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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-01-29
A BIG BLAZE.

New York had bad fire on Friday,
the 18th. The loss amounts to millions.
II occurred in the centre Of the whole.
sale dry goods portion of the city,
bounded by Broadway, Worth, Church
and Thomas streets, destroying tour
massive iron buildings.
The start was in the third floor OF
Nos. 62 and Ga Worth street, occupied
BY Neuss, Hesslein 4 Co., linen dealers.
The alarm was promptly given. The
buildings from Church street TO Broad
way have massive iron fronts, but the
girders and floors are Georgia pine,
and there are no partition walls be.
tween Worth and Thomas streets.
The fire ran through the building
with frightiul rapidity and the flames
were quickly seen in Thomas sti Get.
The pitch-pinc floors and girders threw
ont an intense heat. The sky was
overcast and the damp atmosphere
threw reflection upon the clouds that
lighted the lower portion OF tho city.
BY nine O'Clock the light was so bril-.
liant You could sec to pick up pin on
many OF tho down town streets. Goals
Of fire rained upon the blocks toward
the Battery ard hissed in the snow
banks in the City Hall Park. The
bright light illuminated the church
stecples and shot towers, and brought
out In startling reliei the massive piles
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-01-29

The EAGLE EYED.-A cotemporary
remarks; "While Mr.. Hayes keeps biz
eyes Ohio.ward for available timber
for Federal Offices Secretary Sherman
casts bis eagle eye over the Pelican
State to see Il he has missed any Re
publican in the distribution of his
official favors. His latest pickup is
the dusky Pinchback, whom ho has
made a special agent of his Depart
ment A year or two since nothing
less than Q United States Scnatorship
would satisfy the aspirations of Pinch.
His acceptance Of q special agency is
an indication that under the new
regime in Louisiana the Republicans
who waxed fat under Kellogg are hav.
ing a hard time Of 1t and are now
ready to gladly accept almost any.
thing in the way Of Fedora! susten.
ance."
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-01-29

A MODEST REQUEST. I've no tice by
the Legislative proceedings, that Mr..
Doyle, one Of the members in the
House from Huntingdon, has intro
duced q bill appropriating sir hundred
thousand dollars (s60O,00O) TOWARD
building the new Penitentiary at that
place. This might have passed current
when there was a balance Of two mil
lions Of dollars in the State Treasury,
but now when that establishment is
short about that amount, 1t is pretty
cheeky, However therc is consider.
able virtue in asking for what you
want. Too much modesty on that
point Is oflcn fatal. Huntingdon Ia
full Of the former talent.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-01-29
UNITED STATES MARSH4LS
AND ELECTIONS.


A remarkable array Of figures, pur-
porting 10 show the number Of United
States Deputy Marshals used BY Attor-
ney General TaN, in carrying the elec-
tion Of 1876 for the Republicans, is
printed in some Of the papers. II is
said that, by the Attorney Generals
own report, il appears that twelve
thousand five hundred and seventy
nine persous were employed in this
work. Their apportionment would
seem to have been on simple basis OF
partisan necessities, and without any
regard whatever tc cost, legality or
propriety. In South Carolina there
were nearly four hundred on duty at
seventeen precincts in Louisiana, sew
enteen hundred for one hundred and
twenty precincts; in Virginia, two
hundred and Ave for thirty.6vo pre-
cincts; in Delaware, one hundred and
thirty-fve for ten precincts in Mary
land, twelve hundred and twenty-five
for one hundred and fifteen precircts
and so on, the doubtful States having
required the most looking after.
There is no doubt, remarks the Pbila
delphia Times on this subject, OF the
great prostitution Of this branch of the
public service to partisan ends during
General Grants administration, and
even since. The House Of Reprceen-
tatives is quite right in wishing to have
bill OF particulars, and despite Gen
eral Garfeld's inexplicable objection il
----t. - L~..4, :. Tf -, -s;-~- t;---ii- -
are thus fastened upon the government,
with the view of influencing the peo-
pie in the choice of their rulers, 1t is
simple justice that the people should
know exactly who they are, exactly
what they have done, and exactly
what the services cost the country.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-01-29
GEoReE B. GooDLAspER. Editor.
MAxIMs FoR IHE DAY.

