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Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-12-30
Prospects for . short ses>iou,
REDUCTION OF THE IXpESsEs
THE DEAocRATs-AsxIErY TO ADJOURN.

Special Dispatch 10 the Nets York Times
WARRINGTON, Dec. 22.-All the sigus OF the
session would point to an early adjournment,
but for the intention expressed by various lead
ing Democrats to force great reductions of tho
appropriation bills. How far efforts in this dl-
rection will be pressed are yet uncertain. The
appropriations caunot be much reduced below
what they were last year without radical changes
of existing laws. A reduction Of the Army
could not be made in an appropriation
bill without protracted opposition in the Senate,
and several attempts at ECONOMY" on the part
OF the House might greatly delay the adjourn
ment. All reasonable reductions will be readily
agreed to by Republicans. The Democratic
members talk Of AL adjournment the 1st Of
June. The House would be, glad to adjourn
without further action until after the Presden-
tisl election, and will probably do nothing calcu
lated to force . session of great length.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-12-30
q. L.. Fox ADJ judged . Luuatsc.

q. T.. FOK AdJUdKod Q Luu3tlc.
At the request Of his wife, an examination
has been made by experts in regard to the mem
tai condition Of George L. Fox, the great panto-
mimist, who 10 now confined at tho Mclean In
sane Asylum near Beston. A verdict was unAn-
imousty given declaring Mr.. Fox .
lunatic, and the proper commitment wa there
fore made to this effect. The next step will be
tho appointment Of . committee Of his person
and estate. Mr.. Fox leaves his wife and child
daughter seven yesrs Of ago, almost destitute.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-12-30
a Faithful OafaceF,

Mr.. McPherson during the twelve years he
was Clerk Of the House disbuEssd over six mil.
lions Of dollara, When he bad hnal settlement
. few days ago tho Treasury accounts showed
one dollar and. ssvsnty-six cents to his credit
more than was ahown by his own accounts.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-12-30
PoninsulAr Golden Wedding tM the
West.

The hftieth anniversary OF the wedding Of MI.
Judge Vincent and wife was celebrated at their
home In Kansas City, Mo, On Monday evening
of last week. This was tho second golden we'd
ding ever celebrated in Kansas City. Tue Judge
10 one Of the oldest citizens Of that city and was
born in Laurel, Sussex county. Delaware, March
1, 1905. Anna O. Vincent Cher maiden nams,)
wAs born July "a. 1902, in 0o'uerset county, Md.
They were married December IA, 1925, by Rev.
Daniel Davis Of the Baptist church.
After their marriage they emigrated to Ross
county; O., from which place they removed to
Illinois. In 1885, and resided in Hancock county
until the spring Of 1886, when they removed 70
Clay county, Mo-, which wAs their home until
they removed to Kansas City, In 1868.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-12-30
SNUFF as an oyster opener.

"As to opening oysters" said Old Hurricane,
''why, nothing easier, il you only know how"
"And how's how 2" inquired Straight. Scotch
snuff" answered Old Hurricane, very senten-
tously ''Scotch snufY bring little OF 1t ever
80 near their uosss, and they will sueeze their
Ida on /"
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-12-30

Uncle Levi-"Now, Sammy. tell me; have you
read the beautiful story Of Joseph 2" Bam-
wrong did they do whom they sold their broth.
or" sam-"Thsy sold him too;shsap, think"
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-12-30
A correspondent asks; "Sheuld hen fee
uroud when riding in a COOP ell ~

"A correspondent asks Sheuld hen feel
proud when riding in coop ell 7"
Queen Victoria personally conducts Sunday
school for the children connected with Windsor
Castle.
Won Bulow wrote in friends album =
In art hate respectsbility
And respect ability.
Tho Empress Eugenie's diamonds have sc-
cording to the Times Of India, been sold to the
MaharsjAh of Puttiella.
There are not many artists in Switzerland in
the winter, but in summer time it is y great
place for painters and glaciers.
1t is stated that W. y. Florence and Barney
Williams contemplate Hasipg the Grand Opera
House, New York, for term Of years.
In France, where the natural ice forms too
thin for commercial uses, it is proposed to COM
press the thin sheets in an ordinary screw-press
until one solid mass is obtained.
While Professor Proctor WAS lecturing in
Boston on "Other Suns than Ours he rece-
we'd cable dispatch announcing the birth OF
boy twins in his family. Every man in the au
dence was delighted that they were "other Soma
than considerations Hevuld.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-12-30

