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


\ A WONDERFUL exhibition at Vermont fai
was frying pan that came over in the May
flower. That is nothing to what We sbal
have here in few days-May flowers them
selves.
A CIXclxSATi lady created an exciteme,
the other morning, by claiming to have beer
robbed of $4,000 by two men who came n,
into her room in balloon. She proved {,
be slightly balloonaiie
( An English resident Of Philadelphia sug
gests that the British people and EngIishmer
in this country raise fund for the relief o.
the widows and orphans Of the men lost By
the sinking Of the Oneida.
AK octogenarian Of Chicago tried to poison
his daughter and two grand children BY put
ting deadly nightshade into the potatoes.
They call this dreadful attempt at motor.
iety,r in Chicago
AFTER the Tariff bill is disposed Of, the
Funding bill viii not be Immediately taken
up, as was designed. Other bills are press
ing, and, With the Tariff measure, will occupy
the House for month hence at least
oSE day last week the Prince of Wales
hunted with the Earl Of fMaccles6eld $ hounds,
dined with Lord Sydney, and weat to dance
al the Duke of Marlborough in the evening.
Hard work but Lent is a season Of penance.
--Tomahark,
GEN. BUuER's resolution, which he at.
tempted to offer in the House the other dsy.
gives the consent Of Congress to the Domini.
can Republic becoming part Of the United
States with the consent of majority Of the
people Of that island. He will again present
the resolution, and have it referred to the
Foreign Affairs Committee.
UxNlxED benefits are not the lot Of human
ity. AT sale of unclaimed express pack
ages at Denver on the 2stb ult., man bought
a large box for IS. On opening il, be finds
enHaDt Jelly and oats mingled inseparably.
He bitterly complains that there is too much
jelly for good horse feed, and too much oats
for Jelly cake.
A Mas. CHURCHILL, who advocates Wo-
man Suffrage in Vermont, refused the compa-
ny of man who is member of the Woman
Suffrage Association, aud declared that he
must leave the canvass or she would leave
the State. lie is said to have needed her
support being drunk. It is rather early in
the history Of this movement for It TO suffer
from the vice that is so apt to overcome the
politician.
A correspondent of The Boston Common
TealA states that the chair nov occupied by
Senator Revels is not the actual piece of fur.
uiture once used by jefferson Davis. la
April, 1851, when the Sixth Massachusetts
regimeut-that had been attacked in Balt-
more just previously-was qua ding the Capi-
tol, some Of the soldiers ascertained, by in.
quiry. which chair had been occupied bv the
rebel chief, and broke it to pieces. Perhaps
the thought that The precious relic was thus
saved from the concentrating touch of the
colored Senator may reconcile the friends of
Mr.. Davis to the circumstances ofits destruc-
ton.
II women really believe themselves anxious
to assist the vast Numbers OF their sex who
with difficulty support themselves 10 our
crowded cities. Jet them organize plans to
convey the surplus 10 those parts of the coua.
tEy where there is famine Of women. It is
said, for instance, that at Scales Diggings.
Sierra County, California, there are only two
single ladies TO 60 single gentlemen; and when
the married folks get up balls and meetings,
the emulous sixty break into platoons of
thirty adorers apiece to each Of the al
tractiTe two. We doubt moreover, whether
there is an instance on record of California
miner seeking q divorce, and wives are pres-
sure Of good treatment when their places are
50 hard to supply.
STEAN SUPERSEDED. The New York cor.
respondent Of the Boston Journal describes
new invention for displacing steam by eIee
tIicity, ard says that lathes, planning machines
dother mechanical arrangements are driven
BY this power. To ruu an engine Of twenty
horse power by this invention would require
only space Of three feet long, two feet wide
and two feet high. The cost per DAY would
be thirty five cents. On steamship no coal
would be required, ard the space now used
for coal aud machinery could be used for
cargo.
The stubborn resistance Of electricity TO
mechanical use heretofore has, it is believed,
been overcome. A continuous battery has
been secured aud other difficulties removed.
principally through the coil Of the magnet. If
the invention works as vel On the large scale
as 1t does on The machinery to which il IS
now applied, steamships will soon ply the
ocean under the new propelling power. A
machine Of great capacity is being construc-
ted and will soon be on exhibition in New
York The whole thug, mighty enough to
carry Cunarder to Liverpool, can ibbe secured
in small trunk.
The OHIo WOMEN They Do Not Haat to
Fote.-The women Of Ohio viii yet make
themselves heard on the question Of suffrage.
0ue hundred and forty one of them, living in
Lorraine county, all intelligent and highly
educated, have already sent to the Legisla.
ture the following memorial: We aeknow-
lege no iufeIiority to men, We claim to have
no less ability to perform the duties which
God has imposed upon US, than they have to
perform those imposed upon them. We
believe that God has wisely and well adapted
each sex to the proper performances of the
duties Of each. We believe oar trusts to be
as importan; and sacred as any that exist on
earth We feel that our present duties 6ll up
The whole measure Of our time aud abilities;
and that they are such as none bnt ourselves
san perform. Their Importance requires US
10 protest against al efforts TO compel Us to
assume those obligations which cannot be
separated from suffrage; but which cannot be
performed BY rs without the sacrifice of the
aighests interests Of our families aud of
society. 1t is our fathers, brothers, husbands
and sons, who represent Us at the ballot box
Our fathers and brothers love Us, Oar hus.
bands are our choice, and one With Us. Our