Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1859-01-05
CLIPPINGS AND sca,BslINes. S.

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swover--the Holidays Glad of it.
Ey-Met-the Legislature, on Tuesday,
Cy-Rather clever fellow-ouF new jour.
rYGone east-the editor of the Journal
y-Pretty good-the sleighing, for several days
| past PUG 80
,-yItis stated that Mr. Dickens gains by his
readings 100000.
gy-A proposal for a new Constitution of Indi-
is being agtatod by papers in that State.
| EY- Somebody left fat Shanghai in the kitchen
of the publisher of the Tyrone Star fowi trick,
that --
ry-An extensive project is on foot in New York
| for sending a large number of emigrants to Ari-
ZUna
! 20 Enjoyed the sledding-the small fry on Sat
urday evening That's right, friend A, the young
'uns must have fun. - .-..-
tY@Thc Sons of Malta of Cincinnati, distribu-
ted five thousand loaves of bread among thu poor
| of hat city on Christmas day. .
| 70 Baron Won Humbolt is said to be exceeding
| ly ILL., 1t will be remembered that he predicted
his death during the year 1889.
! 70 Fact--if you wife footing her hus-
bands stocking, you may conclude that he VIII
not find it difficult to foot her bills.
70 Judge Samuel Black of Pennsylvania, is spo-
ken of as likely to receive the appointment of Gov
! ernor of Nebraska from the President.
| ry-A locofoco editor says that his party is
/ the verge of a;precipice but calls loudly upon it
to march steadily ahead. He is bad leader.
EyTbe town agent of Hartford, Connecticut,
! sold 1888 gallons of liquor last year TO citizens
| under law which forbids all sales except to the
| sick. --.a--
| EgA negro in Columbia, Mo, pursuing hog
the other day with open kpife in his hand, fell
and the bla lie entered his heart, causing instant
death.
| tY-Thc total damages and military expenses
consequent the burning of the Quarantine bull
dings Staten Island, n. Y, will not fall short
j S40S,5o0
| Michipan * about Detitionin ny
the Micigan Legislature for a city charter, under
the name of the City of Napokisko- Phoebus
| what name.
| sY@Judge Read, of the Supreme Court of this
/ State decided on the 9th ut.. that the term or
ph an applies to child bereft of one parent we'll
to who has lost two.
.y-It is understood that bill for the suppress
sion of poygamy in Utah and all the other terri
| tories will be introduced at an carly day in Con-
gress and vigorously pressed.
| EYSeveral ladies in Ravenna o., suffering
severely from poisoned hands. caused by the us;
of indigo in washing. Most OF the indigo prcpa-
rations contain prusSic acid. Ladies should take
the hint.
ry-On Sunday a-week, twenty-five sailors made
a public profession of religion, and partook of
the Lords Supper, on board the United States
receiving ship North Carolina, at the Navy Yard,
Brooklyn.
IY-A simultaneous effort seems to have been
made in nearly all the towns in the eastern part of
Pennsylvania to circulate the spurious - bills on
the Western Bank of Philadelphia Keep sharp
look out for them.
rgAn Indian chief called Okemos. died lately
near Lansing, Michigan. lie was supposed TO be
over one hundred years old. He was in the wars
of 1892, both for and against Wayne and ST. Clair
at different times. -...
E9@A letter from Forrest City Minnesota, states
that the mercury in the thermometer there stood
at thirty-two degrees below zero at o clock, a m
on December Sth, and at thirty degrees below
at the same hour on the 9th.
tho North Branch Ca
nal from Wilkesbarre TO Northumberland, propose
to improve it during the winter, and give II a
depth of five feet, with view of gradually intro
ducing steam nav CATION upon it --..s..r
| rY@An Ohio editor says: What can be more
| captivating than to beautiful woman. say a
bout four feet eleven inches high, and eleven feet
four inches in circumference, passing along lhe
aisle, just as divine worship commences
ry1A lad named Sharp, thirteen years of age
, recently stole two three horses in New Jersey
and is in the Bucks county prison in this State
on n similar charge. From his early beginning
he has brilliant future in crime before him.
, ry- Some of the farmers in Northern Ohio and
| on the BORDERS of Indiana have commenced the
breeding and raising of deer, the same as they dc
sheep and they bring them to the market In The
same manner; hence the abundance of yenison
E-Ey John Kilinins. of Lebanon, Warren county
O. died recently worth 500 900 BY will he di
reefs this property to be deposited in some trust
worthy bank-the principal never to be touched
and the interest to be devoted to the education
Protestant Germans in ONO.
| Ey-Thc Litchfcld Enquirer ;stakes on airs, be
| cause Henry Ward Beecher, and some other Di
vines. first the light there 1t elaims that a
| n general thing, men of eminent piety have to g
there to be born. This explains satisfactorily VIII.
| they have TO be ''born again.
E1Y-A German boy living in Laporte, Indiana
not long since, procured liquor and became bru
: tally drunk He was heard moaning in II fenc
corner and a passcr-by, looking for the cause, wa
Mortified to find the boys dog literally chewin.
, him TO pieces The lad was fatally injured
, l1y'Ihe Charlotte (Mich) Republican states tha
a few DAYS since, in Berry county, a singing mas
. ter had n difficulty in his school with some row
4 dies and dismissed the school. As the master wa
going out one of the rowdies stabbed him dea
e on the spot. A young man caught up stick, an
a striking the assassin blow. killed him Instant