The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1867-02-14

Altoona wants to be incorporated city
"A ball given IA the winter time il not
necessarily snow ball.
-"MacShane" is an ahbrevistion and to-
ming down of Mickey Sbeehan.
Oil City would like to be made the conn
~ seat Of Franklin county
1t is thought the next Congress win XII
all preceding ones.
-Haddop, the murderer of Julius Wohele
was hanged in Norristown on the 9th.
TO the polls / Tomorrow is election
day. Vote early and often
-Ex.-Gov. Hunt, of New York, died few
days ago.
The wife of Daniel e. Sickles, famous or
infamous the country throughout few years
since, died in New York city on the 9th.
Hon. c. v. Culver, of Reno fame, was
tried in the Franklin county Court last week
for embeZzlement, and was acquitted.
The sum of 81 ,2o3 has been raised in AL
toona toward the erection OF a soldiers
monument.
Ought it to be said that a crying child of
extraordinary power of lungs belongs to the
first squallity
Our State Legislature visited Pittsburg
the latter part of last week, to inspect the
public institutions in and around that city.
Tho Long Bridge at Washington was
carried away by the late food. So the Cap.
ital is now short of bridge.
Nothing having been heard of the far
famed palmetto tree of South Carolina of
late, it is feared it has gone to slaves.
If you want to purchase anything in the
saddlery or harness line, patronize Hugh A.
MCoy, High street, Ebensburg.
George W. MCracken is the name of the
cowardly spy who made information to Sec
retary Seward against Minister Motley.
State Treasurer Kemble advertises for a
new State loan, to be devoted to the reduc-
ton of overdue gold interest bearing State
securities.
"A boy who carried the mail between
Punxutawney, Jefferson county, and Kittan-
ming, Armstrong county, has been missing
for several days.
Thomas MCamant, Esq, of HOLIDAYS
burg, has been appointed Chief Clerk in the
Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth
at Harrisburg.
The singular phenomenon of q rain storm
accompanied by thunder and lightning oc-
crrred in New York State on Saturday night
week.
The Harrisburg Telegraph is wadiny in
for Ben Wade as our next candidate for Vice
President. He has been weighed in the bal
ance and found not wanting.
Samuel Moorhead, of GreenvilIe, Indi-
ana county, was run over by the cars at
Huntingdon on the lst inst, and was instant
ly killed.
Asa II. Eiske has been appointed Post
Master at Fallen Timber, Cambria county,
vice G. Jefreys, removed. s'My policy" we
suppose.
Mrs. Henry Johnson, late Miss Harriet
Lane, has just given birth to a son, who has
been christened James Buchanan. Poor lit.
tie innocent He will have heavy load to
carry through life.
The Pittsburg Dispatch last week made
its appearance in new type, and in the pulse
of d conven;ert size quarto. 1t ia an enter
prising paper, ably conducted, aad deserves
all the support bestowed upon it.
-Tha Philadelphia Press has come out in
an elegant new dress. 1t one of the ablest
and best conducted journals in the country,
and we glad to see this evidence of its
continued prosperity.
We have heard of pile-drivers, but is
there such thing a snow-pile-drive
If SO, therein may be contained the all-im-
portant secret of how to keep open the Eb
Cresson Railroad.
Shall the black man be allowed to ride
in the same public conveyance with the white
man Is the black mans dollar of equal
value with the white mans? Tie answer to
the latter question will be fit answer to the
former.
"A bear carried off rorker from the
premises of Esquire Hamilton, in East Maho-
| ming township, Indiana county, the other day
Though instant parsuit was made, the bear
escaped, and Mr.. Fl. had to grin and bear his
loss.
j. Madison Bell is the name of native
| colored poet whose productions are said to
be equal 10 the best of those of any of our
living poets. He is now ringing out his
| tuneful melody to fashionable Philadelphia
audiences.
David Caldwell, OF Huntingdon, has been
| appointed Assessor of Internal Revenue for
this (the 17th) Pa. assessment district, vice
J. Sewell Stewart, removed. Caldwell is
said to be Democrat of the ultra stripe,
while Stewart isn't f'My policy"
| The report industriously circulated that
Gen. Ashley, author of the impeachment
resolutions, so worded them as to include
General Grant, was emphatically and totally
denied on the floor of Congress by that gem