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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-10-08
THE REPUBLICAN.
CLEARFIELD, PA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. OCT. 8, 1878.
BY The RIVER,

By THE RIVER.
lam sitting alone by the river. 0l Tfa
Aud the willows are sweeping iu brink
The shadows Of twilight are falling,
And sit by the river and think.
The shadows Of the twilight grow deeperj
The river is fading from sight;
lean sec the gray willows no longer,
And am alone with the night.
In darkness and gloom, noble river,
Thou art noselcssly floating awayi
In darkness and gloom am floating.
And whittier, o say do l strsyf
The learning of Plato and Pascal
Is madly at work in my brain;
l am satisfied about nothing
l feel and | reason in ysin.
Does justice oxisti oh, where Il itp
Still the heart OF the tyrant Is stone,
Still his victims are toiling, departing,
Still he heeds not, he hears not, their moai
'Tis vain that you tell me, hereafter,
These things are not to be sol
We are only able to reason,
From that which We SEQ aud We know.
For centuries long have the curses
or the heart-broken pierced to the tkissj
For centuries long has no answcr
Returned to their desolate cries.
II call upon nature for comfort,
1t is silent aud grim as the grave;
The winds will not stop at my question
No reply from the long Grounding wave.
Aud the stars, as they glitter above me.
Pure and calm as the fakes Of tho snow,
Look as cold on the sorrows Of mortsls,
As they looked in the years long ago.
Oh, give me oh, give me my childhood,
The unquesioning faith that was there,
When kneli at the feet Of my mother,
And gently she taught me my prayer.
] am sitting alone by the river,
And the willows are sweeping its brink;
The twilight has deepened to midnight,
And sit by the river and think.
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Beau Hickman Dead.

For more than quarter OF cen.
tury, dating from about ls46, one OF
the most noticeable objects of interest
in Washington vas-in various phases
Of prosperity and adversity--a singu-
lar genius known as 'Beau Hickman"
During the whole Of the period cx.
tending from the beginning Of our
troubles with Mexico TO his death, he
was as woll known, not only TO resi-
dents but TO visitors, rs the Capitol it.
self; and il was his boast that be bad
been on terms of intimacy with every
respectable member Of Congress from
Webster and Clay down to the time
when respectabiily in Congress was
tho exception and not the ruc.
Robert Singleton Hickman, as he
was known, was born in Maryland
about 1918. Aftcr wild and dissi-
pated careerin all parts of the coun-
try, bit mainly in the South, Hick-
man drifted to Washington, and thcro
ho developed most extraordinary
passion for dress, his chief ambition
being to shino as the fop of the day.
He bob nobbed with all the great men
of his day who were given to sensual
pleasures, and they were q few up 10
twenty years ago who were not-and
numbered among his regular and oc-
casional companions in the debauch
and at the gaming table some of the
brightest ornaments of the Senate and
the House.
But the tmc came when he could
no longer shine but in borrowed plum
age, and Beau became the walking
advertisement of the fashionable tai
lors and the stool pigeon of the gam
blers. Little by little he went down
in the scale, and when old age began
to creep upon him he was frequently
dependent for the necessaries Of life
upon tho charity of strangers, whom
he levied upon with cool impudcnce
that was always irresistible.
His real namo was unknown, his
family supposed TO have been ono of
tho wcalthiest in Maryland or Vir-
ginia, having sent to him stipulated
sum every year on condition that he
should keep their secret. He never
told anybody oven the name of tho
place where ho was born. and nobody
ever know where he lived in WASH
ington until one night In Louisiana
avenue fire turned him into tho
street with his wardrobe in his arms.
Frequently at the Washington bars,
while tippling glasses with the politi-
clans, he said IL was poor city that
couldn't support him like a gentle
man, and il was his intention To mako
Washington support him and be did,
even TO the extent Of levying 20 cents
from each of tho young bucks Of the
town, and larger sums from the larger
animals. For tho last few years oi
his life, having been afflicted with in
ilammalory rheumatism, he madc no
use whatever Of Intoxicating liquors.
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Excitement in the Oil Regions.

