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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-01-22

A FIRM at Winnipeg have received
instructions from their London agency
to make preparations for the reception
of sixteen Irish families, TO be sent out,
with a good farming outfit, by the
Duchess OF Marlborough in the spring
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1881-07-29
Hex WAS A SINGER.

The orators place WAS taken by a
singer who answered to the name Of
Justin Jones. He was vsritable skel.
eton In b.ild. The fattsst thing about
him was his eye-winksrs. Six feet tall,
he scarcely cast q shadow as he stood
in the morning sun and replied to his
honor's queries.
Where do you Liver
oh. back here in the country
What do you do?'
Il farm
What Brought you {, the city yes
terdsys'
4 came to buy some powder
And what did y,u d'ink?'
Root beer
Root beerl Didn't yeu know better
than to swallow such hcry stuff rs
THAR I'll bet IL wasn't i've minutes
before you were drunk.
1t wasn't over two. your Honor.
Was the humble reply.
And you don't remember what you
did after you Lost your sober sensesy
i solemnly affirm that do not. /
hope did not commit murder
1t was the next thing is IL. You
wandered into vacant lot, siept till
an hour after midnight. and then
aroused fifteen or twenty families by
your singing.
My singing2 Why. I cant sing a
note to save my life
well, it Was an attempt ct singing.
Here are reliable witnesses who will
swear that children cii~d with terror
aud dogs craxled under the house in
abject fear. II you had stopped With
.Mollie Darling you could have been
forgiven. but you kept mp the tosturs
even after two policemen had shaken
you out OF your boots-'
Then I sung. did II asksi the rris
oner, whose face had assumed . very
solemn expression.
You did,
And il was after midnighsf'
1t WA
We'll. / deserve six months in Jail.
and you can make out the papers
4 thoaght I'D make it thiity days or
t5 6ne.
We'll, thst's letting ms of easy. l'm
fool. and am willing 10 pay smart TOR
it. II ! ahculd be awakened st nikh'
by such singing - ! sing, I'd nsves
rest till had killed the singer. Here's
your Ave, and guess I'll co.
Let root beer alone
i will
And be careful that you don't dr'ai
too much soda water
You bst-'
And beware at pop.
Beware she isl Buttermilk is going
to be my beverage after this. and u you
nsver - mo again please rsmemoes
that Quis singing - soon = came g
realize the situation. Fare thss well.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1881-07-29

Now, ii | was President began Mr.
Butterfly. of Prospect street. the Other
morning. a. he passed his cup over for
second sip of noffee-.if I wa. Pres,-
dent OF the United States
Which you sin't you know r broke in
Mrs b. In On argumental and confiden-
tiaf tone.
And not likely TO be- added Mrs B's
mother. with contemptaous toss Of
the head
No. sssentsd Mr. 3. pleasantly.
'nu. l Was Jns' supposing the case
Then suppose something in reason
retorted Mrs b. snappishly; .Ycu might
as well suppose you vas the msn in the
moon, or the man IN the iron mask. or
-
10 might. my dear 20 might
assentsd Mr. B, still pleasantly smil-
ing. 'but that has nothing to do with
It. i was merely going 10 say that If I
was Pres'dent OF the United States I'd
'Ayr burst in Miss Gertrude. aged
eighteen. If You was, pa. wouldn't il
DO splendid, just to think how those
Whsedletop girls would change their
tune when l mt them; instead OF
throwing out their iusinuatious abon nt
people Who consider il nice to turn
their last seasons silk 90 that they NAV
have mora TO give to chsrity. But they
might turn green with envy before I'd
ever
Yes. and wouldn't I warm it to Sam.
my Dugsn iustr chirped in Master
Thomas. aged twelve; I'D go up to
him and smack him on the nose with a
brick before be knowed where he was.
and he dassent bit me back then be-
cause it would be treason, and they'd
hang biml and I'd slide on the side walk
and shy snowballs as the policen an.
and sass Miss Ferule. and play hockey
every day when it didn't rain, and =
snd-I'd'-
Yes, chimsd in Mrs B, catching
the infection from her enthusiastic
progeny. and then I'd be the first lady
IN the land, let the next be who she
would; and the senators and governors
wives would beg to be introduced 10
me. and I'd have balls twice a wes K
and banqnets every day. an
And Id have the management of the !
White House and run things, remarked
Mrs Be mother. her eyes sparkling
with the prospect.
Not much you wouldn't from Miss
Gertrude. not il kept my health and
knew myself. ycu wouldn't: not as
long as was the Presidents daughter !
and
'Yahr calculated Master Tom, Il
guess the Presidents son would be the !
biggest plum in that dishl Wouldn't /
be the Prince of Whales then-sa,y |
What would you know about
Shut up.all of you.' commanded Mrs
B. j reckon the Presidents wife is the /
highest authority 10 the landl Anyhow
there'd be dusty old time il any body /
questioned it. and i bet when the exer- /
cises were finished the survivors would |
not ask tor any electoral commission to |
decide it over again My I'd like to
SEQ anybody But. by the way. Mr. But
terby. what was it you was going to |
say you would do il you was the Presi.
dent Of the United States?'
Resign as soon as the Lord would |
let met said Mr. Butterfly. calmly but
determinedly. And then q raeditative
silence fell on the family and remained |
there until the meeting arose.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-07-13