Chester Bardon, an Oregon murderer, un-
dor sentence Of death. has cheated the gallows
BY starving himself to death.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-12-30

Nine. Antoanette Sterling sailed for Eng
land In the steamship Russia yesterday.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-12-30
Speaker Kerr will spend the holidays In

"A large number Of special agents Of the
pirsd on the sfst instant, have been reeppointsd.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-12-30
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Christmas In Wilmington.

QUIET HOME oBsERvAScF-rBE csrpIRArioS IN
THE CHURCHES - SPECIAL kSTEBrAtSNESTs--
THE HOLIDAY TRADE. . u. .7
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-12-30

There il a concurrence in testimony about the
effects OF the holiday trade upon business which
goes to show that there was no abatement IN
purchases. Our business men arc generally
more cheerful. In every department OF trade
large GALES are spoken Of, and some men have
been relieved OF almost their whole stock.
There is very little doubt that the holiday sales
have been larger than last year, notwitllstsnd-
ing the upfayorable westher, and The good Of
feet thereof will appear soon in easier finances,
the payment OF old debts, and a greater cheer
fulness in trade. II the home happiness Of this
holiday can only be in some way got into busi-
uess, restoring confidence and displacin8 the
glcom which has so long hung over u, we shall
all have been doubly hleasei aRi will be better
able to enter upon happy new year. .. ..
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-12-30

n
efforts OF A. d. Frye, the well-knovn New York
compass Adjuster. and we believe the only ono
now hvihk III the United States, it has been
made to tend in the proper direction. Capt. T.
+. Coubourn. the commander OF the Protector,
has been in Wilmington for several months past
experimenting her construction. He pronoun-
ces the FIRE boat well built, and her builders 'the
best in the world"
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-12-30
The Whiskey Conspiracy,

sIDE ISSUE TO HELP THE hIsG-IHE AID OF THE
DEMOCRATIC coNoREss TO BE SECURED THROUGH
THE OPERATION OF AN NINvksTIaATJoN-THE RE-
SOLUTION FOB INFORMATION Oh A coNsIITTEE TO
RW RHuaRn
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-04-29

a REPORT is published in an Auckland
newspaper of Oct. 3, of the finding of
two live moas at Browning Pass, New
Zealand The story runs that one r.
K. NJ. Snyth, on Sept. 26, while hunt
ing, saw his dog set off suddenly at a
great pace, barking furiously. He fol-
lowed and soon saw two large birds, one
of gigantic hight, the other smaller.
Seeing the dog getting the worst OF the
6ght Smyth ran back and called his
mate to assist him. They got leather
rope, and, under shelter of a small
patch of bush, got behind the larger
bird and roped it in the first cast. He
then took turn round birch tree with
the rope. The large bird did not show
fight to any great extent, and the smaller
one remained quietly by it. After this
they had very little trouble to secure
the legs of the large bird, and they left
1t fastened to the tree two days, the
Young one making no effort to leave it's
mother. With the assistance of some
shepherds the old bird was taken to the
camp, the young one following. The
old bird is eight feet high, and the
young one five feet.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-04-29

A GERMAN LAKE AND ITS EISH.-In
Smiths sWonders'' we read that none
of the curiosities of Germany are more
surprising than the Lake Circnitz, in
Carniola, and the method of taking its
fish. The lake is four or five miles
long, and two miles broad. The most
wonderful circumstance is its ebb1ng
and flowing in June and September,
when it runs off through eighteen holes,
which form as many eddies or whirl-
pools. Nalvasor mentions singular
mode of fishing in these holes, and says
that when the water has entirely run Off
into its subterraneous reservoirs the
peasant ventures with a light into the
cavity, which runs into hard rock 8 or
fathoms underground, to solid bot
tom, whence the water running in small
holes as through a sieve, the fish are
left behind and caught, as it were, IN
net provided by Nature. On the first
appearance of it's ebbing, bell is r1lng
at Circnitz, on which all the peasants in
the neighboring villages prepare for
fishing in these ebbings. An Incredible
number of pike, trout, cells, tench,
perch, ETC., are thus caught. One Of
the common practices, IS mentioned by
more than one old writer, is to place q
board painted white along the edge of
the boat, which, rejecting the moons
rays into the water, induces the fish to
spring towards it, supposing it to be a
moving sheet of water, when they fall
into the boat.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-04-29

