Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1855-01-18
S U M MARY OF NEW S.

to accept situations in his army.
] eg.During the past year, s,22s marriage Iicen-
scs were issued at Cincinnati.
o. A Western paper proposes Lucy Stone for
the Governorship of Utah.
| gz-Dr. Samuel Jones, of Philadelphia, has been
appointed by Gov. Bigler. trustee Of the State
Lunatic Hospital.
| es-It is said there are over one thousand boot
and shoemakers out of employment in Lynn, Mas
sachusetts.
! e5-Lamparter, the murderer of officer Ferguson,
of Pittsburg, died lately in Missouri from fever,
brought on by remorse,
| 6o-Leonard Wolfe, charged with seduction at
Carlisle, Pa, was arrested in Frederick county,
| Va, last week.
| o." Hold your tongue for fool,'' said an
Irishman to his wife, " Then you'll be after speak
ing yourself was the cutting reply.
| By-The election of Jesse d. Bright, of Indiana
to the Presidency Of the U. s. Senate, caused the
firing ola salute of Loo guns at Madison, (Ind.)
eoKossush has been offered and has accepted
the London Sunday Times as his organ, and will
write weekly articles on the leading topicsof the
day.
oBs-The gentlemen of Waltham, Mass, are said
to be enjoying the luxlries Of female barber
She is young, pretty, smart, and of course has a
keen way Of doing business.
| 0-The Five Cent Savings Bank in Boston has
been in operation six months, and there are now
| about five hundred depositors, and the amount
on deposit is over four hundred thousand dollars
1
| es-Many lives might be saved by a knowledge
| of this simple recipe. large teaspeonful of
| mustard mixed in tumbler of warm water, and
swallowed as soon aspossible, acts as an instant
emetc, sufficient to remove all that is lodged in
the stomach.
| os-For unadulterated economy, commend us to
the German. Give him a salary offorty cents per
diesn, aud in ten years he will own brick block,
a fat horse, nine children, and vrow broader
than she is long, and as good -natured as a blind
kitten.
| CO Among the complaints made at the Mayors
Office in New. York, is one that a certain police
officer has neglected to pay his shoemaker.
0o- On the 18th ult., the Military Commission
at Modena, Italy, condemned man to six. years.
hard labor for being found in possession of q pis-
| toll
+ D The letter boxes in the New York post Of
fee afford revenue of $4,000.
ou- Three hundred. and twenty-six Revelation
ary Pensioners died during the past year. The
number now on the pension roll is one thousand
and sixty.
/ o. There are at present, one hundred and six
ty-two stores ssto let'' in Broadway. Many will
be .slet alone, y on account of the high rents.
70 It is ascertained that the girl under arrest
at Cincinnati, supposed to be Emma Moore, is
only 10 years of age, and consequently not the
missing Rochester girl, who was 81 years old last
June.
o. Henry L. Acker, Esq, publisher of the
Norristown Register, has been appointed by Gov.
Bigler, one Of his Aids, with the rank of It. Col
onel
NJ a bill has passed the Illinois House of Rep
resentatives, by vote of ffty-one to twenty one,
repeating ali license laws.
10 On the 3Oth nlt., monster giraffe, belong
ing to the menagerie of Mr.. Van Amburg, while
being removed from the steamship Philadelphia
at New Orleans, fell overheard and was drowned.
It is said to have cost $4,000.
oa- Some fifty Swiss pauper emigrants, recent
ly wrecked on board the Acadia at Sable Island,
reached New York ON Wednesday, via Boston,
1t is stated that their passage out paid by the
native authorities. The paupers viii be returned
to Boston, and from thence sent back to Switzer-
land.
GI Col Henry s. Mott took the oath of Office,
and entered ,roof his duties as Canal Commission
er, on the 9th inst.
II The Know Nothings are going to elect
rev officer in the United States. He is to be
called the Grand Astrologer, and his duties viii
be to cast the nativitcs of all candidates for of
fice
Harlan, Wing, u. S. Senator from that State,
for six years from the 4th of March next In place
of Gen. a. G. Dodge.
o1- Powers statue of Washington, executed
for the new Louisiana State House, arrived at
New Orleans from Lcghorn the I'd inst.
" Over 500 bushel of the Spanish variety of
sweet potatoes have been raised ON two acres of
land near Columbus, Ca The gentleman who
raised thenn-Mr. Edward Shepherds reported
to have discovered mode of cultivation by which
such large crops can ae raised as general thing
A deficiency of s25, 900 in specie has been dis
covered in the vaults of the Merchants Bank, in
Wall street. It is believed to have been stolen,
but suspicion rests on no one. 1t is thought the
gold may have been delivered by mistake Are
ward of $4,000 has been offered for the recovery
of the money