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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

A lIEAvY DIsoouNr.-ln Washing
ton last week the contest over the let
ting Of the postal card contract Tor the
next four years drew large number
of paper makers and printers to sce
the opening Of the bids. There wcrs
nineteen bidders, and one did not gel
in until an hour alter the letting was
over. The present price paid is 1891
per thousand, and when Il was let II
was supposed the contractors would
not be able to GIL il, but they have ill.
Cd 1t, and the lowest bid at the last let
ting way 69l cents per thousand, at
which figure the contract was closed.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

HANGING DAy.-Gov. Hartranit ha
changed "bangman's day" from Fri
day to Thursday. lie has ordered th'
execution of five Mollie Maguircs a
Pottsvillc, schuylkill county, on Thurs
day, Tho 2lst day OF June next fouI
are to be executed on tho same day n
Mauch Chunk, Carbon county ant
three others meet similar fate a
Bloomsbury, Columbia county. JUS
one dozen Of human beings pay tb,
penalty of violated law in one day
in the anthracite coal region.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30


TnE APoLoGIsT.-The editor of the
New York Sun, last week published a
portrait OF Hayes with the word
fraud" kind of Cain mark, on his
brow. The editor Of the Philadelphia
Press in alluding to the affair says
The recent pictorial insult to President Hayes
by New York newspaper elieits a rebuke even
from one Of the most partisan Of Democratic or
gans, the Hartford lConn) Tines, which says
This Is an unkind selcolne TO New YORK. Mr
llayes is trying to do his duty, and, honestly In
Office not, when he does wnat Is right be sh ou ID
be approved lorso doing--ustaned IN the right,
Condemned for anything tina, is wrong"
1t would DO mighty thin apology
for the friend of horse thief to say,
let him alone he sis trying to do his
duty" to his family and is now doing
"what is right" II the individual who
has stolen q horse valued at 500 can.
not be "lelt Off if he behaves himself
afterwards, why should he who has
stolen a $4,000 Presidency get away
How can party controlled by grand
"moral ideas" defend such a huge lar.
cerny?
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

Jusr So-The Buffalo Courier says
with a Republican President adopt
ing a Democratic policy, and nc-hali
of the Cabinet composed of men who
lean toward Democratic principles, ,and
in the past have acted with the Democ
racy, we might have new era of gooC
feeling were it not that the frauds o.
the Presidential election make politica
harmony impossible"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30
KELLY Is u,usr,yAa,,v-Aw

KELLY is HIMSELF AGAIN.-A Wash
ington telegram announces the fac
that Congressman Kclly--Wm. d.
or "Pig Iron" Kelly, as some call hin
lis in full accord with Hayes policy
Well, IL makes no difference to Kelly
who occupies the Presidential chair
bc will always be in accord with per
sonagc. no difference how often h,
would be snubbcd of ut the Whit,
House door A greater demagogu'
than VIM. ID. Kelly, of Philadelphia
cannot be found within the borders o
Pennsylvania, or any other territor,
of the same size.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

The MODERN PATRIoT.-Chamber
lain refuses to bo comiorted. He il
not reconcilcd to the change in public
sentiment which swept him out o
South Carolina. lie writes to New
York paper that he is "not supporter
of the Presidents Southern policy,
and that his views concerning thai
policy have notbccn changed since b,
"relinquished the office of Governor o
South Carolina" Chamberlain, Ber
Wade, 2. Chandler and ]. Blaine will
have to set up little party on tbcil
own account They might draw Pack
ard into il.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

HAYES SODA Washinton tele
gram of the 26lh says "Several days
ago letter was received by the Pres
idcnt, purporting TO be from j. r
Lewis, Chiei Justice OF Washington
Territory, resigning that position, and
concluding with the remark that OF
retiring TO private lie he was in iul
accord with the reconciliation policy
of the President. Not suspecting the
genuneness OF the letter the Presi
dent yesterday appointed Associate
Justice Green, of the same court, &c
Gil the vacancy supposed to be ocea
stoned by the alleged resignation. This
morning information was received IRON
Judge Lewis and others by telegraph
pronouncing the letter a forgery, and
Senator Mitchell represented these
facts to the President, who thereupon
reversed his action OF yesterday, thus
continuing Judge Lewis in Office. A
similar fraud was practiced six or seven
years ago, while Judge Lewis was
Chief Justice of Idaho a forged letter
of resignation having been received by
the President, successor was appoint
ed and confirmed by the Senate before
he had time to defeat the fraud, and
therefore, he had no remedy at that
time.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

