>From The Register, Hollidaysburg, Blair Co., PA. A Locomotive has just been turned out at the Altoona shops which has more than double the pulling capacity of the ordinary engines. The engine has eight drivers and is the most powerful on the Western Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Wed. 26 Jan. 1876 issue. The amount of property held by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, within the limits of Altoona, is fifty-three and a half acres, and in the shop erected in that place about 3,000 men are employed. Wed. 26 Jan. 1876 issue. Thomas A. Scott, Josiah Bacon, Wistar Morris, John M. Kennedy, Alexander J. Derbyshire, Samuel M. Felton, Alexander Biddle, N. Parker Shortridge, Henry M. Phillips, John Scott, Pittsburgh, have been renominated as Directors of the Pennsylvania railroad.. The election takes place in March. Wed. 26 Jab. 1876 issue. Blair county has been in existence about thirty years. Who shall be appointed to write its history for the centennial Fourth? ( Altoona Sun) In answer to the above query, we would say, that Hon. Samuel Calvin, a member of the bar, practiced in Hollidaysburg, long before the erection of the county, and in every way is well qualified for the task, and would make our proper historian. There may be others qualified for the position, but none better than he. Wed. 26 Jan. 1876 issue. On Friday night of last week, the wife of Mr. Wm. Wertz, living in the Loop, about three miles from this place, gave birth to triplets, all girls. The mother and children are all doing well. This makes fourteen children by the one marriage. Wed. 19 Jan. 1876 issue. In 1875 the County of Blair paid out for fox, hawk, and other scalps, $1,136-whilst in Bedford and Somerset counties, the bounties amount to but a few hundred dollars, and these counties are much larger in territory than ours, and equally, if not more, mountainous. In the first six weeks of the present year, over $1400 have already been paid in Blair county, and at this rate, during the remainder of the present year,, these scalps will run up to $10,000. There is no doubt great rascality and perjury is being committed. Is it not high time the scalp law should be repealed? Wed. 1 March 1876 issue. The citizins of Bedford county, are making the necessary preparation for securing a full cabinet of minerals to display at the centennial. Blair county ought to be also represented in her mineral resources and industries. 1 March 1876 issue. M. S.