No man worthy the Office Of President should
be willing to hold 1t II counted in or placed there
by auy fraud. u. s. ehAsr;
could never have been reconciled TO the ele-
vatian by the smallest aid Of mine Of person,
however respectable 10 private life, who must
forever carry upon his brow the stamp OF fraud
6rst triumphant In American history. No sub
Bequent action, however meritorious, can wash
away the letters Of that record.
CHARLES Francis ADAMS.
I would rather have the endorsement Of q quar-
ter Of million Of the American people than that
Of the Louisiana Returning Board. or Of the Com.
mission shich excluded the facts and decided
the question on teohnicality.
THos. A. HEEpRicKs.
Under The forms Of law, Rutherford d. Hayel
has been declared President Of the United States
His title rests upon Acknowledgement Of iawfu
voters, the false certificates Of the returning ON
GERS acting coruptly, and tho decision Of com
mission which has refused to hear evidence Of al
legged fraud. For the first time are the American
people unfronted with tho fact Of q fraudulently
elected President. Let Il not be Understood thai
the fraud will be silently aequieseed In by th'
country. Let no hour pass in which The usurpa
tian is fnrvnsten. -.
One hundred years Of human derravity accu
mulated aud concentrated into \ climax Of crime
Never again In Eve hundred years shall they hav'
an opportunity to repeat the wrong.
DANIEL w. VOORHEES,.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-01-29
DISC listed WITH THE
USURPER.


The Radicals might as well have
been honest and allowed Tilden, the
rightfully elected President, to have
taknn his eaat, thsi -tvtorr has
proved TO them most deusive one,
Hayes has not come up TO their OK.
pectations and many of the leaders of
his party hate him intensely. No one
moro so than Senator Conkling, who
only the other day assailed the usurpcr
in secret session of the Senate, in
the most violent and abusive lau.
guage. So fierccly and disrespectiully
indeed, us to compel tho President of
the Senate, Wheeler, TO call the former
TO order as speaking disrespectfnlly of
the President OF the United States"
Conkling rejoined by stating that be
was speaking OF Mr.. Hayes" Thus
indirectly admitting that he had no
confidence in Hayes title. The ami
mus of the attack on Hayes by the
New York Senator comes from the
turning of Conkling's friends out of
the New York Custom house and the
appointing in place, friends OF the
administration. Arthur, Conklng's
friend, is charged with malieasancc in
office by the administration. The fight
is a bitter one and promises to continue
and spread.
To give faint idea OF how low the
Hayes administration has fallen among
those who sunk their souls IN guilt to
achieve his usurpation OF the Presi.
dental Office, we quote the following
from Radical journal: Speaking Of
Conkling's election as Senator by the
New York Legislature, il says:
"The Hayes Administration, il il
ever had any power in New York
State certainly has none now. There
were few Republicans elected to the
Legislature as Administration men,
but they have either become disgusted
with their platform, or else, seeing the
overwhelming nature Of the torrent
against them, concluded TO float with
It, Fordays the Administration organs
throughout the country have been as.
sailing Conkllng Tor his magnificent
reply TO the attack made upon him by
Hayes and Sherman, in the matter OF
the New York Custom House nomina.
tions, aud rumors have been circulated
from Administration sources of the
powerful combination that was form.
ing TO defeat his reelection US Senator.
= The result means un-
qualified ccnsure Of the Admnistra.
ton for its unbceoming Interference ia
tho sovereign right Of the representa-,
tives OF State tG select a Senator,
and it is moral victory for Conkling
FAR greater than ever ho has achieved
in debate"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-01-29

Is A BAD FIx.--The Washington
Republican complains that it can't get
information Of q political character
from the South free from Democratic
taint This is very sad. 1t is only,
we presume, where an intelligent ne.
gro thief like Swails or Lee fights his
way through TO the city OF Washing
ton that the keepers of the covenant
in the Capital can get correct idea
of the nature Of events transpiring in
the barbarous districts of the South.
The Department OF Justice should or.
ganize a system Of gathering political
news and forwarding it to the wise
men in Washington, somewhat after
the plan adopted by Huntington in re-
cording the fury with which he is lay.
ing down the track Of the Southern
Pacific Railroad.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-01-29

DEAD.-Geo. S. billiard, one of the
legal and literary lights Of the nation,
died at Longwood, Mass, on the 2lst,
aged 70 years. lie was an editor,
orator, lawyer and frequent contribu.
tor to reviews. Mr.. Hilliard was in
early life the law partner OF Charles
Sumner, and was in those days consid.
cred Mr.. Summers equal in scholarship
and his superior in forensic ability. 1t
was common saying in Boston abou
tho time Mr.. Sumner began taking a
prominent part in the anti slavery
struggle, that Sumner was man who
had given up brilliant social position
for his principles, and that Hilliard had
given up a brilliant political career for
society, But unfortunate expressions
and bad luck in getting on the losing
side, failed to mako his future what
his earlier days gave promise OF.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-01-29
A CONDENSED CATALOG UE OF
THE GRANT BUMMER.S.

