Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1856-04-30

+ TnE WATER of Lake Ontario is said 10 be
S. inches higher than it was at this time last
yes
M .ScAsrsE COUNTY the court has decided
on fce.sing lsf tayerns, 3S of which are to be
/ in the CAV.
Howdo,salinelookwithou houtspaces.- Indiana
Register.
I-Likeaheditorsirwith
An AnrEsI>s v ELL is being bored atP Paris,
to be 1900 feet deep and over feet diameter,
I TO supply ornamental lakes with. water.
ThE ST. Loefs. DEMOCRAT is confident That
100000 persons Will be added to the popula-
ton Of Kansas before the close OF 1856.
GRIEF is bad for digestion. Lose pocket
book containing two hfties and ten, and you
will not care for food Tor the next ? days.
Cor. NJ REYSoLD has been convicted OF the
murder of G. D. SatterfieId, in Patrick coun-
ty, Va, aud sent to the penitentisry for ten
years.
TnE LEGISLATURE of Ohio has just passed =
law limiting the taxes levied by incorporated
towns and cities Tor local purposes, to mills
on the dollar.
TnE PEoRIA, Illinois, Republican says that
the peach trees generally, and many most val
liable and hardy apple-trees, were killed by
the severe cold last winter
WHEN Mr.. Alexander Gun was dismissed
from the Edinburg Customs the following en-
try was made in the books "a. Gun, dischar-
ged for making false report
THE ToRSADo.-The recent storm is said 70
have extended over G thousand miles Of terri
tory, through which il passed in few hours,
doing an ncalculable amount of damage
y YANKEE has just invented a suspender
that contracts on your approach 10 water, So
that the moment You come to puddle it lifts
you over, and drops you on the other side.
THE EXTREME cold weather the past winter
froze the water in the pipes in Reading city
and burst them in many places, so that many
OF the citizens had no water in their hydrants
THE Iowa REPuBLIeAS says there will be five
eclipses this year--two OF the sun-two of the
moon--and one of Frank Pierce. The latter
will be visible all over the United States in
y Noyember next.
OREGos is taking measures to be admitted
into the Union. The population is said to he
now, over fifty thousand, sswith more wealth
than any other community of fifty thousand
people on the globe.''
AN IRISH PAPER says that extensive prepa-
rations are going forward in the northern pro-
yinces of ireland, for the cultivation of pota-
toes tho ensuing season, and that in 1866, one
million acres were planted.
TnE MUSIcIPAL EIEcTioS in philadephia
takes place on the 9th of May. ThcAmerican
candidate for Mayor is Henry D. Moore, and
that Of The Locofocos is Richard Yaux, and
the contest is becoming very spirited.
The Washington Sentinel says that, with
the exception of Pierce, it will support any
nominee that the Democratic Convention shall
deem, after 4 fair canvass Of the qualifications
Of all, the most suitable for the coming contest.
The TRIAL of the WaI1emanitc's 5 in New Ha-
zen was brought to close, quite abruptly, on
April Il; the insanity of the prisoners became
so apparent that the States Attorney refused 4
o proceed. Verdict rendered Not guilty on
account of insanity
4 METHODIST pRfAcmEE has arrived in theI
Jrimea to minister TO the Methodists among
he English troops, and Lord Panmure ha3
given him an order for rationa during his stay
fherc are already Episcopalian. Roman Cath.
'lic, and Presbyterian chaplains there.
a WIDOW, residing in the village OF Douchys
rance, committed suicide, recently, by shut
ing herself up in a box. When found, shs
7as carefully wrapped in linen. She Vas uT-
,ards Of 50 years af age. Disappointed lovs
; said to be The cause Of this act Of despair.
Public SYaeArHr-Phe Bridgeport (Ct.1
standard contains the cali for a mass meeting
I Citizens, in reference to the personal emu
arraSsments Of Z. r. Barnum, and TO extend
o him their sympathies, etc.
B7-Thepoor prince of humbugs Let hinlf
lone. he win look out for number one.
When the editor of Mississippi papcrI
lreatened, in print, Ssto put full stop over
ach Of the eyes of the editor of the louisville
ournal'' Prentice replied ssWhile he is put
ug a full stop over our eyes, We viii put his
osc in parenthesis.' 1t is hard getting the
ivantage of Prentice.
RorAL CASDoR.-Geo. II being informed
iat an impudent printer was to be punished
n having published spurious Kings speech,
eplied that he hoped the punishment would
e OF the mildest sort, because be had read
9th, and as far as he understood either Of
lem, he liked the spurious speech better than
is own.
A VALUABLE PtTEsT.-Itis announced that
Yankee has nyeated machine TO extract
le lies from quack advertisements. 1t is SAID
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