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Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-06-24

The eight annual tri-state grange picnic
and exhibition VIII be held at Williams
Grove, Cumberland county, Pa, opening
on Monday, August 20, and closing Fri
day, September 9, 1881. This will be the
only agricultural exhibition Of general
Importance in eastern or southern Penn
sylvania this year, as the State Agricul-
tural Society has decided to hold it's fair
at Pittsburg, in September next, and we
have therefore every reason to believe
that the eighth annual tri-state picnic
will be greater in every particular than
any heretofore held. We earnestly hope
and confidently expect that members Of
oranges and farmers clubs in Pennsylva-
mia, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia,
Delaware, New, Jersey, New York and
Ohio will prepare liberal samples of their
the tri-state picnic, and we also hope to
have contributions from every state in
the Union.
This will be the largest meeting Of
farmers ever held in the United States,
and it is important that the show of agri-
cultural products shall be on a grand
scale commensurate with the attendance
of people.
Manufacturers of and dealers in ma
chinery, implements musical instruments,
etc, desiring prominent position on the
exhibition grounds, and persons wanting
restaurant and other business privileges,
will communicate, on or before July Is,
with r. II. Thomas, Farmers Friend Of
flee, Mechanicsburg, Pa.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-04-27

NORMAL ScHooIs.-The Doylestown
Democrat has this to say about Normal
Schools: "This will be good time to
move on the Normal Schools by abol.
ishing them, They have always been
an expensive part of our common
school system, and such institutions
were not intended as any part of it.
They have broken up all, or nearly all,
the academies in the State, because
private enterprise cannot successfully
compete with the Commonwealth in
keeping school. In these Normal
schools, pupils received classical edu.
cation, or its equivalent, at the ex-
pense of taxpayers. This should not
be done. If boy or girl wants any.
thing better than Common School
education, the parents should pay for
it, and others should not be taxed for
it. Now is q good time for Governor
Hoyt to prove to the ax.payers that
he is in earnest about economy, by
putting his foot on any bill which may
pass to pay off the debts OF the Nor.
NAL Schools. If they cannot get along
after having buildings erected for them,
they should be closed out"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-04-27
CtoURT PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS, Hon. c. A. MAYER, President
Judge Of the Court Of Common Pleas Of
the Twenty fifth Judicial District, composed Of
the counties Of Clearheld, Centre and Clinton
and Hon. ABRAM OGDES and Hon. VINCENT b.
HoLr, Associate Judges Of Clearhed county
have Issued their preoept, to me directed, for the
holding Of Court of Common Pleas, Orphans
Court, Court Of Quarter Sessions, Court Of Oyer
and Terminer, and Court Of General Jail Deliv-
cry, the Court House at clearheld in and for the
county of Clearheld, commencing on the Filth
Monday Of May, (3Oth day A. u. 1881,
and to continue for one week.
NOTICE is, therefore, hereby given to the
Coroner, Justices ofthe Peace, and Constables
IN and for said county Of ClearGeld, to appear in
their proper persons, with their Records, Rolls,
Inquisitions, Examinations, and other Remem-
brances, to do those things which to their Offices
and In their behalf, pertain to be done.
By an Act Of Assembly, passed the sth day Of
May, A. ID. 1854, il Is made the duty Of the JUS
tices Of the Peace Of the several counties Of this
Commonwealth, to return to the Clerk Of the
Court Of Quarter Sessions Of the respective
counties, all the recogniances entered into before
them by any person or persons charged with the
commission Of any crime, except such cases as
may be ended before a Justice Of the Peace, un-
der existing laws, At least ten days before the
commencement Of the session Of the Court to
which they are made returnable respectively, and
In all cases where any recognilances are entered
into lees than ten days before the commencement
Of the session to which they are made returna-
Bile, the said Justices are to return the same iu
the same manpor az Il raid act had not been
passed.
GIVEN snder my hand st clearfeld, this 9th
day Of April, In the year Of our Lord, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty y.one.
april 6.tc JAMES MAHAFFEY, Sheriff
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-04-27

