fietfor* Inquirer. BEDFORD, PA„ FEIDAY,JAIL W IBW I thee lose of the Session of 1868 the Pennsylvania Legislature after duo and careful deliberation passed a bill providing for a fixed number of officers for future ses sions. This was done in recognition of the public demand for retrenchment and reform and with the view of abolishing an abuse of loDg standing. It was a step in the right direction. The people hailed it as an omen for good and the republican press m the past campaign pointed to it with pride as an evidence of the sincerity of the profes sions of the party. One of the first acts of the present Legislature was to refuse to en tertainor consider the offer of responsible parties to do a portion of the work for the session, known as the pasting and folding, for a much less sum than it would cost even under this newly established order of things. The next work of the House was to pass a joint resolution ignoring the bill of last ses sion and at once increasing the number of officers twenty-seven. The benate very properly refused to concur. This bill hav ing failed, Mr. Strong of Tioga, offered the following resolution, "Resobed, That the Speaker and C|erk are hereby authorixed to appoint a sufficient number of additional officers to couUuct .bc ... - it;. U not cioccomß twenty-seven in number. And urged its passage iu a clownish speech in which the main argument seemed to be that these things were done so before, igcoriug the fact that the people demand and th 3 party has promised reform. After being amended as as follows; "Provided , That as soon as a less number of officers will do in the judgment of the Chief Clerk to transact the business of the House in a proper manner, he shall reduce the number accordingly. The bill was finally passed by the following vote. YEAS— Messrs. Adaire, Ames, Beatty, Browu (Huntingdon), Burritt, Clark (War ren), Davis (Philadelphia), Duncan. Ed wards. Foy, Gitchell, Hamilton, Heilman, Herr, Herroid, Hervey, Hoffman, Hoigate, Hong, Hopkins, Humphreys, Jackson, Josephs, Kerr, Kleckner. Longe necker, M'Miller, Marshall, Martin. Mere dith, Miller, Nelson, Nicholson, Niles, PaiDter, Peters. Philips, ilea, Itobb, K )bi son (Mercer), Stephens, Stokes, Stranahan, Strang, Subers, Summy, Taylor, Vankirk, Weller, Westlake, Wilson and Clark, Spea kei—s4. NAYS— Messrs. Beans, Beard;' Breen, Brobst, Brown (Clarion), BufSrigton. Chamberlain. Church, Cornman, Davis (M' Kean), Eschbach, Fogel, Goundie, Hotten stein, Ilursh, Jones, M'Cuiiough, M'Kin stry, Mullin. Nice, O'Neill, Porter (Cam bria), Rogers, Scott, Sedeewick, Webb and Westler—27. So the question was determined in the af firmative. We regard this as a cool, deliberate defiance of the wishes of the people, as expressed in the party platform, as very decidedly indi cated by the recent utterances of the press and as interpreted by the action of the Sen ate. Yet this very august body of men call themselves the Representatives of the peo ple. Mis-representatives would be a more appropriate term. Not one of the men thus voting would be guilty of managing his own business or squandering his own money in such style. A confession of Mr. Strang in bis speech elucidates this point. He said "They (the people; understand perfectly well that the officers of this House are not selected with the expectation that they are experts in the particular bu-ineesthey are elected to carry on. They know that they are selected out of local considerations —that a man coming here from nr.- county, from Barren, Philadelphia or Erie county, sus tains such a relation, either <o the member who comes here or to the party to which he belongs as to entitle him. in the judgment of members, to some sort of official patron age, if you please, and be gets it; and that is all there is of it. I take it, there is not a man or woman in the whole broad Common wealth of Pennsylvania so ignorant as not to understand that that is true. They under stand another thing perfectly well—that no training or particular capacity for the busi ness which they are called upon to perform is expected on the part of the men who are appointed to office here." The people do understand this thing. They understand also that it is all wrong. They have demanded reform. They de mand !hat these men be selected with a view to their fitness for the work and paid according to the value of their services. They demand that the lazy loungers in leg islative lobbies be no longer pensioned upon the pubiic treasury. It as the honorable gentlemen said the business of the session is crowded into thirty days, why should 1 • use worthless loafers be kept at Harris burg sixty days at the rate of ten dollars each per day, when more efficient men can be obtained for two? The people know how this work has loDg been done and that the evil has been continually growing. 