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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-10-12
Killed While Playing at Base Ball.

AT half past twelve o'clock yestcr-
day afternoon, boy named John
O'Grady was instantly killed by a base
ball which struck him in the pit of the
stomach. Deceased was aged about
thirteen years. He had been playing
at the "naiional game with several
other lads, and was said to be occupy
ing the position of short-stop at the
time of the disaster The accident
occurred on the open prairie near Nor
gun street, between 18th and Maxwell
streets, and from whence the ifeless
form was taken TO the residence of
the parents, No. l4S Johnson street.
A police officer on duty near The scene
of the sad accident, is of the opinion
that tho deceased met with his death
from the blow of bat and not with q
ball. He thinks the boy was stand
ing near the striker, who, loosening
his hold on the bat, allowed Il TO slip
from bis grasp, striking young O'Gra-
dy in the place mentioned
Later in the day Deputy Coroner
II. spears empaneled jury and
held an inquest on the body The
jury, all of whom were married men,
while rendering verdict of accidental
death, deporcd the extent to which
the game is carried on, and recon.
mended that playing base ball within
the corporate limits Of the city be es.
topped by the police authorities. In
presenting the finding, the foreman,
an intelligent workingman, stated that
so great was becoming base ball furore
he was alarmed for the safety of the
rising generation. His boys no longer
played any Of the harmless games
which were so popular in his youthful
days, but were not happy unless risk
ing their limbs and lives in more dan
gerous methods of passing the time
Chicago Times.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-10-12

BosroN ENTEBpRizE.--A gentleman
in Boston had his attention attracted,
as he was passing along the street, by
a woman who appeared to be in great
distress llo stopped and inquired
what troubled her SO much, She re-
piled, in a pitcous tone, My husband
is dead, and have no money to bury
him" The gentleman hositated, but
she repeated her story. "lf you do
not believe me, come and see He
followed her into the house, aud there,
sure enough, her husband was lying
in the coffin, ready for burial, The
gentleman plying her distress, remov-
cd his gloves, aud giving her money
enough to bury her husband, bado her
good morning and departed. He had
gone bat few steps when he missed
his gloves, and, on returning, he en-.
tered without ceremony, anj found
the supposed dead man sitting mp in
his coffin, counting the money he had
given the woman few minutes before.
lie took his gloves, aud remarked to
the man that he need not trouble him
self TO count the money. as il was
right, aud departed, a saddcr and a
wiser man.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-10-12
CLEARFIELD, PA.
~TuY VIII BE DoNE.p

Sweet is the close Of day.
When all the delds are still;
Earth looks as though It is listening lay,
For God to speak His will.
In the clear round Of sky
On one side sinks the sun
A solemn 'plendor which the eye
Scarce dares to look upon.
While on the other hand,
Tue tar moon rises clear,
Aud harmonious swell wave.like. grand.
And flow from sphere to sphere.
Goods will Is done in Heavcui"
Comes from The setting sum
Aud 10 the rising moon is given
A voice, ellis will bc donei
Pale Venus fiery Mars
Come forth as f by name
God called out one 10y one Ills stars,
And one by one they came.
And in the midst I stand,
smitien with sudden awe
The worlds go forth at Gods command,
His will their perfect law.
Oh, that j were ms they,
Uncrrng, swift 10 run
My oourse Of blessing day by day,
And 30 "Thy win be lone"
Lord, make Thy law my viii,
Like these ! cannot be;
But help me freely 10 lufll
Thy purpose, loving, free.
And in that law Of love
Make all our wills ms one;
That, "ns II is in Heaven above"
On earth "rhy viii be dono!H
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-10-12

