now pending before
the courts of New YORK, Mr. Spencer
in pleading for the defence said, "that
three-fourths of the detectives engag-
ed to break mp eounterieiting were in
league with the counterfeiters."
Julius Thompson, of West Hart
ford Conn, was brutally murdered on
the 18th inst, near his residence, by
an unknown man, who called him out
of the house TO lend assistance. No
arrests have been made.
Brigam Young says the Gentiles
are filling Salt Lake city with bar
rooms and other dens of vice, and
thereby attempting to drag il down
TO the level of their so-called civilized
cites-Denver San Francisco and
New York.
Mrs. Julia Thoman, formerly Miss
Julia Pelhy, well known actress
committed suicide at her residence 10
Cambridge, Mass, on Saturday night.
by taking laudanum She hadrecent-
returned froma professional engage
ment in California
PARDoNED.-Hubert Riddle, who
was sentenced Jn the 10th of Novem.
ber, 1865, to five years Imprisonment,
at labor, in the Schuylkill county jail,
for the murder of Dennis Haggerty, at
Mount Carbon, SchuyllSill county, has
been pardoned by Gov Curtin
At Poughkeepsie, n Y, Richard
Lewis was convicted Of numbering
Rev j. C. Richmond by shooting him,
and sentenced by Judge Gilbert 10 be
hung on the 25th of January. The
father of the prisoner, who was charg-
ed as an accempIiee in the assassina.
tion, committed suicide IN Jail.
A Chicago Snowman of European
Circus notoriety, was lately "corner-
cd" by his faithful wife, who, as he did
not return nt an ''oariy hVur, went
forth into the cold and chilling blasts,
aud through the assistance OF a po-
lceman Acoraled" Mr. Howe as the
registered occupant of room at a
hotel in company with a beautiful and
celebrated equestrenne, which cir
cumstances added somewhat to the
statistics of marital infdelity Of that
model municipality.
Almon F. Lord, a resident of Pavil-
lion, Wyoming county, wasfourd dead
in his own barn, with pistol in bis
hand aud bullet hole under his LETT
ear 1t appeared on an inquest held
that deceased wanted to marry girl,
who refused him. On the refusal Of
the girl TO accept a ring, he made the
remark TO his brothers wife, where he
boarded, who urged him TO change
shirts, that he would never want an
other clean shirt. Som after break
fast, on Friday. he left his brothers
house, and was not found unt Sun
day morning The verdict OF the iu-
ry was-"Shot himself
A horrible stabbihg ailraY occurred
on Thursday aiternoonin Jersey City
James Meehan and John Fricry, two
fircmen, were drinking in place in
Newark avenue, when a quarrel took
place between Friery and the keeper,
in which Meehan interfcred. Friery
deliberately took knife ont Of his
pocket and plunged it into Mcehans
side. Eye witnesses say he turned
the blade about in the wound. lie
then walked OF with some OF his com.
panions. Many persons saw him 20 /;
but rs be was understood 60 have
revolver in his pocket, and was known
TO be a desperate rutiian, no one ven
tured TO stop him. Half an hour af.
ter he was arrested Meohan will die.
CoNooRD, n. H., Dec l0.-Gcorge
Maxwell Franconi, was brutaly mur-
dcred on Saturday evening He lived
in n farm house by himself, quite a
distance from any other dwelling
The body was found in his house on
Sunday morning, horribly mangled.
The condition Of the furniture IN.
dicated terrible struggle A knife
and a billet of wood were first used
by the murderer, and finally an axe,
the whole blade of which was buried
in the victims neck Ii is supposed
the crime was committed for money.
Ihe murderer fled with the hnrsn md