Acsrrespondent writing to Bos-
ton paper from Petroleum Centre, Pa,
Gays that the recent grand strikes in
the oil regions have caused intense
excitement. At the oil towns of
Pleasantville, Oil City, Reno, Frank
lin, Pithole, and elsewhere, new wells
are being started daily. Most all these
"strikes" have been made on terrific
ry which has been considered unpro-
ductivo by old oil operators. Not
only have these important "strkes"
caused CONSERVATION, but the "fow-
ing" Of the "dry holes" made by dis
gsted prospectors in the days of the
great oil fcvers of 1864 and 1865, is a
nine days wonder. These "dry holes"
Which are located in all parts of the
region, the larger proportion, howev-
or being made at Reno and Franklin,
are made productive by the use OF nj
tr,-glycerine torpedoes, which, being
thrown into the openings, produce
sufficient concussion to open the inter-
stces in which the petroleum is Sc
cieted. A great number OF these
wells yield as high as 200 barrels Of
c'ude per day. Spectators from Bos-
ton, New York, Philadelphia, and the
Western cities, and other places arc
prospecting, and there is every prob
ability OF there being as much excite
ment all through the regions as there
was in the palmiest days Of tho oil
fever. The hotels are filled with ex.
cited crowds Of oil producers, brokers
prospectors, and spectators, and every
train brings in more people interested
or anxious to be interested-in the
oil trade, As is not generally known
nothing in the agricultural or horti
cultural line will grow in the oil re
gions add birds never como here
This is attributable to the fact that
the ground and atmosphere are sc
thoroughly impregnated with thu
smell OF petroleum that neither veget
able matter can terminate or thu
feathered species exist. There is moth
ing but dark cloud overshadowinl
the whole region, and the particles o
black dirt which are continuously fly
ing about penetrate everything. Th,
wives and daughters OF the soil pion
eers aud kings" never attire them
selves in light clothes, but the appar
el generally consists Of sombre shades
Many places are always in an Erebus
like state, which is only heightened
by tho aid of lamps. The streets ar,
lighted with natural gas supplie'
from the wells, which comes from th'
pipes of one solid, kissing flame, tha
burns constantly day and night. Th
people have a begIimed appear
ance, looking as though they had bee
smeared with "crude petroleum" an
then busted with black dirt. Blu
through this darkness will be see
sparkling on tbA--st - e:. ,s...- C,
"oil prince" $4,000 or $4,000 dfa
mond.
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Scene in an Opium Shop.

One who has never visited an opium
shop can have no conception of the
fatal fncinaton that holds its vic
tins fast bound-mind, heart, soul,
and conscience all absolutely dead TO
every impulse but the Unsuitable, ever
increasing thirst for the damnable
poison. entered one Of these dcns
but oncc, but ! can never forget the
terrible sights and sounds Of that
"place of torment" The apartment
was spacious, and might have been
pleasant, but for its foul odors and
still fouer scenes of unutterable woe
the footprints of sin trodden deep in
the burrows Of those haggard faces
and emaciatcd forms, On all four
sides of the room were couches placed
thickly against the walls, and Others
were scattered over the apartment
wherever there was room for them.
On each of these lay extended the
wreck of what was once man. Somc
few were old--all were hollow-eyed,
with sunkcn checks and cadaverous
countenances many were clothed in
rags, having probably smoked away
their last dollar; while others were
offering to pawn their only decent
garment for an additional dose Of the
deadly drug A decrepit old man
raised himself as we entered, drew q
long sigh, and then with half-uttered
improcation on his own folly, proceed
cd to refill his Pipe. This he did by
scraping of, with n five inck stec
needle, some opium from the lid of q
tiny sholl-box, reling the paste into a
pill, and, then, after heating IL in the
blaze of lamp, deposit IL in the smal
aperture Of his pipe. Several short
whiffs followed; then tho smoker
would remove his pipe from his moutl
and lie back motionless; then replace
the pipe, and with fast-glazing eye,
blow tho smoke through his pallC
nostrils. As the narcotic effects o
the opium began to work he fell bacl
on the couch in state Of silly stupe
faction that was alike pitiable and dis
gusting, Another smoker, n mer,
youth, lay with bis face buried in hi
hands, and as he lifted his head ther
was look of despair such as hav
seldom seen. Though so young, b
was complete wreck, with hollow
eyes, sunken chest, and q nervou
twitcbing in every muscle. ! spok
to him, and learned that six month
before he had lost his whole patrimo
ny gambling, and came hithcr to qua
forgetfulness from these Lcthcan cup
hoping, he said, to find death as we
as oblivion. BY far the larger prt
portion of tho smokers were 80 or
,irely under the influence of tho SIT
pcfying poison as to preclude any al
tempt at conversation, and we passc
out from this moral pest house sick
heart ms we thought Of these infatu'
ted victims of selfindulgencc an
their starving families at homo. IN
banciul habit once formed, is scldo'
given up, and from three to five year
indulgence will utterly wreck u
firmest constitution, the frame becon
ing daily more emaciated, the cy'
\ more sunken, and the countenan'
, more cadaverous, till the brain ceas
TO perform its functions, and dea'
places It's seal on tho wasted life
r Lippincotfs Magazine.
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A lady took her sou of some five
years, to church. After the minister
had been preaching about hall an
hour, the little fellow grew sleepy and
began to nod. The mother aroused
him into attention several times by
pushing; but as IL seemed n hopeless
case, she concluded TO let him slecI
undisturbed. After a while the little
fellow had his nap ont, and saw the
minister still holding forth. lie looked
up into his mothers face, and limo
Gently asked, "Mother, is this Sunday
night, or is It next Sunday night"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-10-08