promising way of suppressing an
acknowledged evil, and if it is once
resolved upon, as has been pithilv
said, the way to do a thing, is to do
it,"
We might proceed with Favorable
extracts from others. of our STATE
exchanges, but it would not leave
room for the following from the
.uf.. SATURDAY VISITOR,
the only effulgence that has thus
far shot across the horizon from the
electric headlights of the BARRON
The Visitor says:
The fanatics of the Temperate
party are usually non-producers
and disappointed women, tired
preachers without brains enough to
develop a line of thought complete
enough for q sermon, without quot.
ing half the Old Testament, part Of
the New, and most of the psalms
such eccentrics as we find in sand.
lot conventions, Dennis Kearnev
agitators, who imagine forced oddi,
ty and outlandish garb, appearance
of language, a mark of genius
Henry Clay Dean, of Iowa, is none
the brighter or more intellectual
because of changing his linen but
twice a year, nor is DR.. Mary Walk
er any more respectable for trying
to wear mans pants.
The self-righteous prohibitionist
has neither more brains, more
money or more rights than his H.
censed neighbor who educates his
family, gives as generously to all
public and private enterprises, and
pays as high taxes. The fanatical
plans of the extreme Temperance
people are on the right side of
good cause, but so ill-timed and
badly carried out that they do the
cause more harm than if they had
treated their opponents fairly, met
them half way, in a free country,
under law that respects license
mans rights as well as prohibi-
tionist's opinions.
The Visitor has column of that
sort of brilliancy, but we think the
above extract throws sufficient light
abroad for the present. We will
preserve the column intact, and tap
it again perhaps, to illuminate flu
ture occasions. d.
For what the Volksblatt, German
paper, says, see inside of this num-
Der.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-07-13
MIR. Caldwell's Speech.

In its report of the Convention
proceedings, among other things,
the Register has this to say about
Charlie Caldwell's speech:
Hon. Charlie Caldwell, of Park
ersburg, was the next speaker, he
being announced for a general
speech. He was introduced as
recent convert, a temperance comet
as it were. He started out by saying
that it was long time since ne
had taken part in a convention
such as this,a then launched into
very bright, breezy speech on the
temperance question. He said that
a government, that would not protect
its citizens, was no government
at all. Why was it, that the gov,
eminent would expend men and and
money in fight with nation, II
pe1chance one of its citizens should
be outraged in that nation
when at the same time it, by
license, allowed an enemy OF the
worst kind to continue, that had
taken off more citizens than all It's
wars together? The whisky busl
ness is either right or wrong-WlIn
this statement, he let out and a wal
horse in the cause could not have
made better talk. 4
AS he talked he grew eloquent
and was every moment lnterruPteu
by applause He spoke for hlls
minutes, and the time passed ~
fast it was not noticed. he tolu
what he had seen of anti-tempelll
ance, what he had suffered anu
then claimed the right to hghI,
license and whisky, curse 1t anu am
damn it, be fanatic if he wan'eu
to and refuse to be friend 10 a
"saloonatic." The way to hsn'
it was at the ballot box ana a. d.
though he was "a regular mos
back democrat" he proposed to mere
after look after his own lnIeieSr
and that of his fellow-beings ras a,ha
than that of political party n ID
speech was delivered otf-hano al. II
in Mr.. Caldwells own lnlml'a0i'
style.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-07-13
WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1881
No Sand in Their Craw.

