Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-03-22
HARRISBURG CoRREsPoNDENcE.
HNGRIsBrRG, March Is, 1867.

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HAERIsBrEG, March IS 1867.
For years past there has been great diver
sity ofopinion as to what constituted the legal
weight of busheI of corn, bushel Of oats 4,
etc, and scarcely two persons agree on the
subject, SO that there seemed to be no figures
governing the weight Of the various kinds Of
grain. meal. fruit &c. Hereafter there will
be less difficulty experienced among farmers
and The public in general, when selling or
buying amy Of the articles named below.
commend to your readers careful perusaI of
the following standard weights just fixed by
the Legislature, and advise each and every
one to preserve the same for future reference.
1t viii be convenient when most needed.
Here ere the figures, per bushel: Wheat,
60Pounds rye, So: shelIed corn 55 cob
corn, 20 ; corn meal, 10 coarse salt. 70
ground salt, 81: fine salt, Al barley a.;
oats % buckwheat, 50; clover seed. 81:
timothy seed. A. turnirs. - onions. 15
peas, Is malt, 50 unslackcd lime. So
anthracite coal so; bituminous coal, Is
coke, 80 potatoes, 56 sweet potatoes, -
fax seed, So bran, % beans. Sc dried APP
pies. - dried peaches, 38.
Photographic reporters can hereafter he
appointed for the several courts Of common
pleas. should bill passed by the Senate be
come law. This, bill, or one of a similar
character, should have been en- acted into "a
law long ere this. There is much important
evidence taken before courts that cannot hn
preserved in any other way, and the value Of
a short hand reporter can only be learned Ly
a trial Of the new measure.
The Senate has passed a supplement to am
act granting the courts power to appoint road
viewers, &c, which extends the powers of
said courts to vacate publicandp private roads,
streets and alleys, in any uniucorporatcd vii
!age, to all public and private roads. streets
anaalIeys, inanyptncfiots now rwhichmay
be hereafter. laid out in the Commonwealth.
An act relating to dover has also beel
passed by the Senate, providing that in case
any person has died, OF shall hereafter die,
leaving a widow and last viii and testament,
and such widow has elected, or shall elect,
not to take under the win, but claims dover
at common law. and the same has not yet
been fixed, It shall be lawful for the orphans
court of the county in which the land subject
TO such dover is situated, on petition Of the
widow and persons interested, to appointsev-
en- men to appraise such real estate with its
improvements or to award an inquest to be
held by the Sheriff, aud ascertain the value
Of the land or such portions thereof as may
be asked to be appraised. After such ap-
praisemeut has been had and confirmed by
the orphans court, The said lands shall be
charged with and subject to the yearly inter
est accruing on the onc-third Of the valuation
moneys. which shall be paid to the widow
annually during her life, by the owner or oc-
cupier Of the said land. The interest accru.
ing as aforesaid maybe recovered ia the same
manner as the interest Of the widows Of iutes-
tates when the land has been appraised and
accepted by the heirs under the intestatc laws
Is recoverable.
The question OF granting the Governor
power to commute the death punishment in
certain cases has become one Of great i'm
portauca. owing to the fact that there are in
some Of our prisons individuals long since
convicted Of murder and sentenced to be
hung, but whose time Of execution has never
been fixed by the executives. In order that
such persons may be relieved Of the suspense
that has SO long rendered them miserable
the Senate has passed an act providing that in
cases Of convictions of, and sentence for