The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-01-29

fright, told a terrible tale of g dire di-
saster, the scene of which he located on
Thomas street. 1t appears that he and
another youth, whose name, in the eX-
citement of the moment he had for
gotten, were passing along said street
to Pitt, and the said street being then
and there somewhat too narrow for
their nocturnal perambulations, they
ventured beyond its limits and came
upon the platform of an old well, the
planks of which, like those of some
political organizations had from long
usage become decayed, when, as ran
the story of the excited youth, his
chum broke through and went to the
bottom, crying for help, which infor-
mant was unable to give. To rescue
his friend from this perilous condition,
he gave the alarm aforesaid. COnsid-
ering his condition, grave doubts were
entertained as to the correctness of the
story, yet party of stalwart men and
brave, accompanied by "ye lOcal'' who
was itching for an item, proceeded to
the spot and found the platform suffi-
cientIy broken to admit the body Of
man. The story might be but too true,
thought we. Experiments, well known
to science, were made to ascertain if
any one had really gone through the
aperture in the platform. All efforts
proving fruitless, it was resolved to
postpone further investigation till
morning. When Sunday came and the
benzine had evapUrated and the youth
had shaken himself together, his recOl-
lecti0ns Of the incidents of the evening
before were more vivid. He remem-
bered of having himself staggered upon
the platform, broken through and been
rescued from a sudden and unexpected
plunge into the bowels of terra firma.
He had mistaken the man. He had
been chasing a phantom, and was on
the verge of making a first class local
for US, and a melancholy end to his
existence.
M0ruI-BeWare Of benZine, especially
if your business calls you to the vicini-
ty of dilapidated wells.
ADVERTISE YOUR SALES OF PER-
PROPERTY Every spring there
are many sales Of personal property in
Bedford county. They are generally
advertised by hand bills alone. The
most efficient means Of calling the at
tention Of buyers to their vendues is
neglected by a majority Of sellers.
They do not seem to be aware of the
fact that sale advertised in the news
papers Of the county, is brought before
the immediate notice of hundreds who
never see the bills which have been SO
carefully posted in taverrs and other
places. When asked to advertise their
sales in newspapers, many people OBJ
iect on account Of the expense. They
forget that single additional bidder
on any one article of value, will real
ize from twice to ten times the amount
an advertisement in the newspapers
would cost. In other sections Of Penn
syIvania the people are wiser, and
some of our exchanges come to US with
long columns full Of advertisements Of
personal property sales. Any man
who tries it, will be abundantly salts
fed Of the wisdom of his act before his
sale is half over. lie will find in the
large crowds of bidders present, cor
rOboration OF all we have said, and
when he comes to count up his gains,
will give the newspaper credit for ma
ny dollars which he would not other
wise have received. Our job Office is
unsurpassed, and We get out bills that
cannot be excelled; but an advertise
ment I'm the GAZETTE will do more to
draw a large crowd Of good bidders to
a sale than any number of the hand
soonest bills that can be printed. Try
it, and you will certainly be convinced
Of the truth of what we say.
SLIGHTLY MIXED.-The Fulton
Republican under the head Of "Phila-
delphia Murders" says the following
"There are more criminals charged
with murder, awaiting trial, than in
any other city I'm the United States.
Scarcely have the citizens got over the
scare and horror Of the ''Hill' murder,
than they are startled by the murder
Of Mr.. Rogers, under the mostatrocious
circumstances. To say nothing Of the
bad grammar, as news item this IS
decidedly rich. The ''atrocious' mur-
der of Mr.. Rogers took place in New
York, q small village in q neighboring