Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-05-21
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to be growing faster Just now than ever
/ before. During the month of April. 728
/ permits we're issued for new structures and
+ l54 ior alterations and additions. Of the
new structures, Cos are to be dwelling
+ houses.
/ ROAD MAKING Road making, accord
ing to a recent message sent to the Legisa-
ture Of Massachusetts, By Governor Clafin,
should be given prominent place in the
course of studies Of agricultural colleges.
/ Cheap transportation is one Of the principal
requirements of the present day, and
practical application Of scientific principles
to the construction Of farm roads viii ma
/ terialy reduce the cost Of taking produce to
market or the railroad station A good
road, besides, costs less TO take care Of than
an Indifferent one. Thus, in Massachusetts,,
macadamized road, sixty miles long, cost
for repairs 10 1868 the sum Of So 900, while
an ordinary road. eighty two miles long,
cost $I4, ,52S.
An Old ODD FELLOW DEAD.-Mr.
Richard Marley, one of the Oldest Odd Eel
lows in the United States, died in Baltimore
on Tuesday The,deceased vas a cotempo-
Tary of the late Grand Sire Thomas Wildey,
aud did much towards the advancement Of
the 0fder. He was past grand master,
and ffor a long pe:iod Up to the time Of his
death filed the responsible position Of treas
urer Of the Grand Lodge Of Maryland, and
was one Of the representatives from Mary
land to the Grand Lodge Of the United
States, which meets in San Francisco. He
was also a prominent member Of Salem En-
campment The deceased vas se7enty-eight
years Of age, ard esteemed by all who knew
him as an honest and upright man.
1 MARRYING Your WrE's SISTER. The
bill to allow marriage with q deceased Bife's
sister was ordered to a second reading in the
Euglieh House Of Commons on the 2Ist ult.,
by a vote Of two hundred and forty three to
one hundred and forty-fcur Mr.. Bright
made speech in favor of the bill, saying
that there was no reason why man should
be prevented marrying woman wiling to
marry him, except natural kinship of blood,
aud on this ground there was more objec-
ton to the marriage Of first cousins than
with a deceased wife's sister. As proofs Of
the legitimacy Of these marriages, he urged
that the persons who contracted them excl
ted no feelings Of condemnation among their
friends and neighbors.
VALUABLE FRUIT Cana fruit can con-
tanning 81 500 was ploRed up In the gar
den at the late residence of the widow Cliff
ton. at Seymour. Indiana, the other day.
After being thrown up it was kicked around
a couple Of days, when couple Of men
came along who had curiosity enough 10
open It. Upon removing the top it was
found to contain $1,000 in greenbacks.
This amount, it is said, they quietly remog-
t Cd, and left for Madison, where they depos-
D lied It in a bank, intending to set up in the
grocery business. Some how or other, so
the story goes. the affair leaked out, and the
parties who leased Of Mrs Clifton made the
interlopers disgorge, and the money is still
on deposit at Madison waiting claimant
to appear and prove property. 1t is sup
posed By some that young Clifton, who was
hung by the Jackson county yigilants near
Brownstown last summer, buried the mon
ey where it was found, short time before
he met his fate
\ NOVEL SwINDLING DoDGE.-A year
ago this spring, says New York letter, the
son of a Vermont farmer left home with
circus company. The family received no
communication from him. A few days
since there came to the father letter post
marked Flushing, Long Island. The writer
stated that tie missing son had como to his
house six weeks before, in feeble condition,
and had Just died, asking, as last request,
that his remains might be sent home. He,
the writer, stated that be was in Door ciy-
cumstauces, and asked the father to send
sixty dollars through the postoffice to pay
for suitable coffin and other expenses at
tending the dispatching of the body home
ward The father, at first, supposed the
letter to be genuine He, however, in order
to make sure that it was all right, sent it
back to the President of Flushing Village
with request to investigate the matter.
The latter has discovered that the son re-
ported dead Is not only alive but one Of the
many men in his employ. The attempted
swindler has not yet been detected He
probably learned from the son of his pro-
louged absence from home, and resorted TO
the above scheme for raising the wind
How CABINET OFFICERS GET ABUSED.
The facts are, says a correspondent, that
Senator win write strong letter to the State
Department, recommending a constituent
for consulate, which, Of course pleases the
constituent, and increases his hope Of sue
cess. The Senator, in day or two, goes
Up to the Department, refers to his constit-
uent for whom he wrote the letter, and says,
PAY no attention to that letter, Mr. Secre-
tary. / don't care anything about that man.
I signed his papers merely to get rid ofhim.
This is the man want So the latter is
appointed, and the Senator says to the first:
you see how it is; tried to get you APP
pointed and failed. Fish appointed another
man for cur Sta5e whom | don know. The
Administration is going to the devil. +" The
defeated man thinks the Senator tried his
best for him, and viii support him for rec
lection As for the other man, he has his
place, and will not take the trouble to tell
his defeated friend how he got it; and so he
will laugh in his sleeve when the Senator the
next day says he can't get any appointment
out of this administration unless they are
relatives or friends of the President"
The papers are handed over, the applicant
bows, the Secretary bows, and the next Wis
itor is shown in The applicant is delight