srbforb ilnquircr.
BEBrOIB, Pi-, RIU. FKB. 25. 1870
BEDFORD COUNTY'S UNEXPEND
ED BALANCE.
On the first of January 18C8 thete was a
cash balance of $11,603 31 in tbe hands ol
the County Treasurer. On the first of
Jannary IS7G the amount had increased to
SI3,SG6 96. Who is to have the benefit of
the nse of this sum tbe present year ? We
tied no account of interest for use for the
$11,003 31 of last year in the statement re
cently published. What became of it? It
is not properly a perquisite of the Treasur
er's office. He gets a salary of s3oo.o<>
and his commissions amount to SIOOO.OO
making SI3OO for his services. Are the tax
payers of Bedford county to pay their mouet
into the county Treasury in order that the
lucky Treasurer may have the use of $12,000
or $14,000 of their money without interest ?
Do tbe people desire such a state of affairs?
We know thev do not. They are not will
ing to pay their money into the county
Treasury for any person to speculate upon.
We bear no ill will to either the past or tbe
present county Treasurer, on tbe contrary
they are our personal friends; but we are
friends of the hard working taxpayers
of the county and when their money i?
gathered into the county Treasury it should
be so invested, until used for the purpose
for which it is collected, that the interest of
it would accrue to the benefit of the count v
and not of any single individual. We hare
been advocating tbe same policy with re
gard to state funds and wo believe it is th<
only true and honest policy. When State
or County is in debt aud has interest te pay
the Treasurer never foots the bill, neither
should he receive the use of, or interest on
the public money, that is houpstly due to
the State or County. We believe that a
general law requiring all public officers hav
ing the care of public money to place the
supplies in designated depositories or in
vest it in such other way as may brine th<-
best returns to the State, is greatly needed.
We had hoped that a general law ol
this kind would be passed the present win
ter and perhaps it may yet be passed. In
the meantime may we not set a good exam
ple by having a special law pasted for our
own County ? More money is yet to be col
lected for tbe building of the New Poor
House and it may be in the hands of the
Treasurer for a year or two yet; ter there
is no telling when the House will be begun
nor when it will be done. One thing is sure
the people will hare plenty of tax to pay ;
and we think they might, just as well as not.
get three or four or five thousand dollar?
for the interest of the money in the Treus-u'
ry in the meantime. What say the tax-pav
crs?
A COMMON SENSE VIEW OF FREE.
TRADE.
Farmers generally are men of sound, prac
tical, common sense. When they see one
of their number buying things ho don't
need, because they are cheap, and buying
more than he sells, they know be is on the
straight road to bankruptcy. Why don't
they apply the same sound logic to the
questions of free-trade aud protection ?
When they see that under free-trade the na
tion continually buys more than it. sells, can
they not understand that it is on the road to
bankruptcy the same as an individual would
be? Aud when under a protective tariff
we sell more than we bay can they not un
derstand that tbe nation is growing rich and
prosperous? A little of the common scn.-e
they make use of daily in their own busi
ness, if appliod to polities wonld soon make
every farmer in the land an advocate of pro
tection.
THE TRAVELER'S FRlEN\— 'The Galaxy
seems to be the first to open fire on the
abuses which hotel keepers everywhere heap
upon their guests. It begins by saying that
"It does not seem as if a guest ha* any
rights which a hotel keeper io the United
States is bound to respect." It th. ti speci
fies the abuses—
"Nearly all hotels now gratify their visi
tors by announcements that the proprietor*
arc not responsible tor baggage. Some add
to this that the proprietors decline respnn-i
--biiity for wearing apparel left in the rooms,
while, in Chicago and other towns, a furth
er step is taken, and the proprietors declare
themselves not responsible if the boots
which the guests leave out to be cleaned
should happen not to be brought back to
the owners."
ft suggests that to cap the climax, the
hotel keeper further announce that they
will no longer hold themselves responsible
for the furnishing of the meals or beds ai d
then perhaps he will have shirked all the
unpleasant responsibilities of his position
and re.-erved the pleasant one of accepting
pay for all these things at the rate of about
three prices for everything ho ha> declined
tho responsibility of furnishing. At this
juncture the guests arc prompted to recip"
rocate by dccliuing to be responsible for
glasses broken, meals eaten Ac. A little
stirring up of this kind may do good, but
hotel keepers are not very quick at taking
hints, where it don't pay.
RESULTS OF THE FIFTEENTH AMEN DM EXT.
--The adoption of the fifteenth amendment
confers the ballot upon 900,000 negroes
800,000 of whom reside in the old slavehold
ing States. It revolutionizes politics in
Kentucky, and probably secures for the Re
publicans one. if not two. Congressional dis
tricts now represented by the Democrats.
