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ROCK ISLAND l. PACIFIC EXTENSION.
Tho extension Of tho brauch Of thn Chicago,
Rack Island l. Pacific Raitroad FROM Warrington
to oyhalocsa, H., vii! 10 opoued for business
io-day. Tie distances Of tho new line aro aa
follows: Stgouruoy to Delta, miles; siEour-
ney 10 1oHehiil. 14.S mica; siFourney 10 0ska.
loosa, 81 m,lns. Station Agents in Iowa will bill
to t4cso points. using rates IN 19Ws ~, Division
ssen,s iu Illinois and Missouri. will usc rates on
uilcage sheols in ta.id which TOOK OBJECT Eco.
70 1915,
, 1876-02-21
PEKIn, LINCOLN 4 DECATUR.

Sp<c,ui Uisuasch 10 Tht Cdiea9o 7'rloMHt.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Feb. l0.-Tho decTes Of
sale OF tho Pekin. Lincoln 1; DocRsur Nailroad
Was hlel this morning, and that sale wi! thko
place attcs duo notice aud publication.
, 1876-02-21

tfoeR uprootett and twIeted OF. Tiers wora
many narrow eacapes Of pasaunH S1oM death.
Tho money valuc of property destroyed ia large.
DEATH IN ITS MOST FRioATFUL FORM
1.ou1sTiItE, Ky., Feb. 2o.-A death ~ horri-
bic probably as It is possible for man to suffer
occurred at Lagrange. H., at IL O'Clock Batot-
tlav night. The victim was john FioneRan. m
engineer on the Suort Lne Railroad. whom tho
Company consi,lorol ono oi Tho baat mcn ht tho
timo. TInnegan wna on n freight train,
an n1le broks. aud prhcinitatod tho
engine and cars down d atight embanfmont.
FllnegAn was BY Bolne moahs caught faE. BY tho
1nacliilerY, aui. hold 70 t1lst hin cot'panlons
water poured upon his face and hod5 fron.
bro|en boiler. No Io1ief could 10 cx.
tended 10 Ills sufferer, and. after nost
horrible agony he became lltlct nscloua afId soon
died, Tho sk!n from his faco aud hody pooled
of befors hin own eyos, When p1ysiclana from
Louisville arrived. Finncgan whs DING viii i1's
tongue amoa! dropping otT from tho effects Of
tho hot water vIlich lad forced Itself into lila
mouth.
RIVER DIsASTER5.
New 02LEANH, Feb. 20.--rho steamboat Mar7
Lowry from he'd Hirer for New Orleans. will
1.390 bales Of cottou mid other freight, took hre
at Carroilsan to-day and burned to tho waters
ctgs. A small portion Of tho cargo
waB thrown overheard and aased
10 = damaged condition. No ltvea were loas.
Tho total loas IL about sI0.ol3; inkurance not
known. The stcatnbolt Lotus No. 3. from Jes-
ferson, Tex, for Nov Orleans, With 1,031 baled
Of cotton nank on La.e ChIries. Tho boRt ID
bo}tevtl to be a total loss. rho cargo will bo
tased in damaged coadltion.
, 1876-02-21

WAsursa1os. D. e., Fob. al 4. m.--1n tho
Upper Lakes, Upper Mississippi, auI Lower
Missouri Valley, low barometer. brisk and high
south to cast winds. shifting to cnld northwest
erly. cloudy weather and light rainR tnrnn9 inta
s,lt,w IN the norslera portions. followed by
rising barometer aud partly cloudy weather.
In tho I.owar I.a.cs nnl Mllu.e Btates, falling
barometer. increasing northeast to aouthaast
winds. rising ton1r reratuso aud increasing cIoud-
mems. succeeded by rain or snow In tito former,
and possibly by rhtn during tho night In tho Int.
tgr.
Hrfetaf Ditualth I, The {htraao 7rtonns.
Sioux CRY. a., Feb. 2N.-fn the vicinity oi
Sioux Fnlis, Dakota, n large quantity OF aprlng
wheat WIS BoWe.I last week. II t!le weather con.
ti;,.u wafm wheat III tIsst Rcc.on Will bo nearly
all IN ,ilo gro,ud hciors tho Int of :Iasch. Tho
Season IL six ronkB earlier that, usual. Tllu
farmers Of this acctlon arc blowing mad get;Iug
rualj for EtIwing.
LOCAL onaCHrATioss.
uIucACo, Feb 20.
, 1876-02-21

u1oilahcd poultry killed nnd scattered, forest
tfoeR uprootetl and twisted OF. Theirs worn
many narrow oscsprs Of pasaona from death.
Tho money valuo of property destroyed Ia lafge.
, 1876-02-21

