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

itiSnuFRh, November Z4.-JatIihe -,
Palmer, of the firm Of Palmer d
Shields, auctioneers, Of this city, com
mitted suicide this morning by taking
laudanum. No cause is assigned for
the act.
Richmond, November 27.-James
Grant, who, it is alleged, shot II. II.
Pollard, was examined this morning,
aud baiIed in 81 90 to answer at the
February term Of court.
a daughter of Mr. Miles Rice, Of Ra-
ven-wood, West Virgiaia, was burned
to death in his dwelling, which was
consumed 10y fire few nights ago.
The child was locked up in room
and could not make its escape.
I Miss Eleanor Caruthefs, Of Lawrence,
Mass, a young Wo nan Of twenty years
old, fell dead from excitement while
going for a policeman TO arrest her
drunken father, who was threatening
to take her mothers life.
The people Of Augusta, Georgia, en-
ploy guards to watch their milk cows
while they are feeding during the day,
to protect them from negro hunters.
/ The Radicals are showing how ma
ny Iri5hmen hold office i'm New York
City. If the offices in question We're
only filled with negroes, the dear crea-
lures would be delighted.
The Greek Chamber OF Deputies IN
/ Athens before separating returned a
vote Of thanks to the United States
government for its encourage meni to
the cause of Greece.
Advices from Bombay dated the 10Th
instant, state that a sanguinary battle
had occurred in Northern India be-
tween Snero All and Abdoul Rahman,
in which the latter was totally de leated
and fled to Falkh.
a Stockton California; paper noti-
ces an apple tree near that place which
has yielded three crops Of fruit the pre-
sent year, and is again in blossom.
This season million tons Of hay,
the same number ofbushels Of corn, and
Two hundred thousand bushels of wheat
have been raised in Maine.
The Catholic Church at RockIand,
Mime, was entered on Friday night,
AID the images and decorations de-
faced, torn down and thrown out Of
the window.
A State Convention for the farmers
of Georgia has been called for the 9Th
OF December, to consider the question:
of labor, Immigration from the North
and from abroad, DC.
An eminent American physician
say5 that the Wall street stock Jobbers
produce more Iunatic5 than any other
class of people in the country.
The "oldest physician in the world, :"
Spaniard died recently in Salamanca,
aged 100. He practiced for so years.
Louisville, KY, November 81
! Seymour's official majority in Ken
turky, with all the counties in, is TO-
320.
Augusta, Me. November 27.-The
official vote Of Maine i a. follows ::
Grant, 70, ,433 Seymour, y 394 Grants
majority, 28,039.
Mr.. NJ H. shannon, of BrookevilIe,
Pa, while going to Pittsburg on the
mail train, had his POCKET picked of
government bonds and money to the
amount of $1,000. No clue to the thief
The golden hair mania seems to
be az catching among the bellies of
America a il has been in Europe.
The Fejee Islanders have recently
eaten up a Spaniard aud his wife.
They kindly spared their children.
A Southern paper reports that a
shock of earthquake was felt at Char
lotte, n. c., few days ago.
1t is said that there are acorns enough
within three miles 0c Jefferson, Texas,
to fatten three thousand hogs.
4 large number Of families in GIou-
cester, Massachusetts, are almost peni-
less on account of the failure of the
mackerel fisheries.
General Grant will have control of
$1,000 offices and officers, whose anuu-
nj cOmpensations amount to thirty mil
lions ofdolars.
n civil MARI iage has just taken place
in Spain-before the revolution such a
thing was both Illegal and rebellious a.
gainst the church.
London has a Dog Protection So
ciety," formed to protect poodIes from
police and dOg-catching raids.
\ newly married couple stopped in
a hotel in Ohio, and on retiring blew
: out the gas. Both were suiTDcated.
The Chinese leprOSy, which prevails
in the Sandwich Islands, it is feared
will reach San Francisco
The hog crop Of Iowa is smaller by
l40, 900 less than last year.
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From the Plains.