Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-01-10
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

ADMIRAL PARRAGUr's feet has arrived at
! Gibralter
The Papal army is to be materially streug.
thened.
FRAycIs. the Fenian Head Center, has been
| arrested at Dublin.
PRoNINENr manufacturers tell us they do
not expect a speedy revival Of business.
ALI the mills and factories around Fair
mount, Philadelphia, are dischaTging hands.
p NJ. GEN. RANDALL makes no effort to
conceal his Grant sympaihies.
CHARLES DrcEEEs viii commence a course
Of six readings at Concert Hall, Phiadelphia,
on Monday, January 18th
DR. GIHoS Of Philadelphia has been ap-
pointed private Secretary to his ExcelIeacy,
Governor Geary, cicc j. R. Dunglinson.
CONGRESSMAN SHELLABARGER, Of Ohio, has
boon obliged to 60 home on account of sick
ness.
The remains Of Macmillan has arrived at
Havana on the lst, on board the Austrian
frigate Navara.
THE term Of office Of Governor Pierpoint.
Of Virginia, expired on the 1st inst, but as
no provision has been made in the way Of
successor, he continues to hold the position.
DE. DEWITT, the venerable and beloved
pastor of the First Presbyterian Church Of
Harrisburg, died suddenly at his residence in
that city on Monday the 23d ult, aged 70
years.
MlSNEsoTA has already sent to market this
year about 7,000, QUO bushels of wheat. and
nearly as much more is supposed to be in
farmers hands. The production is less than
in 1866.
Gov. Cox, Of Ohio, has ordered special
election 10 be held in the sth Congressional
District, on Monday, January 24th. for the
election Of a successor to the late Hon. c. 5.
Hamilton.
J. BucHAyAy CRoss, the noted forger. was
brought before the Superior Court in Chicago
on the 3rd inst on writ Of habeas corpus, and
remanded to the Penitantiary to await the
result Of an application for a new trial
A SAN FRAYCIsco dispatch Of the 1st SAYS
the track Of the Central Pacific Railroad is
laid from Cisco to Summit, aud through the
great tunnel, over z 200 feet above the sea-
The first passage car went through the tunnel
on the 90th alt.
The Ohio Legislature eonyenes at Colum
bus on Mondsy, January 9th; and the inau
guratlon Of Gov. Hayes will take place on
Monday, the 18th, The latter occasion will,
no doubt, be one Of considerable interest.
WILLIAM CULLEN Bryant is writing three
poems for the New York Ledger for which
Mr.. Bonner pays him three thousand dollars.
Thisis the largest amount ever paid to poet
DR. Henry HARBAUGH Professor Of Theol-
ogy in the Aercersburg Seminary and editor
Of the Mercersblgg Rerielc, died at his resi-
dence on Saturday last
CHAs. H. PARKER, q conductor on the Penn
sylvania Railroad, was stabbed and killed on
Monday, near Johnstown, by passenger who
he was attempting to eject for non payment
Of fare.
A portion Of the Arlington estate has been
cul tiYated as q Government farm the past
season. Three hundred and seventy six
acres have been rented to forty eight freed
men, chiefly heads of families, in lots Of five
or ten acres.
The State Prison Of Massachusetts, has not
only sustained itself, but earned S21 900 over
all exp enses. The number Of commitments
to the State Prison last year was 12S, being
less than the average of SO years. The cost
of maintaining the State Militia amounts to
Sl50,00O a year.
A new insurrection in favor Of Santa Ann
has broken out in Yucatau, and appears
be supported by many former officers of tn
Empire. 1t seems almost incredible than
the ex- Dictator, who but few weeks ago
barely escaped with his life, should once
more disturb the peace of his native country,
The First National Bank of Bay City,
Michigan, failed on the Sd inst. Its affairs
are reported to be in rather bad condition.
The deposits amount to about seventy-five
thousand dollars.
The Alabama Reconstruction Convention,
on the 80th ut., passed an ordinance decar
ing the war debt of the State, and all liabili-
ties created directly or indirectly in aid of the
war, null and void,
THE coIored societies of Richmond paraded
on the 3rd inst. in the celebration of the
Fourth anniversary of the Emancipation.
Addresses were delivered by Governor Pier
pont and others. The day was also observed
in Charleston South Carolina, by general
parade Of the negro societies.
Mrs. A. K. M'CLURE and son arrived at
home on Saturday evening last. They left
Virginia City on the morning Of the Ilth ult,,
and came by coach TO the western terminus
of the Pacific railroad Col. nj Clure expects
to start East about the middle of February,
and, unless delayed by accident, will arrive
by the lst Of March.