Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-11-24
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4 Sixteen suits against the Bank Of
! California were discontinued at New
\ York, and the attachments Of property
yacatsd. J9E Nfii4nn TiQtarl7N
4 --Ex.Judgc Metcalfe, formerly on
The bench OF the Supreme Court of
| massachusetts,, died at his residence la
Boston on the 1lth, aged 9l years.
I Senator Dawes, of Massachusetts,
4 was seriously injured at Pittsfeld, on
Saturday last, by the kick Of horse,
which he had been riding -e8fs if
Armstrong Morrison and T. J.
Doermos a Co, two New York firms
engaged in the butter and cheese trade,
have failed. at
The mercury reached eighteen de-
grecs below zero at Fort Laramie on
Wednesday night Of last week, with
four inches OF snow.
| The manufacture Of species of
leather from cork Is the latest novelty.
Itais tough light weight, and proof
against water and heat 9 a1a-3la-
--Kansas is the garden of the world.
Thousands of bushels of potatoes in
that State will not be dug, on account
Of their cheapness in the market.
| "A number of ex-oflicers Of the
Prussian army are travelling through
Georgia, prospecting for location for
a large colony of German artisans.
l--Serious distress is anticipated
among the industrial working classes
| in Germany during the coming winter,
and apprehensions are also entertained
Of crisis in financial circles.
IA heavy shock Of earthquake was
reported in San Bcnitc county, Cali
fbrnin, November Z, preceded by q
harsh rumbling noise. The vibration
pwas from cast to west. .
| Michael Delaney, coppcrsmith,
Of Brooklyn, New York while working
on the roof of the new Jail in Wash
linglon, on Saturday, slipped fell TO the
ground and was instantly killed.
/ THE, Arkansas Legislature has
ipassed bill authorizing the State
Board of Finance to bypotheeaic bonds
lin order TO borrow money to pay the
current expenses.
The oil excitement in Mexican
county is on the increase. The dis
covery of 200 barrel well has helped
to increase theexcitcment. Fifty wells
are in process OF completion.
!, lin Berlin there are one and one
half million more women than men.
! In Massachusetts, there are 40 000morc
i women, than men, and in New York
City 10000 more marriagcable wo-
men than men.
"A large lake has been discovered
about forty miles west of Laramie,
Wyoming Territory, IN the bottom Of
which is thick layers of snlphate OF
fmagncsia or epson salts almost in
! Rev. Jas. B. Miles d. d., secro-
tary ofthc American peace society and
n general secretary Of the associatlon Tor
4 the reform and modification of the laws
of nations, died in Worcester, Mass, on
the 18th inst
1 Ono Of the lost on the Pacific is
Captain JEFF. d. Howell, q brother-in-
law of Jefferson Davis, and formerly
and officer in the Confederate navy
4 He was young man but was consid-
I cred TO be an experienced navigator.
4 The SECRETARY OF tho navy has ar
ranged that a United States war vessel
shall call next spring, at convenient
European ports, TO collect and trans
port TO the Centennial the works Of
American artists resident in Europe.
4 Robert c. johnson, over one hun
\ drcd years of age and native Of
( Maryland, died at his home in Ross
county, Ohio, on Tuesday. William
\ Nichols, aged one hundred and three
years, a native Of Virginia, died in the
same county on the same day. 1
The two great express companies
Of the United States, the Adams and
the American, employ about 5000 men,
4 300 horses, 200 wagons, and use
4 3 900 iron safes. q, Their agents travel
more than 100 900 miles daily, or more
than 32,OO0,000 miles annually.
"A somewhat novel convention,
composed of delegates from all the III
tcorporatod cities Of Ohio, is to meet at
Columbus, December sth, for the pur-
pose of devising some means TO wipe
out the system Of tranps which is be-
coming so general throughout the coun.
try. The convention will memorable
the Legislature TO pass a general law
to that effect .
!, "A charity patient in Baltimore
hospital was recently searched and
{. more than four thousand dollars in
money was found in the old clothes he
wore, and he is an owner of two farms
near the city, He had been living by
bsssary, or BY sponging upon the pro.
prietors Of cheap boarding houses, and
now thirty of his small creditors have
! turned up
The paymaster general OF the
!, army, in his annual report, states that
during the year ending June 80, the
number of desertions from the army
was 1881 rc-enlistments OF privatcs,
1886; re-enlistments ofsergeants, 347.
The number of dcscrtions decreased
one-half and the number of enlist
ments increased thrcc-fold, compared
With those of the preceding year.
I lin q. negro revival meeting at
d Mount Vernon, Ind, Noah Bishop was
| apparently one efthe most contritc Of
, the seekers after salvation. He was
the loudest among those in the mourn
I crs' seat, and was prayed for by all
/, the brethren. Before the close Of the
. services he said be had received the
!. evidence of forgiveness Then be went
r out. of the church, met his divorced
4 wife with man whom she was soon
{ to marry, grew phrenxied with Jealousy,
. aud killed her with an axe. eli
|. The dispatches from Virginia City,
d Nevada, figure the known loss by the
> great fire which occurred on Tuesday,
n October 26tb., 10 seven and a half mi.
lions Of dollars. The town If terribly
stricken by such a terrible disaster, but
IS the people, with the energy character.
:. istic' Of them, arc going to work at
III once to build up and resume business.
There are some three thousand home.
A less and penniless, but San francisco
y and other cities are pouring IN sub
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