The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-07-16

Coald4le, was arrested for gobbling a.
bout $50 belonging to a Mr.. Young.
Eighty three dollars were found on his
person, slowed away in a stocking.
Patrick had evidently made up his
mind to foot the bills" but as the
legality of his manner of doing it was
seriously questioned, he was asked to
take up boarding and lodging with the
Sheriff till September sessions, when
the Court will adjust the matter.
FATAL ACCIDENT, On Wednesday
night last Mr.. Archer Jarrett, who had
!! just arrived from Jordan's Springs on
his way to Bedford, fell from the Win
dow in his chamber in the third story
| to the pavement below, and when
found, life was extinct. 1t is supposed
that after undressing himself, the night
being very warm, he had seated him
self in the window where he fell asleep
and thus lost his balance. Mountain
city Times.
BIG B0oT.-We were shown, the
other day, big boot formerly worn
by James Porter, the Kentucky giant.
1t was brought to this place, as euri-
osity, by Mr.. James Martin, a young
man who left here about six years ago
and established himself in business in
Louisville. The boot measures 154
inches in length, is 5! inches wide a.
cross the sole and over two feet high.
The wearer, when living, measured
feet II inches. We would not desire
to be ''booted" in that style.
HEARTH AND HoME.-No. 80 of this
excellent family journal promises to be
a specially fine one, both in the variety
and excellence of its matter and the
beauty and value of its illustrations.
1t will contain the beginning of very
interesting story, "The Romance of a
Rich Young Girl" by Octave Fuillet.
The illustrations were designed and
engraved expressly for this work, in
Paris, by eminent artists. Address,
Hearth and Home" 81 Park Row.
New York.
DEMoREsr's "YoUNG AMERICA".-
Young America is one of the most pop
ular ofjuvenile publications; there is
& freshness to il that we find in no 9TH
e., and variety that satisfies even the
desire of children for novelty. Half
the good things to be found in other
children's periodicals have been derived
from this, which seems inexhaustible
in its suggestions. One of its very best
features is the interest it excites
in children, by allowing them to APP
pear as correspondents in its colum rs.
Itis we'll worth the small sum asked
for it, Of S1.50 per annum, with a pre-
MUM. Published at 838 Broadway,
n. y.
DEMoREsT's ILLUSTRATED MONTH
LY.-This excellent Magazine now full
fills, as nearly as one Magazine can, all
that a lady wants of one, as an assist
ant in her house, in her wardrobe, and
in her care of her children. Every de-
partment is complete and perfect in it
self, showing the immense amount of
labor bestowed upon the whole. The
Ladies' Club" alone gives more sen
sible advice and information than al
the rest of the Magazines put together.
s. per annum, with apremium. Pub
lished at 838 Broadway, n. Y.
CASES IN COURT.-JudgmentS were
entered in the following cases from
this county, in the Supreme Court sit
ting in Philadelphia.
Koontz VS. Hammond Judgment af-
firmed.
ed.
Lingenfelter ct al vs. Richey. Judg-
ment affirmed.
Madara and Spang VS. Eversole.
Judgment affirmed.
Rupp et al VS. Over. Judgment al
firmed. Per curidn.
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTs Con- |
vENTION.-A state convention of
School Superintendents will be held at
the city of Harrisburg, commencing
on Tuesday, July goth, at 2 O'Clock.
2. NJ. Free return tickets have been Sc |
cured for members attending the con-
ventiOn on all the railroads leading to |
Harrisburg. Reduced hotel charges are |
promised. Among other questions of |
to theschoolso Of thestate the |
opinions of the convention will be So
licited in reference to the following top |
les:
|. Superintendent in relation to |
County Normal Institutes.
?. Superintendent in relation to State |
Normal Schools.
3. Defects in our school law, and |
remedies for them.
t. Defects in the working agencies
provided by our school law, and the
remedies for them.
). The educational work before us for
the next three years.
THE FOURTH.-We sent our special /
on a voyage of discovery"
to ascertain if the ''glorious Fourth"
had come to town. After an absence
of three days in which time nothing
new or unusual was developed, he
came into the sanctum full of patriot
ism, or "wOrds to that effect" He
was slightly incoherent and the ac-
count of his travels i'm search of the