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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-06-24

A writer in the Milwaukee Sentinel
deserves the respectful sympathy of
all gentlemen who give out their wash
ing. llc says; at is awfully annoy
ing to have some other fellows clothes
left in ones room by the washcrwo-
man. Saturday we put on another
fellows shirt, but couldn't wear it,
Although IL was ruiiled around the
bottom, tho sleeves were too short to
button cuffs on, and there was no place
for collar" f
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-06-24

LITERARY LARoENY.-Thomas Sup
plcc stole ono of Mrs Southworth's
New York Ledger stories and the
Presbyterian Board of Publication
published II asa Sunday.school library
book. t' i aAN'i'
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-06-24

Tho committee of tho Pennsylvania
State Agricultural Society has selected
Easton, Pa, as tho place for the next
exhibition, to bo held September 20
and 30, and October l and 2.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-06-24

Beside tho statcsman-like qualiica-
lions of Addition, Division and Silence
the Washington Ring thoroughly un-
derstand Multiplication. Fifty thou.
sand yards Of paving they make one
hundred and five thousand and so on,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-06-24

Tho appointment Of tho now Sccro-
tary of tho Treasury, Bristow, appears
10 give very general satisfaotjop.- --
That of tho Judge Of the Court of
Claims, Richardson, worry gon@fN dI
satisfaction. 'i'i' wa 7.'''' sy1H
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-06-24
GENEVA,

situated in canton OF Switzerland
only Is miles long by as many broad
so limited in extent that Voltaire made
use of his we'll known sarcasm, "When
| shake my wig ] powder thc whole
Republic" Yet, although so insig
niflcant in territorial extent, 1t has
enacted an important part in the his
tory of intellectual and religious pro
gress. We visited the church and
saw the pulpit and chair which were
used by Calvin and from which with
his unbonndcd zeal and energy he pro
claimed and maintained the principles
of the reformation We also saw the
house where the great reformcr lived
and died To go to the other extreme
and by way Of sharp contrast, We
drove five miles to q place called Fer.
mex, where Voltairc built for himself
o fine chateau and where are several
rooms containing "reminiscences Ad
joining the chateau is chapel erected
by him, over the portal of which il
the ostentations inscription, Dec Erexii
Voltaire. e."-Voltaire erected 1t to God
We intend TO 90 from here to Paris in
order that may see my physician
there. am improving, ! think, and
do not intend TO return until my health
is restored or its restoration declared
TO be impossible. G. A. Nj.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-06-24

BRIBERY AT ELEcTIoNs.-Our Con-
stitution jealousy provides against
evil practices in elections, and it is
important that the minds OF the public
should be refreshed with the salutary
provisions, that tho spirit as well as
the letter of the law may sink deep
into their recollection, II says;
Any person who shall give, or
promise or offer to give, to an elector,
any money, reward or other valuable
consideration for his vote at an elec.
ton, or for withholding the same, oil
who shall give or promise to give
such consideration to any other per
son or party for such electors vote OF
for the Withholding thereof and any
olcctor who shall receive or agree tc
receive, for himself or for another
any money, reward or other valuable
consideration for his vote at an cleo,
ton, or for Withholding the same
shall thereby forfeit the right to vote
at such election, and any elector
whose right TO vote shall be chal.
lcnged for such cause before the elec.
tion officers, shall be required to swear
or affirm that the matter of the chal.
lengc is untrue before his vote shall
be received.
SEC. o. Any person who shall, while
o candidate for Office, be guilty OF
bribery, fraud, or willful violation Of
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-06-24
A Senatorial Scene.

