The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1869-05-13
nuR WEEKLY DIGEST

psa. Reading matter On every page.
p@ Done, gone-The oyster season
rGg- Come again-Ice cream season.
rz~ Comiortable-Line coats and
the like.
pesy- Advice, gratis--Buy from our ad
vertisers.
B@ Green peas are offered in the east
ern markets.
ng- Cool-the ice cream served up at
r. r Thomas.
nea-. Ditto subscribing fora newspaper
aad never paying for it.
HSg- The sugar crop of Louisiana is es-
timated at $4,000 hogsheads.
Ba- The cattle trade of Chicago aggre-
gates S50,000,000 year.
s@~ Judy quotes: The market ladies'
hair has an upward tendency"
aGa. The name Temperance Indicator
is a miSnomer II ought to be Temperance
Eind-icato
ag- The President has recently bought
a young Hambletonian colt valued at S l.
O0O
Bssa- 1nU = e".t,. 4l,;,
about "the indicator blisterp Ulff UlffeSHtHee course
it meant to say indicator "Lluster."
Bg~ Peanuts are being extensively cul-
tivated in lower Virginia, and are more
valuable crop than tobacco.
R9gn "The criticisms of the Indicator
are beyond endurance. - Ttndicator.
So are the kicks of jackass.
nm- The T.. V0dicator says we below
Justify for "quarter" Well bet that at
some former period of his life the I-ipdtca-
tor man has beloved LASTLY for quart.
sW- 1t is three years since they have had
any rain in Maracaibo, fact which indu-
ces an exchange to think they cannot afford
to water their milk N that place.
eg- "Whisky-soaked hides are general
ly pretty tough. - TmdicatOr.
We presume you speak from personal
experience.
b@The Sons of Temperance in Maine
have voted TO nominate a candidate for
Governor, if neither of the political parties
should put up satisfactory to them.
nea- The temperance Vndicator is
"freside weekly Which means, we
presume, that it is used to light fires o
mornings.
Hsa- The lIollidaysburg Standard wants
the price of gas reduced. Couldn't the
Standard reduce its gas easier than the
price.
na- Jas. p. Thomson is editor Of the
Tenn Vnd. His original family Lame
was Thompsonnavabiche.
Ra- Governor Curtin is the fifth United
States Minister to Russia from Pennsyl-
vania. His predecessors were William
Wilkins, James Buchanan, George NJ. Dal-
las and Simon Cameron.
aea- Cresson is just 1000 feet above
high tide mark at Philadelphia. Gallitzn
;s 100 feet higher, and the top Of the
hill through which the great tunnel Of
the Pennsylvania railroad is bored is
2,200 fee. high.
Bg-A Mississippi editor and Justice of
the Peace married couple in 1858, di-
vorced them in 1860, married the man to
another woman in 1861, ditto the woman
to another man in 1862, and last week
married the original couple.
E@- Forty-one recruits, not to be less
than five feet seven inches high, have been
ordered from Carlisle Barricks, Pa, to
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, for assign
mcnt in Battery G, third United States
Artillery.
icy The steam tanrery of Leighow
Anthony 4 Co, IN Northumberland, was
destroyed by fire ca Thursday night of
last week The loss is estimated at ST.
500, two-thi-ds of which will be covered
by insurance The FIRE was the work of
an incendiary.
kA> George Slaughter was shot aad In
stantly killed by John Watts at saloon
and house of iIl-fame, at Evansville, Ind,
Tuesday night Tie murder was the re-
suit Of drunken quarrel, in which the
women were implicated. Watts has not
yet been arrested.
nea- The Philpsburg Journal says: "a
sawyer employed in the mill of j. ] Him-
raDldty i sowing ha,.no on eilas last
April th @ l.- t.-Ea. @
n -e1 barr number al
/ seet cat lu esau3a .sa-. .h os tcla j. .-s=e
( yar rs, previously "-s 25"a
/ aze Ine project or Uunnellng under the
lake to obtain supply Of pure water is
being agitated in Cleveland. Investiga-
tions have been made and it is found that
there is statum of clay underlying the
lake of sufficient thickness to admit of a
tunnel ofthe requisite size. Since Chicago
has shown how tunnel under water can
be made, it is no longer considered either
impossible or seriously difficult.
BSF So many oldest Masons have been
found that some one has hunted up the
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