HAVE not felt able to place very
high estimate upon my writings. ]
know too well their deficiencies. have
given the public the best had to give,
and the measure of favor with which il
has been received has been a surprise to
me. This, at least, can say truly, that
I have been actuated by higher motive
than literary success, and it has been
my desire that whatever influence my
writing may exert should be found on
the side of morality, freedom, and CHAIR
fy.- Whittier.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-04-29

This Hotel has lately b,en entirely rebuilt and
refurnished. 1t is the aim of the management to
make HoNH for the travelling public of the state.
The rates low any other first class hotel in
tie State. 27jsnI5
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-04-29
A MINERS PERIL.

The Scranton (Pa.) Republican of
Saturday gives the following account OF
an accident to Richard Sturbridge, a
aborer in the Diamond Mine, who for
five hours lay buried beneath mass OF
coal in the dark recesses OF the mine,
his leg broken, and no human being
eognizant of his fate:
cit was a little before o'clock IN the
evening, when Sturbridge was loading
the last car for the day. His compan-
ions in the chamber had retired, and two
track-layers, who had spoken to him but
five minutes previously, had also left the
mine. He was by the side of the car
STOPPING to pick up what he intended as
the last lump of coal, when he heard a
cash in the roof above him, and an in
slant later an immense mass of coal de-
seconded upon him, burying him and
the loaded car, and breaking his leg.
For q few moments he was unconscious,
but when he recovered he found that he
Law beside the loaded car, In narrow
space, with one of his legs broken. The
car alone saved him from being crushed
into shapeless mass. A portion OF
the fallen heap lay upon the broken
limb, and to extricate this was painful
task. Sturbridge set about it, however,
and finally freed the aching member.
Then came the dreaded SUSPICION of
dying slowly in that dark no1ious tomb.
Ali efforts to get away We're futile, and
all hopes of being relieved by his COM
panions were also given up, as they bad
retired from work for the night, and
would not return until morning. He
knew that if he lay there all night he
would never again see the light OF day,
for he was very feeble, and cold pres
piration was already flowing from every
pore. The minutes seemed hours, the
hours months as he lay there from 5
until 10 O'Clock. At length when ex-
hausted by despair he heard the sound
of pick and shovel overhead. Relief
was at hand and his comrades were dig
cling for him. He was extricated and
carried to his home, where he received
due attention. 1t appears that little
before 10 o'clock his friends missed HIM,
and seeing that he did not return home
and that no one knew of his wherea-
bouts. a search was instituted which re-
suited in his discovery and happy re
lease.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-04-29

A FOOT and a half of snow In the mid
die of April, obstructing the railroads,
IS something unusual even in New Eng
land, and yet that is what they had
there on the 14th.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-01-20

WILL He RESIGN ?--In view of his
election as United States Senator, we
have number of letters before us in
quiring whether Mr.. Wallace will re-
sign bis seat in the State Senate after
his promotion2 What his views may
be on that subject, we know not; but
we would esteem it very erpensipc
mope, should he do So He can hold
his seat until the 4th Of March, and
previous 10 that time assist in matur.
ing more Legislation than any three
ne,o members could bring about Be
sides, 1.-The cost ofa special election In this
district would be not less than $4,000
lone thousand dollars TO each county.
The taxpayers cannot afford such an
expensive Senator, who would only
hold his seat for three or four weeks
at most previous TO adjournment. We
have no doubt that the Legislature
will adjourn about the LIST Of April.
Hence we prefer TO be without a Sen
ator for three or four weeks, rather
than 10 help spend 1000 in taxes 10
get him there. Next fall we can elect
u senator without any additional cost
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-01-20
PREA CHEERS AND INDIANS

