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4 UeH-Known Ciuzen of Chicago Fa-
tally Poisoned BY Wearing Red stock
ings.
A strange case Of threatened fatality,
arising from most peculiar canse, has Just
been developed in this city On the 9TH
of June last sSt John's Day, Dir. Alexan
der Bangley, well known grocer of the
North division, joined an excursion Of the
French Society of ST. Jean de Baptisie to
Bourbonnaise Grove, near kankakee. He
wore Oh that occasion a pair ct what are
known as French socks, composed Of fine
thread material, with bright scarlet bot
toms, which his wife had purchased at a
I leading dry goods store. at the close Of
I the PIC mic, en- bis return to Chicago, Mr.
Bsngley complained of severe pain in bis
I feet aud on the following morning was I'M
I able to attend to his business in consequences
Of their painfully swollen condition. From
that time forth the strange disorder in
i creased rapidly, extending in white blistefs
/ over neatly the entire body Of the sufferer
] Drs. Henrotin and Fisher were summoned,
I and were at first Of the opinion that the
i ease was one Of erysipelas, but were soon
compelled by the symptoms TO abandon the
I diagnosis.
4 The physicians were completely at a loss
! TO account for the peculiar manifestations
Of the disease, which unquestionably indi-
Gated that deadly poison had been infused
/ into the system through the medium OF the
I blood After several consultations had been
/ had, the doctors incidentally learned of the
scarlet footed French sock worn by Mr..
I Baagley on St John Day. A minute ex-
I animation Of the socks developed the fact
that 10 the bright red colcring matter was
I contained a principle Of acute poison, the
absorption Of which into the sensitive sole
Of tie foot had been aided by abundant
perspiration, until it had taken complete
/ possession Of the system. Subsequent to
arriving as the cause every effort was made
to effect a remedy, but without success.
Mr. BangIey's condition has continued to
grow worse day by day, until, on yesterday,
4 he was advised to make his viii, as he had
but a short time to live So stands this
singular poisoning ease at present. 1t is
stated that other cases of the kind have
/ arisen from the same cause, though not
l nearly 50 severe
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| OTs AZ PRTVATE SALE.
June 21.-tf

4 RARE OPPORTUNITY 70 Buy i
HOME.
The subscribers viii sell number Of lots ad-
joining the CHALYBRATE SPRING PROP
ERTY in Bedford township,
AT VERY LOW PRICES.
On two of them dwelling houses have already
been erected. This is splendid opportunity to
buy cheap and most desirable bome, as the lots
lie Immediately opposite the Chalybeate Spring
Park, on the road, and not more than 100 yards
from the Spring, at the following low prices:
l. one-half acre lot with dwelling house and
other out-buildings, garden and fruit trees, an
the best Of water convenient, at S7Oe, cash.
2. Hah-aore lot $50, cash.
3. BALI acre lot $3.50, cash.
4. Half acre lot $3.50, cash.
5 and 6. Half acre lots with dwelling house,
brick yard, garden and fruit trees thereon for
$3.50, cash.
Z. Contsins three acres covered with fruit
trees, and in good state of cultivation, adioiu-
ing the above lots, for $500. cash.
Any person desiring to buy home, few
yards out of Bedford, wiz find this offer worth
serious consideration.
JOHN LUTZ,
mays.6 Real Estate Agent, Bedford, Pa,
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Labor in England.

Agricultural labor in England has again
given rise to an animated discussion in the
British Parliament The laborers, il an
pears, are reduced TO a more forlorn and
helpless condition than ever In the South
ern counties of England, wages for farm
work are as low as nine shillings week.
that Is. eighteen pence or thirty-six cents a
day. The employing farmers, 1t is stated,
lix the wages to correspond with the price
of the eight pound loaf Of bread. When
the eight pound loaf sold for seventeen
pence lthirty-four cents, the men were
paid eleven shillings a week, or forty four
cents day, and now when the eight pound
loaf Is one shilling the wages have been re.
dueed to thi1ty-six cents a day. This rate,
however, Is too low to support a family, and
the consequence Is that tho laborars compel
their children TO work in the field as soon as
they are able to walk, in order to help earn
their bread; aud although schooesa are plenty.
they are Of very little use to the agricultural
population. In Parliament, it was suggest
ed that compulsory education was the rem
edy, and that the farmers should be forbid
den to employ children under thirteen years
of age, but the reply to this was that the
parents could not afford to feed children
who Gid not work, and that the law. If en-
forced, would cause starvation. No one.
however, 10 the House Of Commons, seem
ed 10 know how to grapple with this diff
Guilty, and the poor agricultural laborer, af-
ter having been the subject Of discussion
for half day, was dismissed to manage as
best be may tor himself for another year.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-07-23

