Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1870-04-22

Tour OF cur citizens went out five miles west
Of this city, 70 locate hay claims, and were
attacked by fifteen mounted Indians and
driven to Fort Russell. A telegram from
South Pass says the citizens there killed
eleven Indians yesterday. A dispatch from
Sidney says that small parties of Indians
were seen on the surrounding bluffs to-day
A NOVEL CHALLENGE The Mechanics
Engine Company of New Orleans wants TO
race half mile with hand engine, to be
pulled BY thirty men, and force water
through fifty feet of hose in the shortest
time, and have challenged the Philadelphia
firemen. The Hope Hook and Ladder
Company Of the same place want to race
with their truck the same distance, with
twenty six men, and rear ladders up to a
building, They are the champion running
fremen in the South ard are anxious to
test their mettle with the Yankees.
SIDNEY, April IA party of Indians
cut the stringers on the bridge three miles
east Of Antelope and threw fourteen cars of
the track about one O'Clock this morning.
Ali the trainmen except one brakesman got
on the engine and run to the next station.
After they left The Indians broke open a
number Of cars. The remaining braLesman
fred on them and they left The western
bound passenger train was delayed six hours
waiting for the wreck to be cleared away.
FATHER HYAcISTHE stuck the posters ad-
vertising his own paper on the pillars Of the
various chapels in Paris, privilege accord I
ed only to the Emperor's speeches and the
Bishops pastorals.
( AT Fall RIVER, Mass, On December 10,
q man, while eating his breakfast. got nee.
die IN bis throat 1t was lodged crosswise, (
but vas too far down 10 be seen. After three
OF foar days it worked into the left side aud
came nearly through the neck, causing a
painful abseess i little above the abscess
the needle vas SO near the surface that it
caused the flesh to protrude like pinple, /
but the physicians declined to cut to fud it, !
especially as they had some, doubt as to the /
cause. The abscess was subsequently land
ced- The needle in the meantime worked (
back into the side Of the throat and then up !
under The tongue, causing great swelling and Z
pain. Finally on April Q, it was discovered /
protruding under the tongue and was extrac. /
ted. The needle was ! inches long, and
had been four months on its travels.
ANNEXATION IN Nova SCOTIA. /
Scotia bas.an annexation league annexation !
to the United States, This league sets forth /
IN an address Just issued that the United 4
States contain the chief consumers of Nova I
Scotian products and it is therefore, but /
proper that the province should become a 4
part of the American Union, since In its (
present attitude its merely nominal depen- /
dencs on Great Britain cuts It of from the 4
fostering care Of the home government, /
while the fact that it Is a British dependency .
however nominally, puts it at the disadyan- /
tage, so tar as regards the United States, Of 4
being part Of foreign power Also, argues +
the address, annexation would not result in Z
increased taxation to Nova Scotia, since the +
United States would assume the provincial 4
debt, aud only subject Nova Scotians 10 re-
turn to Federal taxation, largely based .
on the use of articles not much in vogue .
IN the province.
CAFTnS CHAELgs W. RAYgoSD, of the .
Corps Of Engineers, United States armv. the .
young officer who was sent to make the first .
exploration BY steam up the Yukon river, in .
Alaska. gives a very interesting narration Of .
She expedition. This river has been ascer- /
tanned to be among the longest on the con
tineut, and is the only important stream that
Alaska boasts Of The trip was made in a .
small steamer, which was carried to the /
mouth oflhe river on the dt OK of the United .
States ship Commodore. The expedition .
consisted Of about dozen men all told, and .
they we're successful in reaching Fort Yukon, 1
near the source Of the river, and returning f.
ii safety. The captain gives very ua- 1
encouraging description Of the character and .
customs of our new Alaskan fellow citizens, 4
and although those he met with on the coast
we're bad enough, they seemed to grow worse
IS they proceeded further toward the interior .
The population except the traders, are all In /
dians, but very cowardly ones.
TIE Revenue retarns for 1859 show that
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on the Gulf coast Of the territory granted to 4
the ''Lover California Company amounted .
+ to the large sum of SIS, 900. This, Of course /
is lbe valuation Of the pearls given By the 4
divers and spectators, aud is consequently I
very much below the actual value Of the I
catch. \ pearl is sold frequently for $50, /
which, resold at Panama at $500, brings
I =
] greater profits have been made on very fine I
gems. Not one-halfof the catch is ever re
ported to the Government, and the yield Of
the Gulf for 1869 may be safely estimated at
/ Ss00, GOO 10 gold.
( Ir VS. NAY believe the Irish papers the (
! Irish Force bill recently passed BY the British
Parliament will have the effect Of largely in /
creasing the Irish emigration to this country
during the present year. For some years
+ past the emigration from ireland has been !
/ decreasing as compared with the emigration +
/ from Germany, which has been increasing
I largely; and it has been thought BY many
that we should never again see such an ex-
I teasive Irish emigration to this country as
I We had in former years. Bot it appears nov
as though this generalization may have been /
rather TOO basty; and, if present promises
I from Ireland be realized, We shall see that
/ severe measures Of Legislation on the part of
/ the English Government are in themselves
sufficient to add many thousands TO the
volume Of emmagtion.
SPURIOUS TEA in large quantities IS com
! pounded in China by persons skilled in the
manufacture Of limitations. The Ingredients
CT this fraudulent composition are stated to
4 be Of The most disgusting description A tea
I sold as scented eaper. 'gunPowdes" and
"siftiugs,' is made no Of the excrement of
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