The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1860-07-27
Local and miscellaneous

80. A performance novel and interesting to
many of cur readers, will come of at this place
on Friday the 9th inst. A live Blondn will
make his appearance in our midst, and walk
wire half an inch in thickness, TO be stretched
across Pitt Street, from the roof OF Hafer's ho-
tel TO that OF Mr.. earns residence, diagonaly
opposite. PRoF. T. Med. Pace is the per-
former, aud from the notices we have seen of
his feats elsewhere, we have no doubt his Fer
formance will be entirely successful.
-. Candidates for the Opposition nomina-
ton for State Senator for this district, are be-
coming " thick as leaves IN Vallombrosa.'' .
There are three in Huntingdon, Col. s. S.
Wharton, J. Sewell Stewart, Esq, and Mr..
McWilliams one in Somerset, Maj. Alex.
Stutzman, and any quantity in Bedford, OF
which last Maj. Wsshabaugh seems to be the
most prominent. Probably they will not all
be elected.
49,. R-wARE - The Secessionists seem 70
have appropriated thu letter 'B" to their ewn
exclusive use. ''To B, or not to B, that's the
question" with them. They seem in this par
ticuIar member ofthe Alphabet, to live, move
and have their Bling. "a fact without it they
could not have their Bread ard B-utter.-
Hence their exhibition of transparencies with
those three mysterious "B'S" upon them, at some
of their recent pow-wows "Breck, Bread and
Butter " That's their motto.
Somerset county was represented at the
Springs last week, by our old friends, Col. ISAAC
HucUs, MAJ. ALEX. SrUTzMAN, GEN. GEO.
Ross and john w. PARKEe, ESQ, than whom
a pleasanter quartette of gentlemen cannot be
found in all Western Pennsylvania They
inform us that the crops in Somerset county
are yielding most extraordinary harvest, some
OF the farmers in that region claiming that
their wheat-ields will turn out from thirty to
forty bushels per acre
-. Among the numerous visitors at the
Springs, during the past week, We recognized
Hon. H. S. MAGRAw, GEN. D. X. JAcKMAN,
Ex-Gov. ". F. JOHNSTON, ALFRED GILMORE,
ESQ.,, and other distinguished gentlemen.
The season atlhe Springs is now at its height,
large number OF visitors being in attendan ce.
-. The Census M4rshalS for this county,
are about completing their labors. We are en-
abled 10 give the population of the following
districts; Bedford Borough, 1893 Bedford
township, 2l05 Colerain, 1885; Cumberland
Valley, 1926. In 1850, the population of
these districts, was as follows Bedford Bo-
rough 1903 Bedford township, 1881 CoeraIn
1854 Cumberland Valley, ll14. Total in
1850 5,429 ia 1860-5,994. Increase,
sos. The decrease ia Colerain is accounted
Tor by the fact that considerable slice was Ia
ken off that township in 1857, 10 form the
new township'o of Snake Spring.
-. Persons wishing beautiful plain or col
ored photographs. should apply 10 Messrs. Get
tys and Vallade, at their Gallery at Bedford
Springs. Ivory-types, water coIors, India inks
and photographs of every description, are fur
nshed at low prices by these gentlemen. Our
readers will do well TO give them call.
-. The Albany Journal produces picture
of OLD Abe splitting logs. Abe is in his shirt
sleeves, bare-headed, his trowsers rolled up,
a beetle on his shoulder, and an expression on
his face which would indicate a very severe
gripe under the waist band.
.AUGUsT ELECTIONS al elections
will take place on the first Monday in August,
in the following States Alabama, Arkansas,
Missouri, Texas, IN Tennessee on
the!6rst Thursday, and in North Carolina on
the second Thursday.
-. A candidate tor Congress, out West,
sums up bis edieGtion as follows ~ never