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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-01-07
THE NICARAG VA SHIP CANAL,

There are evidences that public in.
terest in tho pronosed inter. oceanic
shin canal is increasing steadily. The
commerce of the world, and of this
country especially. demands II. To
Earopean nations the new avenue for
trade would be a great convenience ;
to tho United States il is rapidly be
coming necessity. The proper do.
velopment OF our Pacific coast depends
upon the opening up of more direct
communication with it by water than
the long and dangerous route via Cape
Horn. We have an eyerincreasing
interest in Western seas, and we should
be in n position TO reach them with
speed and safety whenever necessity
or policy requires the presence of our
vessels in the waters of the Pacific
For tho accommodation Of our com.
merce for the DEVELOPMENT of our
Western country. and for The protec-
tion of our interests on the Pacific
coast. the early construction of this
canal has become matter of the first
importance from a National point OF
view
The battle of the routes has beer
fought and the result is decisive. The
Panama canal wa have practically
abandoned IL presents encineering
obstacles which would render lis con,
strnotion exceedinolv costly and its
,,,a;otaaoroo ,no,,sr "a ,,raa, aim
nni,u [ "a oon,;nnaiovnonso A,tonnts
havo haon mada 70 ;nsti,n,o a comnari'
son hotween tbe Sney canal and the
nronnsed T Panama can.l anS IN show
KAT tbe snccess Of the former proves
the seas;hiI;,v of tha Ia,ter Rnt there
IL no naralIeI he, ween tho two There
was M oreot dif,icnItv in constrncting
canal tbronoh The low sandy istbmus
which rn;tes A ain and Africa there
IA no hoavv rainfall there 40 dIift tbe
sands INTO ,he channel and s,on trafic
Pn,at panama tho country rises N a
considerable height midway between
M ,wo oceans involving either OK.
ceedinglv heavy excavations a series
of locks or t1nnelinc ON A gigantic
scale Of these the frat and last are
imnractieable owing 10 the enormous
ontlav which thew wonld involve
G'ocrs wonld he feasible n a steady
srnnlv Of water could be nrocpred AZ
tha tsS3mm;, Bnt the Cbagres river is
freoncntIv reduced 10 n riynlet in dry
reatber. and is sometimes suddenly
converted into a formidable torrent by
the delugipr rain storms of the tropics.
The droughts would render navigation
impossible at times by cutting off the
water supply. while the rains would
carry soil and driftwood into the chan.
mel IN such quantities as to obstruct
traffic. The Panama canal project,
therefore. NAV be regarded as a dream
never TO be realized.
The Nicaragua route is the only one
left. The best engineers of all coun.
tries pronounce it the channel designed
by nature to be the highway OF com
merce between the two oceans. Lake
Nicaragua will furnish an inexhausti-
bic supply of water and. at the same
time. form an important part of the
canal The work presents no serious
engineering difficulties, and most i'm
portant of all, it can be built at such
cost as will make IL commercial sue.
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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-01-07

for square up and down dinner they
insist upon the best. AS to recon.
mendations, Augustus, q cattle-man
always insists upon twenty one signers,
and these must give the date of their
births, their pedigrees, their favorite
proiane expressions, and a Sunday
School certificate giving the number
of men they have killed. (Chinamen
and Indians don't COUNT.
In relation TO your questions,
Augustus, the cattle-men of this coun-
try will vic with each other to obtain
your services, so have no fear on that
score. As TO salary, cowboys, or
"herdors," as you call thcm, are paid
a thousand dollars a month, and fur
nished with two servants and car
riage and four. Payments are gener-
ally made hourly, but if you particu
larly desire them TO be made monthly,
there will be 10 difficulty about ar
ranging il. Should your employer
"klcx" at all, yoa can easily shoot
him.
Cowboys are never hired by the
month-their position is for life. As
TO boarding, Augustus, large hotels,
fitted up with elevators and all modern
improvements, are erected at con-
venicnt distances on the plains for the
entertainment and convenience OF the
"herders,' and plenty OF ponies await
a "herder's" order though etiquette
and custom call for the use OF camcls
and giraffes as saddle animals. In the
way OF weapons, four gatling guns,
eleven howitzers and car load OF
torpedoes are invariably furnished, but
if you particularly desire IL additional
arms will bc gladly obtained Tor your
use.
The Indians are numerous, Augustus
very numerous, but the cattle man.
age TO hook enough of them and pile
them to one side, so as 70 get at the
grass. SO many Indians have bad
effect on raising crops. as sprouting
grain can rarely find crevice through
which TO shoot towards the sun. The
oc''or way 's W piano yeur seeu oe,
.woen ,. .no ou'sprcau 'oes "a 'no % reu
as'ns ~ Vi W 'aN' a' aAo anu ", o'oar away
tno .nousanus or nioro 'nae may en' %
cumper an acre lnese are not iriehuly
-'nese ihuiahs-ahu someno" tney
seen, ~ naye strange nanHellng s..i aiter @
goou ,itllo Joys anu iresn l.tl'e cnaPs
llIn r,i Lancaster .s'. county. ,,,'. nyu may pe
aolo W oreaA 'no"i oi 'h's iiA'ng' now
ever
AS 70 wllu peasts, augustus, inc
country Is iuil Vi lnen, rrooapiy tne
'nose dangerous arc eiepnants, wnales,
sea serPenes anu purres' put .ne gray
.a. vacAs arc n u Wnu anu nerce species
.na1 may won % lnahe " ,r ,pah hear. '
.ren,ple nD anu anu pnip'1Ae' fhe herus ale
10. lar IRON ron Gehvei, % IN iace sne mos. s
u tnc ca''ie' . INDIANS, anu wliu l pcaS's
are pas'ureu on h"rin'er anu Lawrence
streets
loucning 'ne Recommendation Au-
gustus, tnat you uesire written OUT
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-01-07

