Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-06-25


Of the Republican State Convention for the
Suereme Bench.
OLD iron rails are largely imported from
England, ria Baltimore, for re-manufaetule
IN the mills Of this State. Some six thou
sand tons have arrived within the past four
months
A YOUNG man named Henry R. Wilson,
while engaged at shifting cars at Altoona
on Tuesday last, was thrown upon the track
aud run over BY several cars, causing fatal
injury
JoHN B. GoUdH is going to publish an
autobiography. That Of P 7. Barnum
Is suggested as a model, and it is thought
Nasty may be secured to correct his or
biography and svntax.
MEXICAN adyiees state that extensive
gold feds have been discovered near
Colima The district is represented as be-
ing one hundred and twenty miles in length,
and to exceed the California mines in rich
ness. There is a rush of people for the new
district
The ANCIENT PREJUDICE. "A eolored
man named James Washington has brought
suit in Quincy, H., against the St. Louis
and Keokuk Packet Company, to recover
damages in the sum Of 81, ,000-the officers
of one Of that compauy's boats having re-
fused to allow him to sit at the table with
white passengers
TwENTY-FoUR States, including Indiana,
have ratified the XVIII Amendment Yer
mont will, beyond all doubt, follow the good
example. Mississippi, Texas and Virginia
will be admitted into the Union on its
adoption, and thus the full three fourtbs Of
States requisite to finally adopt the amend
ment are obtained
RUsH OF EnGRANTs WEST. Mayor
Knight, of Dubuque, Iowa, who has re-
Gently returned from a tour in the North
west, says the rush Of emigrants West this
Spring is beyond all precedent, In every
direction, as far as the eye can reach, the
prairie is literally dotted with canvas
covered wagons, and many families are
living in tents
TRoPLoNG, Que of Napoleon most cum
ming and servile tools, It has now been ascer-
tanned, died in consequence of a violent al
tercation which he had with Haussmann.
Troplong appealed to the Emperor, who re-
fused to interfere, and the modification
which this event caused to Troplong,
brought on an attack Of fever of which he
died.
A GIRL keeper of a toll gate in England
was asked by a swell velocipedist, who
thought to chaf her, how much he had to
pay, THAT, sir, replied she, depends
uDon whether YOU ride throngh be gate nr
whether YOU get off your dandy horce anG
drag it through because in that case every
two-wheeled vehicle drawn By a horse or an
ass pays three pence
On farm in Lewiston, Maine, there is a
very curious and extensive beaver dam.
Ninety years ago this dam was quite as good
as it is now TIE beavers felled logs all
along the dam; to remove which-to make
a caual-was quite labor. The dam is
several hundred feet long, and s'umps Of
trees cut eighty or ninety years ago stand
on the verge, their roots having overgrown
the logs feIed By the beavers
TaINITY.-Tbe strong allegations made
against Trinity Church, New York, on the
motion for appointment Of a receiver, are
that she gives no account to the public Of
her revenues or the use she makes Of them;
that she leases her property for grossly i'm
moral purposes, and that she has ceased to
be a Protestant institution, the preachers
in her pulpit denounciDg Professionalism as
a failure; and NJ man can gainsay these
statements.
GENERAL THOMAS has ordered military
exploration Of south eastern Nevada, with
a view to ascertaining the character and re-
sources Of the country before establishing
military posts there. Mining exploration 10
that district Is limited because ofthe dread
of Indians and the great distance of the base
Of supplies So far as penetrated, the
mines have proved rich in mineral deposits,
and less lacking in arabic lands, timber and
water than supposed
SMALL FOX has again made its appear
ance at New York Quarantine, bark from
Bremen having recently arrived with twen-
ty-four cases on board. The progress of the
disease among the passengers is attributed
10 the want of proper facilities for the sep
aration Of the weil from the i'll. The suf
ferings of the emigrants coming to the Uni
ted States during the last six months have
been unusually severe, and the want of
proper food, and the confinement in the
dark, i'll ventilated aud closely crowded
steerage, are sufficient causes for the pro
duction Of ship fever, small -pox and similar
diseases.
THE American Institute Of Homeopathy
has finally yielded to the claims Of the wo-
men. One or two female practitioners we're
on the ground applying for admission. The
committee to whom their application was
referred would not report; but on the last
day Of the session the matter was brought
up in the shape Of an amendment to the
constitution. The women carried the day
yeas so, nays b. The Eclectic Medical So
ciety Of the State Of New York has already
admitted women to membership, aud they
are also allowed to study medicine at the
principal colleges Of that school.
PRovINcIALIsNs. Many years ago the
celebrated Andrew Broaddus. of Caroline,
was at the Merry Oaks, a noted tavern in
Hanover county. Mr. Liscomb, the host,
brought ont some cider, then a favorite
beverage in Virginia, for Mr. Broaddus to
try. After drinking It be remarked SIT
tastes beautiful, as Yankee said at my
house 4 short time since Looking around
he saw stranger in the room, of rather
quizzical appearance, with a broad smile On