The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1868-01-24
NEWS AND OTHER ITEMS.

Wllllam IL. stiamllt0n was electeuSen-
ator to-dayby the.lLegisIature on the
first ballot, to succeed Reverdy john
son. The vote stood Swami, 40; Ham,
ilton, 56; Judge Merrick, 8.
THE Milwaukee Ne,cs tells, of. the
| passage through that City, by express,
| of body who lately ran away from
| Lake City, Minnesota, and went to
Boston, where he got hard up, and
as his father did not think it best to
send him moneytU pay his fair home,
he was expressed by the ,Merchrnts'
Union, broad tag. being sewed on his
hat, on which numerous express agents
had made their mark.
7 "A couple in Oregon got tired of
/ living together, and mutually signed
a paper which they drew up for them
/ selves-the wife gave her "beloved
/ husband a full divorce, and wishing
him all the happiness he could get" :"
and husband giving his wife "a little
I rat colored mule"
/ In the Southern States, the total
registration of voters numbers 63l.791
/ whites and 697, $50 blacks. In 1860,
there were in these States 668, 1854 votes
cast at the Presidential election. .a.....
/ A paper mill atrthe townof North
Shapleigh, in Maine, is at present en-
gagged in manufacturing leather board,
made of leather chips, &c. 1t employs
/ ten hands, and turns out about one ton
} per day. ~-fa -a.1 .-n.l.r.i p
! A boy in Louisville, who had been
y reduced to great debility by frequent
and copious bleeding at the nose, for
which the physicians could not ae-
count, 'sneezed out a thorn a few days
ago, when the hemorrhages ceased, and
he is now regaining his strength. ''
/ Total amount of oil held in the oil
| regionin bulk boats, iron and wooden
storage tanks, and on the hand of
f producers is $4,000 barrels; average
I daily production II ,O35 barrels. Num-
ber of new wells drilling 1872; capacity
of iron tankage 764 ,O9S barrels; capaci-
I ty Of iron tankage empty 208,09S bar
rels.' p" ''''
+ "A Nashville paper states that Pres
ident Johnson has purchased a fine
| farm of several hundred acres, contain
| ing a superior mill site in Greene coun-
| ty, Tennessee, (which he intends re-
I tiring at The close of his term.
I The Italian newspapers complain
| Of the great increase of brigandage in
that country, the .brigands frequently
putting their captives to death when
ransoms are not forthcoming, .,11; ..,.,
/ The internal revenue records just
made public show that the receipts for
amusements in New York and Brook
lyn, last year amounted to 50, 163, ,575.
| Niblo's heads the list with $505, ,864-
the work ofthe, !"',Black Crook" ,fa al
! They have an exhibition of the
f'Last lAgonies of Abraham Lincoln" /"
at an anatomical gallery in Boston,
TIE, next thing will probably be the
/ agonies ofMrs. Lincoln while attempt
ing toisell her wardrobe. iIioof.'I -s
i I-The greatest activity now exists in
both political parties in New Hannp-
shire, and eminent speakers on both
sides are soon to take the stump. '-""'
/ -Prairie chickens are SO plentiful in
Iowa that it is deemed a waste of pow
der to Shoot at them. They are easily
knocked down and captured by men
/ who use only sticks.
1t is said that the, water is under
mining the Horse Shoe Fall, Niagara,
and that by-and-by the latter will tum-
/ BILE out. ,t ,r.,.. ....,s ,-.......,
| Two. officers, by direction of Gen.
Meade, areinvestigatingcharges ofmal-
administration against city officials OF
Augusta. Ga, appointed by Gen. Pope
| IA Massachusetts railroad has re-
Gently built along its line several miles
of high board fence to prevent the
drifting Of snow upon its track in win
ter. '''' ''.'''
The net earnings of the Pittsburg,
| Fort Wayne and Chicago railroad, for
I the year 1867 were Sab, ia, against
/ $2,374, ,99l in showing an increase
of $68, ,l22. '''' .'''' .'..... ,.... .,.-.
| nit is reported that President John
son hasno been to a theatre or any
place of public amusement for, the last
ten years .,,3r.;ra.,s ul -..i,t '9.' .,.f: ]
! l,-POstmaster Kelley has returned
more than 3,O0Oletters addressed to the
proprietor of single gift fraud in New
! H0rk.t s,.:;nt ntad d,5..G u} .'hn".
! The graveyards within the Metro.
politan district of London cover 5S7'' a.
4 eres of grodnd; and hold more than
i half a million of Dead j A. i'' I'ni s"'
| THE Patterson IN. ~ Locomotive
! Works have received orders for making
4 twenty engines for the Pacific railroad.
I Utah is becoming a manufacturing
region.-Announcement5 are made OF
| the erection of. two. woolen factories
there.
! There have been collected III n. Y.
! for the. benefit of the Swedish famine
| sufferers $1,000, and $1,000 additional
I has been subscribed but is not yet paid