Ina BAD Box.-Tho Radical stump.
ers and scribcs, who waved the bloody
shirt" 80 vigorously during the cam.
paign last fall, find it up hill work ia
uneducate their party friends who are
alarmed at the withdrawal of the army
from the South, and of course assaiI
Hayes Southern policy" The lies
rctailed by Hayes friends, are Just
now tormenting the inventors very
much, and we have no doubt the Rad.
ical party will 60 to pieces on this
rock Of lies.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

BLAINE ON THE SITUATIoy.-On the
occasion Of his recent visit to the cap.
ital, Mr. Blaine is reported to have
contided TO his friends the saddening
intelligence that the Republican party
was as good as dead. "That man." he
said, nodding toward the White House,
"has ruined u.s." Something to the
same purpose has been said before, il
we mistake not, by Chamberlain and
Packard, and it will be an interesting
question for the future historian which
was ruined first, the party or its disre.
putablc leaders.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

VERy lSDEPEHDESr.-Thc editor oil
tho Philadelphia Times is highly pleased
that the meeting OF Congress was post.
poned until October, so that the bad
feeling which has broken out "in the
great Republican State, (Iowa) beyond
the Mississippi" can bc healed and
Hayes policy fairly tested. How
wonderfully kind and independent q
the Colonel Is becoming. Where Is tha,
other paper ,Coloncl-.Forn Mcclure
s..one link ahead, just now.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

Al last something like justice is to be done 10
The memory Of stephen A. Douglas by the State
Of Illinois. The bill approprlating sjo. 900 TO
finish the Douglas Monument has passed bot b
Houses Of The Legislature Of that State, and no
doubt has become law by the approval Of the
Governor. II be hal lived to this day he would
now be in tho sixty-dfh year u his age, his
birthday beng April %, 1913. Well does the
st. Louis Republican, a Democratic paper, say Of
him ellis heart was as large as his brain. lie
could not stoop u do a dishonorable deed, nor
could be tolerate dishonor In others. No
man ever had bitterer enemies, but no enemy
ever charged Douglas with venai crime. His
hands we-c clean. Not an III gotten dollar ever
found it, way to bis pocket. Corruption was
foreign to his Philadelphia Pres.
True, every word. He would not have
been transformed intoa subsidy editor,
nor n Credit Mobilier, or Salary Grab
Congressman. Mr.. Douglas never was
classed as Christian Statesman =
neither was he guilty Of pcrpetraling
the crimes INDUCED by modern Radi-
cal congressman. Hence il is highly
proper, at this corrupt period, TO call
the attention of the rising generation
that in tunes past we did have some
honest men in high position.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

RtsunnEcrIosIsrs.--A strong dele.
cation of North Carolina Republicans
and carpet-baggcrs, headed by Judge
Settle, Tom Kehoe, Chairman of the
Republican State Committee and the
ex.Statc Treasurer, are in Washing
Ton IN consultation with Hayes about
the best methods Of reviving the old
whig party in North Carolina. The
delegation think the appointment Of
their candidates TO the fat offices will
do their work. The thing has becn
dead too long for revival purposes.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

SNoBBIsH PRoGREss.-Adjutant Gen.
eral Townsend has issued a special or
der giving his clerks directions about
the matter of signing official letters.
10 members of Congress they are to
sign "your obedient servant" to army
officers "very respectfully, your obedi.
ont servant" to humble citizens, simp.
ly Every respectfully" and Townsend
will 20 up front as first class snob.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

A New FAST EXPRESS TRAE.-On
Monday, May 2lst, the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company commenced run
ming q fast express train from Chicago
for the east, leaving that city at five
p. NJ, and arriving at Baltimore at
7;20 in the evening of the following
day Washington at nine o'clock P
NJ. Philadelphia at seven o'clock p
NJ, and New York at ten o'clock il
the evening. This, it is stated, vii
be the fastest time made by any trair
running east from Chicago.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

