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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-22

II DEEM IT My Duty TO TELL THE
WORLD what "Dr. Soodyaes Compound
Syrup of W7d Cherry, has done for me.
had a violent cough, night sweats,
sore throat great weakness, with severe
attacks of hemorrhage; gave up all
hope of recovery. am now cured, a
sound and hearty man. Edward Ii.
Hanson, engineer atSweeny's pottery,
1884 Ridge avenue, Philadelphia. Over
twenty-five years have elapsed, and |
still remain a healthy man. In order
that all may test the great virtues OF
DIR. Swayne's COMPOUND Syrup OF
Wild Cherry we have issued trial bot
ties at % cents. No family should be
without this valuable medicine, as
oftentimes single 25 cent bottle viii
cure a recent cough or cold, and thus
prevent much suffering and risk. Il
also cures asthma. bronchitis, liver
complaint, and enriches and puritie:
the blood, giving tone and strength t.
the entire system. Trial bottles 2
cents; large size, 81. Sold at wholesale
and retail by John Bcngston, Rock Is
land.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-22
cIIRE YOURSELF!

- vegetable Cur.s or seminal
,,,iy ,urc all forms OF SpeLmss 80 and restores
manents rnsTai Drhiity lmpo,eHe!; s,G, aT T,9 ~
neashTn,, - and brings back the n y ~ rrac
"ost Power s,roye it by sexual eXSesses on sy prag
those WHO 80 m seven weeks time inns Iehneuy s
tees, hv Dr Bohannan in his prTne pIasuee loa
has Den Sssrs was never known TO Iai III $500,
over utS CIsEs II gives vitality anu linpaIts 49,
the Nohi - tyect N those nudde-aEeu hleii Nho
with wonderful enS years Its invgorating properties
III a. once Young men SURF Snhit 81 Seif Abuse
are @ ~ tb.t drcadfuy destructive hAon % $50 ana
qutS ,hs ued,cine with the assntac ~ ~ aias
cn VS. kvSr snre The patient gains streng.l az
a. ,,its AZ once It Pes Directly or w ~ he re-
tcty OF sptiS mi healing tonic and nnodyne 70 my IT.
60 ~ snai vssirles and irritated ducts p
Iahsu and restoring them to their nat9a sat- % h
ana '1 n h,nrtI habit had never been indugsu m
,relents are simple productions OF m Iioasas ~
hh str and are specific for the eose poeo.t
ar,ns must before contemplating nhiIuke, IeleGA
~ so,,nd mind and body the most VI.
IN 20 nr1u,ote connubial happiness lhuesui
49, H., Journey through life becomes wesIs ia
;,S sconips shadowed with despair aha hutu
NJ 1niaorboly reelection that the happiness Oh a0ei DC
comes blighted with our own 90, r >, s..u.,o,. otc IN
eUpra Five Dollars, sent with full uireetohst et, 70
~ address For sale only at Dr. g A bohalai
~ ~ Moth Fifh street between Nashngtn avenue anu
ttsvaen s,rect 81 Louis, Mo. Established IN ieA.
T"Dr = ,sTrpatse Special Diseases whch Eives
~ dIina,ion of the nature causes symptoms means %
49, rr AT SYPHILIS, SEMINAL nEAANkre' E4tN' sel'
fTpEE to any address upon receipt OF one stamp.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-22
OPINIONS or PRESS

OPINIONS OF PRESS
From St Louis Globe Democrat
DR.. WHITTIER, Gil st. Charles street, reg
ular graduate of medicine, has been longer
engaged in the treatment of chronic diseases
than any other physician in the city. Nervous
debility, blood diseases, all impediments to
marriage. Call or write. Circular FREQ. Safe
medicines; moderate charges.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-22
Bogus ertifcates.

