Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-01-20
NEWS ITEMS.

-Davy Crockets heirs claim half
the town of Austin, Texas.
The population of Nebraska is now
100000, having doubled in the last two
years.
-Kansas last week forwarded 500.-
900 pounds of buffalo meat to the cas-
tern markets
"A Harrisburg man and his wife
lived two weeks on nothing but bread
and whisky. She ate the bread and
he drank the whisky,
The Mexican Congress has offered
a reward of $4,000 to the first mine
which shall have produced five hun
drcd TASKS of quicksilver.
The Rev DR. Harwood. rector of
Trinity church, New Haven, received
a Christmas present of $500 from
one OF his lady parishioncrs.
The entire extent of new railroad
built in this country in 1874 was 1929
miles, against 1888 in 1873 and 7,3iO
in 1872, the largest amount ever built
in one year.
The Secretary of the Interior has
sent to the House of Representatives
q draft of proposed bill for the sale
of portion Of the Fond-du-Lac
Indian reservation in Minnesota
Centennial medals are now ready
for distribution bronze, 81 silver,s3;
gold, 50. They are put up in hand
some morocco cases, and are consider
cd quito the patriotic thing for a sours-
mir.
The extreme cold weather of
Monday q week is reported to be gen
eral throughout the country, the thcr.
mometcr standing at different points
in the west.at 25 and 30 degrees below
zero.
The Pennsylvania State Grange
has unanimously adopted resolutions
in favor OF free banking and national
currency, and directed copies thereof
to h transmitted to the two Houses
Of Congress and to both branches of
the State Legislature
The office of State Librarian has
been filed by the Rev J, II. Miller,
who was appointed by Governor Geary
in 1879. Preceding him Vein Forney
held the Office for nine years, and for
many years before him, through all
the munitions of party, by Rev DR..
Dewitt. i
The present King of Spain bears
the title Of Alfonso XII, The King
who reigned as Alfonso XII who was
known as the Avcngcr, and his king
ly power was exercised from 1924 till
his death, in 1850. SO that II was
just 525 years between the two Al.
fonsos.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com.
pany has effected lease of the Fred
erick and Pennsylvania Line Railroad,
extending from Frederick, Maryland,
to Littlestown, Adams county, Penn
sylvania a distance of thirty miles,
They will commence operating IT on
the first of April
--On Wednesday night Of last week,
the mercury in the Thermometers at
Helena, Montana Territory, ffoze in
small quantities, mercury in small
phials became congemed, and proof
whisky out of doors irozc solid in
half an hour -Four Chinamen who
lett town at r. NJ. on Tuesday were
found ON WEDNESDAY morning about
half mile from town, frozen to death,
and the whisky which they had with
them In small kegs was frozen solid
The house of Clewa 4 Co has
made second failure under the new
llrn oil January D, 1914, composed OF
Henry Clews and Earnest leidler.-
Mr. Aeidler appears IN the unitcd
States courts as a petlt'oning debtor
N voluntary bankruptcy ~ q member
Of the firm. lie has filed his schedule
showing s266,61z2o liabilities, OF
which there is due TO preferred credi-
tors Sl44 ,406.36. His assets arc sl77,-
900 of which 100000 is due from the
bankrupt firm of Clcws 4 Fowler.
-Ex.Govcr,or ,rbomas "a Rram.
le,te died NJ bia residence IN i,onis.
yille Kv ON the 10Th inst nf,cr an
illness cf !, several weeks. lie was thc
Governor of Kentucky during the
closing years Of tho war, but has since
not taken an active part in politics.
He was regarded as ono of the ablcst
and most prominent LAWYERS At tho