The New York Tribune publishes list
-of some Of the poor men in that city
whose names do not appear in the income
tax list. Ex-Mayor Wood stands at the
head and Ben, his brother, comes sec
end. Each of these men is worth mil.
lions, and yet they return no incomes :
Nm- u. Tweed who is said to own $500.
200 worth Of real estate, IS put down as
another of the poor men Richard o.
1orman, Corporation Counsel, whose Office
Is worth from $5o,000 to sI00, coo per year,
pays no income tax These men are all
good Democrats, and advocates OF "econo-
my.
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VALUABLE TRACTS OF
LAND FOR SALE.

The subscribers offer at private sale the follow
ing valuable tracts Of land, viz:
No. l. The undivided half Of tract Of land.
containing 227 acres, situate on the sou.b-s.s,
side of the Broad Top Mountain, lying partly IN
Bedford and partly in Fulton county, and aa-
Oiniag lands 20 Samuel Danner Jane. Brin-
hurst and Wishart's heirs. TWO VEINS oP
COAL, one 81 feet the other Ct feet in depth bsr.
been discovered on this tract
Eo.2. A tract of2ao acres noar the abo7 3D.
joining the same lands, and supposed % e.r,sa
the same veins Of coal.
Nos. A tract of 400 acres, within two and
half miles Of the above tracts, lying on the North
side of the HarbOr across the mountain, well tim
bered with oak and pine.
May S,-tE JOHN LUTz.
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=
Seal Gstafe.
TWO FARMS AT PRIVATE SALE
NOW Is THE TINE TO BUY CHEAP Rg41
ESTATE
A FARM IN MoERIsoS's COVE
Il SPLENDID FAaM WITHIN TVo ,,,,,,o
OF BEDFORD.
FARM IN MoEarsnr.a 60.

The subscriber viii sell at private sal.
very reasonable terms, and at reduced ur;ees -
ipliowlng Described very valuable real estata
A TRACT oP LAND situated Is N@--;,,..s. ~.
IoFe, abaut one mile from Lafare,teaville -
four miles from Woodberry, in Miidle WaaSt -
twp, containing 1e2 acres more q Iess sIa,,, y
acres cleared and under fence, with one 80
half story log ho2se, log barn. blaetsn,;sb ~
snd other cut buildings adjoinng lands 81 TscsoPr
eeaekey on the east, Christ. Koehenderfer ~ ~.
north, John Keagy the Eest, ana Tgn.,;,,s ~.
Brants heirs on the south. This ean Le ,7.5a
one of the neatest and most pleasant IittIe fam
~ tne Core with very little expense. Their Is an
abundance Of water, plenty Of fruit and spIendi5
9mbeT 1i upon tall that Is necessary to make Il
ALSO.
A MOST EXCELLENT TRACT or J.rAfr
sIVNE AND RIVER BOTTOM LAM. ,r;.L;.
two miles Of Bedford, containing 22s aeres sJ,,
$50 acres Of which are cleared and Ia biyb -.
Of cultivation and the balance well Tia
There are excellent new buildings erected -
with well Of never falling water At t5s ~,
There are two orchards Of choice fruit pno- I.
rs acres Of meadow, River BOttom) can b e-l.;
waited with trihing eApense. The upland /. IN
good state Of cultivation, well set With clover s,
under good fence. There is sufficient ben urT5
Il 20 pay for the farm several times if thrown m,
the Bedford market. Apply 70
j. z. DURB0RROW, Attorney a. Law.
7maytf Bedf5T5 p.
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The Soldier made but a poor show in
the Democratic Convention. Gen. Hancock
got but the paltry number Of q votes on
his highest ballot Money settled the ques-
ton. Packer was always a Copperhea d
which was sufficient to have beaten Hancock
OF itself But beside this hundred thou
sand dollars out Of Packers millions soon
settled the hash Of all opposing candidates.
There Is said 10 have been no difficulty in
buying allihe votes that we're wanted and as
matter Of eour.e Packer had no eonscien-
tious scruples on that point.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-07-23