4 CCEVEENHu SHuUTI81 AFFHKfs
CLEvEtAND. O., Feb. 20.-tlotloib uettengei
and Herman Fe!show got Into q quarrel last
night in saloon on Croton street. FeIahow
drew revolver AMI nhot Eettenger acriouslJ
and probably fatally wonnding hin,. FelahoV
WAS afreated.
, 1876-02-21
arrested In tho t,ll!s ia Kentucky, 100 miles south
Of Cincinnati. by Bhoriff Jesup.


pIT1sBuRa. Pa. Feb. 26.--At an sariy houT
this morning, while engaged IN quarrel In
house OH sfulberry alley, Patrick Ferry stabbed
Mathew Long in tile hbdomon With caEc-knife,
fnatcting probably fatal injuries. Ferfy was IT.
rested aud looked up.
, 1876-02-21

palnad nomnsly neutral. 1t might DO supposed
that Tho three military Enlp1rcs would hhyo no
grcat difficulty In checking 9erTts, OF preventing
the aanes Of revolt from being carried Into But:
Turkey cAos0 to eakc tho chance OF croatlng Bit.
ter tliscontents among their own population. But
10 march luto tho disturbed DISTRICTS III order TO
baud them oyor to rAsha, in reliance on q geu-
esAl proclamation OF reform, u . policy which the
Austrian and Russian 0ovurnmcnts. with all their
authority, might cmbarrass themselves by adopt
lug. Al tho Aa1n0 time, no have right to cIpect
tlIAt when tho Porto asspntH to tho reforms
demanded In tho Austrian noto, aud the liberty
Of tho disturbed province IL placed beyond
doubt By ~ cngsssmont IT, to Ein5opo. he IT,. two
region will use sheir bout ctoftA to restora tram
qulllity. Tho gl1 Powers can set upon Turkey;
bnt the mysteries Of blAv ambition arc known
ouly 1t Vlenus md St. Petersburg.
1 BxCAEr rAnA0HATT.
Dtsrat,A Ia .stls York llsraid.
LONDON, Feb. Ill hare the h!ghoae author-
ity for stating that the FOLLOWING ia tho toxt Of
the eocrot paragraph inserted By tho Queens
Minlstsy In the arttclaa Of adhesion to tho Aus
TRAN noto to tho Porto: ...
"Tho Sultan to aend 4 spactsl Conmtshlonor
to tho Insurgents. IL tho iuaurgenta reject the
proposals. for psacc, tho Austrian Government,
at the Potto's expense, will make military CO.
uupation OF tho Nuolo territory OF tho tnBurroc-
'tlonAry provinces for stx months, willie tho
tleet to cruise ia Turkish watcrs, and In thu
Ad1tatlo alto."
RUSSIAN 1NF1usSuE IN nopAAx1A.
learn bya psiyate dtapatcll from high
source that Gen: souvaroT hid III interview
opportunity for refusing to pay tho Turkisl,
tribute; and that, upon the Porte taking a.eps
to onforce ltB rights. q Russisa fosca Of 100, zoo
msu would occupy the province.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-08-02

STRANGE REFoRMERs.-A few honest
men belonging to the Radical party,
when interrogated upon that point, ad.
nit that corruption almost reigns su-
preme within the ranks of their party,
But they propose to remedy the evils
by starting reform within the party
as a cure for all. To prove what q
complete fraud this is we need only
point to the fact that Grants Secre-
tary of the Interior, Zack Chandler,
who was repudiated by his party in
Michigan, is made chairman of the
National Committee, and Bill Kemble,
who, with Geo. o. Evans, robbed our
State Treasury of three hundred thou
sand dollars few years ago, has the
management of the campaign in this
State. What more evidence does the
taxpayer want to fully establish the
fact that the robbery OF the State and
National Treasures are to be vigor.
ously prosecuted in the future. TIC
look for reform to break out in the
Radical party is as supremely ridicu.
lous as expect Beecher to preach SER
mon from the text, "Thou shalt not
commit adultery Radicalism, wheth,
er in the State or, church, is the same
under all circumstances, in every age
of the world
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-08-02

