The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-04-30
RREEP NEWS ITEMS.

condition. The great depth of the
snow prevented winter-killing and ifs
gradual removal by rains and modcr-
ate thaw saved the wheat from being
heaNed up out of the soil.
| 4 very prudent politician is Judge
James G. Taylor of Virginia. He is
the Independent Republican candi-
date for theoffice of Attorney General
of the Ancient Dominion. Ia his pub
lished confession of faith he says: 81
am a supporter Of the present admins
tration of the National Government so
far as I am d5te 10 understand IT,
he Baltimore and Potomac Rail-
road Company propose TO build tun
nel under the west end of Baltimore,
so as to facilitate the passage through
that city. The tunnel viii cost about
a million ofdolars and it is expected
/ that it will lie done by the middle of
next January. 1t will pass under the
gas and water pipes, so as not to inter
! fere with them.
Attorney General Hoar has given an
/ opinion agreeing with that of Mr.. Ev-
arts, to the effect that the eight-hour
law does not compel the payment of
ten hours wages for eight hours work,
and the Secretary of the Navy has in
structed the commandants of the navy
yards in accordance Herewith.
/ St. Domingo news Of the 18th inst,
/ states that Gen. Franco had been eXecu-
ted for attempted revolution. The
( whole republic bad been placed under
arms in consequence of Cabrel's entry
from the Haytien frontier. There was
/ great excitement and Baez was censur-
/ ed for his alleged annexation proclivi-
! ties
The dryhess Of the Egyptian climate
/ is such that rain scarcely ever fell in
/ the upper province, and not more form
erly than five or six days year in the
Delta. But Mehernet Ali has planted
20, ,0O0, 900 of trees in these districts, and
the annual average has now increased
to 40 days.
! Revolvers were drawn and blows ex-
! changed by councillors at special meet
ing of the Quebec Canada city coun-
Gil. The mayors authority was defied
and the police had to be called in to re-
store order.
A week or two ago the ordinance Of
the Lords Supper was celebrated in
/ Madrid publicly by the Protestants for
1 the first time since the reign Of Philip
IL, more than $50 years ago.
The Princess Louise, daughter of
Queen Victoria, is to be married on the
9th of July next to the Prince Royal
of Denmark. This will leave the
/ Queen Only one unmarried daughter,
the Princess Beatrice.
The New York HerulPs Port au
Prince correspondence states that great
dissatisfaction exists in the Haytien
! capital at the idea of colored repre-
sentative ofthe United States being sent
there. They think they should have a
white man.
The London and Paris papers speak
in the same tenor regarding the acduf-
sition Of Cuba by the United States.
They say that England and France
will have to determine the question.
Eight passengers and two bfakeSmen
on the Long Island Railroad were in
stantly killed last week, the train to
which the coach containing them was
attached running off the track. 9th
ers were severely, two fatally, wound
ed.
Thethieves who robbed the Beneficial
Savings Bank at Philadelphia have
considerably returned by express half
a million dollars worth of bonds which
they couldn't well manage.
They do things on liberal scale in
Chicago. William Sturges, one of Sol
omon Sturge3' sons, who has just gone
into bankruptcy there, reports his La
bilities at 81, 4i5, 600
Filibuster5 are being raised in Mex
leo to go TO Cuba and take part in the
/ fight against Spain, The Mexican
style in Cuba will hardly be an i'm
provement.
Gov. Hoffman, of New York, is
praised by both the republican and
democratic press of that State for his
resistance to the schemes of plunder
which are so rife at Albany.
The young ladies of New York are
now adopting the role of 'sweet sim
plicity," and appear at balls and par
ties in short muslin dresses, without
ornaments of any kind.
The Union Pacific railroad stock
holders in Boston have adopted amend
ments to their charter authorized by
Congress. They will elect officers to-
day.
One of the Peruvian monitors started
from Samana and was caught In a gale
outside and foundered. All on board
were lost but four,
A dispatch from Caracas, April 18th,
says the vonito was still prevailing,
and Mr.. Pagan, the British charge
! d'af1aires, was dead.
A man was arrested for an outrage
on the person Of a young girl in one of
the streets of Boston on Tuesday nlght.
Fourteen English baronets have died
| since January /, 1868.
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