1t is no vile dragged stuff, pretending to
be made of wonderful foreign roots. barks,
&c, and pulled up by long bogus certif-
Gates of pretended miraculous cures, bat a
simple, pure, effective medicine, made OF
we'll known valuable remedies, that furnish
its own certificates by its cures. We refer
to Hop Bitters, the purest and best o.
medicines. See valuable Truths il
another column.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-22
PALM SOAP.
PURE PALM SOAP

A PHILADELPHIA SPECIALITY,
Established forty years. and for sale by more than
one thousand storekeepers. This soap nas ,i ~
equal In quality or cheapness, for Bath ana Ioi,eI
use, being made OF LlBERfAN OIL from In. lne
PALM TREE. Packed in boxes containing wv" ~
three, five or eight. dozen. liberal olscoIIt ~
Wholesale Dealers. Manufactured by GRAVES q
SON, 1905 Christian street, Philadelphia. Il IL
used by the Oldest resident families physlGIIans;;
Baths Public Ledger Post Office, Water De-
partmeEt, and the Turkish Baths.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-08

BIGoTRY AND FANArIcisM.-An OK
change remarks There is a politico
religious controversy going on in Wash
ington, owing to the opposition of Ger
tain Protestant societies to the appoint
ment Of Mr.. Aamphere 10 be Assistan.
Appointment Clerk of the Treasury
His wife is 0 Roman Catholic, ape
there is q suspicion that he himsel
leans toward that faith, and q petition
against him, signed by many persons
has been sent to the President. Wha'
in the world the religion of a mani
wife, or ven his own religious belief
has to do with his qualifications for Of
fetal position under this Government
is q question few people will take tint
to even hear prQpounded, scnsibl,
people nowadays haye n~opatiencc with
such hnaticism.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-08
SheriT's Sale.

Dy virtue Of wrlts Of Leeayi F,ofa.. issued
Id out Of The Csars'sg tsmmon Pleas Of Clear.
heia county, and TO me objected, there will
be exposed to public sale. At the Court House,
In the borough of clear6eld, on wednesday, the
18th day Of May, 1878, at | o'clock, p. IN.
the following described real estate. to wit;
An the undivided as Of tho following
tracts Of land situate In BRADY township, Clear
field county, Pa. boun led and described AZ fol-
lows; Beginning at q post in the district line al
the southwest corner Of said tract Of land thence
north . degrees east e6l Gil perches to a post
the northwest corner Of same thence east 10s
perches 10 q post thence south so degreeG west
100 perehcs TO a hcmlook thcuce south 50 degrees
ear 1855 perches to post thence south 80 degrees
west ~ 10 perches TO a post thence south 90
degrees east "a pcrches to a beech thence north
80 degrees cast sg lcrcbcs to n post thence south
90 degrees east 40 perches TO a beech thence
south syl degrees castsi perches 10 a post thence
south 6s perches 70 n post thence 50 degree,
ives, 90 $40 perches to a post or maple thence
south 1904 degrees west l55 perchcs TO red oak
thence west i2t perchcs to q post thence n do.
grees west III 6 10 perches to a post thence los
perches 20 post thence south IA degrees west
50 $40 pcrches 10 a post thence north ssl do
grees west 81 perches 10 = sugar thence north n
degrees east 60 perches 70 a pine thcnce norti
$50 degrees west 10 perchos to place Of beginning,
containing LIZA acres more or LEES. Seized, taken
10 execution and TO be sold as the property Of
Robert Osborn, r. J. Nicholson and Nathan Car
rier.
TERxs or sALn.-Ths price or sum at which
the property shall be struck of must be paid at the
time Of sale, or such other arrangements made as
will be approved. otherwise the property will be
Immediately put up and sold again al the expense
and risk Of the person to whom Il was struck oil,
aud who, In case Of deficiency at such e-saie,
shall make good the same, and 10 no instance
will the Deed be presented in Court for conGrma.
ton unless the money Is actually paid 10 the
Sheriff ANDREW PENTz, Jr..
l SHsRIFF's 0FFIoe, sheriff.
clear6eld, Pa, Apr. "a, 1878.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-08

