The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1861-10-24

CONFERENCE.-THE new tunnel, or rath-
er the arching of the roadway to prevent
danger, &C., from the sides OF the cut CIV
ing way, on the Pennsylvania Road near
Carpenters Station, in Westmoreland
county, has just been completed. 1t is a
well constructed, substantial piece of work,
which is, however, but characteristic of
all done by this Company. The abutments
are all of stone range work, and the arch
twenty inches in thickness-is of
brick. There are 5000 yards of masonry
in it, and there were 100000 brick used
in building it. 1t is $50 feet in length,
and is said to have cost $4,000. The
work has been under the more imme-
diate charge of John S. Love, Esq, Resi-
dent Engineer of the Road on the Western
Division, and is a credit to his scientific
skill, judgment and energy.
POSITIVELY ORIG."-Our Nimrodian
contributor, who has been ''Out West"
hunting grouse with Russell, LID,
S.N.O.B., ETC., and who has just returned,
advances the following con, with the re-
quest that newspapers copying handle it
with care: In case that mammoth black
bear seen near town last week had been
killed, unhided, chopped up, cooked, and
afterwards taken inwardly as an epicurean
tit bit, why would it now remind you of a
woman dan b,o,cn? Because it would be,
evidently and without doubt, Bruin-eat.
Our MIN. Con- asserts that he but seldom
makes game of Brunette, or, in point of
fact, of any other man, and promises to
not do SO again soon if he be let free now.
LETTER FROM KENTUCKY.-On the
outside of to-day's paper will be found a
tolerably interesting letter from Ken
lucky, written by whilom resident of
this town. He shows up plainly, in few
words, some of the inconsistencies of Sc
cession, and also gives us an insight into
the hideous wrongs that are being perpe-
trated upon Union men in that land of
chivalry, ''the sunny South" We hope
our young friend will let us hear from
him often.
HALLowEEN-This ancient festival,
which has been of latter years appropria-
ted by crude, uncultivated boys" to the
indiscriminate pounding of doors, piling
up all sorts of movables in the street, and
other pieces of mischief, pays US its annu-
al visit on the last day of this month. 1t
is to be hoped that our Juveniles about
town will let the occasion pass by, without
any particular demonstrations.
SILVER GRAYs.-The company being
recruited in this county under the above
name, composed entirely of men over for
ty-fve years of age, is still in fourishing
1t is reduced to a certainty
that it will see active service in the ten
ted field in the course of a few weeks
The members met at Wilmore yesterday
to choose officers, with what result we did
not hear.
WHAT is THE REASON that we receive
the Harrisburg Telegraph SO irregularly
the light of its countenance
beams not on our sanctum for two ard
three days together The Telegraph is
one of the very best of our daily exchan-
ges, and we cannot possibly get along
without it, Circulate it in this direction
THF PLACE FOR Your MoNEY.-Go to
Doctor Thompson's s, at the Post Office, for
the latest newspapers, magazines, and pub
lications of all kinds. He also keeps on
hand large variety of National envel-
opes and note paper, pens, ink, cigars, ETC.,
all of which will be sold cheap for cash.
DUcKs-It is currently reported but
not generally believed that wild ducks are
exceedingly plentiful in this neighbor-
hood at present. Ditto: that two of our
amateur sportsmen bagged about bakers
dozen of the feathered hipeds in one day
LYcEUM-The question for debate at
the next meeting of the Ebensburg Lit