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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-12-03

A SQUARE OFrsEr.--Tbo editor Of
the Butler Herald doubles 1t up in this
way: "Gen. Grant has signifed his
acceptance Of an invitation to visit
Harrisburg on December 10Th inst
As he will be the guest of Gov. Hoyt,
we suggest to the Governor to call an
extra session ofthe Legislature in order
to enable the Philadelphia roostcrs to
present him with cony of the cele.
brated reeoln,inn authorizing .ue APP
pointment Of ten Senators and fifteen
members Of the Housc to meet the
General at San Francisco in fitting
manner This would be eminently
proper"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-12-03

DEATH OF A SENAToR.-We see it
announced that Hon. Geo. d. jackson,
State Senator for the district composed
Of the counties of Lycoming, Colum.
bia, Montour and Sullivan, died at his
residence in Dushore, Sullivan county,
on Sunday, the 23d ult., OF dropsy of
the heart. He was one of those lively
and active Democratic politicians who
are always on top, no difference how
meanly he was assailed by the com.
mon enomy. His death causes va.
cancy that must be filled next Novem.
Der. As the district is largely Demo
cratic, no other candidates need apply.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-12-03
Tur Bloom rs Too TuIN,-Tbo re

The BLOOD is Too THIS.-The re.
turn Of the Grant family to this coun-
try puts snobs and robbers ION their
pins" and they, by working up the
case quito lively, have produced u
pretty good boom for the semi.royal-
lists. But after all, the blood that
flows in the veins of the Grant family
is no thicker than that of any other
Yankee, and is just as much bereft Of
royalty as that Of Hoosier or Buck
eye, and Grants hob.nobbing with
Emperors, Kings and Despots for the
past two years, at the expense OF the
United States Treasury, is certainly
outrage enough upon decency to sat.
isfy the most vulgar. The reader
should know that the Grant family
has made trip around the world in a
Government vessel, and their rations
found. Whoever heard of such boom
ing and feast before, at the expense of
the public
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-12-03

Nor So RED.-The death of Zach
Chandler, the "blood-ls..;Sg" Senator
from Michigan, obliterates about one.
half the "bloody.shirt" heretofore in
use. Hewas the bloodiest Radical in the
loyal flock, although he never shed a
drop of blood. He abhorred the smell
Of powder and the noise of muskets.
He was loyal monster in tho Senate
and abused JEFF. Davis awfully; but
he was too cowardly to cross the Po.
tomac. He did not even send substi.
tute, although he was redhot for q
vigorous prosecution of the war and
the hanging of rebels" Chandler
was No. l demagogue.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-12-03
DryII1snnrss.-Thnt Pinkston .Ienkl

DEvILIsHSEss.-That Pinkston jerks
organ, the Philadelphia Press, allows
its venom and falschoods to boil over
in this way; "Just now the bull.dozers
Of Louisiana are exceedingly anxious
for somebody to come down from the
North and sec how well they behave.
They would like TO have the opportu.
nifty OF holding up the escape Of a few
distinguished Northern speakers from
assassination rs a refntation OF the
charge that they kill such Of their po.
litical opponents as they cannot intim.
idate into silence" John Sherman a
Co. could 60 down there and stump
with as much safety as they had in
Ohio, provided they would keep out Of
the reach Of these two loyal bellies
Pinkston and Jenks.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-12-03

DAUPHIs COUNTY CouRTISG.-It is
the law OF the State (exceptin Dauphin
county, that only twenty-three mem.
bers shall constitute q grand jury, al
though twenty-iour are drawn and
summoned but if all appear, it is the
duty Of the Court TO discharge one of
them 80 as to make twelve majority
Of the body, q vote of which will be
sufficient to find true bill against
criminals. 1t is very remarkable that
Judge Pearson, who has been holding
Courts for thirty years, should com.
nit such an egregious blunder in the
bribery cases.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-12-03
GEoReE B. GooDLASpKR, Editor.



