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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-06-23
Modern British Regicides.

During Louis Philippe's reign and
the four following years attempts
were made upon the life Of Queen Vic.
toria by Oxford in 1910, and by work
man named Francis in l843; upon the
King of Prussia, Fred srick William
w., in 1874, and again in 1850; upon
the present Emperor of Germany, then
military commander of Coblens. in
l849; and upon Isabella, Queen OF
Spain, in 1852. None of these attempts
succeeded. Oxford, who shot at Queen
Victoria while she was passing on Con.
stitution hill, was clearly lunatic, and
was confined to Bedlam as such. He
remained there about twenty-five years,
and while in confinement showed him
self invariably rational, working indus
triously as a carpenter, and expressing
his deep remorse whenever he was
questioned about what he termed his
1wicked piece of foolery." Oxford is
still alive, but he is residing out of Eng
land.
Not so Francis, the carpenter, who
assaulted the queen in lS42, and MADE
a large vale on her face. Ihls man
died shortly after he had been lodged
in St. Luke's Bethlehem. He was un-
ouestionably mad. Nevertheless. after
this offense, parliament passed bill en-.
acting that aogging should be inflicted
in the future upon any one seeking 10
inflict bodily harm upon the queen, or
To threaten her. 1t was by virtue OF
this act that the young foo' OConno!r
who leveled pistol at the queen in
1880 was sentenced to be imprison ed
for a year, and to receive twenty strokes
with a birch. The queen kindly re,
mitted the whole punishment and and
caused the boy to be supplied with
funds that he might emigrate to Aus
tralia. But, within less than q year
after he had been shipped of to South
ampton, O'Connor returned to Eng gland,
and was found prowling within the
precincts of Buckingham palace at
night, evidently with evil intent: Thls
time he was certified to be out OF MS
mind, and was sent to an ASYLUM, where
he remained under treatment four years.
He is believed now to be in New Zea-
land.-CorflttN.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-06-23
10
2S7,465 II
Fences, bridges, gates, waterand
Total $l1 l32,587 So

Total al....................$ 81, l3Z,58I ~
Basing their calculations on these
figures. those interested in the scheme
claim that fair in this city could be
made thorough financial success. New
York, they say, is the seat of our com.
merce. It is the point where our own
people exchange their wares with those
of other nations. More than three
quarters ofthe $1,000, ,OOO. 900 OF the for
eign commerce of the Union center here,
and three quarters cf the customs duties
are paid here. 1t is, in fact, the one cos
mopolitan city of America, and q fair
held within it's limits could not fail.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-06-23

They are luxuriating in salt water
baths in Paris. An ingenious chemist
has invented sachet that is filled with
a chemical preparation containing 81
the properties OF sea- water. 1t ls ~
tached to the faucet. and the result is a
salt water bath at very moderate
cost.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-06-23
Is there not something akin to human

Is there not something akin to human
nature in the conduct of English spar.
rows when number Of them come upon
O bugp The Boston Transcript notes
the fact that the energetic, quarrel
some, villi6ed little bipeds go into COM
mittee OF the whole and argue for an
hour or two as to the best manner OF
dispatching him. When they have
come to an agreement the bug has
moved out of range.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-06-23
Quizzlns the Editor.
The editor sat in his sanctum,