The Ex- WAR SEcRETARY.-A Wash.
ington correspondent says poor Bel.
KNAPP yet fingers, moth-like, around the
blaze that scorched his wings, but fes.
tive halls where he and his were wont
to be among tho gayest Of the gay now
know him no more forever. He dies
hard. His magnificent auburn Lizard
is streaked with gray, his hyperion
locks no longer curl (ior he has had
them clipped and "sand-papered') :, and
he looks as he evidently feels, a sad and
broken man. Belknap not only retains
bis flesh, however, but has grown cor
pulent to obesity. The wine, terrapin,
canyas.back ducks and other goodies
Of the Grant regime had a wonderful
fattening effect, and there is not q case
on record where any partaker thereof
has subsequently lost what he gained
in pounds avoridupois. The beauti.
ful Mrs. Belknap is living as best she
may in the little city of Kcokuk, call
ed the "Gate of Iowa.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-08

GEORGE B. GooDLANpER, Editor.
CLEARFlELD, Pa.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY s, 1878.
MAxiMs FOR THE DAY.


No man worthy the Office Of President should
DO willing to hold Il II counted In, or placed there
by any fraud. y. 5. GRANT.
I could never have been reconciled to the ele-
walton by the smallest aid Of mine Of a person,
however respectable In private life, who must
forever carry upon his brow the stamp OF fraud
frat triumphant In American history. No sub
scquent action, However meritorious, can wash
away the letters Of that record.
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS.
Under the forms Of law, Rutherford ID. hayes
has been declared President Of the United States,
His title rests upon disfranchisemen Of lawful
voters, the false certificates Of the returning OH
GERS acting ~coruptly, and the decision Of a COM
mission which has refused to hear evidence Of al
legged fraud. For the first tin Q are the American
people con ffonted with the fact Of q fraudulently-
elected President. Let II not be understood that
the fraud will be silently acquiesced in BY the
country. Let no hour pass In which The usurpa-
ton Is forgotten.
ADDREss or DEHocHATio NJ. C.s.
One hundred years of human depravity accu-
INFLATED and concentrated into q climax OF crime.
Never again In Eve hundred years shall they have
an opportunity to repeat the wrong.
DANIEL W. VooRHKEs.
I would rather have the endorsement Of quar-
ter Of a million Of the American people than that
Of the Louisiana Returning Board, or Of the Com
mission which excluded the facts and deoided
the question on a tschnicality.
THOs. A. HENDRICKS.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-08
A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.

~
Tho Altoona Tribune OF Friday, says
About two o'clock yesterday afternoon
Thos. Johnston, who was employed IN
the Mainline department OF the lower
1900 sf1HS2
stock room, met with a very disircss
ing accident. lie was engaged in
cleaning the outside Of an empty tur'
pcntine tank, burning the paint CT by
means Of gas jet, tho gas being con
veyed to the tank through hose con
nected with the cabinet shop.
The tank is a round iron vessel about
four feet in height and about three
feet in diameter, the iron being probat
bly, thrcc-cights OF an inch in thick
ness. From the beat upon ibe out
side Of the tank, caused by the gas
burning upon it, gas was generated
from the former contents upon tho in
side. There was doubtless a small
quantity of %turpcntine remaining with
in the vessel. The tank exploded, and
the upper end was thrown ten or ff.
teen feet. The tank itself was blown
up against the cabinet shop, some five
feet distance, making u dent in the
brick wall q compile Of inches deep.
The top Of the tank was solidly rivit.
ed with iron rivits about a balf-inch
apart, and was considered almost i'm.
movable. The force Of the explosion,
however, ripped it clean off and doub-
led it up, tapping one section closely
against the other.
The gas ignited, and Mr.. Johnston
was c~nveloped in the flames, being
burned in q shocking manner from his
face TO his knees. Mr.. Jeremiah Glass,
another cmploye, heard the explosion,
and at once went TO the assistance Of
Mr.. Johnston. In his cndeavor TO help
him he was severely burned in the
face and hands, and was compelled to
stop work and 20 to hls home. Other
employees came TO the aid Of Mr.. Glass,
and among them-by throwing water
upon the flames with a h%ose-they
succeeded in subduing the fire that was
literally roasting the unfortunate man.
Crude oil vas applied to Johnston's
burns, and he was taken TO his home
on Third avenue, near sixth street.
Pieces Of flesh fell from tho injured
parts before he was removed from the
scene OF misfortune. DR.. Fay was i'm
mediately sent TOR, who arrived just
as the injured man was being carried
to his residence. The doctor preceded
the party TO Mr.. Johnston's house,
where he was attended to and an ex.
animation made of his burns. 1t was
found hat the neck. head, chest and
arms bad suffered terribly, while the
skin was entirely burned from his
hands.
AT halfpast five o'clock yesterday
afternoon Mr.. Johnston was resting
easily, though his wrists were swollen
30 much hal his pulse could not be
felt. Besides the burns from which
he suffers be complains of much pain
in one of his hips, which, it appears,
was struck and bruised by a flying
fragment of the exploded tank. Mr..
Johnston's condition is critical, but
the attending physician has hopes Of
his ultimate recovery.
We learn from the Tribune Of the 5tb
inst, that Mr.. Johnston died on Friday
following the accident. He was bur.
ried on Sunday by Mountain CITY
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-08

