Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-04-22
NEWS AND OTHER ITEMS. 4

The Totanda efthe Capitol, and cast among therubbsh
In the town Of Marcy, Oneida county, N. Y. on
Saturday evening last lady named Hutchinson, and
her daughters were 50 bsdly burned BY she explosion
of kerosenciamp that they died il a few hours.
Lately man presented himself q The White House
sFaded the vigilance Of the doorkeepsr, and marched
into the presence of the President when he began
making speech asserting that he tte intruder was
elected President in 1885, lie was captured By
one Of the guards and sent to the provostmarshals
Office, where he gave his name as Francis Xavier.
Lazy BoYs.--A lazy boy makes lazy man. just as
sare as crooked sapling makes a crooked tree. =
Who ever ret boy grow up IN idieness, that did
not make shiffless vsgabond when he became a
man, Unless he had fortune left to keep up appear
sacss? The great mass Of thieves, paupers, and
criminals have come to what they By being brought
up in idleness. Those Who constitute the business
part Of the commurity-those who make our great
and useful mea-Eers taught TO be industrious.
4 Paris letter in tho Independence Of Brussels, /
says that NJ H. de Rothsehild & Co., nave arranged |
with the Italian Government for the purchase Of its
railways. The contract Of sale has been signed by /
H. Minghetti on the one hand, and by MN. de Roth /
schd and Talabet on the other The purchasers viii
take possession Of the whole network Of the Italian
railways with the fixed and rolling plant the lst Of
October next. They also engage to make consid-
cradle advance of funds to the Government imne- |
diatey, and have further promised to respect the
rights of the railway officials certain extent.
THREE CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH-0n Wednes- |
day afternoon last, the wife Of named Seer, |
who lives at Walnut Creek, a rnile two south ef
Ere, Penna, left her three children q. home alone,
and locked up the house to visit neghbor. During
her absence the house took fire in some way, and
burned down. The children persisted IN the flames
The oldest was four years Of age. We cannot con
ceive Of anything more horrible than oecarrene5
of this kind It shows how careful mothers sno-i-
be ia leaving their little alone NTH D'0
them.
some ten years ago one Charles Lawrence q, tnat
: time resident Of Lancaster, Mass e"P
peared, and all traces of hin we're '0as . &c" u49'
ago however, man cAopPAs :. s-e "9o0s ne@f
Lancaster discovered hHnlao skeleton Win sueh ey-
idences as to compesslg iaehtiiy WITH that OF the
.-;a.;a.- Lawrence had six toes on one of his
s,d sbe same peculiarly was observed in the
.taIso. wallet also contained proof which leaves
no doubt tAat the remains found those Of Law
reDes-
The Rev. DR.. Breckenridge, in G speech at Dan
vile Kentucky, having asserted that Governor Bran
lette had prepared proclamation (which he after
ward withdrew calling the people forciby te re-
sist the execution of the negro enrolment law the
Louisville Journal, says I've state with the ut
most postiveness, justifedin stating that
Governor Branfetse had prepared no proclamation
other than the one he issued before he saw Dr. Breck
nridge, and that he called the Doctor to Frankfort
not to learn from him what d. but to endeavor to
engage MIN in carrying out what was already deter.
mined We make this statement in perfect candor
Oh personal knowledge"
Tho metropolitan sanitary fair is big thing, and
q great many people see Il All New York is excl
fed over IT. and all The hotels are full of people from
the country who have come to see the great sight
The rush of peopiewas so great on one day that
tickets were paeed at SO cents that the committee
put the pree up again to ST. but the crowd continues
TO be Just about as large, and the daily receipts are Of
course good deal larger. All of the exhibition is
interesting bsthe gallery of fine arts is especially
attractive for their probably not so fine collection
OF paintings ever got together in this country before
The richest private galleries in New York. and other
cities have been epted 70 add to the gories of this
exhibition, and the lovers of the fine arts are in .o
stacies over it. OF course the true test of the spc
cess of the fair il the amount of the proceeds which
already exceeds half million dollars Pretty well
for the first five days; but there is good deal more
coming yet.
A New York correspondent of the Springfield
0sfon relates the following:
The following story have directly from gentle
man to whom Commodore Vanderbilt himself. last
night, todit. The finance committee of the fair cal
led upon the Commodore, and solicited at his hand,
"A donation. He answered that he would give 10 tho
far as much as any other man in New York
lhereupon, the committee visited Mr. A. I. Stewart
and reported to him the offer of the Commodore.
Stewart at once drew his check for 100000 and
handed it to the committee, and they. armed with
the check, again waited upon the Commodore. and
showed him the contribution Of Stewart Wander
oiit had been cornering other people for ouite
while IN Harlem stock, but this time he found him.
sell cornsred However, he was as good as his word
lie covered Stewards check With check of his own
for hike amount"
A FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR RrwARp.-fn 1873
gentleman, walking on the outer end of xeirg,s /
wharf had his hat blown off his head By a summer 3
afternoon gust of wind and in trying to catch it be-
lore Invent over board, he trpped on the plankno
ana tumbied head foremost into the waters Of the
hay. The tide was running strong food at the :
hme, anu as ne came up TO the surface, Special oa
Ger an Aess, who happened to be on the dock at the
hme, and seeing the man in danger Of drowning
not beng sWimrner-plunged in after him and !
rescued him from death. This wss not ACCOMPLISH.
sd without great danger to the eicer but both men
succeeded in being landed on the dock The re.cp.
90 man gave his name as Charles Bernard Eceryop.
ana offered to handsomely reward hin, but Mr Van 5
Ness refused to accept anything for his human. act
snort time since Mr. Egerson died in Liyerpool, i
and LEFT Officer Vann Ness legacy Of $50, ,ooo-A 2
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