Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1866-04-05

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THE Lincoln Del HraH urges the
citizens of that State to modify the Con
stitution so far as to make intelligence, and
not color, the basis of suffrage.
James Hammill, the famous Pittsburgh
oarsman, is going to England in May, to
have a trial with Harry Kelly, the cham
pion oarsman Of that country.
WE must suppose that men value red
noses, judging from the expense they are
to get them.
ONE of our exchanges gives an account
of a child being born with three tongues.
Our devil wants to know if it's girl.
OK Friday night last George White,
formerly belonging to the 10Th Virginia reg
iment, was Knocked down, tied and gagged.
on the old state road near Petersburg
He was then robbed and left in this con-
dition. When he was found he was in
sensible from cold
g." Mr.. Geary, the Rump candidate for
Governor, is warmly supported by Stevens,
Forney, Kelly, and other advocates of ne
gro equality. One of his smo ost earnest ad-
mirers is Friedrich Douglass. Geary is
their candidate-on their platform-and
if he should be elected, would be entirely
controlled by such influences.
SHAMEFUL few days since the Rad
ical Rumps at Washington appropriated
twenty-five thousand dollars to feed, clothe
and make comfortable the negroes in and
around the Capitol, but voted down the
amendment Of Mr.. Salisbury, of Del
aware, appropriating the same amount to
the poor whites of the District Is Mr..
Geary in favor of this
eg- \ lunatic confined in the Alleghanv
Jail managed to let the water run from
the hydrant till it had reached depth of
nearly a foot on the floor He laid flat
upon his face in the water, and was stri-
king out nobly as though swimming, when
lie was discovered by the officers of the
jail.
THREE railroad thieves with a misceIIa-
neous lot of plumber, were arrested at Erie
last week. The fellows have been running
a grocery and variety store in the imme-
diate vicinity Of the depot, the stock in
trade having all been stolen.
cz- Arthur Murtland, arcsident ofPitts-
burgh, was killed at Oh City, on Saturday
last, by falling from the platform of a car
on the Pithole Railroad. Both legs were
severed and he died soon after.
kILLED-An old lady named Hamil-
ton, residing at Conemaugh station, Cam
brla county, was run over by a train Of
cars on the Pennsylvania railroad, near
Johnstown, on Thursday oflast week, and
was instantly killed. She is represented
TO have been a most estimable woman.
and leaves family of four grown mp chill
dren. The accident is said to have been
entirely unavoidable.
How TO DGsPosE OF TRAsu-A great
many persons are at a loss how to dispose
of the ragged and mutilatcd currency that
accumulates on their hands An exchange
says it is the easiest thing in the world,
and without any expense. When you get
three dollars worth on hand. put it in
small packages, pin paper band around,
with your name, post office address and the
amount, then put it in an envelope, and
address it to the Treasury of the Uni
ted States, Washington, ID. c." 1t goes
and returns free of postage. You will get
new currency in about one week from the
time you start it.
TIE EIGHT Hour LAw-The follow
ing is Mr.. Donnelly's eight hour bill, which
passed the House on Thursday:
An act for the protection of laborers,
SECTION l. BE it e,,acled, &c. That
hereafter labor performed during period of
eight hours on any secular day, in all cot
ton, woolen, silk, paper, bagging, flax
and other factories or workshops, in the
Commonwealth, shall be considered le-
gal days labor, and hereafter contracts
made for the employment Of mechanics
and laborers, in all the various branches
of trade for daily laborers, shall be con-
strued to be for eight working hours, to
the day in any employment Pr0rided,
That this act shall take effect from and
after the first day of July next. and, pro-
uided FURTHER, that this does not apply to
farmers or teamsters.
g. A lady who resides in Nashua, \.
H., who had lost a very dear child a few
weeks ago, on Tuesday last managed 20
procure the key of the tomb in which the
body was laid, opened the coffin, took the
child in her arms and bore ii home There
she tended it as though it was still living,
and defied all endeavors to take it from
her for several hours and it was only
from the effects of an opiate administered
TO her that the efforts made were finally
successful.
THE Hospital Records have just been
footed up and they show the enormous
aggregate of 253,OOO Union soldiers to
have died on battle-fields and in hospitals
during the war, to suppress the Rebellion.
This does not include those who died at
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