Referring to Judge Kelly's four
column silver letters in the Toledo
Blade, the New York Tribune says
that no one will read them. This is
unfair. The proof reader is paid to
read them, and he must struggle
through.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

When the Omaha Herald heard OF
what Sherman said at the New York
Chamber OF Commerce banquet, it
made haste to class him among "the
political rascas who degraded the army
to their service in the South" The
Herald evidently isn't pleased with the
General of the army.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

A RADICAL FLAREUP.-Thc leaven
is working in the Radical party in this
State as well as in the West. Hayes
& Co. were condemned in that Radical
stronghold, Allegheny county, where
Hayes bad majority of $500 last
November the other day by square
vote in the Radical County Convention
in that county. The Pittsburgh Post,
in alluding tn the affair, says "a sig
ni6cant incident followed the introduc.
ton Of set Of resolutions by Mayor
Mccarthy, indorsing Hayes Southern
policy, and especially the removal Of
troops from South Carolina and Louis
iani. But the Convention would have
nothing to do with any Endorsement OF
Hayes. The resolutions were greeted
with yells, kissing, cat-ualls, abuse Of
Hayes, blackguardism, and blaspbcmy
In fact, they raised old Cain generally,
and the mob could hardly be pacifed
by being given chance to vote them
down, which they did with a hurrah.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

TUE DEFpscr BoKER.-The Phila
delphia Bulletin somewhat cautiously
the Tunes with facetious irony, and the
Ledger with n most unusual emphasis
follow the example Of the Norfh Amer.
,oan In criticising the act Of the nd.
ministration 10 dropping into the saw
dust tho oaioiL bead Of Mr.. George
II. Boxer, Minister 10 Russia. ,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30
The THIEvING BAGGAGE-MAsTER

TIE THIEyING BAGGAGE-MAsTER.-
A few weeks ago VIC noticed that
Richard S. Phillips, an old baggage
master on the Pennsylvania Railroad,
whose run was between Philadelphia
and Pittsburgh, hod been arrested Tor
the commission of depredations on
mailed matter to which he had access
while on duty. On Monday an in.
dictment was laid before the grand
jury at Philadelphia, and a true bill
was found against him, His pecula-
tions extended through at least two
years, and some two hundred persons
whose mailmatter failed TO reach them
reside in California alone. 1t Is believed
that Phillips confscated to his own
use all the articles that were forward.
ed to these parties through the mail.
In the room occupied by him in Phila-
delphia there was miscellaneous col.
lection of ladies apparel, gents wear
furnishing goods, laces, jewelry, linen
and silk handkerchiefs, books, dress
patterns, and so on, so that he must
have gone into the business on whole
sale. 1t is understood that he will
make no defence, but proposes throw.
ing himself on the mercy of the Court
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30
sNOBBERy on sT7LT


For an individual to assume 10 be
what ho is not, is conceded TO snobs
and buiioons. but no gentleman should
degrade himself in that way. Those
who occupy the walks ol civil life, and
"icel good" while s,ruttngabout in reg
ular peacock style, we simply pass us
we would the fowl Indicated. Bat
MseA our PlenipotsqllGries gu.i :. .sxs, !,
EX-N@ ~ spsgsS1
pertinent when they go abroad, q
similar vanity is attributed to those
who remain at home, aud that is what
We. object TO. We have been led to
make this statement, based upon the
following, which we clip from the
Philadelphia Press of the 22d
It is said by friends of General Grant that It i,
bis purpose, during bis stay In Europe, TO wear
upon all ocrasions Of ceremony, bis uniform as
General Of the Army, which isa very elaborate
anu hhhueomt ufcshi lhc Two maghlnceht rNoruf
belonging to General Grant, and which he WITH
drew rom The Treasury Department to take to
Europe with him, will also be brought into sery Ice
on ceremonial occasions. A. General Grant will
receive great deal OF official attention In Europe,
where 40 much stress Is laid upon form 10 dress,
his selection OF his arm! drrss seems quite proper
Gen. sehenok, while minister to England. always
wore his Maj Generals uniform on State oc-
ca'ious. but us Minister Pieucpont has moth Ing
Of that kind TO fall back upon, no has TO 60 the
regulation court dress
Why should Gen. Grant assume to
be Major General while in Europe
when Gen. sherman draws the pay
We protest against this exhibition un-
less Mr. Grant announces himself as
the great American gif-takcr or as
sumes the role of the clown, instead Of
palming himself of ~ an OK. President
As Gen Schenck has returned tc
private life, and behaves himself pretty
well since he has rid himself of Emma
Mine and has gotten through with
his draw poker code, we will allow him
TO drop out of sight and go and sin nc
more
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

