Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1856-07-23

Z. Fremont should have as its device a bresb-
ing machine. That sheaf of wheat is destined
to be thrashed, and the wheat to l,e gathered
into any other garner than that OF the border
ruffians."
lAPkoYEMENTs--N We are pleased TO see that
spirit OF improvement is awake in our town
AT this time we observe preparations for bull
ding at different points. Mr. Jonathan Rovn-
ion has torn away his former residence. and is
erecting fine brick dwelling on its site w
l.. Moore, Esq, is putting up a brick dwelling
on the corner OF Locust and I'd Sts., and Jas.
b. Graham, Esq, is putting fine addition TO
MS house on the corner Of Market and I'd Sts.
There are other Improvements going on, all of
which will add to the appearance of our town.
MuRDER.-We learn by the Lock Haven
Watch'nCn, that on the 9th July, Wm. Hall
was killed, at Kettle Greek, by Jacob w.
Pfouts. Hall, who was in his employ, it ap-
pears, had ridden one of his horses and Iamed
him. a quarrel cEsued, and after handling n
man named Jerry Harkins roughly for inter-
fering, Pfouts took his rifle and shot Hall thro,
the breast, killing him instantly it is supposed.
Mrs. Pfouts gave the alarm, and when the
neIghbors came in they found the three men
lying on the floor. Pfouts was arrested and
committed TO the Lock Haven Jail. 1t seems
Rum was at the bottom of the affair.
y FRIGHTFUL RAILROAD ACCIDENT occurred
near Gwynned Station on the North Pennsyl-
vania railroad, I3 miles from Philadelpiia. on
the 18th inst, by which not less than 80 per-
sons were killed, and between 200 and 500
wounded. An excursion train, containing the
scholars and teachers of the Roman Catholic
church of St. Michaels, Kensington. who were
going to Fort Washington on a pleasure "trip.
was run into by the regular down train. The
cars of the former were driven on top of each
other, and to add to the calamity caught fire.
\ most heart-rending scene ensued-nineteen
men, women and children were roasted TO
death, others crushed and horribly mangled,
and the groans and cries of the wounded and
burning were appalling in the extreme. Rev:
Mr.. Sheridcn, priest Of St. Michael, was tho't
to lie among the burned. 1t is estimated that
100 persons were on the train when the col
lision occurred.
FLAvORING MArTERs.-One of the most re-
markable, and interesting achievements of
modern chemistry has been the preparation of
certain liquids possessing the favors of vari-
Gus fruits. So close indeed is the reSem-
blance that we are almost warranted in suppo-
sing the flavor of the fruits to be actually eau
sed by the presence of trace of the above IL
quids. Several of these articles are employed
in confectionery. and are manufactured on a
tolerably large scale. The acetate of amylic
oXyd, when dissolved in six times its bulk of
alcohol, emits most powerful ard agreeable
odor of pears, and is used in flavoring pear
drops. The valerate of amyle, dissolved in al
cohol, gives the scent and favor of apples
Butyric-ether communicates the flavor Of the
pineapple, and is used in the preparation of
various beverages. Various other compounds
of tie so-called fatty acids, with the oxyd of
amylo and ethyle, possess very pleasing odors.
Scientific American.