1 hey now demand reform and the men who mis represent them will be held to a strict accountability. The Republican party is outraged by and will not tolerate such con duct in her representatives. Let all such be unceremoniously dismissed from further scr>i^. COilCa. sglo[tA| . There has bee,, but little bu,: nesßof general interest transacted in Ceng,,,, nng the past week. Mr. Sherman's Finau cial bill was reported to the Senate on mon day the 15th. It legalizes gold contracts, authorizes the issue of gold certificates, the conversion of greenback's info 10 40 five per cent bonds and al>o into coin notes. It will be considerably modified before passing the seuate. In the House a bill offered by Mr. Morton declaring rail-road pa-senger (axes illegal created a marked sensation. The I'acificic Railroads received a severe blow by the offering and passage of a resolution de daring the sense of the House opposed to any further payment of money or bo D ds to aid in the construction of rail road- It passed by 87 Yeas to 69 Nays. On the Tuesday the Senate referred John sou's treaties with England to their appropri ate committee. The Alabama treaty meets with stroog opposition and will not be rati bed in iu present form. The others will doubt,eos be confirmed. On Wednesday the Seuate defeated Sena tor orneroy 8 bill giving subsidies to va- n G S „ r Tl 0 " 1 , t ' Dlerpriseß by a t vote. n ursday Senator Morton made a strong speecn in favor of his bill declaring J? 8 P ,5SCD *er taxes unconstitutional. The Reconstruction committee of the House, had under consideration the Virginia affairs, the plan proposed by the commis sioners seems l.kely ,o succeed. It accepts negro suffrage Nothing of interest trans pired in the Honse. On Friday both houses r e w'* Bed iD the d ' ecuss i° n Of various bills before reported of but little general in terest. JTbe business of both houses is in a back ward condition and much of the time of their members is spent in committee. On Saturday in Senate a protest was presented against any farther extension of the bank rupt law, and the subject of amending the constitution in relation to the extension oF Suffrage was made the special order for Thursday the 27th. The Constitutional amendment was also called up in the House by Mr. Boutwell and advocated at considerable length; the other business of the House was of minor impor tance. TUE VOTE FOR PASTERS AND FOLDERS. I'p to the lime of going to press last week we had not received the vote of the House on the bill to increase the number of pasters and folders. As our readers all feel an interest on the subject, inasmuch as they help to pay the piper, we give below the votes for and against the bill as follows: YEAS. —Messrs. Adair, lis:ins. Ilealty, Rreen, BROWN (Huntingdon), Church, Clark (Wanraa), Cloud, Paris (Philad.j phia(, Duncan, Edwards, Foy, GateheH, Hamilton, Heihnan, Ilrr, Harvey, Hoff man, Holgate. Hong, Hopkins, Humphreys. Hunter, Jackson, Josephs, Kaxc, Kerr. Kleckncr, 1/eedora. LeJie, Lonecnwker. M'Miller. Marshall, Martin. Meredith, Miller, Morgan, Myers, Nicholson, Ni'es, Painter, Peters, Philips. Sea, liobb, llobi son I Blair), llobison (Merer). {Stephens. Stokes, Stranahan. Strang Subere, Sum my, Taylor, Yaakirk Walker. Wehb, Weller. Westlake, W T ilson and Clark, Speaker —62. NAYS. —Messrs. 80-sard, Br >b-t. Brown, (Clarion), Crcitz, P.iley, Davis (M rv-an). Dill. Eschbaoh. Goundie, Ilottenstein, M'Kinstry, Meek, Mullin, Nelson, Nice. O'Neil, Place, Playford, Porter (Cambria), Porter (York), Rogers, Scott. Sedgewick, Shivcly, Stout, West lor and Witharn —29. LLUIs* ativc But little business of importance was done during the past week at Harrisburg, most of the business being in course of arrangement and preparation in committee. The principal feature of the week has been the withdrawal of the Democratic delegation from the Senate in order to prevent a vote on the Philadelphia receivership. In 'he house the contest in the eleventh legisla tive district, Philadelphia, was decided in favor of Mr. Bunn, Republican, Mr With arn the sitting member making no defence. Mr. Witharn only claimed 25 of a majority and about 150 illegal votes were proven by the contestant. THE extracts from the diplomatic cor respondence between Mr. Seward and the Danish Government, concerning the j>ur chase of the Danish West India Islands, show the eagerness of the Danish Govern ment to get rid of a territory which is of very little use to it. The first price asked was $25,000,000, but Gen. Raasloff. the Danish Embassador, at once volunteered the opinion that Denmark might be willine to take $20,000,000. Mr. Seward, after some negotiations, offered $5,(>•'0,000, and the Danish King and Parliament so promptly accepted the offer as to leave but little doubt that $1,000,000 would not have been refused.—JVl Y. Tribune. THE appropriation necessary to continue the functions of the United States Educa tional Bureau has been stricken out of the appropriation bills by the House Com roittee, for the purpose of discontinuing the bureau, on the ground of its being at this time a needless expense. The Committee on Education, however, at a meeting on Saturday, had a careful consideration of the subject, and they unanimously instructed their chairman to report an amendment to the Appropriation bill, and urge its passage, providing the necessary means to continue the bureau. THE Judges of the Supreme Court wore in consultation on Friday and Saturday last on the Lr tral -Tender case. The discussion of the Judges was quite extended, but no decision has been reached. The consultation has developed the fact, however, that there will be two opinions prepared, but at this time it is unknown upon which side the majority opinion will be made. Future con ferences will decide this and who shall be selected to prepare the opinions. T. W . TIPTON was on Wednesday re elected United States Senator from Ne braska. In Indiana the "bolting" Repub lieans succeeded in defeatingLieut.Governor Cuniback. He withdrew from the contest, and Hon. Daniel D. Pratt received the Re publican nomination. THE world moves. An Irishman, a Fe nian and a Democrat—portentous climax nominated a negro