FAREWELL Ex. Governor Chamber
lain, Of South Carolina, sold his fin,
residence ut Columbia the other day
to brother Of Wade Hampton, anc
packed bis traps, and is now u either
of New York. The Palmetto State !,
well rid of him and his crew of ircc
hooters
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

Ex-senator Logan has been offered
and has declined the mission to Brazil
lie had an interview with the Presi
dent on the subject and positively re,
fused to accept the Offer This piece
of news will naturally surprise the
general public, as this is the first time
the gifted Logan has been known tc
decline anything in the appointment
line; but let nobody mistake; the Lo
gan's voice is for war, and there is Q
vacancy at st. Petersburg.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

Two older sisters of Miss Carter
Thompson, of Staunton, Va, who has
Just been married at Baltimore to Gov
Carroll, of Maryland, married brothers
of Gov, Carroll. They have all beer
celebrated for their beauty.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30
TABLE 4 POCKET CUTLERY,
GLASS and PUTTY,

Foot and Chain Bolts, Carriage, Tire and Barrel
Bolts, Bed Cord. Sad Irons, Horse Brushes an a
Gu ry.combs, Grind stone fixtures, Gun, Hs np
and soap-sione Packing, Cable Chains, etc.
They will also keep on hand full assortment
Of rinware, and general stock Of II use Furnish
ing 0oods, which they will sell at prices u sait
he tmes
Persons wishing anything in their line are In.
vited ~ call and exainin, their stock before
purchasing REED a IiAGERrY.
Clearheld May 80. is17-iy.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

Secretary Shcrman- policy'is now
. standing head line in the daily news.
papers. Whether II is piece of
Hayes is moi so plain, because the
aforesaid has not yet announced a
policy. Hence no one knows what il
il like.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

WoST BITE,-Hayes offered General
John A. Logan second class mission
in South America the other day, but
he refused it. Logan still has his eye
fixed on that scat in the Senate, and
he declines a mission to hob.nob with
Dom Pedro, in order that he may
fight Dick Oglesby for the succession
next year. When Logan and Oglesby
take the stump, the whole country
will be aroused. Gentlemen may cry
peace, peace, but there will be nc
peace, The Philadelphia Times, in al
luding to the offer, says "Gen. Logan
never served his country so well Of
when he declined the mission to Brazil
rendered TO him by the President O
few days ago. But the President
couldn't have been in earnest when he
proposed the thing TO John--or did h,
know that John would decline? W,
hope he will attempt no more such
dangerous practical Jokes"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

p. 7. Barnum and the father of Char
lie Ross issue n card offering $4,000
for the return of the child, and pledg
ing not the attempt to discover the
identity Of the persons so returning
Linn
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

The Deadwood postoffice contains
six hundred pigeon holes in the gen
eral delivery case, and a new postotiice
is in process of erection twenty-five by
forty feet, and will contain FIVE hun.
dred boxes to be rented, and the Post.
master thinks they will have to be en-.
larred
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

Since Barnum has offered $1,000 0
and no questions asked, for tho return
OF Charlie Ross, every small boy found
crawling under Barnum's canvas will
now be closely scrutinizod to see II he
isn't Charlie Ross.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

PRoBABLE.-The editor Of the Phlla.
delphia Times, in alluding TO the post
ponement Of the extra session Of Con.
grcss, says
Probably the reason Hayes postponed tho sx-
ire session Of Congress from June 10 the 18th oi
October, vas from = confederation Of the fact oI
Blsinss liability 10 snsstrpks during tho hot
season..
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

During the past four years twenty
churches and two parsonages have
been erected within the bounds of the
Altoona District, Central Pennsylvania
Conference, eighteen of which arc free
from debt.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

