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THIRTEEN MEN KILLED.
An Explosion In nn Indiana Mine-six Kegs
OF Powder BlOwtns Up.

SULLIVAN, Ind, Nov. 2l.--A terrible ex-
plosion at Sullivan coal mine here to-day re-
suited from ignition o. gas by the flame Of u
lamp.
The violence Of the explosion WAS increased
by eight kegs Of powder which were below
Thirty men were in the mine al the time.
Thirteen men were Killed outright eight or
ten wounded. aud many others suffocAied to
that extent that their lives hang 10y thread.
The excitement is 20 Intense that IL is impos-
siDe 70 obtain the names OF tho victims.
II ls known, however. that Thomas and Sam
uel landlord, two oi tho proprietors OF the
mine. ara among tho dead.
a great crowd Of relatiy,s OF tue victims, con-
sletlng mostly OF women. have gathered afound
the mine.
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unl.ea s.a.s. omslnI. Arre..ea.

CHARLESTON. Nov. 2l.-United States Com
missioner wsau, who had been making election At.
rests In Barnwell, e e. arrested recently on
charge of having accepted brhe 10 eomprou,e case
when he state solicitor 10 ls75 Re was released 10
duy uu bail tuuusslnncr sam Lee VI sumter who 10
also Probate Judsv. arrested Yesterday Al sumter
ior failure open ihe uuico Probate Judge He
Tsiused ~ give uAll. and went % JAM
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Almost Il panic reigned yesterday In Public
school No l6 In Fifteenth street. near Third avcnue
Brooklyn. starting nom the lainung Il little gir In
hat rools Whep large number Of pupils were gathered
The coWmouOn alarmed the boys In an adjoining room.
who started lemell out of the building CRYING fren
The alarm ran through the building and the teachers
dismissed their pupils, Hnd dlrFctS their In an or.
derry way. that while there was much excitement
and general rush through the halls the children crying
irom fight there VAS uO Oue injured.
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New J.rssy Oda Fellows.

TRENTON. y. j.. Nov 2l.-The New Jersey
Grand Lodge Of Odd Fellows concluded It's annual session
in this city tonight In the afternoon tho following OIL
GERS were elected for the ensuing years n, W, o. D.,
Wallace IlppiDcott Bridgeton X d. q. ~, s. Alpheus
Smith, PlAlnned; n ". q. ". Thomas FeTTel, Glass
bOro n W, q. see'y, Lewis Parker. Dr., Inntoni H. ",
q. Treas Jo~eph f. lAml, PembertOn; X. W. q, kep 10
2. L; o. o. r.. William a Sswsll. Allen,9wn; v o.
Jaulss a baSkiI Jarsay citVs W. u 0uS rdan Robert
hnnet Mealssi0Wn. W. y. Herald. A1ngf Howell Iren-
Wess instAllsd - The svening ssasioA
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FAINT MEANT IN ONO.
A Wedding Prevented bS n Rival Sniter who
Anerward Cuptured the Prize.

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio. Nov 21.--This city
was deeply disturbed last night by an attempted
marriage frustrated by the aggressive inter-
ference Of the brother and another lover
Of the bride. The circumstances are
mixed but It seems that the glrls
parents favored the woud-be bridegroom.
while her brother aud other admrer did not
hence when the bridegroom. WiiiMm F. smith,
went for the bride. Miss Jennie Buffrnharger.
her brother and lover. Mr.. Pepple. prOduced
revolvers and threatened the personal comfort
OF Smith.
The latter become so frightened that he re-
lnquishsd al claim. gave up his license aud
fed, and then the hshiinR lover procured q
license and married Miss Jennie.
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SAN Francisco, Nov. 2l.-The trotting horses
Rarus, swrevvr, Calmar. and Adelaide arr IN Chico
Cal To-day sNretler royd against tue " beat judge
iulerlons record Of 2x9a The nrst heat made in
2l7k, and the sgeuud ia 2ls. elHnie and Cahnhr
Ss.s nS.sees & ORA RsS's wa hs latter n1unius ~
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ONE DRAFT FOR $500. 600.
The Payment by Mr.. John Welsh OF the Hail.
fax Fishsries Award.

