Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-10-08

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esteemed and public spialol gentleman liei ra,S-
'' aaddenly,n. his Aomc, in Aloxandris. pup,-
iinsdcn county, week tcsose last, Wo ,i, ,,e
following from the osecoa Rereiiis. Of las, ,seet
He was born IN Lebanon, this State. IN 1897 cam,
to Alexandria, Huntingdon county, in lseo. where
be studied medicine with Or. Charlton. Jtcre n.
married, and after praetleing one year 10 vii
liAmsburs, (,hen Huntingdon, noE Blair coun,y.)
rssarned to Alexandra and permanently located
there IN 1880. ny close application aud thorough
knowledge OF his profession, he bulk Tor hiaself
large and lucrative practice In 1850 he wa,
iadaeed, through, shepc-aasions Of supposed
tfisud to take an inteSOstin rAsas mill, on Clear
held creek, known as thu Belle seena Min,.-
Through the bad management Of those in eharre
u soon became apparent that tho business Womb
require his personal attention, or hsses mus, be
sustained. This caused him to make freoueut
trips to CleaffeM, and partially abandon his prae-
iiee at home, but be laborod hard to attend 10
both, which was almost beyond human power
Through the knowledge he had acquired in his
experience in extrieating himsolf frora the im,ai
neat perils Of this 6rsi lumber embarea,ion. dur
Ing which time he made trips down the river on
his own raits, be determined on pursuing the
business farther. Di,posing Of his Bile sesaa
property, in 1851 and '52 he invested what money
he had in four tracts Of land In Woodward town
ship, known as tho Philip Loasi, WIN. johnson.
Jacob R. Howell, belonging to the Peters estate,
and the George Beekham. to the Bank Of North
America. This purchase, at that day. was con
sidered BY many as reckless investment Twas
far from the water, the only mode Of getting tim
Der to market, and then the Tyrone and Clearacla
road was not even talked about and we have
frequently heard him say, in referring to this pur-
chase, that bis friends thought she might as well
have put his money in the stove as 70 buy wild
lands on the Up top Of The Allegheny niountAius.
But with that pe-sis,eney, close application Of
time and determination 70 accomplish all he Ind
undertaken, and which marked every stcp Of his
business life, be loaned his assistance 10 the above
named railroad, after il had been contemplated
and which was TO approximate within six miles
Of his lands. II is useless 70 attep, to cnurner-
ate al the delays, ycSaiions and troubles attend
ing the final completion Of that enterprise; suffice
it to say it lasted six years. that he vas an every
day exPcctant and uevcr asspaiTed. While this
work vas in progress he, with others, conceived
the idea Of plank road from osceoia 10 MADEIRA,
divergins from Inc railroad az Osccoa, and run
ming west ten miles. With hin to conceive was
TO Do. The charter vas procured and the com.
pany organized, by making him President; but
for the lack Of proper assistance, this undertal
ing vas Permitted to drag along and nothing was
accomplished, until be abandoned the plank road
for the railroad on the same location. and BY
stages assisted in getting ii into bis own laads.-
While he was making these ezcriions, anl bis
lands we're rapidly enhancing in raiae, under
their influence, Of sudden writ of dec,ment
vas served upon him, and six hundred acres of
Bis lard were seized as vacant, although he had
been in pcsechble possession Of them and paid
taxes on them for six years. This was new
cause for vexa,ion, but with his wanted ealnncss
be bowed with resignation to the dccrces of the
court, gave the required security that be would
cease al operations on the portions seile5, but
never doubling tha. he would 5e fully able to
make biz title clear when The opportuniiy offered,
yet convinced that great delay aHdezpense would |
attend it. POr four years the case vas continued
FROM court 70 court, finally reaching trial in 1868
when, through the Ignorance Of the jury to dis |
iinguish the plaintiff from the defendant, he va,
cast, as :, was Afterwards apparent from this I
cause. Judge Lynn, who was on the bench at the |
time, and who vas convcrssuf With the whole /
matter, granted new trial. and ia lie iolloa ng
June Ns5il Il was again tried, when, while the |
jury was yet in their room, and hsd, as Il was ar
teTwards understood, determined on verdict for
tie defendant, the plsin,iss asked for non-suit
which request bad to be complied uith and the
case was len in ehanecry. Here !, again hang
from year to year, until the plaintigf, fearing to
risk their claims farher before the State oonsis,
OF appeal to the Supreme Court or tie STATE. pre-
ferTcd carrying them 70 a UIitcl s,atcs Court
to DO which they had TO resort to the fallaey Of
selling their claims to citizen of anoih,r State,
and through this supposed indiriiusi, ii again
reached trial, before Jldge 1iscsndlcss, Of the
United States Circuit Court, At pitisburs in The
fl Of 1867, Where The jury, after four weeks lat
enins 70 the testimony, rendered a vssiisi in "a
For Of the defendant in sWeaiy minutes; thus
settling all dispale. This Ten the defrndan. in
possession 0f lis lands, aud be again vent to
work where he bad been stopped, AMI the eonse-
qasnce Of that resumption to-day Is the railroad
from Moshannon to lIoulldals, the town Of IIoutr-
dale, the Frankhn, Eureka and Pcna colierits
ard the gang min al ihaipoirt. Daring tho long
years his lands were in diGeuliy, Be never de-
SPARED, and always treated those who were op-
posed to him with sour;esy. lie encountered and
surmourto,i difhsaliiss thai ninety mine men out
Of hundred would have sank under, and lived
to sec bis most sanguino expectations feaiiFei.-
We, who we're With bin through ali bis troubies,
have learned lesson that will remain With Us
80 long As We have though, and feeling.