Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-08-11

on that day. ,
Howard Kingsbury swallowed mo-
phine in Bangor Me-, and carefully lai
himself out on n bed, with his hand
crossed over his breast so as to make
good looking corpse; but thephysician
disarrangcd him in using n stomac
pump.
The Clarion JdckSonidn is happ,
because in 1877 there will be ncithe
National, State, District or local officer
to be voted for in that county, unles
some Of those who will be elected mex
year should die or resign, and make
vacancy.
"A Norwich Comm woman wa
attracted to a well the other day b,
the screams of her little girl, who ha,
fallen in, and though she pulled her N
in the bucket twice, the child lost he
hold both times, and was finally drown
cd before her mothers eyes.
-Gcttysburg is getting to be yer,
popular summer resort for the pcopl
Of Baltimore. The Gettysburg GENE
terry has seventeen acres, the monu
ment is sixty feet high, and the tow
contains 1900 people The little law
Office Of Thaddeus Stevens is still stand
ing.
Tho Grand Lodge Of the Knighu
of Pythias ofthe State of Pennsylvania
will convene at the Court House, Eas
ton, on Tuesday, August 10Th. Foul
hundred and fifty representatives o
different lodges, including the Crane
Lodge, and some 800 visitors will b,
present
The fire on the slope of the Bear
Ridge Colliery, at Mahanoy Planes, IN
this State, which caught from the burn
ing Of a breaker, was extinguished on
the "a inst, after burning thirty-twc
hours. Loss on the breaker, s75, 900
Insurance, $4,000, II tisnot yet known
what damage was done in the slope to
coal and fixtures.
Grace Greenwood acccntly attend.
ed party ia London given BY nrl
American artist, where she met Miss
Gabrielle Greeley, who, she sayr, sis
distinguished by her bloom and the
fine, classic character Of her head and
face, as well us for the perfect simple
ity and maidenly modesty of her toilets
the fitness and fit of her dress"
"A fast mail train is to be placed
upon the road between New York and
Chicago. The Hudson river, New York
Central, Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern have been decided upon as
the route, and the service will begin
October 1st Twelve stops only will
be made between New York and Chi
cage, although mails will be exchanged
at every station.
There are three tannerics in Elk
county which use an aggregate of 40,-
900 cords of bark per annum and turn
out 100000 sides Of sole leather At
the tannery of the Mcssrs. Schultz, at
Wilcox, which is the largest in the
United States, 200 men arc employed.
They have 595 double tan-vats, six
bark mills, and seventy dwelling houses.
The tannery cost s2,000,00O and the
buildings cover twenty acres of ground.
"A suit has been begun in the
United States court in the western dis
trict of Missouri by the heirs of Don
Joseph Valliere, captain Of Span
ish regiment stationed at the post of
Arkansas in 1903, who claim six mil
lions Of acres Of land in Arkansas and
western Missouri worth sl5,000,000.
The claim is based upon a grant made
by the Spanish provincial government,
June II, 1903, which appears to be
duly recorded in the royal archives.
Tho loss of life in the southwest of
France, by the recent foundations,
turns out to be very much less than
was first stated. Instead of 5000 or
1000 persons being drowned, the loss,
all told, does not exceed 500. The
destruction of property, ON the other
hand, has been much more considcra-
bic than was originally reported. The
subscriptions in aid of the sufferers
have been large and almost general
throughout Europe greatest in France,
among all classes, and next in amount
in London and throughout England.
Tho American peach is esteemed
a great luxury in England, and our
peninsular peach growers, with the
american Steamship Company, are
about TO put in operation tho carrying
Of fresh picked fruit in refiigcrators to
Liverpool. The difficulty, heretofore,
in sending the fruit to England was TO
get it there before decay set in, MS it
soon perishes when exposed. The ro-
ifigerator process Of shipping beef has
been successfully established, and the
same can be successfully applied in the
of peaches. ll
AT West Point, N. Y, a day or
two ago, an attempt by several older
cadets to "Devil' Cadet Irwin, of the
fourth class, who rcporte in June, did
not result 80 favorably 10 the hazing
party as they might have wished As
Irwin was Walking his post at guard
about midnight they attacked him with
the design, as stated, Of rolling him
down the side bank of Fort Clinton.
The assaulted cadet stabbed one of
them in the thigh with his bayonet and
dubbed two ofthem over the head with
his muskct. They were carried on lit
ters to the hospital, and will probably
lot that cadet alone in the future
i-Gcneral Alexander Hamilton, son
Of tho great Alexander Hamilton Of
American history, died at his residence,
No. SO Clinton place, New York City,
aiter a long and painful illness, on the
3d inst, IN the Goth year of bis age.
lie served in the war Of 1912, and at
the time Of tho lamcntabc duel between
his father and Aaron Burr, which was
fought at Hobokcn in 1904, the late
Mr.. Hamilton was attending school in
New York. lie leaves no children bc-
hind him, so that his personal effects
will probably be divided among his
Of which three survive him
Joseph Alexander, aged ss years
John O., aged s. and Philip, aged 7a.