The barn-yard fowl that has no
sand in his craw, pines and dwin-
dies in form and spirit, till his
feathers droop, and he is frightened
to cover, by the passing shadow of a
humming bird.
The proud bird with plenty Of
sand, grinding away vigorously in
his first stomach, stands erect with
glossy plumage, the glory of the
whole poultry-yard, and upon the
appearance of their common enemy
the great hawk, he stretches up his
arched neck, and sends forth a
sseck-a-doo-dle-do, that puts the
whole yard in trim for action, and
frightens off the enemy,
Wherefore, we are inclined to the
opinion that some of our law and
order fowls of the City Council
'shasn't got sand in their craws.
They crowed Justify on taking
possession of the city yard last
Spring, and resolved loudly and
'selemnly that they would pluck
the icense-gaffs away from any
saloon hawk, that dared to kill lit
tie chickens, or chickens that had
the alcoholic gapes, or that would
kill any chickens at all on Sunday
They seemed then to be healthy
lot, With plenty of sand. But, see
ing that the hawks went right on
killing the little chicks, gobbling
upfhe chickens with the gapes, and
killing them on Sunday, just as
they had always done before, some
of the best growers of these improv-
acknowledgment fowls, very soon
began to show signs of decline the
game-spirit dropped and anon it
became evident that the hawks
were stealing away their supply of
sand, until now they are actually
frightened almost out of their
feathers, and cackle like scared pull
lets, when one big hawk, wing
clipped and talon-bound, is led into
their midst by their own trained
fox, and proved in open Court to
have been caught in the very act
of killing chickens, and little chick
ems at that, on Sunday. No, they
havn't got the sand. 1t is even re-
ported that with pallid gills and
dropping tails they have sent out
for temperance gamesters to come
to their relief, and help them to get
rid of the bad hawk They would
like to have him quit killing chick
ems on Sunday, or quit being
caught at it, but they havn't the
courage to pluck away his license
gafs. No sand, no sand, poor
chicks.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-07-13

SAD V1sIT.-The Staunton Tndi-
Gator relates a sad incident Capt.
M. A. Birdsong and wife, of Rich
mond, Va, came to Staunton on a
visit, having sick child with
them. The child grew worse and
died on the cars before they reached
their friends. The friends with
whom they came to rejoice
were busted in shrouding and
coffining the little one, and the
sorrowing parents returned next
day with their dead JOY.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-07-13

DR.. Hall, Dentist, over Bore lr cots
Drug Store, Market ST., 1nser'SS I'D
of teeth beautifully filled with G 4o;al
thereby destroying the artln nunh
appearance so common III
cases. Call and see them.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-06-22

SPECULATIVE LIFE INsURANoE.-lt
is believed that not less than one hun
dred millions of dollars OF life insurance
have been place for speculative, in
some instances fraudulent purposes, in
this State. Some reliable persons put
the amount at $500 100000. Old men
upon their death-beds, or in the weak.
ness of their last disease, are insured by
unprincipled agents in completely with
physicians or alleged physicians, the
policy is paid for by these agents or
their friends and at the death Of the in
sured the sum goes to the holder OF the
policy. 1t is money coined in the
coffin. The traffic of this kind has
lately reached such an astounding ex'
tent in Pennsylvania that it was found
necessary by respectable and decent
people to frame a bill to prevent it and
present it to our Legislature for pass,
age. But our Legislature was not to
be moved as one man in favor of such
reform, and on the last night OF the
session the bill was lost by one vote,
and for another period the men who
swindle the dying and connive at mur'
der are to have full sway and glut theiI
pockets with the gains they steal from
tho corpses OF their victims.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-06-22
THAT'S ABOUT THE SIZE
OF 1T.

The Lancaster hteliigencr, com
menting on the apportionment by the
Legislature, refers to the increased
number of judges and the unnecessary
expense to the State, as being bad
enough but that the class OF aspirants
and the means used to elevate them to
the bench is still worse. On this point
it says;
"This apportionment has been de-
clared not mandatory, but it IS often
cited to justify bad allotment. The
inspiring cause Of the worst gerry
manders and of the needless increase
of the judiciary is to satisfy rapacious
politicians who want to get upon the
bench, or who want to get somebody
else on it to get them out of the way
to other political honors. Such con.
siderations as these determine the
character as well as the number OF
Judges; and it will be hard to make
any body believe that they do not en-.
ter INTO the jugglery over the Leba-
non. Dauphin districts the annexation
of Fulton to Adams county, fifty miles
away the additional law Judge for
Northampton; the bid of Jude Hall
for reelection and John Cessna's
scramble with him for his place and
many other painful features OF the
prevailing hunt for judgeships. As
the Times points out, the present pro
posed increase to 90 judges, compared
with 45, the number in the State seven
years ago, is too extraordinary to have
its root in the necessities of the case.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-06-22