NEW USE OF ELECTRICITY A Losdon
firm have just obtained patent for a meth
cd, startling to 'old salts in its orignali-
ty, for catching whales by means of eletri-
city. BY their plan every whaleboat ispro-
vided with a galgqnic battery. Wires from
opposite polls run down to the point of zach
set Of harpoons When the whale is sufi-
ciently near two harpoons are thrown as
nearly simultaneously as possible, and when
imbedded in the flesh of the monster com
pletes the circuit The charge is expected
to be sufficiently powerful to paralyze the
animal, so that the small boat may advance
and dispatch him at leisure.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-07-23

IHE Erie Railroad is making regular
chapter Of accidents or raiher murders.
But few weeks ago we chroniclea a fright
Jul accident with loss Of life and now
comes the news that again on the 18th
through the gross carelessness of the con.
ductor Of freight train, nine more victims
have been cruelty murdered by the running
Of an express train into freight raia that
he'd only been partially switched of. 1t is
high time that railroad mufdsss be punish
ed as other homieides are. a careful in
yestigation and prompt punishment Of the
gailty parties in a few cases would soon
cure these railroad officials Of their careless
habits
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-07-23

The cops say Gen. Cass was not nomina-
ted because he belongs to the railroad ring.
They forgot to say that Packer owns the
Lebigh Valley Railroad and IS as much IN
terested in railroad monopoly as any one in
the State Why don't they tell US that
Hancock failed TO secure the nomination be-
cause be was soldier. That would have
been a true statement o. the case.
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THE Cops make q great ado about bloat
cd bondholders. Last week they nominated
twenty million aristocrat as their candidate
for Governor or rather be with the help Of
Brick Pomeroy bought up their convention
for the, to him, paltry sum Of hundred
thousand dollars.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-07-23

FRANK HraHEs declared IN the Demo
cratic convention at Harrisburg that he had
to run gauntlet Of pickpockets to gain an
entrance to the convention. No woDder-
the majority of the delegates among whom
Packer hundred Thousand dollars had been
distributed were supposed to have their
wages in their pockets except what had
already gone for Whiskey.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-07-23

PACKER is worth fifteen or twenty nil
lions Of dollars and the cops expect his
money to elect him. They have always
been the uphclders Of monied aristoeraey.
1t Is not long since they upheld the doe
trins that capital should own labor They
have since undertaken to play the roe Of
poor mans friend, but that is only for
effect Their aristocratic preferences win
crop out in spite Of all their efforts to hide
them for a season. Packer owes his nom
InatiOn 70 bis money alone.
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GRANT administration has been paying
off the national debt at the rate Of fifteen or
twenty millions per month. The Copper
head convention IS opposed to this kind of
thing and demands reform. Il is the true
rebel idea they have got-they are opposed
70 the payment Of the debt at all.
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JOHN LUTZ.

H.
FIVE lots Of ground in Bedford, so by 2lR,
formerly part Of the Lyons estate,
Two tracts Of 1S0 acres each within three miles
Of a depot On the Pacific Rail Road back Of Oma-
ha.
A tract Of bottom land timbered and praris
tive miles from Omaha City.
One third Of 1000 acres in Fulton County Pa
including valuable Ore, mineral and timber lands
near Fort Littleton-
Over 1000 acres Of valuable ore, coal and tim
her lands in West Virginia
ALSO, Twenty FIVE one acre lots, adjoining the
Borough Of Bedford, with lime stone rock r0r
kiln or quarry on the upper end Of each.
Also, $40 acres Of land in Woodbury. CO., Iowa.
SO " Franklin 4 Iowa
l09 acres adjoining Bedford, with house, barn.
&c, known as the "Amos farm"
Also, farm Of l07 acres in Harrison twp.
Also, Six acres near Bedford, with houses,
stable and brick yard thereon.
Q. E. SHANNON,
June 2l.-tf Bedford, Penn a.
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TIE Ohio CopperheaI Convention con
demns unequi7ocaIy cur present protective
tariff. The Pennsylvania Cops keep mum
on the tariff, but are equally ready with
their Ohio brethren 10 do the bidding Of
British free traders as soon as they get into
noWer
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-07-23

CALToRNIA WINE CRoP. The AHa
California, of June %, says. ''The grape
crop in Sonora and Napa will be above the
average, but less than that Of last year.
There has been no frost in either valley his
season, but in the former the fly has made
its appearance, and viii do some damage.
On most Of the vines the punches are set
and the berries we'll filed. The vineyards
generally are cultivated with care, and the
owners are zealously trying to learn as much
as possible about the qualities of the differ
ent varieties and their adaptation to the
various soils -
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-07-23

