Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-11-15
NEWS ITEMS.

loIOW us 20 thd 5tOcK60inr HcaIehiy u
the Liberal Arts, to aid poor students.
The Huntingdon mail carrier some
days makes eight trips to the depot,
with his whcel-barrow, for single
mail.
The receipts Of the Pennsylvania
Rail Road company for the month of
September is estimated, ii is said, at
100000.
About $4,000 running yards of
cloth are manufactured every week at
the Harrisburg cotton mills, keeping a
full force of hands engaged.
The Bucktall brigade-l43d, l49th
and 15Oth regimcnts--had reunion
at old Camp Luzerne, October LIST, and
had good weather a and good time.
Over eight millions of people,
nearly one-fifth OF the entire population
of the United States, have thus far
visited the great Exhibition at Phila.
delphia.
The Emperor Of BraziPs first book
of travels is in press. 1t is written in
Portuguese, but translations in English,
French and German are simultaneously
TO appear in Paris.
Among the religious notices in
Western paper, one reads "Parson
Piper pipes Il religious roundelay to
happy hearers at st. Lukes on Sun
days, morning and evening"
Hon. William W. Ketchum, Judge
of the United States Court for the
Western District of this State, will
make bis permanent residcncein Wash
ington, Washington county.
The immense estate of the late
Mr., Lick, of San Francisco, bids fair
to furnish fat pickings for the legal
fraternity for years to come. They
have already begun to devour it.
"A. J. Whitney, engineer Of the
Pennsylvania Canal, has given notice
that in the future no person will be
allowed to use the tow-path of that
improvement as public highway.
Rev. Melancthon VIM. Jacobus,
well-known as the author of "Notes on
the Gospel" died suddenly at his home
in Allegheny City, on the 2Sth of Octo-
Der of bronchitis. He was aged sixty
years.
The President accepted the invi.
tation of the Centennial Commission
to formally close the Exhibition on the
10th inst, at Philadelphia He was
accompanied by the members of his
Cabinet.
There are 1901 inmates in the
Philadelphia House of Correction, 1924
males and 277 females. The Board of
State Charities has recently inspected
the institution and commends the man.
agement.
w. Ii. Brown, of Pittsburgh, who
lately died, is "the representative
American" who in early life dug coal
as Que and u half cents bushel-and
departed this existence the possessor
of s3, 100000.
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opes issued by the Postofficc Depart
ment up to date is about nine millions.
The issuing Of these envelopes will be
discontinued as soon as the Centennial
Exhibition closes
Another batch of cadets has been
expelled from the Naval Academy at
Annapolis, for hazing. The govern
mcnt expresses determination to stop
the practice at all hazards, in which
we hope it will be entirely successful.
The State Etomologist of Min
nesota has been investigating the
grasshopper business in that State,
and has not succeeded In finding
sound egg The sacks are, to great
extent, destroyed, and the exposure of
the eggs leave them to decay.
There is no serious subject of con.
troversy between the United States
and Spain, the latter having in q spirit
of friendship acceded TO the views of
the former Tor the trial of American
citizens in the island of Cuba, accused
of crime before a civil tribunal.
Most of the Centennial exhibitors
have reaped harvests by the sale of
their goods. The Turks and Russians
have pretty nearly sold out; the
Chinese and Japanese have stuffed
their pockets, and the French have
also done well.
One of the Japanese at the Cen.
tennial calls our delicious fruit, tho
peach, a fraud. Hepurchased dozen,
gouged out the pits, cracked them, ate
the kernels, and threw the rest away.
Another inexperienced Jap ate quar-.
ter peck of the fruit, and nearly choked
to death in gulping the "seed."
The papers OF Western Pennsyl.
vania are requested TO notice that
man named John Wolland, died at the
Sisters of Charity Hospital, Buffalo,
August 9th. Friends of the deceased
can obtain all information known of
him by the authorities, by addressing
John c. Lowell, Overseer of the Poor,
Buffalo, n. Y.
-Wecden, Goodwin and Collycr,
found guilty of manslaughter by aiding
in the killing of the prize fighter
Walker, have been sentenced TO six
years Imprisonment each in the peni.
tentiary at Trenton, New Jersey. The
remaining two prisoners, Clark and
Neary, were sentenced TO an imprison-
ment of two years
Tho Park Commissioners have do
cided TO allow the Main exhibition
building to remain where it is, and If
The arrangements on foot are carried
,ut, there will oc organized perma.
nent exhibition on the plan of the one
1t Sydenham, near London. The
,ountry will rejoice that this project is
10 bo carried out.
HOLLAND and Johnston, the Cham.
)crsburg Bank robbers, have been re-
urned from the Eastern Penitentiary
o that place to be retired under writ
If error from the Supreme Court. This
s rare and novel case, the first, per.
laps in years, where convicts have
,cen returned from the State Prison
or another trial.
"A brewers carter was killed
through a strange fatality near Tam.
scrth, England. He was driving
Ilong the road with barrels Of ale;
when trco snapped and fell upon the