S%cnuyLKILL AND YoRK.-It is the old
story over. The Legislative brides, on
the Infamous Recorder bill were taken
by schuylkill and York, just as II was
done IN 1857, when Lebo and Wagon.
seller, Of Schuylkill and Sam Minear Of
York, voted for Simon Cameron, for
United States Senator, against John W.
Forney, who was the Democratic nom.
inec. These three men rot $500 a
piece for their treason and bribery.
One Of them fell dead In the streets Of
Tamaqua, another was killed by the
cars at Sudbury, and the third is sup.
ported by his wife, and is the most in.
human creature in his personal appear.
ancc that tramps the streets Of Harris.
burg. What Torbett, of schuyIkill,
and Busscy, of York received the other
day for voting for the confirmation Of
Qusy, as Recorder of Philadelphia, Il
still unknown to the many. But that
they should be awarded a seat in the
Penkentlary, or drowned in the sus-
quehanna, no honest man will deny.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-08


A CoSUSDRUM.-lfit takes IOl votes
to pass q bill through the lower House
OF u Legislature, with one member
dead and another in Jail, how can the
Senate be made to work on forty. nine
members and therefore count thirty
three as a two-thirds OF q body com.
posed of fifty members Let some
profound Statesman say which end Of
the House is bending the Constitution.
More; Fit takes 2G votes to pass q
bill through the Senate how does II
come that 80 makes two-thirds. A lit.
tle arithmetic on this subject by on *
pert would throw some light on q dark
subject.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-08

Look oyr.-Thc Radical papers that
were telling the people that the premi
UNI on gold would go up Il silver vcre
romonetiscd, now that gold is at a pre-.
MUM of only | Of a cent, say that VIC
are now READY to resume. They are
putting their feet in il again. Resump.
ton means the ability to redeem our
paper money with gold. This we can.
not do, simply because va haven't the
gold 70 redeem with. Gold may ~.
main at q par with greenba0ks, as long
rs there Is no demand for gold, but
forced resumption will create . Dc.
mand.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-08


The Philadelphia Times says that
"Gen. Harry White has a sure thing
on the Republican nomination for Gov
ernor now. He is the only man il
the party who knows the navigabl,
rivers Of the State, and with Protcc
ton and Internal Improvements a,
the battle cry Of the contest, who bu'
the champion of the Kiskimipetas car
lead the Republican forccs7" AM
then the Kiskiminetas is q fresh watcI
stream, and there Is no danger of Gen
White going up Salt River, which Is
matter Of grave consideration.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-08

PIPE LINE Contracts. = Edward
lsett, Of Spruce Creek, Huntingdon
county Mr.. Drake, OF Ebcnsburg,
Cambria county and Mr.. Grayson, OF
shippcnsburg, Pa, have received the
contracts from the Seaboard pipe line
and telegraph company fos providing
the telegraph poles and for ditching
and laying the pipes. Mr.. Isctt has
Blair county, Mr.. Milliken has Hunt.
ingdon county, Mr.. Drake has Cam.
bria county, and Mr.. Grayson has Bed.
ford county. The contractors will CON-
mence operations at once.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-08
THE eNAT7OHAL" MEETING.


