The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1868-02-21
NEWS AND OTHERIrEMs.

"A planter, residing near Beaufort,
S. c., went to recover his mules, which
were stolen by party of negroes, last
week. He was met by large force of
freedmen, who wrested his gun from
his hands and shot him dead on the
spot.
The New Orleans cOlored Alder
man Dumas, who refused to accept the
nomination for Lieutenant Governor,
on the ground that he was "a candi-
date for Governor only" is among the
persons just removed from Office by
General Hancock for contempt of or
ders from headquarters"
The following prices are paid for
labor in Austin, Nevada: Ordinary
labor $3.50 day, or $50 and found per
month; skillful miners, 81 to 81 per
day; carpenters, s. to 81 per day; wood
ia quantities, to mills, &C., Sc per cord;
hay, of which there is plenty, $50 per
ton flour, / cents per pound; bacon,
80 cents; good board per week, $40;
poor board, Sc.
The mems boot, shoe and gaiter
makers in New York have been on a
strike since last Monday week, and
some 600 men are idle. They have
struck against a reduction Of wages of
90 per cent, proposed by the employ
ers.
"A gluttonous Rhode Islander, nam
ed Hodijah blake, devoured a turkey
weighing nearly eight pounds at one
sitting, last Monday. 1t only took
half an hour to complete the job, and
his price was fifty dollars.
The daughter of Maine clergy
man eIoped the other day while her
parents were at funeral. The bride
groom was arrested immediately after
the marriage on a charge OfhOrse steal
ing.
The MahOmetans are excited over
the fact that the Sultan went out to
dine with a subject, mark of conde-
scension which is utterly at variance
with all the traditions of the MosIem
faith.
The underground railway of Lon
don, during the five years of its eXis-
tence, has carried eighty millions of
passengers, at an average speed of six
teen miles pr hour, and without the
loss of a single life.
Snow and Strawberries seldOmcOme
together. On January 90 the editor of
the New Orleans Picayune had on his
table snow-balls and Strawberries, the
latter raised in the open air.
The annual report of the Idaho
territorial treasurer places the territor
ial debt at somewhat over S13,000.-
Utah, on the contrary, owes nothing,
but has $4,000 in the treasury.
The Wisconsin Legislature has
passed law to prohibit the locking of
cars while in motion, and prohibiting
the use of kerosene in lighting cars.
The Washington correspondent OF
the radical Chicago Republican says
that Mr.. Washburne wrote all General
Grants letters to the President.
The Raleigh n. c. Standard says
there are five hundred persons in Wake
county who are suffering the most
acute pangs of cold and hunger"
"A Lancashire woman recently
starved to death because she was re-
lation of member of Parliament and
wouldn't go to the poorhOuse.
The Boston ice crop this season is
the largest and best ever gathered.
Ice twenty-five inches in thickness
was cut at Wenham Lake on Satur-
day.
In the late large fire at Whining
ton, n. c., twelve persons are supposed
to have perished, Five bodies have
already been recovered from the ruins.
New Orleans claims to possess
more miles of street railway than any
city Of its size in the world.