The trotting horse. James @. Blaine, dropped
dead ut Mystic Park Wednesday. sunstrokei-
Exchange.
This is the second Blaine that has
been cleaned out by that malady. One
from Maine peggcd out of Congress in
that way, when charged with high
c,.;p,oa
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

By AurHoRITY.-Thc Tyrone Her.
ald issued the following document:
senator J.. Don. Cameron will be consulted as
to the Federal appointments in this State, few
would. be leaders to the contrary notwithstanding.
There That settles somebody's
boub
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

The newsboys on the Pennsylvania
Railroad have been informed that they
must uniform, themselves with clothing
similar to that worn by conductors oI
Pullman cars, priorto the 18th of next
month.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

SETTLKp.-Tbe wickedest man In
Philadelphia, Hugh Mara, who shot
Detective Brooks, and afteryard at
tempted TO kill Alderman MMullin,
|died in Philadelphia on Saturday.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

Mayor Stott, of Lowell, Mass, pre-
diets the loss OF 10000 votes to the
Republican party next fall, because Of
Governor Rice's veto ofthe locaLoption
hill
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

On and after tho first Of June th,
mails between selinsgrove and Lewis
town will DO carried again by the Sun
bury n Lcwistown railroad.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

1t is said that Gov Hampton is go.
ing to marry tho widow of the late
Gov. Pickcns. We always thought
the Governor could take the Pickens
among the ladies of the State.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

The Grant family has landed safely
in Europe, and We presume all the
members are happy now.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30
PRISON REBORN.


\ Committee OF the Legislature on
prison labor, consisting cl five Sena.
tors and three Representatives, is now
in session in Philadelphia. II proposes
thorough investigation into the sys.
tens now practiced In the Eastern
and Western Penitentiaries, County
Prisons and Houses OF Refuge and
~<es@e>s E-- NM. object ot this
,--yEAx.sryEAa4&ksaaeR---
means whereby the labor of these
several institutions can be made more
eitcctually serviceablc, and they there.
by become no.only self sustaining, but
also source of profit to the State. II
will be part of their duties to exam
inc and report on the contract convict
labor of those States where it is farm.
cd out, and the effects of such con.
tracts on the general industries OF such
States, upon free labor and upon con.
victs themselves 1t is very strange
that our Penitentiaries should annual
ly cost the State $4,000 and the tax.
payers of the respective counties at
least three times that amount, while
Penitentiaries in other States yield a
handsome revenue TO the State. II
looks to us, at this distance from the
Eastern and Western Ponitentiaries, as
though there was some fine picking
about those establishments Tor some.
body, Notwithstanding the high toned
philanthropy assumed by the mana
gers. We are glad that a Legislative
Committee is looking after the matter
We hope the Committee will not al
low itself to be handled by the philan
thropists that lounge around these
high toned deer, reform institutions
We must have some cheaper plan oi
punishment than the present system
entails on the taxpayers.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

That nightengalc-Jenny Lind-is
ffty-onc years old and her youngest
child is three months of age. How il
that for music
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

re-sale, shall make good the same, and 10 no
instance will the Deed be presented in Court ior
confirmation unless the money is actually paid Ia
the Sheriff. ANDREW PENTZ, Jr.,
sngRffY's 0rFicE. Sheriff
Clear6eid. Pa, MAY 10. 1871.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

The Lieutenant-Governor of Texas,
who is &C, will shortly lead to the altar
n Young lady of II.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

Though harrassed with the weighty
affairs of the nation and borne down
by the responsibility Of providing for
bis friends and relatives, General But.
Ter nevertheless remembers TO put a
fresh bouquet in his button.hole every
morning
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30
llrw advertisements.
1 PPEAI.s-IAsr NOTICE.

A PPEALs-LAsT NOTICE.
"A All owners Of unseated lands will please
take notice that Friday. June 18Th. isTT,
will close the appeals. and that afler that day no
appeal will be heard or abatement made on taxes.
CLARK BROWN,
Attest TlI0S. A. McGHEE,
joins W. liowE, HARRIS HOOVER.
Clerk. Commrs
Commm'rs Office.
Cleardeld, Pa, Nay 23 '77-it.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-30

May oath was Queen yictoria's 5sth
birthday.