The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1868-12-04
NEWS IN Bargr.


afternoon from opposite Lincoln Bar
racks, requesting all extra men to be
sent thither; that from Is to 100 ne
groes were engaged in fighting. Every
thing quiet at 8 o'clock. No arrests
reported. One negro killed. Officer
McSweeney badly beaten about head
and neck and Officer Langley also
slightly injured no whites engaged in
the affray excepting officers engaged
queIling disturbance. 1t originated in
q procession on the way 10 lay the
corner stone Of a church.
St. Louis, November "a man
named Johnson, recently arrested in
Cincinnati, has been brought here, sus-
pected Of having been party to the
robbery Of Mr.. Cross, a messenger Of
Adams Express, who was robbed Of
seven thousand dollars. johnson was
engaged in a similar robbery of mes
senger of the United States Express,
three years ago, and sent to the peni-
tentiary for it, and pardoned before his
time expired. 1t is believed that the
right man has been captured.
Albany, November 26.-EIisha B.
F0ro, the husband OF the woman who
was murdered at West Davenport,
Delaware County, on Tuesday morn
ing, as supposed by burglar, has
been held by unanimous verdict Of
the coroner's jury to answer the charge
of murder. There were two severe
fractures on the skull of the victim,
besides pistol wounds. An eXamina-
tion Of the prisoner will commence to-
day.
1t is rumored that John Siiieil in
tends to make an effort to recover his
property in New Orleans, and for this
purpose has executed a power of attOr-
ney to two New Orleans gentlemen.
This was acknowledged before General
Dix, American Minister in Paris, by
John Slidell and his daughter, ard in
Frankfort by his son, before the Uni
ted States Consul there. Young Slideil
is clerk in Erlanger's bank.
The most sensible election bet yet
recorded was that between gentle
man and lady in New Albany, Indi-
ana. In case of Grants election lie
agreed to marry her, and in case of
Seymour's success she was TO marry
him. At last accounts the partl' )
were very well satisfied with the man
ner in which the wager had been de-
cided.
The Charleston Courier Of the 14th
ult., states THAI on the previous day
lady who was passing down Went
worth street, met on her way two col
colored girls who rudeIy pushed a.
gainst her, and when remonstratCd d
with, was told by them that she shou d
have taken theoutside, ,andoughtto have
known better since the election was o.
yer. \ trivial matter, but an eXempli-
fication of the old proverb Coming
events cast their shadows before"
Some ten miles north Of Salt Lake Ci-
ty is a boiling sulpher Spring. Itgu1h-
es out in 1-rss1t yroiun1c at the f',oe Of n
mnestUue r0cF. rom an aperture as
large as hogshead, and a stream that
would fill tube a foot square. The
water is very rong, and you can per-
ceive its door long time before you
reach the spring. Ii is boiling hot,
and strolling Mormons often cook eggs
in it,
Two prisoners who recently escaped
from an Illinois Jail, afford remarka-
BILE instanceof thoughtful consideration
in a moment Of success. After having
gagged and bound the iaiIor and rolled
him into their cell, they kindly put
a pillow under his head, and spread
a blanket over him, and told him to
ring the bell if he wanted anything.
Foreign capital, managed by men
from New York and Boston, now owns
four-fiths Of the lumber land in the
State Of Pennsylvania. These men
are organized in strong and Irresistible
monopOlies, and can afford TO hold
their products until the necessities of
the people compel them to buy. In
the meantime, labor in the lumber re-
giOn is no better paid than it ever was.
The Fenians made a grand demon
strati0n in Philadelphia on Thursday Of
last week in honor Of the Fenian Con-
gress now in session there. An escort
OF 1900 soldiers and civilians c0nduc-
ted the delegates through the priuci-
pal streets.
Some of the leading sportsmen OF
Harrisburg have madea move to stock
the woods in that vicinity with Bird,
Their intention is to purchase them i'm
other localities and have them brought
there and put into the woods, so that
they will multiply and afford game for
future hunting seasons.
The News Boys Lodging House, 40
Park Place, New York, has done much
good in quiet and transformations way.
During the three months ending No
vember 1, IL, 1856 lodgings were furnish
ed, II, 40 meals given, and 2l7 boy
cared for
The Rev. DR.. Boynton, Who converts
his prayers into stump speeches,
threatened to fog General Howard, q
member of his Church, an the G ner-
al told him he had better try it.
The Langdon Mills, Manchester, are
being doubled in their working capaci-
| ty. The Locomotive Works have also
been doubled within the last few years