Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-09-11
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Mr.. SPINNER, the United States Treasurer,
is ow paying the september interest on the
10 40 bonds.
THE Newspapers in the South are still
complaining ofthe uncertainty Of negro labor,
and the want Of anything like assurance that
the blacks viii remain with their employers
during the planting and gathering Of their
crops.
The press of Paris bewails the partiality Of
American sailors for Russia, but might have
FOUND an explanation of their enthusiasm in
the fact that in the hour Of trial the Govern
ment Of the Car was not uniriendly, while the
other European powers were hostile.
A Plan has been proposed in England to
enable workingmen to spend their holidays
agreeably. A Mutual Hospitality Company
is to be formed, so that members wishing to
visit another town from their own, will be
entertained economically among friends, and
thus be saved many OF the Inconvenience
and expenses aftravel.
The Penn sylvania Railroad Company has
established a partial co operative system
which promises to work advantageously for
the interests Of the Company, as well as for
certain class Of the employees. It is a
greed to divide among the engineers and fire
men, all that they save fromlastyear' expen
diture of fuel, oil, repairs, etc, connected
with the running Of their engines.
THE Peace ofEurope is likely to be broken
at any time and, should it be, the shock OF
arms would scarcely leave the map of the
Continent as it now exists Spain, forgetful
of the past when she was mistress Of the Old
World and the New, but true to her later in
stincts, already hsstens to place herself under
the tuteIage Of France, forgetful, too, that
the proud Castiliau dynasty was once replaced
by crowned Bonaparte.
A CoRREsPoxDENT writing from Portland,
Maine, about the crops in that State, remarks
that the Maine staple is hay, the crop ofwhich
is now nearly stored. 1t has been most
propitious season, continued rains in the
spring, and uninterrupted sunshine in the
gathering. Barns over flow with crop almost
twice that Of ordinary years. The potatoes of
of Maine promise, too, an abundant yield.
Other staples, such as granite, ice and lime,
depend less upon the seasons, and more upon
individual enterprise, which Is more active
now than ever.
The indications are that the prosecution
against Commissioner Rollins, originated by
Binekley, viii be quietly suppressed by the
Secretary of the Treasury and the Department
relieved of the ridicule that has been brought
upcu It by the super-seryiceable zeal Of its in
discreet agent. Mr. McCulloch yesterday
directed the United States District Attorney
at New York to take charge of the case, thus
taking it out Of the control of Binckley. No
warrant of arrest has been served upon Mr.
Rollins.
JEREMIAH CRHART. the inventor of me-
lodeons, died few days since. The New
York Post says that as long ago as 1885,
while studying the construction of the ac-
cordeon, he discovered that the tones Of
that instrument were much better when the
wind was drawn through the reeds than
when it was expelled through. A series Of
experiments followed, which led to the
discovery OF the melodeon. il was no. until
1916, however, after ten years Of hard
struggle, that he was able to get out his
patents. Almost every improvement made
in the construction of melodeous was due
to his ingenuity and perseverance. He died
after achieving fortune and an honorable
name.
The ARMENIAN INHABITANTS Of Turkey, it
is said, are taking into consideration the
propriety of eLnigrating to the United States.
Very recently, an Armenian gentleman has
arrived in this country with the view of
finding a proper location in the Southern
States for colony of 200 Armenian families.
At a meeting Of a number of his countrymen
residing in New York, this gentleman
stated that there was in Constantine con.
siderable body of Protestantized Armeuians.
who entertained desire to find land OF
religious liberty, where they might settle, and
said that the American missionaries had
pointed to the Southern States of America
as the promised land, and also as region
having climate similar to that Of the
countries bordering on the Mediterranean.