Marriages by moonlight are tho
latest novelty in Georgia. vcry prop
er considering what sweet lnnaoy
the business is. 1t is colorcd pco-
ple's invention. Tho whites generally
prefer gus.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-10-08

A western railroad conductor, after
twenty years Of experience, concludes
that he would rather carry twenty
thousand men passengers than TO have
enc lone, forn Female board bis train
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whcn n. p. Willis was nsked "a
make speech, hc replied; "I an
by profession writer, and you can
not cxpcc, a pump TO give water from
the hsiidle ss well 90 from the mouth
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EXECUTRIN NOTICE.-Noticoi is here
IL by given that letters icstamcntary on lh'
estate Of AUGUSTUS LEC0NTE, deceased, late
of Girard township, Clearaeld county, Penn'a,
having been duly granted TO The undersigned, al
persons indebted to said estate viii please mak'
payment, and those having claims or demands
will present them properly authenticated for set
Element. CAROLINE LECoNIE,
Executrit.
Tooont.,s Milia gept 10 1879 Gle
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CAUTION.-Allpcr persons are hereby cautioned
not to meddlc with tho following property,
in the possession Of George Norris, Of Brady twp
horses, set double harness, lot Of camp TOOLS
saws, axes, tables, stoves, beds and bedding
dishes. dc., now in the camp, as the same oc
''"s' CALVIN WAGNER,
a.n, "a ,73-3ts ATWELL HANSON.
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NOTICE

INXECUTOR's NOTiCE.-Noticc Is here
Ia by given that letters testamentary having
been granted to the subscriber on the estate Of
ALEXANDER BEATTY, deceased, late Of Bell
township, Clenrheld county, Pennsylvania, all
persons indebted to said estate are requested TO
make immediate payment, and those having
claims against the same will present them duly
authenticated for settlement.
JULIA ANN BEATTY,
gcptember 10 1S73-6t, Executrir.
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-Four thousand five hundred dollars
have been raised for the monument to
Gen. Thomas.
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JOSEPH II. DEEBING, on Market street, In
Shaw's Row, CIearheld. Pa, has just received
6ue lot Of French Calf Skins and Kips, the
bes, in the market. and is now prepared to man
ufacture everything in his line. lie will war
rant bis work to be as represented.
The citizens Of Clear6eld and vicinity arr
respectfully invited TO give him call.
Work done at short notice. 7:lV7ay
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-10-08

When Shakcspeare's mother wished
him TO confess a theft. what distin-
cuished character did sho hold up BE-
fore him William Tell. W.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-10-08

Mr.. G. Emery, capital character
actor, comes TO this country from
England next season.
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A Georgia youth objects 10 postal
cards, because they are so hard to
open.
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,econles Mill. Sept. 10. isi3.-6t.s
4 ADMINISTRATORS NOrICE.-Notc,