The editor sat in his sanctum,
Regarding with sad, earnest eyes
The huge pile OF "questions his readers
Had sent with demands tor replies.
Why these" said the weary quill driver,
'Would fill up moderate book,
III publish the whole lot together,
And let the people see how they look"
"Who was it that wrote that sweet ditty
Beginning Il saw from-'somewhere!"
"Pray tell me some certain specific
For changing the color of hair"
"What is the name OF the author
Of'No, we'll never 20 homer"
- Did Shakespeare write Down in Goa
Mine!''
"Who was the third pope OF Rome!"
"Do North Polar fishes have feathers"
" Was Wat Tyler quartered or hung"
"Where was the first man cremated"
"Who was it invented the bung?"
"Do buffalo ever cat sauer kraut"
"Where can get some snail's horns"
Which OF the Muses. played short stop7"
"Did Bonaparte ever have corns :"
What was the air Nero hddled"
"Do hard shell CLAIMS ever yield pearls -
Chow many boils did poor Job have 7"
"What will cure squinting in girls"
"Why are some people red headed?'
"Why don't my young man propose"
"What was the matter with Hannah 7"
"Why don't turn out my toes!"
-"Did the prodigal son use tobacco"
"What do you think ails nv cat!"
"Had Nebuchadnezzer four stomachs!"
"How shall trim my new hat"
"Tell me where Moses was buriedp
"Did Noah take tleas in the ark :"
What was Ewes middle initial"
"Why is it that hens do not barkP
al like" said the editor, smiling,
"I like these good people whe seek
For knowledge, and like to give it.
IN ans wer their questions next week.
I'd like, too, to get them together,
They'd think Immortality leaked;
I'd answer their questions, as promised,
Though most folks would call it neck 8
tweaked." Brooklyn Eagle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-06-23

They are digging for Captain Kidd's
gold back of Absecom Beach. The
most remarkable thing about the cap
tain's gold is that it is Just as easy to
hunt for it in one place as another. -
| Bosto7s transcript, - So
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-06-23
Plowing In Glover for Corn.

The excellent result from p!owlng
under clover is well.known TO all. A
Massachusetts farmer, who is noted for
the excellence of his corn crops, says
that his plan for years has been to SOW
cloveron a third part of his plow land,
and let it grow and remain uncut
through the entire season, ploWlng IL
under late the next season and planting
corn upon it. Where manure cannot
be readily had. or indeed under any cir,
cumstances,. the enrichment OF land
from clover plowed under is very great.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-06-23

It is estimated that 10000 people in
this country are operated on by dentists
daily. Is it any wonder that we are not
and of angels P-DetroI FTes Hess.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-06-23

The difference between borse-radish
and redish horse is this: One is not
horse at all, and the other is a horse OF
another color.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-06-23
4 Song.

The birds sing on, the flowers bloom,
There Is sor1ow in my heart;
For one is here and one Is there,
And we are far apart.
The sun shines down, the grasses blow,
There's a longing in my heart;
For one is here and one Is there,
And we are far apart.
The daylight wanes, the night falls low,4
There's stiffness in my heart;
For one is here and one is there,
And we are FAR apart.
-Sleila G. .AfAsns. .
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-06-23

Marriage,makes the man; the woman
vasmaid before Boston Transcript.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-06-23

drown the sound OF her own footsteps.
II dare say your old gravel train
will wake me in the morning." said
she, dragging down her crimps at the
toilet glass.
"When does it begin its travels"
Somewhere between five and six,"
yawned sleepy Zet.
$50 early?" Thank fortune! | leave
this house before any one else is STIR
ring" mused Angie, with a brisk nod
at the mirror, which just then reflected
no Madonna" face. She was glad that
Zet speedily loated off to dreamland. Z.
She wanted to be alone to think.
Plainly she could not ride with Sidney
in the morning. If he should talk to
her again in that tender, confidential
style she might break down; she would
sooner die! No, she must 20 home on
the gravel train. 1t was the only al
tentative. She hoped Sidney wouldn' t
think her odd! More likely he would
not not think of her at all-with which
grim reflection the poor child finally
grieved herself to sleep.
At last, after what seemed hours, she
awoke to find lamp hickering in the
hotel opposite. 1t must be high time
she was dressing. Having made hasty
toilet, she scribb bled an ape-ogy to Zet
ard again ventured down the staircase
this time in the dark; she must not
risk awakening Sidney. In the hall sht
grouped cautiously for hat and sacl
then stealthily, on tip-toe, made her wa,
to the door, and closing it softly behind
her ran down the path.
| narRnoes vprvwhprp ond hour oo1f
it was! The frozen planks of the bridg
creaked beneath her light tread; tn
frosted nails snapped now and then will
loud report; but the falling snow sai'
"hush! hush!"
Burdened with muff, music an
sachel, sometimes in the road, some
times out of it, half-blinded
thoroughly-chilled, Angie stumble.
bravely on toward the depot, a hal
mile away. When she reached il
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-03-24