The Democrats Of Pennsylvania evidently
have not read the letter of Josiah G.. Ab
bott, Of Boston to the Tammany Society Of
New York, on the occasion Of It's late Fourth
Of July festival, or else they do not recog
nize him as he is regarded here as one ol
the authorized expounders of the true faith.
In that letter Judge Abbott declared that
negro suffrage and reconstruction are SET
tied Issues and if We to-day had the mi.
jority IN Congress and the President w
could not deprive the negro of the South q
suffrage, or restore the condition existin,
before reconstruction was begun And vel
the Pennsylvania convention, Wednesday.
declared that the Democratic party was op-
posed TO negro suffrage. How long doe.
that party intend to cling to the dead issues
Of the past?-.S Springfield Republican,
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-07-23

CAPITAL AND LABOR To increase the
rates OF interest Is a backwar step, and no
/ political economist would advocate such a
measure. It is not only hostile TO labor
aud home productions, but directly robs
these interests Of that much money, and
tends ouly to pamper wealth, traficers and
the draRes IN the community; and the rep
| resentatiye who votes for such a measure is
the most deadly enemy the laborer and
manufacturer has to contend with, because
just IN proportion as the rates of interest in
/ crease the price of labor decreases. and our
| home industry declines Our legislation is
largely IN favor Of capital, against domestic
productions, simply because nopey-chanr
ers and the monied interests buy up the
members Of the legislatures to legislate IN
that interest, while it ought to be in favor
of encouraging domestics by reducing the
rates Of interest and dividends, so as to
make it a greater inducement 70 invest
money in manufactures, which give employ
ment 20 the people, instead Of making it
more profitable TO invest IN stocks, stock
jobbing aud speeulations, which only tend
70 destroy legitimate business.
Since the destruction Of slavery, cur eoun-
try is only liable to the dangers, to-Wit: The
legislation in favor Of capital, which enrich
es the few and empoyerishes the many, ere
ating an aristoeracy based on money; corrup
ton IN our legislative halls where members
sell themselves TO the highest bidder to pass
improper acts and corruption in the Halls
ofJustiee. These three crimes against the
principles Of our Government, are twice as
deadly as treason against the couutFy, and
we firmly believe that nothing will check it
but dose Of lynch law administered 10
those who are VIGOROUSLY known TO be
guilty Of such acts. II is sad resort, but
the body polite, like the atmosphere we
breathe, sometimes becomes so impure that
nothing but terrible storm, however de
structiye II may be to some, win purify, and
give life and healing to millions who pass
through the ordeal, --.HaG' Jo1RaI
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Col. I. JORDAN, Secretary of the Com
monwealth, combining business with pleas
ure, has been spending the past week among
his old friends in Bedford lie has chosen
Harrisburg as his future place Of residence
and business, and in addition to his duties
as Secretary Of the Commonwealth is prac
tising his profession His acknowledged
ability as a lawyer viii soon command for
him lucrative practiee at .he capital.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-07-23

THE REGENCY TROUBLES. The troubles
of the Spanish Regency are increasing. Be
sides the Republican demonstrations in
Spain itself, and the revolutionary uprising
in Cuba, the Government has now a diff
Guilty on hand in Madeira, and troops have
been dispatched to suppress the Republic
which has been there proclaimed. This will
be an easier job than the suppression of the
Cuban Republic; but it adds to the compli-
tions in which the Spanish Liberals are in
yol7ed. The Regent, Serrano, has man
aged well thus far, apd has borne up brave
ly against adversity and misfortune.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-07-23

JoHS NJ COOPER Of the ChambersbaFy
Tglley spirit has retired from that paper and
from editorial life Mr. Cooper Is clever,
genial gentleman and barring his politics we
heartily wish him success in ghatever field
Of lator be may deLermine to cast his lot.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-07-23

INTELLIGENT CHINAMEN.-A San Fran
cisco letter writer says ninety eight per cent.
OF the Chinese who come here can read and
write in their own language Most of them
are rapid in figuring Their children learI
our language quickly; the parents With dit
ticulty, though they soon manage to acquire
a stock of words and sentences which an
swer their purposes They show great
anxiety to send their children to school
where English is taught, though as yet few
facilities have been given them, for while
they pay full school taxes they have as yet
been furnished but one schoo-house for
400 pupils.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-07-23