the Moshannon Land & Lumber Co.
are opening one OF the largest Collier
les in this section of the State. 1t is
a double drift, llxl7 feet in the clear,
and "A feet high, and it is predicted
will have capacity for the mining of
1000 tons per day. 1t is six feet
vein with no partings of any kind -
The driN has been mined l50 feet,
and double track laid From this
opening 1000 acres Of coal can bo
mined This is a portion of 1000
acres owned by the company. There
is second opening which will lead
into the main heading. 1t is the in
tention of the company to employ 175
miners. Engines will be used in lieu
Of mules in taking out coal.
Within sight of this mine, we get a
view Of the bran new village Of
HoUT2DALE,
composed Of a goodly number Of new
buildings, all erected since last fall
There is Il fnc store, shoemaker shops
iewelry establishment, post Office and
other evidences Of civilization here.
A short distance above Houtzdale, we
reached the
WOODWARD coLLIEBY,
Messrs Helms & Blattenberger, pro
prietors This mine was opened in
April last The opening is now about
$50 feet in; the vein is six feet thick
with under and everything veins of ex-
cellent quality Returning TO Osceola,
after receiving certain courtesies at
the hands OF Messrs. Wells & Helms
White q Lingles side sad
dies, etc, enjoyed substantial din
der at the Osceola House, Milo Hoyt,
proprietor, the party returned TO the
main line OF the I. & c. r, r., and
passed the
ENTERPRISE C0LLIERY,
1t is proper to add that il was our in
tention to call at these works on our
return, but the latcness of the hour was
One mile from the En-
lorprse cOlllery, we reached the Dun
bar Branch, up which one and one
fourth miles from the main line is the
MArLEToN coLLIERY,
worked by Scofell, Weaver & Co,
Thos. Wright Superintendent. This
mine gives employment to 30 miners
requires / coal cars, and is opened
in 1856 yards Tho vein is four feet
thick has one main and two cross
and 10 rooms in working
order. The mine was opened May
9Th 1870, and has been in operation
but little over four months. The first
months operation resulted in the ship
ment of 1900 tons of coal. The com
pany now average 200 tons per day,
capacity 300 tons. No accidents, as
yet, have occurred. Seventeen 10. 4.
rails are used, We next reached the
UNION cOLLIERY
Whitehead & Co., proprietors This
company employs II men; averages
80 tons per day has capacity for 20,
and have 70 acres Of coal territory.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-10-12
Singular Freak.

A loud explosion about half past
nine o'clock last evening caused con
siderable excitemen, on the street as
to the cause. An inquiry into the
cause developed the following singu.
lar circumstances: II appears that
the workmen at well No. 6, Dalzell
farm, drilling well, had lost a tem-
psr screw in the hole in what is known
as the hill rock, at depth Of about
20 feet from the surface, and had let
a light down for the purpose Of dis.
covering in what position the tool lay
in order to get it out.
The light had got down the well a
short distance when an explosion of
gas occurred, and now comes the sin
gular part Of the story Almost in
simultaneously with the explosion in
No 6, an explosion occurred in well
No. 2, Mt. Moriah loase, McCray farm
which is at least forty rods distant
from tho we'll, Knocking the driilvr
from his scat and iniuring him quite
severely, setting fire to the Derrick,
and upsetling things generally. At
the same time no less Than bali doz
On Jets of flame shot up in the air
from as many different places on the
sido.hill, resembling from distance
the twinkling of the camp fires Of an
army. For a time it looked as tho
the wells on the side chill would be
I,.tr,,.,I lint thrnutrh tha oxartiana
of the engineers the fires were extin.
guished Some Of the citizens resid
ing on the Egbcrt farm were consid-
erably frightened at tho prospect OF
again being burned out, and one indi-
vidual thought that the world was
coming to an end and began TO pre-
pare himself accorJi- gIy Another
slight explosion, acting the same way,
occurred at II o'clock, this morning
II was a singular phcnomenon.--Pct.
Ccnfre Record, 26M SEPT.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-10-12

