Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-06-21
NElHS ITEMS.
Henry Ward Beechcr was recently
robbed of $500 worth Of silverwnre.

robbed of $500 worth Of silvorwarc
Jacksonville, Florida, shipped elcv.
on tons Of cncumbers northward the |
other day.
--Now's the time TO make the tour
Of your native land The railroad rates
are dowL TO zero.
-Pctifcd grasshoppers from the
spoutlng gcyscw are on exhibition at
the Centennial.
Jefferson Davis has arrived in
Liverpool, England, in the steamship
Memphis from New Orleans.
II thee woulist see soodly show,
To Philadelphia thee must goj
Then thee can tell q century hence
How much thee saw for any cents,
On the Exposition grounds refresh.
ments are now disposed of at lower
prices than at the restaurants in Phila-
delpbia.
Texas boasts of her onions, which
weigh more than a pound and can be
smelled a quarter OF mile when the
wind is fair
Florida is good State TO raise
cattle in, The Spanish authorities in
Cuba are paying the farmers Of Florida
dollar per pound for beef
"A German named Spiecer was
cbokcd to death by piece of meat
while cating supper in Alsace town
ship, Berks county, on the 9th inst.
"A convention of the Catholic 80
cietics of WIlkesbarre will be held on
the 25th inst, to consider the subject
OF economy in funeral expenses.
In consequence of the ice blockade
in Duluth there are $50, 900 bushels Of
wheat and thousands of barrels of -four
in that city awaiting shipment TO the
East.
There is town in Kansas called
Womans' Waste. IL is without any
hustle, the business portion Of the town
comprising only two grog shops and n
grocery.
The Carlisle Herald names Mr..
George Metzgar as the Oldest surviv-
ing member Of the Pennsylvania Leg
islature. He served in the sessions Of
1918 and 1914.
MIR. Henry Daniel, survivor Of
the war Of 1872, died in Lykens town
ship, Dauphin county, on the I'd inst,
in his eighty-fourtb year. He leaves
lO3 descendants. Il
Mrs. Julia Sumner Hastings, q sis
ter of the late Charles Sumner, and the
last surviving member Of his direct
family, died at the White Ranch, Marin
county, Cal, lately
The Singer Sewing Machine Com.
pany have chartered forty cars Tor a
special train to send their employees
TO the Centennial Exhibition at the cx.
pense of the company.
Three skeletons of dead Indians
were plowed up at Ulster Flats, Brad
ford county, last week. One Of the
skeletons was found in cavity neatly
lined with cobble stones laid in cement
Eight savings banks in New York
have been closed within the last year
In each case there has been bad OF
ignorant management, poor invest
ments and extravagance in expendi
ture.
"A scheme for uniting the British
channel with the Mediterranean by 0
system OF canals is seriously engaging
the merchants of France, and has beer
brought before the Ministers Of Finance
and Public Works
New York city has 5000 tipplinl
houses, and II has been found BY ex
animation that each ono averages Q
daily run of 1874 visitors 1t is esti
mated that q, 900 persons are employed
in this retail traffic.
AN aged couple named Turner
living in Leroy township, Bradforc
county, were robbed of $4,000 on Sun
day. Theirhouse was entered by thre,
men, who, having securely tied them
ransacked the house and got safely
away with their spoil.
The desert of Sahara covers about
1000, 900 square miles. Most Of il 4
about l,500 feet above the sea level
but a portion covering 10000 squar'
miles Is below the sea level, and a pro
ject for inundating il from the Atlanti,
Ocean is seriously talked Of.
"A balloon race Is proposed as on,
Of the attractions OF the Fourth o
July at Lancaster. John Wise, tn,
veteran balloonist, aged seventy, ant
his grandson, John Wise, Jr., aged fif
teen--thc Oldest and youngest living
eronauts-arc TO be the contestants.
/ Miss Clara Hubbard, an Ameri
can, defeated Miss Millie Rose, ar
English woman, in a walking match
at the Assembly Buildings, Philadel
phia, for the championship. Miss Hub
bard walked las miles in thirty.thre,
hours, thirty minutes and thirty sec
onds.
The remains of three Revolution
ary soldiers are inferred In Somerset
Their names are Captain John Web
ster, John Canady and Abraham Faith
The bodies of seven soldiers Of the wal