No man worthy the Office Of President should
be willing TO hold 1t II counted In, placed there
BY sey fraud. U. S. GRANT.
i oouid never have been reconciled to the ele-
vatias 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
hrAt Triumphant in American history. No sub
sequent action. however meritorious, can wash
away the letters Of that record.
CHARLES FRAScis ADAMS.
would rather have the endorsement Of quar-
tor Of 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 technicalty.
ei- THos. A. HEspRicKs.
Under the forms Of law, Rutherford d. Hayes
hes been declared President Of the United States
Hia title rtsu upon Acknowledgement Of lawful
votera, the false certificates Of the returning off,
osrs acting corruptly, and the decision Of a COM
misson which has refused to hear evidence Of al
legged fraud. For the first time are the American
people confronted with the fact Of fraudulently-
elected President. Let It not be understood that
the fraud will be silently acquieseed In by the
country. Let no hour pass In which the usurpa-
tion Ia forgotten.
ADDRESS or DEMocRArIc NJ. O.s.
One hundred years Of human depravity sccu-
mulated and concentrated into climax Of crime.
Never again In five hundred years shall they have
an opportunity to repeat the wrong.
DASIEL W. VooRHEEs.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-12-03

wnAr A wAIL.-Thc Philadelphia
Press weeps thusly; ain Mississippi IL
has become the settled policy Of the
Democratic party TO give homo offices
to the colored men, whom they can
thereby entrap into their party, and
to keep for themselves State and Ma.
tional Offices. In this way the colored
vote is to be attracted to the Demo.
cratic party Thus bribery is here.
alter TO take the place and do the work
Of 'bull-doEing- There is progress ia
this substitution Of the one crime for
tho asheH sipcs the former only cor.
rupts and does not kin, and, being less
brutal, is Less demoralising to society"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-12-03
THEEND
GRAHAM, HUNTERS AccoMPLioE IN THE
ARMSTRONG MURDER, SENTENCED TO
TWENTY YEARS HARD LABOR.


The Philadelphia Record, of the 25th
ut., says: After year and eight
months stay in the Camden jail, grow
ing fat upon unaccustomed daiDties,
Thomas Graham, the accomplice of
Benjamin Hunter in the murder Of
John NJ. Armstrong, was yesterday
sentenced by the Supreme Court ut
Trenton TO twenty years hard labor in
the New Jersey State Prison
Close upon the execution of Hunter,
on the 10th of last January, the case
of Graham was removed from the
hands of Prosecutor Richard S. Jenk-
ins, of Camden, for the reason that Mr..
Jenkins believed that Graham should
suffer capital punishment, while Chief
Justice Beasly, of the Supreme Court
OF the State, held to the view that
legal precedent bad laid down the rule
that where a prisoner had given i'm
portant evidence IN behalf of the State,
such as insured the conviction of the
principal, he was entitled to immunity.
Therefore Attorney General Stockton
assumed the prosecution of Graham on
behalf of the State and took the posi-
tion suggested by the Chief Justice.
This view was contested by Mr. Jenk-
ins, and at each session Of the Supreme
Court for the past year the case has
been called up but no final action
taken until yesterday.
Graham was taken to Trenton yes
terday by the Camden Sheriff, and, in
order TO avoid sensation, his arraign-
ment before Chief Justice Beasley was
quietly conducted, so as not to attract
u crowd, and no one but those directly
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-12-03


How IT WAS DoNE.-Tho Philadel-
|phia Times remarks: It's funny
thing that all of Blaine's hackers are
opposed to having the next Republican
National Convention held in Cincin.
natl. They are all firmly convinced
that Blaine would have been nominated
in 1876 had the Convention been held
anywhere else, but they are doubtless
mistaken. Blaine was defeated the
moment the Pennsylvania delegation,
q large majority of which was Tor him,
was gobbled up. What Blaine
wants next year is to make arrange
ments to be nominated without the
Pennsylvania delegation, for that dele
CATION never knows itself what is going
to be done with ii until the very last
moment
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-12-03

AN INouIsITIoN-We think that the
Greenbackers of Indiana county, thro'
their County Committee, have put on
a little too much style for Americans.
AT recent meeting OF that august
body, resolution was passed to the
effect that "Greenbackers should cease
patronizing newspapers opposed to our
cause" That is the way Bismarck
and the Gear of Russia treat public
journals in Europe but we never
dreamed that Americans were opposed
to "free press" since the war mobs
have become extinct, until this Indi-
ana movement developed itself. What
base imitators OF royalty
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-12-03

