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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-03-04
Democratic Meeting.

The Democrats of Clearfeld county
are hereby notified to assemble in tho
Court Room, in Clearfield, on Tuesday
evening, March nth, 1874, for the
purpose of choosing a Representative
delegate to tho approaching State
convention, and select three confereos
to meet those from Cambria, Clinton
aud Elk, for the purpose of electing a
Senatorial delegate.
W. NJ, McCULLoU0H, Chm.
Clcarfeld, March 4th, 1874.
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IMPosrERs.--H. B. Harvey, W. NJ.
Of Masonic lodge in Troy, N. Y,
says the country is overrun with
bad characters who solicit relief on
the ground of being Masons. He has
had eight pppications in q day from
men who, as he learned upon invest.
CATION, had been expelled from lodges.
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COURT sALE,-By

" virtue of an order Of the Orphans, Cour, Of
ciearhcld county, there will be sold at public
SALE on the premises, in Houtldsle, at 2 o'clock,
p. M, on FRIDAY, MARCH ls, 1874, the fol-
lowing real estate, late the property Of Thomas
Fitzpatrick, deceased; All that certain piece Of
ground situate in the borough Of Huut1dals,
Clearheld county, Pa, Oh the northeast corner OF
Maple alley and Mary street. so feet front and
$50 deep, and known and designated as lot
No. lis in the plot Of said borough; having .
frame house thereon, 1924 feet two stories high.
TERMS Ten per cent. cash at sale. one -haif
at confirmation, and balance in six months, with
interest TO be secured by bond snd mortgage on
premises. MARY FITzPATRICK, Adm'x.
Feb 25 lS74-yt
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COOP FoR Him Tho editor Of the
Norristown Herald has lost his wheel
barrow, and is advertising for it's re.
turn. Well, it's good for him. He
had no business to own wheclbarrow.
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COURT sALE.-Bv

~ virtue Of an order of the orphans Court Of
clearheld county, there win be sold at public sslc
a, the Court House, in o,carfeld, Pa, on MON
DAY, MARCH l6, 1874, tho following valuable
real estate, late the property Of VIM. Dale, deed,
Of Lawrence township, to-wit All that certain
tract or piece of land, situate in Lawrence town
ship, Clcardeld county, Pa. bounded and de-
scribed as follows; beginning at a post, corner
o. land OF Hugh and James Orr, on line Of lani
John Beaumonti thence by Beaumont Z Lam d south
loa perches TO post on line Of land Of David
Hoover's estates thence east 70 perches to white
oak thence north 6perches to dogwood thence
east ~ perches TO apost thence north if- perchcs
TO post; thence west ll2i perchcs to post ana
place Of beginning. containing 100 acres and al
lowancc, more or less, and being the same preml-
ses which Mark Kyler aud wife by deed, dated
goth May, 1858, recorded at Clcarheld, In Deed
Book Y, pages 2es and 2s9, conveyed to Richard
Shaw, sr.
TERMS OF sALE.--Ten per cent. Of purchase
money at sale, one-third at confirmation OF sale,
and the balance in two equal annual payments
thereafter, with interest from date Of sale, to ba
secured by bond and mortgage on premises.
RKBEccA J. DALE, Adm'x.
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Hon. Nathan X. Hall, U. s. District
Judge, died at Buffalo, on the I'd inst,
OF heart disease, aged 81 years. He
was Postmaster General under Prosj-
don't Fillmore. n
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COURT sALE-Bv

