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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-06-19
Sherin's Sale.

DY virtue Of sundry writs Of Yea En-, Issued
IL out Of the Court Of Common Pleas OF Clear.
field Co, and 10 me directed, there will be exposed
TO public sale, at the Coart House, 10 The borough
Of clearaeld. on Wednesday. the 10Th day Of
July, issS, at ! o'clock, p. m, the follow.
ing described rsal estate. to Wit;
A certain tract or piece OF land situate ia Ben
township. Cltardeld county, Pa, bounded aud
described as follo~s; On the south By lands Of
Calvin Miller, on the east by lands o. Z A. irEin.
on the north W lsnds Of KurtE A Bell, and on
The west by lands Of A. NJ. Mcclure, containing
sixty seven acres more or less, and having about
thirty acres cleared and under cultivation with
a good bearing orchard. and having thereon
erected a log house, log barn, and other out.
buildings. Seized, taken IN execution and to be
sold a. the property Of Henry Beihl.
Also, the following lots or pieces Of ground sit
uate in the borough Of Osceola, Clarified county,
Pa, bounded and described as follows; On The
east by Blanchard street, on the south by Kate
street, on the west by Henry alley, and on the
north by lot Of X. Snyder, and known 10 general
plan OF said borough as lots Nos. 100 and Ill,
and having thereon erected q small stable. Seired
taken in execution and to be sold rs the property
Of W. c. Lingle.
TERMS or SALE.- The price or sun 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 at the eI-
pense and risk Of the person to whom IL was
struck Of, and who, 10 case Of deficiency at such
resale, shall make good the same, and In no
instance will the Deed be presented 10 Court for
confirmation unless the money u actually paid to
The Sheriff. ANDREW PENTz, tr,
ciearaeId. Pa, May ", ISIS.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-06-19
JOHN SHERMAN"

-
1t is reported from Washington that
the Republican managers are disguised
with the failure of John Sherman to
deny point blank the authenticity of
bis letter TO Anderson and Weber. lie
had talked so boldly Of a "lagrant for.
gerry" that they are at loss to account
Tor the weak and hesitating attitude
he assumed in the presence Of the In
vestigating Committee. But they fail
to do justice to Mr.. Sherman. He
would make his denial rs broad and OK
plicit as the managers could desire If
be were quito certain that the original
letter was destroyed and that no pho
tographic copies Of it were in existence.
This is the point where bis knowledge
is imperfect, and as be does not want
TO enter yet upon his eventual term IN
the %penitentiary be naturally hesitates
to commit himself. If the letter is
now destroyed, and no photograph OF
II was taken, he is quite ready to swear
that he never wrote il. But If the ORR
ginal is in existence, or the photo
graphs are at hand, then he is prepar-
ed to admit tl.at he wrote it. Those
who criticise him do not stop to on.
slider his danger. If he had openly de-
MED the authenticity Of the letter, last
Saturday, he would have been under
indictment for perjury within a week.
By leaving the question open be gave
himself an opportunity to treat with
the possessors Of the most damaging
testimony against him. 1t must be
understood, first and last, that John
Sherman is a very smart man. He
tried his best to bluff" the Committee
and failed. He will lie for the cdiica-
ton Of bis friends to their hearts con-
tent. But before they ask him TO per
jure himself they should stop and count
the cost. Perjury is a crime in the
eyes of the law. Lying isn't Utica
Observer.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-06-19
ORPHANS COURT SALE.

WILLIAM DELL. DECD.


