Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1858-09-15
CLIPPINGS AND scRIssLlnes.

~ foggy-the mornings
- Warm-thc sun, in day time
20 "A Savage proeeeding'-an Indian running
away
clarified pill in it.
~ a favorite anu nt-horse-stealine, in .bo
northern part of Ohio
10 Visible-the comet Saw it last eva,;nr
1t has quite long tail.
- hnown-demijohns, by the more refined
term, spirit wrappers
Ey-Wheat of the best oualitv only, hr;,,,s On ..
30 cents. in Knoxville Tenn
u -Discovered-in Florida. some more Indians
The war is net yet ended, then.
S SDlsappointed-the gals that came to town
the other evening" to get beauxs.
- Executed-plain and fancy job-work, on
snort notice, at the journal Office
~ Abundant peaches at Easton, Md They
were selling at 90 cents to 81 a bushel.
% Paid out-twenty thousand dollars a week
for labor, at the Philadelphia Navy Yard
10 Asserted-that the four great evils of life
are standing collars, stove-p pipe hats, tight boots
and tobacco.
E5TAbstracted-over $4,000 from the mails
between New Orleans and San Antonia within the
last six weeks
LIZ SAID to bc-camphor, antidote for strveh-
nine. Drinkers Of bad whiskey, would do we'll to
remember this.
E5 The planters of Georgia have commenced
Tor an abundant yield.
20 Spriggles says that although there is no such
thlnS as muzziing the press in this country there
Is plenty of book-muslin.
70 5-Coming down-dresses and provisions The
sign before ihc door of a mautau maker roads
thus Dresses made lower than ever.
syA good one-the idea of goin, to the hotto,o
OF The Atlantic in diving bell and planting poles
tall enough TO hold the telegraph cable above the
ocean surface.
n.ll:
IDOL with large diamond eyes. That idol was un-
like the ghost of HamIets fi.ther-it had specuIa-
ton in It's eyes.
~ Humboldt tells that he met, one day in
ms travels, with Il naked Indian, who had painted
his oody SO as TO represent blue Jacket and trou-
scrs Win black buttons No need OF taiors. tn ere
~ PIutarch says in mis- life of Alexander that
the DapylonIans used during the dog days. 10 sleep
on skins filled with water. In this age men sieep
ia ins filled with bad rum at all seasons OF the
year
I'A cake sent to Eldridge, the St Lawrence
county, Ohio, school teacher, who cruelty murder
ed his betrothed, was opened by the Jailor and
found to contain nice new razor. 'Speet the fel-
low wanted shave.
20 1Plenty-rattlesnakes in south Western Viz
gina At Suckleysviile, Lee county, last week
three zone with ten ratties) were KILLED under a
bed upon which an old man by the name of Ne
CIellan was lying sick.
u The officers of Covington Ky have captur-
ed good looking girl, sixteen years DID, who was
dressed IN male attire, and has been living in the
woods near the city for some tiIue subsisIng Oh
stolen poultry and provisions.
E5 Brigham Young is said TO be worth $4,000
Uuu; oeslues having control of all the church prop
crty in Utah That latter exceeds in value ali the
rest OF the property in the territory and is exenp
ted from taxation by the territorial law.
- BY modern improv vcment steam engines
can be made TO sw ,low their own smoke. We
wonder if this improvement, OF some similar one,
eouId not be applied to 'poLftlcaL politicians,
as to enable them to swallow their gas.
g In a county in central Mississippi party of
nine men contributed to purchase a barrel of
strychnine whiskey for their use during the term
OF the Court. In three weeks eight OF the nine
were dead while the ninth made narrow escape.
- Two men engaged in painting the spire of
the new Episcopal church in ctratford, Conn fell,
one 90 feet to the ground, and the other 80 feet,
catching upon bracket to which he chung until
removed, sustaining no injury the former had a
leg broken.
"a The fourteen locomotives which blew their
whistles at Syracuse. in honor of the cable so as
tonished horse, three four miles off that he
fell on his knees and there remained until the
whistles stopped Notwithstanding every effort to
get him up.
sg~Two young men, sons of DR.. Riley. near
Dayton, o.; in attempting to drive the track
of the Dayton and esiern Railroad, on the 1th
were run over by the train. The younger broth
er was thrown forty feet and instantly killed the
other escaped with but slight injury.
- short time since, some workmen while re-
moving the cloth covering from antiquated look
ing table IN the Pennsylvania State Library found
attached TO the surface of the wood slip of paper,
on which was written, Upon this table was slgn-
ed the Declaration of Independence
10 Portugal has acknowledged the Indepen-
dence of Liberia. and is about entering into
ty OF amlty and commerce with her. Though near
ly every great power has acknowledged the exis- |
ence OF this infant Republic it is considered be-
meath the dignity of the United States to do it.
- Baron Humboldt has predicted his own
death. letter written by him, lately read in one
of the Pru5sian law courts, caused a sensation |
from its containing the declaration, M death will
take place IN 1902 and urging that it would be
better to postpone a certain publication of his |
works till then.
a An old red house, standing near the line of |
the Troy and Boston Railway, is located in two |
States three counties, and tour townships: the |
States of Newly Ork and Eerm ont the counties of
Rensselaer,, Washington and Bennington, the town |
ships Of Hoosick, White Creek, Salisbury and |
bennington. 'Twould take sharp officer to ar |
rest the occupant of that house.
On the morning of the 9th inst, as the train of |
the Hamilton and Dayton road was passing the |
turnpike near Cummingsville, it ran into a car
nieces Mrs. Fessenden caught by the cow
catcher and was carried one hundred yards she |
was picked up corpse. The others were thrown |
from the carriage with great force and were Sc
verely injured.
The fall fashions for bonnels if the Phila