" virtue Of an order Of the Orphans Court Of
Clearfcld county, there will be sold q, public sale,
on the premises, at Houtrdalc, on THURSDAY,
MARCH IL, 1874, at 2 o'clock p. NJ, n certain
lot Of grouod, in the village of Houtzdale, Clear
field county late the property Of Jamcs Burns,
deceased, situated on the south h-west corner OF
Mary street and Maple alley, fronting SO feet on
Mary street, aud extending back l5o fees to Bear
alley, known as lot No. lsg In plot Of said bor-
ough, and having large Frame Dwelling House
and other Improvements thereon erected.
TrRns or sAIE.---rcn per cent. at sale; one
half Of the whole sum at confirmation, and tho
balance in six months, with interest to be secured
on the premises. MARY BURNS,
Feb. rs, 1S74-3t Executrix
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JUST LIKE liIM.-An exchange says:
"One OF the few sensible things done
by the last Congress was the refusal
to admit Colorado into the Union,
tho understanding being that no Ter.
ritory should be admitted as a State
until it had at least population sutii.
Gent to entitle it to one Representa-
tive. 1t isnot probable that the popu.
lation of Colorado is much over so 900,
less than two-fiiths that of Repre-.
sentative district. In face of these
facts President Grant recommends
that this Territory, with fewer inhabi.
tants than New York ward, be rep.
resented in tho national legislature
by two Senators and a Congressman" )"
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l certify that the above Is correct list of the
names Of persons and firms assessed for the cur.
rent year. Notice Is hereby given that an appeal
will be held at the County Commi missioners olhce,
In clearheld, on FRIDAY, the goth day Of March
next, where all who feel them selves sggrievcd
can attend If they see proper. No exoncraiions
or reductions can be made after the day OF appeal
drahamion, p. oURLEY,
Feb. 25, TAI Mercantile Appraiser.
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NOTlCE.-A meeting Of the members Of the
IN Clearhcid Agricultural Society will be held
IN the Court House on Monday evening Of March
court, tl6,h) for the purpose Of eleciing officers
for the ensuing year. A general attendance Is
desired NATHANIEL RIShBL,
FEB 2o'5t Chm. TX. Com.
HAUTIoN.--Ail persons are hereby caution.
~ cd against trading for or buying the follow
ing property: One COW, 3 holes Of potatoes, a lot
Of corn fodder, cook stove, 9 beds and bedding,
cupboard. clock, hog, 30 bushels corn cars,
now u possession Of Robert NJ. Raney, as the
same belongs to mo and is LEFT nth him subject
to my order at any timc.
feblsSt JACOB A. BRETH.
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.CTORE ROOM AND OFFICES
- FOR RENTT.--The Store Room on Second
street, known as the keystone Store" lately oc-
cupieI by +. W. Graham, 10 for rent. The store
room is 22xto, with ware room 22xs2, good water
and pump in the building. The office rooms have
outside entrance, second floor, 22x2s aud l2x22
feet Building in good order. Known to be we'll
situated and suitable for any and all kinds Of
business. For further particulars address
d. q. NIyLING.
Clearicld, Pa. March 4, ls7l.-tf
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ID EGIsTER's NOTICE.--Notioe is hereby
III given that the following accounts have been
examined and passed by me, and remain filed Of
record in this Office for the inspection Of heirs,
legatecs creditors, and all others in any other way
Interested, and will be presented to the next Or
phans Court si Ccarhold county. TO be held at the
Court House. In the borough Of ClcMhcld COM
meneing on the ~ Monday (being the 10th day)
Of March, A. d. 1877; ~.....
Account Of J, II. aud +. r. wrirley. ssrsnk,...
traitors Of Wn, X, Wriglcy. administrator Of Joab
Rider estate, late Of covington township, deed,
Partial account OF Mrs. Emily Wright. admin
istratrix Of Abram X. Wright, late Of Clearaeld
borough, deceased.
Account Of q. c. Pa~morc, administrator ef
WIN. Mcknight late Of Clearneld bor. deceased.
Final account Of susannah Troy, administrs-
trli Of John Troy, late Of Morris township, do.
ceased
Final account Of George Williams, administra.
tor o. John arccn, late Of Jordan township, de-
ceased.
Final account Of Willis J. Nugcpt, sdministrs.
tor Of Elliott King, late Of Burnside township,
deceased.
Final account Of a. W. Mccally and suannsh
McOully, sdministrators Of Lyle McCuliy, late u
uulieh township. deceased.
RRaisrEp's 0rrrcr, Aw LEX.
cl'araeld, ra, BOB, Is, is-i-,s' R'fins
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Gilllland A Hcokendorn, groceries, dry

II GiIlIIand A IIcckendofn, groceries, dry
goods and drugs Z 0
IA Henry Yothors, dry goods, groceries,. OF
10 L. M. Coudriet, general merchandise. 20 OF
IA Legey a Shawny, dry goods. quecns're Z OF
u Justin pubcll, dry goods four, etc...... I OF
Ia Francis Coudriet, dry goods, groceries. 7 OF
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cnEsr TOWNSHIP.