By virtue Of al order issuing out Of thu Or.
phanf Court Of Ciear6eld county, there will he
exposed to Public Sale at the Court House 10 the
Borough Of clearheld, on
Tuesday. Jun Is, 1878, at 1 O'Clock p. M.
the following described Real Estate Of WIN. Bell,
deed, to wit
No. !. A certain farm situate 10 Greenwood
tewnshia, C~learfeld county, Pa, bounded and
described Is follows On the north by the west
branch of the Susquehanna river; on the south
and west by other land owned by said VIM. Bell,
deed, aud on the eas by land Of Reed A 0wens,
containing tive hundred and eighteen acres, about
sixty acres Of which lie cleared and usder good
cultivation, having thereon erected a gooi log
dwelling house, a large new bank barn and other
outbuildiags, and a bearing orchard. There Il
also on the premises a valuable mill seat, and
considerable oak, pine and hemloek timber.
No. 2. Another tract Of land situate in said
township Of Greenwood, lying on the South bank
Of The Snsqushanna river, containing 900 acres,
about Is acres Of which Is cleared, and the balance
is well iimbered with pine, oak and hemlock.
No. 3. Another tract Of land situate In said
township Of Greenwood, on the North hank Of
the Susquehanna river, containing about 200
acres. more or less. about y acres Of which i
cleared. AID the remainder has upon it a con id
cradle quantity of pire, oak and hemlock timber.
Terms % SALE s-One third 10 cash on conhr-
nation Of sale, and the balance in one snd two
yeau, with interest secured on the premises.
fRAMPT0N BELL,
Y. L.. HOOVER,
administrator
Bower, May 20, Is7s-4t.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-06-19

He SEES Ir.-The editor Of the New
York Herald, at first chimed in with
the Radical Congressional Committee,
in its Revolutionary" nonsense, when
the Potter Committee commenced
work on the Electoral then. But in
his last issue he boils his views down
to this sensible point president
Hayes cannot be put out of Office with
out q revolution but inside Of such q
revolution the proofs of fraud are
legitimate electioneering capital for
the Democratic party" He sees now
that Hayes a only be removed from
Office, IL he has any knowledge, or as
sisted in perpetrating the fraud, by
impeachment and in that event a
worse fraud, Wheeler, would drop In
bis seat
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-06-19

The BuoKEYEs.-The Ohio Radicals
held their State Convention on the 18th,
and gave Mr.. Hayes nearly as black an
eye as Pennsylvania did. The Pitts.
burg Telegraph, one Of the Radical Or
gans Of Pittsburg, says; "The Ohio
Republicans held their State Conven-
ton at Cincinnati yesterday, and nom.
mated Milton Barnes for Secretary Of
State, William White for Supreme
Judge, and George Paul for the Board
OF Public Works. They are the pres.
cnt incumbents of these offices, and are
worthy ofre.election. or platform,
little or nothing can be said. Its OPP
position to the President is thinly dis
guised by a fierce denunciation of the
Potter Investigation. 1t can have but
n effect upon the friends of the Pres
ident, and that Is to make a lukewarm
support OF the ticket, or to drive
them from its support. The result
will be the same AS in 1877, when the
Republican majority was swept out Of
existence and the whole Democratic
ticket elected. II the Republican party
~ Ohio IL mot .,luc.1 40 a naruapant
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-06-19

"A Coop IDEA."-The devices OF
Radicalism in Louisiana, during the
election in 1876, were never equalled
anywhere. One OF their schemes was as
follows Anderson testified that theIet-
tiers he wrote about bulldozing in his
county were written without personal
knowledge of facts, but under the in
huence Of and from the statements OF
Republican politicians. Kellogg was
in favor OF holding no election in his
county and suggested that there was
a much better way than that that it
was a better way to have an election
and have no Republican votes cast, and
that in a county which two years ago
had given a large Republican majority
tie fact of no Republican votes being
cast would be the best proof o fintimida-
ton that could be given. The Repub.
Leans of the county thought that a
good idea and they carried it ont. Such
are some of the efforts made by "the
party controlled by great moral IDEAS"
in stealing the Electors for President
in 1876, and remarkable as it may seem
there are thousands of the members OF
that party who justify the larceny, and
still claim to be honest.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-06-19

want no more correspondence aud no more
nontense. Come here and arrange THE affair, or
you can all face the music"
Thus telcgraphed james L. Ander-
o n year ago yesterday to Stanley
Matthews at CINCINNATI. Yet, after
this and much other insulting language
from a selt.confessed criminal, the Sen.
ator from OHIO wrote Anderson from
the Senate Chamber at Washington on
February IL, 1873, a humble letter, in
which the following appears 81 have
been subjected TO 50 much misrepresen-
tation in regard to everything ! have
undertaken to do, that | do not think
1t would be wise for me to go TO Phila-
delphia OF Baltimore for the purpose
Of meeting you. In case you should
find Il convenient 10 be in Washington,
! shall be pleased TO see you Alice
tionately yours, MATTHEWS.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-06-19
TM Republican.
MAx,ms FOR the DAY.