EJl Nfluo OF sundry writs OF len. Er., issued
ID out Of the Court Of Common Pleas Of Clear
held Co, and to me directed, there will be exposed
TO public sale, at the Court House, n the borough
of Clear6eld, on
"Wednesday, December 3ist. 1919,
At O'Clock, P. NJ, the following described real
estate, to witt
A certain lot Of ground situate in Houtl.
dale borough, Clearheld county, Pa, bounded
and described as follows Beginning at post
at the southeast corner Of Hannah street and
Pine alley, south 80 degrees and 30 minutes west
40 feet TO post 3S feet IRON oentre line Of the
Moshanaon Branch Railroad thence along said
railroad and sS feet from centre 2l feet, more or
less, to post thence north II degrees and 80
minutes east 404 feet to south side Of Hannah
street thence north 7si degrees west 20 feet
abong said south side Of Hannah street TO post
and place Of beginning, and known in the gen.
efal plan Of said borough as lot No. =, and hav-
ing thereon erected two-story frame house 20
by l5 feet, Seized taken In execution an N be
sold as the property Of W. ]. Sharbaugh.
Also, certain tract Of land situate ia Wood
ward twp, cleArfelI Co. Pa, bounded east by
lands Of P. A. Flynn, south by lands Of Jona.
Boynton, west by same, north by land Of lIurd
Richard and John lhilips containing b2u acres.
more or less, and having about 40 acres cleared
with a two.ttory frame house and log barn there.
on erected. Seized, taken in execution and TO
be sold as the property Of George and Caleb
churchman, Executors.
Also, certain tract Of land situate 10 Kart
haus tsWhship, Clearheld county. Pa, bounded
and described as follows; beginning Al hickory
corner witnessed uy hickory sappling and oak
stump thence south by other 'Ands Of Jas. Rice
about 30 perches to a pine marked for corner
thence west by said piece Of land aud land Of ].
Il. Gilliland, = perches TO line fJ.R. Gilliaud's
land; thence north by faid land about 80 perches
to line Of land Of Hiram Bumgardner thence
east by said land and land Of James Uzzei. per
ches 10 hickory aud place Of beginning, contain
ing 100 acres, 40 acres Of which s cleared, hav-
ing thereOa erected a frame house and log barn,
with young bearing orchard. Seized, taken 10
execution and to be ssld as the property Of John
d. Miehaels, with notice to Jaeob c. Michaels,
terie tenant
TERNs oP SALE.- The 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 At the ex-
pense and risk Of the person to whom it was
struck of, and who, in case Of deficiency at such
resale, shall make good the same, and In no
instance will the Deed be presented in Court for
conf frmation unless the money Is actually paid to
the Sheriff ANDREW PENTZ, Jr.,
SHERIFFs 0FFIcE, Sheriff.
oiearheld. Pa, Dec. 50, isf9.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-12-03

SOMEBODY ELSE TO BLAME The
Rev. J. A. Walter, Pastor of the Cath
olc church of st. Patrick in Washing.
ton City, has recently written a frank
and manly letter which appears in he
columns of the New York World, ties.
tifying to the humane and honorable
conduct of General Hancock in the
deplorablc case OF Mrs. Sarratt The
World IN its editorial reference to the
letter says, mot upon this brave soldier
and true conservative citizen rests the
stain of blood for the wicked murder
of that most unfortunate lady" In
peace as in war General Hancock has
loyalty done his duty at no matter
what cost to his own private feelings.
OF him as of the Iron Duke it may be
truly said "Whatever record leaps
TO light, he never shall be shamed."
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-12-03
PRESIDENTIAL THIEVES