IA II. II. rurd. groceries and notions......
~ James Curry, dry goods and groceries, 7
IA VIM. Hunter, general mcrchandiso.....
~ j. A. koan, groceries and conioc'ies,
IL J. II. Mckee Co., gcn'l merchandise, Z
patent medicine....
IA J. P. J. s. Fry, dry goods, groceries, 7
u Bundy Bro, dry goods, groceries,. I
Ia Jonn Hockenberry. groccr's, dry goods. I
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-01-10

CHALK-MARK PARTITIoNs.-A lady
travelling in the far west writes home as
follows The hotels Of these sections
are built of logs, and are generally fifteen
feet in size. They have but one room
which answers for hall, drawing room,
dressing room and kitchen. 1t having
been the first time that | ever had the
extreme felicity Of registering my name
on the book of one of these metropolitan
accommodations, was much surprised
by the arrangements, observed a few
men changing their clothes--or more
properly performing their toilet-and l
addressed the landlord with
is this the only apartment this house
has?"
Yes, ma'am isn't da: enough2"
But haven't you got any other iol
ladies?n
"No."
What a horrible arrangement! Bu
how do the ladies do ?"
"Dey draw schalk mark around theil
bed, and while dey take off dere clothes
and 'tngs no gentleman is lowed to look
ober de white mark %
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-01-10
SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1874.

PHENOMENA OF THE BRAIN.-One OF
the m ost inconceivable things in the ma
ture of the brain is that, although itself
the organ of sensation, it should of itself
be insensible. To cut the brain gives no
pain yet in the brain resides the power
of feeling pain in any part of the body.
If the nerve which leads to the injured
part be divided, we become instantly un-
conscious of suffering. 1t is only by COM
munication with the brain that any kind
of sensation is produced yet the organ
is itself insensiblc. But there is cir
cumstance more wonderful still. A GER
tain portion of the brain itself may be re-
moved without destroying life. The ami
NAL lives and performs the functions
which are necessary to simple vitality,
but it has no longer mind. 1t cannot
think or feel. 1t requires that the food
should be pushed into the stomach once
there it is digested, and the animal will
even thrive and grow fat. We infer,
therefore that part of the brain is simply
intended for the exercise of the intellect
ual faculties, whether of the lower de-
gree, called instinct, or of that exalted
kind bestowed on man, which is called
reason.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-01-10

A New SwINDLE.-A Brooklyn pawn.
broker has hit upon new idea for the
improvement of business. He pledge:
in his own office a worthless ring, made
in imitation of gold, and apparently worth
about 500. The ticket for this bogus
pledge on which loan of So or therca.
bouts appears to have been made is then
dropped on the the street, near the door
of the pawn office, to tempt the cupidity
of the wayfarer, while the enterprisng
broker calmly watches his bait. Very
soon the ticket is picked up, and pocket
ed by the finder with a chucklc. In a
short time n call is made for the pledge
the loan and interest at a high rate are
paid, and the finder believes he has more
than doubled the value Of his money
until some friendly jeweler to whom the
ring is shown, acquaints him with it'
true value, which is generally about three
cents. The finder of the ticket is usually
satisfied to let the matter rest there, rs
he feels himself little at fault in con
nection with this petty swindle.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-01-10

Trout VERSUS CoIN.-The following
fishing article, from an exchange, will
amuso our hook and line friends 81
met the other day." writes a foreign
sportsman, with an Englishman, who
travels somo hundreds of miles every
year to indulge in his favorite sport, trout
fishing. L believe that, provided his ia
vorite stream were undisturbed, this en-
thusiastic fisherman would be but little
concerned if the whole world were sub
merged in a second deluge, as may bo
judged from the following anecdote:
One day lac was exploring the banks of
his fayorite stream, accompanied by the
landlord of the inn at which he was stop
ping. The latter happening to come too
close just at that moment his guest was
throwing the fly, the hook caught in the
poor wretch's eyelid, causing him in
tense pain. But the sportsman cooly
took out his hook, readjusted the fly, and
as the inn keeper continued bowling at
the top of his voice, You can," said he
in whisper, "put your eye down in
your bill, but I'll trouble you to stop
that noise, so as not to fr1ghten my fish,"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-01-10

THE ANTI BALD HEADED HAT
Kirkbaum read somewhere that Dio Lew
is advised men with a tendency TO be-
come bald to have holes punched in the
top of their hats. And so when Kirk
baum purchased his new Winter hat no
had small sheet-iron plato perforated
with large holes and set in the CROWN
That was on Tuesday. On Wednesday
Mrs. Kirkbaum got n new hired girl, who
saw the hat on the chair in the dining
room, and imagining it to be n patent
collender Of some new kind, she removed
it to the kitchen. When Mrs. Kirk baum
came down at noon TO see how dinner
was getting on, she found the girl strain
ing the boiled cabbage through the iron
ventilator in Kirkbdum's high hat, and
swearing in the Ballybugdeen dialect be-
cause the holes were so big and the col
lender so timber. That night, when Mr.
Kirkbaum wanted to go to the Lodge, he
began to hunt for his hat, while Mrs. X
sat still and trembled. But when he be
came exasperated and commenced to pcl
up chairs and jam them down hard, so al
to relieve his feelings, she began to cry
and revealed the whole horrible truth tC
him. 1t may have been done in quicker
time but we doubt it. We say that there
may have been, in former ages, some hir'
ed girl who packed her trunk and pelted
down stairs and was hustled into the
street quicker than Mrs. Kirkbaum's
hired girl when Kirkbaum began to ex-
postulate with her, but the fact has not
been proved He wears an unperforated
hat now, and will probably be entirely
hnld in another month
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-01-10

