Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-09-10
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D0ne 1hefe are plenty IN the country VINO
are without a back bone.
GREELEY lost a bat on the Hargards. 1t
was a new one, "oli Witty still being safe
in his possession.
They were going to present an American
/ Girl to Vanderbilt, but he bought her him
self
/ REMARK of an Iowa man during the total
eclipse Gentlemen, l have been to
hundred eireuses, but that beats EN- all r.
A PARIS laundress secured the payment
Of her bin BY carrying of the wooden leg of
a refractory customer.
/ The Fieeroy bought doh in Paris for
the Sultan daughter. The earrings the
toy woman cost $4,000
IN choosing carpet get one with small
figures, in choosing wife get one with few
I relations
a PHILADELPHIA telegram says The
loss by the Cape May FIRE is estimated at
I $25o,oo0 Boynton, the pearl diver. in
whose store the fire originated, has been ar
rested, charged with causing the fire The
United States Hotel was valued at 500, 600,
and insured for S+7,0
THE workmen at the east end Of the
Hoosac Tunnel have unexpectedly struck
vein Of soft rock, Of the mica slate order,
which is quite easily pried and picked off
without blasting. What will be developed
as to the extent of the vein is of course un-
certain, aud future developments will be
watched with interest The Tunnel Com
mittee of the Legislature visited the work
on Tuesday
The leading Canadian papers sreak in /
generous terms Of the defeated crew in the /
international boat race. The Toronto Globe I
describes how much more attention has been I
paid to rowingin in the English universities
than IN the American, and says that Har- +
ward has shown how excellent q crew she .
can turn out, and cannot justly be disap-
pointed al having been beaten BY Oxford un-
der such circumstances.
AARON S. PENNHGToS, a prominent law
yer Of Patterson, New Jersey. and brother
ofthe late Governor Pennington, died very
suddenly on Wednesday afternoon. He
was playing whist with party Of friends,
when. raising his haud to bis head, he com
plained Of faintnsss. 4 glass Of water was
brought, but gave him no relief He was
then laid upon bed and physician was
sent for but before his arrival Mr.. Penning-
ton expired His disease was understood to
be apoplexy.
PURCHASING BONDs.-The Secretary Of
the Treasury has instructed his assistant at
Washington to continue through September
the weekly purchases Of bonds aud sales Of
gold which have been made throughout
August, Any one who pleases has a right
to guess that Mr Boutwell, means to ken
doing so until directed by Congress to do
otherwise. We heartily trust that such Is
his purpose. The best answer to the
demagogue cry thar the debt can never be
paid is to persist in steadily paying it.
GREAT BRDGE Across THE OHIo.-On
Thursday the largest span Of any truss bridge
in the United States was completed on the
great bridge across the Ohio river at Louis
vile, which is destined to connect the
Kentucky and Indiana shores. The bridge
itself viii be, when finished. land the en-
giueer 10 charge expects to turn over his con-
tract for the building some time in No7em
ber,) one ofthe most splendid structures of
the kind in this or any other country. This
last span covers three hundred and seventy
feet, and Is marvel of engineering skill
The idea Of constructing a ship canal
across the Isthmus Of Darisn and thus uli-
ting the Atlan-ic and Pacific ocean. has re-
ceived a new impetus in the fact that Rear
Admiral Charles H. Davis, recently return
ed to the United States in the steamship
Guerrero from the command of the South
Atlantic feet, has been ordered 70 make ar
Fangements for survey Of the Isthmus in
order to ascertain the prac,ieability Of cut
ting the canal Likely enough this viii be
the next great work to which the construc
tive genius and enterprise Or Amercan en-
gineers viii be applied
MUTILATED CURRENCY. Treasurer SPIN
ngr has written a letter in respect to the re-
demption Of Mutilated currency, and as 10
any rules authorized or approved By the
Department for detecting counterfeits, in
which be says No instructions have been
issued by the Department relative to the
mode Of ascertaining the geuuineuess Of
United States notes; but the decision as TO
the character Of the notes presented Co them
has been left to the discretion of the officers
themselves. The Department has never
promulgated or approved any system or sets
Of rules for the detection OF counterteits, for
the reason that IL i~ believed no general rnlaz
can be laid down which would render all
persons who may study them good judges,
Of money. a careful comparison of sus-
pected notes with those known to be genu-
ine, good natural discernmeut, and familiari-
ty with the different kinds Of notes, are
requisite to enable person to distinguish
eounterieits from genuine notes with Ger
tainty.
SAN Francisco MINT ROBBERY. The
San Francisco Chronicle Of the I'd says
For several days past General La Grange,
the Special Agent Of the Treasury Depart
ment, has been investigating an affair re-
speetiBg the abstraction Of about 720 ounces
of gold bullion fiom the Office Of William
Schmolz, the former Conner in the Mint
The deficit was FIRST discovered by Mr.
Schmolz on the 3D. OF Angus, while making
up his account Of coinage from the lst OF
JuIg to the last day Of the same month.
This loss was immediately made known to
DR.. Linderman, and that officer, acting IN
der instructions from the Government, com