LONDON. Nov 2l.-Mr. Welsh. the United
States Minister. paid over to-day to her Majes-
tvs Government the amount OF the fisheries
award. By draft upon Messrs Morton. Rose &
Co. for s5,5O0,0O0 accompanying the payment.
with the following communication. The re-
ceipt Of the payment was acknowledged by
Lord Salisbury in due form:
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H.
NY LORD have been instructed by the Pre- sdent OF
the United States 20 tender TO her MAess Government
the sum OF -. oOOOQ IN gold coin. this being the
named by tile two cOueur1ng meuibers the Fish
Commission lately sitnng At Halifax. under authoTity
impaired thereto by the treaty Washington TO be paid
by the Government OF tue United States the Govern
men Of her britanne MalcsV anu also instructed by
tile fre sdent 10 LAY that such PAYNE Is made the
ground that the Government Of the United states
~ pc, the maintenance good faith In treaties aud the
securiN and value of arbitration hctue above
all question In its relations with her Brtaune Nalestys
GoNsrnfn, M. ~ with all other Governments
ndcr tins motive the GoNernmentH " tue United States
decides 10 ,crraic the question VI Withholding payment
lron ihe considerations touching TIE ohlauon TINS
phyueut winch have been presented 70 her Majesty
aud Insists apou
au besides ucted by the Preside Mt To say that
the Government VI the United States dr~ns Il 0f the
greatest Importance to the friendly inter
es's Of The Two Governments IN all miufc treatment
Any question relating To the North American fisheries
mat her butannic Ngesvs Goycriiment should be di>
NtiN advised that the GoVernmtu the United
cannot nccept the result Of the Halifax Commission rs
furnishing utA ust measure the value ~ uArucipu.
ton by our ciucn the fisheries the british
provinces, and It protests against the actual payment
now made being considered 10y her Malcsty's Govern
ment ns 10 any sense an ncqucs scenco 30 such measure
OF as NRrrantiue any inference 10 that effect
lhaNc, &c. JOuS WALSH
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Weather one. Prsalc,ion.
JoTTINGs IN AND NEAR THE clrY.

Rainy. followed by pnrtly cloudy weather
warm vastvrls, shiune u oolt north wet w.ulS
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The. despatch from Lord Cranbrook, secre-
OF India. is. a document OF the highest
importance. 1t is summary Of the pa
pefs which Lord Beaconsield. In his
letter 10 LORD Lawrence, promised should
ba distributed before the end OF the
month. and is Mt once an indictment OF the
frontier policy OF Mr.. GlRdstonss administra-
ton. u defence OF the policy Of thG present
Government and reply 10 tito antl-war agita-
ton OF the Afghan Committee. It's promulga-
ton is equivalent 10 a formal declaration OF
atnta OF war and the cAuses thereof.
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said to be, Also. Only Another Trick OF the
standard COMPANY President-Its Meetings
Held In the standards New York Omces.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-01-09

A FALLEN HERO. = Another good
man gone wrong. This time it is Bull
ard, Radical member of the legisla
ture IRON Delaware countyl ile ha'
been arrested for embezzIement, ant
tried to escape from the clutches o
the law which he had broken by plead
ing that he was law maker. The
courts failed to see it in that light, anC
as tho Radical majority in The Lowe
House is large enough for all practica
purposes it is not at all likely thai
that body will bother about Bullard
But as q similar freak has attracted
the attention of Congress, why shoulC
not the members of the Pennsylvania
Legislature be moved in similar way
when ono Of their "soiled doves i
gobblcd up for violating the law.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-01-09
Maxims FOR THE DAY.

No man worthy the Office Of President should
bc willing to bold it II counted in or placed there
by any fraud. T., o ".ANn
[ could never have been reconcilod TO inc ele'
yatiop by the smallest aid Of mine OF person,
however respectable In private life, who mus,
forever carry upon his brow the stamp OF fraud
dr.t triumphant 10 American history. NO sun
sequent action. however meritorious. can WASH
away the letters Of that record.
CHARLES FRtScis ADAMS.
Under the forms OF law, Rutherford u Hayes
has been declared President Of the United States
Ills title rests upon disfranchisement OF iawiu
voters. the false certificates Of the returning ON
oers acting ooruptly, and the decision Of com
mission which has refused TO hear evidence Of al
legged fraud. For the first time are the American
people confronted with the fact Off fraudulently'
elected President. Let II not be understood tha
the fraud will be silently acquiesced in by th'
country. Let no hour pass In which The usurps
tion is forgotten.
AppRrss or DEaocRAfic M. C's.
One hundred years Of human derrayity accu
mulated aud concentrated into a climax Of crime
Never again In eve hundred years shall they haY'
an opportunity to repeat the wrong.
DANIEL W. VOORHEES,.
would rather have the endorsement OF guar
tar Of A million Of the American people than tina
of the Louisiana Returning Board, or OF the Com
mission which excluded the facts and dsede'
tho question on a teehnioality.
Tnos. A. HEsDmoKs.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-01-09
A HUGE LOTTERY Y FRA I'D.


