Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-09-04
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

so good as could have been wished, but viii
not seriously affect the crop.
TnE AMERICAN MINISTER in Japan, is en-.
deavoring to break up the Coolie trade, bav-
ing issued proclamation in which he for
bids Americans to engage in the traffic, and
American ships to carry the laborers Great
expenses were incurred in sending the first
company Of coolies to Honolulu, and the
English Consul in Japan makes bitter com
plants against the proclamation.
a STREAM OF pure water, large in volume,
was discovered last Friday upon the side OF
the bluffs in the rear of La Crosse, Wiscon-
sin. 1t is said that the noise of the water
vas heard above the surface Of the ground
An excavation was made and stream
more than sufficient TO supply the whole
city with splendid water was discovered
pluDgiug down the rocks, three feet under
ground.
NOVEL QUESTION in railway law and
ethics has lately come up in England A
party Of weayers went on an excursion, buying
return tickets, and one of them was drowned
during the picnic. His friends rendered the
unused halfticket as the pay for the trans
pgrtation Of his body back with the party,
bat the station master refused to consider
the corpse passenger, and required
separate bargain for conveying it in the usual
way.
VIZ LEARN FROM the New York C0mner
cial AdceTtiser that the Directors of the Erie
Railroad have purchased four lines Of Sound
steamers, and leased or bought the Boston
and Providence Railroad, the object being
to divert the traffic between Boston aud the
West from the New York Central Railroad
to the Erie. It's further said that, for the
purpose OF eifecting these purposes, the Erie
Company has issued S6,OOO,0oO additional
convertible bonds.
LETTERS continue to pour in from Southern
States, urging session Of Congress in Sep
tember. The main reasons assigned, are
that it viii be impossible to hold elections in
that section this fall, unless some vigorous
measures are adopted to protect Union men
and secure negroes against the threats aud
intimidations Of their Rebel employers. 1t is
also stated that the present Legislation OF
Congress in relation to militia and the
furnishing of arms to Southern States, must
be repealed, and new measures adopted Al
first, these appeals came from unimportaut
SOURCES, but now they come from leading and
influential men, among whom are many
Senators are members of the House.
JoHN RusKIS, the eminent artist Of Eng
land, has just published lettersin which he
urges that the English Government shall
purchase and manage all the railroads of the
Kingdom. In curious letter he argues that
private persons should not be permitted to
owa the railroads Of nations that all means
Of public transit should be provided at
public expense; that neither railroads nor
canals should ever pay dividends to anybody
but should pay their working expenses and
no more, and that the whole work Of carrying
persons or goods should be done as the car
rage Of letters is now done.
Louis NAPOLEON, since becoming Emperor
of France, has been evidently helping his old
friends to fortune. For instance it is an
nounced that Haussmann, who was bankrupt
previous to 1851, is now worth so, ,OO0, 600.
Rouber, who, in 1913, owned $4,000 worth
of real estate, is worth at least 81 ,OO0, 900,
Walewski, who was very poor in 1913, owns
real estate worth SsOo,oo and as much
more in four and half per cent State loans.
Persigny, who, in ls4S, was elected from
several Paris hotels for non payment ofboard
bills, is not cnly a Duke, but owns four large
country seats, two blocks of business houses
in Paris, and about 100000 worth OF the
stock of the Credit Foucier. Pietri, starving
adyerturer in ls47, has now an income of
S6O,0OO
The Harrisburg State Guard states that
the down afternoon train of the Reading
Railroad, on the 10Th inst, was composed Of
an engine and six cars. When the train was
leaving Port Clinton heavy rain from the
North deluged the last FIVE cars, without
reaching the first car engine. They ran ahead
of the storm at Hamburg, where, stopping for
passengers, it again caught up TO them. The
same thing occurred at Mohrsville and Lee
sport, and when they reached Reading all the
cars except the first and the engine were
drenched with rains. As they were leaving
Reading the rain caught them at the lower
depot, and it was neck and neck race to
Philad elphia. The running time of the train
from Port Clinton to Reading, including stops
pages, is fifty-three minutes; distance twenty
miles. The storm therefore made just one
second less than 2:4O time. 1t was an excl
ting and amusing race to the passengers.
MRs. CADY STANTON, of The Rerol,ttion,
has been pumping Chih one Of the Chinese
Embassy, on the subject of American women.
She asked him ''what he thought of the
women Of this country" to which be promptly
replied, that the women seemed abler than
the men, She asked if this was Chih's real
opinion, or expressed through galantry. He
laughed, and said it was his real opinion; that
the women in this country surprised him more
than anything else he had seem the composure
and Independence with which they move
about, as if they had right to be everywhere,
he said, was to him a subject of constant
wonderment Mrs. S. then expressed surprise
that in China the women should not be per
mitted to read, to which Chih replied that
knowledge had always been considered
dangerous for women She then told Chih
that all she needed for perfect happiness was
the ballot; aud at this he laughed immod
erately, and said she thought we we're going
to say a set Of diamonds" Chih is evidently
an observer and philosopher, as well as
liplomatist and courtier.