Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1859-05-04
CLIPPINGS AND scRlns,Inos.


IGood-Iudge Barrett's new pavement.
TThe Democracy of Georgia are rent in
TO factions elsewhere
GgIn philadelphia, on Sunday a-week there
were four cases OF stabbing and FIVE OF riot
rOver S,00o-the majority of the Repub
iican candidate for Supreme Judge in Wis
consin.
Ulncreases-thc population of the United
States, nearly one million year, or two thou
sand every day.
y-An Indian chief in Oregon is called
'slooking- glass;" He is said to be much Civ
en- to reflection.
Fact-a man can "get along'' without
advertising, and so can wagon-wheel with
ont greasing, but it goes hard.
0ESigned by the GoYernor-the act au-
thorizing the Courts of Common Pleas TO
change the names of persons.
~Frozc to death on raft-two brothers
named Bush, near Parkersburg, in western
Virginia, on Friday night a-week.
~Competed-the Sunbury and Erie Rail-
road track, for distance of three miles above
Williamsport, SO that cars can pass over it.
WThe latest political party is the sshorse-
tal-party," which triumphed in the town e.
lection tn Orange, n j., on Monday a-week.
G-Died-a few days ago, B. H. Mosser,
Esq, one of the best citizens of York county.
He is well known to some of our lumbermen.
WSamuel Ballet, ESQ.,, a member of the
late House of Representatives,, from Carbon
co., died in Harrisburg on Thursday a-weelG.
UArrested-at teller in the Southern Bank
OF st. Louis, named Atherton, charged with
embezzling funds of the bank to the amount of
100000.
rGave ball-Mires, the Paris Banker,
lately, which cost S25 900. He commenced
life by sellingold stoves-then, now, a CRATE
fnancier.
0JIn Cincinnati, a few days since, little
girl nine years old, thrown into convnl-
sions and came very near dying, from eating
orange peel.
~A note from Paris, dated April4. states
that Senator Sumner has left Montpelier for
Rome. He was at last accounts, in a very bad
condition of health.
Uy-Sister Mary Teresa (Green) who has
been forty three years sister of charity, died
at ST. Joseph'S House, Emmittsburg, on April
18th. aged seventy-two years.
CTThe average income of the Mexican
Church is twenty-five millions year, while
the revenue of the national government of the
republic is only fifteen millions.
GA law recently passed in Maine, estab-
fishes the annual salary of the members of the
Legislature at Sl50. They can sit II months
if they please, for this princely sum.
UMr. James Porter, reputed the tallest
man in the world, died in Louisville on the
Oath April. He was ssUea fee! nine inches in
hight and in good health weiged near 800 lbs.
Cyan italian woman in Chicago, who re-
Gently gave birth to twins, in fit of insanity
seized one of the little ones. and so tore and
mangled it with her teeth that it died instantly.
UvThe Marietta Bucket Factory received
recently a raft Of timber from the Allegheny
and tributaries, containing "a 900 cubic feet.
" hat raft OF tubs and buckets this timber
will make.
CUThc Charleston IS. c. Mercury says OF
the next Presidential Convention, ''unless it
is limited exclusively to delegates from the
South, il will be no Convention of the Demo
cratic party
GTThe remains of the Christian hero, ,Hav-
clock, lie in a dirty kitchen garden, at Luck
now. India, the only mark to designate the
spot being his name rudely cut in the bark of
a neighboring tree.
GTThe latest style Of hoop-skirt, is the
self-adjusting, double -back-actioa hustle, G.
truscan lace expansion, Ficcolomini attach
ment gossamer indestructable. II is said to
be very sweet thing.
Gy-A letter from Constantinople states that
the first thing Nourry Pasha did, after he was
married to the Sultan's daughter, was to bor-
row $500, COO from his father-in-law's banker.
hopeful son-in-law, that.
GA Nebraska paper says that Slavery is
already established in the Pixies Peak region
that the MeXicans are there with poems, and
that Southerncrs are on their way there with
slaves, from every Southern State.
LC~In Buffalo, few days ago, a man during
a quarrel with his wife, threw n stick of fire.
wood at her, which instead of injuring her, hit
an infant ten months old, on the head, which
was in her arms, killing it instantly.
ia MAJ, in phjlad lei lr,bi yho owns
two good houses and feed store, and has
81 600 Invested in stocks; all of which he has
accumulated solely by the business of catch
ing rats, which he sells to proprietors OF 'srat
PITS
~With the exception OF Virginia, which
will hold its election on the goth May, there
will be no State elections held until August,
when the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Ken
tucky, Missouri, n North Carolina, and Texas
will elect.
1-Thc brother of Governor Zamora, of
Vera Cruz, had committed suicide on account
of supposed financial difficulties; but after his
death it was ascertained that he had made
mistake of 100000 against himself in max
ing up his balance sheet
UyA call for Southern Convention, at
Vicksburg, on Nav 9th, has been issued to the
people of the slaveholding States. The object
of the Convention is announced to be the dis
cussion of subjects relating to the union, secu-
rity and repose of the south.
Cg-A girl of 19. dressed in mems clothes,
was arrested at Detroit on Saturday a-week.
She was from Canada, had stolen money from
her father and was on her way to Pixies Peak,
which she supposed to lie somewhere nearChi-
cago. She was taken home to her parents.
U-An Irish gentleman remarkable for his
devotion 10 the fair sex, once remarked, "nev-
er he critical on the ladies'. Take it for grant
ed that they are all handsome and good. A
1InnL- he fai1tfs of