Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1870-02-11
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

lHE New 0rk Legislature mas member
10 il that has served thirty years without a
break
There is at least one sign Of cold weather
now The Kansas river is frozen over for
the first time in many years.
AT Duluth, Minnesota. $40 counterfeit
notes of the Albany City National Bank are
in circulation.
IF beauty draws by single hair, how
irresistible some Of the women must be who
wear bushel basket full
A WISCONSIN, minister the other Sunday
warned young ladies' that the first step TO
ruin was yard Of gay ribbon and an ostrich
feather
The Mormons, if wicked, are very sharp.
They are organizing corps Of women lee
turers, who sweetly sing the glories Of the
institution.
IT is thought that an effort will be made
this winter at Des Moines to put in motion
the necessary proceedings to give the women
of the State of Iowa the right Of the ballot.
4 CHICAGO paper complains that 'hell is
too frequent snhject with the erclesiasties
Of that city. The subject is too homely for
that town.
An INDIANA paper says it Is a singular
fact that religious revivals are always the
most successful during the short and dark
days Of the winter months.
TUE FITNESS of name was never more
beautifully shown than in Congress a few
days since, when Shanks moved an ap-
preparation for additional legs to manned
soldiers.
A RAILROAD watchman in Ohio feil a.
sleep on the track the other night, with his
lantern in his hand. The lightning express
came along, tossed him upon the cow
catcher. and carried him to the next station,
with only broken leg.
A TRENTON husband, Disappearing of his
wiie's receiving presents, tore from her back
and into shreds a dress which male friend
had given her. The Judge before whom
the assault was tried advised them to patch
it up between them.
THE SPRINGFIELD Journal says: In
many parts of this State the winter wheat is
represented to be almost entirely killed ont
by the alternate freezing and tbawing, which
have characterized the winter
THE WIFE of Tompkins county, IN. Y.)
IAfUiNI UltA QH ADhAntudNs Ou Tic DAuQdN
following he married his servant girl; on
Monday the newly welded pair attended
the dead wife s funeral; on Tuesday the new
wife gave birth to an heir.
A MEMBER of the New Orleans police,
when on the stand testifying against man
he had arrested, was identified as an escaped
murderer, aud sent back to serve out his
life sentence in the pententjary.
Miss EUNICE REDMAN, Of Jackson county,
Indiana, aWoke one night and saw fellow
climbing up to her window on a ladder
About the time he got to the top, she pushed
the ladder off, and the neighbors picked up
burglar with broken leg.
A Troy hotel keeper boarded clerical
looking gentleman two weeks, on the
strength OF his piety and copy of the ten
commandments which he carried pasted on
bis vaIi>e. The other day the brother left
to call on another minister, but he has not
returned yet. The yaiise has been broken
open and found to contain a fine assortment
Of cat straw.
TIE reduction of The duty on pig and
scrap iron will be opposed by Messrs. Dick
ey, Coke, Covode and others, aud if neces-
sary to prevent the reduction ofthe duty on
will vote against the bill, which has really
but a very poor prospect Of becoming law
at this session.
DR.. CHoATE. Superintendent of the Mass
achusetts Lunatic Hospital, says that the
excess of insane women over insane men is
becoming more and more marked. He at
tributes it to the fact that more lunatic men
die. Men are made insane by physical eau
ses, while women succumb to subtle moral
influences, not threatening to life, but in-
tractable.
JENNY LIND, the elephant belonging
TO the Van Amhurg Meuagerie, winteriDg
at Connellsville, Indiana, got on the ramp
age the other day and slaughtered zebra
aud one OF the sacred cattle The mena-
gerie men had great difficulty in preventing
Jenny from going through" the entire es-
adjustment, but she was finally brought TO
terms by few prods with a spear
IT is stated that the peach trees through
Delaware and other sections OF the countr,
famous for the growth Of that luscious fruit
are reported as having an abundance OF bios
SONS, and if nothing happens there viii be
a fine crop. The Peninsular Fruitgrowers
Association, which meets next month, in
tend giving the subject Of peach-groWing es-
pecial and minute attention.
In 1859, the amount of money received at
the Pennsylvania wells for petroleum, was
less than $50, 900, and in 1869 the sales net
ted S2S, $50, 900, Of which $26, 600, 600 were
received in Pennsylvania, 1900 900 in w.
Virginia and Ohio, aud $3.50, 900 in Canada.
The value of the refined petroleum and its
products exported from the United States
IN 1869, reached $40, 600, 600, aud the trade
employed over 200 vessels exclusively, Tor
this purpose, and shipped $50 cargoes TO all
parts Of the world.
PATERSON, n. j., is the great centre of
silk manufacture in America There are
now in its vicinity sixteen factories, running
seventy-fve thousand spindles, employing
thirty-tive thousand hands, whose wages
amount to five hundred thousand dollars.
Philadelphia has twenty factories, employ
ing four hundred men, fifteen hundred wo-
men and girls, whose wages amount TO two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Capital
employed, one million five hundred thousand
dollars. Such facts will be new to many Of
our readers
MINISTER CURTIN has made a report 10
Secretary Fish in reply to the request ofthe
President that he would inquire into the
eondition of the Jews in Russia. Tie
report states that great ameliorations have
recently been made in regard to the Jews,
and that many privileges have been granted
them, such as gratuitous concessions a
lands to agriculturists, subsidies for expenses
OF colonization and settlement, and exemp-
ton from taxation and military duty for
certain term. They are also entitled to
domicilatioR in any part Of the empire; and,
IT possessing the requisite qualifications. are
admitted 20 exercise public functions, to
enter the medical service of the army, aud.
in some cases, are admitted into the class Of