Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-11-11
NEWS ITEMS.

Thanksgiving day in this State.
An cntcrprising Democrat of Ale
gbeny City won eleven new hats on
the result of the election.
---Rt Rcv. Dr. Bacon Roman Cath
olic Bishop, Of Portland, Me, died at
81. yinccnt's Hospital, in New York,
on Friday evening. @ Tmg1I
\ The project Of restricting thepro-
dIrt Of manufactured lumber the
coming season has been abandoned by
the National Association Of Lumber
men.
S--Tho amicablc settlement of the
FormoSan difficulty between China and
japan still appears doubtful notwith-
the more pacific tone Of re-
ront advices. d. e...ig
Albert Packer, son Of the late Gov
oinor William II. Packer died very
in Philadelphia on Thursday
evening, the 2Sth ult., whittier he had
gone for medical treatment. lie was
aged 80 years.
Tile noted Clyde ship builder,
John Laird, died at London, England.
on the 3Oth ult., after protracted i'll.
ness. His ship yards were the
most extensive and complete of any
IN the world and the vessels construc.
ted therein We're mexcelled.
-Cassius NJ. Clay has written a let
ter about the proposed removal Of the
national capitol He thinks Washing
ton is Of all the places the least suited
to the purpose, and favors removal
Of the seat of government TO the Mis-
sissippi Valley
There are twenty-iour colleges ia
the State, divided among the different
denominations as follows: Five Cath
Ole, four Reformed, three Presbyteri-
an, two Episcopal two Lutheran, two
two Friends, one Baptist.
one United Brethren, one Cumberland
Presbyterian and two Medical. rn
1t is now proposed to tunnel the
Alps ut another point, namely at the
famous Mount st. Burnard, the pierce
ment to be about $3.50 yards long. the
tunnel 10 be in four sections by means
of side galleries, 40 that the work may
be completed in three or four Years.
these galleries to remain open afterwarL
for ventilation and other uses.
In the Supreme Court, last week.
Judge Agnew affirmed the decrc of
the Common Pleas Court IN the mat.
ter of refusing TO grant an injunction
TO restrain Secretary of State Quay
from issuing the election proclamation
to accept or reject the new Constitu-
ton. The bill was filed last winter.
the proclamation was issued.
During the first year of their in
PRODUCTION into this country ll2043.-
500 postal cards have been used. The
at Springfield Mas
sachusetts, where they are made, has
during the entire period, been running
from eighteen to twenty hours per
day, with a force Of forty hands stead.
ily at work preparing the cards for
shipment. Three thousand pounds of
paper are daily consumed at the man.
ufactory, and about 100000 cards are
turned out every working day.
California, the land of gold AMI
Of wheat and oranges, figs and olives.
and Of the fat cattle on a thousand
hills, and of the big trees of NJ ,riposa
and ,Calaveras, and of the woussers of
Yosemite and of grizzlies aud sea H.
ons, is yet of all lands the premium
land for the vine and grape juice. For
instance, the wine crop Of single
county in the golden State, the county
of Napa, this year, is estimated at
million gallons, or nearly two gallons
of genuine wine for every inhabitant
of the State
1t is estimated that the people
who have fallen victims to the famine
in Asia Minor number over l500O0.-
As an instance of the terrible devasta.
ton among the cattle and flocks, il is
stated that in one village out of more
than 1900 sheep and goats, just one
sheep and one goat remain, and of 100
cows two remain. In another, from
flock of 1900 sheep and goats, eight
are reported aud from another flock
in the same village, numbering 500,
Of which 200 were mohair goats, the
same number, eight, is sreported.
Martin Van Buren, Wilcoxson a
nephew of the late President Van Blu
rem, died in London, England, on the
l7th ult, at the age Of 45 years. lie
expired at the house of Mr.. Adam Ba-
leau, consul general of the United
States, from the effect OF an attack Of
Bright's disease Of the kidneys. Mr.
was citizen Of New York
md vastly esteemed. He was married
% q daughter of the late Nathaniel
Miles, who was for many years promi.
nent in the diplomatic service of the
United States. a.i -fi 'hi.
-PwrsnURsH, November 1.-Early
Ihis morning burglars enterd the
iwclling of Jacob Tell, ON Federal
street, and after carrying away tho
'ilverware and other articles Of value,
yet fire to the house. Mr.. Tell swokc
ais family and all escaped by jumping
rom the upper windows, except his
ION Joseph aud ascrvant pamed Mar
sarct Lynch, Joseph rushed down
he stairway through the flames and
was seriously burned, while the servant
was suffocated in,thc third story and
ler body, blackened and .disfgurcd,
ound after the fire was extinguished.
--Govornor Peck, Of Vermont in
MS recent annual message to the leg
stature, strongly recommends the es-
ablishing of public library in each
own, TO be kept wen supplied with
he better class of books. He ~
Marks and doubtless truthfully, that
{ such an educational measure WEIR
ldopted, and the books of the libra
'ies freely circulated among the youth
,f the State, II would have tendcn.
,ysto direct the tastes aud habits of
he young TO substantial, solid and
isefff reading Instead Of the trashy
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