RADICAL lMPUDENcE.-The Common.
iCealh says: "The Radicals in Con
gress are terribly frightened. They
voted against all reports of the investi'
cation committees; the Senate has re.
fused to print a list of defaulters un-
der Grants administration Boutwell,
won't explain the change in the figures
of his Treasury reports Grant won't
permit the papers showing the man
agemcnt of the Departments to be ex-
amincd outside Of the offices Robson
is likely to be impeached; Belknap is
impeached Schenck is ccnsured
Pierrepont has gone out of the coun-
try the honest public officers arc
kicked out Of Office by Grant; Zach
Chandler is running the Presidential
canvass for Hayes while hois in Grants
Cabinet; the whisky thieves are to be
pardoned; and all this time the people
are asked to elect Hayes, and keer
things just as they now are for foul
years longerl Let's have a change, is
the demand of the people. The ballot
box will answer this universal call
with Tilden, reform, economy, honesty
faithful public servants, and better
times"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-08-02


RATHER BAD.-Thc testimony Of Blu
ford Wilson, who was turned out OF
the Treasury Department by Grant
tor assisting in the prosecutions OF the
CROOKED whisky" dealers before the
whisky trials committee at Washing.
ton, tends to exonerate the President
from direct connection with the whisky
ring, but adds certainty to the guilt OF
Babcock, Porter and others by show.
ing their conduct in a darker light
than it has heretofore been seen. The
revelations are truly awful. And yet
this same party of rogues come before
the people and ask that they be con.
tinued in power, so as to rob the pub
lie Tor four years more "Not much.
ly." The people are tired of being
robbed by their agents after paying
them hugo salaries.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-08-02

CURTIN FOR TmDEN.-The Bellefonte
Wdtchmdn, published at the home Of
Ex-Governor Curtin, in alluding TO that
statesman, says; "Hon. Andrew G..
Curtin, for two terms, extending over
a period of six years, Governor OF
Pennsylvania. Gov. Curtin was an
original Republican, with Greeley and
chat class Of men, and as long as the
party kept itself clear and undefled Of
robbers, thieves and conuptionists, he
remained faithful member OF it. He
was the Republican Governor of Penn.
sylvania during the war and we can
all remember how that party hurrahed
and glorifed over him. Well, the in.
fanny and dishonesty of Grants admin
istration have been too much for Mr..
Curtin. He has not been able to stand
il for some years, but today he abso-
lutely spews 1t out OF his mouth. Last
fall he canvasscd Ohio for the election
of Governor Allen, and now he oxplic.
lily declares himself for Tilden and
Hendricks and intends 10 stump Me
State Of Indiana for the Democracy.
This we know to be true, for we have
1t from his own mouth. That is where
he stands
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-08-02
WORSE IND RORSEl


Four years ago tho Radical leaders
promised tho people, especially the Ia
boring portion, that if they would re
elect Grant and defeat Greeley, that
the same good times would continue
two dollars day and plenty Of work
Well, Grant was reelected, but how
have these leaders kept their word !
Timber and log jobs stopped; saw
mills make no music the fires in the
furnace and roling.mills have gone
out; no demand for coal except at ru.
inous rates to the operator; wages
away down, and no work at that. Be.
sides, bankruptcy prevails more alarm
ingly today than over before. Last
year was bad enough, but this year is
far worse. The grcatmercantilc agency
OF Dun, Barlow & Co. make most un-
satisfactory mercantile report for the
first six months OF 1876. The failures
foot up 1900, against 1868 for the
like period of 1875. The amount OF
money involved in the failures this
year thus far, is sl0S,O00, 900, against
s76,0OO,O0O last year, This is a start
ling exhibition, but it is about what
we might expect when We see the
knavery and reclSlessness of the Wash
ington Government, No people can
prosper under set of wicked rulers.
Credit dies; confidence dies; rascality
gets rampant. Thicving by Govern
ment officials is bold and undisguiscd,
and the President Of the United States,
General Grant, sees it, and not only
does not rebuke the knaves who are
guilty of it, but actually protects them
from punishment. And if n Jealous
officer arrests, convicts, and sends a
number of these rogues to the peniten-
tiary, Grant pardons them. More, the
Convention which nominated Hayes,
endorsed Grant and all the wrongs we
have enumerated. Is it possible that
the voters of this Republic will again
sell themselves to men who have be-
trayed them and robbed them of their
bread and butter We think not. The
school of experience may be dear
one, but its teachings are Of a practi-
cal character, and those men who have
lost their capital, and the laborer who
has sought for employment for the
past two years and found none, will
soon recollect who betrayed him four
years ago, and seek new friends. There
is no salvation for the country except
in the election of Tilden and Hendricks.
Four years more of Grantism will ruin
all business enterprises, and transform
every laboring man into a beggar.
Which will you choose2
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-08-02