The TIDE OF PoPULATIoN.--A co.
temporary says: "The westward move.
ment of the centre of population Of the
United States has been remarkably
uniform, as shown by each decennial
census since 1890, and ii has proceed.
ed substantially along tho same line of
latitude, II has never been more
than twenty miles on either side of the
parallel of 80 degrees. 1t was in Mary.
land on the west bank of Chesapeake
Bay, about twenty-five miles south of
Baltimore, in 1890. Ten years later
it bad advanced directly westward
something like thirty miles and the
subsequent advance has been notably
steady, the longest leap il made in any
decade being from 1850 to 1860, when il
jumped about seventy miles from West
Virginia into Ohio. In 1870, the centro
of population was forty.six miles or
thereabouts due east of Cincinnati, and
it is said at present to hover in the i'm.
mediate vicinity of that city. 1t will
probably hereafter take southwest.
ern trend"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-04-27

TIDAL WAvEs.-The Philadelphia
Record says "Notoriety does not ap.
pear TO secure those who have reveled
in it to the fullest extent against fall.
ing finally to the lowest depths of oh.
scurity and neglect. General George
X. Leet, once on General Grants staff
and one of his boon companions, has
just died in Michigan, pauper Ex.
Congressman Ransier, of South Caro-.
lima, who made a conspicuous figure
during the carpet'bag regime, is re.
ported to be plying the humble but
honest vocation Of street scavenger.
Sergeant Bates, who bore his country g
fag-after the war, however-all
through the paralyzed and wondering
South, is said to be living in abject
poverty in Illinois with his wife and
half dozen children. These sad IN.
stances, however, do not indicate a
universal law. Private Dalzell has
just declined clerkship at Washing.
ton, and Ex-senator Pomeroy, of Kan.
sas, is rapidly rolling up wealth in min.
ing speoulations"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-04-27

TnosE CoHFEDERATEs.-The report
recently put in circulation concerning
General Longstreet's desire to be re.
called from Turkey has proved cor.
rect, as appears by the fact that Presi.
dent Garfield, on the 10Th inst, sent IA
the Senate his name as United States
Marshal Of Georgia. Behold how hon.
ors are being hcaped upon this Con.
federate Brigadier by Republican Ad.
ministrations The people of this ooun.
try will never forget the fact that the
hardest fight General Hancock ever
had was with General Longstrcet on
the heights at Gettysburg. The for.
mcr was recently defeated for the
Presidency; the latter is again made
the recipient Of official honors at the
hand Of Republican President. For
the sake Of consistency and deccncy
we submit, II is time for Radical organs
to cease their twaddle about Confedcr.
ate Brigadien.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-04-27


A GREAT MAN GoNE.--England has
lost her greatest statesman. Lord
Beaconsfeld died at London on the
morning Of the 10th inst, ending one
of the most wonderful careers of this
century. Born in 1905 as plain Ben.
jamin Dsraeli he rose to the highest
Office in the British Government and
played part in the worlds affairs
that amazed alike friend and foe. His
earliest and latest triumphs were in
the field Of literature, and it is said be
was prouder of these than of his tri.
umphs in the Cabinet. There is one
thing to be said here: no public man
in England has won an enduring fame
who was not a literary man. Young
Disraeli began life under disadvantages
that would seem almost insurmounta.
Bile. He was Jew, and his habits and
bizarre appearance and everything
were opposed to the conservative
tastes and feelings OF English society /;
but he had mapped out his future and
he made fortune his servant. In 1887
he became a member of Parliament
and in 1852 became Chancellor in the
Exchequer in Lord Derbys Cabinet.
In 1868 he became Prime Minister,
but defeated in the elections he was
compelled TO resign. In 1878 he was
again called into power and remained
there seven years In 1877 he entered
the House of Lords as Earl of Beacons.
field. His whole career reads like a
romance.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-04-27
EFFECT or DEMOCRATIC
FIRNNElSS.

