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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-12-01

In TIME.--A local correspondent OF
the Reynoldsville Herald, who wants
to be Postmaster at that smart town,
has declared for Blaine for President.
The other fellow should now come out
for Grant, then there would be two
patriots in the field, far in advance
of all other competitors.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-12-01

THE NEw SENATOR Gov. Ingcrscll,
Of Connecticut has appointed cx-Gov.
james Z. English United States 6cna-
tor in the room Of o. s. Ferry, dacsAssd.
That State. after twenty years, has
again two Democyatio Senators Of tho
Oh School Democracy " Epwssept
the highest council chamber IN the
world.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-12-01

LONG SERvIcE.-Wm. ii. Slingluf,
Esq, President of the Montgomery
National Bank of Norristown, has re-
signed the position, after having served
in that institution as an officer for
fifty years.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-12-01
THE REYN0LDSv7LLE COAL
FIRE

THE KEfNOLDS|ILLE COAL
FIRE.
A BURNING MouSrAiN---3,000 AcRks
or COAL ON rInE.
The eklitot Of the ReynoldsvIllc Her.
an recpptly psida visitso thu burning
cosfmine nsarlP ;fpect HiIl, os Doling.
willie Poqtoflcc, ~ rsmsrks n follows
in his issue oG thS 2sd dk.: n
"For several weeks past rumon have
floated 10 our ears concerning u mine
In the vicinity Of Reynoldavillc purport.
ing it TO be on Are, and yesterday,
having desire to learn the true state
Of affairs, we visited tho scene, Few
persons in this locality know Of the
mine, and no doubt hundreds viii bo
startled ut this intelligence, and the
visitors to the spot from this datc on
will bc-iegion. The locality Of the
mine is about two miles east Of Rcy.
noldsvillc, and a half mile south Of the
village OF Prospect, on lands owned by
the Tilton Reynolds heirs. Considera.
bic coal was taken out Of the mountain
several years ago, since which time
the mine has been deiunct and por.
tion Of il has fallen in, leaving cavities
on the suriace Of the earth. Several
rods back from the original opening
smoke, steam, gas and fire arc ooxing
out Of the mountain, and a strcam Of
water which finds its source in the
vicinity, is almost boiling hot. A little
back Of the entrance 10 the mine the
coal.bcd is exposed, aud il is beautiful
sight to behold. Yesterday We vcn.
turcd too close to the burning bed, and
we thought for time that we were
going TO be cremated alive Earth and
logs began falling in, caused by the
fire, and it was with much difficulty
that we kept from being burned. How
ever, thanks to the length Of our lower
cxtremities, we are spared TO write
this article. .ia fN
"Thcrc are about three thousand
acres Of coal in the mountain, and the
bed is twelve feet thick. Near the
burning mine, about two hundred feet
distant, is the opening Of Mr.. George
Sprague, and if the coal is permitted
to burn through to il human efforts
will avail nothing in extinguishing the
fire, and indeed, it will require thou
sands Of dollars to attain that end
even now. II has been burning almost
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-12-01

Mrs. Haddock, wife Of Judge Had
dock, of Iowa, has been admitted to
practice in the Courts of that State.
An exchange states that she is in de-
mand as an advocate in her husbands
Court, and is Teputcd to be generally
successful,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-12-01

RADICAL MoRALrrY.-The leaders Of
the opposition party VIGOROUSLY op
posed the new Constitution, 80 that
they might continue their corrup,
practices adopted during the wal
period. Notwithstanding the adoption
Of the code indicated, the leaders con
tinue TO practice their criminal code as
of old. A case in point;
william Pstton, ESQ.,, OF Towsnds, Bradford
county, wriies to the Philadslphia Times that
from 5000 to 81, 600 was sent Into that county
~ the Radical State Committee 10 purchase
sotAs for Hsrtranft and Rawie.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-12-01

The FuSERAL.-To-day the remains
of Vice President Wilson were con
signed to mother earth at Natick,
Mass, the home OF his nativity, in the
presence of an immense number Of
citizens
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-12-01
PRospERirY.-An exchange

