The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1853-08-11
LOCAL AND EDITORIAL ITEMS.

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LOCAL AND EDITORIAL ITEMS.
nY- The proceedings of the County Temper
ance Convention will be found in another column,
to which we direct the attention of our readers.
| The weather is oppressively warm. The ther-
mometer stood at 93o in the shade, yesterday
afternoon.
| Eg-HELEN MAR, Capt.T. K. Piper's fast
trotting mare, died at the Summit, on Saturday
evening last, in the stable os Mr. M'Gnley. The
loss of SO valuable an animal is much regretted.
nAzA Johnston MKee, tried at shs late
term of the Perry County Court for ar Manes-sing
counterfeit money, plead guilty and was seaten-
ced to five years Imprisonment in the Eastern
Penitentiary.
reA-On Monday as Mr. G. W. Wisegarves,
carpenter of this place, engaged at shingiing
the roof of our office, he accidentally inflicted a
severe wound upon the thumb of his left hand
with a atchet, cutting the thumb almost off.
Our Sanctum was illuminated this morning by
the countenance of our friend FErrER, VINO takes
the best of Daguerreotypes at Jefferson (give
him CALI and friend .'Sordie,' of the engineer
corps, New Portage Road They rustisated in
town for one day only. then left upon 2-40 nags
for ride on the Plank Road, bomewards
Bg Court commences on Monday, 9Th of
September, and continues two weeks. This
win afford fine opportunity to those who de-
sire TO pay us FOR subscription, advertising or
job work. Call in.
ggTA man named Cornelius Flynn, on Wynne
s. Antbonys section, New Portage Road, was
bitten on the hand by rattlesnake, on Sunday
evening last He was attended by DR.. How of
the Summit under whose skilful treatment he
is rapidly recovering.
aSa Rev. Tuos A. McCAFFREY, President of
Mount Saint Mary College, Emmittsbarg, Md,
died on Friday last at that place, of the prevail
ing disease-resembling cholera. His loss will
be greatly felt. About thirty persons have died,
and the town is almost deserted, several hun
dreds having left.
1G~ On Tuesday last, in company With tw o
young gentlemen, we went trout-hshing, and
caught one hundred and four, our two friends
catching seventy five. To our dear and ever-to-
be remem Sered friend of the .'gay and incom
parable" SO far noticing our future exploits
in this line is concerned, say-farevell-you
never could beat us and never will
BBe About four miles Of the Ebensburg s. Sus-
que hanna Plank Road are graded, and the con-
tractors have commenced to lay the plank from
Kane's steam mill towards the town. b. 1st
November the road viii be completed 10 Carroll
town. Two surveys have been made by Capt.
Alexander, from Carroiltown to the Cherry Tree,
the distance Of each being Is miles. No perma-
nent location, however, has yet been made. The
work upon the Ebensburg and Jefferson Plank
Road, to complete 1T to the junction OF the turn
pixies, Que half mile west of town, will be shortly
commenced. The contractors are Messrs Muir
ray & Zahm.
SALT.-The Harrisburg Item says that spe-
cimen OF salt from Cambria county, has been left
at the State Capitol Hotel, for the inspection of
the curious. 1t is part of solid rock, of i'm
mense magnitude. The specimen has been an
ayzed and examined by one of our ''oldest in
hahitants,' and pronounced far superior to any
rock salt he ever examined.
Where this rock is we know not, being unin
formed as to its location. Time, however,
which unfoldeth all things, will necessarily de-
monstrate that in minerals and hidden wealth
the soil of Cambria cannot be surpassed by any
in the State
eag- The following notice appears in the gay
and Incompatible Hollidaysburg Staaddrd, of
this week Barring the compliment bestowed
upon U.S. there is more truth than poetry in the
announcement
LosT.-On the Sd inst, at cotillion party in
the town of Ebensburg, humping great big
heart, full of good feelings and noble impulses,
and overhowing with fun and frolic The fair,
fortunate finder will either return it to, or leave
ler own as pledge of its safety with, our 'right
Aower' of the Mountain Sentinel
/ "a LusUs NATuRR.-Y esterday, Mr.. Lewis
Rodgers, exhibited to us a young chicken having
foul legs and double bill, which he procured
fronia nest upon the farm, of James Myers.
The iatural part of the chicken was of the Chit
tagoIg breed, the two extra legs of the Shang-
hal. BY some means the egg was thrown out of
4 the nes some ten hours previous to the fullness
of hatcling, otherwise living and most singu-
lar specimen of nature would have existed.
This strange production has been placed in al
tcohol to preserve it, and can be seen by the Gu
Irious at Mi Thompsons Hotel.
! JAMES SHRLEy.-This unfortunate man, found
lguilty of the murder of his wife, will expiate
his crime upon the gallows in Hollidaysburg,
on tomorrow, Friday, 18th of August l. is
stated by the journals of that place that he still
preserves the same carelessness of demeancr,
the same callous, recklessness of speech, that
have characterized his conduct and conversation
ever since the preparation of the crime, fol
which he is so soon to ssshuffie off this mortal
coil" a short time ago he addressed letter
to Gov. Bigler praying for a respite, but the
! Governor, we learn, has assured him that he
cannot grant it. We pity the criminal notwith
oil