Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1870-03-11


a YOUNG BOY il iliB0is. few dsgs ag0,
laid a train ns poWder through the kitchs a
and theB fired Il, jast 10 scare ma. He
was dressed in a pair of suspenders when
the smoke cleared away.
IS GRAED RAprDs, Michigan, there il e
Ne@ioupdiaad dog that i 10 fbe habit OF
picking up the daily paper as coon a. deliF.
cred by the carrier boy and csrTying il direcr
70 his master The other day the carrier
iaied, for some reason or other, to leave the
paper az usual, and the faithful dog. after
smelling around for lt until satisfrd that il
had not eone, started of On he jump, and,
going about swo blocks. found neigabor' 5
paper 90 the step Of his house; he immedi-
ately took it 10 bis mouth and carried il 20
his master
SUDDEN BLASCHISG or THE HAIR.-In
the East Indian rebellion, Colonel Franks,
after an engagement near the village Of
Chamha, took may prisoners, one of whom,
Brngalee, aged 81 was conducted before
the authorities 10 undergo certain iuterroga-
tons The changes which this mans sp
pearance underwent are recorded by Sur.
geon Major Fanny The prisoner. for the
FIRST time, seemed 10 realize the danger of
his situation, when be found himself strip.
ped, aud surrounded with soldiers. He
trembled violently. terror and despair being
depicted on his couH'enauce; and when reply
ing 10 questions addressed TO him. he az
Deared absolutely siupihcd By fear. Then,
under our eyes, continued the narrator.
Dir. Fanny, and IN the space of some hall
an hour, his hair which we bad seen 70 be
Of brilliant black. became gray on every
part of his bead The sergeant who had
charge Of the prisoner cried out he Is
turning gray, and called cur attention TO
this singular phenomenon. Of which / thus,
with many other persons was enabled t0ob-
serve the completion through all its phases.
SUICIDE OF A GIRL FOR LovE.-The
Peoria, Illinois, TTdaScFipt Of February Il,
says We have the following particulars
Of a horrible suicide which was committed a
few miles sauth OF Pontiac, on the Chicago
q Alton Railroad, on Saturday afternoon
last. 4 girl by the name OF I.aelnda North
aged about sixteen, living usar that place
has been for some time keeping company
with a man whom her father opposed On
Friday they had a quarrel over the matter,
10 which her father whipped her aud finally
turned her out of doors, and told her If she
married the mau in question he would kill
her and her husband. Oh Saturday after
noon the engineer Of the train going north
discovered her a Short distance ahead of the
train in the act of throwing her bonnet.
shawl and muff into the ditch She then
deliberately laid down inside the rails, with
her head on one Of them. and beckoued the
engineer TO corie on. He was unable TO
stop the engine, and the train passed over
her litera IS grinding her to pieces The
ouly way hy which she was identified was hy
her hat and shawl Our correspondent
adds that she wa a nice Iitfle girl, who bad
worked 10 his family, and left some Two
mnnlhs ago With the intention Of being mar
lied
AN EXTENSIVE sALE or NUFFs. Some
young ladies' aud gentlemen who were taxing
advantage of the fne sieighing not LONG
since. in attending q donation, surprise r
Wedding party, or some thing of the kind,
were Obliged to sit three on a seat One Of
the seats contained two g-utlemen and ore
lady. The gentlemen ofcjurse. Bgud not
allow the lady TO take an exposed seat; size
therefore sal in the middle.
As the night was extremely cold. genth
man number oae qui Il pas e | his hand
remarkably small hand b. the way into the
lady : mBf. As The Wuff was not very
eapaciouS the lady quietly removed one Of
her hands from the same In few mo-
mehts she felJ a movement on the other
side, aud found gentleman number two at
tempting to pass his hand into The muff on
the other side She then quietly drew her
hand from the muf and allowed bim to do
so.
What took place in the maff afterwards
she is unable to say Bot each of the gen
tlemen privately reported 10 a small circle Of
friends how warmly the ladv had returned
the pressure Of his hand in he muf, while /
the lady as privately reported to her friends
the magnificent sale she had made Of both |
gentlemen -. .Sdgjaal5 Eaterprise.