The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1854-12-01
VOL. XIII, NO. l6.


ty-two, or twenty-three, but so precocious are
our young ladIes, that if they happen to pass
twenty without having made defpite arrange
ments, they begin to consider themselves old
maids, and before school girl is fairly out of
short dresses and pantalrts, she is looking up
a beam
Among the ancient Germans, than whom a
finer race OF men, physically, perhaps never
existed, il was deoth for any woman to marry
before she was twenty, and were this law TO be
enacted and vigorously enforced among US, the
amount of suffering, the actual amount of bu-
man life that would be saved thereby, is past
all computation.
AN EccENTRlc WiLL.-Mr. Railing, Of New
Hampshire, England, was among the victims Of
the last railroad accident, between Brigton and
London. His heirs, after having paid him the
customary funeral honors, did what all heirs do
in similar cases, opened the will Of the deceas-
ed to ascertain what share each was to have in
his posthumous liberaiitieS. As he had never
given penny to either of his relatives, during
his lifetime, they expected to be the richer now
that he was more. One may imagine the
surprise caused by the first line of the will:
''This is my testament, ] give and bequeath
my goods, present or future, movable or i'm
movable, in England or on the continent, to
that railroad company on whose road have the
! happiness 10 meet with death-ihat blessed de-
/ liverance from my terrestrial prison"
Further on, the teStatcr gives his reasons for
his bequrst. The idea had taken firm posses
sion Of his mind that he destined to die
violent death, and The most desirable one in bis
view was that caused by the explosion of To-
conceive. He travelled, therefore, constantly
on the railroads in England, Belgium and
France. There was not station where he was
not known. All the conductors were familiar
with his peculiar costume. He bad narrowly
escaped death several times. Once, he was
shut up in a car under water another time be
was in the next car to the one that was shattpr-
ed, and he described with the greatest enthus-
aSm those terrible accidents. when he saw death
so near without being able TO obtain IT, Dsap-
pointed in Europe, he went to the United States.
He made frequent excursions on the Chic, the
Mississippi, the Ontario, and the Niagara; but,
notwithstanding their frequent explosions, he re-
turned with whole skin. He was destined
10 be crushed under car ot the mother coup-
try. 1t is said that the relatives will attempt
TO break the will, on the ground of insanity,
but it is probable that the railroad will win the
suit in spite of the proverb that the murderer
never inherits from the victim.
MURDER IN BALTinoEE.-T Baltimore Sun
notices a very shocking murder Of Mrs. No
bic, residing about five miles and half from
Baltimore, near the Philadelphia road
Since last Sunday, a Mrs Noble residing in
the above vicinity, on a little farm, with her
husband and three children, was missing, and
the children becoming somewhat alarmed at the
absence of their mother, acquainted the neigh
bors of the fact, when Justice Lewis franklin
berger was informed of the case. He immedi-
ateIy set 10 work for the purpose Of discovering
the missing woman. The body Of the woman
mutiated in a most horrible manner. was dis
covered in large tub, upon which had been
placed large stone, and across the top plank.
4 large number of persons were in search of
the murderer, who, it is alleged, is the husband
of the unfortunate woman. His name is Fred
ericl Noble, and when last seen was walking
along the road conducting TO Baltimore, having
pack bundle on his back.
ATEociTIEs IN Mex co.-The Mexican pa
peTs speak OF the atrotips committed by the
Indians:
''The most horrible of the unnumbered afro
cities Of the lndinaS lately are one ins.Mhieh,
they made hole beneath the chin of, Yopng
man, through which they passed cofI, ,Stsfihge
it through the mouth, so hanging him up by his
chin to tree, and making him target for their
arrows Another, in which the wretches cut
some pieces of flesh from the launches o! poor
infant, roasting them and eating them, while
the agonzed little creature still lived. And
another, in which they devoured the greater
part Of human body.
''Roberies are getting very rife in the city of
Mexico. A man was lately assaulted and rob-
ted at 6 O'Clock in the evening by band of
eleven, in Corpus Christi street, and who sud-
denly sprung out upon him from Lopez al
ley Three Of these robbers were mounted
There had nevertheless, been many robbers ex-
ecuted during fortnight, over which our news
extends.'
Miraculous ESCAPE OF RAILROAD TRAIN.
A few days ago, when train on the New