Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1857-01-28
CLIPPINGS hao scR,ssLINos.


D-The Republicans have carried the muni-
and Birmingham.
Gykilled-a bear weighing 35l lbs, at Mt. |
Union, Huntingdon county, last week. His
carcass sold for Is cents per 10.
ugArrcsted for stealing lumber-the speak
who sstook the foor.'' He and the lady
who '.took the vcil'' are to be tried together.
GyThe latest way to pop the question is to
ask the fair lady .sIf you shall have the plea
sure of seeing her at the Minister'S
Gg-A Fact.-A fool in high station is like
a man on the top of a mountain; everybody
appears small TO him, and he appears small to
everybody.
Dy-A good Idea.-It is said that a certain
town in New England, in order TO get rid of
supporting pauper, elected him to seat in
the Legislature.
WDecidedly cold-last Monday morning.
The thermometers indicated 24 degs. below
zero. Jack Frost, we suppose, is, like calico,
trying to ''spread' himself.
| D~A Louisiana correspondence of the Jour
nal Of Commerce says the sugar crop of that
State will fall short 100, 900 hhds. the present
year. In 1853 the yield was 495, 900 hhds.
| W-A disputed point-whether the recent
storms east and south were caused by the defeat
of the Democracy in this State for U. S. SEN
ator, or on account of DR.. Kane's trip to Ia
wanna.
| D-Hon. Gabriel Cannon has been chosen
Lieut.. Governor of South Carolina.-When
| that State secedes from the Union, that Cam
non will probably s'go OFF, and Gabriel will
.blow his horn.''
B-In mOurning-the last Bellefonte Watch
man, at the defeat of John W. Forney for U.
S. Senator. a copious lachrymal demonstra-
tion will undoubtedly relieve the poor fellows
lacerated .'pheclinks.'
! 0EHeavy Loss.-Senator Bells losses by
the ''inaurrection'' panic were greater than
has been reported. No less than sixteen OF
his slaves were killed by the excited populace
some with, and some without the forms of
law?
U@Plenty-mad dogs in Illinois. at Jo-
liet, last week three children and a number Of
cattle were bitten; and at Augusta a single
dog bit upwards of twenty cattle, hogs and
sheep, most of which have since gone mad
The stock bitten was estimated to be worth
$4,000.
UG-Hunt, in his "reminiscences, ralates that
Coleridge, upon the death of master of a
| school he had attended when boy, remarked,
''It lucky that the cherubims who took
him to heaven were nothing but faces and
wings, or he would have infallibly flogged
! thor, on Tho 1rav
| DJTrue-An exchange says: ssWhen man
gets mad and stops his paper, he always bor-
rows the next number of his neighbor to see
if the withdrawal of his paper hasn't killed
the editor, and dressed the columns of his pa
per in mourning. Such men are apt to ina
gine that the world rests on their shoulders"
UQueer freak.-One of the female luna
tics in the New ! orz Asylum, the Syracuse
Courier says, has the delusion that she has
been the wife of each successive President
She is Mrs. Pierce, and her nuptials with
Mr.. Buchanan are anticipated by her about the
time Of his Inauguration.
u-Large Award.-Thc United States Court
of Claims at Washington has decided claim
to the amount of $3.50 600, against the United
States, in favor of the widow of Reside for
many years great mail contractor. The
Court reported a bill to Congress granting her
the amount, which was Immediately passed u
unanimously by the House.
TNew Kink.-Forty-two scoundrels, en-
bracing some of every grade in the fraternity,
such as burglars, highwaymen, sneak thieves,
bullies and pimps, were arrested Friday night
a week, in New York, and placed on exhibi-
ton, free gratis, that persons who had lost
property might see, and if possible, identify
them. We think the plan of literally cagiHg
andIexhibiting scoundrels, would soon produce
good results.
~Zachariah Chandler who has been cho
sen by the Republicans OF Michigan to replace
4th of March next, is leading and popular
merchant of Detroit, and at the same time a
Jealous and energetic politician. He was the
Wing candidate for Governor in 1852, and
shared the fortunes of General Scott, having
been beaten by Robert McCleland, the present
Secretary of the Interior.
WThe Harrisburg Herald speaks of new
counterfeit $40 note on the Harrisburgh Bank,
which it says is very different from the coun-
terfeit on the Bank Of Montgomery County
tens. 1t has portraits OF Washington and Rit-
teuhouse in the centre-canal boat on one end,
and male and female on the other-with train
of cars at the bottom of the note. The genu-
inc ten has the State Capitol in the centre,with