Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1870-04-15


THE population Of Erie city is estimated
at thirty thousand.
IT is said the opening term Of the State
Agricultural College far exceeds in point of
attendance and enthusiasm anv preceding
terms. The receipts from students the nres-
ent term exceeds that ofthe entire year iSG9.
THE Oil CITY Times says: SIX men
have died in Oil City in the last six weeks
from excessive drinking, and at least six
more will die from the same cause 10 the
next SIX weeks. The tangle foot sold here
may be slow, but it is mighty sure.
\ san Francisco paper tells ofa Virgin.
ian who many years ago went to Caliiornis.
lost sipht of his family at home, got rich.
came East, fell in love with bpautful and
accomplished lady, who on c'ose inquiry in
10 the fact proved TO be bis daughter,
A PHILADELPHIA paper publishes hith-
erto unprlUteb letter of General Anrhun
Wayne, dated October, 1880, in which he
says Arnold treason does not surprise him,
as he always knew he never possessed per-
sonal courage or fortitude, but wa@ coward
naturally and never went into danger except
when drunk
The Pennsylvania Trimming School for
Feeble Minded Children. at Media, Della
waIe county, has now one hundred and
seveniy-ore children and patients from FIVE
20 forty five years Of age, of which one hun
dred and one are males and seventy are f.-
males. Fifty Dine read stories, twelve read
simple sentences. and thirty-four write leJ
ters to their friends.
WESTERLY, Conn, is the place where
''iwu Sundays come Together, Nearly half
the population are Seventh Day Bapti>t>.
and on Saturday half of he nils, shops and
other places oi business are closed. and half
of the churches ave filed with worshippers.
who on Sunday resume their secular oc-
cupaii0ns, while their neighbors talk relip-
ion and rest.
SILK growing was prosecuted In South
Carolna heinre the revolution, and Tor a
tinIe tinrlshrd. The mother of the celebra-
ted PInckneyS carried some six, produced
On her plantation, TO England, where il was
woven into tissues. Gowns were made of II
and presented to the mo- her Of young George
Ill, and to the elrgau, Earl of Chesterfield
But the advent OF cotton raising destrovrd
the business completely.
As the colored boy nominated bv Ge,er.I
Butler for a cadetship at Wesr Point haJ
not reached the required age, he was mai
admitted Mr.. ProSser, of Tennessee i.
likely to enjoy the distinction Of placing 'br
first c0lored cadet at West Point. A e,Iorei
lad whom be has nominated is NOT only or
eligible age, but is qualified TO pass exami-
nation, and will, of course, be admitted
Az IRON ore is said tn have been diseov
cred IN York county. PeDns, lvsnia, which
has the peculiar power of Transforming ,ig
iron into good steel by simple mixture If
the two IN pudd ing furnace, The ore is
soft aud friable in the bed, so much so that
1t can be mined with the spade, but upon
exposure to the atmosphere it sou bardens.
Prutessor Lesley, who has examined the ore
bed, estimates the contents at seventeen
million tons.
SENATOR REvELs has stated. in conver.
sailan, thar the constant rush upun him
since he tonk has seat has almost prostrated
his nervous sy>tem-so much 20 that he
considers himself compelled to seek Macs
OF TEST. lie states that the raids of newsua-
per interviewers upon him have been tre.
mendouS, and believes that whore othe,
Senator's have one caller, he probabIv has
ten. lie proposes to leave Washington fDr
few weeks, for the North and West.
The Philadelphia Ledger SAYS. The rea
sons given by the Governor for the veto of
The Omnibus Railway bill are conclusive
both as to The law aud the sound policy of
the case. The whole scheme was gigantic
combination Of log rolling leoislatinD, .
which Is forbidden BY the Constitution. Of
spaiatIon Of the Sinking fund, which il
Violation OF the same instrument, and of