Honf HHff hH VNVH"HBV o"y
Out Of thirty. four Railway Companies doing
business In Michigan, fourteen have this year
failed to pay the whole or part Of their interest
And yet, Michiganders continue to
vote the Radical ticket as though
nothing was going wrong" as the
"late lamented" used to remark. By
next year, the whole thirty-four will
enjoy the same blessing that the four
teen have reaped while backing the
Radical party.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-12-01
RATHER IsprrIxlrr.-A Radical e,

RATHER lSDEPISIrE.-A Radical ex-
change says
National Banks, since their organization aud
up to the end Of the last fiscal year, have paid
into the United States Treasury s64, ,ess,s7a q,
taxes During the last year they have paid
s7,27o,I5s.
On what-capital, bonds, deposits,
surplus funds, or profits ? Suppose
you inquire now, how much State,
County, Road, School, and Poor taxes
the same amount of real estate has
paid to the Government in the same
length Of time.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-12-01

A HOME THRUsr.-Thc New York
Tribune, which has never uttered
much truth in the interest of the Demo
Gratis, gets this off;
The Republican press charges the revival Of
the third-tsrm spook to the Democracy. Then
then the organs at Washington are Democratic
are they Garry the news to the White House.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-12-01

In the lower House OF Congress
there will be twenty-four contested
seats this winter, nine being occupied
by Democrats and fifteen by Republi-
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-12-01

A Vermont family has wash dish 6fy.one
years old. This statement can be taken without
any water in 1t.
Well, as the population of that State
shows a falling off in numbers every
census, two substantial points are made
against emigration to that benighted
repion.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-12-01


Oliver p Morton-reccntly made "a
long and eloquent address" to the4 sol
diers Of Indiana, at their reupion in
indianapolis, the burden Of which was,
that every man who fought for the
South, was no better than q Tory, and
should be regarded by the soldiers and
people Of the North even as the Tories
were and are regarded. The children
of the North, he said, should be cdu.
Gated with that idea, and the whole
aim of his speech was to inculcatc The
idea that, though the war was over,
though ten years had elapsed sincetbe
last gun was fired, though the South
has been numerically robbed and op-
pressed by those hyenas Of war-the
carpet tbaggers--it should never be for
gotten for one moment that the South
ern people were rebels and as such
to be classed with the Tories of the
Revolution. He said:
"lf We only stand upon that ground
in fifty years from this day we will
not find a man who would admit that
his father was n rebel Just now you
cannot find . man in this country that
will admit that his father was q Tory
during the Revolution. According to
that doctrine you ought to burn these
old flags You ought to pull down your
monuments in Putnam and other coun-
s,,u IL, ,ka St.s. ~ I~l....4 t......-.- -.
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WILLIAM B. ASTOR.

