Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1870-02-25
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ting drink. under penalty Of dismissal The
same rule is prescribed on other roads. and
fit were 10 be universal and strictly enfor.
ced, railway travellers would feel safer.
GRANTS LATEST HE-A Washington
correspondent Of the Louisville Courier &
,jo5raal rela'es that a letter from Governor
Ashley, Of Montana, to a friend, was lately
read to General Grant The Governor wa
rather free in his structures on Grant ap-
Poiatees Finally this passage was read; -
The President has made some tad ap-
poiutments, &c Grant quietly said,
We'll, I think have, and IN just remove
one Of them now Aud the order for
A,hley's drcapiIation was made forthwith
4 PERPETUAL CASDLE.-Tbe Hon.
Cassius NJ Clay, late Minister at St. Pc
teFsburg, is in Waterbury, Connecticut, for
the purpose of having perpetual candle
manufactured, aud the Benedict & Burn
ham Company has taken the contract 10
make it, The candle burns a fluid called
! Torrance, and gives a light equal to one
and a half sperm candles, at a cost Of one
cent for twenty-four hours Il is Russian
invention, used by the mobiles Of that coun-
try, Of which Mr. Clay has the patent for
this country.
The CHINESE IN TIE SoCTH-A letter
( has been received in this city from Gen. J.
+ G. Walker announcing that he had arrireu
in Texas With the 2j0 Chinese Iaborers
lately conveyed by him from San Francisco
via the Mississippi river. General Walker
writes that the Chinamen are at work on the
Texas Central Railroad, near Calvert, Tex
as, where they we're giving entire sari~fsc
ti0n, and appeared contenttd. He thinks it
probable that be willreturn to CaliforHia for
fresh lot of the same kind Of labor during
the spring.
The TENNESSEE CONVENTION. The
/ work ofthe Tennessee constitutional cnnven-
tion thus far Is, in brief Giving the Cover
nor a limited veto power: restricting the ses
>jcns of the Legislature TO seyenty-6ve DAYS
/ for regular session, and twenty days for
/ called sessions; prohibiting the State from
loaniug its credit OF issuing its bonds ia aid
Of railroads and such Ike improvements:
changing the number Of supreme Judges
from three 10 five; making all judges elective
+ BY the people; making UNIVERSAL the fran.
cbise, with prepayment OF poll tax required
before voting.
jury DUTY. The New York Jsur.ql Of
i Commerce, in a thoughtful article upon the
! failure to do jury duty, proposes remedy.
Il would allow all civil suits to be tried
before judge alone in every case where
neither party demanded a jury. This would
strike out the cali for such service from three
fourths, if not uine-tentbs, Of the civil cases
on the calendar, There are few disL utes in
/ which both parties aud their lawyers would
not rather leave tie decision to the bench
than TO the jury box. In the remaining
cases, let any party demanding a Jury Le
+ compelled to give security for the payment
ofa sum sufficient to furnish ample reuuner-
alton to those who may be compelled TO give
their valuable time to the task
NEw JUDICIAL DlsTRIcrs.- pro-
posed Northern Judicial District Of Penu>yl-
vauis, according to the bill introduced into
the United States House Of Representatives.
Is to consist ofthe following counties. Schuvl
Kill, Carbon Monroe Pike, Wayne. Wyo-
ming, Luzerene, Columbia, Montour, North
umber'aud, Uuion, Soyisr, Sullivan. II
coming Clinton, Camero,, Elk, Susou4han
ma Bradford, Tioga, Potter and McKean
/ The District Judge is to possess the same
powers within the distric, as are possessed
/ by abe Di.trc, Judge for the Eastern Dis
Tiet Of Pennsylvania. The terms Of the
/ court are to be he'd at Poitsville. SehuyRill
couutg, on the second Mondays of January
and Jaly, and at Wikesbarre. Luzerne
cau3fy, on the fourth M0ndavs Of April and
! September The District jude, With lhr
! Circuit Judge, is authorized to hold Circuit
/ Courts at Wi.kesbarre, Poltsyile and VII
Transport. Ca>es now pending, if originally
/ coeaizzble with the new district. can. on
petition. be renewed to tbe new Distric,
Court.
4 CRUEL BLow.-Alasl for Indiana
divorce lawyers aud the 'gras," widows
and widowers temporarily sojOuuing thertl
We see that the United States Supreme
Court has decided that divorces obtansd in
,tEat State by parties residing in other States.
bur going to that State for the sole purpose
Of being divorced, are void. The court held
that the only exception Is that, where hus
band abaudons bis wife and establishes a
different domicie, and even then the wife
can only retain the donicile where he was
abandoned and seek her remedies there, or
go back to her original domicile and have
redress there. This IS cruel 1t strikes at
the one branch Of business that specially
/ thrives in that State Then. too, it indi
rectly strikes blow at Chicago Not ieR
divorce seekers reside. legally, in Indiana,
but spend nearly all their time in Chicago,
thus bringing money to the exchequer Of
this city, and sometimes adoruinq our fash
ionable society
4 CoUSTERFET FIVE CENT Coins "A large
number Of counterfeit FIVE cent coins are
reported in circulation and are thus desert
bed: The motto III God We trust, Is much
/ larger 10 the counterfeit than in the gen
uipe The yellow color Of the spurious coin
Is also another test. This is caused By the
/ presence Of zinc. Mr. Eckieldt, the assay er
OF the mint at Philadelphia, says that rhe
4 most ready test with all kinds Of coin is the
weight, which cousterfeiters are seldom abb
to bring ont right He ads: The true
weight Is - grains. Three ofthe pieces
were grossly io error, being under 70 grains;
fourth suspected piece happened to be
just right THIS last piece was subjected to
as,ay. and proved TO contain IA per cent,
nickel instead Of .. the Lawful. proportion.
/. 1t also contained a large proportion Of zinc,
making, 10 fact. the usual German silver