Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-10-29

on the track.
ADMIRAL FARRAGUT was much easier
last evening, aud renewed hopes Of hia re
covery are entertained. His strong viii
sustains him in his severe sickness, but his
bodily strength is very small.
4 LARGEsT HoTEL IN THE WoRLD When
The new Union Hotel Of the Leland Broth
ers in Saratoga Is completed, it viii be the
/ largest hotel in the world. 1t viii have q
frontage ofone thousand and fifty feet. five
stories high. It IS to be huilt Of brick, and
divided into nine compartments. almost Gre
proof The contractor is to finish the grand
hotel BY the lst day Of June next.
THE FIRST Snow SroRM. violent
snow storm ser 10 at St. Louis, about seven
clock Tuesday morning, and continued un-
ri noon. Although the snow melted fast.
there was still three inches on the ground
when il stopped 4 heavy snow storm be-
gan at Louisville at about noon. Snow fell
90 Monday night at Jacksonville and other
parts of Illinois, and in Missouri and Kan
sas In Omaha on Tuesday the thermome-
ter was below the freezing point.
INA LATE California speech, Mr.. Seward
said: TO our shores I would welcome all
men who love liberty | would have no
rebellion in the and if could prevent it
or suppress it. | would have the country
exclude all rebels from its broad domain,
and | would have it extend until there was
no room for them outside of il Oh this con
Iinent. In a word, would have sort of
spider policy, which would extend itself
abroad, take everything in, and let nothing
get out. Mexico and Canada take heart.
Mr.. Seward, it will be remembered, was
the purchaser of Alaska, which General
Thomas pronouuces utterly worthless.
The SwEDEs IN MISSOURI extensive
cotton manufacturer near Stockholm, in
Sweden, has just purchased twelve thousand
acres Of land 10 southeast Missouri. whore
he proposes TO colonize some fifteen hundred
antilles Of Swedish emigrants, and to try.
on grand scale, the experiment of at once
raising and manufacturing catton. The
sroat manufacturers of New England are
already turning their eyes toward the
South and its peculiar advantages under
The new conditions of labor tor precisely
such an experiment II succe>sful-and it
can hardly fail-it will iuaugurate a revolu
ton the consequences Of which are at
present incalculabe
USFULFILLED PREDIcuoNs. The pre-
dlctions as to the extraordinary high tides
which it was announced would occur in
England on October 9th, have not been ful- /
filed. The Pail Mall gazette says that the
tides were in most places higher than usual, /
but not 50 high as the spring tides IN March 1
last The highest ranges were on the wast
coast. but the wind was light and from the /
eastward. A, Plymouth, on the south I
coast, the tide was two feet nine inches /
above the hight given in the official tide ia
bes, and similar increases occurred along /
the coasts Of Devonshire and Cornwall Ex- I
tensiye preparations were made at many .
places for the removal of goods and large .
crowds were assembled TO witness the phe- I
uomenou, but dispersed when the ebb com
meuced
RECEIVED AN ANSWER A sub commit
tee Of School Board not a thousand miles +
f'om LINN, were examining class in a pri- I
mary school. One Of the committee under
took TO sharpen up their wits by PROFOUND /
ing the following question ''IfI had
mince pie, and should give two twelfths to I
John, two twelfths to Isaac, two twelfhs TO
Harry, and should keep half Of the pie my.
self, what should there be left ?" There /
was profound study ouong the scholars;
but finally one held up his hand as signal /
that he was ready to answer. "Wcn, sir, |
what would there be left? Speak up loud so |
that all can hear, said the committee man. |
The platel" shouted the little fellow. /
The Committeeman turned red in the face,
while the other members rosred aloud.
That boy was excused from answering any
more questions.
WoMAN's RIGHTs.-A middle aged wo-
man Of Suncock, n H., named Mrs. Lind /
sey, has, for some time past, refused to pay
her highway tax. She was not actrated by
any inconvenience in the payment of her
rates, for she is worth considerable proper
ty, but he expressed dislike to the princi- /
pie of The tax. She was told by the survey I
or that she must pay her tax in money or 1
work it out on the roads. Her reply was
that she would work it out. Accordingly, /
on Monday morning last, she bought new
hoe, joined the gang of men who were work
ing on the highway, aud labored until sun
down, doing a good days work She said /
that she should be on hand the next day |
and continue her work The affair caused /
considerable Of a sensation In Suueook, aud /
Mrs Lindsey Is pronounced to be a pretty /
plucky and apt illustration Of woman
rights.
The LARGEST CANNON monster
cannon cast in the eud of the sixteenth cen
tury by the Emperor Fecdor Iyanoyitch, /
which IS one Of tbe principal lions Of the (
Kremlin, and has hitherto enjoyed the I
reputation Of being the largest piece of ar
tillery in Russia, has al length found rival I
and superior in the colossal gun recently
cast at Peru This military Titan, accord
ing To the account Of correspondent, Of the
81. Petersburg Ne'cs, is fully tgo-tbirds
larger than It's predecessor, aud throws
ball weighing eighty Russian pools, or :, $50
pounds. IL is at present being tested BY
commission OF engineers, the Government
having announced its intention, in case the
report be favorable, Of ordering five other
pieces Of similar calber
SENSIBLE ADVICE We commend the /