A Sur FoUND IN A CALIFORNIA
DEstRr- By many it has been held
as a theory that the Yuma desert was
once an ocean bed. AT intervals pools
OF salt water have stood for awhile
in the surrounding waste Of sand, dis.
appearing only to rise again, in the
same or other localities. A short time
since one OF these saline lakes disap.
peared, aud a party Of Indians report
ed the discovery of a "big ship life by
the receding waves. A party Of
Americans at once proceeded to the
spot. and found, imbeded in the sands,
the wreck Of large vessel. Nearly
one. third of the forward part of the
ship or bark is plainly visible The
stump Of the bowsprit remains, and
portions of teak are perfect The
wreck is located 40 miles north of the
San Bcruardino aud Fort Yuma road,
and thirty miles west Of Los Palmos,
well known watering place on the
desert. The road across the desert
has been Travelled for more than one
hundred years. The history Of the ill.,
fatcd vessel can, of course, never be
known but the discovery Of its de-
caying timbers in the midst Of what
has long been known as a desert, will
furnish savans with food for discus.
sion, and may, perhaps, furnish inn
portant aid in the calculation Of ques-
lions of science.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-10-12
FLIzE,


] have Ill.,
A III is got no manners.
He amt no gintlcman.
Hes an intruder, don't send in no
kard nor aX an introduokshun, nor
don't knock at the front door, and
nuver, nuver think NV taking Off his
hat.
Fust thing yu know he's in bed
with yu and up yolr nose-tho what
he wants thar is a mistry--and he in
vites himself to breakfast and sets
down in your butter, 'thout brcshin
his pants.
lie helps himself to sugar, and
meat, and melassis, and bred, and
presurves, and vinneger-ennything,
and don't wait for no invitaahun. lie
has got good appetite, and iist as
sune eat one thing as another.
faint no use TO challenge him for
takin liberties; he keeps up hostile
correspondence with yu, wither or
not and shoots hisseIf at you like
BUILT, and he never misses, never.
He'll kiss your wife 20 times "A day,
and zizz and ZOO, and ridicnle you if
you say word, and he'd ruther you
would slap at him than not, COZ he's
dodger OF the dogrinist kline Every
time you slap, you don't slap him. but
slaps yourself, and he zizzes and pints
the hind leg NV skorn at you, till he
aggrevates you 10 distrackshun.
He glories in a lightin every pop on
the kat spot whnr you druv him
from, wich proves the intenshun TO
tcezc you. Don't tell me he amt got
no mind he knows what he's after
He's got sense and too much Of il, tho
he never went to skool day in his
life Except in a supe dish.
He's u mean, millignant, owdasbus,
premeditnied cuss
His mother never padded him with
a slipper in her face. His norris
wuz neglected, aud he lacks a good
deal of humility mitely. lie aint
bashiul bit, aud doubt eff he blush
es ofting.
In fack, he wuz never fotch up a
tall.
lie wuz born full grown, he don't git
old-uther things gifts old, but he nuv-
er gifts oid-and he is imperdent and
mischicvous TO the day OF his deth
lie dropz in cold weather, aud you
can mash him on the window pane,
and yu've jest put your finger on it.
He Gums again next year, and heep
more with him. 'Taint no use.
One HI TO u family might do for
amusement but the good Of so many
ilizc | be dogged If kin see; kin yu
has thort much about fize, and !
has notist how often they stops in
thar dcviltry TO comb their hcds and
skratch thar nose with thar four legs,
and gouge thar arm-pits under thar
wings. and the tops NV thar wings
" ith tliar hiud legs.
And my candid opinion ar, that fiize
is lowsy, they eeches all the time, is
misrabul, and that makes me bad tenn
pered, and want to make uthcr people
misrabul TO.
III that amt the hossily OF hize,
give il up.
Altho III don't send in his kard,
he alway leaves one. and | don't like
it. Taint pritty eff It's round. lie
kant make cross mark, only a dot,
and he's always dottin whar thar is
no is. Thars no end to his periods.
but he never comes TO a full stop
Such handwriting is disgracelul.
He's an artiss, but his iresoco and
his wall paperin don't admier Thar
is too much sameness in his patterns
HIS specs is the only specs that don't
help the eyes You kant see thru um,
ana you don't want to-
! hate HI
Conblust tii
Durn III.
.Shno EIltl
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-10-12

He SPEAKs.-The author of the
"Impcuding Crisis" H. r Helper, a
wooldyed Radical, and a resident OF
North Carolina. is 0at in "card in
which he declares: IL have no asso.
citation with those Radicals whose vc-
nal, corrupt and mcrccnary transac.
tions have carried the State down TO
iniamy and disgrace" Governor llol-
den, Senator Abbott and President
Grant are the men who have dis
graced North Carolina, and It is at
this trio that the arrows OF Mr.. Help
er are launched.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-10-12
A Sacred Place.

