Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-07-19
NEWS ITEMS.

Carlisle, Pa, has two females to
every male citizen.
The New Jersey State prison has
BIG prisoners In 53i coils.
Peaches are abundant IN the New
York and Philadelphia markets.
The Mercer county fair will be
held September II, l3 and IA.
Peach shipments have commenced
from the eastern shore Of Maryland.
Flight prisoners escaped from the
Crawford county Jail on the 9Th inst
The Masons of Iowa have given
1000 to tho Washington Monument
Society.
Moody is in Boston and will begin
his revival in that city on the first of
October.
Lamar Griffin, aged III, was pres.
ent ut the 4tb Of July celebration In
Akron, Ohio
There are 100000 children in
England and Wales whose education
Is neglected.
"A child was drowned in street
gutter during thunder shower at
New Orleans the other day.
AN entire grain field of about ten
acres was destroyed in Seemsville, lie.
high county, by fire crackers.
On Sunday night, July 9th, u
steamer was burned on Lake Michigan
by which twenty seven lives were lost
Newport, Vt, on the Fourth, had
music from drum corps, each mem.
ber of which was over ninety years OF
age.
--Leander Dobbins, treasurer OF Eric
city, Pa, is short about $4,000. lie
hopes 10 arrange the matter satisiac
torily.
There are now 181 cotton mills IN
the South, running 48l, 1915 spindles
and consuming annually l44,066 bales
of cotton.
AN excursion is advertised in Bos
ton "to go down the bay and sec tn,
water once cut by the keel of the May
flower"
Half ton of cherries have beer
marketed from the Experimental Farm
at West Grove, Chester county, thii
season.
Twenty-Five deaths occurred il
Pittsburgh on Sunday a-week the larg
est number ever known in that city
for one day.
"A few Calling guns issued to th'
Indians at the next distribution nigh
add TO the military effectiveness Of tn,
noble red man.
Mr.. Benz. Singerly, Tor many year
State printer, died of apoplexy at hi
residence in Pittsburgh, on Monday
July 10th, aged sixty-one years.
Two hundred soldiers were pros
trated by sun stroke at Camp Bedlc
N. j., on the sth inst. The thermome
ter marked II degrees in the shade.
The death rate in New York, las
week, rose TO very high fgure-th
number of deaths being no less than s6(
an increase of l73 over the precedin
week.
The loss in the State of Iowa b.
the recent foods will amount to mill
ion dollars. The loss in Warren coun
ty alone is three hundred thousan'
dollars.
"A swarm Of caterpillars which ha
gathered on the rails of the Main
Central Railroad, near Farmingtor
compelled train to stop for sewers
minutes few days ago.
AN Altoona man went TO sleep Of
a doorstep in Philadelphia last week
aud ere he awakened from his nap h
was relieved of gold watch and ehai
valued at 100000.
President Porter, of Yale College
has asked some friend of that institu
ton TO present it with half dozel
billiard tables. DIR. Porter doesn't be
lieve billiards demoralizing,
There is still ice to be seen in th
harbor of Duluth, and it is expecte,
that II will take two weeks more I
thaw il out. About that time th
Duluth winter will begin.
Mr.. Corliss, manufacturer an
owner of the big engine, threatened {
take Il away If the Exhibition wa
opened on Sunday. And the big er
gine works all the machinery in th
hall.
There were fewer accidents an
fires and less intoxication in New Yor
on the last Fourth than at any prev
Gus public demonstrations for man,
years. There was not single deaf
attributable TO the celebration.
Dom Pedro left New York 70
Europe on the 18th inst. During hi
short stay in this country he learnel
more OF the habits and customs of ou
people than many who have lived her
all their lives know about them.
The Commissioners of the Nortl
=, crn and Southern Methodist Churche
appointed "to adjust all existing diff
oulties" ''in order to remove all obsts
cles TO formal fraternity, will meet |
joint session at Cape May on Angus
10th,
-Four Parrott guns were sent b
Secretary Cameron TO the Mayor @
, Erie, to be set up as memorial at tn
grave OF Mad Anothony Wayne. o
the Fourth of July the guns were cal
ried around as part of the civic di
play.
Since the 18th OF June, when th
cheated term" began in Philadelphii
the thermometer in that city has avel
aged SO degrees daily, and 80, lOl, TO-
and l0l degrees several times, 1t
the longest term OF the kind ever @,
pcrienoed,
During June last la,55s emigrant
, landed at New York. OF those 2,56
were German, l,s3T Irish and l,I0
English. During the past quarter 80
I isl cmigants landed at Now Yorl
against 1866 for the correspondent
qusrter of 1875.
South California has three temper
ancc colonies, Two of them are i
: Los Angeles county, and the third i
Santa Barbara county. The colonisi
are thrifty, quiet and enterprising, an
the colonies themselves are in a mos
flourishing condition, the absence {