EDUCATION Every boy should have
his head, his heart and his hand edu.
Gated. Let this truth never be forgot
ten. By the proper education of the
head, he will be taught what is good
and what is evil, what is wise and
what Is foolish, what is right and what
is wrong. By tho proper education of
the heart, hc will bc taught to love
what is good, wise and right, and to
hate what is evil, foolish and wrong.
And by proper education of the hand,
he will be enabled to supply his wants,
to add TO his comforts, and assist those
around him. The highest objects of q
good education are, TO reverence and
obey God, and to love and serve man.
kind. Everything that helps us in
attaining these objects is Of great
value, and everything that hindeis us
is comparatively worthless. When
wisdom reigns in the head, and love in
the heart, the man is ever ready TO do
good order and peace reign around,
and sin and sorrow arc almost un.
known.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-01-07
DEAD LETTER OFFICE CuRIosTIEs,-

DEAD LETTER OFFICE CURIosTTIEs.--
The postoilice Department has issued q
catalogue of nearly 10000 separate
dots" Of articles accumulated in the
dead letter office, which are to be sold
at auction in Washington. The vari-
ous schedules advertise about as hetoro.
geneous a collection as II is possible to
imagine. Among the articles 80 care
lessly mailed that no clue can be dis.
covered TO their owncrships are gold
watches, chains and rings and jcwelry
OF almost oil kinds; every description
Of wearing apparel, from mems overalls
to ladies' socks books and pictures by
the thousands, musical instruments,
clocks, bed quilts, buffalo robes, pistols,
knives, tin dishes, nails and hardware
of almost all descriptions, (including
iron castings Tor machinery, perfum-
cry, tobacco and cigars, cheese mot OK.
cepting Limburger variety, and al
most all other sorts Of ordinary shoT
merchandise, besides "miscellaneous
articles" less susceptible Of classiiica
ton, which range from artificial tooth
and false hair to stuffed birds and
geological specimens.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-01-07


TRAVELLING SroNEs.--The Virginia
City Enterprise publishes the following:
Many of our readers have doubtless
heard of the famous travelling stones
of Australia. Similar curiosities have
recently been found In Nevada, which
are described asalmost perfectly round,
the majority of them as large as a
walnut, and OF MI irony nature. When
distributed about upon the table, OF
other level surface, they Immediately
begin travelling toward a common cen
tire, and there lic huddled up IN 0
bunch like a lot Of eggs in nest A
single stone removed TO distance oi
three and onc.half feet, upon being re
leased, at once started of, with wond
erinl and somewhat comical celebrity
TO join its fellows taken away four oi
FIVE feet il remained motionless. Tn,
cause Of these stones rolling together
is doubtless found in the material o
which they are composed, which ap
pears TO be loadstonc or magnetic iror
ore
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-01-07

A sad misfortune lately bcfsll q New
Orleans judge. 1t is related Of him
that, as he was riding in the cars, from
single glance at the countenanco of
a lady at his side, he imagined that ho
knew her, and ventured TO remark
that the day was pleasant. She only
answered "Ycs.' aWhy do you wear
a veil ?" "best attract gentl emen.
at is the providence Of gent lemen TO
admire" replied the gallant man Of
law. "Not when they are married.
"But | am notp '1ndecd y "Oh,
no; I'm a bachelor" The lady quietly
removed her veil, disclosing to the
astcnished magistrate the face of his
mother.inIaw
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-01-07
ANSWERED.
A CORRESPONDENT SEEKS INFORMATION
AND GETS 1T.


