Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-11-12
GENERAL NEWS ITEms.

A DAYTON t0hio) terrier accidentally got
locked up in a closet, and was there confined
a week before being released During the
time Of his involuntary Incarceration he eat
a hoop skirt a pair Of kid gloves, a pair Of
bearskin gloves, and pair Of kid CATERS.
FIsTIANA il 10 trouble at Cincinnati
Allen and his hackers refuse to accept MIR.
Murray, Of ST. Ionis, as the final stake
holder Bill Carroll is there for the purpose
OF selecting one satisfactory to both parties.
McC00le demands Murray. The difficulty
threatens to brake up the McCoole-Allen
mill.
DURING the month Of October, the mum
Der Of arrests made by the Louisville police
force, was three hundred and seventeen, Of
which number eighty nine were for felony
and two hundred and twenty-eight for
misdemeanors The nationality Of tho par
ties arrested stood as follows american,
l30; Irish, Isl Germans, 56 negroes 53.
CONVICT LABOR. The Virginia peniton-
tiary, is about to commence making boots
aud shoes-A Boston manufacturer having
proposed to employ three hundred of the
cOnyicts in that business, and having agreed
oinvest $50 600 in permanent machinery,
and the same amount in the purchase Of
leather stock.
The following is the amount Of business
transacted by the money order Office Of the
Washington city postotiice, during the
month of October Amount OF orders
issued, SIS, 3l6 20 amount of orders paid,
$35, 905 50; surplus received from other
money order Offices, S44 537; amount de-
posted at New York, $36, 500.
EEcRETARY Boutwell, has iuaugurated
a sinking fund for the payment of the
national obligations, and there is already on
deposit in the Treasury over eighteen
millions Of dollars to the credit Of the sink
ing fund in gold interest bonds and accrued
interest thereon, waiting Congressional ac-
ton.
THE mineral stone known as SiIimanite,
found in considerable quantities near the
falls, Norwich, Conn, is valuable from the
fact that it is obtainable nowhere else on
the globe save in the UTal Mountains.
their cabinets, and frequently exchange
rare specimens Of other minerals for IT, Its
name and location are well known to geolC-
gists all over the world
4 Mr.. BOWERS, of Harrison7ille, Cass
county, Missouri, was arrested and charged
with abductlng and numbering young lady,
and tried belorea justice Of the peace.
While the trial was going on, the young
lady appeared before the justice, but he re-
fused 10 take her evidence whether she had
been killed or not, and committed Bowers
for murder Bowers was discharged on q
writ OF habeas corpus.
MINNESOTA paper says Major A. II.
Robinson went to Fort Ridgely last week to
carry cut Gen. Hancock order in serving
notices on the settlers upon the Fort Rjdgely
reservation, taking with him only twenty
copies OF the notice, Supp0sing that there
were not over a dozen settlers there to be
served But when he found that instead Of
twenty there were between two and three
hundred to be served he returned to ST.
Paul to await further orders
TRADE wITH SoUrH AMERICA. Minis
| ter Carsia of the Argentine Republic, is
preparing a pamphlet, which he intends to
place upon the desks Of members Of Con
/ gtes,, and circulate among Government
officers, suggesting a reduction Of the Uni
ted States tariff on hides aud OtherFaW pro-
ducts OF Buenos Ayrcs. lie viii recon-
mend ame.ioration on the ground that no
ltll eef dilAde5E II AtitfGA lIbiA hiitulb4lltA
Impost on raw material.
THE FLoRIDA ORANGE CRoP.-The
golden cr0ps of the Florida orange growers
are already gathering. Two car loads of
oranges, about 10000, passed through Fer
nandina, a few days ago, from Manatee, for
the Savannah market, aud through the
winter planters viii send their crops for
ward according to the demand of the mar
ket. Such as remain on tie trees are well
| preserved, up TO the approach Of sprine,
| unless touched by untimey frost.
A FEW WEEKS ago Mrs. Arabella A.
Mansfield, A. b., Of Mount Pleasant, Iowa,
was admitted TO the bar and authorized to
practice Jaw in that State. The Mount
Pleasant J0VrRHi in giving an account Of
! her admission, sass Ms Mansfield Is q
young married lady Of about tweuty-four
years OF age, is 4 graduate Of the Iowa Wes-
! leyan University. and a lady of strong mind
Iha. she has the brain and the necessary
ability to make q good record Tor herself IN
tie profession Of her choice, no one viii dis
pute. Her husband, Professor J. ". Mans
field, was also admitted at the time
IT is now pretty well understood that the
StonewalI horror of the Mississippi was
the result Of criminal carClessuess. In the
first place, the boat was loaded in gross vio-
lation Of the law. In the next place, the
fire was communicated by gamblers on
board. Then there was but one yawl, and
in other respects not the usual or required
provisions for safety. The occurrence can
not be attributed to a mysterious Proyi-
dence 1t was wholly human affair, and
it was peculiarly one of those occurrences in
which it cannot be said that there was no
body to blame Somebody must answer for
this terrible crime; somebody has swept
over two hundred souls into eternity with
little more than a moment warning.