The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1861-01-31
LOCAL AND Personal.

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"Yoders" Johnstown letter came to !
hand one day too late. We are sorry to
bc obliged to lay it over.
The Aomtaineer warns the ''powers that
be" to look out for breakers. We would |
respectfully beg leave to amend the above
SO as to read croahers-as in that case
the .Hountaineey might safely count on re-
ceiving some public attention.
Messrs. G.. J. Rodgers and ]. L. p.
WAllister, whose departure for the oil
region we recently noticed, are on their
native heath once more. We understand
thar during their absence they purchased
several acres of ground in Ohio, and that
boring for oil on an extensive scale is now
being prosecuted under their auspices.-
We hope they may be surprisingly lucky
The election for borough and township
officers will come off on Friday, 10Th prox
imo--two weeks from to morrow. Would
it not be q good idea to nominate the
candidates some of these first days?
A correspondent, who signs himself
SIMON PURE, asks in poetical strain
whether we can tell him where bachelor
should go to escape from the tOrments Of
hoopdom Ccrtainly-go to the devil.
The Holli1aysburg Wig says that four
residents Of Logan tp., Blair county, whose
united ages would be 313 years, were ia
ken to the polls in Que wagon at the late
Presidential election and being men Of
sense, they all voted for cold Abe"
4 young man named Miller Smith, Z
brakeman on freight train on the Penn
svlvauia Railroad, was cut completely in
twain near Pittsburg, a few days since,
By falling upon the track and being run
over by the train.
We are indebted to friend for copy
Of the concert programme of the Noun
tain Female Seminary. This institution
enjoys flattering reputation, and is the
alma mater of a great many handsome
Young ladies. Many thanks-"Selah.'
A colored man, named De Coursey, re-
Gently get on bender in Huntingdon,
and afterward took quarters in an untcn-
anted shauty TO sleep off the fumes Of the
liquor He woke up next morning with
both legs frozen stiff. TO prevent misap
prchensicn. We would add that tEis Dc
Coursey is rot the professor
We notice that the Atlas belonging tc
M'NalIy's Goograpy, published in 1889,
has branch railroad located from Cres
son. on the Pensa Railroad, to this place
MNalIy certainly ought to be patronized
for he is evidently up to-and IN TIN:
case little ahead of-:imc. That is tt
say, Of car time.
The fashionable mode of publishing
marriage notices in Blair county at the
present time is something like the fol
lowing: "-Narried, on, at --, By
the Rev -, Mr.. -- tc Miss --
both of -" Its chiet beauty lies il
the style-it is 50 dashing.
Mrs Melinda King, wife of John NJ
King, of Johnstown, died very suddenl,
on Sabbath before last. She appeared f
be in the enjoyment of vigorous healti
until the moment Of her death. Her dis
ease was apoplexy.
Mr.. II. c. Devine, the newly appointc'
Mercantile Appraiser, is busiIy engage
in attending to the interests Of the count
in that capacity.
Philip Collins, Esq, Of this place, wa
elected one of the Directors of the West
srn Railroad Company for the ensuin
year, at a recent meeting of the stockhoId
ers of that Company.
The Buffalo papers say that it is rapid
ly becoming fashionable in that city tc
ladies to wear the balmoral with Dut an
dress overit. As it is JdlmOral, of cours
it's not immoral, so everybody should b
satisfied
This weeks instalment of Jonatha
Oldbuck's History Of Cambria County re
fers TO Jackson township-a townshl
which, according to the historian, la
neither a town, village, store, tavern 9
post office within it limits. Read it.
\ report was current in town on Satu1
day to the effect that man had bee
shot at and wounded on Laurel Hill tn
day previous. 1t lacks confirmation, how
ever.
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