The Caucasion aud tho greater por.
tion Of the African race domiciled in
the United States have learned that
Samuel j. Tilden, of New York, was
elected President of the States afore.
said in 1876, by majority of three.
quarters of million of votes but
through conspiracy concocted by II
number OF "Christian statesmen" like
John Sherman, and bcvy of harlots
headed by Eliza Pinkston (blacls) and
Mrs Jenks twhitc), Mr.. Tilden was
counted out and Mr. Hayes in. Toe
much cannot be said about this huge
fraud.
The New York World replied as fol.
lows to an inquiry regarding how Mr.
Hayes rewarded the men who were
concerned in stealing the Presidential
Office for him in 1876. The World says
Mr.. Hayes rewarded all the Repub.
licans concerned in the Electoral frauds
of Louisiana, South Carolina and Flor.
ida, and the salaries they draw from
the Federal Treasury amount to $780,.
900. In Louisiana tho four memb bers
OF the Returning Board were Wells,
Anderson, Kenner and Cassanave.
Wells was appointed Surveyor of tho
Port OF New Orleans Anderson, Dep
uty Collector; Kenner Deputy Naval
Officer; Cassanave, Store. Keeper OF
the Republican Electors counted in,
Kellogg was made Senator; Marks,
Collector Of Internal Revenue; Brew.
ster, Surveyor General Levisee, Spe-
cial Agent Of Internal Revenue and
Humphreys, Collector at Pensacola.
" Not less than fifty relatives of the
members Of the Returning Board have
places in the New Orleans Custom
House" said Cassanave, not long ago.
+" To illustrate, there is Anderson, Dep
uty Collector, salary $4,000; Ander.
sons son, Clerk, salary Sl,4O0; Ben.
Bloomfield, Anderson's sons father.in.
law, Auditor, $4,000 Geo. l.. Bloom
field, son OF Ben. and brother-in-law OF
Andcrson's son, Clerk, 81 200 r. Ma.
Till, friend of Anderson, salary s6l4
Louis Demarse, friend Of Anderson,
salary s2,500 William r. johnson,
friend of Anderson, $4,000; (Mr. SALES
has charge of the dead.hcad and sine.
cures roll which has drawn 81 500 to
SO, 900 for each month since Anderson
and Wells have controlled the New
Orleans Custom House, and this fact
must be well known to the Secretary
Of the Treasury; Louis o. Kenner,
Deputy Naval Officer, salary $1,000
a brother, Alex. Kenner, Clerk, 81 600
another brother, Dick Kenner, 5000
Wells is Surveyor of the Port at a sal
ary consisting OF fees upwards Of 49,.
900 bis son Alex. Wells. Deputy SUI
veyor, at salary OF $4,000 !; r. B.
Rodenson, son-in.law of Wells, salary
81, 500 S. S. Wells, son, salary 81 900,
and Others of the family connections. u
1t is not necessary to add anything to
Cassanaves statement concerning
Louisiana. In Florida and South Caro-
lima rewards were given, only a little
less freely. In fact, all who were con.
cerned in them, including the "Visiting
Statesmen" were rewarded. "Clerical
Error" St9ughton was made Minister
to Russia Noyes, Minister to France
Cessna, Postmaster Kasson, Minister
to Austria Wallace, Governor Of
Mexico, and so on down to the hum.
blcst positions.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-12-03

LEvELIso uP.-The Altoona Sun
man suggests that the distinguished
pagan, Robert G.. Ingersoll, and that
pink of orthodoxy, Rev. Joseph Cook,
enter into co.partnership as public
lecturers. The one believes there is
no hell and is for Grant and the third
term. The other is entirely positive
that there is a hell and personal
devil, and he is for Grant the third
term and "Ultimite America" This
labor of love on the part of the two
worthless mentioned should not be di.
yided.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-12-03

wASrs AN ExpLArArIos.--The edi.
tor Of the Springfield Mass Repubii-
can Is ashamed Of the roaring tole.
gram Governor Hoyt sent 10 the
Grant "boom" at Chicago. He rc.
marks; "The authenticity of the dis.
patch s guardedly denied BY . PhiIa-
delphia paper, but 1t would be just as
well for Governor Hoyt to say some.
thing. The Governor Of a sovereign
State has an inherent right 10 play the
fool, but this IL o nagrant case. in
which tho innocent people Of Penn.
sylvssis' suffer"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-12-03
TIE PATENT OrYIcE FnAup.-A


The PATENT OFPIoE FRAuD.-A co.
temporary says; The United States
Supreme Court has recently decided
that the trademark statute Of 1870 is
unconstitutional and hence of no effect.
THIS decision will have a serious effect
upon the Patent Office. 1t will make
it necessary to abolish the present
trade. mark decision of that bureau,
which has, since the law was passed,
acted upon some 5000 applications and
collected, in fees, moro than q quarter
of million OF dollars. All of this, as
it now appears, was uselss expendi.
ture, and those who paid the tees could
probably enforce claim to have
them refunded, so that, besides the loss
Of some forty thousand dollars annual
revenue, the Government may have to
pay pretty penny for the mistake Of
Congress. The only protection own.
ers Of trademarks now have is in the
common law and the rights secured by
State laws, since they are not protected
by Federal statute.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-12-03

"A substantial irregularity," is what
it is called now by a Dauphin county
Court, when a bribe- taking member Of
the Legislature is indicted by a panel
of tlrmtyJour grand jurors in that
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-12-03

Congress meets on Msnday next. This session
will probably last until next July unless the peo
pie become disgusted with the work cf the rebel
brigadiers and rise up In their might snd chase
the towards out Of the National Capitol. Car
wsnsriHe Times.
Such are the remarks made by an
editor of an organ who still shouts for
war, but failed either to shoulder a
musket or furnish a substitute while a
"rcbel bngadier" remained in the field.
How brave Longstreet cunning in
Georgia, and the other fellow away
west of the Allegheny mountains.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-12-03
A GOVERNME ENT FEUD.

