The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1860-08-09
A New WaINKLE.---In q recent num-
Der Of the Sunbury Americaa, between the
record Of marriages and deaths, appeared

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record Of marriages and deaths, appeared
the following notices:
ENGAGED-REPECoA DUaLACHsg of Dan
Vile, and SELIG GRUESEEAUM, of Mississippi.
MATILDA LEVY, of Danville, and ELIAS OF
TISGER, of Philadelphia.
This is what we take to be o new move
in the right direction. For several rea-
sons If it were generally introduced,
First, it would to q great extent prevent
fishing IN pre-occupied streams, which is
often attended with disastrous results ali
around Second, it would at once and for
ever silence and set at rest all uncharita-
bic remarks on the social relation Of the
parties SO published, thereby depriving
gossips and busy-bodies of their largest
portion of stock in trade Third, it would
be a virtual hymeneal contract, signed,
sealed and delivered in the presence Of the
public, to violate which would be to place
either party III rather an unpleasant pre-
dicament. But should the latter contin-
gency arise, then with great propriety
could be introduced in the papers de
partment something after the following
order:
DIS-ENGAGED.-The matrimonial engage
ment heretofore entered into between the un-
! dersigned is dissolved by mutual consent.
Signed. JoHS SMITH.
| JANE PHIPPs.
! We are authorized to announce that all hy-
| meneal relations heretofore existing between
! SALLY JANE MARIA Primrose and d. PARAGoS
/ CLARENDON are ~ an end.
And We have 10 doubt bat that the
public in the course of time could be even
prepared to receive such announcements
as these:
We understand from what We consider to be
reliable authority, that the wealthy and taleU-
I ted RUDOLPH RIGGEEs. ESQ, has for some time
past been paying most excruciating dcvOirs
J 10 the lovely and accomplished SERAPHINA
! SCRAGGs. Straws show how the wind blows
We are informed that the bcwitching little
fairy, THEEEsE AENAEEL LEE, and her former
flame, DANIEL :. Dupont, have forgotten past
| differences, and now meet the intimate
footing OF yore When two dispositions as
| simulate 50 nearly as do theirs, 1t Is impOssi-
bic to keep the parties asu-deT. L0oA oUt
io- match
An infnitude Of others, similar and
otherwise-all forming choice tit-bits for
the reader-will suggest themselves.
But the public must be prepared gently
for these latter moves on the chess-boaId
of human progress. The public must not
be startled, or fustered, or frightened from
d sense of propriety-or the public will
Immediately place its irrevocablc veto on
the entire proceeding. So, for the grad
ual development of this great plan, We
hereby propose to publish, gratis, all zen
gagement notices" which may be entrus
ted TO our care. And we will esteem it as
a favor, if some happy couple, instead oI
talking soft nonsense, will at once come
to definite understanding, arrange mat
ters, appoint the day, and send on the
announcement forthwith.
ANOTHER INTERESTING DISCOVERY
One day last week, while the laborers OF
the Ebensburg and Cresson Branch Rail
road were cxcayating on the farm Of Mr.
David O'Harro, about six miles from th;.
place, and after they had reached deptl
, OF some eight or ten feet from the surface
; what at first appeared to be a singular l.
, formed stone, but which eventually proveC
! to be a pctrifcd bone of the leg Of som
animal now extinct on this continent, wa
dug up and brought to the light. Tw
other petrefactions Of a similar natur
: were also subsequently obtained from tn
same spot These bones, which are o
monstrous size, were submitted to the ex
animation Of some of our SdUGnS, VII
l give it as their opinion that they origi
r nally belonged to an elephant, or animal Q
: similar species. And the great depth a
= which they were found imbedded woul
0 seem to indicate that they arc of anted
i luvian origin The whole going to sho'
p. that this section Of country was at on
: time inhabited by genus of mammalla c
e which naturalists have failed to give u
Y the credit. If discoveries continue to b
J., made in our midst, what rare old spo
e for antiquarian research will Ebensbur
8 and vicinity shortly become
| EGYPTIAN WHEAT-Mr. George Sc
r tlemvre, of Summerhill township, laid o
/. our table on Monday last several stalks {
h Egyptian wheat, being specimen of
8 quantity which he raised on his farm thi
l.