Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1853-08-26


tween three and four hundred ladies paid FIVE gum
eas piece for share in this interesting ceremon-
ial
IL The n Y. Herald in a description meant to
compliment Secretary Guthrie, since his recent Wis
it to that city, represents him having decided
" agricultural counteuance." Now, what sort
of a countenance is that? What separate peculi-
arities combine to make it up? We have attemp
ted an inventory, and find result nearly follows,
4 corn compIexion-somewhat red
H1ry looks to scare the crows;
monstrous great big cab6dgc-head-
y mammoth tHn-up nose
pa At meeting of editors CA aiate visit to tn
falls of Niagara, Cogshel of the Cincinnati Greai
Wlsi, offered the following resolutions, which, un-
fortunately for the country, 80 laid on the ia
ble:'
RcsolreJ, That Niagara is 50 Great Old Fall
Regolred That as Editors and Publishers WIFI
have seen n - few exhibitions of various kinds
we are all well satisfied with Niagara.
Resolyed, That Niagara is complete in all it
''appOintments' and E. arrangements"
ReyoIUed That we unhesitatingly recommend ~
agara TO all Travellers and tourists, something
of q curiosity.
ResoIced, That in our opinion Horseshoe Fal
ought to be annexed to the United States.
Resolreae, That great deal Of Cultivation vii
L
tato patch"
BsA- The card appended below, we find in Tex
as paper. 1t shows the right kind Of grit, and vi
are of the opinion that Jack deserves well of h.i
country:
\ CAED.-C elonel Jack Mills returns his thanls
to the respectable No. l minority of his fellow
citizens of Galveston. who sustained him at tie
polls Monday, in spite of the malicious and uI-
authorized report Of one Of ms pretended support
els that he had Withdrawn from the canvass, whCh
report everybody knows caused his defeat lie
bagsNo announce himself now as a standing cand-
date for the same Office hereafter until he is eecE
III tr SOHi-~-i--r, '--+ a. As9rr NiehiE
to Know his sentiments any public measdre,
find him at his stall in the market, when busine
is brisk or he is not otherwise engaged In Il
interval his politics will be modified to suit tie
public demand and the progress Of the age.
JACK Mills.
nSa- Two men named Rotterbach and Gun
peach, had each an arm broken in the passcn2I
train from Philadelphia, by striking against
freight car, standing on the adjoining track, wife
! leaning out Of the window. Rotterbach's arm u
| have to be amputated.
gEy= In the case Of Jewell, sentenced to be hug
in Pittsburg, on the ID September, for the mur1e
Of Mitchell, Judge Lowrie has granted a spcea
aocator for bringing the records of the Oyer az
Termiucr before the Supreme Court This Vi
delay the execution, fnot result in a new trial
! EEg- Lumber quotations at Columbia on tie
Susqushanna, are; For cuttings, $3.50; fit
common, 327 and 1913; pannel, S34 and $50 sa.
pies SS so and 50 grubb plank, S8 and S8,
hemlocz scarce-sales at $40 and S11; wlte
pine, per NJ, SI5 and Sl6; laths. 1925 %
-, 50.
ga Tire New York Express estimates that te
amount of rails in use on the 1st of January, l8p
will not be less than /, 600, 600 tons, which te
yearly deterioration will be 320, 900 tons, mee
than three times the quantity that rolling NILS
are capable Of producing.
Nea- Ostriches must be cheap birds to keep
Those at the hippodrome live gun tiints and rs
ty nails. \ fresh spike is delicious morsel, while
an old hinge with little oil it, is fought fa
with as much earnestness as pair of aldermG
would exhibit over a bowl of green turtle.
BSg= There is benevolent gentlemen in BostC
who gives twenty-five cents for religious purpose
every time he swears, He has already Id a ne
steeple on the Presbyterian church, and is nos
engaged in "cursng up" donation to the HON
Missionary Society.
Bsy~ We have tried to collect an account of tl
! ahIdgS OCCuiililG III lNtSDhlS AoI Jul SOiN+ili
but find it impossible. Not day passes but soi
one is killed or wounded by cold steel or intert
perance.
ns9- A gentleman from the g Smoky City, il
t,rms us that society has been so completely revL
lutioszed there that the usual salutation on me9
ing friend is, S'IIas any one been stabbed la1
""
Bey@ We saw = lady walking our streets last SUI
day with shocking hole in her stocking" Sc
probably knew of it on Saturday, but, rememberig
the Sabbath day, kept it BoLe-ly
nsa- Edward Marcy, son Of the Secretary II
State, died recently board the sloop of ysr
Preble, at sea.
to- The Cholera has been raging in Cumbr-
land, Nd, lately, to considerable extent but is
now on the decrease.
An European War is now looked uponts
certain. France viii not be quiet and Russia ca-
not be.
BeA- Grace Greenwood, the popular and unioite
writer, has returned from Europe.
Hg- The Representative Conferees of this dss-
trict viii meet in Bedford on next Tuesday
" Court viii commence here on Monday he
| 9TH of September.