Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1866-02-14

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c1EARFIELD, PA, FEB. "A, 1866.
Tvrone and clearheld Railroad *
f,.n leaves TyrGpass; ps;ii1,burs a1 a. HOO a. m,
II, leaves Phiiipsburg at s9o s u
Trsin i've. at Tyrone at I: s.4c P. m.
nr,sE SERvIcEs.-Rev. Archer will
s.b L in the Presbyterian church, morning
Fs1 srsniup, on Sunday, Feb. 18th.
d psv Monroe will preach in the M. f.
cr,rob on Sunday morning, Feb 18th.
Rsv- ssmbower will preach in the Bap-
=. .hurcb on Sunday evening, Feb. 18th.
NvvGoops. We announce the fact,
that Messrs Wright & Flanagan, have just
...s;ved new stock of seasonable goods, to
.h;cb they invite the attention of purchas-
s-. Call on Adam if you wish to buy goods
:, reasonable prices. Iii as
cpocERIEs.-We ask the attention of
~, readers to the card of Fl. B. Martin,
wholesale and Retail dealer in Groceries,
81. at HolIidaysburg, Pa. Mr.. Martin
;peps large stock on hand, and hence can
all them at very moderate prices.
Tux WEATHER. week the
,.,tber has been very changeable.. On
Thursday and Friday last, cold-Saturday,
Sunday aud Monday forenoon, warm with
,,;o causing much Of the snow to melt
Monday afternoon, air colder and some
sDou-Tuesday, a little snow at intervals.
10 MERCHANTS. We direct the atten-
,;nn of our merchants to the card Of Wardle,
Reed & Co., Wholesale Grocers, Philadel-
mia Pa Mr.. Reed, lwhe called Ia our
office last week, is very clever fbusiness
msn-one with whom it is pleasure to
deal Give him call when you go to the
city. ~
GROUND HOG DAY.-We neglected, last
week, to notice the fact that the I'd of Feb
ruary was quite mild, and that the sun
shone part of the day and hence, accord
ing to weather prognosticators, the ground
bog retired to his burrow-a sure indication
fisk weeks OF hard winfeFiahead. So far,
however, the weather has been rather mild.
TIMBER.-A pretty fair quantity of tim
Der was placed on the banks of our streams
within the last fortnight, but in most cases
only parts of rafts-the recent rain anc
shaw having stopped the hauling. At pre-
sent, however, the indications are favora
bic for continuance of good roads, and we
anticipate the filling out of all the raft:
commenced.
Our CURRENCY is hard to- please
people on the score of money. Some peo
ple say there is too much of it, but the great
er part of mankind complain that there il
too little. Our currency is the best in the
world. The, quality is good, the quantity
abundant, and it bears, without shrinking
the reproach and blame of all the exhorbl
tsnt prices in the country. 1
TIE RIvER.-Owing to the rain ant
meltinc of the snow, in the beginning of tn,
seek, the water has risen several feet il
river, but, as yet, not sufficiently high t.
carry out the ice--the ice being unusual.
heavy. Should we have sudden breakup
at this time, the loss of lumber would b
immense, as very little of it has been prop
erly secured against such an emergency.
MONEY ORDER OFFICE. week
since We stated that the Post Office in Clear
field had been designated as Money Or
der Office, and would go into effect so 500
as the proper arrangements could be made
The necessary documents having arrived
the Postmaster IS now prepared to issue ol
de,s an similar Offices in any part of th
United States. Persons desirous of maxim
re,uittances will make note of this fact.
MAN FRozE.-Thomas Wood, an old eli
izen of Lawrence township. living about tw
and half miles from Clearfeld, froze
death last week. 1t seems he was subjee
to ''fainting spells frequently droppin
down and lying in an unconscious state IL
some time. OnMonday, February 5th, ttt
mercury being at 8 deg below zero in til
morning, while engaged in hauling wooe
he tainted, it is supposed, and fehalongsid
of the sled, where he was found frozen
such degree that life became extinct fe
minntes after he was taken to his hom
He was aged 81 years, 5 months and day