The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-12-24


Engineers are surveying the route for
proposed railroad from Williamsburg to
| Hollidaysburg. Henry Loughner, watch
man on the Penna. Railroad at Penn sta
ton, was killed on Saturday night week
[ by being run over by the cars.A pair Of
patent hay-fork sellers have been attempt
ing to swindle the Huntingdon county
farmers by Offering to sell forged promis-
sorry notcs....A man named Jack Lacey
knocked out one of the large panes of
glass in the jewelry store of Mr.. {. Z.
Shannon, in Altoona, on Wednesday even
ing, with the intention of robbing the
! establishment. He was discovered, pur-
sued, arrested, and sent up....A valuable
horse belonging to w Ii. Axe & Co, OF
Williamsburg, Blair county, fell into a
lock near that place on the night OF the
9th inst and was drowned "A man named
Baker Evans attempted to get on pas
sing freight train at Blair Furnace, a few
evenings since, but slipped and fell under
the cars. lie fortunately fell clear of the
track, and none of the wheels passed over
him, and instead of being instantly crush
| ed to death, he received only fracture Of
the arm and some severe contusions....The
commissioners appointed by the Governor
TO select two farms, TO be used as expert
mental farms in connection with the State
Agricultural School, have made their re-
port. One is located at West Chester,
Chester county, and the other at Indiana,
Indiana county. The sum Of $4,000 was
paid for the latter. John Hill, a miller
by trade. was attending to the chopping
stone in the mill attached to distillery
near Masontown, Fayette county, on the
I'd inst, when his arm became entangled
in the machinery and he was drawn in
between the stones and literally cut 10
pieces About enc thousand cars arrived
in Altoona from Saturday evening till
Sunday evening following the late snow
storm They had been detained on the
mountain by drifts....Our branch railroad
was opened out ON Friday last, since which
times trains have been running regularly.
COURT PROCEEDINGs.-We conclude
our report of the business done in our
Court of Common Pleas last week:
Christy as. Christy-action of debt. Ju-
ry find no cause Of action.
Storm rs. Pennsylvania Railroad CO.
action in the case for damages. This
action was based on injuries alleged to
have been received by the plaintiff, Mr..
Francis A Storm, Of Allegheny township,
by the running off the track Of the Emil
grant train west on the Penna Railroad,
near Lily's station, in February, 1867
The injuries established by plaintiff con-
sisted of some hurt done to the vertebrse
of his neck, whereby the neck was stifen-
cd, and a general prostration Of his whole |
system-all claimed to have been caused !
Immediately by the accident. The tcst:-
mony introduced by the defendant was to |
the purpose OF showing that the accident |
was so slight that it could not possibly |
have produced plaintiff S injuries, but that |
they must have been the result of some |
other and totally different mishap. The |
case was tried IN March last, when the |
jury failed to agree In this instance, af- |
Ter trial occupying a day and a half, the |
jury found for plaintiff in the sum Of |
1000 Motion on part of defendant for
a new trial pending.
In the case of Snyders rs. Byrnes and |
Platt, the plaintiffs took nonsuit
Before adjourning, on Saturday, the
Court passed the following sentences:
John Farmer, who plead guilty Of lar
ceny, two years and nine months impris-
onment in the Western Penitentiary
John Lunny, who plead guilty of lar
ccny, two years and three months impris-
onment in the Western Penitentiary.
Andrew Sick, who plead guilty Of
larceny, three years and nine months in
the Western Penitentiary.
REPEALED.-At a recent meeting of
our Town Council, the ordinance requiring
travelling statesmen who sell by sample to
take out a license, at a cost of 81, before
orders within the borough linn
its, has been repealed. The hog law" as
it is familiarly known, or the ordinance
forbidding hogs to be allowed to run at
arge within the borough limits, has also
oeen repealed.
PERsoNAL.-Our friend Joe Thomp-