Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-05-10

at l02. O'Clock, the Rev J. @. McAtee viii be
Installed as pastor of the congregation. Ser
vices on Saturday Evening, Sabbath morning
and night at the usual hours, Several offieia.
ting clergymen viii be present on the ocea-
sions alluded to.
"Too MUCH WHls1Er. An individual
laboring under the effects of sundry unwhole-
some potations, caused disturbance in the
Mengel House on Tuesday evening, by using
insulting language and displaying knife in
a threatning manner toward Mr.. John Little,
Livery Keeper. Officer Waters was called in
and proceeded to arrest the offender, which
action he resisted and was handled rather
roughly, but was finally oYerpowered and con
veyed to Jail. If men win persist in making
brutes Of themselves they can not expect to
eyade the consequences.
The BROAD Tor RALRoAD.-The control
lers Of this road have, within the last six
months, improved it very much. All the old
trestIe have been superseded by new and
splendid materials, while many other i'm
1 proyements have been'made. The Broad Top
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a less number of accidents recorded than any
other line ofthe same length reported, while
the care and attention Of its officers to the
comforts of the travelling public speak in the
most favorable terms. We do not think that
any one will hesitate to pronounce the most
favorable opinion of the substantial condition
of the road who will take the pains to inquire
or to investigate. We do not know of a sin
/ gle accident which has resulted from pure
negligence of its employees or the ineficiency
of the material used in its construction
though it has been in existence for ten years.
The visitors to the Springs viii find this road
perfectly safe and in a very good condition.
BoRoUGH IMPRovEMEETs.-We are pleased
10 see that the borough officers are making an
effort to improve Penn street by opening the
water courses, and dividing the waters gath
! ering in the Southwestern part of the town
so that that portion of the street below Rich
ard viii not be flooded by every summer
shower We hope they viii not stop with
this, but devise some means for securing an
improvement of the sidewalks also: the be-
ginning made alongside the Pres byterian
church is a move in the right direction, and
should be continued to Richard street. Our
public Square would present a more pleasing
appearance if ball playing and other sports
destructive to the grass were prohibited.
Ball playing by both men and boys on our
street has of late become nuisance.
Would it not be good idea to prohibit the
use of JuHana street and East Pitt street as
horse training grounds: the business streets
Of the town are certainly not the proper pla-
ces for these exercises, eudangering, as they
often do, the lives of men. women and chill
dren.
IMPORTANT DATA.-We are indebted to
VIM. NJ, Hall, Esq, for the following infor-
nation, which we publish as a matter of his
torical interest, and to put it into good shape
for convenient reference.
Bedford county was formed of part OF Cum
berland, March 9, 177l.
Out Of it were formed,
Westmoreland, 20 February, 1913.
Huntingdon, 20 September, 1857
Somerset, II April, 1895.
Blair, 26 February, 1916.
Fulton, 19 April, 1850.
Richard Tea was Deputy Surveyor General
for Cumberland county, and under him sur.
veys were made in the territory that was af-
terward Bedford county, from 1760 to 1867,
by William Maclay, Robert McKinstry, Rob-
ert McCrea, John Armstrong and Samuel
Findley
Thomas Smith was Deputy Surveyor of
Cumberland county, and afterward Bedford
! county, from 1867 to ITS.
Deputy Surveyors of Bedford County.
George Wood, Sr., l778 to 1887.
George Wood, Jr., 1877 to 1905.
W illiam Piper, 1906 to 1872.
James Piper, 1912 to 1919.
John Wolf, 1919 TO 1924.
David Patters on, 1924 to 1927.
James Piper 1927 to 1880.
John Bennett, 1880 to 1884.
Robert Stewart, 1884 to 1887.
William A. Viekroy, 1887 to 1889.
Michael Reed, 1889 to 1847.
Isaac Kensinger, 1S47 to 1850.
Daniel Sans, 1850 to 1856.
Samuel Ketterman, 1856 to 1865.
in 1865 Patrick Donahoe was elected. Mr..
ketterman is acting as his Deputy.
In 1850 the Office became elective and the
name was changed to County Surveyor,
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