The Alleghanian, Ebensburg, Pa. Thursday, April 4, 1861 Volume 2, Number 33 NEWS The official census of the United States has just been compiled and shows a total population of thirty-one million, four hundred and twenty-nine thousand eight hundred and ninety-one (31,429,891). Of these three million, nine hundred and fifty-one thousand eight hundred and one are slaves. Local and Personal The Argument Court for the March term commenced yesterday. Col. C. T. Frazer has been appointed Notary Public for Johnstown. It is currently reported and generally believed that oil has been struck a few miles below Hollidaysburg. The Post Master for this borough has not yet been named, but the general supposition is that Major John Thompson, of the Mountain House, will be the lucky appointee. He will make a good officer. A man named Peter Shaeffer, who resides in Westmoreland county, was recently robbed of three hundred and sixty dollars, besides several notes and papers of value, on the open highway, by two men with blackened faces. On a recent visit down over the mountain, we dropped in at the WHIG office where we had the pleasure of meeting our young friend, T. D. Litzinger. He is engaged as foremanager of that paper and fills the position with acceptance. Success. What a climate is this of ours, to be sure! On last Wednesday it rained all day. Thursday and Friday were warm and pleasant. Saturday was wet and gloomy, Sunday was a beautiful and spring-like day, on Monday it snowed, sleeted and rained all day, and on Tuesday and Wednesday it thawed. The Doctors are about the only ones who enjoy this catarrhal, rheumatic weather. The quarterly election of officers for the Ebensburg Division of Sons of Temperance was held on Saturday evening with the following result: W. P. - A. A. Barker W. A. - Lemuel Davis R. S. - Ben F. Williams A. R. S. - D. D. Pryce F. S. - Samuel W. Davis T. - A. Lewis C. - John R. Smith A. C. - R. E. Smith I. S. - David Williams O. S. - Lewis Rodgers Chaplain - Robert Singer Ed Flag - E. I. Evans Love - Miss Elizabeth Roberts Purity - Miss Jennie Evans Fidelity - Miss Emily Roberts The E. & C. R. R. Depot The erection of this building, the contract for which was awarded to Mr. E. E. Evans, has been commenced. Its size is to be 80x35 feet, and the eastern end is to be on a direct line with the western boundary of Centre street. The terms of the contract require its completion on or before the first of June. Appointments by the M. E. Conference The annual session of the Pittsburg Conference of the M. E. Church held at M’Connellsville, Ohio, closed on Monday evening, 25th ult., after a harmonious session of five days, Bishop Ames presiding. The following are the ministerial appointments for this district: Presiding Elder: William Lynch Blairsville: J. W. Shirer Indiana: John C. High Johnstown: D. P. Mitchel Greensburg and Latrobe: W. W. Roup Kittanning: R. Cunningham Dayton: S. Burt Elderton: F. D. Fast, J. D. Hill Marchand: J. S. Lemon, D. W. Wampler New Florence and Robinson: W. Long, A. P. Leonard Mechanicsburg: J. D. Knox Burrell and Apollo: W. A. Stewart, R. G. Heaton New Derry: M. J. Montgomery Ebensburg: S. F. Show, J. G. Gogley Conemaugh: H. Mansell Ligonier: J. S. Wakefield Mt. Pleasant and West Newton: J. J. M’Illyer, I. A. Pearce Saltsburg and Hopewell: J. Shane. _________________________________________________________________ Get more out of the Web. Learn 10 hidden secrets of Windows Live. http://windowslive.com/connect/post/jamiethomson.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!550F681DAD532637!5295.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_domore_092008