Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1858-04-21
CLIPPINGS ANo scaieali,!es

e Unsettlcd-the weather
- Ditto-the opinions of some men.
zgSmall beer-is water bewitehcd
20 Wantcd-a lot of good butter. in town
E1gA wife-man's best fortune or his ,vo.,
~ running round icose-strychnne last week
- Iike"ise-a large number of stray hogs.
parties. 01 Win All
tS open-the canal, between Huptincdon and
Columbia huntingdon ana
u Fact.-Loweu has over nineteen miles Of
girls endwise niiies oi
the Tewn Hall 'e' at
- Only skin dcep-beauty Vel, it looks first
rate as far as it goes.
y Sealed proposaIs-as tbe chan soia ~. !, .
kissed his sweetheart
u In town-CoI. Alexander of the Clarion
OcmOerGt. He looks fine
% ImprOving-the mud holes in our streets
1ettlnS deeper every day.
p Sunday-the golden clasp that binds toretb
er the volume of the week
- ohant,l-clear as the chap said when he was
making tracks with fat rooster
y Passed over the Penn'a RaiIrood-1eoe -,
grants during the month of March
q Soid-at Berlin, Wisconsin load Of bov
Judged to weigh ton, for eighty cents
y - Made contract-CoI Colt, with the War
department for 100000 worth of his arms.
- nave hxcd-both houses of Congress on the
''I uas Vi June Tor the adjournment. SINE lie
y Held mceting-the newspaDer prbIiSb,
ol Lehlgh county, and agreed TO adopt the cash
system. 'A'0 ''sh
I=3 kobbed-the jewelry store of l.. Turpia. in
Sl4.000 '' ''iu9u "t
- Progressing-a revival at theWelsh churches
in Johnstown. Quite number have rror.ssnT G.S.S
conversion. fu
- Was sunk-the steamboat Venture. bv a Gale
OF wind opposite Gallipotis. Eight of her crew
were drowned.
sy Stll expanding skirts. 1t is sur
correspond. ~
- g-Got new watch chain-tbe senior d.vi1
Il | takes de shine off oh all de brass fxin's. II
gSTA TAbsconded-T. Anderson tax collector of
pe'r9it leaving his bail pay SI6000 for which he
. Disnissed-the next morning. the three most
oifce clerks who checred for Douglas az n IecoInn
ton meeting in Chicago
, 20 Found-gold OseeoIa in Clark county
Iowa Men at the -diggns'' are averaging from |
TWO TO iTc dollars per day.
% Looks well-the wheat crop in Bueks conn |
~ The farmers anticipated u large crop if the |
season continues favorable.
81 Prevaiiing-the building fever. in Harris
burg. Over one hundred new buildings are 70 he |
put up uutlGg the summer.
EJ Imposed a tax-the Fren.h Government of |
one centme on percussion caps which, it is said
VIII produce revenue OF l.50O,OOO francs
81 Arrcsted-L. VI. Reahard. clerk in the post
2ifIce at BrowsYille for purloining money letters
lie was detected by means Of a decoy sent by a
ietectiye agent.
An italian in Chicago, worth UPWARDS Of
10000, who owns five houses in Milwaukee ave
nue, has seven or eight gr;s in his employ beg
ging and stealing
u Large eggs.-The editors of the Pittsburg
DtEpatch say that they ..have been presented with
4 couple OF very aggravated goose eggs They
weigh ten ounces each =
- Amounts-thc weekly receipts of the London
ines for advertising alone. to SO, 900. One firm
or the advertising of two articles. (Circassau Oil
and Clrcassian LiquidJ pay S2000OO annually.
EE Employed-by the Niceroy of Egypt Major
Minnie of the French army at a salary of ) 10 00D
year, to 20 to Egypt TO instruct the soldiers in
he use OF the Minnie gun. and to aid in its CON
tructiOa.
i-ss7Notice Mr. Thomas Robins has reoucstc5
IS TO state that he hopes the person who b1rron~R
he bushcl of potatoes last Thursday night will
laye generosity enough to return the same ne xt
all, after he has raised his crop.
"a Good-wagcs. in Oregon. Men get from $40
o 10 per month in lum bcring establishments |
ma from SlO to SO on farms. Carpenters get
rom = TO per day. Flour from SI2 10 SIG per
'bl Beef from > 10 Sl5 per 100. Pork SO per
90. Potatoes 81 .25 per bushel.
t-S bleco'eIeu-py the EngIish Admiral, that |
anton China, Is situated on an island one of the
un boats has just made passage around it 1t
somewhat singular that the fact never was known |
efore, and only goes to show how jealous these
eople arc of giving any information of the inter
al affairs or formation of the country.
70 Joseph Clark of kittaning. our candidate
or Senator two years ago, has been appointed by
overnor Packer one of the Wbiskey inspectors in
This is "A lucrative Office and could
OF have been conferred n worthier man or a
ettcr Democrat.-Ck1riOO Denl1cyut
Nor a better judge Of whiskey, light have been
ppropriately added.
\ gentleman who has travelled through fif-
cen counties north of the Ohio and MississiD-
i Y Riilrnll in Illinois md Indiana