The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1870-02-17
NEWS ITEMS.

! Sbth iUChct WhfCfl ttit bridegroom las
tens about the neck of his duck and
locks it with key. The key is nut
upon his watch-chain, and thus we are
informed. with charming naivete, that
both are constantly reminded of each
otEer.' And has ii come to this, that
lock and key are recommended to re-
mind newly married couples of each
other? We had supposed that chintz,
chignons, loves of bonnet, switches,
hoop-skirts, aud so forth, would fur
nish cons ant reminder of his captiv-
ity to the husband, and late hours a
like reminder to the wife. But this
is an age of invention.
Smuggling dry goods through the
mails has taken on huge proportion.
Laces, furs, eteetras. put in the often
est appearance. But books and jewell
ry are not uncommon. Packages con-
tanning such articles are sent from Eu-
rope and Canada. A Mrs. Brother
ton, milIiner- acknowledges to SNUG
gle amounting to $500. A member of
the Chicago Board of Education was
caught at smuggling books. A gross
of hymn books, addressed to Brigham
Young, Salt Lake City, was also stop
ped at Chicago. So law cannot elImi-
nate rascaIity from nature after ALL
The advOca es Of woman suffrage are
to have an enemy they little anticipa-
ted. Some of the most prominent la
dies in Washington, among them Mrs.
General Sherman and Mrs. Admiral
Dahlgren, are about to take active
measures in opposition to the move
ment to secure the ballot to women.-
One lady recently appeared before the
Senate committee and made a strong
argument against suffrage. This fire
in the rear is likely to havea demoral-
izing effect upon the new recruits in
Miss Anthony's army.
Much to the confounding of the ge-
ol0gists, human footprints have been
discovered in the same strata with the
tracks of birds in the Turner's Falls
rocks. What will become of present
theories if it be proved that man is CO.
eval with the frightful seIni-reptile
birds of which we have such irightful
fancy pictures? AS animate creation
was pretty much of muchness in
those days, may we not indulge the
hope that man, then, was cross be-
tween bat and crocodile?
a man in Auburn, Me-, in last sea-
sons hay harvest put nve IONS Of green
grass, just from the mower, into
tight bin in his barn, to test a newly
recommended method of curing hay.
The grass was snugly stored away and
covered with several tons of straw, ac-
cordIng to recommended practice On
opening the bin this winter it was
found the entire lot spoiled-not fiji G.
ven for bedding for horses.
II is reported that government off
cials are going around in the coun-
try investigating every receipt
book, bill, etc. The reason of this
is to see if the proper revenue
stamp is adjusted or not. If the latter
be the case, a fine is imposed upon the
holder of the paper, who, perhaps
through neglect, has omitted to have
the paper. Business men would do
we'll therefore TO examine their papers
in order that they may not be victimI-
zed.
The captain of ship at San Fran
cisco evaporated some quicksilver in
his vessel, in order to destroy the rats,
which was effectually accomplished
The ship was then ventilated, and the
crew went on board at night to sleep.
In the morning all were found to be
Saivated-the fumes of the quicksilver
not having been thoroughly eradica-
ted. They narrowly escaped the fate
of the rats.
a Pennsylvania negro has been elect
ell by the South Carolina negro LegiS-
lature AssOciate-Justice of the Su-
preme Court of that State. He has
smattering of law and has practised
snme in police court. The negroes
demanded a re ,resentative on the su-
preme bench, and this j. J. Wright,
was the only available timber within
reach.
President Grant sent to the Senate
the nomination of his venerable faith
er, the Hon. jesse r. Grant, for Post
master at COvington, Kentucky. The
elder Mr.. Grant was first appointed 10
the p0stmastership by President
Johnson, and this action is for re-
newal of the lease.
The women are marching on. In
the Missouri House of Representatives
the general school law was amended so
as to allow women over q years Of
age, and owners of real property, to
vote on questions affecting the raising
of taxes for school purposes.
Judge Strong. of Pennsylvania,
nominated for one of the justices of
the United States Supreme Court, de-
cided with Judges Read aud Agnew,
while on the Supreme .ench in Penn
sylvania, tnat the .egal-tender act is
Institutional.
The heavy snow storm which COM
menced Monday extended throughout
North and as far South as Whining
ton, n. c., and West to Oswego, Buff
fal0 and Pittsburg.
Milton Page, of Alexandria, n. H.,
is the champion egg-eater of New Eng
land. On the 2Sth ultimo he stretched
himself outside of eighty-five of the