With the negroes voting, Maryland stands
a good chance of becoming a Republican
fctate. Owing to the ill-usage they have
received from the Democratic party since
the latter recovered power, the Maryland
blacks will, to a man, vote the Republican
ticket. Their oppressors are becoming
alarmed at the prospect ahead, and already
arc undertaking steps to pacify aud win
over the coming voters. The proposition
of the Democratic Superintendent of Eduea
tion, for the Legislature to vote moneys for
negro schools is a step in this direction.
Kentucky and Maryland polities promise to
be very lively during the coming two v.-ars,
and no mistake.— Ex.
A CAUTION TO QUACKS.— The Senate of
Pennsylvania, on the 15th iost-, passes! a
bill for the regulation of the practice of medi
cine in the city and county of Philadelphia,
which it would be well to have passed for
the whole state. It requires every prac
tioner to take out license and give proof of
bis being a regularly educated physician.
Such a measure applied to the whole state
would save thousands of people annually
from being imposed upon by ignorant
quacks, whose malpractice brings suffering
and death to thousands, who might be alive
and well if treated by intelligent physicians.
We hope the Legislature will extend the act
tothe whole state before its adjournment, for
it is greatly needed and no act it can pass
will be more generally acceptable and bene
ficial.
NEBRASKA and Texas have ratified the
Fi feenth amendment and it is now the law
of the land in spite of New York's repeal or
Indiana's irregularity.
PROTECTION builds manufacturing estab
lishments all over the country aud makes a
market for the Farmer at his own door.
Free trade destroys manufactures and com
pels the farmer to send his grain to Europe
to find a market. The farmer can only send
grain or flour to European markets and that
at heavy expense; at the houicmarket crea
ted by manufactures, he can sell vegetables,
meat, poultry and all the produce of the
farm at no expense whatever ter freights.
Which is the b'-ter?
INCREASE OF IMMIGRATION. —The r.um
her of immigrants arriving in the United
States in 1866 was 352.569, being 34,01 •>
more than ever arrived in any previous year.
The next highest number in any one previous
vear was in 1866. when they numbered 315,-
554. From 1556 to 1869 inclusive tbe whole
number arriving in the United States wa
-2.918,213. In the same time the Chinese
immigrants numbered 78.817 of whom 12,
874 arrived in 1869.
THE Fifteenth Amendment has now been
ratified by thirty states, Texas Wing the
last. Three are not yet admitted, Georgia.
Mississippi and Texas. The hill admitting
Mississippi has passed the Senate by 50 to
11 and has been sent to the llou-e where
jit will no doubt soon be passed. Congress
has the ratification of the amendment in
its own hands r.ow, and we have no doubt
the work will soon bo cotnph ted.
MEXICO is still in a state of chronic rebel
lion. Pronunciamentos are still the order
of the day. 1500 prisoners broke jail at
Oiizibi the oth. r day, and, .with three
Generals, at or.ee is.-uid \ pronur.ciamento
in true Mexican style preparatory to rob
hiug the town. A similar proceeding had
t.ken place in the. same town about two
weeks before. Poor Mexico! When w:Ji
her troubles cease?
SECRETARY Boetwell is reported to LIE
opposed to the reduction of the internal
revenue taxes at present and asserts that it
cannot be safely done until $500,000, (XX) of
the debt is funded, which he thinks can be
done the present year under Sherman's
funding bill. When this is done he savs
we eari ifely reduce the taxes $ U.,000,000.
ONE of the largest woolen trails in the
United States was burned in Philadelphia
on the 16th inst. 700 hands were thrown
out of employment. Property to the amount
of $700,000 was destroyed, on which there
was an insurance ter $450,000.
The thaw of last Friday, followed by rain
j and snow storms, prevailed over a large ex
it-nt of country. Heavy rain and storms
| are reported as having occurred in Wash
ington, Ba timore, Philadelphia and New
I Yu:k '
■ The jteople of Somerset County seem to
j lie waking up on the subject ol butter-mak"
j ing. Their papers have been lull of dis-er
j tat ions upon the subject for several weeks,
i The Standard seems to have opened the
j ball.
The Cubau cause is gaining fftvor in Con
gress and there is now a probability that
ihore will be a recognition of Cuban bellig
.-rency at an early day coupled with a decla
ration of neutrality.
SENATORS Morion, Carpenter and Sher
man are the latest converts to the Cuban
cause. They are all now in favor of ('uban
recognition.
PTBUC DOCUMENTS. —Hon. John C'es.-na
and Adjutant General Russell and Hon. B.