for Assistant Doorkeeper to the Assembly at Albany. Where, now, is Mr. Samuel Cox, with his talk about the miscegenation party ? MRS. TWITCHEI.L, on trial for murder in Philadelphia, has been acquitted. The case of the Commonwealth broke down and the Jury rendered a verdict of "Not Guilty" without leaving the box. The Treasury Outlook. The Secretary's estimate of $303,000,000 for the expen-es of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1870, are to be-cut down by Con g.esq to an out side figure of $1290,000,000. The receipts into the Treasury for the same ye-ir are estimated by the Secretary to reach $341,000,000, showing a net balance of 51,000 000, to be applicable to the reduc tion of 1 ,ie public debt. Bat other esti mates equally reliable put the probable receipts at $350,000,000, with a possible in crease of even another hundred millions un der an honest collection of the revenue; all applicable to a still farther reduction of the debt. Thus we have, upon all the showings from every quarter, good reasons to anticipate a surplus ranging from $51,n00,000 up to $153,000,000, and which will be directly applicable to the diminution of the public obligations. For fbis encouraging outlook, auu for tliu au.ipiwoaa |7l'hurx iri'ito icdlli) , the country is already indebted to the in coming new order of things.— Pittslurnh Gazette. GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. Til E statue of Isabella in Havana has been taken down. THE Russian Minister of War has ordered the complete armament of the portion of the Russian army on the coast of the Black Sea. _ A rogue turned off the gas from the whole City of Adriah, Michigan, one evening last week. The gas company offers a reward of SSO for the offender. TUB London Pall Mall Gazette says, with sr much truth as frankness, that "Every pre diction that we have ever yet seen on the course of American affairs has turned out to be wrong." TUB American ladies along the Canadian borders are taking advantage of the Grecian Bend costume to smuggle silk and velvet, kid gloves, lace, and other fancy goods, through the Cuslom-Houses. IREICHT for Salt Lake is now sent from New York city to the end of the Pacific Rail road without change of cars—2.soo miles. New-York "Red Line" cars are seeu west of the Rocky Mountains. We have now the longest line of continuous railroad track in the world. THE snow on the line of the Central Pacific, among the sierra-Nevada mountains, not attained a debib of more than six feet this Winter. Snow plows have been brought into requisition by the Railroad Company on the mountains, and thus far they have been able to keep the track clear- • IT is reported that all the coal miners em ployedonthe lines ofthe Pan Handle and Allegheny \ alley Railroads are on a strike for higher wages. They demand five cents a bushel for digging, which is an advance ot on© cent. It is also stated that the misers on the I ennsjlvania Railroad, though at present at work, are daily expected to strike. A petition has been circulated in the House of Representatives asking the Sena'e not to confirm any more cf President Johnson's nominations this seas on- It is said that this movement has the sanction of General Grant, and was started by his particular friends, the object being to prevent the incoming Admiuistration from being burdened or em barrassed with the appointments of President Johnson. SHIPU RECKS. FKXRFC!. DISASTERS OVF.II TWO HCXNNVTJ LIVES LOST. —About midnight on the 17th December, about forty-one miles from Smyrna, nt a place called Carabournon, two steamers belonging to the Azi/.ie Company, viz.. the Gallioup and the Charkeich, Turk ish vessels came into collision. The force of the contact was dreadful, and ihe Gallioup foundered almost immediately, onlr 30 passengers out of 250 being saved. The Charkeich was so greatly damaged by the collision that she had to he run ashore at Che.cie, two miles from Smyrna, to pre vent her trotn sinking. The Gallioup had : a very valuable cargo and a large quantity of specie on board wheu she foundered. The London Daily News of the Oth inst., eives this account of another sad disaster: Yesterday intelligence reached Liverpool of '.he foundering of the ship Southern Empire, with every soul on board. She 1-ft New Orleans for the Mersey on the 71th of Nov em ber, with a very valuable cargo, among bich were 3.C99 bales of cotton. She must bave encountered very severe weather, for on the 22d day of December, in latitude 41 north, longitude 25 west, she was sighted by the ship Aurora Australis iu a crippled condition, and sinking fast. The weather was fearful at the time, the wind blowing very hard and the sea running high. The Aurora Australis lay to during the night, daylight next morning nothing was to be seen of the Southern Empire, and it is believed that she foundered in a norwest er during the night, with all on board. jtrrv AT anrjlw" ttWil affttie tit thu urrtif' of the Gulf City ou the 11th inst., off Cape Lookout. She was an American vessel and belonged to a party in New York. She was making a return voy3ge from Galveston to New York and on Monday the 11 inst., en countered a heavy storm and as the officers were unable to control ber direction she ran ashore on the shoals of Cape Lookout and in a few hours was dashed to pieces by the breakers. Of twenty five human beings who were on board, bat three remain to tell the sad story. The three rceu who were saved are named Patrick McCabe, from Jersey City, and An thony Thomas and Henry McCardle, from New York. When the ship was rent asun der, these three men were so fortuuate as to cling firmly to a portion of the deck. Their dangerous, uncertain lifeguard was nothing save several planks naiied together, and not more than test feet long and eight feet wide. On this frail craft they were tossed about forty eight hours, without food or water, wirhcut means to steer their course, without any promise of relief, and total'y atthe mercy of the treacherous waves. Five who bore them company gradually expired, and when the W. P. Clyde, a vessel from New York passed by. but three half-starved man remain ed to receive the needed succor. 