aaA Bostonian recently wandered
ovorto Washington, and while there
turned in tho Senate lobby, while
the civil rights bill was being milled
through that body. What the gentle
man from "the hub saw there, he
communicates to the Boston Post.
The description is life like, and is as
follows: Business was transacted in
the Senate to-day, as follows; Time
half-past one o'clock; subject under
consideration, the Civil Rights bill.
Mr.. Howe, of Wisconsin, has the floor;
Senators Hager and Mitchell are in
dustrially writing letters to loved ones
at home Senator Chandler is reading
his correspondence Senator Peasc is
enjoying the peaceful slumbcr of tho
just; Senators Carpenter and Freling
huyecn ard attempting to pay atten-
tion to the speakers words; Senator
ConkIiDg is writing Senator Hamlin,
when not squirting tobacco juice on
the carpet, is reading Maine news
paper Senator Kelly is posting him
self on the provisions Of the Constitu-
tion Senator Flanagan sleeps sweetly,
but snores occasionally Senator Bore
man pretends to understands and enjoy
the speech Senator Davis, stretched
out on two chairs, peruses the pages
of West Virginia paper; Senator
johnson is writing a letter; Senator
Bogy is reading an account of the
Sartoris-Grant wedding, aud wonder
ing why the reporter forgot to describe
the gorgeous appearance OF the Mis-
souri, statesman Senator Mcrrimon is
studying finance from late speeches of
Morton and Logan; all the other SEN
ators are absent from their seats and
the Chamber, At half-past two o'clock
Mr.. Howe is still speaking, but
change has occurred in the attendance.
The first relief has arrived. Mr.. Nor
rill, of Vermont, is reading a nows-
paper; both the Minnesota Senators
are similarly occupied; Hamilton of
Maryland, is listening to Jim Nye
telling funny stories; Aloorn is all
attention, and self satisfied McCreery
laughs at the jokes he perpetrated in
his last speech, a copy of which hc
holds before his eyes; Fanagan's
head has fallen back over the back of
his chair, and there is great danger
that he will disloeatc the spinal col
umn; Cooper reads Memphis paper
Bogy is telling Goldthwaito, Robert
son, Ransom, Merrimon (who we're
not inyited) all about the royal we'd
ding. The other Senators have gone
out TO see man or woman.
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FLORENCE

n prosperous and pleasant city, and wc
could readily concur in giving 1t tho
samo appellation by which the Italians
distinguish IL, "Floronza Ia bella"-
Florence tho beautiful. IL Is filed
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with the works and contains the mon
uments Of the greatest minds,of Italy,
and at every turn you will SEQ some
fresh indication of Italian genius :
Among the ilustrious men IL has pro-
ducod are Dante, Petrarch, Calico,
Michael Angelo, Lorenzo do Medici,
Amerigo Vespucci and others who
have made il the repository of some
of their noblest creations. We were
much interested in visit we made to
an old library, where are preserved in
excellent condition some old manu-
scripts. Among these was one Of
Virgil, of the fourth or fifth century.
The environs of Florence are very
beautiful, but we were prevented by
the inclcmency of the weather from
making any excursions into the sur
rounding country. Having spent q
week very pleasantly in FLORENCE, wa
struck our tents and pitched them
sl.5.fss AT VENICE,
a city built upon the sea, whore, in It's
broad and narrow streets, il is obbng
and flowing, sand tho salt sea weed
clings to tho marble of her palaces"
Venice is built in tho midst of a
crowded cluster of islets, amounting
in number to about seventy, and the
buildings stand for The most part upon
artificial foundations of piles. The
principal of these islands is called
Rialto, upon which Shylock is said to
have had his place of business, and
where be was accustomed TO make his
bargains. Here Shakespeare gathered
tho materials with which the insatiate
avarice of the merchant of Venice has
been immortalized. inquired after
the fair Portia, but sho was not at
home. Having been a great expositor
of tho laws, ! had an elective affinity
for her.
We stood upon the famous Bridge
of fSighs, and heavod several deep ones,
but for different reason than that
which occasioned the long and deep
drawn sighs which were drawn there
centuries ago. 1t seemed strange not
to hear the sound of a carriage or the
tramping Of horse, but here you
glide up and down the water streets
in the noiseless gondoa. We were
favored with moonlight, and, as some
one has said, Venice, like u faded
beauty, shows better by candle light
From Venice we came TO
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Destruction OF Monitors.

