Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-03-27

The New York; Herald recomeods =.
ioroEn hope, that the GopEerheads nl'ro9,'.,9 a.
Aanlrai Earragut for President OF con-
the gallant oid salt Souida't for nome,,
submit % the disgrace Of being placed ll
such ticket -s1 on
InE House Committee on Foreign Ara.
shli mas under consideration the matters 4,
voTed 70 the purchase Of Alaska. and Go
fGmor IS renewed that the final action r.Ii
be adverse to the required appropriation
IN is positively denied By the friend. -
/ Chef Justice Chase that be has or viii eonsss,
70 the use Of his name by The Democrats :.
/ connection with the Presidency. and II is ~
denied by leading Democrats thai there 4 GEO
probability Of their giving Mr. Chase any
political favor.
Gov. GEARY has appointed BENJAMIN
beniiyi ESQ, OF Mllliamspori, Judge Of tbs
new judicial district Of Lycomiug @. Ts
mas also appointed ID. Watson Rowe. Esg os
| Chambersburg, Franklin county, an ad1;
trict. DE
IT VIII be noticed tbatwhile Senator W.5o
scrupGlously refrains from vStiBp Caratl-
/ Patterson, the son-iu-law Of The acoaeo5
| votes every time. Tho virtuous indions,o,ll
designed for the interested parties Who fsIa
| part 10 the trial cal there end propar cJ..
llect on which 70 vent itself
THE Republicans Of Chicago have Jes.o8
Cros6y's famous Opera House, in that city
as The place ofmeeting for the National Con.
ventlon. The delegates will be amply ac.
commodated on the stage, while the va,
auditorium viii give spectators an admirable
opportunity to see and hear the preceding,
Tng Executive Committee Of the Penn.
state Agricultural Society met at Harrisburg
last Wednesday and fixed npon the 29tb ana
30th of September and 1st and d Of October
as the time for holding the next State Far
Propositions from Erie, Pittsburgh, POtLsyil.e,
Harrisburg and NOrristown; wers laid before
the committee.
Hos. JoHN P. Glass, Speaker of the last
House of Representatives Of this State, died
at bis hon IN Pittsburg on Sunday last Mr..
Glass was well known throughout the State
as a gentleman Of high attaiuments and un.
blemished character, and his death will be
widely and deeply regretted.
The latest corrected returns from New
Hampshire make the majority for Hartman
$3.50. The House Of Representatives will
probably show 1913 Democrats. The latest
details Of returns embrace DDS towns. and
give Hartman 3g,7I2; Sinclair, 37,l5G.
lAali4'LaA lhaJJflLFf o.JJi.
MR. SBEENAS. ofthe United States Senate.
has brought in bill by which It is declared
that the state Of Alabama has adopted a re-
publican constitution, and that her represen-
tauges are entitled to seats in Congress. Il
is a wise and timely measure.
THE bounty bill question seem in fair
way to be brought up again, if Congress eau
be induced to give it attention. The House
Military Comiues have the matter under con
sIderauon, and propose eight and oue-third
dollars per month for time in the service,
State and national bounties already paid 10 be
deducted, and the new bounty to be ia land
instead of money.
JoHysTowv has Just heen visited by one of
the greatest floods in its history. On Sunday
night last, about midnight, the ice in the Con
emaugh just above Town suddeuly gave way,
and, failing to find an outlet, was forced out
Of the ordinary chanuel upon that portion of
Johnstowu and Conemaugh bor0ughs lying
along theleft bank of the stream. The streets
on the Island IN Conemeugh and "GoOse
Island in Johnstown were inundated and
piled up with large cakes of ice within fifteen
minutes after the breakup. The house Of
John HeTerliue was completely overturned by
the current, and that of Patrick Clarke was
Knocked from its foundations-b0ih families
cAaAANEAl toNd ping WIN tHEtA AtfEc. E1cftL1L
stables and outbuiidings and most of the fen
ces were prostFated.
The "Kuklux Klau," as our readers are
aware. Is society IN Tennessee, whose puE-
poses Just uow excite much apprehension In
some quarters. One Tennessee paper asserts
that the -'kuklux frolics are no more
dangerous than were those Of the famous
knights Of Malta some years ago Another,
however, contains an ''otficial order Of the
klan, running thus:-"K; K: K:-Wolie
Hole, Bloody Month, Fair Moon, First
Order No I-.SkroudeJ
Brothers Of Memphis. DtrisoH No 50: In
hoe sjgao : y. The Great Past Grand Giant
commands you The dark and dismal hour
draws nigh. SOME LIVE TO DAY-TO
MORROW DIE. THE BULLET RED AND TuB
RIGHT ARE OURS! To day, the 1lth of the
mortalmonth Of March, you viii begin to scat
terthe clouds ofthe grave By order of GREAT
GRAND CYCLoPs, G. G. 7. Some people will
regard the above order as aonsense, while
others viii see great deal init