5} t\r gUUTrUscmcnts. Dorothy Frnith "J In the common Pleas of by fer next friend Bedford County, No. 8. E!i?ha Smith j Nov. Term IS6B Subpoena v. j on Libel for Divorce. Win. P. Smith. j The undersigned appointed by the Court, a Commissioner to take testimony and report the facts in this cu.*e, will attend for that purpose at his cilice in Bedford, on Monday the 15th day of February next, at 10 a'elot k A. 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Postmasters receiving subscriptions for the Dispatch, either Daily or Weekly, are author ized to retain twenty per cent, on our pabiished rates of ten pap.rs fur SIO.OO. Address O'NEILL A ROOK. Publishers Daily and Weekly Dispatch Dispatch Iron Building, 20jan B7 and CO Fifth Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. PEAE F UL BR E A KDOUN I ECONOMY BEING GREATLY NEEDED AT THE PRESENT TIME,IT IS THE I 4 TY OF ALL TO BUY WHERE THEY CAN BUY THE CHEAPEST, HENCE G. R. OSIER & CO. WISH TO NOTIFY TIIE PUBLIC THAT THEY ARE NOW RECEIVING AND OPEN ING TIIE MOST EXTENSIVE AND VARIED ASSORTMENT OF NEW WINTER GOODS, EVER OPENED IN BEDFORD, ALT, PUR CHASED SINCE THE GREAT BREAKDOWN IN PP.ICES. AND WILL NOW OFFEP. TIIEM TO CASH BUYERS, BOTH WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, AT MUCH LOWER PRICES THAN THE SAME CAN BE BOUGHT FOR IN BEDFORD COUNTY. COUNTRY STORE KEEPERS WILL HAVE AN* OPPORTUNITY OF SORTING UP THEIR STOCKS, IF ONLY A SINGLE PIECE, AT W HOLESALE PRICES. Bedford, Dec. I!,T9S -SCHOOL BLANKS.—Articles of Agreement, ! between Directors and Teachers, Checks, Bunds of Collectors, Warrants of Collectors. Ponds ' of Treasurers, Ac., for sale at the In-juirer office. 1 A SPLENDID ARTICLE of Blank Deeds I on the best parchment paper, for sale at the i Inquirer office. ERIBODV can bo accommodated with ■ _J WALL PAPER at ihe Inouirer Book Store. \ OCT YOUR nATS A CAPS OF ddccSm R. W. BERKSTRESSER. J I j! VERY THING in the BOOK and STATION- I J ERY line for sale at the Inquirer Bcok Store. ' j? L E C T rTc TELEGRAPH IN CHINA. THE EAST INDIA TELEGRAPH COMPA NY'S OFFICE, Sos. 23 At 25 Nassau Street, NEW YORK. Organised under special charter from the £Ute of NEW Y CAPITAL.... $5,000,000 50,000 SHARES, SIOO EACII. DIRECTORS. n„... Ant-itnvr ii. cT-n-rire, Philadelphia. P AUL S. FORBES, of Russell A Co., China. FRED. BI'TTERFIELI), of F. Butterfield A Co., New York. ISAAC HVEItMORK, Treasurer Miehi Central Railroad, Boston. ALEXANDER HOLLAND, Treasurer Ame can Express Company, New York. Hon. JAMES NOXON, Syracuse N. Y. 0. H. PALMER, Treasurer Western Union Telegraph Company, New York. I*LETCIILR ESTRAY, of Westray, Gibbs A Ilardeaatle, Now Y'ork. NICHOLAS MICKLES, New York. OFFICER.-. A. G. CURTIN, President. N. MICKLES, Vice President. GE'jRGE CONANT, Secretary. GEORGE ELLIS (Cashier National Bank Commonwealth,) Treasurer. Hon. A. K. MeCLURE, Philadelphia, Solici tor. The ' hinett Government having (through the Hon. A neon Iturliugnme) re,needed to tkie Compa ny the privilege of connecting the great e'apart, of the Empire by submarine electric telegraj,h ca ble, ice propr.ee commencing operation, in China, and laying dutcn a line of nine hundred mile, at once, between the folhacing port., viz : Population, Canton 1,000,000 Macoa 60,000 Hong-Kong 250,006 Swutow 200,000 Amoy 250,000 Foe Clow 1,230,00;' Wan-Chu MOO.OOO Ningpn 400,000 Hang Chean -1.100.000 Shanghai 1,000,000 Total 5,0*0,000 These port? have a foreign commerce of s'.'oo,* 000,000, and an enormous domestic trade, beside which we have the immense internal commerce oI the Empire, radiating from these points, through its canals and navigable rivers. The cable being laid, this Company proposes erecting land lines, and establishing a speedy and trustworthy means cf communication, which must command there, as everywhere else, the commu nications of the Government, of business, and of social life, especially in China. She has no pos tal system, and her only means now of communi cating information is by couriers on land, and by steamers on water. The Western World knows that China a? very large country, in the main densely peopled; but a few yet realize that she contains more than a third of the human race. The latest returns made to her central authorities for taxing purpo ses by the local magistrates make her population Four Hundred and Fourteen Milliona, and this is more likely to be under than over the actual ag gregate. Nearly all of these, who are over ten years old, not only can but do read and write. Her civilization is peculiar, but ber literature is as extersive as that of Europe. China is a land of teachers and. traders; and the latter are ex ceedingly quick to avail themselves of every proffered facility for procuring early information. It is observed in California that the Chinese make great use ef the telegraph, though it there trans mits messages in English