The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1860-01-13
Loca' and miscellaneous,

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The dwelling-house of Mr.. Jacob Wea-
verIing, four miles East OF Bloody Ron, in this
county, was destroyed BY fire on Tuesday NOR
ming last. Mr. Weayerling succeeded in saving
the greater portion of bis household furniture,
bnt the building was entirely consumed. tt
fire originated in an clubhouse contiguous 10 the
dwelling.
On Tuesday OF last week, the mill belonging
to Mr.. Daniel TrosIe of Harrison township,
(the same that was formerly owned by John
AlsiP, Esq, of this place. situated on Buffalo
Run, was burned to the ground. 1t seems that
Mr.. Trostle made up "rousing' fire in the
mill-stove, and went up the race TO cut ice
During his absence the building "caugh"
from the stove-piPe, which was let out of the
side of The mill. Owing 10 the fact that the
walls were stuffed with shavings, (so we are
IaioTmed) the fire was SO rapid that but single
bag Of flour could be saved. About four hun
dred bushels of grain we're destroyed. Mr..
Trostle's loss is estimated at upwards Of $1,000.
The last number of the Chambersburg
TalIey Spirit announces tha. Messrs. J. NJ.
Cooper and P. S. Dechert have sold the Spirit
printing Office to Messrs. J. Geo. Ripper and
Geo. H. Mengel, Mr. Cooper, however, re-
malulug tie editor, assisted by Dl. RayIa as
''LocaI." The Valley Spirit is real IiUe
newspaper and we always welcome its appear
ance upon our table, We hope the retiring
proprietors may be as successful in the future
as they have been in the past, and that their
good fortune may be shared in the largest possi-
bic degree by their worthy successors.
William Schafer, Esq, the newly elected
Treasurer of our county, has aesn duly IN
stalled in Office. Mr. Schaier will make an
excellent officer. Major Davis, the late Treasu-
rer, discharged the duties OF his office in a man
ner satisfactory to all concerned. He retres
with clean hands and without bringing the
county several thousand dollars in de5t to the
State, as some ofhis predecessors did.
The recent snow has almost entirely
disappeared. The pavements and streets have
/ been iCe-clad for the last week, and smany's
the slip" not '"twixt the cup and the lip,''
but 'twixt the ground and the hip, that we
have had since the commencement OF the snow.
The Opposition have large majorities ID
! both branches Of our State Legislature, and Will
/ have everything their own way in that botv.
We shall see whether they will redeem
their promises Of flegsla,ing for "better times. y
We shall see, too, whether they viii repeal the
Extra Pay law, at which they always pretend
to be 50 indignant just before the election.
The State Treasurer of the State of Maine
has become defaultsr. He is good Black
Republican, one of the regular New England
stripe. He was,a preacher, too, and great
Temperance man. His falings, however, did
not "iean to virtues side" He is the second
Black Republican State Treasurer thai has
''gone TO sticks" within the last few years.
The other one referred to, was W. II. Gibson,
of Chic, who made ''Fremont and Freedom
speech in this place, in 1856. How honest
thyse pious "Republicans'' are
We would like it if the editor of the Cam
den Democrat, would inform US whether italics
are scarce in his office, or whether it is a rule
in Jersey. 10 copy editorials from other paper:
without the proper credit. 'How the Oppo.
sitIon goVern," appeared originally in this pa,
per.
The Washington Examiner the old ORGAN
Of the Washington county Democracy, ha,
changed owners IN part, Thos w. Grayson
Esq, retiring from the establishment and join
K. Donehoo, Esq, taking his place. Adam Fl
Ecker, Esq, who has been connected with tht
paper for some years, remains as joint proprie.
tor with Mr.. Donehoo. Success to the new ar.
rangement
| "A Berlin mot Prussia, but Somerset coun.
| ty) correspondent of the Somerset Democrat
challenges Bedford borough to beat couple .