Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1856-12-31
SUMMARY OF NEWS,

The Eeaves, IN horses, has beer cured by feed
ing the animal OH cornstalks.-
HEBREw SENAToRs.-Nr. Benia1nin. from Lou
sana, and 3Ir Yuee from Florida, ale both He
! brews-
The Bellefonte Gas Works went into operation
on <he th inst. They Pittsburg coal at
cost Of about $40 per ton.
remarkable instance Of Longevity is men
toned in the Mexican papcrs-tlat of a lady who
died at ActopoPan, at the age of 129 years.
Iowa instructs her Senators to sustain the all
mission of Kansas; with the Topeka or Free
State Constitution.
Judge Drunnnond's reported charge to a Nor
mon. grand jury, against polygarny, is prcroun-
ced hoax.
man has 5een arrested in Chicago for stealing
hair. lie was journeyman wigmaker, and stole
from his employer.
There are about eight hundred workmen now
engaged on the Erie Division Of the s,:a bury and
Erie Railroad.
The Pagoda at Lundy's Lane, frame tower
hundred feet high, commanding fine view Of the
| battlefield, was blown down IL the gale Of Sun
day week.
The portraits Of the Pennsylvania Governors.
recently purchased by the Legislature, arc to be
hung MP in the large corner room attached to te
Executive Department at Harrisburg.
g Tintion ~ exclaimed an Irish sergeant to his
platoon; . front face, and tind 10 rowl call! As
many os ye IS is prcaiut will say Eere!" and
rs many Of ye as is not prcsint viii say absint:"
The Electoral College Of Alabama, on tie coca
sion of giving their vote for Mr Bucl.auan Gor
President unanimously recommended the Hon
VIM. L. Yancey for place in his Cabinet.
The Exchange Ban!z Of Bansor. Maine. has
been discreditcd at Boston. Tie Bank Of u.Ilo-
veil, Maine. and the HolIyo,se Rank, Nor;ha1np-
ton. Mass, have been enjoiaed.
a suit to sustain the patent far tie Parker
water wheel, in the United States Circuit Court
at Chicago, has resulted in q verdict for the de
fcndalt.
David Ridenour, convicted of murder in the
second degree at Hagcrstown. Nd. las been sen
fenced to sixteen ye.-s aud seven months in the
Penitontia.y.
IN Lawrence county Samuel II Bride has lie, n
appointed postmaster at Paingrore. vice D. \.
M'Brde resigued-aIld Wm. Newell al Cross-cut
vice David Bowers
The Democrats of Tennessee will IL their
next State CcnvcEtfon at Nashville on the 16tb
Of April, for the nomination oE a candidate fiy
Governor.
Ers- Sarah 3 Scott, tse last surviving daus,,-
ter Of Patrick Henry. die,, OF tie I0th inst, at
- Seven Island" in Il!if..z county. Va. She
was IT years old.
= Lock Haven tavern keeper recently wen. q,
a hunting excursion TO the upper end Of Clinton
and Centre counties, AMI brought erpa wish l.sn
panther and seven dee.s, as the trophies Of Lis
skill il hunting
The ralue Of the real and personal estate Ct the
United States IS reported for tie year 1856. by
Mir Secretary Guthrie, at $lI, ,s17 ,6II, ,672-that
Is over eleven and quarter billions Of doIars.
The fetal population IS 26,oo4,8l2 souls.
Leeompton, in Kansas, is thriving g1eatIy. and
only wants worlrnen and capital. Houses that
cost from two to four hundred dollars to build,
are renting fer from $3.50 to $500, and selling
from 5000 to $500.
In Cumberland county a woman named Hull.
residing in tie town Of Lisbon, about nine mics
from Harrisburg, was arrested on a charge Of
whipping one of her children 50 severely as TO
cause its death It is stated tia; tvo Of the childs
ribs We're broken.
The first ship ever Lult in Florida went to sea
from Key West the 28th ult, bound to Char
lesion, s. c. where she arrived safely. She Is
called the Stephen r. Mallory, in honor Of the
United States Senator of that name, who is also a
resident of Key Vest where the ship was built.
On the 1st inst, the funded debt Of Poansvl-
vania amounted to s89,SGG, ,975, ard the unfund-
ed to 250,859 There remains in the State Trea-
sury and the sinking fund the sum of S7S5. .257,
which is applicable to the further cancellation Of
State stocks, &C.
oo-Accordiug to an official report recently sub
mitted to Congress, tie three first States in the
Union compare as fellows in the items Of wealth
and population.
Population. Value Of Property
New York, 3,i70,059 Sl,3G4, ,154 ,625
Pennsylvania, 2.542,96 l,O3i ,73l 304
Ohio, 2.215,75o SEQ, ST., ,35I
Tho Louion Lancet states that thousa Of the
drug bel adonna, as practised in oriental harems
10 give brilliancy to the eye, is now unblushingiy
advertised and provided for by the caterers OF
fashion. The eject Of this powerful and deadly
drug upon the eye Is to contract iris and enlarge
the pupil ntensifying its hrilliancy, and rapidly
destroying the organ.