alone. To day great numbers of fleet steamers are cwned by Chinese merchants, and used by them exclusively for the transmission of early intelligence. If tbo tele graph we propose, connecting all their great sea ports, wore now in existence, it is believed that its business would pay the cost within the first: two years of its successful operation, and would ' steadily increase thereafter. No enterprise commends itself as a greater de gree remunerative to capitalists, and to our whole people. It is of a vast national importance com mercially, politically, and evangelically. The stock of this Company has been unquali fiedly recommended to capitalists and business men, aj* a desirable investment by editorial arti cles in the New York Herald, Tribune , World, Timet, Pott, Erprett, Independent, and in the Philadelphia North American, P.-eet, Ledger, /- quirtr, Age, Bulletin and Telegraph. Shares of this Company, to a limited number, | may be obtained at S6O each, $lO payable down, sls oa the Ist of November, and $25 payable in monthly instalments of $2.50 each, commencing December 1, I?6S, on application to TREXEL A CO., 3-4 South Third Street, Philadelphia. Shares can bo obtained in Bedford by applica tion to Reed A Schell Bankers, who are authorized to receive subscriptions, and can give all neces e-ary information on the subject. ep:ls;6uos. g&al (Btute, pIIIVATE SALE OK VALUABLE REAL ESTATE. The following lot of ground, situate in the town ; of Duncansville, lllair eo., fronting on Main street (or Turnpike) 75 feet and extending back lfl) teet, more or less, and having thereon erected a large two story BRICK HOUSE, with baee uien* and kitchen, and good cellar, frame Black- ! •mith and Wagon Mlket'l Shop, fraat" stable and other oat-liuildinge, with fruit of differcta vuvietiea on the lot. This would be a good stand for a Tavern or Boarding House, being convoni- j eut to the Rolling Mill and Nail Factory, and the Railroad. The House is in good repair and very pleasantly situated, with water at the door. Also, A lot of SIX ACRES, near the Chalybeate Spring, one mile from the town of Bedford, with a Log House thereon erected. Adjoining lands ofOhenowith, Amos, Shannon and others. Also, if acres of Timber Land, adjoining the Cotfelt farm, and convenient to good roads. For further particulars apply to JOHN LUTZ, IsyriKKß OrrucK, or J. 0. BKIDAHAM, ISdeetf Bedford. Pa. TIOR SALE. _E We take pleasure in offering to the public the following traits of excellent land for sale at very reasonable pricos. Persons wishing to buy will do well to consult us before purchasing, and those hat ing lands to sell will find it to their advan tage to avail themselves of our reasonable terms, No. 2. N. E. one-fourth 8, in township H6 range 45, in Monona county, lowa. 160 acre- Prairie land Price SOOO. No. 3. N. E. one-fourth of the N. W. one fourth section 22, in township 38, North of range 22, in Pino county, Minnesota. 40 acres timber land. Price S2OO. JOHN LUTZ, Real Estate Agent, Fob. 1 4367. Bedford, Pa y-ALTTABLE TRACTS OF LA .N D FOR S AL E . The stbgerihers offer at private sale the follow ing valuable tracts of land, via: No. 1. The undivided half of a tract of laud, containing 227 acres, situate on the south-cast tide of the Broad Top Mountain, lying partly in Bedford and partly in Fulton county, and ad oining lands jo Samuel Banner, James Brin j hurst and Wishart's heirs. TWO VETNS OF j COAL, one 51 feet, the other (!j feet in depth have | been discovered on this tract. No. 2. A tract of 230 acres near the above, ad joining the same lands, and supposed to contain the same veins of coal. No. 3. A tract of 100 acres, within two and a half miles of the ab.'ve tracts, lying on the North ! side of the Harbor across the mountain, well tim oered with oak and pine. ! Stay 3,-tf. JOHN LUTZ. ' J OTS AT PRIVATE SALE. 4 RARE OVPOftTVXITY TO BUY A HOME. The subscribers will sell a number of lots ad joining the CHALYBEATE SPRING PROP j EHTY in Bedford township, AT VERY LOW PRICES. On two of them dwelling houses have already ■ been erected. This is a splendid opportunity to buy a cheap and most desirable home, as the lots lie immediately opposite the Chalybeate Spi ing Park, on the road, and not more than 120 yards from the Spring, at the following low prices: 1, One-half acre lot with dwelling house and other out-building?, garden and fruit tree?, and the best of water convenient, at S7OO, ca^h. 2. Half-acre lot SIBO, cash. 3. Half acre lot SIBO, cash. 4. Half acre lot SIBO, cash. 5 and 0. Half acre lota with dwelling house, ! brick yard, garden and fruit trees tb.reon for $-50, cash. 17. Contain* three acres covered with fruit trees, and in a good gtaie of cultivation, adjoin • iug the above lots, for S6OO, cash, i Any person desiring to buy a home, a few ! yards out of Bedford, will find this offer worth scri us consideration. JOHN LUTZ, mayS.tf Real E-tatc Agent, Bedford, Pa. "p OR.SALE OR TRADE. j FIVE lots of ground in Bedford, 60 by 240, formerly part of the Lyons' estate, Two tract?* of 160 acre* each within three utiles <f i depot on the Pacific Rail Road back of Oma i LtlL. A tract of bottom land timbered and prarie two miles from Omaha City, j One third of 7,000 acres in Fulton Ctunty Pa., including valuable Ore, mineral and tim!