From the Denver Tribune, Nov. 3o.l
The following bona Jide letter, which
is rerbdtim ct hterdtim, was handed to
the Tribune yesterday, with the request
that IL be answered.
NOUN joy, Nov. is, 1879.
Lancaster Co., Pa.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-01-07


Knowing ,bs, Won arc owner of lsrr. herd. Of
cattle, take this opportunity to ask you few
questions Before l WI ssy my Intention Is t'
Nv age T. TO- n come s next sprIus % viii sI brine
hrst-class recommendation signed by at least
70 prominent and resps'.aels ,' citizens Of my m,
question, are these, Would you % need nv ,ersiea'
aex, Spring. What will you pay per month
WIZ you pay monthly ., nS.r .i FOR nov many %,
and iodsinsY Do Do You ~ furnish ponys Do yoa
furnish weapons for defence. What DO you FUR
,a ni.h' sic Are the Indians numerous, snd are ar,
dangerous @ wild % beasts How far ny from p poave, C,
are your herds
Excuse my many questions.
Hoping % 'u,n to hear 'frol from YOU YOU soon am
Re'psctfully Yours,
A. q. 9; NJ,
O"dsD L.Dos,,., sDOy &C. e. p.
PSI give you the privilege to ask me an,
question, Z you deem proper.
and .sod 'ts 4 70 N. por srusrs you eau "'
The 7yibuue lacts snace 10 roollv an
swer this interes,inp letter aU a as i sboalc nd
be, but venture on { the following ", IN brie (,
and categorical replies. 1t rejoice,
that Augustus (it is not known posi-
lively that the 4 stands for Augustus,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-01-07

An lrishman was accused Of steal
ing a handkerchief Of his fellow travel.
or, but the owner on finding Il apollo
gized to Pat and sald that Il was
mistake. "Arrah, my jewel" retorted
Pat ut was twosidcd mistako-yon
took me Tor thaic and Itook you for
n gintleman." .i.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-01-07

al was not aware that you knew
him." said Tom Smith TO nm Irish
friend, the other day. "Knew him I"
said he, in tone which comprehended
tho knowledge Of more than one lie,
al know him when his father was
boy." f..
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-01-07
GEN. GRANTS TRAMP.

The following chronological state
ment marks the leading incidents of
General Grants und-thc.world tour
NAV Ia1r
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-01-07
VOL. 54--WH0LE NO. 1858
THE NEW YEAR.

THE NEW YEAR.
Silent and white,
Thro' the din night,
Fell the soft snow
Now fast, now slow,
Making the posts
Like shected ghosts
Roblng tho woods
In finer goods
Than ever were spun by mortal skin.
And bleached on the sunny side Of the hill,
Where fringes are woven by weavers, whore
The warp is mist, and the woof Is air.
The world Is dressed like a bride In white
Although the poor old yoar died last oight
Drop not tear
On the cold bier,
OF the brave year,
Whose corpse Is here.
His work is done,
And battles won,
And he will be
Named with the free
Through future time,
For deeds sublime.
We welcome here
Tho new horn year
The snow that fills
From the gray walls
OF the thick clouds,
Is not for shrouds
For the days fed,
0r the days dead.
'Tis the white fleece,
Emblem Of peace,
Sent down to cheer
The soft young year.
May not red vein
Make red stain
On the white robe,
Woven last night.
So, ring the soft,
Sweet bells aloft.
Ring the true chime
OF the good time,
Ring loud and clear
For this New Year,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-01-07
DR. J. P. BURCHFIELD,

late Surgeon Of the ssd Re eginent, Psnnsyi ivanIa
voluuteers. having returned from the Army,
offers his profsssisnsl services TO the eitisens
of ciesrheld county.
ss-Professienai calls promptly attended 70.
Dr.. weods. fsprf,'ts.t Il
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-19

Robinson) was a member Of the ju-
dietary committee, a member also of
the subcommittee which had charge
OF this matter, and, moreover and
finally, that Mr.. Acklen had himself
actually appeared before that sub
committee in relation to this very
business. The house had taken in all
this with a growing disgust, and now
the speaker appointed ~tellers to take
the vote on the Acklen resolution.
They were Mossrs. Acklen and Robin
son, and for at least a full minute
these two waited in vain for any one
to come to the support Of Mr.. Acklen.
Finally, after a delay which must
have been painful to the speaker, who
saw his protege in a very embarrassing
situation, five or six members strayed
down slowly, as though they we're
going to a funeral, and passed through
the t%ellers, and thus ended in failure
this ingenious attempt to get a clerk
to do something on the commerce
committee which another committee
had already in hand.
The Irish relief bill cannot probably
come up in the house until the third
Monday in April, and as Mr.. Acklen
failed also to get his clerk there is a
general impression that the speakers
eye was a failure to-day.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-19
Trustees Sale.