THE court of pardons of New Jersey
has postponed the consideration of the
petition Of Louis Wadenburger of Egg
Harbor City until the next session of the
court. 1t is stated that the prisoner, who
has been confined in State prison for four
teen years for the murder of his child,
knew that his wife committed the MUIR
der, and would not divulge until after
his wile's death, which took place a short
time ago. He was sentenced to be hung,
but the sentence was commuted TO i'm
prisonment for life, because the evidence
on which he was convicted was circum-
stantial. His petition bears the sig
natures of the lawyers who were present
at the trial and ten of the twelve jury
men, besides large number Of the prom
inent citizens of the vicinity. One of the
other two jurymen is dead, and the other
left for parts unknown ten years ago.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-01-10

JUSTICE, though blind, is always beau
tiful. So is justice of the peace when
his head is perfectly horizontal and his
heart is tender. Such is that mild mind
ed magistrate Of Guthrie county, Iowa.
who has just made decision in the
case of parent who sued his daughters
wooer for kicking him out ofbis own par
lor. 1t was held by the court that court
ing is a necessity, and must not be need
lessly interrupted-that a parent has no
legal right in a room where counting is go
ing on. This, however, leaves open the
questions whether father may not, in
the exercise of proper parental authority,
order his daughter still domicled in his
house, to 60 to bed at nine o'clock, and
whether he ia bound to find light and fire
for the convenience Of the enamored.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-01-10
CURIOsITIEs OF SUPERSTITION.

Louis Napoleon in his will emphasizes
the solemn declaration With regard
to my son, let him keep as talisman the
seal used to wear attached to my watch"
This piece of fetichism would appear to
have formed yet another link between the
imperial exile who has passed from our
midst and those Latin races whose super
stition he certainly shared. Indeed, the
ancient Romans degraded a priest because
his inter fell, and unmade n Dictator be-
cause rat squeaked. Caesar crossed the
Rubicon, because on the opposite bank
he saw man with fine figure. His
nephew felt confident of winning the
battle of Actium, because he met peas
ant by the name of Nicolaus mounted on
an ass. Wolsey was warned of his doom
by crosior-head Sejanus, by flight of
crows. DR.. johnson objected to going
under ladder. Montaignc avoided Civ
ing his left foot priority in putting on his
stockings. Alexander was believed to
have united the Gordian knot with his
sword. For goodluck's sake, Augustus
wore some portion of sea-calf; Charlie
magne some trinket of unknown value.
Mohammed was all fate Bonaparte all
star and destiny. Cromwell believed in
Sept. 3, and Louis Napoleon in Dec. 2.
Sulla called himself Felix, tho favored
child of fortune, and Timoleon turned his
house into temple of chance. Alexander
if we may credit tho account by Quintus
Curtius, was terrified by blood flowing
from inside his soldiers bread during his
| siege of Tyre in 332 b. G. His seer Aris-
tandcr, toresaw in this crimson enux of
the vital strenm out of the commissariat
a happy issue for the Macedonians and
the warriors thus nerved took Tyre. From
the year 1904, the alarming spectacle of
the bleeding host and bread, as we'll as
the bewtched bloody milk several times
N each century, gave simple folks a scare !;
thus, it was noticed in 1864, under Urban
Nv, at Bolsena, not far from Civita Wee
CHA and Raphael has taken this for the
subject of his picture called the " Mirac-
ulo de Bosena," which is, at all events,
a miracle of the pencil. In 1888, when
Heinrich Won Bulow destroyed the vii
lage and church Of Wilsnach, drops of
blood were found eight days afterward on
the host placed on the altar. But the
victims of superstition have the bump Of
casualty remarkably developed and in
1910, thirty-eght Jews were burnt to
ashes because they had tortured the con
secrated host until it bled Again, the
| sight was seen on the Moselle in 1924 :;
and in lS4S the famous Ehrenberg ana
Used the terrible portent. After stopping
with his microscope over the red stains on
bread, cheese and potatoes, this savant
declared that they are caused by small
monads or vibrois, which have n red color,
and are so minute that from 49, $3.50, ,O00, 900
to SSi, ,736, ,0OO, ,0O0, 900 distinct beings adorn
the space of one cubic inch. Unfortun-
ately when, IN 1910, thirty-cight Israeites
were burnt to ashes, no scientific Ehren-
berg existed to point out to their super
stitious butchers that what they called a
proof of the consecrated host being tor
tured until it bed, was merely due TO ag-
gregation of hungry red ts.--Htus-
trdted Record.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-01-10