>cr lands j near Fort Littleton. Over 4,000 acres f valuable ore, coal and tim- I her lands in West Virginia. ALSO, Twenty-five one acre lots, adjoining the : Borough of Bedford, with lime stone rook for ■ kiln or quarry on the upper end of each. iAI*o, 320 acre* of land in Woodbury co., lowa. 80 " 11 Franklin * 4 lowa. 109 acres adjoining Bedford, with house, barn, Ac., Known as the "Amos farm." Abo. a farm of 107 acres in Harrison twp." 0. E. SHANNON, June 2!,-tf Bedford, Pcnn'a. CLASSICAL SCHOOL. FOl-SDED BT RKV. JOIIH LTQX, 1809. FREDERICK WOODS, Principal. A first-class school for the instruction of youth of both sexes in a classical and English education, including Latin, Greek, French, German, Mathe | matics and the ordinary English branches Term- moderate. Students from a distance can I obtain board in town at reasonable rated. I references: lion. A. King, John P. Reed, Esq. | Hon, J. G. Hartley, n. Nieodemus, Esq. Wm. Hartley, j C. X". ilickok, j 0. E. Shaußon, Esq. Geo. Blymyer, . B. F. Ilarrv, M. D. ! (I. I). Shuck, 1 Han.Sam'l L. Russell, Ross Anderson, M.D J Jacob Reed, John Lutz, B. F. Myers, William Lyon. Esq. WILL RE-OPEN, OCT. 12TH, IS6S. 25sep A FIXE FARM FOR SALE IN DUTCH ±Y CORNER! , NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY CHEAP! The subscribers will sell al! that fine farm in | Bedford township, containing 180 acres, 95 of ! which are cleared and under excellent fence, and the balance, 95 acres, well timbered, adjoining I lands "f Charles Helsel, John Schnebly, and oth ! ers. The buildings are a two and a half story I LOG HOUSE and BANK BARN, with other out-buildings thereon erected. Water in erery field, with an excellent Saw Mill .eat. A splen did apple crchard also thereon. I'ricit SIOOO. TKRMS: One third in hand and the balance in three annual payments with interest. JOHN LUTZ, Jane 21, 1887:tf Real Estate Agent. | piOR BALE— A VERY DESIRABLE LITTLE HOME. The house contains seven rooms and kitchen, and a good eeliar, well drained and perfectly try at all seasons. There is also upon the premises a cistern, wood and coal house, stable,carriage shed, corncrib and grainary. The lot is well stocked with the finest variety of fruit and ornamental trees in town. The whole property is in the hest possible repair. If sold, possession will be given the first of April next. T. M LYNCH. Bedford, Dec. 25, 1888. A BARGAIN"!—A Farm of 125 acres one -c *- mile northeast of Bedford, with 80 acres cleared, balance in good timber, 20 acres re cently limed, 25 acres of fine clover sod, two never-failing springs and an abundance of other running water, a good fruit orchard, new barn, log bouse and outbuildings, well adapted to-grazing or grain growing, will be soled at a Enquire of JOHN S. BPROAT, or J. \V. DICKERSON, novlSmS Bedford, Pa. A GOOD INVESTMENT.—A ho u.e and two lot* for ante in the town of Hopewell. The subscriber offers at private sale lots No. 31 and 32 in the town of Hopewell, Bedford county Vs- There is a good TWO STORY PLANK HOUSE erected on 'he one lot. The two lots adjoin each other and will he told separ ately or together to suit purchasers. For further particulars address the subscriber at Bedford Pa, nostf JOHN LUTZ. piSttUimrouji. jgRITISH PERIODICALS. LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW. EDINBURGH REVIEW. WESTMINISTER REVIEW. NORTH BRITISH REVIEW. AJII> BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE The reprints of the leading Quarterlies end Blackwood are now indispensable to all who de sire to keep themselves fully informed with regard to the great subjects of the day, as viewed by the best scholars and soundest thinkers in great Brit ain. The contributors to the pages of these Re view? are men who stand at the head of the list of English writers on Science, Religion, Art, and General Literature, and whatever is worthy of discussion finds attention in the pages of these Reviews and Blackwood. 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For back numbers the the postage is double. PREMIUMS TO NEW SUBSCRIBERS! New subscribers to any two of the above period rals for will be entitled to receive, gratis,any Io of the "Four Reviewn" for 1868. New sub scrlbers to all five of the Periodicals for 1868, will receive, gratis, Blackwood, any ftco of the u Fou% 1 h critic*" for 1868. Subscribers may, by applying early, obtain back | sets of the Reviews from Jan. 1865, to Dec. 1868, ; and of Blackwood's Magazine from Jan. 1866, to j Dec. ISCS, at half the currant subscription price. Neither premiums to Subscribers, nor dis | oonnt co Clubs, nor reduced prices for back num hers, _*an be allowed, unless the money is remitted , direct to the Publishers. 1 No premiums can be given to Clubs, j THE LEONARD SCOTT PUBLISHING CO., 140 Fulton St., N. Y. The L. S. PUB. CO. also publish the FARMER'S GUIDE, by Henry Stephens, of Edinburgh, and the late J. P. Norton, of Yale College. 2 vols. Royal Octavo ! 