The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-11-20
Brrpities.

who direct the fashions for the approaching sea-
son, come more forward on the head, and are
larger than those worn during the summer-the
curtain hangs very low and is covered with
deep blondes, reaching beyond the edge.
"A newsboy who took ten dollar gold
piece from man, by mistake, for cent, and
persisted in keeping it, was turned out of the
News5oy's Lodging House, the other night, in
New York, after being compelled to give up
the money.
In treating diseases OF the mind, mnsic is
not sufficiently valued. In raising the heart
above despair, an old violin is worth four doc
tors and two aPothecary shops
Samuel d. Ross, who has been found guilty
of the charge of robbing the mails on.lhe cars
between Montreal and Toronto, has been SEN
fenced to Imprisonment for life
"A pair ofhorns from bullock, recently
taken from Texas to Chicago, measured from
tip 10 tip feet inches.
The church of England incumbent at
Chatham, Canada West, writes that 5000 mrn
left that garrison for India, whose wives and
children remained at Chatham.
Money matters are gradually becoming
| easier both in New York and Philadelphia.
The prices of speculative and other stocks are
slowly advancing.
The total receipts at the port of Philadpl
pha, since January ls, have been SIG, ,704,
800.
| Twelve hundred and ten persons were com
mtted to the PhiIadel phia county prison during
the month of fOctober.
The Capitol at Washington originally cost
$3,000,000 and it is said, the improvements
now in progress will cost $7,000,000 more.
There are in New York great many peo-
pie who ''don't sleep in houses" "A night or
two since the station house reports showed the
names Of 400 dodgers.
1t has been fonnd by actual experiment
/ that both sugar cane and cotton cad be cuccess-
fully cultivated in California. The agricultu-
raj resources OF that country are equal TO its
gold mines.
Highway robberieS, burglarirs and thiey-
ing of all kinds are nightly occurring in the city
Of Cincinnati. The rascaIs begin 10 feel the
pressure of the times.
By the census of 1855 there we're Sc, 600
voters in New York city, Of whom 43,50O are
naturazed citizens.
Gen. Packers official majority IN Lycom-
ing county is LII. Last Octobr, lhr Demo-
cratic majority was 397. In Wrliansport, bis
residence, he ran about 200 votes cad Of the
party vote last fall.
The large dailies Of Chicago hye reduced
the size ofthtr sheets, in consequence Of the
dullness of the advertising business.
Tine BANKS of New York have resolved 10
receive and pay out at par the notes a all banks
of that State, but will open no nevH accounts
with the banks out Of the State.
Col. J. w. FonNEY, will deliver lecture
in the Court House, at Reading, on the 2Sth
inst, for the benefit of the "Reading Rifles" OF
that city.
On Friday last, woman in Gordon, Ind,
was struck by lightning and Instantly killed.
AT the same instant, Just as the lightning flash
ed, her sister, who was lying on SICK bed,
expired. =
james Gosling, dry-goods MERCHANT Of
Pittsburg, has been muIcted in $3.50 in the
District Conrt ofAllegheny county, bf calling
Miss Morgan a-''rascaI."
The factory of the South Carolina Cordage
Company, at Charleston, has been Destroyed by
fire. Loss $4,000 partially insured.
The saw mill of Messrs Moore, Eddy, &
Co., at Watertown, n. Y, was destroyed by
fire on Wednesday morning. Loss $4,000.
-Thos. Graham, convicted at Worcester,
Mass, for breaking into and robbng the. house
of Ethan Allen, Of that city, was brought up a
few days since, and sentenced to hard labor in
the State prison during his natural life.
The Rev. J. s Dubs, pastor Of the Ger
man Reformed Church in Allentown, has mar
ried, since May, 1923, no less than fifteen hun
dred and three "haPpy couples"
The Aibnny atlas makes the majority for
: the Democratic ticket I3,046. 1t gives the
Republicans ID members OF the SrnalP 10 IA
Democrats, two Americans and one Independent,
and 80 Assemblymen to 81 Democrats, land
: Americans.
The property of Dr.. Rowan, at Valley
Forge, which has been the subject Of nuch
litigation, was sold last week for $l2,No,
Hon. A. G. Brown has been renonnatpd
by the Democrats of Mississippi, for Q. S.
Senator.
The Washington correspondent Of the
Boston Heraid SAYS :-s'From observatiorf and
conversation, am convincrd that Mr.. Bnehan-
an will sustain Gov. Walker in his Kansas
} official acts''
: The ship William Chase, from LIVERPOOL,
bound to Charleston, went ashore on longal
Bay on the 30th.
: The upper Rolling Mills, belonging q the
Messrs. Dupont, exploded this morning. Two
f men, both named Shannon, were burned, but