Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-08-18

i W, IA, on the Isl INST, III the 72d yea
of his age,
All the nations in the world bu
three, Russia, Italy and Greece, hav
accepted the invitation of this govern
ment TO participate in the Contennia
exhibition.
General Geo. n. Pickett. the Con
fcderatc Hero Of Gettysburg, died a
Norfolk, on Friday night the both ult
He was the most brilliant officer o
the Southern army. ed al.a y
The contract for furnishing tn
navy yards throughout the country
with live oak timber during the pres
ent fiscal year has been awarded t,
George Southard, of New York.
The full amount of the virginiu
indemnity has been ready for distribu
tion. Persons who claim any shar,
thereof should address the Depart
ment of State at Washington.
Only $50 copies out of the 22, ,0Ot
printed of Napoleon Ills life of Caesar
have been sold, and the publishers hav,
brought suit against the ex-Empres,
and Prince Imperial for the sum o
10000 francs damages.
The loss by the destruction O
crops through the recent floods and
rains in the Western States will amour,
to about the same as the loss by the
Chicago fire in lS7l-in round mum
bers s2,OOO,000.
IAN iron mountain, rivaling IL.
Missouri namesake, has been discov cred
sixty miles north Of Duluth, MINI. II
is eight miles long, one and hall
miles wide and 1900 feet above the
level of Lake Superior.
"A man living on Licking River in
Kentucky, estimates that he has seen
at least 10000 bushels of wheat pass
down that stream, having been swept
away by the terrible freshets.
The jury in the Mountain Meadow
,,,aosao,.a t,,,al a.. D..... .,., ~.
,.anor,oJ w. a. ~ ~ ",ei ~, o'.y, y 'an'
nnohls 10 s,,roa al ~ IN. sn"' my my More
They stood nine for acquittal and three
--one Gentle and two Mormons--for
conviction
-Ninetv.two coun,ios IN Ko,,no,,, :.
from which official retnrns bavn bs henn
received give MCrcerv Domocro, Cor
governor \ majority ~ IN 700 Tbara
are twentv.fnnr mora counties 10 hoar
from which will increase the mo;oritv
TO about As 1000
The pennsvlvon;o Ra;l,ood con,
many viii givo nreminms 70 ,he mos,
faithful enSincera and freman a, ,he
end of every month in the G,tnrc
This will he done as an incon,;vo 10
encourage them in nerfnrming thoir
duties well
-,
-Ihe great rainfall which has done
ENGLAND and IN France aIso av,o,dad ~
10 India and ;,s nor,tmo,,sn, 49,
v;nces have hoen enodad m;,,, = los. IT,
IL Il feared Of many j;yos Tbns ,hrns
continents bovn snasrad s;,,,,l,anao,,sI', . on'T
from the sam,e ea,,so
fourteen million two hundred and
nIinety-eight thousand postal cards were
month 81 Iuiu pa on ,ho s .n.',;,,,s uius wy s
nostmasters Th;s u @ tha 's,Vn ldu''"a, ,,,,,', "
her ever Socoro ;ssnod !, ~ i T.; sos, nun a.,r
mon,h and sho,rs ~ ,,.'i Iny o"s
,h;s hronnh os H." ,oa,oi s pVpu'a'''' l'', "
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The Baltimore american says :,
There is hardly a steamer that arrives
in this port from Savannah or Charles
III S;n',, '"s s,,.s, uoos Is ,I or'n among 1'ncr
WEE; - ~ ,aa. 'no"I"au mus, wa'o',le'ous' WV, an
non % a, ene l'as. weoN no 'css 's .',a'i ~
~ u,''' no'o''. NV "i.vou oan a,u so1u horc
!. ,J pi.o "'B"g 'ron' Wv 70 ofo per
o"''0''
Mr.. John II. Parker and wife left
their home in North Washington, But
Ter county, on the morning Of the 2lst
u; u;s' anu ma,Ne1 70 n,;oghcny 'unclloh,
a. pu'ler anu i.aruii mn arriving
a a ,,'"U W ~ 'y' 10 'no ~ r N. IRAN on ,he
q, ,r,' " y M ~ pis'anco' iprty,two miies,
" ", hoso wne can peat 'hat f---freepoH
'e0 H'"' u8
IA Granddaughter of Ethan Allen,
,ged nearly one hundred and one years,
was visiting Springfield, Mass, a few
lays ago. Her name is Mrs. Jemima
a,e', .,.. Dno - sa,u 10 retain ner iac'
',e..,, S1 " "Unuo.iu. ',,'.a.l; uogr.e, u'u rc-
,;nn,,,, a,,nn,'h y, l''Iu'a'ner u'S,
,,,,sa', ."on ,oo go ~ "eso,'yo n'' p'lsona'
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The largest library In the United
states is the Library Of Congress,
which contains 1000 volumes next
n order is the Boston Public Library,
With 273,OOO, while the Harvard Uni.
'ersity Library, with 1893, 200, and the
Sw Iss ,oa ao,n hicrcan''ic I,i Library, WIN
,ov,Ly als resPec''Vc'y 'n'ru ana
~ P0'' VI ''No'
The iron steamship City Of Sydney
vas launched at Roach 4 Sons ship.
,ard at Chester, Pa, on the 4th inst.
The City of Sydney is the third and
asst of the vessels Of its class now be-
ng built at Chester for the Pacific Mail
Itcamship company, its sister ships,