Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-06-08
A Little of Everything.

mind.
There is not place of Protestant worship in
Cuba
Millions of grasshoppers have begun their raw
ages in some parts of Kansas
A statue to Martin Luther is about to be put up
in Ei.lebeu, Saxony, his native town
The crop. in Missouri are unusually good this
year, especially the rattIesnake crop
Dslightful-very-the music discoursed by the
'harmonican'' serenaders, the other night.
The enemy most feared by the Red River eI-
psdition is the black fly, which won" shoa-
England is getting excited DIR. Living
stone again, and party is going out to find
| him.
The unfortunate Fenians who ars starving op
the border are getting plenty of advice but no
bread.
The Commissioner OF Internal Revenue has ap-
proved design for a new two cent stamp for bank
checks.
complete statement ofths late Fenian raid
| gives eleven killed and wounded, three
| mortally.
The latest addition to the shoo-fy collection
| has appeared in San Francisco in the shape of
| pony with two tails.
Two young women turned out with spades and
| hoes and paid their road tax in the the town OF
Belot, the other day.
Our devil declares that he is fond of his girl
that he rubbed the skin from of his nose by kis-
sing her shadow on the wall.
| The Boston Post says: Wisconsin gentleman
sat Down on beehive the other day. He regrets
the thinness of his trousers.
| Missouri drover has hogs SO fat that to find
out where their heads are it is necessary to beat
| them and judge by the sque al.
One of the s'latest fashions among the ladies
is round hats three stories high, with cupalo and
balcony, and flag at half mast.
| Norwich, has hatched a chicken with one
head, two bodies and four legs The head has
got all that it do to pick up food sufficient for
| two bodies.
"when he shot at me the third time said a
California teamste r, II began to think he meant
| business, so L up with my rife and put bullet
| through his head.
a secret order, with ritual, signs and grips
called the Earthquake, has originated in Upton,
Ind. Its object and purpose are unknown Dem
! ocratic, of course.
| little girl seven years old, was asked in one
of our schools what she would be when she grew
up. "a wife, % the quick reply. No idea of
being old maid.
The reason the monument in Washington is not
finished is because they don't want it The onl y
monument any one needs in the National Capital
| is monument Of patience.
James Black, of Washington Ark ansas now an
old man and hopeIessly blind, made the original
knife, according to a plan furnished him by the
| celebrated Colonel Bowie
Tho coal fields of Illinois arc estimated to con-
tain 277 500 900 tons of coal, six times as much
as Great Britain) and one third of all the coal
IN easures Of North America.
Seth BOyden, famous strawberry raiser, said
if ho could live twenty years he would produce a
strawberry as largs as pineapple, and as deli
cious the best field strawberry.
A Massachusetts, m an. who had never before
seen the elephant, insisted, when a circus process
sion passed through his town last week, that the
elephant was walking backward.
Two more Fenian officers, Fitzpatrick and Nc.
Neil, were arrested by the U. S. Marshal, at Ma
lone. Several New York reporters have also beer
arrested as Fenians and sent to prison
| Increasing-the business at the railroad. Il
correctly informed, Thursday night last an
extra accommodation train and goodiy mum
ber of passengers, arrived at the depot.
a man named Jones, in Troy told his wife tt
pour a little Kerosene in the stove and the fire
would kindle quicker. Mr. Jones broke up house
keeping that morning before breakfast
No statuary that the rich placed il
his window is to be compared with the little ex
Ca ind,
watching for papa" when his days labor il
done.
Dakotsh clamors for school IN 'ams, but young
ladies averss to matrmony should no acsept the
situation The average duration of single life
after their arrival in the Territory is only three
days
Victor Emanuel is in bad way. His phys
clans do not allow him to drink wine or sat meat
Another apopIectic fit would, it is feared, put an
end to his eyentful life and place upon the throne
the unpopular Prince Humbert
Ecuador journals defend Lopsz, and say tha
'the death of the heroic President of Paraguay
has the appearance of an assassination, which il
unexplained satisfactorily, will even cover the
victory of Aguidaban with the blacklist stain OF
inhunsnity to the conquered"
The Nevada City Gazette of May 2lst says
Mr. Ashburne, of Scotch Flat, informs MS tha
the immense slide their claim is still moving
forward as regularly a glacier. The mass
thus moving iE about 1000 feet long by 500 fee
wide depth unknown. Tho moving mass ocsu
pies about "a acres of surface.
A National Bank at Erie is invited into oul
Federal Court, to answer upon quo scarra~to tt
charges of illegal practices which If proved
should forfeit its charter. The case has been fol-
some time under discussion in banking circles
and will have the careful attention
| which is to establish it or di.proye it.
The Warren MatE says: wsman was put of
the cars here the other day because she had nj
money. She begged enough to get drunk with
became troublesome and was chucksd into Jail by
constable Davis She plead insanity. Why net
treat an insane woman like insane Mcfarland
and lot her go? This is another outrage on "wo
mems rights
Though the shipping bill lost the support o
the Protsctionists at the close, its defeat wa
, clearly triumph of the Republican free trade
interest. which fought the measure with the ut
most obstinacy. The scene quite exciting al
through the debate, and there is great rejoicing
at the result among the British importing anc