Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-05-21
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.


4 NEW 1oRK firm has brought suit against
firm al Hong Kong, China, for SIS, GOO, in
falling to make shipments ordered.
THE total value Of the gifts presented to the
Pope on his recently celebrated fitieth ami
versary is estimated at $4,000, 600 in gold.
TwESrr. kieHr thousand two hundred and
tweatw-o one marriages. we're solempized ia
Ohio during the year ending December 81,
1868.
THE Boston Coliseum viii be lighted with
gas, twenty four hundred burners being the
estimated number requisite to give The proper
illumination.
a TEs TuousAND dollar case Of jewelrg,
given by Cuban family to aid the revolution
w!ll be rafied for at the Cuban fair at New
York at FIVE dollars per ticket
The expense Of the thing, i. said to be fast
killing OF polygsmy in Turkey, as the Turkish
ladies are beginning to get European ideas
about dress.
Nh. MoTLEr Is at his Boston home, busily
engaged in packing up for q long residence
abroad. lie will sail from New York on the
l9th last.
Az Ininsis Law, recently passed, classes
hsbitual drupkards the same as idiots and
lunstics, and puts them under control of the
oYerseers Of the poor.
TIE fashionable ladies Of the present day
are wearing the same style of toilet articles as
those worn by the Egyptian ladies in the days
Of the early Pharaohs.
The Northern Central Railroad company
announces a quarterly dividend Of two per
cent, free from all taxes, payable on the 10Th
inst.
THE Pennsylvania Railroad company an
noancss a semi-aonual dividend Of FIVE per
cent, payable in cash, free Of tax, on the
50th inst
ALGERIA being menaced by locusts, the gov.
srnment has offered 500 for every 300 pounds
Of their eggs These eggs win be crushed
and buried with qaickHme.
4 sEyEE. YEAR-oID Soy Iel overheard from
q canal boat in Buffalo, last Wednesday, but
saved his life by elinging to the carcass OF q
dead dog floating on the water.
TIE British Parliament has been memori-
allied for the passage Of law, making It ille-
gal to shear sheep, except in case of their
immediate slaughter, before the first of May
: MISS RANIE is now accused of being the
mysterious Ouida Ramie has hereto
fore been spoken Of as an excellent material
for paper, and there is no reason why il coald
not make book.
MATTHEW CoLEsHI8E. who lives FIVE miles
from GAINESVILLE, o., is 100 years old, goes
squirrel hunting every now and then, and oc-
casjonally walks to GAINESVILLE, where, if his
own statement nay be believed, he gets as
sgbt as brick %
THE Boston papers relate that Lewiston,
de-, lager drinker was strangled recently by
g finger which happened to be floating in bis
beverage It Was probably left there by
some one who had a hand in making the
/ beer.
Some workmen driving piles Tor a dwelling
house on Columbus street. In Boston, noticed
/ that one pile went down easier than the 9th
.rs, and found that Il had decca3ed through
AN immense tub Of butter, which some thief
had buried there.
GIN NEGLEY, Of P;ttsbash, viii marry the
belle o9 SchuykiN county. Miss Grace Ashton,
next week. The bridesmaid vill be got up in
superb style and with every attention 10 toll
cites, but the groomsman win be opea 10 a
charge of NegIey gents.
Is gentlemen's fashions the prevailing
style for promenade is dark English cut a
way coat, with doable- breasted vest, Gght
trousers of dark material, aad Oxford hat.
Lavender gloves, a small cane, and pink in
/ left battouhole Of coat, are considered essen
tial
| TuE pork packers and provision dealers OF
/ ST. Louis have subscribed 81, 500 to be award
ed as premiums to the best hogs at the fair Of
the s.. Louis Agricultural and Mechanical
/ Association, to be held next October, in al
dit;on TO the regular prize Of that association.
Il is expected all parts Of she country viii be
represented.
! A DOUBLE DJsAPPONrNESr.- Mr., John
/ Tishback, Of Indianapolis, returning home in
bad temper after an unsuccessful "trip ic
I Washington for the purpose of getting him
/ self appointed postmaster Of The first mention
ed city, permitted himself 10 rlu as the Dem
ocraiic candidate for Mayor, and in the elec-
/ ton on Tuesday was defeated Moral Peo.
! pie shouldn't lose their tempers or change
their politics because they don't get the Office
they want.
SrrrlD PnrsIcIAys.-A suit against two
/ pbysiciaus for piece Of stupid malpractice
I is on trial in W0Tchester, Mass. David Il.
( Maynard, Of Clinton, put himself into the
hands of DIS. Bendit- aud S5monds of that
town TO have stiff finger cut of They gave
him chlorotorm and took oil a good Gnger
and be wants $500 damages for it. AL
/ the doctors urge IS that chlorof5rm stfsuet
Maynard fingers
AIAsEA ScENEEv.-A Sitka correspondent
thus describes Alaska scenery: Take one
big mountain covered with trees from the
base nearly 10 the summit. with an under
zr5u.h Of brush, briars and moss almost i'm
passabie-uulliply the enc by ten thousand
aad yoa have Alaska. There is terribl,
sameness. One singular feature Of this mas.
OF forest is the absence Of birds. IbaYe seer
but one robin 1t SitEa.
TIE 4oRIoy QrEsroS.-The New Yorl
IPor}a thinks that Mormonism viii be ban
isded from She United States in the following
manner: The Pacific Railroad viii give to th,
multicudiuous wives ofthe Mormon patriarchi
an idea Of the manners and customs Of Ii,
ladies' ofthe East, and in particular of thei
style Of dress and living. When the Mormon
wives begin to dress Ike the ladies Of Phila
delphia. Boston or New York. no Mormon