Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1870-05-06

passed Tor the especial purpose of eniicing
the ladies' to the Territory.
An important rumor has been circulated
that Minister Thornton protested against
the ratification BY this Government Of the
Darien ship canal treaty, on the ground that
Eit violates the provisions Of the treaty be-
tween the United States and England, pro.
yiding that in such enterprises both coun
tries shall be equal partners.
Tue vote ia the Indiana Conference oftho
I NJ. E. church on the question Of lay delega-
tion stands 2,sl2 for and :, 277 against. in
the several districts and the miuisterial i
vote before the Conference. was sixty-seven
in favor The majority report 81 sal.sss Com
mittee on the Methodist Book Concern was
endorsed, on the ground that ten persons
were more likely 10 be correct in the judg
ment of the case than three.
SENATOR REyELs does not seem inclined
to accept the patronage Of any one. He
exacts all the etiquette due to his office, and
to a man who thought he was conferring a
favor by inviting him to call at his rooms
at Willard s, the Senator replied: Il am at
2S North 4 street, and shall be pleased to
have you cali on ne.
y VIRGINIA correspondent writes that
notwithstanding the friends of Mrs. Stone
wall jackson have Indignantly denied the re-
port that that lady was soon 10 be married
to well known Boston millionaire, it is not
very probable that they viii deny that she
is soon to be married to one Of Virginia 5
most distinguished di7ines.
THE House decides BY close vote IN "a
vor ofincreasing its membership. The sup
l Elementary act Of g limited the number Of
Representatives to 24l The present bill
increases the number % 275. with suitable
provision FOR the rights of new States yet to
be erected. The main OPPOSITION was made
BY Republican members. With so close
vote in the House, the fate of the measure
in the Senate Is very uncertain.
The passage Of the Congressional appor
tionment bin by The House on Monday is
/ regarded as a shrewd dodge on the part of
the west and south to gain additional power
and, in fact, control the action in making
the permanent apportionment A few slight
concessions were made to the eastern and
middle States, but 10 the main the new adj
ditioual members viii come from the south
and west. The eastern members fought
the bin hard, but The west and south carried
it through by their combined strength.
In the Chicago Common Council Monday
night a report was presented stating that
during the late war The railway companies
were allowed, in consideration Of the in
creased cost Of iron aud other materials, to
raise their fare from five to six cents, for
those not buying tickets, but that now, on
account Of the depreciation in prices, the
rates should be reduced, and if the compa-
MICS DO not make such reduction in ten days
the Corporation Counsel will investigate
whether they have not, by such Illegal
charges, forfeited their charters.
THE Louisville C9paey-.Iogpal Is not
excessively complimentary to those Demo
Gratis who have so suddenly changed their
hate into affection for ireplored brother
That paper says:
When a man who has been a rampant Sc
cessioaist and bull-headcd hater Of aboli
tionism all his life suddenly fakes the negro
to his arms as a long-ost brother or sister
and commences to abuse the white people at
the same time, you have but to point your
gun at him and pull the trigger if you wish
to shoot down full blown scalawag in search
Of negro votes.
TIE vitality statistics Of Michigan have
just been published. The fact brought out
that viii strike the reader as the most siu-
gular is, that the professional men were the
longest-lived class. The average age ofcler-
gymen and physicians was 50 years, while
that of farmers was 5l,27 years, being even
less than that Of shoemakers, whose average
age was $3.50. Clerks enjoyed a shorter
life than any other class, only So IA years
being allotted to them OF the various dis
eases that swept away the people, consump-
ton was the most fatal its victims number
ing 8ll, out Of a total number Of deaths Of
6,326
TIE Bazar originated in rather a curious
way. 4 German servant girl who was en-
poyed in the family Of Fletcher Harper, Jr,
used to receive the Basar OF Berlin from
her friends at home The ladies' Of the
family happening to see the paper, sugges
ted the feasibility Of establishing similar
periodicai in this country. The project was
carried out, and an arrangement was efec-
ted, as already stated, to obtain advance
sheets and duplicate plates from the Bagar
1t is not generally known that the Paris
fashions are copied from Berlin, and by the
present arrangement the newest styles are
published in New York simultaneous with
If not in advance Of those in Paris.
THERE is said to be living in the neigh
borhood Of Dumfries, Prince William coun-
ty, Va, the widow of revolutionary sol
dier-Ars. Chloe Flatforl who has reached
the unusual age of Il5 years She enjoys
good health, but is very deaf, and her eye
sight is somewhat impaired She has lost
all of her teeth, but has a thick suit of gray
hair. Her memory is good, She says she
was grown woman at the time of the sur.
render of Lord CORVALLIS at Yorktown
She is in the receipt Of pension from the
United States Government, and is very
comfortably cared for The old lady both
chews and smokes tobacco.
GEN. VAN VLET at the Philadelphia
meeting to honor the death ofGeneral Thorn
as, said: "We entered West Point together;
we studied together we roomed together;
we graduated together, and we we're assign
ed to the same regiment and ordered TO Flo