Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-04-04
NEWS ITEMS

cd at Nicl,sburg, has bought a farm
in Virginia, and is cultivating IL.
A bill to oprcvcnt the spread Of the
cattle plague has passed the British
Parliamcnt.--Er We hope it will be
more successful than the cattle doctors
have been.
Generals Sherman and Grant are
called "makers Of history" Ia view
Of the fact that Gen Geary was his
own correspondent can't he be called
history maker too
A despach to the Chicago Times
states that an order received from St.
LOUIS takes away War Department
advertising from all papers in that
city that have been abusing the Presi-
dent.
I. The vicinity Of Sullivan, Moultrie
county Illinois, was visited by ter
rifle tornado on the 26th inst, causing
great destruction to property. Twenty
houses were entirely demolished, and
several persons injured.
The sale of twenty-five thousand
gallons Of confscated wislley at New
York by the government has been
postponed till next week.
A Philadelphia writer says that Mr.
Jay Cookies new house "will contain
fifty bed chambers, chapel, a gym
nasium, a library and all the accessor-
les to the palatial home Of a Christian
banker"
Christian Berger, the murderer Of
Miss Anna Watts, who was to be ex-
ecuted in Philapelphia on the 9th of
April, was found dead in his cell on
the morning Of the Both ult. 1t is
supposed to be apoplexy.
There are now in Boston four mur-
derers awaiting punishment. They
are Green, the Maiden mprderer ;
Scratch Gravel, the murderer Of the
Joyce children; Moran, the murderer
of Miss Kearncy, and Gallagher, who
shot a man on The street lately. This
is where loyalty and Puritanism go
hand in hand, governed by "grand
moral IDEAS
"GEARY PHoToGRApnED." Little
urchins are constantly running
around the Legislative Halls at
Harrisburg endcavoring to sell photo
graphic likenesscs Of General Geary.
They represent the General bare-head-
in full uniform and with ferocious
pair Of black whiskers. The market
is rather dull, with q downward tend
ency, at twenty-five centspcr head.
GENERAL CoNFERENoz-The Gener-
/ al Conference of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church South, composed of del
egates from all the annual conferences
of the entire church, will meet in New
Orleans TO day. The General Assem-
bly, has rendered the Legislative Hall
for the use of the conference. Nearly
two hundred ministers will be present
from every section Of the South, and
the session will probably continue one
month.
AN HoNoRABLE RECORD. The Stock.
tons Of New Jersey with one Of whom
the radical majority Of the Senate have
been trifing for some days past, have
a record which their constituents
will remember with honor when the
excitement of the present day passes
away. Richard Stockton, the son,
was United States Senator while
/ Washington lived. Robert f. Stock
ton, the grandson, also was a Senator
! and now the great grandson,who sue
ceeded to this Inheritance of honor has
been expelled Tor party reasons by a
despotic majority Of the Senale-Ncr
4 York Express
! The jail,a Port Tobacco Maryland,
was burned on the night of the 18th
ult Two negroes who have fed, arc
supposed to have committed the deed.
I READER, bear in mind, that every
dis-unionist and "traitor," in the
state, is the open advocate OF John
! W. Geary, and those arch enemies OF
! the Government, Stevens, Kelly, For
ney & Co, have him under perfect
control