1600 pages, and numerous Engravings. Price $7 for the two volumes—by Mail, poa paid. SB. dec.2s: A VER'S HAIR VIGOR, FOR THE RENOVATION OF THE HAIR. THE QUE A T DESIDERATUM of the AGE! A dressing which i at once agreeable, healthy, and effectual for preserving the Hair, Faded or jray hair i$ toom restored to its original color and the gloss and fre.hnr*. of youth. Thin hair ia thickened, falling hair checked, and baldness of ten, though not always, eared oy ita use. Noth j ing can restore the hair where tho faiiicies are destroyed, or the glands atrophied and decayed. But such as remain can be saved for usefnlneea by this application. Instead of fooling the hair with a pasty sediment, it will keep it clean and vigorous. Its occasional use will prevent thehair from turning grayer falling off.and consequently prevent baldness. Free from those deleterious substance' which make some preparations dan gerous and injurious to the hair, the Vigor can tiiy benefit hut not harm it. If wanted merely . for a II AIR DRESSING, nothing else can he found so desirable. Contain ing neither oil nor dye, it does not soil whit, cambric, and yet lasts longer n the hair, giving it a rich glossy lustre and a grateful perfume. Prepare-! by. DR. J. C. AVER A CO., PBACTIt .41. jisn AXALVTICAL Chrkists, LOWELL, MASS. PRICE SI.OO. 2SAug:ly B. F. HARRT, Agt. 328 HOOP SKIRTS 328 A*n CORSETS, CO RSKTS, CORSETS. W M . T . iTo PKINS, ; NO. 628 ARCH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, MAXUFACTI REE OF THE Odebmud CHAMPION HOOP SKIRTS ! FOR LADIES, MISSES and CHILDREN. The largest assortment, and best quality and styles in the American Market. Even.' lady -hould try them, as they recommend then telee* by wearing longer, retaining their shape much bet ter, being lighter and more elattic than all others W ARRANT ED in eeery re*pe~t, and sold at very low prices. Ask Tor HOPKINS'" CHAMPION " I SKIRT. Superior Hand-made Whale-Bone CORSETS in Fifteen different Grades, including the "Impe ! rial" and Thompson A Langdon's "GLOVE FIT TING"' CoRSETS, ranging in price iroit 81 cts. to $5.50; together with Joseph Beekid's Cele brated FRENCH WOVEN CORSETS, superi or • hapc* and quality. Ten different Grades, from 1.10 to 5.50. They are the finest and best goods for the prices ever imported. Tie Trade supplied with HOOP SKIRTS and CORSETS at ' the Lovcett Katee. ! Those visiting the City should not fail to call i and examine our Goods and Prices, as w j defy all competition. mar:20:10 mo. | "^T OTICE TO BEE KEEPERS, it L. LANGSTROTH'S SPECIFIC CLAIMS. We the undersigned do hereby make known our ; Patented Claims in Bee Hives, which claims are I follows: Movable Frames with spaces all around thorn, and spaces between them at their tops, the distance? between tliem to be regulated at will; ] Shallow Chambers between the frames and honey board; Perforated Honey Board and the moveable block. We caution all persons against using any hive that has any of our patented parti in A-y person using any one of our patented par s with -ut license irom the patentee or trorn us will ren der himself liable to damages for each and every hive so used in Bedford county or Blair county, Pa. We are determined to protect our claims, so people will do well to mar age their business ac cording to law. Any persoa doubting our claims is invited to come and see our patents. JOHN S. RUSH, DAN'L KAGARICE, 15jan3in Agents. L) LAB T E R.—The subscriber would respect fully inform the public that he has just re ceive-! from the city 60 tons of the best Nova Sco tia ROCK PLASTER, and will continue to receive as his stock diminishes until the first of April, which he will grind and keep for sale at Hartley's Mill, and will sell as cheap as can be bought for cash, or wheat, rye or corn, at the highest crsh prices, taken in exchange. Remember only until the first of April. Thankful for past favors I so licit a continuance of the same. 25dec ANDREW J. MILLER. H ARPER'S WEEKLY, HARPER'S BAZAR, . FRANK LESLIE, CHIMNEY CORNER, and all other Illustrated papers for sale at the Inquirer Book Store. tf WANTED AT THE BEDFORD FOUNDRY. OLD CASTINGS of every description for which the highett prices will be paid. 25deo6t SHIRKS A JORDAN. JgUY YOUR NOTIONS OF 4dec3at • R. W. BERKBTRESSER. MAGAZINES. —The following Magazines for sale at tho Inquirer Book Store: ATLAN TIC MONTHLY, PUTNAM'S MONTHLY LIPPINCOTT'S, GALAXY, PETERSON, 00- DEY, MD'M. DEMOKESTS, FRANK LESLIE RI VERS IDE, etc. etc. ft HARPER'S WEEKLY, HARPER'S BAZAR FRANK LESLIE, CHIMNEY CORNER aud all other Illustrated papers for sale at the Inquirer Book Store. tf Marriage certifcatbs.—< onhand ud for sale at the Inquirer office, a fine assort- ; ment of Marriage Certificates. Clergymen and j Justices should have them. grg <soodii, Ac. J. M. SHOEMAKER HAS JUST RETURNED FROM THE EAST AND IS RECEIVING A LARGE AND CHEAP STOCK OF GOODS, CONSISTING IN PART OF DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HATS A CAPS, READY MADE CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES, CEDARWARE, QUEENSWARE, TOBACCO, SEGARS, Ac. Ae. GIVE HIM A CALL AND SEE FOR YOURSELVES. J. M. SHOEMAKER. Bedford, Pa., Nov. 6th, 1868. I B. CRAMER & CO. HAVE NOW OPENED, AND OFFER FOR SALE, AT VERY REDUCED PRICES, THE LARGEST AND MOST ELEGANT STOCK OF FALL AND WINTER GOODS TO BE FOUND IN BEDFORD COUNTY. THE ASSORTMENT IS COMPLETK, AND GREAT BARGAINS • IN EVERY DEPARTMENT WILL BE OFFERED. Bedford. Nov. 3,1568. | £) R. TAYLOR'S OLIVE BRANCH BITTERS. A MILD AND AGREEABLE TONIC STIMULANT, STOMACHIC and CARMINATIVE BITTERS, EXTRACTED ENTIRELY FROM HERBSand R O 0 T S . HIGHLY BENEFICIAL IN DYSPEPSIA, GENERAL DEBILITY, and LOSS OF APPETITE; AND AN EXCELLENT CORRECTIVE FOR PERSONS SUFFERING FROM DISOR DERS OF THE BOWELS, FLATULENCE, AC. SOLD EVERYWHERE. DEPOT, NO. 413 MARKET ST., PHID'A. J. K. TAYLOR & CO. 25seply HENDERSON'S FRESH GROUND EXTRA FAMILY FLOUR, on hand and for sale by 16oetly G. R. OSTER A CO. HALL'S VEGETABLE SICILIAN HAIR RENEWER KBNEWS THE HAIR TO ITS ORIGINAL COLOR WHEN GRAY. Renews the nutritive matter which nourishes the hair. 