Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-06-10
A Little of Everything.


The trial of JEFF: Davis has been postponed to
October.
Oar Forest county neighbors are erecting new
Court House and Jail.
1t is said that hogs dying in Maryland from
the effects of eating locusts.
The Boston Journal suggests that Gen. Buffers
last hobby is 'Wooley" mule.
woman in Buffalo had a ring knocked out of
her by lightning, on June 3D.
Congress. it is thought, will reduce the whiskey
tax to seventy five or fifty cents gallon.
Gen Sickles is spoken of as the next Re2ubli-
can candidate for Governor of New Y ork.
80, for a thousand tongues" urchin
marked when inside a molasses hogshead.
The seventeen year locusts suddenly appeared
in Philadelphia, on June Sd, incountless numbers
Mr. Burlingame and his Mandarins were for
mally presented to the Presto ent on Friday last.
Tacks are made at Pittsburgh, 1900 of which
weigh an ounce. The machine turns out 500 per
minute.
Chief Justice Chase is at Richmond, engaged
in the trial of causes on the civil docket in the
U. S. Court.
An exchange tells of man who stopped his
paper on Saturday and died the next day. a
| terrible warming
Thus far twenty-sev Republicans and five
| Cops have been elected to Congress from the re-
constructed States.
George C Gorham, of California, has been elect
ed Secretary of the e. S. Senate, in place of John
| w. Forney, resigned
The Fenian arms stored at st. Albans have been
secretly spirited away, and SO the excitement
| continues in Canada.
| The graves of the Union Soldiers in all the
! cemeteries throughout the land, were decorated
with flowers Saturday last.
| Great enthusiasm prevails in California over
the nominations of Grant and Colfax. So it is
ISererywhere all over the land.
The letters of acceptance of Grant and oolfax
both end with the word Peace to which the
country may respond, ''Amenn'
waterspout swept down Moody's Mountain,
Maryland, on June I'd. 1t cut four ravines, one
four rods wide and eight feet deep.
| Only seven of those wounded by thu Erie rail
road accident still remain at Port Jarvis. The
| list of dead numb twenty weight.
| call has been issued for the organization Of a
Society of the Army of the Potomac" Wonder
! if Gen. NJ 'Clelap will join that society.
On Wednesday evening next, Court week. the
Republican County Convention, to nominate can
didates, will be held at the Court House.
Maj Gen. Hooker has returned from Europe.
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down.
The Registration law has been fully argued be
| fore the Supreme Court at Philadelphia, ,vl,isb
adjourned to July 1st, when decision will be
promulgated
| 1t is said that Perry Fuler,one of Senator Ross
| bosom friends, has just had claim for one hun
dred thousand dollars settled in his favor in one
of the departments.
| When A 7. Stewart heard of the nomination of
Grant and Colfax he got his big flag out which he
| used to display when there had been a Union
victory during the war.
fellow seeing the workmen erecting cross ON
the Catholic Church, in Tionesta, exclaimed
"My God they're putting up a wooden lightning
rod !" So says the Bee.
Thomas Budgell, his wife and five children,
were frozen to death at Green Bay, Newfoundland
Oh June Sd, while on their way to procure proyi-
slons. of which they were destitute
Weston, the pedestrian, undertook to walk
one hundred miles in twenty thr ee consecutive
hours, but failed to accomplish the task He
made 9o3 miles in % hours and So minutes
Every member of the Arkansas Legislature now
in Session is able to sign his own name Such an
incident has not hitherto occurred within the
memory of the Oldest inhabitant of the State
"Burleigh," of the Boston Journal, says that
~
about any house will ''clear the kitchen" and all
its surroundings of reaches and kindred pests.
The remains of Stephen A. Douglas were re. |
moved to their final resting place, on June Sd
They were in an excellent state of preservation |
the features being still perfect and recognizable
1t is said to be fact that the Postm aster Con.
eral has lately received letters asking why Petro
leum v Nasby is allowed to remain in his de-
partment while bringing odium on the Admins
tration.
democratic paper says, the platform of the
republican party may be spelled with five letters
-G-r-a MT To which republican cotemporarv
retorts: Only four necessary to spell The dem
ocratic-r-an-t
Copperheads falsely assert that Impeaehme,.
has cost 100000 The men who pay the hills
and ought to know, say it cost $4,000 only. and
nave asked for thatsum. The Cops He-as if thew
understood the science
Bontires were lit in various Southern towns 3,
show the delight of the people over the acopitto,
OF the President. A very renowned being in
still more torrid abode, probably rejoiced lust as
much for the same cause 4
The "Canaan child murderer" ,Josepb R-o,nn
VINO murdered little girl to get her Iifeinsu-
rance OF $4,000 and then set FIRE to his dwe,l,,o