Rohert Too,,hs n, old Viii. la.1..
If Gnors;a an mn renons, ,,rn,a5 aDo .ansI
who bre",onad liz, o"r'aus''u ,,na,. 49,. ,epe' ~
nawsnoners se;d, 10 o.,i' ', ,ha .op aSo ~ H
slavel pndcr ~, shadow -, ~ pnn,"' ~ n's
All, ,nonnra,, ~ na'n on1o" Ia. y, DunAei :
Gran,'s nnn,na,;a, Is e. s' ,La H. p'; u'yoa.o "
iJanan""n Ean,n ~ ~. Wv ~ oe,So"0y "
oe ,ba 7Tni,ad S. g. III L.. - '"o ,ena.o w
,hrea,onod ~ "a Iohn y la Ie' ~
,;s;,ad Mias;os;nns - i - sonn a. 49,, ia'e, u ~
,ho Pad;naI Irp5 napi 70 :; ~" ,',;ai .de 'eauei VI
II q Snnar;n,an3on, a, 90 20" NV %
M oslpsna VI WV """' ~
Woshy ,ha ,,na..;u. -. g..
hind hn,hos "a 49, .to, vi rrn, I'm "
dies in ,ha hacL ond ,'u.',' % ~ SUI.
kn,nsocss "a l'adar ' 'I, ,Le pl, aue',
nnriv ,n Vir.,;r;a d '.a .,''
pesn an,,o;n,s'd - ""N n"s ,'o1n',S
CnnsniIhin j., y ,oro;'', ~ 'uU,a..so '",,.' v o.
Jobn Ipaan ,Sho 3ans,'na'5 uUu n..
l.ss,ar h;s finio,a,'.a'L 80 aI"oyy' ,",.' pouse
"'' S"'on sPooo.i ~ Nn'cago, al
'no commencement oil the rebellion,
ana VINO IN u puolic speech said before
any OF Lincoln's hirelings should go
TO hght the South they should march
over bis dead body, Is now the leader
OF the Radical party in Illinois, and
WIN probably be elected its Senator in
Congress in few days
va simon Cameron, who was kick
Ad mn 81 k.sI H..
Gu ou. OF tne democratic party for his
eorrupuon' ana whom Gen. jackson
denounced as traitor IN 1855, is the
ieauer OF the Radicals OF Pennsylvania.
ueneral Longstreet who during his
INVASION OF Pennsylvania, as com
mander OF division of the army Of
General Lee, spread hre and ruin all
around ana along his march is the
'earer oil the Radicals OF Alabama.
ihese ana ten thousand Others like
,nese, are the men who now have
urant IN training amidst the monarch.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-01-29

PRETTY DEEp SSow.-The Erie Her
aid tells II in this way; During The
late storm some Of the railroads wer,
badly blocked, and reports come to us
of snow drifts twenty feet deep, but
the following account that transpircd
on the Chautauqua Lake railroad, the
worthy mail agent, Hubbard, is re
sponsible for. He says that they gol
stuck in drift near Mayville, and the
wind and snow was hlowing fearfnlly
rue couuuclor walked back to the
station and telegraphed for the track
hands TO come and shovel them out
and while they were waiting, he and
a number of the passengers went oui
to a farm house to got something to
eat. They returned alter an hour oil
two, but the tram was nowhere TO be
seen, and be concluded that il had
either gone or driitcd out of sight, and
in wading around he fell into the
smokestack. Next
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-01-29

PESSsYLv4NIA's WAY.-The Bed
ford Gazette, in alluding to the Sena-
torial affairs, says; pennsylvania is
the second State in tho Union, 80 far
as population is concerned, and in
many respects she is far ahead of her
sisters who form the compact Of States.
Holding such an exalted position she
should be represented in the high
councils Of the nation by men of the
most noted ability. Other States see
to it that this is done. While New
York sends Conkling and o Herman,
Delaware Bayard, Ohio Thurman,
Maine q Blaine, Indiana Voorhees,,
South Carolina a Hampton, Pennsyl.
vania, the greatest of them oil, sends q
Cameron, because hO 10 the son of his
father
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-01-29
GOV. HAMPTONS DREAM.