'RENEWS THE GROWTH OF THE HAIR WHEN BALD. Renews the brash, wiry hair to silken aoftneas. BEAUTIFUL HAIR DRESSING. One bottle shows its effects. R. P. HALL A CO. Nashua, N. H. Proprietors. For sale by all druggists. Orrice H. A B. T. M. R. R. Co. ) 417 Walnut Street, V T Philadelphia, Jan. 10, 1869. J The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad and Coat Company, will be held at the office of the Company, No. 417 Walnut street, Philadel phia, on Tuesday, February 2d, at 11 o'clock A. M., when an election will be held for a President and Twelve Directors to serve for the ensuing year. J. P. AERTSEN, lojan.lt Sec'y. ESTATE OF JOHN REILEY, dee'd. Letters of Administration having been grant ed to the undersigned, by the Register or Bedford county, upon the estate of John Reilly, late of Juniata township, Bedford eonnty, dee'd. All persons indebted to said estate are required to make immediate payment, and those having claims will present them properly authenticated for settlement. JOHN REILY, JOSEPH H. MULLEN, Sjan Administrators. gioofen &(. 'F H E I N Q~U I B¥ H BOOK STORE, opposite the Mengel Hour, BEDFORD, PA. The proprietor takei pleasure in offering to the public the following article! belonging to the Book Business, at CITY RETAIL PRICES: MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS: Dream Life, Reveries of a Bachelor, Bryant*!, Ualleck'!, Jeao Ingelow's, Tupper'i, Poe's, Milton'f, Whittier's, Longfellow*!, Tenneyion'i, Bayard Taylor's, Walter Scott'e, Wadsworth'js, Grey's Poems, 100 Selection!; Two Marriages; The Initials; Phoenix ian a: A. Ward, his Book; N'asby's Letters; Dictionary of Quotations; Macsuly*! England; Homespun; Kathrina; Bittersweet; Enoch Arden; Tent on the Beach; Snow Bound: Country Living; Companion Poets; Tom Brown at Rugby, Baker's Secret Service; and many others. NOVELS: Miss Mulbach's, Dicken's {25 cent edition), M array att's. Sir Walter Scott's (25c edition). Miss Ellen Pickering's, G. W. M. Reynold's, Eugene Sue's, Alexander Duma*!, Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer*!, D'lsraeli's, Wilkie Collin's, George Sand's, Mrs. Henry Wood*!, Wild Western Scenes, Widow Bedott Papers, Cax ton's, Mrs. Candle's Curtain Lectures, Guardian Angel, Pendcnnis, The Newcomes, Young America Abroad, Robinson Crusoe, Initials, Early Dawn, Major Jones' Courtship, Charcoal Sketches, Travels of Major Jones, Ac. Ac. Ac. BIBLES, HYMN BOOKS, AC.: • Large Family Bible*, Small Bibles, Medium Bibles, Lutheran Hymn Bocks, Methodist Hymn Books, Smith's Dictionary of the Bible. History of the Books of the Bible; Pilgrim's Progress, Ac. Ac. Ac, Elji>cojjai Prayer Books, Presbyterian Hymn Books, SCHOOL BOOKS: ABC Card?, Primers, Osgood's Speller, Raub's Speller, Osgood's Ist, 2nd, 3d, 4ih, and sth Readers, Brook's Normal Primary, Normal Mental, Ele mentary, and Normal, Written Arithmetics, Mitchell's New First Lessons, New Primary, and Intermediate Geographies, Brown's First Lines, anil Eng'ish Grammars, Warren and Mitchell's Physical Geographies, Losaing's Common School History of the United States, Webster's Pocket, Common School, and Una bridged Dictionaries, Cleveland's Compendium of English Literature, Cleveland's Compendium of American Literature, Cleveland's Literature of the 19th Century, Coppee's Academic Speaker, Sergeant's Standard and Intermediate Speakers, Young American Speaker, Western and Columbian Orator, Schoolday Dialogues, Northend's Dialogues, Exhibition Speaker, American Scnool Dialogue Book, Payson, Dunton, and Scribners Copy Books, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, dtc. TOY BOOKS. Cinderella, Mother Goose, Old Mother Hubbard, Little Red Riding Hood, The House that Jack Buiit, Grand Father Goose's Rhymes, Ac. STATIONERY. Congress, Lege!, Reoord, Foolscap, Letter, Congress Letter, Sermon, Commercial Note, Ladies' Gilt, Ladies' Octavo, Mourning, French Note, Bath Post, Damask Laid Note, Cream Laid Note, Envelopes, Ac. BLANK BOOKS. Day Book*, Ledgers. Account Books, Cash Books, Pocket Ledgers, Time Books, Tuck Memorandums, Pass Books, Money Books, Pocket Books. INKS AND INKSTANDS. Barometer Inkstands, Gutta Percha, Cocoa, and Morocco Spring Pocket Inkstands, Glass and Ordinary Stands for Schools, Flat Ulaas Ink Wells and Hack, Arnold's Writing Fluids, Hover's Inks, Carmine Inks, Purple Inks, Charlton's Inks, Eukolon for pasting, 4c. PENS AND PENCILS. Gillot's, Cohen's, Hollowbush k Carey's Payson, Dunton, and Scribncr's Pens: Clark's Indellible, Fabei'e Tablet, Cohen's Eagle, Office, F aber's Guttknecht's, Carpenter's Pencils, <fc-. PERIODICALS. Atlantic Monthly, Harper's Magazine, Madame Bemorest's Mirror of Fashions, Eclectic Magazine, Godey's Lady's Book, Galaxy, Lady's Friend, Ladies' Repository, Old Guard, Our Young Folks, Appleton's Railway Guide, Sick Nax, Yankee Notions, Budget of Fun, Jolly Joker, Phunny Phellow, London Punch. Lippincott's Magazine, Riverside .Magazine, Northern Monthly, Waverly Maga-ine, Ballon's Magazine, Gardner's Monthly, Harper's Weekly Frank Leslie's Illustrated, Chimney Corner, New York Ledger, Now York Weekly, YVilke's Spirit of the Times, Harper's Bazar, Every Saturday, Living Age, Pen and Pencil, Putnam's Monthly Magazine, Arthur's Home Magazine, Oliver Optic's Boys and Girl's Magazine zc. Constantly on hand to accommodate those who want to purchase living reading matter. Only a part of the vast number of articles per taining to the Book and Stationery business, which we are prepared to sell cheaper than the cheapest, are above enumerated. Give us a call. We buy and sell for CASffi. and by this arrange ment we expect to seil as cheap as roods of this class are sold anywhere. JOHN LUTZ. June 19, 1888.
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