Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-06-13
Yrntll Nutea.

RefrestiRg-the late rain, though we had rath-
of it than desired.
Col up IN huuy-our half sheet this week
We viii endeavor to do better hereafter.
H@m5ug-our hog law. There more swine
on the streets now than there before its pas
sage.
Too coL9--the evenings for ice-cream. Wonder
if the clerk of tho weather hasn't got brick in
his hat?
Not tdead-''Doesticks,' as was reported. He's
still alive and kicking and ready to spin
other of his laughable letters
Fruits at NorfoM-on Saturday 40 bushels of
cherries 1900 baskets Of strawberries and 100 bar
rels of peas shipped from Norfolk to n. York.
Il singular tyiO.-The N Y Tribune, the Pitts
burg Gazette, and the q FTeen,ea's Journal are
all delighted at FIourncy's defeat in Virginia.
In Session-the National K n Council in Phil
adeIphia. good deal Of interest is manifested to
discover its proceedings They will be made public.
Acctdent-A little daughter of Mr.. Solt, of Brad
ford township, fractured both bones of her in
fall few days ago. Under the of DR..
Wilson, she is fast recovering.
Left totcae-two Of the hopeful verdant speci
MEMS that '.bloomed, bossomed, and bore fruit
Saturday last Blackberry brandy is bad thing
for weak stomachs.
More of them.-On Wednesday 937 emigrants
arrived at Philadelphia, 4O8 of whom were Nor
mons bound for Salt Lake City. The doctrines of
Of Joe Smith getting popular.
Nonsinated.-Kimb Cleavor, Esq, of Northum-
berland Co., has been unanimously nominated by
the American Convention, in session at Harrisburg
their candidate for Canal Commissioner.
Nelo a,yivaz-at the store of Richard Mossop,
who has just received of the best and cheap
est lots of goods ever broughtto Clearfeld Give
him a call.
Running 1T into the grom,1d-the ball players.
Instead of making it amusement for the eve
ming or leisure hours, they at it all day. from
morning till night. 1t won't pay boys, especially
when -four is fourteen dollarsa barrel.
Crime at Ne,U Orleams.-During the week ending
the 28th ult, five men were convicted at New Or
leans of murder-three to be hung and two sent
to the penitentary for life Thirteen Others char
ged with murder, are still to be tried
Cheeg Provtsto,rs.--In the LOUISVILLE (Ky3 mar
ket, butter is selling at 12l Is cents, eggs 10
cents chickens 12I cents growing poultry 30 cents
turkeys 80 cents, beef cents mutton and veal
cents, -four, SO, new potatoes 60 cents peck.
MIST stan out-tho loafers that have been in
the habit of Ioafng about Office. We intend
to be there ourself, and wen be very likely
to show them the hole the carpenter made in a
way they won't much admire.
LocRsts The woods around Eaton Georgia, are
full of Iocusts and the continued noise they make
is almost deafenng 1t sounds like the tinkling of
thousand small bells. The wings of these in
sects are marked with a W, and in olden times it
was supposed that this letter foreboded war.
The Czznreaa tro1s8es-It is stated that Goner-
ais ScorT and JEssUP have, within few days ex-
pressed their opinion that the Allies cannot re-
treat from the Crimea without first capturing Sc
vastopol by a comp de main, or beating the Rus
sian armies of the interior in pitched battle.
TIE Virginia Electio n.-Returns are in from
all the counties except Wyoming, which generally
gives about 90 whig majority According to the
Richmond Enquirer the majority for Wise is 10,
1884, while the Dispatch makes 9, 433. The dem
ocrats have 48 majority in the legislature
Ha5eas corpus.-Young Lamm, whose imprison-
ment on charge of stealing money from Levi
Specie of Curwensville, noticed some time ago,
was brought before Judge Shaw, on Habeus Cor
pus, on Monday last and after hearing, was
manded to Jail, in default of bail.
Returned Alex. Irwin, Esq, who for some time
past has been visit to Kansas He gives but a
poor account Of the country-says it's scarce of
water, and scarce of timber-and thinks that
Clearfeld men had far better stay at home, than
go out there wild goose chase
Il food.-The recent rains have raised the riv-
er, and for few days past few struggling RATS,
that didn't get down on the former freshets, have
been floating past our town on their way to mar
ket already stocked to overhowing Some of our
citizens have started on their third trip down the
river this spring.
IaIl-that letter we received from Tyrone, sign
ed "one of the boy hoyse.'' We would suggest to
the writer the propriety of his going to school
little while longer before he undertakes to write
for the papers. If it were not personal we would
publish it as the greatest literary curiosity have
ever come across in our editorial experience.
Sold, decidedly-those who ran in the direction
of the river, evening last week, making our
streets ring with the cry of fire. On arriving on
the bank, the object of excitement found to be
COW, that, in endeavoring to swim across, was
carried down by the current and it supposed
would be drowned. She escaped, however, and
the crowd assembled to extinguish the 'sfre!'
turned looking decidedly sheepish or perhaps we
might better term it ''cowish."
Whv Females fauor Proht5itfon-In an ad-
dress delivered at Temperance meeting
in Brooklyn, Mayor HALL made the following
statement: "AIore than three hundred ilI-used
wives have called upon me, since the first of JAN
uary, to complain of their drunken husbands, who
squandered all their money in rum, and left them
without the means of support He estimated the
total expenditure for rum in Brooklyn, during the
course of year, at near three millions Of dollars