The editor of the Columbia IS. C.)
Register, in the course Of most inter.
esting account Of visit to Gov. Hamp.
ton, whom he found greatly improved
in strength and steadily recovering
s------ 49, s~.v.~- uiais viirvugh iIfcn
he has recently passed, tells a striking
story Of dream which the Governor
had al the crisis OF his case, and tells il in
the Governors own words. The yisi.
tor, about to take bis leave, said to the
Governor AT least in all your serious
illness you had the devoted love Of
your people"
r"Ah, yes, sir" was the hearty, deep
toned reply, "never man more. ! be.
lieve, as confidently as | do live, that
prayers of the people saved my life. |
will tell you why feel and believe il
so firmly. While was lying here at
the point of death, and had become ut,
terly Indifferent whether lived or
died, ! got letter from an old Meth
odist preacher, one of my friends. He
wrote me word informing me of the
deep and devout petitions put up in be-
half Of my restoration by the Methodist
Conference then in session at Newber-
ry. He then urged upon me to exer-
else my will to live in response to the
snpplication of th, people of the whole
State, who were praying for me night
and day in every household in the
State. My sister, who had trembling.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-01-29
BECOMING TOO COSTL Y.

The pomp and display of inaugural
ing Governor IN Pennsylvania, thes,
latter days, is becoming entirely toe
expensive to the taxpayers TO be orna
mental. A contemporary on this point
well remarks
"The joint resolution introduced by
Senator Ermentrout Dem. to limit
the expense Of the inauguration OF
Governor Hoyt 10 ono thousand dol.
lars has been referred, and that we
have good reasons for beliving will be
the last heard of it. The wisdom of
this resolution will be best understood
by reference to the costs incurred al
previous inaugurations. When Gov.
ernor Packer [Dem. was inaugprated
the cost was but few hundred dollars,
but since that day the ceremony has
been accompanied with ever increas.
ing extravagance, until We come down
TO the present incumbent, whose in.
stallation cost nearly twenty times as
much as the more primitive one OF the
last Democratic Governor. That our
readers may grasp the situation at a
glance, we append the expenses in
CURED during the period from 1858 to
1876
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-01-29
A NOVEL CAMPAIGN.


The district that the lato Gustav
Schleicher, represented in Congress
was the largest in the country 1t
took in the whole southwestern part
of Texas, from the Mexican frontier
half way across the State away be.
You'd San Antonio. Delaware, Rhode
Island and New Jersey could have
been packed away in il without cover
ing all the ground. To hold u conven.
lion in that district was not the work
OF day or week. When the con.
vention was called in 1874 there were
two candidates in the field whose
strength was about equal The con.
ventiOn was called TO meet at Browns.
vile, and there were about l25 dele.
gates. The party iron San Antonio
expected siege, and made prerara.
tlons. They hired good cook, lald in
Two or three wagon loads OF supplies,
the principal items being ton OF ice
and Two barrels Of whisky, and started.
1t was almost two weeks journey,
and they took ii leisurcly. On arriv.
ing ut Brownsville they pitched their
tent, unlimbered the barrels Of whisky,
and then were ready for the fight.
Day after day the ballolng went on,
always with tho same result, and the
end apparently as far off us ever.
Finally the ice began to grow beauti.
fully less, and even the whisky was
low in the barrel With the dissipa.
tiop Of the ice and the failure OF the
whisky II was evident that something
must be done. The thirtieth day OF
the convention was approaching, when
an old stage driver got up and, after
eulogizing the two candidates, said
that he wanted to make suggestion.
There was one man who knew the
whole State of Texas. 1t was big
State, and there was only one man
who had tramped al over il. That
man was Gus Schleicher. He knew
every foot Of it as a surveyor Besides
that, he was an honest man and one
whom all the boys could trust. Ho
did not want to say anything, but on
the next ballot he should give his vote
for Schleicher. No one had thought
OF il. hni the effect was alenirioai
The voting had hardly began when
the end was plain, and one of the can
didates withdrew his name. Schleicher
was nominated and the nomination
made unanimous, No'onc was more
surprised than he. He was specchlcss,
and when they called upon him be
could not say q word. He had never
thought Of the office as one that he
could aspire to, for the competition
was bitter and between two popular
and able lawyers. He attempted TO
say something, but burst out into tears
and sat down. The boys gave him
another round Of cheers, and from
that day to this not u man in that
convention ever regretted the vote
that he gave World.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-01-29

lRRioArioS.-A plan is now being
discussed by English engineers, by
which not only the water Of the Nao.
but the silt--of which tho greater por.
ton is now wastclully deposited in the
Mediterranean Sea-may he turned Ia
good account as u fertilizer of the de.
serts of Nubia, Libya, and tho Soudan,
10 this end is proposed the constrac.
ton OF system of engineering works
by which portion OF the Mic 1ooa
water, with its annual burden Of soil
robbed from the fertile slopes Of the
Abysslnian plateaux, shall be diverted
into these deserts, where II may depos-
II its rich sediment on the sands, and
also iriigate them. This, II is thought.
can be accomplished by the erection OF
suitable dams and slulces at different
points of the Nile, which structures
would also greatly improve the nayiga-
ton Of the river,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-01-29
"FUSS AND FEA THERs."
The philadelphla Commonwealth oc