THD DISEASE OF Dick YATEs.-Poor
Dick Yates went down to the grave i'm
PEELED by fatality that was unyelding.
His difficulty was not one of his own
seeking. 1t came to him by transmits
sion, and he was no more responsible for
it than is the child born with a taint
of scrofula, or the person who finds his
system pervaded with poison communi-
Gated by the bite Of rabid dog. lie was
an inebriate from conception he was
doomed when he lay on his mothers
breast; and his subsequent yieldings to
stimulation were no more than the out
breaks of congenital disease. He fought
the thing gallantly; he fought it with all
the odds against him he fought It as a
man fights against pulmonary consump-
ton which has fastened itself upon him
and for this fighting off the fatal catastro-
phe as long as he did, he is entitled to
consideration.-C Chicago Times.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-01-10
NUMBER 2.
A MOORISH LEGEND.

A Sponish Moor, being on the eve of
setting out on n pilgrimage to Mecca, en-
trusted all his money to man who had
hitherto. borne a reputation for unblem-
ishcd probity. His fortune consisted of
two thousand peasants. On his return
he was not little surprised, when the re-
puted honest man denied all knowledge
of himself and his money. The pilgrim
entered complaint against him, entreat-
cd the judge to help him to his property,
and took his oath on the truth of his
statement-but all in vain. The old
mans good name outweighed all he could
say, the plaintiff was non-suited and he
went away in despair.
Presently he met an old woman who
was toddling along with the aid of staff.
Touched by the strangers grief she
stopped him, hailed him in Allah's name,
bade him take heart, and having listened
to his unvarnished tale, she said :
BE Of good cheer, young man. May
be, with Allah's help, shall get back
your gold. Do you buy chest, and fill
it with sand or mould only let it bo
bound with iron and well locked. Then
choose three or four discreet men, and
come to me. We shall succeed, never
fear"
The Spanish Moor followed her advice
punctually. He came with four friends,
bringing n Ghost, which the strongest
porters could scarcely drag along.
"Now follow me-" said tho old wo-
man.
On reaching the door of the supposed
honest man, she went in with the Span
iard's four friends, bidding the latter
wait below, and not mako his appear
ance until the chest had been carried up
stairs.
She now stood in the presence of tho
hypocrite, when she introduced her four
companions saying
Behold, here arc some honest Span
iards about to make pilgrimage to
Egypt. Their treasures are boundlcss.-
They possess, among other things, ten
chests of gold and silver, that they know
not whore to stow at present. They
would fain entrust them to safe hands at
present, so /, well knowing your unsul-
lied reputation, have brought them hith-
or. Pray fulfil their wishes"
Meanwhile, she ordered the heavy chest
brought in, which the pretended honest
man gloated over with greedy looks
But just then the young man rushed in,
and impetuously demanded his two
thousand peasants. The faithless deposit
tory was much frightened, and lest the
young man should reproach him with his
treachery in presence of the strangers,
who would then take away their untold
treasures, which he had already deter
mined TO appropriate TO himself, he cried
out to the Moor
" BE welcome was almost fearing
you would never come bnck again, and
was puzzled to know what to do with tlS
two thousand peasants. Allah be prais-
ed, who brought you back safe. Here is
what belongs to you"
The Spanish Moor went away with his
treasure as triumphant as though he was
carrying off SO much booty. The old
woman begged the master OF the house to
pnt this first chest in safe place, whilo
she went and ordered the rest to be sent.
She then sheered off with her four com
panions, and of course failed to return.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-01-10

A YOUNG gentleman in Augusta, Me-,
lately made an evening call upon a young
lady. 1t was getting towards nine o'clock
when the young lady inquired the time
of evening. Five minutes to nine"
was the reply. How long will it
take you to go home ?" Five min
utes, should judge" "Then," said the
young lady, if you start now you'll
get home just at nine o'clock" He per-
formed the feat on time.