FIVE MORE .'IIdHr-pRAFrs" ORDERED TO BE BRoK-
ES up BY THE GovERSsTENr-oNE TO BE sENT TO
WILMINGTON.
The Government has ordered that five more OF
the light draft monitors which are lying in the
'black channel at League Island be broken up.
These are the Algomd and Cohoes, of two guns
each, the Modoc, Ndpd and Otsego, of one gun
each. They are all fourth-rate screw vessels,
of 1888 tons each. and are furnished with strong
and powerful engines Which have been well pre-
served. The Algona and OtseJo are ordered to
the yard of William Cramp Sons the Coitoes
to the yard Of the Harlan Il liollingswort Co.,
Wilmington and the Napd and Modoc to John
Roach's yard al Chester.
They are all to bo broken up, and the iron will
be returned TO tho Government, while the en-
gines will be held subject to the orders Of the
Naval Department by the contractors. The guns
will be uishipped at the island. and added to the
imposing ''infant school" which is now to be seen
ut the station. When these five shall have been
removed, but one Of the original hght-draft
monitors will remain, and that, it ID expected, in
a few days. will follow its late associates to one
Of the above establishments IN be destroyed.
The Government has been induced to take this
method of disposing of the superiluouss gunboats
in the opinion that it will realize more upon them
than by sale at auction. The latest sales OF three
of them resulted in bids of S23,0O0 $4,000. and
$2S, 900 apiece, which bids were accepted
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Industrial News.

on last Friday week, most extraordinary
days work was accomplished in the rail mill of
the Pennsylvania Iron Works, Danyille. There
we're heated, rolled, sawed hot-piled, straight
ened and punched and all particulars made ready
roI use, one hundred and fifty-sx tons OF rails,
feat that has never before been accomplished
il tho world inside of twelve hours, through
one get Of rolls, and the usual force of men.
Sll D4nville is tickled over this feat and asks
aolnobodys mill TO boat ii. The managers of
the ilill gave the men an oyster supper on Sat
urday evening in commemoraton of the event.
The Albany stove foundries complain OF dull
pnsinosa, and one or two of the largest contem'
plate suspension Of work. The stove men
there 1t is said, do not intend TO carry over q
heavy manufactured stock through the winter
and Will consequently shut down much earlier
tuan usual. In former years they have run al
iate aN January and February, but this year noar
all Will suspend operations, ii is announced
about December l.
siS thousand miners have been locked ont o
He coal mines at West Riding, Yorkshire, Eng
'ana' for refusing to accept production of wages
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Latest General News.

An auxiliary Centennial Board has been ap-
pointed for New Hampshire, OF which Governor
Weston is President.
Ex-senator Cattell will be assigned to super
intend the negotiation Of the new loan in Lon
don.
The Plympton Company have informed the
Post-ofice Department that all the arrangements
Tor tho making of stamped envelopes under
their contract are completed and the delivery
OF the envelopes will begin on Thursday.
The resignation of Judge Busteed OF Alaba-
ma has been accepted by the President, but no
successor to tho Judge has yet been named.
The Treasury Department has been informed
OF the arrest of John Congdon and wife and Al
llson Congden, at North Branch Michigan, for
;ounterfeltng 5, 10, and 25 cent pieces.
The courthouse in Ware county, Georgia,
was burned by colored incendiaries on Monday
night.
The first frost Of the seassn in Georgia oc-
cured yesterday morning at Atlanta. 1t wss
mud one aud did little damage to vegetation.
Chester W. Chaplin was nominated for Repre-
sentative in Congress yesterday by the Demo-
cratic Convention of the Eleventh Pennsylrania
District
The German Independent Citizens Association
Of New York last night nominated Oswald Often
derfer for Mayor.
4 dispatch from San Francisco reports the po-
ntical contest in Nevada to be " at fever heat"
and conducted with great acrimony and perso-
nal bitterness"
Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1874-10-14

NEWARK, Oct. IA.
Tomorrow evening, Newark and vicinity vii
be enlightened by Rev. John G. Morris, D. D..
L. L. D., of Baltimore, who will lecture on the
"Wondera of the Bee Hive"
This is the fret Of course OF lectures to be
given in Delaware College for two purposes, one
for the benefit of the students, and for our peo-
pie as we'll, and the other will be'to devote the
proceeds of the lectures TO procuring better
seating facilities for the students in the Oratory
For long term of years, the public has used
the old benches, and have always pronounced
them anything but pleasant, and should any
thing occur TO any of our churches, they would
get the use of the Oratory as OF old. Then
would come the old benches. Now all our peo
pie have chance to benefit themselves by pay
ing dollar for the course of five lectures or 90
cents for each Of them. We believe all our cit
izeus are interested, and will do their very best
to give these gentlemen good audiences besides
assisting the getting something of q more pleas
ant nature to be used as seats
The bears, black and grizzly passed through
Newark, yesterday, to the great amusement of
old and young. man OH each side OF the
street collected tho pennies.
John Rambo, q carpenter while engaged In
taking off part Of an old roof, was precipitated
to the floor beneath by the breaking Of board,
breaking no bones but being slightly bruised.
Prof Jeffers is filling the pulpit of Rev. JOS
eph A. Stone, of st. Thomas Episcopal Church,in
his absence while attending tue Convention In
New York. Service only Sunday mornings. Mr.
s. NJ. Curtis is attending the same Convention.
Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1874-10-14

