Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-02-03
GENERAL NEWS.


A NEW CouxrERFEir-T editor the Pittsburg
Gazette has been shown counterfeit United States
Treasury note of the denomination of five dollars.
The Engrayings coarse and rough IN appearance.
The "GOddesS of Liberty, on the left hand end of
the note and the ground-wor around the figure
on the upper right hand corner, very poorly en-
graYed, and present dim and mixed appearance.
The green on the back Is of Indifferent shade,
and unlike the genuine. The engraving is shorter
than that of the genuine, by about quarter Of an
inch Good judges of money will have no difficulty
in detecting this fraud at first sight, but many
| pecting persons may be deceived by them. The
fraud IS dangerous one and the public should be
on their look out for it.
The Smithsonian Institute, at Washington, was
partially destroyed by fire Tuesday afternoon,
24th ult The picture gallery, with lts valuable col
lection with the exception of hive or SIX pictures,
was totally destroyed. The lecture room and the
philosophical instrument department, with most of
the valuable instruments was also burned. The O.
rgina archives and records OF the institution we're
DESTROYED. The contagration nearly altogether
confined to the main building and above the first sto
ry the latter, containing the museum, was damag-
ed by water than by FIRE The wings and corri-
dors were not much injured. The large library on
the west wing was saved with but little damage
The government, by the terms of bequest Of Mr..
Smthson was made the trustee Of the building and
fund that supports 1t. not protected byinsuranee,
of course the government win rebuild the portion
destroyed at its own cost
A TERRIBLE DEATH.-Miss Sarah Black, beauti-
ful girl of sixteen daughter of Mr.. Siles Black, of
West Alexder, Pa, was burned to death on the NOR
ming of the 18th, under the following circumstances
Sitting before fire alone, she is supposed to have
been seized with an epeptic fit, when she fell for
ward, her head resting in the fire and upon the bars
Of the CRATE. When discovered, some twenty min
utes after the fatal occurranee she was quite dead
her head face, neck and shoulders charred to Gin
der and her clothing almost entirely consumed
MANUSCRIPTS DESTROYED At THE SMITHSONIAN IN
sTITUTE.-The National Intelhgeneer says that a.
mong the manuscripts destroyed by the fire in the
Smithsonian Institution, important papers pre-
pared by DR. Leidy and Dr. Wood of Philadelphia,
and by Baron 0sten- Sacken, of Prussia 1t is, how
ever, expected that these can be replaced the
thors doubt have copies Professor Henry lost
nearly all of his private papers and correspondence,
among them number Of very important letters.
A young man was skating in Chester county. some
days ago and upon taking off mis- skates, after an
hour two OF exercise, he found his legs and feet
so completely parayzed as to disable him from ris-
ing from where he had seated himself He was
helped home, but died few days afterwards 1t is
thought paralysis proceeded from the skates strap
being drawn 3ght to prevent the circulation of
blood.
A New Yorker went to the Pennsylvania oil re-
cion and spent $500 in boring for oil, but didn't
find any, He had used up all his money, and so
went and bought FIVE barrels tick carted them TO
his we'll in the night poured the oil down his pipes
pumped Up oil the next day, sold out his well for
$1,000 and went home. That Is one phase ofthe oil
speculation.
Some of the Pittsburg manufacturers are expert
menting in burning coal to save fuel and relieve
the atmosphere of coal SCOT. The coal is heated in
a retort and the smoke evolved is mixed with atmos
pheric air at the point of combustion by peculiar
draft The process is estimated as saving fully one
half of the coal consumed in the ordinary methods
The Armstrong gun which was captured at Fort
Fisher was one which was presented by the smanu
facturer, Sir William Armstrong, to jeff. Davis A
soldier describing it, says it is by all odds the hand
somest gun / ever saw, being entirely of twist
wronght-iron and mounted on magnificent solid
mahogany carriage.
A PANTHER KILLED IL NEW YoRK-A eorrespon-
dent informs us that panther measuring seven feet
two inches in length, was killed near Chagy Lake
Clinton county, New York, on the night of the 10th
ult., ten miles from any house, by Moses Sangemaw
& Co.. after ten days chase. Exchange.
Hezekiah Payne noted Kentucky rebel was ar
Eetted at Detroit few days ago. and sewed up in the
lining of his overcoat were discovered sixty five dol
lars in bills of the ST Albans (Vt) banks. He was
probably one Of the raiders.
The Artesian Well Company, in Chicago, com
meneed boring for OIL few days since within TWEEN
ty feet of the great we'll and at a depth of thirty
feet struck oil of a very fine quality, So says the
Times.
A young lawyer received pointed lecture from
Judge Putnam in Court at Boston, the other day, for
appearing there counsel when he not in fit
condition to appear in the defense of any man"
The King Of Sweden has just been elected mem.
Der of the Society of Aquafortises in recognition of
his talents as an artist. The King has likewise dis
guished himself by his poetry, which he published
anonymously.
Cincinnati and Chicago editors are quarrehng over
the comparative bigness and wealth of the two cit
les Cincinnati claims to be million dollars richer
than Chicago.
There has been great snow storm in Madrid
something quite unknown even to the oldest nhaki-
tant
Successful oil well boring has been done in Chi
cago ''lle'' struck at thirty-three feet from
the surface, in the western division of the city,