Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-09-23


future official act win be closely scru-
tinizcd. One Of bis most circumspect
friends remarked to md that To
blindly serve the politicians who SUI.
round him h TO discount himself before
the nation he seeks TO serve; while TO
refuse pardon othc Russcll's Of polit-
ical society is to vcx, beyond the limit
OF iorbearance, the party managers
upon whose favor he Is dependent.
ST. MARIE.
The reward of $4,000 offered by
the United States for the capture Of
John ii. Surratt was sufficiently large
to tempt Henry Benjamin st. Marie to
disclose the Whereabouts Of his friend
Surratt. st. Marie died in this city
few days ago, as poor as u toothlcss
horse fed ON chat, and as friendless as
n NANCY cur, covered with feas. The
Government paid st. Marie only $40,
600 Of the pledged reward, thus leaving
a nice nest egg in the Treasury for
the human sharks, labelled claim
agents, that swarm around Washing
ton as thick ny green flies around a
dead monkey TO scramble for
Thomas Paul il the most beastly
man in this city he plead guilty a few
days ago to n nameless outrage upon
his daughter aged IA years, and then
offered to prove drunkenness as the
cause, and good character in mitigation
ofthe crime. District Attorney Mann,
however regarded il as crime that
deadened the impulse Of human sym
pathy and Paul was sentenced TO IS
years hard labor in the Penitentiary
and fine Of $1,000. The purity Of
that child's mind cannot be restored,
by any physical suffering imposed up
on the brute certainly the torments
Of he'll are the punishment for all such ;
still would not forget 10 express my
gratitude to the Court that sent this
man to the penal solitude and suffering
of his gloomy cell.
INSURANCE FRAUDS,
In my letter Of August LIST, told
how the Peoples Fire Insurance Com
pany of this city cheated Commissioner
Foster by their borrowing stocks and
bonds amounting to 100000, which
were returned 10 their owners immedi-
atcly after Mr.. Foster left the office Of
the company upon the occasion of his
making an examination Of its financial
condition. have now to record how
another similar fraud was perpetrated
upon the Insurance Commissioner
This time il il the Central Fire Insur.
ance company OF Philadelphia. and
not being able to come the borrowing
dodge. the company purchased five
certificatcs---in one share each-of
Pcnna. II. r. stock. Lchiph Valley r.
r., and Philadelphia 4 Reading r. X. (;
three certificates Of New Jersey Cen.
tral, and two certificates of Delaware.
Lackawanna 4 Western X r., making
in all 20 certificates of one share each.
with a par value of each share fixed
Mt $50. These certificates, represent
ing total par value of $1,000, were
alter6d by @raising'' TO represent val.
ue of s12sOOO and had The companv
retained them In their possession the
forgery might have remained secret |;
but the Union banking company hav.
ing lost $4,000 by negotiating one Of
these ceruhcaies Tor the Insurance
Company the ilaud has been made
public, ana the President arrested and
put under si0,0oo bail Tor procuring
y. Nicholson Elbert and Chas. RIPLEY
70 90 inc raising In the meantime
commissioner roster suspended the
central ana demanded the closing up
OF 'ne concern put Judge feafsoh OF
the Dauphin county Court, oycrruled
the actioh oi the commissioner ana
gave thc company SIX weeks time 10
make goou tnc impairment On i's cup
itai II somebody connected with tne
concern amt making shoes IN the
Penltentiniy before the close oil Judge
Pearson SIX weeks VIII confess TO
my bong a poor prophet. AS tins
company pufposed prahchlhg Out IN
ilashyI style al over the country i al,
wise 'ne readers oil the ,Associated
! iess % letter 70 ce upon ,ne,r guard
when the agent of the Centarl of Phil
adelphia comes along
NEW ORLEANS.
/ stood unon Tho corner of s;x,b and
Chestnut streets inst as the news was
placed upon The bAl,c Ledoer bnlletip
board A great crowd immediately as'
scmbled and / would he derelict N NV
duty as n corresnondent werc 10 fail
in stating how he news was regarded
by those present One gentleman n
prominent business man remarked
few more such cases of bloodshed down
Soutb and The imperatiye necessity for
n third term for Grant will become 90
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