The BLOODY SHIRT MAN-That first
class Radical demagoguc, o. 2. Nor
ton, Of Indiana, remarked few days
ago in the Senate, that "thc proudest
day of his life was when he assisted in
putting down rebels and the rebellion" /"
Well, that is patriotic remark. But
Morton did nothing of the kind. lie
never saw rebel in arms, because he
was not outside the State OF Indiana
during the war, and when Morgan
made his raid through that State and
Ohio, Morton was stopping in Chicago.
He served his country like many others
of his stripe He kept running for Of
fee while the rebellion was going on,
not even furnishing substitute to put
down the rebellion Dcmagogues, like
potato-bugs, are natural product OF
this country, and Morton is one of the
largest
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-08-02

PLAIN RAscArITy. Some of our
Radical exchanges, in the exuberanee
Of their desire to injure the personal
character of Mr. Tilden, publish two
friendly letters, written ten years ago
to VIM. NJ. Tweed, but they carefully
omit TO tell the fact that Mr.. Tildcn,
after discovering Mr. Twccd's real
character, was the first TO indict him
with view TO the recovery of the
money plundered from the public treas
ury in New York. Everybody knows
that Gen. Washington and Benedict
Arnold were intimate and personal
friends before the latter became a
traitor Would any man condemn
Washington because of that intimacy
Yet, sec how far these Radical editors
will go to cast reproach on our nom.
inee. Gentlemen, beware
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-08-02
GOING TO WORK.

1t will be observed by the notices
issued by the Chairman of the Demo
cratic County Committee, and the nu-
merously signed call by the citizens OF
this borough and Lawrence township,
for the purpose of organizing Tilden
and Hendricks Club, that there is to
be some active work done in the ap-
preaching campaign. Let the work
20 bravely on. Democrats, to your
posts If you never were thore before,
20 now. The pblest men--Tilden and
Hendricks-ever presented to this gen.
Grafton, are now before you. The on
ly other question for the voter to solve
is this Are you in favor OF the present
demoralized business prostration of the
country, and desire a continuance OF
the same for four years longer2 or, do
you desire a change for the better2 If
Won are satisfied with affairs as they
are now, you will of course vote for
Hayes and Wheeler But, if you want
public and private credit and conf
dence restored, and business revived,
and happiness and prosperity to pre-
vail throughout the Union, you will Of
course vote for Tilden and Hendricks,
and the whole Democratic ticket. That
is the whole question in nut shell.
Which do you prefer2
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-08-02

OUR STATE RoouEs.-Up to the
present. eight parties have been arrest.
ed recently for defrauding the State
Treasury, including county and city
Trcasurers and clerks in the Auditor
Generals and State Treasurcr's offices.
We are sorry to state that tpo of the
eight are Democrats. Their friends tell
us that these two will prove themselves
innocent, and that they took no bribes.
We hope they will be able to establish
that fact, if not, send them TO the pen
itcntiary and let honest men fll their
places. The man who takes an Office
from the people, then robs and bctrays
them deserves to be hung, because the
betrayal of a public trust is a far graver
offence than personal treaohery, and
therefore, deserves scvcrcr punishment.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-08-02


A LIVE MARTYR.-The Harrisburg
Patriot says "Thc bloody-shirt organs
have lied with such pertinacity about
"the murder of State Senator Twitch
ell, Of Louisiana" that their damnable
iteration has even imposed upon Dem.
ocratic newspapers at the north. The
Congressional committee that investi.
gated the Twitchell case report, not
only that Twitchell is alive, for they
took his testimony, but that his diff.
Guilty was personal one and with his
own political partisans. Twitchell did
service for months in the columns Of
the Harrisburg Telegraph as an uncom-
monty promising martyr. That lach-
rymosc journal is still damp with griei
over his untimely death. But its tears
arc wasted. Twitohell lives, very
ordinary thief, enjoying degree Of
liberty which marks the laxity of Grim
NAL justice in Indiana"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-08-02