Whenever the Democrat, make A
firm stand and maintain their line, they
throw their opponents into confusion
and dsmay. The Republicans never
have shown themselves before the
country in such a wretched plight Gal.
ways excepting their historical iniamy
in iraudulently altering the election
returns, in order to save the Presiden.
cy) as in the exhibition they have
made as party, first, on the low. rate
Funding bill passed by tho Democrats
second in the family war between
Conkling and the President, and third,
the dirty character of the Republican
alliance in the Senate with the Virginia
repudiators and their futile struggle
for the possession of Senate offices.
In each ofthese matters the Democrats
have stood firmly by themselves, re.
fusing to aid their opponents in any
way and the result has been every
time, to throw the latter into confusion,
and, leaving them to their own de-.
vices unaided by their favorlte help of
democratic blunders," showed them
in weak and wretched "fx." They
are now bound hand and foot to Ma.
hone, and are compelled to carry him
and his lieutenant, Riddleberger, on
their backs, no more to be got rid of
than Sinbad could get rid of the Old
Man of tho Sea. The New York Times
confesses that il is harder for its party
now to drop Malone than il is to stag.
ger on with him and call il great
moral show 1t may very likely lead
them, when they find the Democratic
line invulnerable, to risk the desperate
chances of an extra session, and try
for luck in that. But that is highly
dangerous experiment for them. They
have everything to lose and little gain
to hope for there. - Hartford Times.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-04-27
II EGIsTER,s SoTIcn.-Yo,ioo 4

ID EGISTER'S NOTICE.-Notieoi Is here.
IL by given that the following accounts have
been examined and passed by me, and remain
filed Of record In this olioo for the inspection VI
heirs, legatees oreditors and all others Interested
and will be presented to the next Orphans Court
Of Clearfeld county, to DO held at the Court
House, In the borough Of Clearfed, commencing
on the fourth Monday being the asa day d
May, A. d. 1881 -
Final account Of Edward Curry, Administrator
Of W. S. Curry, late Of Chest township, Clearhold
county, Pennsylvania, deceased.
Partial account Of W. W. Belts and Mary T.
Shaw, Administrator Of A. II. Shaw, late of
Lawrence township, Clearasld county, Pa decd
Final account Of Joseph NJ Spencer, Guardian
Of Lydia Y. Porter, tin estate Of Nancy Porter,
late Of Cleardeli county, Peunsylvania, deceased
Final account Of zseharia McNaul, Guardian
Of Arthur McBhde, son and heir OF wm. MBride,
sr. late Of fCurwensvillo borough, Clear6old coun-
ty, ponn'a.
Final sceount Of Lydia r. Leonard, ,Adminislra-
trix Of the estate Of Charles W. Leonard, late Of
Lawrence township, Cleafheld county, Penusyl.
vania, deceased.
Final account of. H. Pents, Guardian of W. @.
PentE, one Of the heirs Of Jacob PentI, late Of
Brady township, Clear6eld county, Penn a, deed,
Final account Of p. X. Pentz, Executor Of the
last will and testament Of jacob Penta, late Of
Brady township, cisaraold county, Pa, deceased.
GEORGE NJ. FERGUSON, Register.
Clearheld, penn'a, April 27, 1881.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-04-27

HIsroRY SuoRTENED.-Tho Boston
Post, New England's ablest Demo
cratic paper, hits the nail fairly on the
head in the following brief summary
of the present attitude of the great
and good Republican party; "Now,
having secured for four years longer
a'ncw lease Of power, this party Of
high moral ideas has in open market
sold out its integrity to the worst Gle.
ments of Southern society, and formed
combination with shame-laced dem.
agogues and public repudiators to
make war on the sound and consorva.
tive Democracy Of the South, whose
aim and purpose are to reconstruct lis
society and section on the basis of de-
votion to the Union and return to
the ancient paths Of peace and pros,
perity. This new movement, il al.
lowed to succeed, will demoralize the
South even more fatally than did the
war, because il will sap public and
private virtue and prostitute every
thing to the greed and lust of party
power"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-04-27

THE CONQUERED BANNER. Governor
Colquitt, on behalf of the Democrats
of Georgia, has surrendered to Gov.
ernor Hubbard, of Texas, q beautiful
banner known as the democratic
Banner" the latter State having given
$3.50 majority for Hancock and En-.
glish, being the largest Democratic
majority given by any State Georgia
won this banner from Texas in 1876.
In returning the banner Governor Col.
quit said I wish from my heart that
the influence of the vote and example
of Texas and Georgia, generous com.
petitors in the grand work of securing
Constitutional government, may be
followed in politics and seen in the
prosperity and happiness of the whole
country
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-04-27