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Con. Gunt's attempts at regulating
tho Indians seems TO be us great a fail
urc as his efforts at uu;on AMI noac,
ao,n cauu, M, r..,;... D. ~
80 80, ~ "''", nus
occ'' n''eu oy c'ersymen' IN order to
stop tho cheating which has been prac-
ticed upon poor Lo. The following
short debate on the subiect came otl
4, C,onoress ,ho o,h.r do,..
:" .o"s. VI. o'"'' '9
a provision ~ regard 10 the indi'
an peace commissioners having been
resSnoa; c., p ,.u p,.
~, Ml. nu''us'', r1nh u, stated That the
on"''i'i',, ~ VI 'no poaru was the Secre,
u p s,s anu pa,,n .isasuI'r u inc Atlantic and
a.lnc ,, na,,roau company, ana that
certain inu'ai .ahus would go TO that
oonpn"y ~ Certain c'en's' Ills inter
es'' 'no's;oro' were adverse TO those
y, ~, 'n. c fa's "1u ~" VI inc government
Vv '',o'r.u n W Sintoh ID. fiske(
, M a.nei, VI MO-, sa,u nc uia no!
60 ny nm" "oo"' nv ,ho Pr''"'c ~
la'.s l: oi uen' riske' ihose commits
s'o.e,s Mers aPPoih'ca on ,ne recon,
nlo''ua'loi' ~ VI 'n' V"'lous churches OF
.nv county anu ne was inciihed 10
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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-01-20

CONSCIENCE KEEPERS" conscientious
scruples' are the last things that seem
to trouble the editors of the Lancaster
hteHigencr. Colhx, Henry Wilson,
and that class Of "Christian statesmen"
were always haunted by the same
ghost but when 400 per cent. Credit
Mobilier stock was offered them, con.
science went stone dead. Such is con.
cc,anoo
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-01-20

The SUBSIDY BUSINESS -Ifthe lobby
agents at Washington are an index OF
the members of the present Congress,
things must be in pretty plight, in.
deed, at Washington 1t comes out,
little by little, what was done with the
three-quartes of n million dollars
bribc money to get subsidy bill
through Congress. Albert, one of the
witnesses, told the Investigating Com.
mittee on Monday that Jno. W. Forncy
received $4,000; A. W. Randall, s5,.
500; J. G. Barrett, $1,000; II. G. Fant,
$4,000; Don Piatt $4,000; and W. B.
Shaw, s25, 900; and other patriotic and
loyal citizens of lesser note got their
little dividends.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-01-20

CONSCIENTIOUS BUSINESS. con-
science vendors who presides over the
Lancaster htelligencer, have now opened
an officer dedicated exclusively to that
business. Sub-offices will be opened
in Pike, Sullivan, Columbia and West
moreland counties, where the afflicted
can apply for remedies. No charge
forconsultation. "Grave Constitutional
questions will be manufactured to
order at all those Offices. Headquarters,
however, will be at Lancaster. Sena-
tors Clark and Rowland and Repre-
sen.atives Bedford and McHenry, will
however be consulted, where square
question OF conscience arises.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-01-20
MR. WaLLAcE ron .sENA ron.

MR.. WiLLACE FOR SENATOR.
The nomination of Hon. William A..
Wallace, of this borough, for United
States Senator, by the Democratic
caucus on Thursday last, was not un-
expected by us but it is high trib-
ute paid to the Democracy of the wes-
tern part of the State, and particularly
gratifying TO his friends and ncighbors
in this county.
The unanimity by which he was
nominated is unparalleled in the histo.
ry of politics in this State. The vote
stood
aNilliam a. Wallace e...""-..--......-...... ioi
Heistsr Clymer.. "a
jeremiah :. Black
Before the result was declared, five
of those who had voted for Judge
Black changed and east their ballots
for Mr. Wallace, making his vote lOG.
Leaving tho combined opposition
Black, Buckalcw and Clymcr-onIy
II votes out of 1913. This is glori.
Gus victory.
To-day the members of the Senate
and House meet in joint convention
and cast their ballots for United States
Senator for six years from the 4th OF
March next OF course Mr. Wallace
will be elected. His overwhelming
nomination settles that question.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-01-20

