Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-05-28
COwpos, .A,ssvs.

The commission 10 select new site
for tho Western Penitentiary, will
meet for that purpose in a fcw days.
Tho Boston Post is soon to ostab-
lish itself in On olcgaot structure, to
be erected on tho site OF Ben Frank.
Inns birthplace. W
The Democratic and Liberal Repub.
/ lican Committee Of Ohio have decided
to hold their State Convention in Co
lumbus on the 9th of August.
The Pennsylvania Railroad is oxca-
waiting for u third track through the
big tunnel at Gallitzn, and, as a con
sequence, trains both ways are run
through on one track only 1rr =,
Tho Warren Ledger says, "Radical
editors fare sumptuously every day,
and wear Gne linen" For which
they have TO wash great deal Of
dirty linen for tho administration.
Mrs. Schurz, wife of the Senator,
has become hor to legacy of $780,
900 Prussian thalers, or about Sl70,.
O00,by the docease of her uncle, lately
resident Of Hamburg, Germany.
Col. James w. Latta, Of tho LIST Reg.
imcnt National Guards, of Philadcl.
phia, has been appointed Adjutant
General of Pennsylvania vice General
A. l.. Russell, resigned, to take effect
June lst. 'gesi sfl
The literary critic of the Boston
Globe says he has sometimes thought
that, TO few olergymen, the desire
to get into newspapers during life
was nearly, If not quite, al strong.as
the desire TO get into heaven after
doath, nilla lHisl
II is said that "neccssity is the
mother Of invention" but 20 TO the
Patent Office in Washington, and tboy
will toll you that invention is the
mother of necessity. Nine inventors
out Of ten die poor, the other tenth
die mad f hnti cft Vafut.
The Jersey friends Of General Van
Buren say, that the "outrage" inAict-
cd upon him in connection with the
Vienna Commission, will make him
Governor of that State That might
be so, for scoundres seem 20 beat
premium these degenerate times.
The Nation refers to Grants share
in the Louisiana conspiracy and says;
alt is national disgrace TO have the
United State troops used to sustain
State Government which a committee
of the United State Senate has de.
clared to DO utterly unauthorized and
fraudulent" stN
Two Radical factions in Arkansas
are trying TO drag each other down,
and the result looks hopeful for fght
between them. If il only takes place
and results in the wiping out OF both
it would be a good thing. To use
Forney's language. the trouble is be-
tween 'two gangs of Radical politicians
Of the carpet, bag class = fellows OF
moro ambition than honesty"
Frank Mccoy, at present incarcer.
atci in the Jail at Holidaysburg, for
selling liquor 10 minors, announces
through tho Morning Tribune that bo
is still candidate for the Radical
nomination Of Sheriff, and as it will
be impossible for him to look after his
own interests in that line before the
County Convention next Monday, re.
quests his political friends to do 50.
The annual examination OF the West
Point Cadets will take place on the
I'd Of June. The graduating class
numbers 45 members this year. 1t
will be allowed three months leave OF
absence. The second class will be
granted n shorter term, and the other
boys will spend the Summer in camp
at tho Academy. Tho new class to
enter next year numbers l60, and is
the largest yet entered.
Victoria Woodhull has published q
fuller account Of the Henry Ward
Bccchcr and Mrs. Theodore Tilton
scandal and gives circumstances and
the evidence OF Titon himself and
others, which makes an ugly case for
the great sensational preacher OF
Brooklyn. 1t is generally believed
that much of the so.called good society
of New York is rotton to the core,
but few are willing to give credencc
TO Mrs. Woodhul's stories
The nephew Of Tbaddeus Stevens
having failed to comply with the con.
ditions of his willrclative to abstaning
from the usc of intoxicating drinks,
the executors arc about TO apply the
residue of his estate, estimated vari-
ously from $780, 900 to 100000, to the
founding of the Orphan Home in Ian
caster, designed by him in case Of such
failure, The will provides that no
preference shall be shown in respect
Of race, religion, or color in admissica
or treatment, and that all the inmates
shall wear the same style of dress and
eat at the same table, t .fa