YANKEE SNoBBERY.--0ne of the so.
cial crimes charged up to us by Euro.
peans, and the citizens of other civiiz.
ed countries, is because we have been
so grossly misrepresented for the past
twenty years in the persons of our
plenipotentiaries, consuls and agents
Many of them are entirely ignorant of
the language OF the country to which
they are sent as our government
agents, and only serve as such by a
substitute. The editor Of the Phila.
delphia Tines illustrates case in point:
Edward +. Noyes, since 1877 the Returning
Board Minister in Paris, made his adeu Sunday
night to the Paris colony. Mr.. Noyes will never
be missed from the place he never filed. lie
hadn't the fret requisite for the post Of Minister
at a cultivated capital, among q cultivated peo-
pie. 1t Is only just, however, to Mr.. Noyes to
admit that he gave every evidence Of fully under.
standing this and eGacsd himself in the three.
story back used as the United States Legation in
Paris with exemplary modesty. He has drawn
with statesmanlike regularity, wondering all the
the time when he should be found out and order.
ed Of.
Noyes was one of the OHIO men that
repaired to Louisiana in 1876, and by
the assistance of the Returning Board
of that State, with Eliza Plnkston, Mrs.
jerks, John Sherman & Co., defrauded
Mr.. Tilden out of the Electors of Louis.
lana and tailed them for Hayes. The
Fraud, OF course, rewarded Noyes by
sending him as Minister Plenipoten.
tiary to France; but the cheapest
Frenchman that happened to meet our
Minister discovered that Noyes was
rude, vulgar man, and naturally con.
cluded that all Yankees were "chips
from the same block"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-04-27
Mr.. WINDOWS REFUNDING
SCHEME.

At last, after six weeks delay. pre-,
sumably occupied in consideration and
consultation, Secretary Window has
promulgated portion Of scheme for
refnnding the maturing national debt
1t is certainly ingenious, aud may be
successful; but whether ii is dignifed
and honorable is another question.
As appears from the document be-
fore US, the Secretary boldly announces
that all the outstanding skies, amount
ing to sl95, 400, will be paid on
presentation, July lst next. ltisnotori.
Gus that there is not money enough in
the Treasury for the purpose, and the
Secretary refrains from disclosing how
he expects to obtain what is wanting.
As if TO prepare for further meas,
ures, he offers to extend the bonds
mentioned during the pleasure of the
government at 81 per cent. interest,
provided the holders signify by the
10th of May their willingness to accept
such an extension. HIS idea evidently
is to wait until May 10, see how many
bonds he will have actually to pay of,
and then consider how he may best
raise the needful money.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
been forced by public opinion to adopt
this doubtful scheme of firanciering in
order to cover the crime Hayes com.
mittcd by vetoing the Funding bill
passed by the Democrats The Radi-
cal taxpayer like bis Democratic neigh,
Dor, begins TO see that it does not take
as much Of his earnings to pay the in.
terest on three per cent. bond as on
a skier. Hence the doubtful move.
ment of the Secretary Of the Treasury.
Had Hayes not vetoed the Funding
bill, the commercial channel would be
clear.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-04-27

LEGISLATIVE WoRK.-On Wednes.
day last Speaker Hewitt, of the House
of Representatives at Harrisburg, pre-
sented a statement, showing the con.
dition Of the business before the House.
He said that up to that time 73l bills
had been introduced, including Senate
bills reported. There have been re.
ported from committees, SCI House
bills, and 40 Senate bills; total, 6lO.
There are in the bands Of committees,
l6l House bills, and 20 Senate bills ;
total, lsl On first reading calendar
there are II second reading, l54 4;
third reading and final passage, 32 I;
total, 37s bills passed finally, so; dc.
feated in the House, negativcd by com.
mittees, and declared unconstitutional,
i65. The whole number of bills acted
upon by the House and finally dispos.
ed Of to that date, 2l7.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-04-27

