Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-03-03
NEWS AND MISCELLANY.

C~The ProhibitOry Liquor Law has passed
the Maryland House by vote Of AZ to %.
1.-THE Blair County Wing has hoisted the
name of Col. Andrew G. Curtin for Governor.
THE Philadelphia Board of Trade is taking
IN measures to have the usury laws repealed
ITTouse rents are now higher in Chicago
than in New York.
D~ The Mexican government has ordered two
steamers, of one thousand tons each, to be
built in London.
OrHcntz Hart, aged 81, died in Fayette coun
ty last week. from the effects of erysipelas, pro-
duced by an aching tooth
DTCol. Thornes suit in New Jersey. which
involved the sum of 5000, 900, has been decided
in his favor.
JTOn the Doth ultimo, three severe shocks of
earthquake were felt at Manchester, KY, shaking
the houses considerably.
D-The decline of -four at Philadelphia last
week fifty cents barrel. For standard
brands only SS was offered.
0C5=Al of the Chicago newspapers : Democrat
ic, Wing, and Free Soil, have come out in oppo-
sition to the Nebraska Bill.
DI-It is reported from Washington that the
Nebraska bill will pass the Senate by a vote Of
three-fourths.
D-A Montreal paper states that 1900 persons
took the tcetotal pledge Sunday the 18th ult.,
in St Patrick church in that city.
0I-The Legislature of Kentucky has appro-
prated $4,000 to the Clay monument at Ash
land.
| TEX Senator Clemens and ". S. Harris had
a very serious fight in Washington, on the 22nd
ult. Harris was badly hurt.
| o. The ornaments, naval and military, are
continued in England and France with una bated
activity.
| NJ. +. CONFERENCE.-The next session of the
Philadelphia Conference of the NJ. E. Church will
be held in Reading, commencing on the 22d of
March.
! WHAT NEXT ?-There is bill before the Mas.
sachusetts State Legislature, the object Of which
is to incorporate company to print a newspa-
per.
| CTA New York dealer is reported to have
made SOS, 900, by the rise of -four which he pur-
chased in September at 1918, and sold two or
| three days ago at So
N-The amount of coal transported on the
Reading railroad for the past week, was %, ,955
tons, and for the season, 257 $50 tons, against
2O6,4 tons same time last year, being m in
crease of 81 ,125 tons.
| DTIn Elmira n. Y. ,on Saturday. the Jury of
the Supreme Court gave Sl4 900 damages to Will
liam Ransom, in a suit against the Erie Railroad.
for injuries received by him in collision last 4th
of July.
! Iron Wednesday last thre was wedding
in the Pittsbnrg Jail. The groDm was lodged in
Jail on the day previous on complaint of the
! bride That's the last plan for catching hus-
! band.
| OTA young man named VIM Forrest. was
arrested in Brooklyn, Wednesday, on the
charge of bgamy. He is but 10 years of age.
and it is alleged he has been married to his first
wife for about two years.
TyIt is now one hundred and fourteen years
! that the Methodists have existed as a people
They now number in the world nearly 1000 900
of conmunicants, and preach the gospel to ten
or twelve millions.
| TIE CRYSTAL PALACE.-The statement of the
condition of this association shows debt Of about
$l25,000- The directors propose TO make the
| exhibition permanent, and think that it will be
profitable to the stockholders we'll US useful to
the public.
u HoN. WM. p. ScHELL, late Speaker of the
House of Representatives, has been chosen the
Senatorial Delegate to the next Sth of March
Convention, from the counties of Somerset. Bed
ford and Fulton, with unanimous instructions to
support the denomination of Governor Bigler and
Hon. j. S. Black.
PAY OF PosrMAsTERs.-A bill from the Post
office Committee of the Z. S. House of Represen-
tatves provides an increase of average of about
% per cent. on the compensation, now received
by Postmasters, whose pay does not reach $4,000
per annum. The lower the rates of the present
compensation, the higher, of course will be the
per centum Of the increase.