The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-11-11
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HUNTINGDON AND BROAD Tor r. r.
-WISrER ARRASGEMESF.-TIME TABLE.-on and
after Sept 18th, passenger trains viii arriveand
depart as follows:
Mail Train leaves Mt Dallas at 90 p. m. ar
riyes al Huntingdon at 20 p m; leaves Hunt
ingdon at $40 q. m, and arrives at Mt. Dallas at
IL 50 a. m.
sGd arrives at Huntingdon, at 10 10 a. m; leaves
Huntingdon at 5-55 p. m, and arrives at saxton
at Z Al P. m
Spell-bound- school children.
sour-kraut making is now briskly
carried on.
The sweet, hazy Indian summer was
of short duration.
Cumberland boasts of new steam
fire engine.
Money is behaving very badly. 1t
is tight every day.
A great many of our exchanges IA
vor the restoration OF Spring elections.
Londonderry school district has
built a number of neat houses this
season.
The new Methodist church, in Johns
town, said to be the finest in the State,
was dedicated last Sunday week.
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Our waters are dotted with fish bas-
kets, the law to the contrary notwith-
standing.
Hagerstown Almanacs for 1870, En-
glish and German. for sale at the IN
quirer Book Store.
The turkey we didnTget last Thanks
giving hasn't gobbled yet in our hear
ing. Whittier has the bird flown?
There are 100000 threshing ma
chimes in the United States, to say
nothing of the ''school marms" and
the cold folks at home"
Grls are to wear Iow-necked dresses,
and dandy male swelIs low-necked
shirts, this winter. Undertakes are
jubiant at prospect of business.
In our marriage notices, last week,
the name of Daniel A. Bortz, Of Cum
berland Valley, was misprinted.
We owe an apology to our young
friend for this awkward blunder.
DR.. w. r. Findlay, of Altoona, has
been appointed District Deputy Grand
Master of the Masonic lodges of this
district, in place of Mayor Potts, re-
signed.
THANKsGIvING.-T usual union
service of Thanksgiving will be held
in the Presbyterian church, on Thurs
day morning, 18th inst. Sermon by
Rev. J. Q. McAtee.
Boutwell's financial policy is work
ing well. SO say MS political friends.
But the people can't see it exactly in
the great scarcity Of money, and gen
eral depression of business. 'Rah for
Grant,
Street crossings are made to walk on.
Some good folks imagine otherwise,
and stop their teams and horses right
on the cross walk, to the great annoy
.ance and inconvenience of pedestri-
ans. Horses should be stopped on one
side.
Now that the long winter evenings
are approaching, our young people
throughout the country should organ
ize debating clubs and literary sOcie-
ties. If properly conducted they will
improve the mind, and be 4 source of
interest and amusement.
2Now.-On Sunday last, snow fell to
II. thedepth of several feet-we mean We
ry Small feet, of cOurse-and winter
in stern reality, seemed to be upon US.
While nature without looked bleak
and dreary, human nature within
doors huggcd closely the warm stove,
the best companion on Wlntry day.
The good days promised Us by Grants
election, have really come in the shape
OF great financial depression, dull mar
kets, poor employment for labor and the
hardest times generally that have been
felt since the great crash of 1857 Peo-
pie Of Bedford county, how do you
IKE it?
Eastern capitalists have been here,
for some weeks past. looking after our
valuable ore and other mineral lands.
a great many have been purchased by
them, which locks as though they
meant business. With proper rail-
road facilities, the mineral wealth of
Bedford county would be opened up
to an astonishing extent.
Poor House APPOINTMENTS The
Directors of the Poor, at their regular
meeting, on Wednesday last, reap
pointed the following persons for the
ensuing ar:-Steward, Samuel De-
fibaugh; Physician, DR.. F. c. Reamer;
Miller Joseph f. Wills. Maj. A. J.
SAMSON was appointed Clerk rice w.
c. Sehaffer, Esq, resigned.
Maj. Dihert has sold out the lease,
furniture, &c, of the Washington Ho-
tel, to Mr. George Murray, of New
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