WV W 1i""H' "no ~ pIoinpuy scnt
ont q 10 cent port-monnaie. y e,
- WILLIAM B. ASTOR.
This well-known millionaire died in
New York on Wednesday last in the
S4th year Of his age He has been in
III health for long time, and the event
was not therefore, unexpected
Mr.. Astor was born in the city Of
New York in March, 1894. lie was
not however, educated in this country,
but went in early life to Heidelberg,
Germany, where be remained for some
years. Having there become prof.
ciept in book learning he returned to
his native land, and was put through
a course Of commercial training at
the hands Of his father, the ia
nous John Jacob. OF tn liking for
trade which distinguished the latter,
his son showed but little signs, and
the business labors in which, at his
fathers instigation, he engaged were
by no means labors Of love. Very
early in life he became wealthy and
independent, inheriting from his uncle,
Henry Astor, fortune Of half a mil
lion dollars. In lSiS his father died,
nominating William r. the principal
legatee. The will Of Astor, senior pro
vided for numerous and magnificent
bequests for public purposes, four hun
dred thousand dollars being devised
for the establishment Of the Astor
library alone, but, compared to the
enormous value of the estate, these
donations were insignificant, and the
heir at once busted himself in carrying
them out. During his long lifetime he
managed his proprrty with great sa-
gaeity, and by judicious investments
IN real estate greatly increased its
value. While yet q young man he
married Miss Armstrong, a daughter
Of the General Armstrong who was
secretary Of war under the Presidency
of Madison. The family now consists
Of three sons and two daughters, one
daughter having died some time ago.
Mr.. Astor was chiefly distinguished
on account OF his enormous wealth,
which consisted largely of real estate.
lie owned 1000 houses and building
lots In the city, and his total wealth
was recently estimated at $3.50, ,000, 900.
Mr.. Astor had more improved real es-
tate that any four men in New York,
excluding william khinelander, the
Goelets, A. 4. Stewart and the Beck
mans. Most OF the large tenement
houses around Iompkins square and
along First avenue and avenues A. and
y. belong TO the Astor estate, as also
40 whole blocks IN sixth avenue, from
sixteenth street 70 Fortieth street
The old bowery theatre and the old
park theatre were on his land. lie
was always ready to buy real estate
where he could get 1t cheap. II was
his rule never to sell any OF his houses
or lots. de leased the most Of his
lots Tor twenty-one years
None oil VIM. b: Astors property
was insured, lie believed, like Mr..
Stewart that the cost Of insurance
would DO greater than bis losses. The
terms Of bis fathers will prohibited
the building OF brown stone houses, as
they were too extrayagant Hcstrict-
~ aolded by tins rule and the brown
stone houses that he owned he bought
from others, rs they reverted to him
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An exchange says the noble red
man is credited with the defeat of Gov.
Taylor ip Wisconsin. His sable cousin
defeated Pershing in Pennsylvania.
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Years experience business Credit
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goods lower figures than could other
aedey have been paying
credit system must continue to do NsUOI1uo5N ~ MW
Inviting all TO call and be assured Of prices
will make object buy for cash, II remain ta
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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-12-01

GoNn.-Hon. VIM. A. Wallace left
for Washington yesterday, preparatory
to taking his seat in the Senate at the
opening of Congress on Monday next.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-12-01

Mrs O'Connor, Of Bunker Hill, No.
Kean county, has been arrested for
numbering her husband. The murder
took place in tho house occupied by
tho parties, and the killing was done
with an axe.
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c0NGRESS1fEN

1t Is not very pleasant position for
M ex.membcr Of Congress to have IN
indictment hanging ever his bead, like
the sword OF Damocles, charging him
with fraudulenty obtaining money
from the government. And yet such
is The unpleasant predicamsnt in which
General James s. Negley, cx.member
of Congress from the 22d allegheny
district In this State, and tho notorious
Roderic, Random Butler, ex-msmber
from the LIST Tennessee district, now
find themselves. True bills of indict-
ment have been found by the Grand
Jury OF Washington against both Of
these members OF the Radical party
for the offensc above stated Ncgly is
charged with having fraudulcntly OBJ
tanned $4,000 from the national treas
ury on claim of one julius Withowski,
which he had in charge. Gen. Negley
may be entirely innocent of any CON-
plicity in the frauds, but even IL he is,
the matter wears very ugly look in
any aspect. Tho offence charged
against Roderic Random Butler is that
he falsely and fraudulcntly pushed
through the accounting department at
Washington bogus claim for several
thousand dollars, made by q man who
glories in the name of Sugg Fort, for q
large quantity of -four alleged by Fort
to have been taken from his mill in
Tennessee by Union troops during the
rebellion, when in fact he did not lose
any at all. Buffers character during
his whole Congressional career has
been so infamous, that every presump-
ton of law is in favor of his guilt and
not of his innocense, as is the rule in
oil criminal proceedings He ought
to have been in the penitcntiary long
ago, and if he can only be sent there
now he win be the right man in the
right place.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-12-01

Anna y. Dickinson, the lecturer,
who hss long had an ambition to sp.
pear as an actreas, hps nj last effected
On engagement with the Pifth Avenue
Theatre, New York, and will make
her debut about tho lst of January.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-12-01

Tho Warren Ledger says, that there
viii bp bHt few SheriF's sales In that
county, this winter, lbr tho rsason that
property .wi|l sen tSr nothing, and
plaintiffs have no moncyto PAY costs.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-12-01