The Honore family, OF Chicago, into which
Fred Grant marries, are Campbellite Baptists.
The ecclesiastical range of the recent Admins
tration weddings il as wide as religious liberty
ITSELF and emphatically representative of our
country.
According 10 San Francisco journal, there
are in that city fifty-thee persons whose reported
wealth exceeds one million dollars apiece.
Snow bockades are already reported from the
far west. On September 4th, a train on the I'm
ion Pacific Railroad was snow-bound on the Rec
Root Mountain.
American claims for damages are coming in,
and at least dozen have been filed.
a telegram from the headquarters Of the De-
partment of Missouri reports the arres
of eight principal men of the Otoe Indians,
and their imprisonment in Fort Hayes. The re
mainder of the band are In camp, awaiting the
release of their chiefs.
The trial OF ex-Treasury clerk Phelps, at Al
bany for forgery, resulted yesterday In his con.
yiction. He had been previously convicted Of
embeZZlement.
Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1874-10-14

HOW HE RECEIVED THE INTELLIGENCE OF HIS
DOOM
The refusal by the Pennsylvania Board OF
Pardons to interfere in the case OF Udderzook
was announced by telegraph yesterday The
West Chester Ners supplements the nforma-
ton then received with the following which
transpired in the cell of the doomed man:
Cdderzook read at glance in the countenance
Of his counsel that his mission was Of a serious
character. and taking him by the arm he led him
TO the iarthest corner Of his cell and calmly asked
"have you my death warrantY' MIR. Perdue re-
piled that he had not, but he had what in sub
stance amounted to the aame-a letter from the
Goyernor-whch he then drew forth and read as
we have above given. At the conclusion of the
reading, Udderzook expressed his disapproval Of
the action of the Board of Pardons saying that
they might have easily granted him his pray
ers and also that the lower Court, without any
impropriety whatever might have granted him
new trial, in the face OF the glowing facts that
his witnesses had not all been heard at the trial
owing to some gross mismanagement on the
part of certain parties.
But, aaid he Strengthening himself up and as-
suming air Of manliness and injured inno-
cence, "they have all the way long thirsted-
plotted for my life and now they can have 1t p
lie then conversed upon some of the minor de-
tails of his trial, and argued in strain as only
could have been done by one who felt himself
injured beyond all power of redemption.
lie gave no exhibition whatever of fear OF
nerrousness his face wearing ruddy, deter
mined glow all the while during the painful in
tervlew or the four men congregated within
the iron walls Of his prison cell, he, Udderzook,
the man doomed to die ian ignominous death
upon the scaffod," was the least affected. Mr..
Perdue was 80 much exercised by a strong feel
ing of sympathy for the wretched man, as to
scarcely be- able to conceal his emotion. As the
visitors were about to quit the coll, Mr.. Perdue
told the prisoner that his death warrant would
most likely reach the Sheriff this evening, or
tomorrow morning, to which he bowed calmly,
but made no audible reply.
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Unitarian Conference a, Longwood.

PROGRAMME or THE MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, AND
THURSDAY, nov. AND 8.
The 'Local Conference Of Unitarian and 9TH
er Christian Churches" OF the Middle and South
ern States will hold two-days' session in the
Westinghouse of the Progressive Friends, at
Iongwood, Chester Co., on Wednesday and
Thursday, November 4th and 5th. The Pro-
gramme of the meeting will he as follows =
Wednesday.-l01S, A. NJ, "a houhe-warming," +"
or social religious meeting ;2 2. NJ, business
meeting, reports annual election, and talk
about "Work !" ~ p. NJ, preaching in Borough
Hail. Kennett Square.
Thursday.-9l9 A. NJ social meeting ;,i01s, ad-
dress on ''Soul and Body in Religi on" by Fred
eric Hnckley. of WashIngton; z, r NJ address
Wilmington, and if time permits, an address on
"Signs of the Times" by Chas. G.. Ames, Of
Germantown. These addresses will be followed
by discussion, which, like the meetings will be
free to ALL Chester county hospitality may be
depended upon. Trains leave Philadelphia for
Rosedale at z, A. NJ, at 2.30, p. M.
CHARLES G. AMEs, Secretary.
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\ Cursed House of slavery.

