Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-11-10
NEWS I7'gHS.

tresiuent'si olection, having three
electoral votes.
Ono Of Jim Flak's carriages Ia now
owned By John Leshsr, Of Point town.
ship, Northumberland county,
Tho reosnt raid on oounterteitors
In Illinois resulted In the seizure Of
$4,000 In bogus currency and bank
notes. f.lN M igf0gIpe
The Lancaster locomotive works
were sold on Friday, the 9th inst, at
Sherifis' sale, to John T. Wilson for
$50, 900. q .'tf fti p n
james Otis, Mayor of San Fran
cisco, died In that city on the 30th
ult. Mr., Otis was senior member of
the great tea house of Macondray a
Co., and a public spirited and popular
citizen.
AT Allentown, while digging
sink on Saturday, the workmen struck
large vein Of zinc ore, which it would
pay TO work If the property in tho
neighborhood were not cut up into
small lots
In the suit of C. o. Gott vs. Bos-
ton Herald for $4,000 damages, for an
alleged libel in calling the Cardiff Giant
fraud, the jury on Friday rendered
verdict for the defendant. And now,
it is possible the Giant is fraud?
Jefferson Clync, of Virginia, is
only three feet six inches in his boots,
which are No. 1ls lie is seventy
years old, weighed twelve pounds at
his birth, and now weighs forty.sevcn
pounds.
"A foreclosure has been rendered
in the United States District Court at
Des Moines, Iowa, against the Burl-
ington, Cedar Rapids and Minnesota
Railroad, and its four branches, for
s7,O0O,OOO.
The st. Louis whisky ring are
making great efforts for the pardon of
Joyce their chief, who was convicted
at Jefferson City. Six of the iurymen
have pctitioned the President for his
pardon.
Exchanges caution the Masonic
fraternity against a man calling him
sell DR. J. NJ. Ogden, claiming to be
from Texas, who travels around, dress
ed in good style, victimizing the Ma
sonic lodges of the State.
Grant Beatty, Clarion school
boy, was playing Indian at recess,
when he tell on knife and cut himself
in the bowels, and is lying in o critical
condition. He had sharp putty knife
fastened to belt, or string, tied around
his waist.
"A load OF royalty will rest upon
the bosom Of the Republic next sum
mer. 1t is already rendered certain
that the King of Sweden, Emperor of
Brazil, and Crown Prince of Germany
will cross the deep blue sea to visit our
Centennial.
In Montgomery county at the
election Henry r. Conrad was elected
recorder of deeds by a majority of one
and Charles X. Aiman was elected
county surveyor by majority of ten.
These close contests show the impor-
tance of u single vote.
Seven acres of land arr covered by
the pig iron owned by the Allentown
iron company and kept in stock at the
works in that city. This
is the largest stock, amounting TO thou
sands OF tons, ever collected at one
timo by any furnace company in the
Lchigh Valley.
The board of education of Union
Hill, n. j., decided on Friday evening
to prohibit the reading of the Bible in
the public schools of that district
When the decision became known GER
tain citizens 'openly threatened that
there would be bloodshed before the
Bible should be removed"
The same trouble in regard to the
bill for entertaining President Grant
at the Revere House in Boston has
arisen at Denver. The City Council is
ready to vote the necessary amount
for supplies, but when bill of $1,000
is put in for liquor and 81, 900 for oata-
blcs and lodging, the aldermen of Den.
yer want 20 know why in thunder so
much was wasted in catables?
Gleason, one of the Grafton bank
robbers, undergoing fourteen years i'm.
prisonment in the Massachusetts, State
Prison, Thursday night sawed off two
bars, and with the aid of friends out
side, escaped through nine inch open
ing, and scaled tho walls before his
absence was noticed. He weighed two
pounds--a large man TO make
his exit throught so small n hole.
An ingenious contrivance TO evade
the Maine liquor law has bcen disoov-
cred at Bangor. 1t consists of n bar
rel within barrel, furnished with
faucet which, when turned one way
supplies sweet cider, and when turned
in another, supplies lager beer. This
is evidently the invention Of some fel-
low who prays temperance and votes
whiskcy.
The Hon. Horatio King, Of New
York, who has been travelling in Europe
since May last, bad pleasant inter
view with cx-Prcsident Thiers, at
Ouchy, recently. He describes him us
a short, thick.set man, with large
head, healthy in appearance, though
troubled good deal with bronchitis.
He manifested much interest IN Ameri.
can affairs, and was well informed re-
specting our public men. ,
Captain Thomas G. Young, of Au-
gusta, Nc, died Of apoplexy on Mon
day, November |. He was veteran
and sailed out Of New Bed
ford for forty years, lie made quite
near the close of the war by
his refusal TO surrender his whaling
vessel, the bark Favorite, TO the pirate
Shenandoah in the Arctic Ocean. The ,
of tho Shenandoah ad. +,
nircd the old mans bravery so much 1
hat hc did not fire . shot at the craft, /
but with an armed boats crew brought {
him and his crew of. I
"A Gigantic hotel will soon be built
IN London, and American capital, Amer
can architects, American speed will be
involved 10 complete, soon as possible,
! caravansery TO open the eyes Of The
II will be conducted with
, general table dhote, on the American
system, The site will be near the
House Of Commons and closc TO st.
lanes Park. 1t will DO open for guests
about year from now There will
30 one thousand beds, scvcn hundred
chairs In the dining room and staff
)f four hundred servants TO bear the :