The Philadelphia Commonwealth oc.
.easipnslly ss,s q sos-Ssse-Ns .s,ial q
tho general reader, when the views en-
pressed do uot conflict with tho inter
ests OF Jaytiould This i tho last
good thing Tho editor says
"Tho 2lst.of January, 1879, was o
memorable day in Harrisburg.
"'The inaugural ceremonies We're a
political jubilee for the men hogloricd
in the fact that the ballot box spoke
the influence Of money and corruption
"lnstead of the plain simple cere
mony oe iadrcSpg s.chice Executive
into Office in Pennsylvania, such Ger
emony as BELTS the unostentatloui
form Of our Democratic philosophy il
government, such u ceremony as jeff
crson dictated when he was mad'
President of the United States, w
read of professions, and military, sol
diers, and clubs, aids, Generals ant
Colonels without number, and attempts
to vie with the pomp which attends
the coronation of a king.
"All this is anti.Democratic, utterly
at variance with the plain plan OF oul
government, aud u departure from thu
precedents OF the early and best day o
the republic.
THE only rcdceming feature in thu
whole thing was the strong contras
between !, and the speech OF Governoi
Hoyt.
"The tendency Of this fuss ant
...-s.'o.s v'' Suss' os's.--'s.'- a, ~ s.'"n
/ both injurious and unfortunate
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-01-29

IRIS CosISG.-The European plan
OF forced education has appeared in the
House at Harrisburg. Mir. Fulton, one
OF the Radical members from Indiana
county, presented in the House at Har.
risburg, on Monday the goth, an act
compelling children to attend school,
and providing punishment for those
who fail to comply with the require
ments of the act. The subject Of CON-
r-i---y -i-.-.;~-, -. -I--. wLsSL
there is diversity of opinion among
all classes of persons. Our opinion is
that we had better try and do without
encumbering our form of Government
with any European attachment, be.
cause if we adopt one phase of Despot.
ism we will soon be called upon to add
another, and in this way, in q very
short time find the Republic demolished
and Royal form Of government insti.
tuted. Something Of that kind would
just be in Grants fist after be returns
from his four years European tour and
Education.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-01-29
SENsELEss PROPOSITIONS.

Just previous TO the aection Of U. s.
SsES.eg q low Democratic .ioaroals,
headed by the Pittsburgh Post, advis-
ed the Democratic sesator' and mem
bers Of the House to adopt Judge
Agnow as their candidate, and cast
their ballots for him. The Warren
Ledger, went SO far out Of its Demo
cratic way, as 10 censure Senator Wal
lace, for being unwilling to play the
political hsrlos and calls him TO an ac-
count In this way -
alt is uudersiood that Senator Wallace Is op-
posed 10 the anios Of the Democrats with the
areenbaekers and disafiected Republicans in the
election OF United States Senator. Does he de-
sire tho election Of Don Cameron II Senator
Wallace wishes the defeat Of the Cameron ring In
the State, his first step should be 10 take meas
urea that way. II he councils the Democrats
to put up a Democratic candidate, I, must mean
that be prefers Don Cameron to Judge Agnsw for
United States Senator"
We never saw . more senseless pro-
position made by n sensible man. The
newspaper editor-Democrat or Radi'
cal-who did not know as early as the
first day of December, that Senator
Cameron would be reelected, had bet
ter look out for some other calling, OF
conceal his ignorance in the future
Again, the Democrat who advised this
piece of dirty work is not dealing
honestly with his party friends. We
are pleased TO know that every Sena
/ s-- a.,d Mar~ha- ~I~...~1 ~ IT,
suggested by Senator Wallace and hit
friends, and voted straight for Con
gresham Clymer. The Agnew Dem.
ocrats have the floor lot us hear from
them.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-01-29

"A SEVERE OPESISo.-If the winter
continues as it has begun it will be ono
of the most remarkable in history
The two storms which have already
occurred are almost unparalleled in OK
tent and severity, reaching not only
over all North America cast Of the
Rocky mountains, but all Europe and
Asia. The fall Of snow oyer large
areas has been remarkable, and the
present extreme has been rarely
cqualed in prevalence over a vast scope
Of country and extreme severity.