A DEMONSTRATORS NOriCE.-Notice
~ Is hereby given that letters OF administration
on the estate Of BENJAMIN BAIRD, late OF
Bell township, Clearhcld county, Pa, deceased,
having been duly granted to the undersigned, Az
persons indebted to said estate will please make
Immediate payment, and those having claims or
demands win present them properly authenticated
for settlement without delay.
w. JAMES A. CAMPBELL,
a,v27.sts Administrator
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Lcconts's Mus, Sept, 10, 1879. .Gt'

DONDS FOR SALE.-The Clear
ID field Gas Company is offering It's bonds as
an investment, running from one to ten years,
bearing sit per cent interest, payable semi-an-
nually on the FIRST days Of January and July.
The amount is limited to $4,000. being but
one.ihird Of the stock of the company, thus max
ing the bonds desirable and safe Investment
They eau had at either OF the Banks in this bor-
ough, or at the Trcasnrcrs Office.
W. W. BETS, Treasurer.
rt...n.I Gal IN 1874 tf
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The Persian monarch's smile must
be sad one, as 1t is simply q Shah
grin,
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Tho proper thing TO move the Grow
Indians 10 whore they belopg-scare
crow.
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DMINIsTRATOR,s NOTICE-N,

A DEMONSTRATIONS NOTiCE.-Notice
N is hereby given thatlettors Of administration
on the estate OF EDMUND BEAUsiNGER, deed,
late Of Coyington township, clearfed county, Pa,
having been duly granted to the undersigned, ~
nsrsors Indebted 10 said estate will please make
payment, and those having claims or demands
will present them properly authenticated Tor set
Element. EUGENE DEAuSlSpER,
Administrator.
Leconte's Mjlls, Sent. 10, isi3.-6t.s
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When Is an umbrella like person
eorvaleecent When II 10 recovered
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Tom Hood, son of the poet and hui
morist, will visit America this fall.
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CtAUTION.-Ail persons are hereby cautioned
I aaainst purchasing or In any way mcddlng
with the following property One bay Mare ono
rray Mare, one iron-gray yearling colt, ono set
of harness and one two.horse wagon. Inc same
tho no,session OF George fIockcnberry, OF Wood
ward township. JOHN W. "hi""i'
| Sent ~, 1881.
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NEW PUBLICATIONS
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ANOTHER WITNESS FOR THE WILSON
COMMITTEE.