n pursuance Of the terms Of a deed of trust
/ made to me as trustee by Levi s. Hill on
the 4th day Of October, 1873, to secure n GER
tain Indebtedness therein named, / will. on
Tuesday, the goth day Of April, 1880,
in front Of the courthouse in Memphis. Ten.
nessee, sell for cash to the highest bidder, the
following described property conveyed to me
In the deed aforesaid, which deed is recorded
in book No. 80, page lis, records OF Shelby
county, tO-wit: A certain piece or parcel Of
land lying in Civil District No. 3, in Shelby
county and state Of Tennessee, containing
two hundred acres and a part Of grant No
245, to B. @. and I. Blunt. and bounded as
follows; Beginning ata stake, thence Al de-
grees east, Is links 70 a black oak marked j.
g. and I. b., the southeast corner of grant
number 2i5; thence west, the south boundary
line Of said grant, IA chains and % links 10 n
white oak marked j. NJ; thence north 5 de-
grees east al chains to a stake and the north
boundary line Of said grant; thence east 5
degrees south with said line IA chains q links
to u sweet gum marked h., the northeast cor
mel. Of said grant; thence south 5 degrees west
with the east boundary line of said grant ln
chains to the beginning, containing by esti-
nation 200 acres.
Also one other piece Of land lying in the
same county and State and in the same Civil
District and known and described as follows:
Thirty acres ofland cut of Of the north end Of
a certain piece Of land purchased By W. w.
Puryeqr at a sale ordered and made by the
Second Chancery Court of Shelby county,
Tennessee, in the case ofJOhn Brown, admin
~istrator vs.. Sullivan, ct. al, snid decree
vesting and divesting title in said w. W. Pur-
year, is Of record in the Registers Office of
said county in back No. 81, page lsS, and To
which reference is made for a full description.
The thirty acres herein conveyed is the north
end Of said tract, the line cutting Il off runs
east and west and entirely across the north
end Of the entire tract.
Title to said property is believed 10 be good.
but | sell and convey as trustee.
Equity Of redemption waived.
G. A. YOUNG, Trustee.
March 18th. 1880. 1913
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-19
Probate Court Sale Of Real estate.

No. $40, r. DIN the Probate Court ofSbelbv
county, Tennessee-Miss Georgia Bayliss.
admini tratrix Of Lizzie Zach, deceased. va
John Oyorton, ct al.
RY virtue Of a decree for sale entered In
ID minute book No. "a, page 81, | will sell M
public auction to the highest bidder, in front
Of the courthouse, in Memnhis, tennessee. ON
Saturday, April 10th, 1850,
within legal hours, the following described
real estate, tO-wit:
First: Tract Of Eve acres, lying and being in
Shelby county, Tennessee, beginning AT 4
stake on the north boundary line ofthe Loonev
tract, and 81 roads, more or less, north Of the
north bank Of Wolf river and running back
with said line Is roods to a stake Just east of
the county road, with gum pointers; thence
south So roods, moro or less, &c then0rth bank
Of Wolf riyerj and thence down said river Il
roods TO Q stake; and thence north @ roods,
mere or less, to the beginning
Second One lot lying and being in tho city
Of Memphis, Shelby county, Tenn, and de
scribed as follows; BEGINNING AZ a stake on
the south side of LOoney street, 2i6 feet enst OF
its intersection with tho Big Creek road;
thence eastwardly with said Loouey street co
Feet 70 q stake; thence sOuthwardly liS% feet
20 an alley; thence Nestwardly with Haid alley
80 feet to q stake; thence nOrthwardly 1881
feet 10 the beginninF--heinR lot No. II az
0yerton's subdivision Of Chelsea property.
Terms Of sale; On a credit Of six month.
purchaser executing note, with approycd
security, and note bearing interest. A lien
will also DO retained.
This February II, 1850.
OWEN DwYER. Clerk.
scrugTs 4 Ray, soils. for complt
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-19
ATLANTA,
A Tax Collector SEips AWay---A
Marriage In Jail at GAINESVILLE.

