Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-11-06

line Of the Pennsy lvunia RaiIroad a
Tyrone This region, after having
J. furnished the finest lumber on the con
I tlDeDt, u now yielding the best coal il
tho greatest Quantities, Tho shin
spars which bold aiUft the nations col
. ors on the american Line" were run
TO the ocean out OF ClearGeld creek
t and the soft coal which makes III,
steam and leaves its low line of black
smoke along the China sea as the Pa.
citic Mail plOuts from San Francisco
to Japan is worked and shipped from
these mines. Four hundred cars of
soft coal come on 10 the main limo eve
ry day from the Tyrone branch. One.
eleventh OF the entire tonnage Of the
great Pennsylvania Railroad is fur.
nished by tbs coal and lumber OF these
two counties, Centre aud CIearneld.
aud goes on the road at Tyrone. Tno
coal vein Is eleven ieet thick the pine
trees, standing close as rushcs tower.
ed two hundred feet high.
ROMANTIC HISTORY.
Philipsburg has q romantic history.
Many years ago an educated English
nobleman, Hardman Philips, who had
married u beautiful aud accomplished
wife, took u curious notion to bury
himsplt in the wilds OF America and
end his days iar from tio Eqbta,iops
0i civilized man. Ile bought large
tracts Of and from the liunus. VINO
were then the Proprietary Governor,
and sent an agent 10 locate thom aud
buy Others from the settlers The
lands he had purchased were then
more inaccessible than are those To.
day around Great Bear Lake or Lake
OF the Woods. they woro hj.,h in the
mountains and contained the greatest
number of beaver dams ever found in
Pennsylvania. Judge 0rvis told me
today that tho titles of the Philips
land extended through the present
counties Of Centre aud Cambria, aud
footed up no less than ore and hall
million OF acres. Philips built himself
magnificent house, aud here he lived
for many years. AS suddenly as be
came, he went. Tho great estate was
held together for long time, and sold
lately in large tracts to capitalists who
have developed it. A party of Span
lsh hangers bought several tbonsand
ceres of it. and to-day Mr.. J. n, Casa.
nova, Cuban gentleman who is here
experimenting tho mines of one OF
these Spanish companies, was Chair.
man OF the Reception Committee. The
greatest part of the estate was pur
chased by Morgan, Hale & Co. of Bos.
ton, and 1t has been by the foreign
capital OF these owners that the mines
have been opened and worked, and
tho coal sent around Cape Horn to
supply, as | have mentioned, the
ocean steameps on the Pacific coast.
Senator Wallace once told me that
when be visited Duluth and points far
distant in tho Northwest, that il made
him feel how great our State was
when be saw every blacksmith burn.
ing Pennsylvania mountain coal, But
TO our meeting.
TO RECEIVE THE FOUR
Ex GOVERNORS.
Governor Hendricks had rested nj
Tyrone Junction on Friday night
where he responded to scrcnadc off
which | have already dispatched You.
Saturday morning was bright and
clear. Before the fog had cleared
away long train Of cars pulled M ,
from the direction Of Lock Haven, aud
ne vile screeching of the wry neckcd
ME gave dreadful note Of preparation.
Bad music was TO be put out In great
'olnmes. lam afraid il Shakespeare's
ieHt OF imam that hath no music in .
llmseli,' were applied to the majority
't people who-hcar one of these coun
ry brass bands, there would be found ,,
many deemed fit Tor "ircason, strata.
,ems and spoils," for next to the noise
u escape steam from an engine, some u
II them do make the meanest noise I
However, these were all I
Democratic bands, aud tho people all !.
elt good IL didn't matter whether
he fellow bit the bass drum early and "
'ilen or not; they had come tu see the !
oar ex Governors, to seq the hand. '
omc Governor Walker Of Virginia, to n
Iear the versatile and amusing Curtin. q
. acc and hear the robbed aud cheat =
d Vice President, Governor Hend X
lcks, aud dip back in,o the past and u
bake hands with Governor Bigler y
Tho, in purer and better days, had led d.
he party 10 victory. Well, the bands u
anne, and the trains came. One long !
rcam, one after another, with the en-. h.
ines beading towards the mountains. u
urtln arrived from tho east. aud was
BON followed by Governor Walker ON u
re through Washington train, and 81
gorge Bull, one OF the speakers, on pa
Philadelphia car We
LEFT TYRONE IN FLYING coLoRs, ~ ~
'companied by George Brisbin, of a,
sceola, J. Simpson Africa, Judge Jno. ~
J. OrviS; the venerable ShugaIt. who'll
as warmly welcomed by Hendricks .,
an old Trend Cyrus Alexander, Ed. I,
. Bigler and VIM. NJ. Mccullough, OF 4, ~
learheld J. G. G. Whalcy OF Lock ~
aven, and Pat Flynn, Of Tyrone n
r. Dobbins, OF Bellefonte; John Bell ~
ellis Mills, and p. Gray Meek, OF =" ="
and many other old Demo swo w
ats. ~
When the bands had all collected. | -,
und one from Brllcfonte. one from ~" ,n
intre Hall, one from Lock Haven ~ ~
'e from Houizdale, one from Morris ~,
lie, two from Clearfield and one from m ,,'
irwenrville. Among the crowd ~,
W many Old Democratic friends oil o.
o Post, Mr.. Hysong, OF Sandy Ridge, yS ~;
r. Holt and others. W.,
MAGNIFICENT PROCESSION. da
There was ten cars from Belefonte lso
d from Clesrfcld, and over twelve ma
ndrcd people from Houtzda o and nm wa
ual humber irom Morrlsdale. be-. we
Ies the regular trains, and the pro. no
'sion OF cavalry, red capped and white gal
AIDED by carriage decked with On,
gs, containing Governor BigIcr and
ne Of the old residentcrs. Wallace len
Is not at the meeting at all, having ern
en- detained by Chairman speer In