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,' growi"g crops, Wn'on % arc v, almost , opll'-
eIasGu ,,, 10 mlhy places II 'S almost 'u'
POss,oIs sn ~ W 70 ESTIMATE; M ~, ,.,
ol' ! AuL' miNN7 9une ~ "A speolal
uIspa'cn u 10 tne F'oheer rress from
"Sl's' m,nn gives tho iollow'ng ue-
ea'ls e ol tne uamage py the storm on
1unuay py nlsns me oarn oi u T.
irVper was i,!teu from its iouhaa,ion
% anu earriSu rI my ieet ana ,, dashed 70 70
l'eues, l no mouse anu ail ou'oullulngS
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-06-22
G. W. KYLEB, }
ELAH JOHNSON, Com RS,
JoHN NORRIS.
A LETTER From IOWA.
CoLFAx, JASPER COUNTY, Iowa, I
June 18th. 1881, (
servants,


Mr.. GooDLANDER IL thought /
would write about the storm and hur-
ricane that passed over our town (Col.
fax and county on last Saturday af
ternoon. A whirlwlnd, accompanied
by rain and lightning the hardest rain
| ever saw came from the southeast,
and struck one mile from Coliax, at q
place they call the "Sand Ring" mash.
ing two houses and two stables into
kindling wood. The family of VIM.
Sheldon lives there; wife hurt severely,
aud Mr.. Sheldon hnrt slightly. Mr.,
John Sheldon, wife and baby saved,
but mother.in.law hurt severely Robt.
Woner's house was unroofed, and the
chimney IAN old.iashioned one) was
blown down. The family ran into q
cave and escaped from harm. The
storm then took turn for Colfax, and
swept trees as it went. At Colfax it
took the roof off Mrs. Hills house and
kitchen, but none Of the family injured;
crossed the street, struck Mr.. Nights
barn and hencoop, and racked his
house-nobody hurt passed on and
took Mr.. Rist's barn with horses in it
did not get much hurt passed on,
sweeping trees and tore Mr. Robison's
editor of the Colfax paper) house all
to sticks, leaving nothing but kitchen
floor Mrs. Robinson and baby hurt
severely taking Kinsels stable and
top off their house, it passed to a wild.
ow's house, tearing il all to pieces she
was not at home. Crossing the street,
il demolished Mr. Strowler's house and
stable passing on it took Mr. Charley
Opton's house and made kindling wood
out OF it. Mr.. Option and wife escaped
to the cellar. Reorossing the street
it tore Mr.. Jacob Cinkerd's house to
pieces next il took Joseph Cinkerds
house, destroying it, and set another
large house on its edge Both Of the
Cinkerd families were away from home
After tearing off some more kitchens
and sending wagons high in the air, il
passed on east of Colfax, doing some
damage to fences. On the following
day Sabbath the l2th) large hail,
storm passed, destroying all crops and
fruit, and beating the gardens into the
earth. No lives lost. Des Moines il
making up money for the loss.
Mrs. IL. ]. S.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-06-22
RETURN or A GREAT COMET

CIScTSEATI, o., June l9.-Intelli-
gence has been received by Professor
Stone, of the Cincinnati Observatory,
that DIR. Gould, of the National Obser-
vatory, of the Argentine Republic, has
just discovered large comet He be.
lieves it TO be the return of the great
comet Of 1907. The great comet of
1907 excited much interest among
scientists and not little alarm among
the superstitious. There is no satis-
factory record as to its discovery: but
both Bissel and Herschel observed its
orbit and made various calculations.
The diameter of its nucleus as meas.
ured by Hersche was found to be 53S
miles. 1t was taken TO be periodic,
and Bissel, the eminent German astron.
omer calculated its return in l,54s
years.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-06-22

TALLY OSE.-The Erie Observer man
says; State Treasurer Butler refuses
to pay the members Of the Legislature
more than their $1,000 salary. They
voted themselves 81 500 each, but the
Attorney General says the law is un-
constitutional. A bill was passed au.
thorizing the Dauphin county Court TO
issue q mandamus on the State Treas.
urer, and thus an issue would be made.
The members have subscribed q fund
to pay counsel to carry it to the su-
premo Court and the question of the
$500 extra pay will be decided by the
Court of last resort--tho judges Of
which had their salaries increased by
tho last Legislature,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-06-22

