Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1870-03-11
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thousand dollars damages have been award
ed According to tbs there is little en-
c c,uragemeut offered those who take th,
6sId Of litigation against newspapers.
SULPHUR DISCOVERIES. One ofrhe GOOD
results growing OUT of the construction of the
Suez Canal. has been the discovery, on lh,
,hor-s Of the Red Sea, at the entrance O
the Grlf Of Suez of two inexhaustiblt
deposits ofsulphur. One ofthese is located
in a perfectly rainless desert, on the Afii
can coast, and consists of hill six hundred
fet in height which is composed Of sulphur
The sulphur is obtained by blasting, a.
rocks are blasted in a common quarry
Arab workmen, under French supervision
are employed, and the product is ten tons Q
day, for the transportation Of which 10 re-
fning furnaces, railroad is being construc
ted. The Yiceroy Of Egypt has contracted
for the entire yield, at eighteen dollars pei
ton. The other locality is FIVE hundred
miles distant from Suez. In Ghi, case the
sulphur also appears 10 the form of'roeks.
l. is much purer, but is underground, and
must be obtained by tunnelling.
Mr.. HUBBARD presented certain statistic,
Of telggraI By IN his address before the Sen.
ate Postal Committee net much TO the credit
Of the monopolists Ia twenty-one States
Of Europe there are S94, 793 miles of wire,
costing s4l, 500 600, ia gold. In this coun.
try the Western Union Company have lU4
5S4 miles ofwire costing S4S, ,OO0, 900 in cur
reney. It would appear from This that gov.
ernments can construct four miles Of wire at
the same cost involved in the construction
OF one mile by a corporation. Over the
European lines %. 33s, 600 messages cost
$I3 5G7,3 Overihe Western Union lines
s, s,400.770 messages cost $5,737, ,G27.
The Dominican Republic has formally
declared for ann xation to the United States.
The vote, which was officially proposed to
the people by the government, has been
taken. aud as recorded here, shows an over
whelming majority in the affirmative. The
towns Of SauIisgo, La Vega, and Auzua led
the demaud for admission to the Union and
nowhere was there any visible opposition.
The United States steamer Swaiara, Cap
tain Allen, arrived yesterday in time to heaI
the vote declared The Council If Minis
ters estimate the public debt at less than
Sll, 100000.
STEEL RAILS A SUCCESS. In their report
the Massachusetts, Raihoad Commissioner,
,ay that on the 1T OF January, 1879, there
were at least 100, 600 tOus Of steel rails laid
down on the railroads OF this country, aud
probably 10000 tons Of steel b, AIDED rail be.
sides. The commissioners sent a circuIai
containing interrogatories in regard to the
use Of these rails To large number Of road.
throughout The country, aud from the re-
plies received conclude that extremes oil
temperature do not injuriously affect the
steel RAILS; that their DURABILITY Tar exceeds
that OF the besr iron rails, no steel all hav
lug yet been reported as worn out; that
heavy grades and sharp curves do not niatcrl
ally affect their wear; that rails should b
carefully Inspected before las ing, and thai
usual, all flaws aud lmperfectiuus cau then
be discovered, aud subsequent breakage II
the track prevented,
SoUTHERN IcE MANUFAcTURE.-T NEE
the anticipated demand for ice during th,
coming summer, and the prospective high
prices, au vn,erprisIug cuizeu Of Columbia
:. g., has oiGered an ice machine huu
Europe, which is to turn out 600 pouuu
Of ice an hour. The process is chemical,
solution Of ammonia being he agency III,
machine costs $4,000, Lesidcs the frelgh
iiom Halle TO Columbia, which is severa
hundred dollars more. The msuuiactuIe er
luraish sufficient ammonia to run the ma
chine for years with slight occasional re
pieuIshIng 10 keep given strength. Th,
luacbiue is worked by Steam engine 0
three-horse power. The cost OF manuiac
Iure Including labor and material, aud usiul
the largest machine, Is estimated at nit
cents Tor 100 pounds et ice, 4 firm ID Mo
bile is said 10 be abou to engage in III
manufacture OF Ice also the coming summer
IL Is reported that lhey are to use ma
chine invented in New Orleans.
THE CADETsHiP Business. .-Daweese, Q
NOlth Carolina, anu Golladay, OF Kentucky
have both resigned their seats in tue Hous
to avoid expulsion. Mr. Deweese is Re
pubiicaa aud served 10 tie army Mr.. Gol
aday is q Democrat, and On the 2g,h o
January last be made speech IL favor Q
reputation. The investigation mas un
covered 4 perfect nest OF uaders in cad,
ships, aud two cases appear to be quit
pIlable That If Butler, OF Tenneaste, !
about the hardest yet. He, Delng ceital
OF expulsion, telegraphtd has resignation 1
Governor Sonter, who, being halt Wa
Democrat, declined TO accept il. Anotbe
hard case Is that Of some unnamed Demo
cratic memOer from ONO, who, having sol
his csdetsbip to Republican has the who
Democratic delegation IN the Hous down o
him. 1t Is probable that he TOO will be un
able to resign, as the Governor Of OHIO is
Republican. But the hardest phase Of th
stUr. is that the vote OF eensure On pov
Wnittemore was unanimous one, aud a
these self rig ghttous individuals cast th
ceDsme upon that un orlunate s. feculatc
for the very crime Of which they al.o wer
guilty.
CHICAGO. March l Red River advice
say that Riehl was UNANIMOUSLY elects
President OF the Provisional government al
ter the adjournment Of the convention who
framed the bia OF rights The EpgIsl
residents are reported as greatly iueeused Il
the manner 10 v hieh their delegation knuck
led TO the French in the late convention, an
an uprising was regarded as imminent.
l-tter FROM Penibina, dated 4, bruary IL
says that Colonel Bolton, OF tie Denui
survey party, has force Of loyal Eng ii