The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-11-27
Brepities.

gentlemen from AlOemarle, Va with over hftY
hounds, hav been engaged for some days in
grand deer hunt in the mountains of Augusta.
A mae, supposed TO be one Jose ph Mcbride,
who soms weeks ago broke out of The Erie
Jail, where he was confined on a charge of muir
dering an Irishman named Dennis Sullivan, has
been arrested at Pittsburg.
-Tha Portsmouth (Va.) Transcript says that
one of Portsmouh'S fair daughters will exhibit,
at the Agricultural Fair, beautiful and most
elaborate piece Of embroidery-the work of
some two years labor-and Containing between
100000 and / 100000 stitches.
The schooner Badger CLEARED from Chicago,
Illinois, on Sunday, for New Orleans She
will proceed through the Illinois and Michigan
canal to Peoria, thence by the Illinois and
Mississippi rivers to New Orleans.
The Boston money market is gradually
growing easier, and funds tending towards thu
stock exchange, where operations continue 10
be on extensive scale, chiefly for investment.
Ned McGowan, the notorious "vctim'' of
the Vigilance Committee, has started a paper
called the PhGnir, in Sacramento, which be
devotes TO showing up the members of the COM
mittee.
Miss Harriet Lane, the Presidents niece.
who does the honorS the White House. is COM
plimeuted by having her name given to the steam
revenue cutter just launched from Webb's yard,
in New York.
The Wrighsviie PA. Star informs US that
the typhoid fever Is quite prevalent sln York
county. Mrs. Mary {. Gearhau had died a,
J., Z
three to five persons were down with it.
On Saturday night last Mr. John Warthan
watchman in the employ Of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad company, was killed on the road,
near Cumberland, Mary land.
A prize fight between Coburn and Gribbn
came off in Canada. The combatants fought
twenty-one rounds in thirty minutes, when Co
burn was declared winner Of the stakes, amoun-
ting to 81, 900.
On the 7th the tannery of Thomas Straw
heCker, al Brookvilr. Pa, was burnt down, to-
gether with its contents, books, papers, &c.
Loss about s., ,000 Insurance on the same ST.
800.
"A fire took place at Jamaica, L. l., on
Tnpsdav evening. 1t broke out in Hendry,s
carriage shop, destroying the Dutcil Reformed
Church aud several other adjacent buildings.
Loss 100000.
- Crime is on the increase in New York.
Within the past three days three persons have
been murdered, and four others MORALLY woun-
ded.
William Essler was accidentally killed on
the railroad near EIlcot's mills, Mary yIand, on
"Wednesday last.
"A lad named Jams Rhpy was killed on the
Lebanon Valley railroad, near Harrisburg, Pa,
on Saturday last.
- Martin Hanson, ]. Daniels, and R. Nlarthe
son, n,ctizens otthe United States, have ateIy died
at Trinidad de Cuba.
Mr.. David Townsend, while cunning at
Back River, Md, on Thursday, accidentally
fell out Of his boat, and was drowned.
The property of the Bank of Pennsylvania
on the southwest corner Of Penn street aud the
Centre square, in Reading, Pa, which has beer
occupied since :he year 1908 as its office OF dis
count and deposit was purchased last week by
David Mcknight, Esq, for 100000.
Asa LeaviCt was instantly killed at Port
land, Me-, the other day, by The falling Of der
rick.
A Young man, named Brown, committed
suicide at Wllimantic, Coun., on Tuesday, by
blowing out bis brains.
-Orson F. Shatuck had one OF his legs cut
of at the depot Of the Bethlehem (Pa.l Railroad
on Tuesday.
Michael Cancemi, who was tried Tor the
killing of Police Officer Anderson 10 New York
has been convicted of murder in the first degree.
jerome McBan murdered Thomas Edger
at Gibson. n. Y. last week. Both parties We're
druken atthe time.
Mr.. Kenan, member ofthe Georgia Lpgs-
ature, died suddenly on the l lth at Atlantic.
Michael O'Brien has been arrested at Chi
cago, H., on the charge of numbering bis wife.
Christian Hover died suddenly near Me-
chanicsburg, Pa last week.
The Pennsylvania Bank stock is now sell
ing at 50 per share. A few weeks ago ii sold
at Sll0. What loss of capital and squander
ing of money.
-TheFarmer's Bank Of Bucks county, at
Bristol, refused to accept the relief law and
resumed specie payments.
The bills of the Honesdale Bank now com
mand premium Of two per cent, at Phadel-
phia.
The Hon. Robert Toombs has been reel
ected to the Senate from Georgia.
Samuel D. Ross, who has been found gull
ty of the charge of robbing the mails on the
cars between Montreal and Toronto, has been
sentenced to Imprisonment for life.
The estate of the late Mrs. Rush is esi
mated at 81 100000.