Tho Radicals of Jefferson county
met at Brooltville on Monday of last
week, and nominated the following
county ticket, President Judge, A,
G. White, Brookvillc; Prothonotary,
j. G. Allen, of Warsaw township
Sheriff, John B. Coon, of Young town.
ship; Treasurer, Nelson d. Corey, Of
Bell townships Commissioners, James
B. Jordan, of Big Run borough, and
G. b. Carrier, of Glover township
Auditors, W. G. Smith, of Washington
township, and W, A. Andrews, of Pine.
creek township. DR.. W. NJ. b. Gibson,
Of Rcynoldsvillc, was elected Chairman
Of the County Committee. The Dem.
ocrats will hold their Convention next
Monday.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-06-22


He TALKS LIKE A STATEsMAE-Mr
Allen W. Thurman, of Columbus, Ohio,
received a letter from his father, ex.
Senator Thurman, the other day, now
in France, in which the latter says
al see by the newspapers that l am
talked about as candidate for Gov.
ernor. | made up my mind when |
left the Senate that would return to
private life for good and ever, and |
remain of that mind. IT, therefore
there is any disposition to nominate me
you will tell my friends that l cannot
accept. My private affairs, too long
neglected, need all my attention and,
besides, have arrived at that age
when man ought to quit holding
office. l have had my full share of the
honors. Let the younger men come
to tho front"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-06-22

A Bio SuccEss.-"My wife had been
ailing long time with dyspepsia and
nervousness, and was in bed two years
with complication of disorders her
physicians could not cure, when | was
led by reading a circular left at my
door to try Parker's Ginger Tonic.
Having been so often deceived by
worthless mixtures, nothing but my
wiie's dangerous condition could have
led us TO make any more experiments.
But II was a big success. Three bot.
ties cured her, at q cost Of q dollar and
fifty cents, aud she is now as strong as
any woman, and regularly does her
household duties.-R. D., Buffalo. See
other column. [6.l-4t
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-06-22

The JUDICIAL APPoRTIoNMENT We.
ToED.-Governor Hoyt vetoed the Ju.
dicial Apportionment bill on Saturday.
The bill was vetoed mainly on the
ground that it proposed to establish
separate Judicial districts in Lebanon,
Jefferson and Greene counties, not one
of which has the requisite population
of 40, 900, according to the last census.
Although the bill would have increased
the number of judges nine, and the
yearly expenses nearly $4,000, the
Governor touches lightly on the in
creased cost it would entail on the State
The Governor does not attempt to as.
sumo what are convenient Judicial dis.
tricts, leaving that entirely to the judg-
ment of the Legislature. The action
of the Governor in this case will nc
no doubt receive universal approval
throughout the State.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-06-22
altw advertisements.
Notice to Heirs.
Alias Rule.

In the matter Of the Es' In the Orphans Court
tate Of JohH Hancock Of ol:1raold county,
To Mrs. Mary Hancock widow. @, B. Hancock,
]. X. Hancock, l. W Hancock, J ohm Hancock
and Smith V. Wilton, his Guardian a4 Htsm,
Margaret Ann Passmote and Harvey Panmore,
her husband, Mary Bell Fullington and A. L.
Fullington, her husband, Hannah II. McPher.
son and John II. McPhorsou, her husband, OF.
i've Bruton and n. V. Bruton, her husband
Susan Stanton and William Stanton, her hus.
band, Hannah MoP and John II. Ne
Pherson, her husband, aud who claims 70 be
Alienee Of Mary Bell Fulhngton anl A. L.
PulRngton, and John H. MePheson, AHenee
Of Susan Stanten and William stanton, her
husband
Take notice, that at an Orphans Court held 1t
Clearfsld, 10 and for said county, on the % day
Of June, A. d. lssl a., Rule was gra tted, whereby
you aud each Of you are command dcd TO be and
appear at an Orphans Court to be held at Clear.
field, In and for said county, on the FOURTH
MONDAY OF SEPTEMBER NEXT, being the
26lb day, at O'Clock 7. NJ, 'hero and then to ae
cept or refuse the real estate Of the said John
Hancock, late Of Pike township, deceased, at he
valuation thereof, and in case you neglect or 70
fuse to take the same to show cause, II any you
have, why tho same should not be .oid according z
10 law. JAMES MAHAffEY,
Sheriff = Office, Sheriff.
Clearfeld, Pa, June %, 'sO-3t.