We have during the past two weeks
received from friends, no less than half
dozen handsomely printed circulars
entitled ID grand supplementary dralo-
ina of all the unclaimed and forfeited
prizes in the rariouS legal lotteries, lchich
hare been drapa in the United States
rithin the past Ten years" This Is the
general heading of the fraud, followed
by scheme Of 1882, prizes OF "cash,
gold and silver watches, Jewelry OF
all kinds and paintings, worth from
sl2, to 5000 each" The circular be-
fore us informs the receiver that he
has drawna a set of Jewelry worth $3.50
and that by sending only sli, by ex'
press to Messrs. Russell & Co, No. 81
Bond street, New York they will for
ward the same by express. The cir
cuIar purports to be issued at New
Orleans, and b d, Fisk, secretary, who
says; "all prizes not claimed within
30 days will be declared forfeited =
Reader; These are the old saw dust
and counterfeit parties in new role
and the fraud is 30 apparent that nc
one should be gulled by it. The ider
of any one giving another $3.50, wortl
of Jewelry for sl4, is transparent
enough for blind person to see.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-01-09

CoSoRKss. - This body meets at
Washington on tomorrow, Thursday,
according to adjournment. From this
time forward moro or less excitement
may be looked for, but little work
The most important bills before Con
gress will cause some of the members
to hedge and hesitate, and many, nc
doubt, would like to straddle them un
ill aflor tho November election, fol
fear of voting on the wrong side. AZ
ter that is past, congressional manhood
and craftsmanship (9) will develop
itself, because tho most of the mem
bers will be either reelected or do
.cated, and after that point Is reached
1t makes but little difference how .
member votes Mr.. Hayes, as usual
will also attract considerable attention
from this forward. Ben Butler hal
given him until the first of Fcbruar,
10 join eitler tho Democratic party OF
adhere to those who struggled him In
10 Office. Ben should not waste al
much ammunition to capture him al
no did on Fort Fisher, rather surrount
him with a Dutch Gap Canal.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-01-09

Too MuoH INTEREST. - The State
Treasurer charges for interest paid out
on the State debt during the current
year, the sum Of one million, four hun
dred and fourteen thousand, SIR hundred
and fhy-One dollars and Sirty three cents
,4l4,65l63), and shows that the
State debt is less than TWENTY.
THREE MILLIONS, thirteen millions
OF which bears six per cent, and ten
millions five per cent. interest. For
convenience We will give him some
advantage, and deal in round millions.
The interest on the first amount would
be $3.50, 900, and on the second $780,
900, making in all one mliion tico hun.
dred and eighty thousand dollars (sl,-
2s0,000.0O). This leaves a surplus OF
over el34 900, or, he has paid more
than six per cent on the whole debt,
That is the way we sec il at this dis
tance.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-01-09
TIE STA TE LAW MAKERS.


The members of the Senate and
House, met at Harrisburg on Tuesday,
New Years day. January LIST, 1878
As the officers held over, 1t took but
little time to organize both bodies. In
.se serata- Senator Cooper, Radical
rNnra-S~ssRxunSss-.s.ssvIa.ysr,,~,.E,yrs -
idont pro tenn. The Democrats cas-
their vote for Senator Naglc, of Phlla
dolphin, who holds the oldest seat oI
any member In that body. The liouss
was eallsd 70 order by Speaker Meyer
and after swearing in two now mem
bers and getting into position, boil
Houses adjourned until ednesday
when the Governors Message was sent
in aud read, after which, the Senate
adjourned until Tuesday, the sth inst
The House remained in session trans
acting business until Friday, when ~
adjournment took place until Monday
evening the 7th. There is q quarre
pending between the two branches on
the subject of tho final passage OF biIl'
which came over from last session. OF
frat, second and third reading, and
failed to pass. The Senate voted tc
take all bills up from the beginning
The House, by a vote Of ll0 to II, pro
posed to take up the bills whore they
we're left at the close Of the last SOS
sion. This is sensible. II the views
of the Senate prevail in the end, hal
of the work done las. session vii
prove total loss. However as thi
is tho last year for holding adiournc'
sessions, it makes but little difference
how il is decided.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-01-09
THE MILITIA.