According TO announcement the
greenbackers, or Nationals as they now
call themselves, met In the Court House,
St.sss
py clccting Cornelius o wei,s, President,
dispensing with V. P's and Secretary
and other ornamental officers. The
meeting being organized Col. Finchero Of
Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Luzernc, Car,
bon, etc, was introduced and entertain.
ed the audience, which was very re.
spectacle, except in numbers, for an
hour and q half. The speech was an
old one, because the recent Legislation
IN Congress- has knocked the bottom
out Of the Colonel's speech, and he has
not manifested progress enough to keep
up with the times. The simple change
Of name from "greenbackers' to "na-
.tionals," is not sufficient to up
the disguise, to make il pass current
and render it palatablc among sensible
people. Just as soon as Senator Wal.
lace's little bond bill, and the one com
polling the government TO accept
"grecnbacks' for import duties passes,
the whole question will be exploded,
and the leading missionaries will be
left without an occupation.
During war times it was fashionable
for q shrewd fellow to gather up squads
of from ten to fifty men, and sell them
for cash, or q commission. That les
son is not yet forgotten by the voters
of the country. And'the schemers who
are now engaged in enlisting men in
the greenback cause, with a similar
will find themselves mistaken.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-08

ADAMNABLE HEREsY.-Anas associate
press dispatch from Richmond Va. dat
ed the 3rd says; within the past week
agents representing the Executive
Committee of the american Com,
mune" have been in this city seeking
to effect an organization. From the
printed circulars it seems that this or
g~anization has its central place in New
York, and is a powerful, well organized
association, having in view the millen,
NAL idea of peace on earth and a gen
eral good time. 1t seems to many per.
SOM here that unless some steps are
taken to preserve the rights Of persons
and property as recognized over the
civilized world, the mischief will be
soon to pay in this country. The state.
ment printed here is that the organiza-
ton has in New England and the
Northern, Middle, and Western States
100000 men, organized into regiments,
brigades and divisions, and that they
intend to rcyolutionize our whole sys-
tenn Of political economy by force il
necessary,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-08

The attention of the Secretary of tb,
Treasury having been directed to the
fact that business firms in the South
and West are in the habit Of issuing
cards and advertisements in the form
of legal tender notes, the Secret Seryic,
has been instructed to prosecute al
such offenders. The statutes prohibit
any person from issuing any paper o.
the similitude of United States or Ma
tional bank notes.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-08

In PosIrIoN.-Col. A. G. Noyes
State Treasurer elect, took charge Of
the Treasury Department on Monday
the 9Th, with our townsman Mr.. J
Blake Walters, as his Chief Clerk, where
they will both remain for the next two
years. The Democrats now control Tho
Treasury, Auditor General and Inter
nal Affairs Departments, whilethe Rad
icals hold the Executive and Legisla
tive. This will be changed after next
January.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-08

THAT'S so.-Thc Baltimore Gqsele
says: Judge Miller, of tho United State,
Supreme Court, Is said to be the choic,
Of the Iowa Republicans az candidate
for the Presidency Why should b,
not be ? He was . member Of tht
Electoral Commission and did good
serviue for biz party. Lot him DO 70
warded with The empty honor Of 4
nomination for President on the Eepub
lican ticket In 1884
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-08


Mr.. Moody, In one Of bis closing sesgiecs al
Springfield, Mass, advised young converts 10
esehsw Free Masonry, Odd Fellowship, theatres,
card playing, navel reading and marriage with
unbelieyers. This V very good advice, and D
would DO a great blessing 10 The porid II more
ministers had the moral courage to thus advise
on an unpopular side.-Hsaflsgdoa Prfm die.
cArisfian.
The above is a fair sample of an ed.
itor writing with reference TO some.
thing he knows nothing about. We
doubt that the writer of the above
paragraph has any personal knowl.
edge whatever in regard to Free Ma.
sorry and Odd Fellowship, or that he
has ever been inside 8 theatre, played
cards, read novels, or married an I'M.
believerl
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-08

TInELY.-The Blair county Radicals
have already four candidates in the
field for Assembly. In or county
the subject has not been thought of by
either party.