Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-01-17

sNff Nsfff'0 ARh ~ us NNN
s.ing on in Australia aud New Zca.
land.
Among the homeless poor of New
York are forty thousand vagrnnt chil.
dren.
The board Of pardons will meet
at Harrisburg on the 9th OF February
next.
Three New England firms are
kept busy manufacturing fire arms for
Turkey.
The House for the Fricndlcss" in
Williamspolt is about to be sold By the
Sheriff t tftt3
-Harrisburg has new gas com.
pany, the gas TO be manufactured from
coal oil.
Mr. Pickett of Akron, Ohio, sim.
uliancously misses his wife, his pastor,
and 5000.
"A Boston store which rented for
sl7 900 last year has just been leased
for 81, 900.
There are 3ll,O97 volumes and
lOO,O 900 pamphlets in the Congrrssion.
al library.
Some Of the striking miners in
the Monongabela regionsare returning
TO their work.
The westernpenitentiary contains
at present seven hundred and twenty.
seven prisoners.
SIXTY dollars are TO be awarded
to the person who raises the finest
rooster in Bucks county.
Twenty thousand dollars have
been csfess!';a b; carbon eoauty upon
the Mollic Magure trials.
The delaware river is full Of Roat.
ing irc, some Of the cakes Of which are
dangerous to small vessels,
--tieorge II, Anderson, tho new
postmaster at Pittsburgh, has filed his
bond in the sum Of s3OO,0OO.
The Cumberland river at Nash.
vile, Tenn. has not been frozen over
before this winter since 1856.
-Laborcls are so plenty in China
that a man sentenced TO be hanged can
buy II substitute for fifteen dollars.
-Four Hills. three Jones and two
Smiths in the House at Harrisburg.
The Smiths are losing their prestige
-l.nekey. the partner OF Babcock
in the whi~key frauds has Just been
Secretary Of Utah 1'erritory.
The recent severe frosts and,heavy
rains in Florida have worked great
damage to the orange and lemon crop.
Memphis has on band stock of
one hundred thousand bales of cotton.
the heaviest that she has ever had 10
carry.
During the past year Pennsylva.
MIA paid s5.673,l 3,l32 to the general gov.
ertment in the shape Of internal rcve.
nue. taxes.
The cheapncss and excellence of
cider in New England, this year, com
blne TO play havoc with the tcml or
ance societies.
The s;ockholders of the Waynes.
burg and Washington railroad have
authorized an issue of bonds TO com.
plele the road.
Col. Seely. the veteran editor of
the Jersey Shore Herald has been ap-
pointed mercantile appraiser for Ly-
coming county.
Isaac Friedlander, the wheat king
OF San Francisco, sold from his farm
last year $1,000 tons Of wheat for
s6is,000 in gold. nHri
The Government contemplates
buildinganow postoalce at Harrisburg.
tho structure to cost 100000. Better
get out Of debt first.
The Dollar Savings bank, OF Pitts
ourgn' began business in 1855 with
two dollars. Its deposits now count
~ I'll,
nc "il'iamsport Banner says
taxes IN mat city have been reduced
Dhe'n'ru owing TO The prudent man.
nsemen' Oh city councils.
The Iowa Supreme Court decides
lna' q woman IN that State may hold
my once except those OF Judge and
'"oho'r "i inc i"sslslature. plse
"A panther near the North Noun.
la,n' Cumberland county, creates CON
eXrl'cmcnt and fear among
NE iarmsrs in'that lccality
The number of lcl,ers rccc;rod st
the Dead Letter Oricc during the year
1876. WINS 35sl7it containing money
and eahatles tpthc amu1nt Of 81 ,939,.
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by the penpe, ,,bs Jn'l'a.s ,''s :" ,'.No";o 1V"e
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Ihn men, f.. s.ea ,'..'.;', ', 'ny'n' % anu solu
now in a., IT, !, Yl'So% p,fo''..' snl' ooara heH
1T takes thirty thousand dollars
y " supply inc pennsylvania Legisla-
"lv WIN poSu'ge stamps Each mem
'er g,' one h''nuicd dollars worth ~
'"'" denominations rs he may desire,
"A resolution is pending before tho
ohio I,oei4laturn "a ,.,.1,, ~,