A CoNGREssIoNL ScENE.-The pres
ent Subsidy, Credit Mobilier, Salary
Grab Congress- will close on the 4th OF
March. If the members are not sick,
the people arc, and they want them
to cave at the earliest day possible and
disgrace the Nation no longer, The
Washington correspondent of the Pitts.
burgh Leader lately witnessed the fol.
lowing scene in the National Capital
"a prominent Southern Congress-
man came in upon the floor of the
house considerably under the influence
of liquor He walked very unsteadily
toward one of the sofas in the rear
portion Of the hall. He fell heavily
upon the sofa, and as he fell an over
coat slid of from his arm upon the
floor, and out Of the overcoat a pocket
flask Of liquor, that rolled out on the
floor several feet away, The distin.
guished member fell at once into q
drunken slumber and for several mo.
ments he lay there, with the whiskey
flask and overcoat upon the floor be.
side him. Soon, however, mcsscn
ger came along and picked up the
bottle The Radical majority in the
present body is just 1Ol. Who's to
blame?
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-01-20

SAD lNDEED.-Wc are in receipt of
n number of circulars issued by relief
associations in Kansas, Nebraska and
Minnesota, calling upon the public for
contributions to alleviate the suffering
and starvation caused by the drought
and grasshoppcr ravages during the
past Summer The details are awful.
Those who can, should give bountifully.
But see that it goes into the proper
hands. Scores of irresponsible agents
are abroad collecting funds which will
never reach the sufferers.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-01-20


MODERN MoRALITY.--A sale of pews
took place in Henry Ward Beecher's
Church last week, theproceeds amount
ing to sepenty-tioo thousand dollars. This
is sl2, 900 more than was ever realized
before. We presume if some body
would getup anotherc charge ofadultery
against brother Beecher, the proceeds
would run up to at least 100000
Financially, Beecher's church seems to
be "a success, but the ragged edges" of
morality which seem to surround that
religious club house must eventually
bring it into disreputc with all who
prefer the old moral code, without the
Beecher improvements.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-01-20
fRozE AT MS rosr.

Tho Polar Wave which swept across
this city, from Omaha, played havoc
with hydrants; the saddest result hap
pening from il was the death of car
driver who ''lfogc stiii, stark and dcad, {"
while driving n car Of the Market
Street Line, on Saturday night on
nearing the depot, the conductor sig
nailed tho driver to stop, and no heed
being paid TO Il hc went 10 the front
of the car, whore he iountl the driver
sitting in his seat, with thu rcins In bis
hand, Frozen 10 death. The chr had
about four miles to 60 from It's eastern
starting point 10 tho depot, and Il Ii
believed that BY the time tho car reach.
ed the Market Street Bridge, the
driver had become too bcnumbed 70
rise from his scat, and the promptncss
with which the horscs answered the
gong led the conductor to believe all
was right until within short dis
tance q The depot, whcn the iacts
bccAme known 'H N1it'fr sd
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-01-20

GoymSxrsr viKws. 1T seems that
Grants message relating 70 the Louisi-
ma affairs, sent into Congress the other
day, WAS written byhi Attorney. Gen.
crai Williams, who i short time ago
took $500 ont Of the United States
Treasury to buy his wife a carriage.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-01-20
CLEARFlELD, Pa.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. JAN. 20, 1875.

A. 7. Stewart, the great New York
merchant, has subscribed $4,000 to
forward the Centennial. We should
say that is coming down handsomely
Who has initiated his example in
amount?
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-01-20

TRUE AS GosPEL.-The conduct Of
General Sheridan, Grant and his broth.
er-in-law, Casey, at New Orleans. re-
Gently, has startled the whole country.
II their act was mere piece of politi.
cal strategy, to make party point it
was neither justifiablc in that light nor
in moral point; and if done with q
view of testing the sense of the public
before trying to usup the whole pow
ers OF the government, then it is wicked
in the extreme and they should be i'm
peached at once, The editor of the
New York Sun, who was Assistant
Secretary of War under Lincoln's ad.
ministration, in alluding to their con.
duet, says
Grant ders his Secretary of Wafto telegraph
to Sheridan; "rhc President and all Of us thor.
oughly approve your course" II the Rspubli.
cans In Congress echo this insensaie despatch to
the people, the election Of the next President
politically is accomplished twenty months before
the polls are opened. The Democracy will sweep
the country, and the Republican party will be
buried out Of sight