Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-08-18
General News Items.

] dTen who SOW and the next day scratch open
the ground to see if the seeds have sprouted
A teetota firm of shipbuilders in Var
mouth, England christeneda a ship which
they launched with bottle of ginger beer
] IT is stated that the Roman Catholic mem
bers of the new British Parliament will be
three In number.
THE Saratoga tribe of Indians is reduced
nearly to a minimum. 1t consists this year
it is stated, ofsix or eight Canadian French
men, candle eating Labradorian, two
octogenarlan squaws, and North Ameri-
can papoose
A fine pieae of carpeting, measuring IA
| feet by 20, the first OF the kind manufactured
in Austria, has just been placed in the Mu-
scum at Vienna. 1t presents map of the
railways of Central Europe, and was pro-
duced at Prague.
DESCRIBING the burning of Barnum, S
| Museum, an exchange says the happy family
had an unhappy end, their loom was writ
| ten in letters of fire; their fate was sealed
but the seal was saved. .#t-
THE Gold Hill Nevada News tells that o
boy fell down pair of stairs on c street,
third sor, ~ % Stroot ~ 'lIg If; ags g d
the domlclls in mountain towns is very un-
certain.
TUE Patterson n. j. Press says the
Dale Manufacturing Company propose erec-
ting this summer one of the finest mills for
| the manufacture of silk in this country.
The main building viii be 26O by IS feet.
will cost $780, 600, and will employ from
1000 to 1000 hands.
FORD, S Theatre was on Wednesday cleared
ofall the theatrical furniture. scenery. &c.
and the floors are being torn up. The en-
| tire interior of the building is to be remod-
elled, under the direction of the Secretary of
| W ar, preparatory to the uses of the Bureau
| OF Rebel Archives and Relics.
| A teacher In d contraband school asked a
| young darkey what a certain letter of the
| alphabet was. The darkey looked at it
earnestly for short time, and said: Il
know dat well enough by sight, but am bres-
| sed if | can call it by name. He was told
| he could take back seat
The Louisville journal savs.-'Jeff.
Davis and his followers got up the rebellion
Tor the pretended purpose of rendering their
property IN slaves secure. And now JEFF.
DAVIS Is In prison awaiting tril for his life.
and his ex-slayes are cultivating his fine
plantation of two thousand acres in Missis-
sippi for their own benefit,
A Richmond correspondent saws. SIT is
l am told, remarkable fact, that the Is
raelltes In this city knew every defeat or
victory twelve hours before any other people
getting it through Benjamin. He knew
OF the fall of Fort Fisher the very night it
fell, when it was twenty four hours before
the public knew it, They made immense
fortunes
LETTERS from Naples describe a temple of
Juno, just discovered among the recent ex.
cavations at Pompeii Three hundred skel
etons were found crowded within the sanct-
uary, propitiatory service havindeyidently
been held in the hour they were over
whelmed.
LAST week destructive flood swept over
Franklin, johnson county, Nd, doing
immense damage. Many people living in
the lowlands awoke to find their domicils
entirely surrounded by water, and their
helds OF corn and wheat flooded and ruined
by the sweeping deluge The amount of
may be reckoned by hundreds of thousands
OF dollars. k
A correspondent of the Baltimore Ap,e-
l1can writing from Richmond, says that
Gen; Terry has not yet appointed the muni-
clpal otheers, and probably will not before
the middle of the week. There viii be no
more attempts to give the people of Rich
mond an opportunity to hold charter cleo
ton, at least until December.
( ITALY now possesses feet of 9S vessels, |
"A OF which are ships of the line, and "a are |
transports. The ships of war consist of Is
IRON -ciads, q screw steamers, 25 paddle I
wheel steamers, and 10 sailing vessels. The |
nominal power of the engines in the war /
steamers is %, 40 horses they reckon 1860 |
cannon and 20, 3S3 men. In the transport /
service the engines are 1850 horse power.
and the ships are provided with 43 cannon
and manned by 1882 scamen.
The London Athenaum says ofssIk Mar
yeIs'' "Wet Days at Edgewood'': Sound
common sense, good taste and sufficient in
formation are amongst the qualities of the
writer, who may be regarded as a tvpe offbe
American country gentleman-a charaeter
IN whose existence intolerant politicians on.
this side the Atlantic are slow to bel;eya "a
! lis style Is pure and polished, and many Of
MS pages are bright with humor.' 2
HAVANA dispatches state that horrible
crime had been committed in the Gulf on
oeard the ship Haydee, bound to La Paz,
Win several families from Mazatlan as pas
'engers a French sailor named Magne,
ogether with Greek and an Italian, made
IN attack upon the passengers, and assassi.
lated, IN cold blood, eighteen persons,
lmong them Senor Chao Spanish gentle ,
han, and SIX members of his family.