THE adjourned court held this week has
been but meagrely attended On account
of the lateness Of the harvest our farmers
are still busy securing their crops. Judge
Rowe presided and considerable amount
of business was disposed Of
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TIE Cops went for each others pockets
with venganee at the Harrisburg conyen-
ton. They viii 90 for Packer the balance
ofthe campaign. Money is the measure OF
merit with them
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ANECDOTE OF THE FRENCH EMPEROR. -
A correspondent Of the Philadelphia Bu7le-
tn writes from Paris, July I'd "The i'm
perial family seem to have taken up their
residence for the remainder of the summer
in the vicinity Of Paris, and propose giving
a series of matinees and soirees in the gar.
dens Of the Palace Of st. Cloud, to indem-
nily themselves and their friends for their
priyation of Fontainebleau. The Emperor
has begun to stroll about the little town aud
the banks Of the river, Just as he used to do
in Fontainebleau and the forest. The other
day friend, who was staying at St Cloud.
witnessed a curious scene, highly charae-
tcristic at once of the Emperor S 6oahonansie
and adfoituess. He was walking in a part
OF the park to which the public is admitted
and was followed and dogged about by a
parcel Of troublesome and curious children
lie pr f1ably did not ike to seem i'll natured
hy ordlAing them of, so he sought out one
OF the gingerbread stalls which are always
to be found inathe neiehboThood, purchased
the whole Of the stock at a bargain, and
then upsetting the entire concern with his
own hand. left the contents TO the mercy of
the hungry crowd Of urchins.
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LAURENT CLERo, for more than fifty years
prominently identified with the cause of
deaf mute instruction, died at his residence
in Hartford, Connecticut, aged SO years
He was native of La Baline, near Lyons,
France. a deaf mute himself from infancy,
and pupil OF the Able Sicard, he came to
Hartford in 1916, at the request of the late
Mr. Gallaudet, and became In 1877 a teach
er Of the American Asylum at Hartford,
the first institution for deaf mntes estab-
hshed iB this country. His ability. zeal
and graces of character made him always
respected and beloved. In 1855 be retired
from active duty on pension.
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0SE Of the most fashionable lions Of
Paris, Count de L., has just had lover !
quarrel with one Of its most fashionable
''lionesses, Nine. de X. The Count
is much too elegant man not to be bald; in
fact, he has no more hair on the TOP of his
head than Old Uncle Ned or a billiard ball.
When the ex-lovers had returned each 9th
er, with tears and tragic sobs, their letters
and their portraits, their gifts and their
souvenirs seals ofloye, butsealed in vain ?
-Madarse de X--elosed the dread colo.
guy with this parting shot There is one
blessing, at least, about all this, said the
consolable Lydia, one hasn't to send you
back any locks of hair
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TIE proposition to introduce Chinese
Coolie labor into the South is beginning to
gain favor in the eyes of the Democracy
has the look Of their old idol. slavery.
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A YEAR OF PLENTY. From ali parts Of
the country the cheering intelligence con-
tinues to come announcing the abundance
Of the earth productions. The wheat crop
Just harvested is all that could be desired.
and the yield Is pronounced to be far above
the average In the South the cotton
promises 10 furnish more bales than has
been produced since the commencement Of
the war. In the West; excepting a portion
Of Illinois, the corn stands firm, aud gives
assurance of an uncommon harvest. In
New York State all kinds of grain have
done exceedingly well, and potatoes, the
farmers say, are too plenty to pay. We
have plenty, now let Us have peace
AMONG the laughab'e incidents which
took place during the recent election riots
in Paris, was the case Of a pickp caught
watch in hand. The indignant crowd
seized the culprit and would have handed
him over to the police as a robber, but the
thief preferred the fate of revolutionist,
and as be was being carried along raised
the lusty cry of "Five Ia Republique p
The consequence was that he was torn BY
the police from his captors, and will prob.
ably get weeks instead of a years i'm
prisonment.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-07-23

AMONG the distinguished visitors at the
Springs we notice Hon. Simon Cameron
and Judge Thompson Of the Supreme Court.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-07-23

THE President has been spending the past
week or two at Long BEauch and Cape Nay.
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The railways Of France, which run at
low rates, under restricted tariffs, have for
the last six years averaged dividends Of II
per cent.