No man worthy the Office Of President should
be willing to hold Il II counted In, or placed there
by auy fraud. U. s. GRasr.
I could never have been reeonciled to the ele-
walton BY the smallest aid Of mine Of a person.
however respectable 10 private life, who must
forever carry upon his brow the stamp Of fraud
hrst triumphant in American history. No sub
sequent action, However meritorious, can wash
away the letters Of that record.
CHARLES fRASois ADAMS.
Under the forms OF law, Rutherford b. Hayei
has been declared President Of the United States
His title rests upon disfrsnchisemen Of lawful
voters, the false certificates Of the returning off
GERS acting corruptly, and the decision Of a com
mission which has refused 10 hear evidence Of al
legged fraud. For the fret tim are the American
people conffontcd with the fact ofa fraudulently-
elected President. Let It 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 DENocRArIo NJ. C.s.
One hundred years Of human deravity accu-
INFLATED and concentrated into a climax Of crime.
Never again In Ave hundred years shall they have
an opportunity to repeat the wrong.
DANIEL W. VooRHEEs.
| 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 decided
the question on a technicality.
THos, A. HENDRICKS.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-06-19
NOTHING SLIPPED THRoUGH

The Lancaster Inteiigencer intimatcs
that there was a hue or two of the plat.
form adopted by the late Democratic
STATE Convention which slipped
.- -S-%%
ing. Such Is not the case at all, and It
the usually web informed editor Of that
paper had taken the trouble to inquire
he would have known differently. Be.
ing on the ground, and with plenty Of
help, we had u good opportunity Of
sc~rutinizing the convention and its ac.
tons, When the committee on reso-
lutions was appointed, they met imme-
diately and appointed Senator Wallace
Chairman, with Mr.. McSherry Of Ad.
ans, as Secretary. A subcommittee
OF seven was appointed and they ad.
j0liaed their sessions TO the Mononga-
hela house. When the platform had
been prepared and read over, a motion
vas made Ia strike out the lines rela.
tive to aay attack on naycs's title to
the Presidency and declaring such
movement dangerous to our institu-
tions and iruitless in results" By q
vote of two to five the subcommittee
refused to strike the sentence out, The
resolutions were then reported TO the
general committee of fifty and read
over section by section and voted on
separately. There was no crowdingor
slipping through" about it. A motion
was madato strike ont these lines and
the committee 90 being present) after
debating the subject halt an hour, rc-
fused 10 strike them out by a vote OF
IL in favor to "a against two mem
beers not voting or taking any part in
the discussion, VIZ the Chairman
(Wallace) and the Secretary (McSher-
ry). Had those two voted Il would
have stood 36 TO ID and the resolu-
tions were accordingly reported to the
convention.
These facts any n who went to
the trouble to inquire could have easily
found out, and the assertion that any
thing was Slipped througe7 either the
convention or the committee on reso
lutions is without foundation at all.
That convention was not in a condition
to have things slipped through. The
debate on the make up of the roll show.
ed that. The convention had its own
way, and a fair test Of strength was
had on everything -PiHsJwg Post.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-06-19


Jusr FoRrY YEARS Aeo.-An OK.
change says Forty years ago, on the
occasion ofthe death of Mr.. Mcdonald
Chief Clerk of the United States Sen.
ate, Daniel Webster introduced q reso.
luton making an appropriation fol
burial expenses, etc. On Thursday an
exact copy Of that resolution was In.
PRODUCED by Senator Anthony, making
a similar appropriation for the burial
Of Major Mcdonald, son of the former
Chief Clerk, and himself Chief Clerk ai
the time Of his death, aud who for
forty years has been 0 faithful officer
OF the Senate.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-06-19

CANDID, We SUPPosE.-It is very
seldom that the editor of the New York
Tribune utters the truth, while discus
sing his party. The following comics.
sion is therefore worthy Of being placed
on record, for future reference He
says ut is undoubtedly true that the
Republican party, and decent men Of
any party, have nothing TO gain by a
partisan defence of Secretary Sherman
and Senator Matthews"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-06-19

SO WI Go.-Gen. Fremont has been
confirmed Governor Of Arizona. But
1t was not the pretty Jessie Bcnton's
ambition TO be a'Territorial Governors
wife. When her curls were sunny and
her heart was young, she fondly
dreamed of preslding at the White
House. Now, old and gray haired,
she goes to preside in a rude guberna.
torial mansion on the frontier. Some
bright dreams are never realized, as
Jessie Benton Fremont well knows.
Yet she utters no complaint over what
might have been"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-06-19

