Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1859-07-27
CLIPPINGS AND soRIBsLlnes.


UThe four leading artists of Italy are said
to be fighting with Garibaldi.
UsI'm off when you talk of working,.' as
| the cork said to the ginger-pop.
| WDied of convulsions-a man in Illinois,
caused by the sting of a honey bee.
MISUNDERSTANDING about The meeting
on Saturday being nominating convention.
~Take place-early in August, the eIec-
tions in Tennessee, n orth Carolina, Kentucky
and Texas.
WThe citizens Of Tennessee have subscrib-
| ed $500 600 towards the proposed new Uniyer-
sity of the South.
~Occurred-twenty cases of sun-stroke,
in Cincinnati on the 10th and 18th. Seven
cases proved fatal.
yHow is it proved that Adam was ortho.
doX In his sentiment? Because his belief was
undoubtedly Eye-angelical.
O-Gains credence-the report that Queen
Victoria will visit Ireland this summer troops
having been ordered there for review.
"Among the Zouaye officers killed at the
battle OF Magenta, was one of the name of Mas
Sena, relative of the hero OF Esslingen.
Divded-the city of NewY ork, into 100
election districts 1t was divided into 175, but
are too large for the convenience OF voters.
UFerocity is sometimes assumed, as well
as gentleness. There are are as many sheep
IN wolves clothing, as there are wolves in
sheep's.
~A funny writer in the New York Express
calls the President ssa corporation" He is
certainly like corporation in one respect
he's ssgot no sou.'
The English papers report the sale of the
stud of the late Marquis of Waterford. The
total amount realized was about SOS, GOO. One
racer brought $3.50.
"Mayor Tieman of New York, has been
induced to offer reward of $500 for the re-
coyery of the supposed murderers of Fanny
Dean HalSey, the actress.
~Eggs are selling in Minnesota at cents
a dozen. and potatoes at forty cents a bushel.
But where is the money to come from to buy
'eni That's the question.
UyDuring a cricket match at Albany, n.
Y, on the 18th, one of the players threw a ball
to great height and with such force that it
struck a swallow and killed it instantly.
~Circuated-a carricature in Vienna, rep
rescnting the Austrian rank and file adorned
with the heads of lions, their officers with
those of asses, and the generals with no heads
at all.
Cg-No man can tell whether he is rich or
poor by turning to his ledger. 1t is the heart
that makes man rich He is rich or poor
cording to what he is, not according to what
he has.
brought prominently before the public by
her application for 4 divorce from her hus-
band, has gone TO Europe in company with her
father, Mr.. Grigg.
V-A machine for tie manufacture of ice is
now in operation in London, which turns out
three tons of that commodity daily. The re-
frigeration is produced by the evaporation of
ether in vacuum.
UThree coiored men who were on trial at
4 onIc
murder and rape, were taken from the jail by
mob; one was burned at the stake, while the
other two were hung.
WCutc-considering his age-the young
gent up in Woodward, who seeks to win the
admiration of certain school-marms by free
exhibition of his last years correspondence
with young lady in Ohio.
GyThey speak of man in Maine who is
strong enough to lift barrel Of pork with his
teeth. That is not remarkable. We know
man-an old one too-who las lifted several
barrels OF pork with his teeth.
GA Philadelphia paper tells of well
known broker, a few months ago worth hum
dreds of thousands Of dollars, who by unlucky
speculations, now possesses nothing coayctible
save two shirts and boot-jack.
"Rumored-that the Pixies Peakers man.
aged to deceive Greeley in respect TO the rich
ness of some of the diggings he was examin-
IHg- Uy SitpptnS SOlQ aust INTO their Sulce
boxes and washing it out in his presence.
Cg-The Philadelphia Journal announces the
important fact, that Gen. Bowman of the W ash
iugton Constitution, has found a smare's nest
The Journal, however, does not condescend to
tell the public how many eggs the nest contains.
"Horace Greeley, in letter from Denver
City, says that he was informed by 4 WAGNER
on the Plains, that the tornadOes were occa-
siOnally severe that there had been ssin-
stances OF tires being blown of from wagon
Wheels
ia gentleman of Newburyport, Mass, has
something like 100 toads, which he keeps in
his garden TO destroy insects. He has house
built for them, keeping them as he would
chickens, and they are so tame they will come
at his call.
OUThe firemen of Binghamton, Miss, have
a remarkable way of serenading each other.
One of them got married short time since,
and his companions honored the event by
.splaying'' into his bedchaniber, and nearly
drowning him and his bride.
W-Bishop Boon sailed from New York TO
China, on Monday a-week, with fourteen Mis-
that Empire. a casual examination of the
the fact that we have work for all the mission
cries the church can spare.
MARRIED.:
On Sabbath evening July 10Th, by Abraham
Snyder, Esq, Mr.. JOHN G. FERGUSON of Lum-
Der City, to Miss ANNA PRICE, of Pike tp.
On the 2ist instant, by Rev. j. NJ. Galloway,
MI WIN. K. DICKINSON, of Glen Hope, to Miss
n.,,,r dau1hfar of Mr. TamaS Irwin of