Assessor, attention When you call
at your neighbor's house to assess the
value of his property, inquire how
much money he has invested in horses
and cows and grain and household fur.
nitnre but don ask him how much
he has invested in bonds.
1t is against the law, you know.
Bonds are exempt from taxation
Thcy are sacred property. You must
not enter them upon the duplicate.
Sacred-that is the word. Their
owners did all the fighting in the late
war, and that made tho bonds sacred.
The sacrcdncss is much enhanced by
the fact that they did all the fighting
at home, while the poor soldiers, who
had no money TO loan, did their dght.
ing at the front
The owners Of these Bonds send
their children to our public schools
They travel over our roads in fine
carriages.
They boast Of our many public i'm
provements,
They delight to walk upon our Beroa
stone pavemonts.
They are happy TO see the street
well paved, severed and lighted with
gas.
They rejoice that the poor-God' 5
poor-aro providcnily cared for
They show, with great gusto, our
magnificent school houses TO strangers
Bat they pay no taxes on their
bonds.
Many hundred thousand dollars are
invested ia bonds in Ross County but
they do not contribute one cent toward
all these public improvements and
munifcout enterprises.
But enough 1t is almost treason
to speak of these things.
Mr. Assessor don't 20 into that
bondholdcr's house with youriuk horn,
Tin box, and duplicates This free and
equal government has made IL sacred,
a holy place. Dare not to prolane it
with unhallowod feet HHiicothe Ad.
UCrtiSer.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-10-12

Riaur-Arliclcs Of impeachment
against Governor Holden arc rrcpar-
ed. and will be presented to the North
Carolina House of Representatives
ON the assembling of tho Legislature
elect General Grant should also be
impeachcd ior using the military force
of the nation to ovcrawc aud coorce
the people of free State of this Union
as he did in the case Of North Caro-.
lima.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-10-12

A visitor at Mount Vernon last
week, had fight with the keeper be-
cause he wouldn't show him the tree
that Washington cut down with his
little hatohot. II he had seen It, then
very likely this absurd old fool would
have got TO rearing around because
nobody couldn't find the lie that
George wouldn't tell Some men are
so very unreasonable,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-10-12

The Radical party have delicate
way, now and ihcn. Of speaking of
the short coming of their Fifteenth
Amendment friends. But tho most
delicate thing we have seen yet is
that of western Radical journal
which says that yesterday two con
stables captured a short piece OF
clothes line At one end Of il was a
colorcd man. and at the other end a
pig The pig belonged to another
man" anything could be milder
than that, we would like TO see ii.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-10-12

The Lynchburg lirgiRidR says that
"When General Lee heard of the de-
feat of Mcmahon army aud the sur
render OF the Emperor, he quietly re-
marked that lac did not see how any
commander with million of men at
his back could surrender"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-10-12

Here is western democratic con
undrum which none Of the Radical or
ators have as yet undertaken to an
swor; "Why do the national banks
have the privilege OF issuing their
notes as money, said notes costing
the people nearly s2O,000,OOO year,
when legal tender notes could have
been issued for nothing r
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-10-12

Radicals are in ecstacies because n
report has been circulated that the
hundsomest woman ut Saratoga is a
mulatto servant girl. The sensation
was started by an Administration or
gan Of course.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-10-12

Evil aud idle words may seem as
they are are uttered, light and trivial
things yet if light, they are like the
flamonts of the thistle.down, each
feathery tun floating on the breeze
bears with it the germ Of some OBJ.
nOXiuus weed
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-10-12

Why is the camel the most irascible
animal in the world Because he al
ways has bis back up
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-10-12

This census is already revealing the
remarkable fact that very many young
mothers have very old sons
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-10-12

The weakest organ in the body
should be the most favored That is
why many people should especially
look after their heads.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-10-12

A lawyer in Terro Haule lately
went to an editors office to cane him.
Tho doctors have dug three bullets
out of bis frame and say there is an
other one that they can't find, which
will probahIy Kill him.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-10-12

Why is a large carpet like the late
rebellion 2 Because it took such lot
of tax to put it down.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-10-12

Another Radical Collector has rob.
bed the government of one hundred
and fNy thousand dollars This
time the offence was committed IN
Kansas. These robberies are Of daily
occurrence. aud yet no particular no.
tice is taken Of them. Since the be.
ginning of the Grant administration
six millions have been stolen from the
government by Radical officers.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-10-12
From the Tyrone Ilcrald.l
MATERIAL INTERESTS.
E8iIunliHOuS Coal, etc.

