Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-01-15
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Atlantic, headquarters at New York.
IIoratio Seymour win preside ovcr
the National Prison Reform Congress
10 be held In Baltimore on tho 2lst Of
January. y
Six of the signcrs Of Jeif Dacis' bail
bond arc dead, but Gcrrit Smith, who
headed tho list, still lives, and Is con.
sidcrod loyal at that.
John Hagan, Esq, momber-clcct to.
tho Legislature from Greene county,
died ut his residence on the 24th ult.,
in tho 5sth year of his ago.
Hon. s.. G. Turner, of Wilkesbarrc,
died suddenly in Plymoth on Friday
moraing. He was u momber Of the
State Senate last year. is, ..t
b A Detroit woman recently drank a
wine glass OF laudanum TO cure the
toothschc. Sbo succeeded. There
was funeral next day. brh ii,r. /.
The next u. s. House Of Represent.
ativcs will consist OF 292 members, an
increase Of 81 over the present House,
which has 24l. lN li
Samuel Wilson, postoiiicc clerk at
Sharon, has been arrested for robbing
the mail, aud is now enjoying the hos
pitalities of the Pittsburgh c,.laboose.
A despatch from General Anger ro-
ports the death, IN Texas, OF General
James Ii. Carlton, who commanded
the department Of Now Mexico dnr-
ing the war.
Senator Mcclure did not participate
in any of the political caususesa at Har.
risburg. This course enables him to
maintain u strictly independent posi-
ton in the Senate. g thl mid aitH =
"Founded BY Horace Greeley" is
the head line OF the Tribune now
The Buffalo Commercial thinks thore
will soon be another thus /" "Foundcred
| by Whitelaw Reid. '
Ono reason given for Grants inter.
ference in tho louisiana affair is, that
the anti,Warmoutb legislature will
elect Casey, his brothcr,in,law, United
States Senator, ...,.....,-., ~. q
The Jobnstown Voice says; There
is pious monk IN St. Francis Mon
astcry, Loreito, who, though having
lived within seven miles OF Cresson
for twenty-five years, has never seen
that place.
Il, A. Pollard, the historian Of the
"Iost Cause" died at Lynchburg, Va,
on the 10th ult., at the age Of IS years.
Since the war no has devoted himself
chiefly TO literary pursuits, in which
he achieved a wide reputation.
The President has selected ex.Con-
gresham Perry, and General Harlan
Of Kentucky, attorneys to bring suit
against tho Credit Mobillcr, in accord
ance with the resolution adopted on
Monday by the House of Representa-
tives. ~ fnerr
The January session of the Supreme
Court of this State commenced last
Monday ut Philadelphia. Tho Court
fixed the first Monday in February for
the argument of tho Philadelphia cases
which test tho constitutionality Of
tho Local Option Law. .aol
Edward s. Stokes, tho man who
shot Jamcs Fisk, jr., at tho New York
Central Hotel, about one year ago,
has just received his trial and been
found guilty Of murder in the first dc.
gree, ard sentenced 10 be hung on the
2sth day of February next
Too Harrisburg Legislators arc
housed as follows: Bottoms 40 mcp.
bers, tho Lochicl 35, tho Keystone 20,
tho State Capitol Is, tho United
States 4, and the Jones House 5. The
remainder Of the 1873 are stopping at
private boarding houses,
a locomotive on tho Cincinnati,
Wabash and Michigan Railroad be
came disabled between Warsaw and
Goshen, Ind, on tho 10th ult, The
engineer and fireman were frozen to-
death in attempting to reach house
one mile distant. 4
Alexander Hamilton said "Thc
States eau ncvor loso their powers
till tho whole people are robbed OF
their liborlies" ln view of tho spec
tacle presented by Alabama ana Lou
lsiana, these words have q fresh sig
niiicance.
Henry Meigs, tho Peruvian railway
millionaire, recently presented Presi-
dent Boltas wife with sl5O,000 upon
her birthday, while the lady's daugh-
ter received on the same anniversary
a check for S50,0O0. Why does not
President Grant cultivate his acquain
tancel n rof3lt. sat
Senator Sumner has not tho slight
est disposition TO train In the admins
tration ranks. He stands by the Gin
cinnati platform. In recent conver.
salion ho said: "This is our line, and
if wo have no party roof over our
heads wo shall camp out on il and
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