The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1867-11-28


night, one of the watchmen heard unusual
sounds in the direction of the lower tier of
cells. He at once notified the warden,
who quietly summoned the force at his
command, and proceeded to the spot,
where he soon became satisfied that an at
tempt to escape was in progress. After
permitting the prisoners to labor for brief
time, the warden ordered grand rush on
the cells. So noiselessly had matters
been conducted by those outside that the
prisoners were completely surprised, with
their tools in their hands. On being
discovered, they all yielded without res;s-
tauce Fifteen prisoners were engaged in
the attempt 20 escape. Ten of them had
managed to communicate with each other
by means of a hearing pipe. The other
five occupied cells in separate section,
| aud showed by their work that they did
not comprehend the situation. The plan
of the ten first mentioned was, first, that
the prisoner occupying the cell nearest the
fhcer should cut hole through the wall
between himself and the corridor second,
| that In the meantime the others were to
cut passages, each from his cell to that
adjoining, each man to work in the direc-
tion of the cell that was to admit them to
the corridor. The wall between the cor
| ridor and the cells is twenty inches in
| thickness, while those dividing the latter
| are fifteen inches. The parties are shoe
makers, and used their "last hooks" with
great effect.
MIR. ALEXANDER T. STEWART will
soon erect a block of dwellings, to cost
81 900, 600, and to be forever the home of
| ho NJ.
| not to be an aims house, but a home, where
women may fnd food and shelter at prices
within their reach, and whatever revenue
it may yield is to be employed in the erec-
tion of other like institutions. MIR Stew
art has also resolved to expend S5,00O,-
600 in the erection of tenement houses on
an improved plan, and to devise them to a
board Of trustees, to be composed of one
| person from every religious denomination
In the city, and to be so rented as to yield
a revenue that shall be applied in the
construction of other model tenement
houses in that city perpetually.
A TERRIBLE accident occurred on the
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton rail-
road, at Lock land station, Ohio, on the
morning of the 21st. A passenger train
was delayed at that station by another
train, and was run into by third traiu
following and smashed to pieces. Fire
communicated to the wreck and one car
was consumed. Four persons were either
killed by the smash-up or burned to
Death, and large numoer we're Injured.
Three of the victims were sisters, named
Morgan, from New Orleans. The fourth
victim, named Jackson, frsm Boston. lost
his life while endeavoriug to rescue one
of the Misses Morgan.
SOME time since, a halter in Brook lyn;
for the fun of the thing, promised his wife
that he would make her skirt such as
never was before known. He took some
felt, ana, adopting the beating process by
which felt hats are made, he streaked the
material oyer a frame, and beat it in sue
ceSsive layers till thick, full sized seam
less skirt vas made, impervious to rain
, warm, and not heavy. 1t was regarde ed
as wonder by the ladies of New York
More were demanded. They became che
rage, and an immense factory has beer
, opened, one hundred hands employed, anc
the demand cannot be supplied.
A YOUNG lady tourist in the White
= Mountains confessed with tears to 4 friend
that ber husband was brute. GAS al
instance" said she, "he forbade me t
take more than three trunks to be gone
: whole month, and then-then''-b breakin!
e down with sobs. ''What then 7" sait
the other. "Why then he put his hat an'
linen into one of M own trunks, aud tool
ever so much room from me again" "Dl
you consent to the unmanly appropria
tion 7" 'Dear me! | had to; but USE
his shirts for napkins, and my poodl
e made dog house of his hat"
9 Two young fellows, aged respecsivel
e sixteen and twenty-oue years, have passe
n the summer in Jail at Daubury, Cont
Becoming tired of confinement, one c
+ them recently wrote letter ordering thei
, release, signed it with the name OF th
> States Attorney, who lived at Norwalf
- and sent it to friend at the last-name
e town, who promptly remailed 1t to tn
Is jailor, and the prisoners were released
IS The perpetrators OF this bold forgery haV
d not yet been recaptured.
THE Republicans of Bedford count
: held county meeting last Tuesday, an
among others passed the following resoil
tion: "Resolved, That we, the Radio;
&c Republican party Of Bedford count.
s. nominate, as our first choice for Presiden
n Ulysses s. Grant, and for Vice Presiden
~ Edwin N Stanton, subject to the decisic
! of the Radical Republican National Coz
vention."
ts THE long uncertainty as to the fate
TX DIR. Livingstone is happily terminated
by the announcement that at the date of Il
ne latest trustworthy advices from the inter
or of Africa he was safe and we'll, pursuir
nc his explorations of the wastes OF Afri