Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-06-11
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LnE kfDpaccA bAtNe3G 0VNl litF A4llnt lAFEt
at New York, IS estimated to cost s. goo,
600, and to require SIX years for its con.
s'ruction 1t will be mile IN length.
A Texas gentleman has received a quan
tity of silkworm eggs from Frarce through
the mail. Some Of the eggs batehed on the
way, and the worms were living ou their
arrival
ENGLAND. We never knew till now what
a saintly old creature England was and is.
Here, BY her own confession, we find that
through all our war She was besct by sure
temptation to give us u dig under the dlth
rib in the recognition Of tie Confederacy.
Her ally, urged her to il, her own interests
demanded it, her disposition led that way;
but She refraiued Why? Because she
was fond of US, and did nor want to effect
unfavorably the great experiment Of Repub-
lican Government Kind old creature
EDUcATIoN IN EUROPE "A map giving
the rank Of the different countries Of
Europe, based upon the relative efficiency
and extent Of the education impaired III
their primary schools, has recently been
published. The several nations rank as
follows: Saxony, Switzerland, small States
of North Germany, Denmark, Prussia
Sweden, Baden Wuremberg, Holland,
Norway, Bavaria, France, Belgium, Eng
lsnd Italy, Austria, Greece, PapaI States,
Spain, Portugal, Waldo-W alIacia, Turkey
How A WOMAN KEEPS PosToTFIeE -
Mrs. Keziah BJohnson was lately appoint
ed post-misuess Of Leayenworth, Kansas,
and the local papers say that she commeuc-
ed operations without a desk, box or table,
umbling the mails all over the floor simply
because she got hufty, and wouldn't buy,
borrow, or take as a gift the fixtures of her
predecessor. Consequently the Office had
70 be shut up for a day, ana was not opened
until the business men Of the city, by q
united effort, prevailed upon her to take
he furniture and get matters into some
sort of shape.
The CHESAPEAKE FISHERIES Herring
fishing, on an extensive scale, says the Viii
mingtou, Del, Commocid has about
closed On the Chesapeake, and the hauling
-eine fisheries ''cut out, J. e., cut the seine
out Of the ropes, and quit during last week
The hauling seine fishermen have had 3
very successful season this year The hauls
have been regular and the prices have been
uniform Herring sold at the beginning Of
the season at 81 per hundred, and this price
was maintained mp 20 the close Of the season.
Shad also brought SI4 per hundred, a very
good price, the whole season through.
FIXING THE STANDARD. .-Aau2 Dickin-
son maintains that Mrs Stone, Mrs Liv-
ermore and Miss Anthony, tie greatest
women Of the age, are superior in intellect
to New York aldermen ani legislators We
think they ara-just about Bat we would
ike to know il this claim Of superiority to
the aIdcrmauic intellect is all the claim the
women make on behalf Of their great lights.
! IF SO their modesty is oomnendable. We
would have pat them great deal higher.
I We would haze compared them with George
Francis Train, Senator Sprague, Colorado
Jewett, the Right Honorable Mr. Gladstone,
Garibaidi aud the Mayor Of Cork.
BEEcHER on CuURcH UxIoN-Rav.
Henry Ward Beecher on Sunday preached
against the schemes oil Church union'
whether planned by Pope Protestant OF
fagan' taxing me po'el gf.uHa 'h.' inc
strength OF tne Onf's.lan Fe'lsion los III lne
NUMBER Oh 'Ae e%l'1l'g o.lo'9liatioHs. ne
hops' % see 'n9 seo-S increase III nutii'e'
rather than eomOiGe, ana prefers 10 nave
the uospei pFeacaeo 'y "lo"el men [a'ilei
than not have 1t pFeached at all ne di1
not clam org,naAty ioE these novel IDEAS
but showed tnat 'hey were lu eonsoaaneS
With those OF that astute il"Yer' SAINT faab
GEORGIA CoToN CROP NC continue
to receive from all sections most di-courag
/ ing accounts Of the cotton crops The con
tinued cold nights and the recent cold wind.
which have prevailed throughout the entire
eastern and middle sections of the State
have caused the plant to die. and in many
localities the crop has been plowed up ans
replanted in corn. There can be no longe
the slightest doubt that the crop is at leas
twenty to twenty five days later than usual
and that the stand is generally very def
oieut. If the season should become more
favorable at an early oay fair crop ma,
be made, but this is quite uncertain.
The COOP CoUNraY. Edna Dean Proc
tor, writing in the Iadepagdent, Of her arr;
val at the Hudson River Railroad depot, il
this city, at an elrly morning hour says:
Among the throng waiting the departure
oFthe train was groupof emigrants; and il
1t TWO children crying bitterly apparantl,
from sheer sleep.essness and fatigue.
Poor ittle things, SAID, how tire
they seem