BECOMING WIsE.-This is the way
1T is beginning to strike some of them.
The Providence Star, a Republican pa.
per of standing and influence in New
England, admits;
We might as well face the facts. The Rspub-
ieAss Of the United States Senate, In their greed
for few petty ohioe,, are organizing defeat for
their party in the Fall elections.
And the New York Advertiser is
equally prominent among metropoli.
tan Republican journals. OF Garfield
it says:
The indications, we are sorry 10 say, 80 far, are
that as a politician President Garfield IL not a
success. Tho President is just the sor, Of man
that Senator Hoar describes as Bourbon Demo.
crat-"a man whichever learns anything and for
gets great deal" Hehas not learned anything
that 10 sure, or he would not attempt to plea 80
all parties. The man who undertakes to straddo
two horses |, pretty certain to rend sometb ing
besides falling In the mud.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-04-27
RADICAL STATESMANSHTP

The editor of the Doylestown Dem.
ocrat chidos in this way: "The Repub.
licans do not appear to be making
much of their purchase Of Malone,
Judging by the debates going on in the
Senate. The more the matter is sifted,
or discussed, the less charming the bar.
gain appears. Wednesday was field
day. After Mr.. Pendleton had con.
cluded his speech on the issue of the
day, Dawes, Of Massachusetts,, took
the floor aud lost both temper and
head. He charged that tho Demo.
Gratis had made offers of Malone, to
elect any man Scrgeant.at.Arms be
might name, if he would vote with
them, This reused the ire of the Dem.
ocrats, and there were loud calls for
the name Of the man who made the
offer. There was no response. After
a few minutes, Dawes got up and said
he had not said anything Of the kind
This was received with Kisses and de-
risive laughter Hill now re-opened
the Malone music, and drove the ro.
pudiationist into corner He was
followed by Malone himself, in self
defence, who felt obliged to say that
the Democrats had never made any
attempt to purchase him, Don. Cam.
eren got riled up, and pitched for Hill,
but somebody held him back by his
coattails, There was a good deal of
bad blood, and many hard words ut
tered. The Republican Senators have
got as much as they can do to carry
along, and explain to their
constituents why they do it. Mean.
while, the deadlock continues, and
there is no present prospect of it being
broken. The Philadelphia Times thinks
Dawes ought to carry little batchet."
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-04-27
"HONEST JOHN STRORM."

We notice that W. U. Hensel, one of the editors
Of the Lancaster haislgsnesr, furnished Col. For.
ney's Progress with sketch of this living Ian.
easter county statesman, in last weeks issue We
have no data on hand, but II our boyhood memo
ry serves Us right, the writer has omitted ma
terial fact. In lS45 or 46, while Congress was
In session, and the Mexican war was at full tide.
Tom Corwin said "If l was Mexican, / would
welcome General Taylor and General Scott and
their armies with bloody hands to hospitable
graves" A few days after Corwin had uttered
this outrageous sentiment. vote was taken in
Congress to send clothing and provision to the
army in Mexico, and John strohm was one of the
seven who voted against the bill. Are we mis-.
taken p Cledrfed Rspub iiean.
Brother Goodlander is correct. We
remember the matter well. Corwin
made use of the expression charged
above, and he and John S,rohm and
Others voted against supplies for the
army in Mexico. We were soldier
in that army. While quartered in the
city of Mexico, we one day went into
the office Of Ell Republican, Mericdnq
the leading newspaper of the city and
country, and asked fol a paper Of a
certain date, which was handed us by
the proprietor himself. In it we read
the proceedings of the Mexican Phi.
lanthropic Society, which contained
resolution Of thanks to Tom Corwin,
John Strohm and other members of
Congress, who both spoke and voted
against their own country and in favor
OF Mexico. We still have that news.
paper DoyleStooH Democrat.
We are glad that General Davis has
come to our rescue. We were being
severely criticized for our remarks.
The editor of the Democrat went thro'
the Mexican war and that of the Re.
bellion, and is therefore a competent
witness in this case More Those
who disbelieye us can fad the speeches
and vote in the Congressional Globe.