The primary function OF the State is
to preserve the peace and guarantee,
under the laws, the rights Of persons
and property. Your attention has al.
ready been called TO the necessity OF
increasing and defining the powers OF
sherifIs, aud you will also consider the
means of improving the instrument
confdcd to the Executive. II has
been the constant policy Of the present
administration to use the military pow.
er OF the State only in the lats resort.
Unfortunately the weakness of the
local civil machinery has made that
necessity, Of late years, frequent. Five
times within seven years the militia has
been called into one or another part Of
the State, and on all former occasions
its presence alone has been sufficient
TO restore order. During tho late
troubles il also, IN the end, succeeded
in removing the embargo upon the
traffic Of the State and protecting it,
citizcncs in the right to work, but, dur
ing its short campaign, certain deilcien-
cies and faults IN the system wer,
made apparent
There are throo inherent defects N
a militia system, which, although the,
may be reduced to minimum, mus,
always exist. In the first place, dc
voted chiefly to civil pursuits, a either
soldier must always be more or les,
affected by the sympathIes OF the com
munity in which they live. No lawl
or codes can prevent tho common sol
dicrs from imbibing the principles anC
prejudices OF the men they constant,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-01-09

COMING DowS VERY SLowLY.-rhc
Governors Message shows that the
State debt, on the first day of Decem-
Der last, was twenty-five millions, nine
hundred and filty-three thousand, eight
hundred and fourteen dollars and thir-
ty-one cents (s22,9l3, 3,Sll.3D, while
the balance in the Treasury on the
same day amounted to the sum of tIoo
millions, one hundred aud SIXTY tlco thou
sand, (orty.sir dollars and eighty.seren
cents (s2, 1872 ,O46.s7). Now, we ask,
why are tho people compelled to pay
the interest on this two millions and
over Of balance? Why not cancel
bonds with Il and stop the interest on
that much of the debt. Perhaps this
two millions keeps up eight or ten
banks, and II 80, who gets the interest
We have no doubt but that State
Treasurer Rawlc, and the late candi
date, Hart, could throw great dca
of light on this crooked problem.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-01-09

TO DE MENDED.-It seems there is a
hole in the new Constitution which
must be patched by legislative enact.
mcnt Crawford county is without a
Common Pleas Judge, a hill framed
by the Attorney General was intro
duced in the Legislature on the 4th,
providing for the filling of the Office
OF Judge by the Governor pending a
contest. The time of the appontee
shall begin with the expiration Of tho
time OF his predecessor, and end with
the determination of the contest. The
Commission of the former Judge has
expired and that of the one elected il
with held until tho contest is over,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-01-09
COMPULSORY EDUcATIo


The recent session of the Teachers
Institute afforded the occasion for an
address on this subject by one of our
teachers. Mechanically, the Job was
well executed for beginnei' and the
effort was aprlauded, whether for the
style Of the speaker, or for the senti.
1Ms..sE@svsessSG.;y.t & Z;
iho enemies oI the is,P15n0 has
mounted this hobby of compulsory ed.
ucalion, and arc determined 10 ride it,
or themselves, TO death, Every idea
that the speaker presented bearing on
the subject, was Imported fco@ eu-
rope, and his longing for an educational
system like thai of Germany, Austria,
etc. shows conclusively how he has
becn lead sstray. This thing of edu.
cation is one of the devices by which
royalty is puncturlng the minds of the
American people for the purpose Of
making starting point. The enemies
Of the Republic are cunning enough Ia
not introduce their whole system oi
government ut once, knowing very
well that they would only encounter
defeat on every hand, but hy selecting
the school question they suppose that
they can bcgaile the yonng, and in
that way succeed in planting one En
ropean idea after another into the ris
ing generation, and eventually succeed
IN overlhrowing our whole govern
mental system.
Should the European plan of gov.
erning schools be engraftcd upon our
system, how long will il bc until that
other relic Of royalty-Church and
State united - will bo introduced, a.
well as that other costly attachment
Of half million of u standing army
by which the whole system Of oppres
sion and fraud is pinned together
Forced education IL relic of royalty
and despotism, and the citizens OF thi-
Republic can dispense with il, and il
is as non essential TO our happiness a'
crowned head itself
For the sake of consistency the adj
vocates of compulsory education tan
not stop with this single idea of th,
European plan Of government, becaus,
all sensible persons mnst know thai
the balance Of the system will follow
just as surely as. night succeeds th,
day. There is no halfway mieston'
on this route. The man or woman
that embraces the European idca o
educating the young mind, will no
remain skeptical very long on th,
other features of government Th'
blending OF Church and State, and th,
abridgement of our personal rights, Al
well as the necessity for having a larg,
army to support the whole system
will soon be embraced Then wha
becomes of American freedom A?
Forced education is as uncongenia
TO our soil as virtue is in a house o
assignation, We are well aware tba
there are clcrgymcn and teachers il
this country who would rather draw
their salaries out of the State Treasur,
than otherwise. We advise all sucl
to migrate to Europe where thei
views and talents will be appreciated
and they; Of course, rendered happy il
the future.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-01-09
A BAD Fonr,os Emp,s~ApoR.-Tbe