BONE KEMINIacENsEs OF THE sLAvE DEALERS Inn
IN LOWER SUSSEX.
recent Journey of the editor OF the Eastern
Shoremdn from Salisbury to Laurel led him past
a famous inn in slavery times which is located in
Sussex, near the State line. The house is an old
fashioned country affair, much dilapidated and
entirely deserted, and is said to be haunted.
This is the story OF it as told by the !shoremdn
Long years ago before the scream OF the
steam whistle had invaded this Peninsula, and
when under the old regime, negro buyers trav-
ersed 1t and with yellow gold purchased slaves
for the Southern market, this old dlsused house
was famous inn. Here congregated those who
trailicked in human flesh in their journeys up
and down the country and here, in this remote
spot was committed many dark deeds which
cried aloud unto heaven and still cnrse the walls
of wood now crumbling to decay. The last and
croxning act of blood was the murder OF two
slaves by those who had them in charge confined
here for night Since that time, so the tale
goes, the house has been haunted and surely,
as we viewed it with ita gaping windows, perfo-
rated roof, weather-beaten porch, crumbling
walls, surrounded by rank weeds and other nox-
ious growth, we did not wonder that the honest
country folk avoid and consider it cursed for
like Hoods Haunted House," everything about
IT, after one has been told its history, gives to-
ken "that this house is haunted"
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The following transfers have been made Dur
,ag the past week:
On Thursday the Administrators OF John
Hepburn, deceased, sold tho Brandywine SUM
pit property, consisting OF 68 acres with lnm-
ber yard thereon, to Mr.. George G. Hipple, OF
West Chester, for 5l5,950. d. W. Eyre was the
auctioneer.
". II. Waters, Of Kennett Square, sold his
farm Of about 80 acres this week, at private sale
70 Patrick Tonby OF Philadelphia, for Sl20 per
acre. lie takes possession this Fall.
Mr.. Eber Anderson, Assignee of Jones Conl-
Ter, of Charlestown township, Chester county,
one day last week, sold Mr.. C.'s farm of 14l
acres to Benz. j. Roberts, of West Chester, for
ss5OO
DR., Chubb has sold his property on Muir 81,
Cambridge, Nd, to VIM A. Twilley for 81 500.
James Grooe has sold his farm, Of As acres, in
Cecil county, to John Cowden, OF New Jersey
for s4 200
Jos. Walter Valley township, Chester coun
y, has sold his farm of 1872 acres, to Patrick
Donnelly, of Columbia, Pa, at 572.50 per acre
The house and lot, late the estate of John
Durkin, deceased, on Union street, West Ches
terwas bid up to 81, 1872 so, on Thursday last bu
did not sell.
Felix Hghley sehuylkill township. Chester
eounty, who sold his farm to the Philadelphia 1
heading Railroad, has purchased q plantation
near Jetfersonvile for S17,000
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THE DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY RUNNING down VERY
Low-DEMocRATs GAIN FIVE coNeREssMEN.
CINcINNAT1, Oct. IA.
This county, (Hamilton) gives Democratic
majority of 1884, This is a slight Republican
gain over Grants vote, in 1872
Milton sayler Dem, is reelected to Congress,
in the 1st district, and H. B. Banning, Dem
and Liberal Republican, in the second.
Later returns from the State indicate that the
Democratic majority will not be over 1000 to1,
500. This is a material reduction from the re-
ports of last night of which talked of 25,0O0
1t shows no material change from last year,
when. Allen, Dem., for Governor, had 718 major
ity. ED.-CoM9rERoIAL.
The Democrats probably elect twelve out Of
twenty congressman, the additional Democrats
supposed to be elected being in the Sd, 9th, 6th
9th, 10th, and goth districts. This, If confirmed
will be Democratic gain Of five members, the
present delegation being composed of IS Repub-
licans and Democrats. COMMERCIAL