The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1860-01-12

| heau new advertisements.
Ia Come again--the sleighing.
| Esa Scarce-local items this week
gA5@ In demand-gum-shoes and the AL
| leghanian.
ssA Bishop Neuman, of Philadelphia, died
of apoplexy on Wednesday of last week.
Rs5~ Our Congressman, Hon s. s Blair,
has associated John Dean, Esq, with him in
the practice of the law.
neA- The importations of silks for the port
of New York alone in the year 1859, was $83,-
682 ,648.
Rsig~ Hon. S. S. Blair, Col. L. W Hall, and
R. j. Proudfoot, Esq, have our thanks for
numerous favorS in the shape of public docu-
ments.
BSae Neal Dow. the great temperance man.
| fell the other day, from height of sixteen
feet, and came near plunging into a boiling
vat
nsA party of miners have struck coal
field near Denver city, Pixies Peak region.
| eight feet thick
| 1t is not stated whether it struck back or no.
! asA- Theo. II. Cremer, Esq, of Huntingdon,
has been appointed Revenue Commissioners
by the judges of this judicial district a most
excellent appointment.
BSJ~ The Louisville Courier is encouraging
the formation of a new Union party out of the
different branches of the Opposition. 1t is
probable that the Opposition, as it now stands,
will be unioR enough for the Locos next fall
b. Bitters, that celebrated individual, re-
marked the other day in our hearing, that
Mordecai's paper, instead of being Sent-i-neI,
should be !Sent-to-'eE.
Not far wrong, either, we presume
Es5- We have been favored with several
warm and refreshing rains up here during the
present week, and the weather has been balmy
and pleasant. But winter, no douot will
soon resume its wonted reign.
P. SIT has done So
nsn- Skating is becoming all the arage'' in
fashionable female circles in the cities and
large towns. 1t is said to be both graceful
and an inyigorating exercise. Won't some lady
break the ice and introduce it here?
psJ@ John c. Heenan, Esq, pugilistic pro-
fessOr, ,shoulder-hitter extraordinary. and can
didate for the prize belt of Great Britain, has
set sail for the scene of his coming combat
He left on the 3lst ult.. and his departure was
celebrated by crowds of his admirers.
BsAs On our outside this week will be found
a beautiful poem from the gifted pen of our
own authoress, Jennie; !" a splendid New
Years tale; an assortment of phacts and phan-
cies for lovers of phun; and column for far
mers. They Will all repay perusal.
BE- In Schenectady, the ladies give parties
lasting through the evening, to which none of
the male sex are invited.
While it frequently happens, in many places,
that the male sex give parties lasting through
the whole night, to which the ladies are not
invited
BsF We have received the January num-
ber of the ''Farmer and Gardener" a maga-
zine devoted to agriculture, horticulture. and
rural affairs generally. 1t is a good journal,
and, on account of its cheapness-one dollar
per annum-shouId be in the hands of every
Farmer.
Bsae Two men, named Francis Singer and
Andrew Maxwell, were killed at the BIairs-
X.
On stepping from one track to avoid the west
ern train, they came directly in front of the
one bound east, bat which the smoke preven-
ted them seeing. They were horribly mutt
lated.
B1y~ Information ,ranted.-Some five months
ago, j. Styer left his home in Lancaster on
business, stating to his wife that he would re-
turn in few days, since which time she has
had no word from him. Any information of
his whereabouts will be thankfully received
BsS~ Quite number of the fair lads and
lasses of Wilmore, taking advantage of the
sleighing, paid our town flying visit on
Friday night of last week The party stop-
ped with ''mine host of the Arcade and with
the entertainment there afforded, enjoyed
very pleasant evening-and then went home |
highly delighted with their visit.
n-7~ The Democrat & Sentinel says it's
great pity that our New Years Turkey hadn't |
been goose.
Bitters asserts most positively that if the |
Turkey aforesaid had been the editor of the |
Dem. & Sent. himself it would have been a
goose. Bitters is supposed to have arrived
at this sage conclusion, from the fact that the |
editor aforesaid always shows the White
feather.
Bs5~ They (the members of the Loco-Foco
State Convention) should watch with ieal-
Gus eye, the conduct of the men that, we en-
tertain but little doubt will amman In ,ho;r