ANOTHER yIcroRY.-The Pittsburg
Telegraph for two weeks crowed lusti-
ly over the anti Cameron victory in
Lancaster, now it goes off w VOLTS
victory in this way "The nomination
of Hon. Charles S. Wolfe, of Union
county, for the Legislature, is crafty
ing to independent Republicans every
where throughout the State. If there
is n man in either party whose pres
ence in the Legislature is feared by the
Cameron dynasty, that mar is Mr..
Wolfe. r. W. Mackey promised to
drive him from the field as soon as he
got warmly into his canvass, but,
thanks to the true Republicans of I'm.
ion county, the threat that could not
be carried into execution, and Union
county can be set down as anti. Cam
eron."
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-06-19

BUCKEYE SrArEsMEs.-Hon. Stan.
ley Matthews has taken a strange way
Of acquitting himself by asking for a
Senatorial investigation and at the
same time refusing a profiercd oppor
tunity Of explanation before the Potter
committee. The methods Of Ohio poll.
ticians are as mysterious as to the
methods of tho Count Joannes, when
judged by ordinary rules of conduct
The public must wait in patience fcr
the extcnueting circumstances with
which Mr.. Matthews proposes to bridge
over the frightful gap betwixt his bad
conduct and his good reputation
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-06-19

The MAY On REPoRT.-During the
month Of May 472 oil wells were fin
ished in the producing region. OF this
large number forty-one were dry holes.
On the last day Of the month there
were $40 wells drilling and 305 rigs
up and building. Compared with the
figures for April there was an increase
of 1853 in the number OF wells drilling
and seventy-two less rigs up and build
ing. The Bradford district continues
to be the scene Of the greatest activity.
In this field BAG OF the whole number
Of wells were finished. The daily pro-
duction Of the entire region was in
creased, and is now 3s,50O barrels.
The average daily shipments from the
region for the month of May were
81, 40 barrels. The total stocks in
region on the first day OF June were
3,656,3O2 barrels. The pipe line runs
during May averaged 39,205 barrels
daily.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-06-19
DO NOT WANT TT.


Republicans need not tronblc them.
selves about the Presidency. The
sSS~t !. -..sHA|
fag-end of u term. A Democratic Pres
ident could do nothing of importance
in the Office during the next two years.
The Republicans have secured the Sen.
ate by admitting Kellogg to the seat
which belonged to q Democrat, and
keeping Penitentiary Patterson in the
seat he bought. A Democratic Presi.
dent would find his hands tied, and un-
able to do anything himself he would
have TO bear the blame of all the mis-
doing Of the other men in the Govern.
ment. The offices + filled, and it
would be ungracious and unpopular to
remove Republican officials, ven were
it lawful TO do so but the Tenure-of.
Office act forbids arbitrary removals.
To take the Office under existing cir.
cumstances would smite the party with
and neutralize the influence and
destroy the character of the man who
should take it unless elected in the
regular way. Were Tilden to crawl
into the White House now through a
legal aperture, he would show how
small a man he is and be generally
despised, as he would deserve to be.
And his act would utterly destroy the
prospect of a Democratic victory in
1880. The Democracy do not mean to
throw away their title to the success
sion in 1880 for the sake Of putting q
cold-blooded, cunning cowardly schem-
err and plotter and wire-puller into the
Office to which they elected him in
1876, but which he was not manly
enough to take in q manly way. Gen
tlemen need not agitate themselves.
Hayes is helping the Democrats tar
more than Tilden could help them
were he to be pushed into Office now.
He is furnishing himself for taking an
that belonged to another and the
Republicans who put him into it are
their deserts WiHidmport
Sun.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-06-19

TnE "LrcESrrous Pass. Among
the proceedings of the late General
Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
in the United States, at Pittsburg, was
a commentator OF the regular secular
press for its cooperation, and aid in
discovering and promoting the arrest
snd punishment ofcrime and criminals,
and wrong. AT the same time they
p%ertinently suggest that too mnch
space may be, and sometimes is, given
to the details and history of these
blotches on our civilization, the result
of which Is to breed such familiarity
with them as 10 disarm them Of their
revolving effect. Tho suggestion is
timely, and we trust will DO needed.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-06-19