Mr.. Edward simmonds, superb ntc nd emit
of Rolling Stock, Speaks n Piccc-IIore
Swindling Exposed.
The Wilson Investigating Committee, at WASH
ington, can have another witness to throw some
light upon the workings OF the Union Pacific Rail-
road by sending for him to New York. A HERALD
reporter called yesterday upon Mr.. Edward Sim.
monds OF $40 Broadway, who was connected with
the railroad from March, 1865, to March ISL In the
capacity OF Superintendent OF Rolling Stock. The
reporter asked
'.What was the character. Mr.. Simmonds OF your
duties on the Union Pacific Railroadpv
.'lt was my business" he replied, ITO look after
the rolling stock OF the road; to receive IL and
report on IL to the company"
'Wherc was your office ~
cat No. 20 Nassau street,
''when did you first receive rolling stock for the
road ~
shortly after the close Of the war received
number OF second hand locomotives which were
sold TO the company by z. q. Butler, OF Boston:
lhey were brought mostly from the south, and
were repaired by Barney Moore n Co., OF Cncin-
nati. Ihey were sod to the company as first class
englhes by Butler. first class engine at that
tne was worth from sixteen to seventeen thou
sanu 1olars. When saw these engines | wrote
report 10 the company, copy Of which have at
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ing, and they turned to each other
and remarked, III McComb is anything like Fisk, u
Mr.. Brooks had finished his harangue nearly every
man, woman, child, doorkeeper and page about
Congress held him to be more deeply implicated
p0sures one is filed with establishment TO remem-
Der the audacity with which Brooks cited Hugh
Hastings, editor OF the New York Commercial Ad-
uertiser, In Washington. when Hastings charged
Brooks with using his position in Congress to en-
rich himself in the Union Pacific Railroad more
than one year ago. And now we see the great dis
proportion between Mr.. Brooks audacity and his
nerve. He looks like sinking man, and attends
the committee after throwing his head upon the
table and putting mis- arms before 1t.
WHO PEACHED UPON CONGRESS-
The assaults upon McComb nave an been based
'strke" the Credit Mobilier for large sum Of
money, holding in reserve the letters cakes Ames
wrote to him as matter OF intimidation. The In
ference Ia thus sought to be established that tho
present investigation is merely part OF McComb's
t elack;maiiing operation; HOW unjust TINS assh IMP
quoted here, the original OF which Is now IN my
hand The letters OF Cakes Ames would never
tempted to bluff McComb, believing that the
iatter's sense OF delicacy would prevent him
McComb had waited sd'I upon Xmes and rendered
tne letters and the memoranda upon them, pro-
viaea Ames would agree In writing to accept the
verdlct soon to be rendered from the Courts OF
pennsylvania and make the suit final there without
more litigation: Ames whose Obtuseness is now
sitive about those letters, because he (AicCombl
had not put the originals before the Commissioner.
put nad nled copies merely. The c0nederates also
thought that It would be good thing to demand
the originals themselves and steal them 50 as to
deprive McCOmb OF a case. Accordingly the cOun-
selol Ames and Alley made the following written
demand that the originals be put IN. There was
no evading this demand, and the consequence was
that every one of the Congressman now on the stool
OF remOrse finds himself exposed
MCONB M0BILIER
PHILADELPHIA, May q, 1877
DEAR slR-On Thursday, the 23d, you have appointed
to close the crossexaminat0n Of Mr.. McComb, and
proceed with your evidence.
Allow me to remind you of promises made bv your
client at the prior meetings many months since TO fur
nish produce the documents from copies OF
which he spoke, or referred to- or memoranda taken
from them. Some at least were to be sent to me next
day; have He stated the other day they
had been withheld for purpose; | must ask that yoa
will require him to produce at the meeting on Thursday
If you desire me TO cross-examne, the following
Letter from Cakes Ames in reference to the distribution
OF 345 shares as gifts to members Of Congress-;
His books showing the original entries and dividends.
sums, stated TO have been received as dividends
April 1866 July 1866 September, 1866; December 1866.
and January 1868. ~.
would also like to have copy of Mr. Ames letter.
April L. 1867 exhibit No. Z, A. W. NJ. Very truly,
To JAMES L. G0wEN, ESQ., r. c. McMUkTRIE
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home and told them what these engines were like
that they were dear at $4,000 and unit for any de-
cent road"
sWhO was p. G. Butler ~
CHE was relative, think nephew Of General
Ben Butler, and he held stock IN the Credit NO
bilier."
''What was the result of your report ?"
ut was never attended TO. Second hand rolling
stock, cars and engines continued to be received
and the full price allowed for them. went down
TO Alexandra IN the Fall oil 1866 to look alter some
STOCK Butler had there for the Union Pacific road.
l found wOrn-out government engine, several
cars, switch stands and pther truck"
stock bought for the road and charged at first class
rates ~
EYES, there was good deal bought and paid for
or very inferior kind. but cannot Just now re-
collect. At another time, when, like Cakes Ames,
lreiIesh my memory, may be able to recall some
other matterSu
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SERIOUS ACCIDENTS

Charles Sennett, aged forty-two, OF 100 Leroy
street. fell into the hold Of the steamer Minnesota,
lying at pier 40 North River, yesterday, and was
seriously wounded about the head and back Hc
was at work on the vessel at the time. The police
OF the Twcnty-cighth precinct had him conveyed
to Bellevue Hospital.
John GRAY, OF 5sl Greenwich street, fell into the
hold OF the steamer Stella yesterday and was in
Hospital.
Elisha Hail. thirty-four years OF aye OF 40 TIamt-
ton street, BROOKLYN, Iel on the sidewalk In Eighth
avenue, near Forty-eighth street, YESTERDAY while
intoxicated and was severely injured about the
head. The surgeon OF the Twentysecond police
patient to be sent home.
Frederick Bragha TWENTY-FIVE years OF age, a
window shade painter living on the corner OF
Stage and Leonard streets, BROOKLYN, fell RON q
window on the fourth door OF the house AL East
18th street to the sidewalk, yesterday and was
dangerously Injured. He was sent 10 Bellevue
Hospital by Captain Walsh Of the seventeenth ule-
met police.