Special to the courier-Journal.l
ATLANTA, GA, March 17.-State
and county ax-collector, Sam. Hoyle,
hasjumped the city, a defaulter to the
extent of $4,000. High life and
facinations for card playing and horse
racing are said to DO the cause Of the
deficiency in his accounts. Hoyle is
credited with being part owner of
Ben. Hill, Round Dance, and other
well-known racers. 1t is not known
where he is, but it is supposed that he
is in Cincinnati, it being we'll known
here that he is interested in a large
gambling house there,
Gainesville, Ca, is all excitement
over the seduction, under promise of
marriage, Of Miss Howard, a leading
society belle, by a young man named
Wilson, formerly Of Greeuville, S. c.,
but recently a resident Of Gainesville.
Wilson, upon refusing to marry the
young lady, was promptly jailed upon
the charge Of seduction. While in
Jail he proposed to marry Miss How
ard, which proposition was accepted,
and the ceremony was performed with
the iron cell door separating the
couple. The following day It was
ascertained that the groom had been
previously married, and that he had
a wife residing at Greenville, his ole
home.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-19

UNITED STATES OF AMERI0A.

" OlhLIAtl VI WttI~ 1tn0csHter
Circuit Court for said district.
In equity, No. 2l6-Luke ?. Blackburn vs..
The selma, Marion and Memphis Railroad
20. aud al.
d virture Of the final decree Of the Circuit
ID Court Of the United States, for the West
ern District Of Tennessee. made in the above
entitled cause, on the Sd day of June, AID,
1879, the undersigned clerk of the said court,
duly authorized and appointed by the said
decree, will sell at public sale, at the court
house in Memphis, county of Shelby and
State Of Tennessee, on Monday, the 22d day
Of March, AID. 1880, between the hours Of L
n. and 2 pm, of said day, 10 the highest
bidder, all the following described property
tO-Wit; All the Selma, Marion and Memphis
railroad, lying between the city of Memphis,
in the State Of Tennessee, and the city OF
Selma, in the State of Alabama, constructed
singular the railways, rails, bridges, fences,
warehouses, engines. cars, fixtures, privileges,
rights, real estate of every and all descrip
ton, and all other property owned or which
since the 18th day Of March, 1871, the date
Of the mortgage mentioned in the bill
in this cause has been acquired by said
company by subscription, donation or
purchase and including 81 bonds Of
$1,000 each, issued by the city Of Aberdeen, In
the State Of Mississippi, now in the hands Of
the receiver in this cause. The said line o.
railroad with its equipment and appurtsn-
gether, with the benefit Of the franchises
owned and possessed by said company. The
sale will be made on the following terms, to-
wit: One thousand dollars Of the purchase
money Of said railroad, with its appurte.
nanees, equipment and rolling stock, shall be
paid in cash at the time Of the sale, and the
remainder shall be paid in six months after
the date of sale, tho purchaser giving his note
with approved security, payable to complain
ant and q lien reserved on the property. The
said bonds and other property will be sold
for cash to be paid down at the time Of the
sale. BELL w. ETHERIDGE,
Dec. 10, 1879. Clerk and commissioner
EsTEs 4 ELLETT, soils.
81 xxx 10
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-19
COTTON ExoHANeE QUOTATIONS.
STANDARD International Classification

= Receipts Of cotton at all United
States ports for six days ending yes
terday sum up 30,945 bales, against
5O,023 bales same time last week, and
46,3O5 bales same time last year.
The total receipts of cotton at all
United States ports to date are 4,393,-
3O5 bales, against 4,03O,8l5 bales at
this date last year, and 1898, 123 the
year before. Excess Of receipts this
year over last, 1862, 73O bales. The
stock on hand at this time is 854,3l3
bales, against 5S2,816 bales at this
time last year, and G73, 1853 bales the
year before. The foreign shipments
to date are 2,726,782 bales, against
1881, O25 bales last year, and 1922, 100
the year before.
The visible supply of cotton on the
18th of March, including all stock
in England, Europe and this country,
with stock afoat and destined to
Europe, was 2,616,52O bales, an in
crease over the amount in sight same
time last year of 56;S77 bales, and a
decrease of 1877, 596 with the year
before at the same date.
Freight rates on cotton from here to
New York rule at 72@74c per Cwt
to Boston, Providence, Lowell and
Lawrence, 77@79c.; Oohoes, 67@69c.;
Fall River, $685.; Philadelphia, 70
@72c.; Baltimore, 69@71c.; New
ROrleans, SIPS per bale, by rail, and 81
by river also, 50 per ton on oil cake,
and 1926 landed alongside; also, Zoe.
per Dbl on oil.