A BAD FoREioN EMBAssADoR.-The
Philadelphia Record, in alluding to the
crookedness OF some Of our Foreign
Ministers says: We do not by any
means keep all our rascals ut home
There Is II representative sprinkling OF
them iu the foreigi, service Of the Gov
ernment Late advices from China
state that our late yica Consul, o. B
~ : - Z J, g. - 1890
-, s>t
Flowery .,ingdom, having BEN al
raigncd on twenty-five criminal accu'
sa,ions, certainly including embezzle-
ment, extortion, fraud and malicasance
and probably covering the whole
gfoaad between "pitch.and-iess anl
manslaugbter." Mr.. Bradford admit
ted his technical guilt, and would pro
badly have been glad OF discharge or
technical bail, but his case has been
referred TO the consideration of Mr.
Evarts, and be languishcs in confne
ment while Mr.. Evarts deIiberates.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-01-09

It Is related Of Gen. Jubal Early that
he would never approve a furleugh
when the applicant was to got married
Being an old bachelor himseli, he
thought that oil soldiers should adopt
that s,ylc Of liio while tho war lasted
Ilo uspd to say that evcry officer who
married either proved himself utterly
worthless or straightway got himself
killed,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-01-09

The Harrisburg Pafrioi, causiicaIIy
remarks We have heard of no instruc
tons for Gov. Hartranft for Unitcd
States Senator Tor some time, As fal
as heard from His Excellency is on,
ahead, Mifllin county having instructed
for him, with all the rest Of the State
TO hear from.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-01-09

An LIBERrY.-CIarence Boyle, wht
was one of the first of the Molly Ma
guires convicted in the State, has cs
capped from the eastern penltentiary
lie concealed himself in an empty hogs
head, which was driven out OF the pen
iientiary yard. His escape was effect
ed on Monday. IIc was serving out
ten years sentence and bad about 81,
years to servo.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-01-09

TuE NEW LISE.-The proposed pipe
line from the oil regions to Baltimore
runs through Butler, Cambria, Blair,
Huntingdon, Franklin, Cumberland
and Adams counties in Pennsylvania,
and through Carroll and Baltimore
counties, Maryland. The maximum
price of pipeage in the new line is to be
forty cents Exchange We wonder
how they get over Armstrong and In
diana counties, or Westmoreland, in
reaching Cambria, unless il is for the
purpose of ignoring General White.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-01-09

An ADDITIONAL GoyERNoR.-- Lieut..
Governor John Latta, of Grccnsburg,
was married 10 Miss Rose, daughter Of
Col. Mcclellan, of the same place, on
Tuesday a week.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-01-09
ways suppress their own riots.

Too BIo.-The balance in the State
Treasury foots up over two millions
of dollars. This would be q nice thing
for Col. Noyes to pick up. But it is
too big, and does not look as though
the Treasury Department had been
managed in the interest of the tax
payers. And we now say; Collect
less money from the people, or reduce
the State debt. The idea Of having
such a huge balance on hands these
times, looks more like plundcring than
State financiering.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-01-09

An exchange says "lt sounds larg,
for Chicago to claim, a. she does, more
arriv.ls and rlearances during the sea
son ofnavigation than the ports of New
York, Philadelphia aud Baltimore coin.
blned" We suspect that many Of lb,
arrivals aud clearances," are mighty
small.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-01-09
Q drops il for the present.

PLAIN.-Gov. Hartranit condemns
in very plain terms the conduct of the
Pittsburg soldiers duringthc July riots,
and he knows of several sherifiis and
Mayors that should be ousted, fined
and imprisoned, or words to that Of
feet. His Excellency will please take
notice that our Clearfeld Sheriffs al
xvava snnnress their own riots.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-01-09

David Eastman, Of Lyndon, VI. il
the last twenty ono years has manu-
facturcd from the 1000 trees on biz
farm, 5000 pounds Of maple sugar fo'
which be has received SO coo.