Proper INoUIRY.-A correspondent
asks as follows: "When does our pri-
mary election take place, and what
will you charge to announce my nameg'
According to rule 4th, ~ primary
election will be held on Saturday, Sep
tomber l4th, and our fee depends upon
the Office the candidate is after. For
the benefit of all we will state that for
Judge or Congress it will be $4,000
Senator, $500 Assembly or Treas
urer, $1,000 Commissioner, $500, and
Auditor or Coroner, $500. This will
include the card for four weeks, 10000
tickets, and the necessary blanks to
conduct tho election.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-06-19

A SICK BIRD-The Ohio Eagle, one
of the Radical organs of that State, in
abiding to some of the great men,
says: "We don't feel so bad on ac-
count of Anderson, but it is a matter
Of almost insupportable grief for us to
think that Stanley Matthews is from
Ohio, and q Senator, too" That cdi.
tor has some conscience left.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-06-19

THE EASTERN WAR. - The Peace
Congress has assembled at Berlin,
Prussia, the home OF Bismarck, Just
where bis detectives u see all that is
%p-- !.
world are now turned 10 the direction
of the German Capital. 1t is q great
point accomplished when belligcrent
nations consent to argue calmly about
their differences, and still more import
ant when they agree TO abide by the
results of joint council. The gray
headed gentlemen assembled in Prince
Bismarck's palace will have so far
agreed upon preliminaries by this time
that they will be able to get at the &C.
rious business before them Out of the
clashing interests Of their various ma
tionalities they are expected to evolve
a plan of action which, while it will
possibly not satisfy any Of them, will
be better than blood letting. Their
determinations will be largely innuenc.
ed by the solid strength of the armies
and the money they cal variously
command in the event of bringing af-
fairs to u physical test. He will be
entitled to speak loudcst who has the
best backing. 1t will be a happy end
ing to a tedious and bloody dispute II
the Congress is able to patch up a dur
able peace.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-06-19

To DE DRoPPED.-The New York
World says; The committee appointed
to examine into the charge against Mrs.
Tilton OF slandering the Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher, preferred by Mrs Bar
bara Walton, held a meeting in the
trustees room Of Plymouth church last
night. The meeting was secret, but IT
was ascertained that Mrs. Tilton, who
was not present, was represented by
Ira ID. Wheeler and her brother, Joseph
Richards. They brought a letter from
Mrs. Tilton, containing a r~eitcrtation
of the charge of adultery against Mr..
Beecher and a statement that the con
fession published some time ago was
written by her, and that in taking that
action she thought she had done right.
She concluded by saying that she did
not want to have any further commu
nication with the committee. The
committee discussed the matter and
finally determined to drop her name
from the church roll.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-06-19

lr Is FusSY.-The Pittsburg Teie.
graph Is disposed to be sarcastic In this
way THE Pennsylvania Democrats
bitter In the extreme against tie
Fifteenth Amendment, and their State
Conventions resolved against It even
alter II had been adopted. Now they
are shouting everywhere for Africa.
Such a political revolution was never
known before" We'll, q revolutions
go backwards we will take in
Africa sure, in November, lot It seem
90 funny 70 our opponents.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-06-19

LOOK BEFORE You LEAp.-It is an
old saying that consistency is a jewell
worth looking for, and the Philadelphia
Record, in calling attention to matters
under consideration, remarks; "Such
Of the Decentralization people as op.
pose the election of both Dill and Hoyt
for Governor, on the alleged ground
that they are both friendly to corpora
tions, should look at home. Their can.
didate, Mr.. Mason, according to the
record of his county, is in the service,
professionally aud otherwise, OF the
following corporations Pennsylvania
Company Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and
Chicago Railroad Atlantic and Great
Western Railroad New Castle and
Franklin Railroad Mercer Mining and
Manufacturing Company Mercer Iron
and Coal Company jamestown and
Franklin Railroad S~henango and
Allegheny Railroad Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern Railroad. One Of
these companies being a chici stock
holder in the Standard Oil Company,
Mr.. Mason may be said to be allied
with the latter also. The Nationals
have not been fortunate in the selection
OF a gubernatorial candidate, 30 far as
the corporation argument is concerned.