PLEASANT READINd.--It must be
very pleasant reading Tor Bristow,
Wilson, and the counsel Tor the United
States TO purusc the reasons which
Grant has set out in the pardons
Of the crooked whisky thieves now
in the State prisons II must be
consoling to the Republicans who be.
lleve in Hayes, that the policy of
Grants administration he fully cndors.
cs and approves. 1t will be strong
argument In favor of Hayes, that he Is
to DO the attorney in fact of Grant, il
elected, and carry on the government
OF the country with the aid, advice,
assistance, and support of these ex-
convicts.-Phiiddaphia Commonwealth.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-08-02

READ lT.-Our first page is very in.
teresting this week. The HNational
Ode" composed by Bayard Taylor, is
century document that should be
read and filed away. The remarks Of
Senator Wallace on tho river and har,
Dor bill are Democratic, and should be
studied by the reader, in order to OBJ.
tain a correct understanding Of this OBJ.
tuse question. Besides, there arc
three articles alluding to three of the
most prominent public men which just
now are attracting universal attention
Read them and then turn to the fourth
page.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-08-02

A s27 900 MIsTAKE.-The receiver
appointed TO wind up the afflirs OF
Howes 4 Macy, the New York Wall
street brokers, has just discovered one
Of the most remarkable and costly
blunders ever chronicled. 1t appears
that Il. Il. Bell, politician and lawyer,
residing at Yonkers, kept an account
with this firm. He obtained judg-
ment in lawsuit to the amount Of
$4,000 and deposited the money. He
drew against IL in small sums, aggre-
eating about So 900. Wishing to know
the exact balance he had in bank he
inquired one day of the cashier. The
books were examined, and the cashier
told Bell he had yet $4,000 TO his
credit. The clerk had made a mistake
OF s27 900, and entered the deposit as
$4,000 instead of $4,000. Bell, instead
of saying this was a mistake walked
quietly out, and in few days drew
checks upon the bank to the extent of
$4,000. These were paid With this
money Bell purchased handsome res.
idencc at Yonkers and horse and car.
riagc. Bell, learning that the blunder
had been discovered, sold the property
to a third party, and has decamped TO
Colorado.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-08-02

A NEGATIVE CANDIDArE.-An OK.
change remarksi What thing has
Gov. Hayes ever done or said that
should make him known beyond the
limits of his State2 Nothing. The
perfect vacuity Of incident which
marked his political career secured bis
nomination. The Republican party is
80 confessedly corrupt that it did not
dare to endorse itself by naming can.
didate whose record proclaimed him
an active partaker inits ipiquitics.- =
Well, one thing he did do, while in
Congress hc helped to raise his salary
from 50, 600 to $1,000.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-08-02
SIMON WINNEBAdo & Son.
Middletown, August 2, 1876.

A lluoE LEAK.--Grant Belknap 4
Co. can do more square robbing, ex
cepting George o. Evansa and Bill KEN
bic, than any other political freebooter
that ever infested country. Reader
Just look at this swell in the pastert
andioldersroom at Washington. From
1861 to 1866, the annual appropriation
for this room was $4,000, for 1872,
1873 and 1874, il was one hundred
thousand dollars for each year Having
been raised over three times, when
there was far less to do than ever be.
fore, Is there any room for reform
here' Tho Democrats passed a bill
tho other day reducing the appropria.
tion TO $4,000.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-08-02

RADICAL ExrRAvAaANcE.-In In 1861
when the war broke out, there wcr,
46,Oi9 men employed in the different
departments of the General Govern
ment In 1861, when the war closed
56,ll3 persons were on the govern
mcnt pay roll. But under Grant, Bah
cock, Belknap 4 Co., tho list swcllcd
to 9i,1l9 in 1875. 1t will be observed
that during the war period the iisl
was increased nearly 10000, but sine,
1870, $4,000 names have been added
TO the pay rolls, Taxpayers, think oI
it. Is there no room for reform here
We allegc that 10000 of those gov.
crnmcnt lccchcs can be dispensed with
and will be under Mr.. Tildcn, thus saw.
ing not less than 100000 in this sin,
gle item. ~