WHERE DO TnEY CONE FRoM.-Thc
Boston Herald states that new appli.
cations Tor pensions are pouring into
tho Interior Department at the rate Of
1000 per month. Where they come
from rs mystery. Some 250,00O pen.
sioners are now on tho rolls and over
100000 claims are pending, and these
numbers indicate that nearly one.half
the men enlisted in the Union army
were either killed, wounded or disa.
blod whilo in the service. It Is Ger.
tainly an extraordinary fact that, after
a lapse of fitcen years, some 233 per.
sons should daily discover that they
are entitled to roliei from the Govern.
ment
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-03-24
4 DAlNNABLE RECORD.

We learn from the Harrisburg Pa.
triot that the investigating committee
OF the Uaited States Senate Of which
Senator Wallace is Chairman, resum.
cd work last week in New York city.
The purpose of the committee in visit
ing New York was TO take testimony
in regard to the manner in which the
Federal election laws were administer.
ed in that city in 1878. In two days
thirty witnesses were examined,
majority OF whom were citizens who
were disinnchised and arrested by the
United States Marshals under the di.
reetion Of the notorious Davenport.
Ii was proven before the committee
that the persons arrested by order of
Davenport were first taken to The Re
publican headquarters in the Assembly
district in which they were arrested.
There they were examined by politi.
clans connected with the Republican
organization who had no official con
nection whatever with the United
States Court and no jurisdiction or
power at all in the matter, Afterward
they were taken before the United
States commissioner.
Thirty of the thirty witnesses
were arrested because they had aIleg.
cd fraudulent naturalization papers
issued in 1868. These witnesses, in
every case, were shown the original
papers found on file in the Office Of the
clerk Of the Superior Court Of the city
of New York, which were produced
before the committee by the clerk Of
court They each identified the sigma
ture TO the oath Of allegiance found
therein TO be their genuine signature,
and sworc that that oath OF allegiance
was taken by them at the time Of their
naturalization; and that they each
knew the witness tcstifying TO their
residence and saw him sign bis name
and be sworn All of these witnesses
swore that they got certified naturali.
zation papers in 1868, and voted regu.
larly upon them without difficulty
from 1868 to 1878. Many Of these
were men Of family, and all residents
for over fifteen years in the city of
New York prior to 1873 Many OF
these naturalization papers had been
issued by the courts 10 soldiers honor
ably discharged from the Federal army
for service during the rebellion.
One case of a soldier named John
Wright was shown, who served 4
years In New York regiment, and
was naturslized by reason Of such ser
viccs, and tried TO vote in November,
1873, after having voted every year
since 1868 without difficulty. He was
ARRESTED by the Deputy Marshal at
the polls, taken 10 the Republican
headquarters, from thence before Dav.
enport, detained several hours, impris
oned 10 the iron cage with some ff.
teen others in the upper story of the
poetoiiice building and was not permit.
ted TO 60 until he promised not 10 vote.
All OF the men called 10 testify were
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-03-24
MAxIMs FOR InE DAY.


No man worthy the office Of President should
be willing to hold II II counted In, or placed there
by auy fraud. U. s. GRANT.
I could never have been reconciled TO the ele-
walton BY the smallest aid Of mine Of person,
however respectable In private life, who must
forever carry upon his brow the stamp Of fraud
irst triumphant in American history. No sub
sequent action, however meritorious, can wash
away the letters Of that record.
CHARLES Francis ApAss.
| would rather have tho 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 technicAlity.
Tnos. A. lIENDRioKs.
Under the forms Of law, Rutherford b. Hayes
has been declared President Of the United States.
Ills title rests upon Acknowledgement Of lawful
voters, the false certificates Of the returning OH
GERS acting corruptly, and the decision Of 4 com
mission which has refused to hear evidence Of al
legged fraud. For the first time are the American
people confronted with the fact Of a frauduently
elected President. Let II not be understood that
the fraud will be silently aequiesced In by the
country. Let no hour pass in which the usurpa-
tiOn Is forgotten.
ADDRESS oF DRNocRATic NJ. C.'s. d
One hundred years Of human depravity Aecu-
mulated and concentrated into q climax Of crime.
Never again In Eve hundred years shall they have
an opportunity to repeat the wrong.
.. DANIEL W. VooRHEEs.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-03-24
THE NEXT MOVE
- HEREBY GIVEN TIA


