Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-04-27

DAY last at inc chartcl
election. Major Rowlanc
was elected Mayor, by q
decided majority. The
Radicals made n desperate
struggle, and some two
hundred negroes voted sol
id with them. The Dem
ooratic ticket was run up
on a square issue as thu
"Whilc mans" ticket, anC
the result is significant
Last year, n Radical May
or was elected by an over
whelming majority. In O
short time n white mar
will be as good as q negro
in this country. Age.
RADICAL RELIGIoN.-lr
Washington alone was
Passion Sunday made the
occasion for q political ser
mon, DR. Newman declar.
ing, in reference to the
fifteenth amendment, that
the immunities granted
the negroes sis the grand
est Protestant movement
since the days Of Luther
We fear that this some
what extravagant opinion
was intended as a slight
pull for the President, who
was present. But there
are some clergymcn who
firmly believe that 10 heav.
en- tho spirits of negroes
sit in the high places,
reading Mr.. Lincoln's
emancipation proclama-
tion. Let us have less OF
this sort of thing from the
pulpit. Wo cannot per
ceive that tho privilege of
voting has any connection
whatever with Christiani-
ty, which teaches not OF
things terrestrial, but OF
things celestial.--N. y
Herald.
The Lancaster Express
states tat "Geo. Coleman,
a convict in our County
Prison, who died a short
time since, made q cor
fession TO a fellow prison
er previous to his death,
in which he asserted that
he had committed and
helped to commit, during
his life, five murders and
numerous robberies, and
that he was only twenty
nine years Of age and had
been in Jail thirty-seven
times"
Two young men in
Chambers county, Ala, ,
have "swaped' wives, ono
giving the other q COW TO
boot. One woman that is
worth o COW more than
another, must have angel
ic attractions, 10 be sure.
A Vicious GAIA ct
nearly caused the death OF
a child in the vicinity OF
Sandy Hill, this county,
q few days ago. Our in
formant states that Mrs
Jeremiah Hull left her
child, aged about9 months,
in the room playing with
the eat while she was en-
gagged in ano,ser part OF
the house. After s9me
time she went TO see
about the child, when she
saw the cat sitting on its
breast with its nose inscr
ted in the childs mouth
and It's paws claspcd
around its neck. Mrs Hull
ran and threw the cat
from the child, which was
almost lifeloss, but the cat
Immediately sprang back
on the child, placing its
nose in the childs month
and claspiug it around tho
neck as before. A second
time the animal was
thrown back, and then
greatly cnragcd il again
sprang forwardand caught
the child by the throat
After releasing tho child
the cat was taken ont and
Immediately killed. The
child recovered in n few
days. But for the timely
return OF the mother C
500 the child, II soon would
have been placed beyonC
the hope OF recovery
/ Ferry touHiy is',;5ig5-.''',5.
At Danvillc, N. Y, {
dog chased a cat into /,
house and on to a rcd ho.
stove. The cat tried {,
escape by climbing up tn,
stove piro, but fell bach
into a pan ofboiling water
and the lady Of tho house
IN trying TO rescue ihl
cat, was bitten and vii
die, and the cat has died
and The dog ought to Die