Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1856-11-19

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New BUILDIyGs.-We notice several new
buildings in course of erection in our borough,
among them a neat dwelling of VIM. S. Brad
ley, cabinet making shop of ]. s. Johnson,
and wagon and coach shop of J. W. Shugart.
FiRE.-We have been informed that the
house of Mrs. Woodbridge, in Bradford town
ship, was destroyed by fire on Friday night,
the nth inst. We are not prepared to say
whether the contents of the house were saved
or destroyed.
An ORNAMEsT.-The new brick dwelling of
Jonathan Boynton, Esq, on Second street,will
be a splendid house, and an ornament to that
part Of the town. The new brick dwelling OF
Judge Moore, also adds much to the appear
ance of the street.
LIVING Is HIGH in Clearfeld just now. Flour
IS retailing at 50 barrel; butter at 20 cts. per
pound beef, by the quarter, at from A to 6
cts. per pound buckwheat flour So so per
hundred lbs; corn, from 62 to 10 cents per
bushel; wheat and rye, we can't say what the
price is.
HELPING HINsELF.-Some rogue or other re-
Gently took the trunk of our young townsman,
Clarence l.. Barrett, whilst on his way to Wis
consis, off the hack at Johnstown, on the
Pennsylvania Railroad, and rified it of the con-
tents This seems to be s'free'' country, in
every particular.
"SoME PUMPKINS. Abraham Reams, of
Lawrence, whilst presenting us, the other day,
with couple fine pumpkins, for which we ten
a.. i |,
in his lot produced no less than ten-six of
which weighed not less than % pounds apiece.
sSSome pumpkins that
AsoruER FIRE.-We learn that on lastThurs-
day night, the store house of B. D. Hall & Co...
at Salt Lick, in Karthaus township, this coun-
sac fire is supposed to have been the worT, of
Jan inceudiary.
SaART!-A postmaster at one of the new
Offices IN this county. it is said directs letter
packages, no matter to what place they are to
be forwarded in the direction indicated. with
no other superscrption than the word sswes-
tcrly - We should like to know where q
package, SO directed, would stop 1t is little
wonder that letteSh so often miscarried.
when such competent men have charge of some
Of the post offices.
RioH.-It is said that the Locofocos of one
OF the up-river townships, who had been en-
trusted with the straight-out tickets, are talk
ing of indicting some Fillmore men for pock
citing, as they allege, these tickets The up-
precedentcd interest and wonderful love dis.
played by the Locofocos for the straight tick
ct, by taking care of and giving them out sat
lshed the true Americans of the real state of
nfftirs, and determined them, if not before de-
cided IN the matter, to vote the Union Electo-
raj ticket, notwithstanding the efforts of n bu-
sy, 6nn-gling fellow who rode from his own to
another district to create diversion, but who
was told that his advice was not wanted there.
He left suddenly with ssa flea in his ear,
AYsrERIous.-On Saturday, whilst Mr.. Ellis
Askey was hunting on the head waters of
Montgomery, in Pike township, this county. |
he found small tin-box and wooden leg. |
in dense thicket, miles from any habitation. |
On Monday Mr.. Askey and others proceeded |
to the place, where they found all the bones of
a man, except the skull. In a Testament foupd
In the box, were written a couple names which
were made out to be, r. V. Rightbone. and r.
b. Charles, England-besides these, on a pair
of spectacles, was engraved Robt. Wright
The bones are supposed to be the remains of a
travelling tinker, an Englishman, who had a
wooden leg. and was going through the coun-
try, about five months ago, and it is supposed
that he either lost his way, and becoming en-
tangled in the thicket where the bones were
found, was unable to extricate himself and
perished from fatigue and starvation, or that
he was destroyed by some wild animal.
CHIsA.-By way of California We have re- !
ceived news from Hong-Kong to the Goth of
August. The rebels had taken the CITY of
keu-Yung; also Kintan, now Chang-tow.--
There were large bodies Of tho rebels near
Soocnow, and the early capture of that city
was inevitable. The rebels were also making $
demonstrations uponPekin. A dreadful fresh {
ct had occurred at Canton. All the streets {
Were submerged daily for a fortnight, ,and much i
property had been destroyed. The great Pa o
eoao, fourteen centuries old, had been under f
mined by the water, and had fallen, burying |,
'he priests beneath it. great fire had also a
occurred at Canton. Hundreds of buildings
ana poats were burned, and two hundred msn,
women and children were burnt and drowned.
l ne rice crops in the vicinity OF Canton were
greatly damaged by the freshet. Many villa. D
sss had also been destroyed. n