IN application will be made to the Board OF
Pardsns for the pardon Of Charles u. sslter, VIII
Ian II. X emble, Jessee II Crawford, william i.
Rumberger and Emil J. Petrof, Ia the cases ro-
tpectively against them In the Court Of Quarter
Sessions Of bauphin county for corrupt 'olirita'
tion.
We give the above noticc--puhlish-
cd in the advertisement department OF
the Daupbin county papers--one graf
uitous insertion, as 1t is highly import
ant to all the people Of the State that
they should know of the outrage that
is TO be attempted upon them. The
four "roostersn who plead guilty OF
corrupt solicitation OF Legislators at
Harrisburg last Monday, and the one
who was convicted after trial, have
had their sentences postponed, and 1t
is now proposed to hold q special meet.
ing of the Board of Pardons, to be
ready to grant n free remission as soon
as the penalty Of the law shall bo i'm
posed.
Ordinarily the Board would not
meet until sometime in April, and if
Imprisonment was part Of the SEN
tence it could not be evaded. Under
the operations of the old pardon ring
it has happened that Governors par
don has been ready before sentence,
but such q thing was supposed to be
impossible under the constitutional
provisions for Board Of Pardons. 1t
seems, however, that money and po-
litical devitry are equal to all ooca-
sions, and an attempt is TO be made
that p unparalleled in this Common.
wealth. We shall wait TO see the de-
volopment Of il with great solicitude
and yet with confidence that in the
event OF the worst happening the iron
hand Of justice will soon atone for the
delay Of the loaden heel. For whom
the gods would destroy they first make
mad enough to attempt such deeds as
the paragraph at the top of this arti-
Gle points to- Lancaster IBteiii1eurer.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-03-24

STouT AND RoBUsT The Washing.
ton Post has bad Horatio Seymour
interviewed, and the result was
a threo.column letter, which was re.
Gently printed in that paper all intend.
ed to say that the venerable exGov.
ernor will accept the Democratic nom
ination for President il it is forced upon
him but, for all that, he hopes the
party will try and get along without
him Mr.. Seymour, by the way, is
stated to be in thoroughly robust
condition.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-03-24

A DEAD SHor.-The editor oil the
Selinsgrove Times adorns q stubborn
fact in this way: another one has
beon added to the daily and endless
train Of those who go out Of the world
by fire, in the person of a five-year old
daughter Of Henry ROnncr near Buf.
falo X Roads, Union county, whose
clothes caught fire. Hundreds Of
women and children annually lose their
lives in this way; yet we see no one
proposing a preventive or any legisla.
lation on the subject, whereao II few
old cows die with plcuro pneumonia we
must have State board Of health to
look after them with nice appropria-
ton"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-03-24
THEME rO NEW TO.