In LIMBo.-Goneral Mcdonald and
Joyce, two of General Grants butties,
have been convicted at st. Louis, Of
defrauding the Government out Of hun
dreds of thousands of dollars by their
"crooked" whisky transactions. Here
after, If the President wants to "talk
horse and take social nips with these
model Government officials, he must
visit them at the Missouri penitsntiary.
But then, they will soon be pardoncd
out. Joyce, who seems to have been
the biggest scoundrel in the Whisky
Ring, plead guilty, and was sent to
limbo at once, so that tho prosecution
could not use him as witness against
the members of the Ring who make
their headquarters in the White House.
How exceedingly sharp but "how
thin if the Government wants to con-
vict this band of rogues.
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TnE NEXT CoN0REss.-The Forty
fourth Congress meets at Washington
on Monday next, the 9th of December.
For the first time in eighteen years
the House will organize with Demo
cratic officers. In that interval the
Republican party has controlled the
House for nine consecutive Congresses.
AT the beginning of the Thirty-ffth
Congress James l., Orr, of South Caro-
lima (who lately died as Minister TO
Russia, was elected as a Democratic
Speaker and served from December Z,
1856, to March 4, 1858. He was sue
ceeded by William Pennington, of New
Jersey, who was elected Speaker, AS a
compromise Republican, after a pro-
tracted balloting and exciting contest
of nearly eight weeks, on February l.,
1852 Then came the Thirty-seventh,
or War Congress, of 1861, which met
on the 4th of July, and elected Galusha
A. Grow, of Pennsylvania. Schuyler
CoIGx, Of Indiana, succeeded him for
the Thirty-eighth, Thirty-ninth and
Fortieth Congresses, and James G..
Blaine, of Maine, in turn succeeded
Mr.. Colfax for the Forty first, Forty
second and Forty-third Congresses.
Mr.. Blaine, therefore, has the honor Of
giving way to Democratic Speaker.
The next House is overwhelmingly
Democratic. Of the 292 members, the
Democrats have l7s, the Republicans
lOs, and the Independents G.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-12-01

KNOCKED IN THE HEAp.-.The
crooked whisky trials going on at
st. Louis are making loyaldom howl.
The other day it was considered Of
sufficient Importance that Mr.. Constan-
tine Megrue should sound by telegraph
a sweeping exoneration Of General
Babcock, Collector Casey, Orville Grant
and other intimate friends OF the Presi-
dent, from all connection with the
Whisky Ring. But now Gen. Boyn-
ton comes forward and spoils Megrue's
telegram by swearing before the st.
Louis jury that be is not worthy of be-
lief on oath. Silence on the part OF
Megruc would have better served the
cause OF his friends. "Thc Govern
mentr should have seen Gen. Boynton
and kept him off the witness stand
The prosecution, by other witnesses,
established the fact that twenty thou
sand dollars were squeezed out Of the
ST. Louis Whisky Ring in 1872 for the
Republican campaign fund. Nothing
more was needed to obtain the money
than for Joyce to whisper in the ears
of the unrectifed distillers the mysteri-
GUS cabalistic word "Bab," which, for
short, means Babcock, Grants private
Secretary.
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The ever-increasing circulation Of this exeellen,
monthly proves iu continued adaptation to mop
ular desires and needs Iadeed, whom We shiak
into how many homes u penetratss every month,
We must consider i - ons Of the educators as veil
as entertainers Of the public mind = BOSTON Cios,.
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Of its lifs---B,sokiyp Eagle,
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In all respects Il j. an excellent periodical and
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CLEARFIELD, Pa.

WEDNESDAY MORNING, DEC. ]. 1875.
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Jacob Brillicr, who has charge Of a
car of the Adams Hxpress Co., was
fined e26 for cruelty TO animals while
In his care, the animals being two val.
usble softer dogu belonging 10 Z Mr..
Brooks Of this city. The dog~ had
been out west for hunting purposes,
and were sent home by Adams Ex.
press Co, being plaosd In > box with
Slated top and sldes, but on top Of
which and around L boxes allsd With
live chicksns were plsesA Thsrs b.
ing . hre y ~ ~, ~ two doRs
came y 49, . ~ = Huptlss
Ior prevensiou - esuuy - enimak
secured the imposition cfthh One. nv