Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1866-05-23

.npr.R THIS wEEK-the Sheriff Sales,
p.r;s,er's Accounts, Trustees Sales, Edu-
',ot;onal. and several other notices, IN our
Advertising columns.
To MERCHANTS. In another column we
-,b,;sh the card of j. P Beard of Phlla-
1.lpbia, to which we direct the attention OF
d.alers in Hats, Caps, etc. MIR. Beard Is
. nIeasant business man, ACCOMMODATING
and clever. Call and see him.
To Roys-A boy with moderate Eng
u.h sJncation, of sober and Industrious
b.b;ts. from fifteen to seventeen years of
snd who can come we'll recommended,
.,r cbtau situation to learn the printing
business by applying at the Journal office,
soon 4 boy from the country preferred,
TIE WEATHER several days past
the air has been exceedingly cold in this
region, and stoves and fuel were requisite to
a comfortable atmosphere in rooms and
houses. 1t is feared that the fruit, which
escaped the frosts hitherto, will be much
injured, if not entirely destroyed by the
prevailing cold. All kinds of vegetation is
also much retarded by the frigid atmosphere,
and is likely to be injured thereby.
A RoBBERY.-We understand that one
night some three weeks since, the Hard
ware store of Messrs. Merrell & Bigler, of
this borough, was entered by means of a
false key, by some unknown expert, and
robbed of about $500. The banks having
closed before it was thought of depositing
she money, one of the firm hid it under the
eounter-never doubling its security there.
No suspicion attaches to any one of being
she thief
AK UNSAFE PRACTICE : Many bust
ness men are in the habit of placing their
money in some old book during business
hours, ,andthen, ,afterclosing pinthe evening
sticking it among their goods for safety dur
ing the night. Next morning, on some one
presenting bill to be changed, it is drawn
from its hiding place, in the presence of
whoever may chance to be in at the time.
We have observed such occurrences perhaps
a dozen times in that number of months,
at the same place. This practice gives evil
disposed person an opportunity Of judging
where mau keeps his money, and sooner
or later We hear of his being robbed. We
trust this notice will be the means Of dis
continuing the practice referred to.
ATTEMPTED BANK RoBBERY-An un-
successful attempt was made, on last Fri
day night, to rob the County National
Bank, in this place To gain admittance to
the banking house, it was necessary TO go
into Mr.. Entries lot, adjoining the building.
Here large cross dog was kept, which the
robbers poisoned Having silenced the dog,
they proceeded to bore the lock off the door
which con- municated with the yard. This
accomplished, they commenced to drill a
hole into the lock of the safe, evidently
with the intent of blowing it up. The iron
being hard, they apparently made but slow
progress, and by the time they drilled half
through the plate, abandoned the project
whether on account of the approach of day
light, or some other cause, is not known.
RObbing and thieving seems to be on the
increase in this place, and we hope the
depredators will be caught, and punished
as they deserve.
TERRIBLE ExPLosIoN-We learn that
on Wednesday, May 10th, at about l
o'clock, the boiler of the Portable Steam
Saw mill, of j. G. Breuner & Co., of Nor
ris township, exploded aud killed two men
named John Reader and VIM. Sauntman.
Reader, who was from Fulton county, was
most horribly mangled, having had the up
per half of his head blown off, while piece
of the boiler passed through his body,
just above the hips,-besides having most
Of the larger bones in his body crushed.
Sauntman, who was from near Greensburg
In Westmoreland county, had Que hand
blown off, besides having had his arms
broken and otherwise much mangled. Both
were. sober and industrious men, and much
admired by their employers. Three other
men named Conrad, brothers, who were at
work at the mill at the same time, narrowly
escaped the fate of their comrades-all OF
them being more or less injured by the fall
Ing of the wreck of the mill.
A Copperhead editor exclaims, in view
of the increasing strength of Repulicanism,
he