The Waington Post, in alluding to
coming ents, remarks cit is an
old and I'd Republican, Geo. John
b. lIendcpn, Of Missouri, who says
that if Gnt be . candidate, in the
present tcper Of political parties, he
fears an fiiort TO inaugurate him
whribgr iricd or not Tive danger
OF Mexieasing this Republic is great.
er, in his dgment, than the tempo.
rary sucoeIoi the Democratic party.
When the lie of the majority is once
broken, thresult is either Anarchy or
Monarchy. In preference to either Of
these give the peaceful rule Of any
party. Thone may DO rcmedied with.
out blood neother, never. In con.
nection withtts candid ayowal, take
the statements frequently made by
the third te,ers that they favor
Grant becausec will be sure to get in,
ifclected-thas, ifhe thinks he either
has or ought have had votes enough
IN oivo S;mho of,cc pomo,,hor
there bos hoopo tbreo, y, coun,iDa
ont Pear mind that IN, only in' ?
stonc. a, C,duler,lr ,ntt;,a . Aa.
reoted cordife into the pros;do,o,.
wos tho pon,scon cri,no ,rb;oh ,,o,. -
Mr. uo,os n ,laoe which ho 49,,
irrocplorl, o,nics po,,in, ,heso
exnressions i thcs, fac,s ,o,e,hor
and scannin.bem in the ,ioht of tbo
astrony ma theory 40 rorsis,on,l,.
paraded nu.ve get n hint Of ,he real
nurpose t65,,ss n, Inc hssc or The
Grant move,b, The nor,vtbot has
held exeeuti,nover for tventv voors
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-03-24

A Cute REMARK. The Venango
Spectator remarks at strikes us that
the few Democratic papers in the State
that seek every occasion to peck at Sen.
ator Wallace cannot consistently find
fault with Mr.. John Kelly and his
Tammany crowd for distracting the
Democratic party in New York" How
quick someof thosoimaginary chickens
come home to roost Why, John Kelly
has just as much right to raise hi
in New York, as the fellows indicated
have in Pennsylvania.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-03-24

HAPPY THOUGHT An exchange
has it in this way "What we want,
muses. Conkling and Cameron, "is a
man who will seize possession of the
Presidential Chair even though not
elected, There is no possibility of us
electing anyone this year; but we can
keep possession all the same" If the
fellow elected makes no greater effort
to obtain his place than Tilden did in
1876 "Hal hall That's so Mrs.
JenksW Sherman chimes in.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-03-24
A CROOKED EDITOR.

The profession is occasionally both.
cred with q man Of this kind. Tho cd.
itor of the Pittsburgh Post is the char.
acter in point. He is nearly always q
tools up, and the man who dares to
favor another, or oppose him, is knitted
and driven to the wall-so far as Barr
can do it. Senator Wallace has been
his target for several years, and he is
constantly fired at by the malcontents
of the Post; but they never hit their
mark. The Post men have now shoul.
dercd Speaker Randall and Alderman
McMullen, and are trying to make
Mazeppas out of them. The Speaker
writes to the Post, alluding to a circu.
lar, as follows; II wish you would
publish 1t and say that put myself IN
black and white demanding the reiec.
tion of Kerns, and had Judge Thur.
mans assurance, as Chairman OF the
Judiciary Committee, that Kerns would
be rejected. Upon that assurance |
took for granted that it would be SO
but Senators Cameron and Wallace
overruled me-" This is o queer con.
fession Of weakness. Not until now
has the Speaker admitted that any
body could override him. We love
the Speaker and the editor of the Post,
and we therefore advise them to be.
have like other good Dcmocrats-stop
off playing the granny, or go ovor to
tn. enemy, and quit eating our pro.
visions.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-03-24

ScoURoIsa.-The Philadelphia Times,
in alluding to the misfortunes of q
great man, says: II Is sad to think
that in the House OF Correction in
which Dennis Koarney is to pass the
next six months there are no lamp.
posts upon which he may hang the
bloated bondholdors who have incur.
red his displeasurc. He may improve
the time, however, by writing book,
unless they make him work at some
other trade. Enterprising demagogues
are as dangerous to life and liberty as
lunatics. The consignment ia an OK.
cellent one, and "the Pacific Slope" is
entitled to the credit Of all who prefer
this boon for the excellent manner in
which they have squelched this ignor.
ant, wicked demagogue.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-03-24

IL was reported during the sitting Of the Com
mittee that Senator Wallace was In the city, di.
recting his forees FROM aOmc hiding place, but
this was not true. Pit'surgh Telegraph.
Senator Wallace was sitting in the
Court room at his home, attending to
the interests of his clients, while the
Committee was arranging for the meet.
ing of the Convention aud he seemed
to labor under no excitement, either.