NrNBrH ForR.
We concluded No. 3. with our no.
tice Of the Mosbannon Coal Bank
Three fourths OF mile above the Mo
shannon Collicry, we reached the
Kittaning Coal company's works,
known as the
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-10-12

Job Work.

JOB Work,
BLANKS.
h quiro........s2 so quires, pr. quire,sl IS
u, pr quiro, 90 Over 6, per quire, ! so
HANDBILLS.
n, 2j or less, 80 90 sheet, 25 or icss,s5 90
y. % or less, 90 l sheet, 25 or iass. 20 90
! o. of each OF above at proporiionato rates.
GEO. b. GOODLANDER,
Editor and Proprietor.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-10-12
UNION coLLIERY,

Whitehead & Co, proprietors. This
company employs II men; averages
80 tons per day; has capacity for 20,
and have 70 acres of coal territory.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-10-12

have a 50xsO sawmill, with two en-
gines equal to 100 horse power and
with capacity for cutting 10000 feet
Of lumber per day Of lll hours, and
20.OOO hath. The mill contains | gang
of 2s saws "a inch circular, and
gives employment to 80 men. Tic
company control 1900 acres OF land.
A short distance above this mill,
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-05-11
THE BAPTIST CONVENTION.

Fifth Day--The SundayschOOIB Board
LOUISVILLE, May 10.-In the Southern
Baptist Convention, on motion of DR.. E.
d. Jones, of Memphis, the rules were
suspended to allow reconsideration of
the motion by which the Committee on
the Treasurer's Report of the Sunday
School Board was adopted.
A reconsideration being moved, DR..
Jones made detailed statement in de-
tense of the Board in its management of
the finances.
The report of the committee was de-
Tended by the Rev. DIR. Poindexter.
Rev. DIR. Boyer, of South Carolina, ex.
planned the relations which the old Board
at Greeneville sustained to the Board at
Memphis. He defended the Eastern and
Southeastern States from the imputation
that they were unfriendly to the Board at
Memphis, and quoted from the report of
the Board for this year to show that Ala
bama had given more than any other
State; Georgia next, and South Carolina
next; that Tennessee, where the Board
is located, only contributed $201.14. He
pledged himself and brethren to sustain
this Board.
Rev. DR.. Ford, Of Memphis, spoke of the
debt of the Board, and gave the history
and defense of its operations
Rev. DR.. Teasdale, Corresponding Sec
rotary of the Board, urged that the report
be not only reconsidered, but rejected
DR.. Paine Dexter defended the report
and said the Board had been careless and
wanted them to cease to be SO. With the
| full explanation and ventilation had, he
was willing to withdraw the part of the re-
port to which objection had been made
Rev. DR.. Graves said that the great diff
| entity was that the Treasurer had not item
lied his report, nor had Treasurers of other
| Boards done this. He defended the ar
Southwestern Publishing Company.
A motion to reconsider was here put and
| carried.
DR.. Poindexter, from the Committee on
Treasurers report, returned the original
| report with such corrections as were suF-
| gested by the discussion of the morning.
DIR. Ford, President of the Sunday
| School Board, said that the Sunday
School Board was not and would not be
subservient to the Southwestern publish
ing house. After further discussion, the
report was corrected and adopted.
Corporation Voted Down.
The committee appointed on the ques-
ton of cooperation with Northern Bap-
lists made report adverse to co-opera
ton. The Convention sustained the re-
port of the committee by an unanimous
vote.
The Convention then adjourned until
time of next meeting at st. Louis.