Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1866-12-12
Clippings and Scribblings,

u. -. Senator III N1lSSOuTi-
nA-C Confederate Gen. Hindman is prac-
ticing Mexican law III Cordova.
sg-Why is a seamstress like pickpock-
ct? Because she cuts and runs.
paThe Louisville Democrat says the
population of that city is $4,000.
More paper is used in the United
States than in both France and England.
RgRather ominous-to be importuncd
by your young wife to get your life insured.
sH@Thieves stole the entire washing of
an orphan asylum in Evansville, Ind, re-
Gently.
s9Dr..J. Underwood, of Chicago, has
been sued for $50, 900. damages tor alleged
malpractice.
B@Fifty thousand persons crossed the
new suspension bridge at Cincinnati on Sat
urday, Dec. lst.
BA-An absent minded man, on falling in
to a river, sunk twice before he recoilected
that he could swim.
sgFive brewers of Schuylkill county
have defrauded the Government out OF
$3l ell SO within year.
sENebraska will soon be admitted into
the Union as State Senator Wade has
introduced bill for this purpose.
Bg~The coal fields of America cover 225,
900 square miles, an area equal to twenty
eight such States as Massachusetts,.
HA-A private letter received at Montreal
states that the only surviving relative OF
Columbus is shortly to visit America.
rRAOfficers have been sent to all the
PRINCIPAL cities in the South to recruit for
the regular infantry. Bad policy, that.
ssgThe St Louis Ne,cs says that the eff
feet of the Republican victory in Missouri
is seen in the rapid increase of emigration.
nsAGeneral NJ. jeff. Thompson is treas
urer of Christmas Gift Enterprise" for
the benefit of disabled Confederate soldiers.
s1There has been considerable difficulty
between the civil authorities in Texas and
the military forces under General Sheridan.
nA@A vessel came into Toledo harbor on
Tuesday with the green above the red,
having genuine Fenian flag at her mast
head.
sgLiberty will not descend to people
a people must raise itself to liberty; it is
blessing that must be earned before it can
be enjoyed
aaVhy are railroad companies like
laundresses? Because they have ironed the
whole country, and they sometimes do lit
tie manglng.
es+It is reported from Detroit that the
Democratic party of Michigan will soon oth-
cially pronounce in favor of suffrage, with
out distinction of color.
-Fortune- -tellers and fitting hoops op-
crate differently. The former reveal what
the lady will be in the future the latter
reveals what she is at present.
nas-The following was the superscription
en- letter lately received at Indianapolis,
Ind TO Emmy one of the darters of Benjl
min earle in care of ant Mickey, engeuki-
noples ind. "
a9-The Napoleon Northuest declines to
support Gen. Steedman for Governor, say
ing: I'VE might support Peter, who mere
ly denied his Lord, but can go Judas, who
betrayed Him.
nslW eddings have been on the increase
since the war In this, and several of the
other States, statistics show that they are
at least twenty per cent greater than any
time during the war.
BaIn consequence of the many thefts
of government bonds, all persons holding
them as an investment should return the
old ones and get the new registered bonds,
thereby preventing loss TO the owner IN case
they are stolen.
SgSeveu thousand dollars in gold and
silver were recently found by an old hunt
er, buried in a keg near the Mississippi riv-
er, below Wolf Island. The treasure is sup
posed to have belonged to some rebel who
was killed during the war.
naCalifornia is in trouble about her tax
es. Her currency is gold, but in paying tax
upon incomes they are first reduced to the
greenback standard As this huctuates day
by day, the people are all in fog about it,
and the newspapers call it an Outrage,
sAThe purchase of Lower California
has now been formally confirmed by the
Jaurez Government, and the title is settled
beyond reasonable doubt. 1t is the largest
purchase by private persons In modern
times. Ii covers 46, 500 square miles, ex-
tending from gulf to ocean, between the
parallels of "a and 20" and 200 of north
latitude.
Mr. Seward and the President it is said,