The Chambersburg Spirit gives the
following inside information to the
public;
"For lack of information to the con.
trary we begin to think there is some.
thing of an intellectual row in progress
in tho White House. This may seem
a prcposterous statement, considering
that there is hardly enough intellect
there to raise quarrel, but il has a
show Of truth about ii. We imagine
that Mr.. Hayes in his forthcoming
message wishes to express his grati6ca.
tion with bis visits TO the county fairs
and in this connection insists upon re-
ierring TO that valuable and inestima-
Bile farm product, the pumpkin, by its
common and course name. Mr.. Evarts,
naturally enough, refuses to agree To
this, urging casual allusion to 1t as
the Cucurbita pepo. To this Mr.. Hayes
peremptorily dissents saying in exten.
uation that he wants his own family
(who, he holds, are about the only
persons that will read the State docu.
ment) to know what he is talking
about without consulting lexicon. II
grieves us to imagine this divergence
of intellect We make bold TO suggest
that grounds for u compromise might
be made by the friends OF Mr.. Evarts
insisting that the vegetable be called
pompion, which name would not, we
believe, be inconsonant with Noah
Webster's views. 1t will be seen that
this would partially redeem the ugli.
ness of the broad noun,pumpkin, as used
by MIR. Hayes, and at the same time
make clearer the very pretty but some.
what lengthy titleurgedby Mr.. Evarts.
At any rate it will be blushing
shame if this disagreement should pre-.
vent any allusion to the beauty and
utility Of county fairs in the message
for which the people are 50 hungrily
impatient"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-12-03

CONGRESS IN SEssIoN.-This body
met at Washington on Monday last,
and, having organized in April last, but
little time was lost until both Houses
were ready for business. Mrs. jerks
man, Hayes, the countcd-in, delivered
his Message about one o'clock, dilating
principally on Civil Service Reform, a
feature that not a single member OF
the Cabinet, or the de facto himself, has
practiced the year past.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-12-03

ROMANTIC "ToM."-The Pittsburgh
Telegraph says: Thomas NJ. Marshall
is reported as saying rnat the Demo
Gratis have four men as available can.
didates Tor the Presidency, while at
this moment the Republicans seem to
have none. What he means sis, they have
so many that they do not know which
one to select, being in the situation Of
the lover who could be happy with
any, were the other dear charmers
away.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-12-03

LovELY.-What splendid bill Of
costs tho Commonwealth was com.
PEELED to pay for witnesses and attor-
neys at Harrisburg last week, in the
Legislative bribers cases, because an
extra grand juror was smuggled into
the box "unbeknown" 10 the Judge and
District Attorney. Either tho officers
OF that State Capital Court are very
stupid, or the other fellows are mighty
sharp.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-12-03

The RIoHT MAN.-Tbat third.term
Democratic Prothonotary Of Radical
Blair county paid our town visit
last week. Jim Stewart is mighty
clever fellow, and ono Of the best Pro.
tbonotaries in the State. Hence be
gets away with the RAIDS every time
over in Blair. He is emphatically the
right man in the right place. We are
for Jim for n fourth term, much as We
are opposed TO Grant for n third ,srn.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-12-03

NEW RuLEs.-Tho Washington Post
remarks: "No more important work
has been attempted in recent years by
any committee Of Congress than the
revision Of House rules, now nearly
completed. When the House shall
have adopted tho report Of the com.
mittee It will inaugurate new era, in
which it's proceedings may have the
Of order and decency at all
tines
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-12-03

QUEER JeKEs-"The Government
family rcvcls in Civil Service. 1t is
tho biggest piece in the Message. We
shall not be surprised to sec the whole
Hayes family, members Of the Cabinet
and Plenipotentiary, on the stump next
year, all shouting Civil Service Re.
form. 1t seems that colleges and
schools don't cure fools.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-12-03

SPANS NEw QuEEN.-Alfonso XII,
King of Spain, was married at Madrid
on the 29th ult., to hssister in.law, the
Archduchess Marie Christine, of Aus.
tria' The Spanish Capitol "boomed"
for twcnty-four hours because of this
bloodcd alliance. This marriage may
be termed Spanisb-Austri alliance,
and bodies no good to Bismarck and
his German dominions.