F. Long will accept our thanks for valuable
public documents.
THE people of San Francisco have recent
ly bad a sen-ation in the shape of another
earthquake. The shock was slight however
and no damage was done.
WE arc indebted to Prof. J. P. Wieker
sham, State Superintendent of Common
Schools, for a copy of the School Report for
18G9.
GOLD closed in NEW York on Saturday
at 118}, the lowest point reath< d since the
war. On Monday it closed at 119 J.
JIDGE STRONG'S nomination to the Su
preme Court has been confirmed by the Sen
ate by a large majority.
Bv the Fifteenth Amendment 900,000 ne
groes will be enfranchised; of these 100,000
are in the Northern States.
HON. F. B. LONG will accept our thanks
for a copy of the Auditor General's Report
on railroads, for 1808.
SOMERSET has raised $42,350 toward the
branch road to the Pitt-bu h and Connelh
ville railroad.
THE negro vote in Pennsylvania is esti
mated at about I."> QQtt.
FROM OL"R OWN CORRESPONDENT.J
LETTIITT FROM HARRIS ULKTI.
HARRISBCEO, Pa.. Feb. 19, 1970.
THE PAST WEEK.
Has been one of unusual activity in Legisla
tive matters. Numerous delegations have
lecn in Harrisburg to secure or defeat c.-r
--t.iin measures, and the hotels and balls of
the Capitol have presented a lively appear
ane\ The Miners Association, from the
Schuylkill region, have had a large d lega
tam here, and have obtained the pa-.-age
through the Senate of a bill for the better
protection of miners aud the more effectual
ventilation of mines, which, if it becomes a
law, it is thought will prevent the possibility
of a recurrence of the Avondale disa-ter.
From Krie, from Johnstown, from Phila
delphia and from Pittsburgh delegations
have also been here during the week to
look after legislation for their special
localities.
THE BCUUL-FINDLAV CASE,
About which there has been so much di.--
euvion, has at length ci me to an end by
the withdrawal of Mr. Scull from the c li
test, and a majority of the committee re
porting in favor of Findlay, the Democratic
Senator, retaining his scat. The contest
has been a singular one from its inception,
and there are not found wanting those who
assert that the efforts of Mr, Scull to obtain
the seat were ill tempered and were by some
thing beside fair means. The letter of Mr.
Scull to the committee, upon his withdrawal
from the contest was couched, in language
con.-idered so far insulting that the com
mittee refused to receive it, and the clerk
was directed to return it to him. Ho claims
that thecommittec was pre judged against
him from the first, and Senator Brooke, the
chairman, alleges that the decisions of the
committee were in many instances of the
most outrageous character. The -majority
report was signed by the three Democratic
members of the committee and Senator
Ixtwrv The other three Republican mem
bers will hereafter present a minority re
port protesting against the rulings of the
committee to which it is alleged Scull was
stopped from making a fair contest.
TNE BORDER CLAIMS.
A bill to indemnify the citizens of certain
eountie, of the sot# born b ,an iary of the
State for damages received during he war
is again before the Legislature, and is ob
taining a more candid and favorable con
sideration than horetotere. The total
amnasit of the claims is some $2,700,00(1,
aud the}- have icon all adjudicated and are
on file in the Auditor General's office. That
the people of the counties of York, Perry,
Cumberland, Franklin, Adams. Fulton and
Bedford suffered very revere losses at the
hands of a common enemy is unquestioned.
That has been admitted and recognized, and
the several amounts fixed by a commission.
That the failure of the Government to which
they have always bean loyal to protect their
property entitles them to a strong claim tor
indemnity no one can doubt. In pa} ing
these claims Pennsylvania will be but fol
lowing the i sample she herself has here
'ufore set by paying other claims of a like
character. Ohio has indemnified her
■itizens for K ,-ses sustained by Rebel raids,
and Indiana has done the same. The
National Government has refunded the
amount to Ohio, and a bill to reimburse
Indiana has passed one branch of Congress,
aud will, without doubt, pass the other,
[n the present shape of the claims it is al
mo.-t impossible to obtain anything from
the Genera! Government, but let the [state
as-ume the obligation aud the preeident al
ready established in regard toother States
makes the reimbursment an almost absolute
certainty. The justne-s of tho.-e claims is
generally acknowledged, and the only way
in which they will probably ever be paid
will be in some such manner as is now pro
to ol by the bill before the Legislature.
THE STATE TREASCRY.
The investigation on the part of the
Senate Finance Committee into the affairs
of the State Treasury still progresses, but
develops nothing of a startling nature. State
Trcasut-r Maekiy i.- the only witness that
has yet l-een on the stand. Ilis examination
has made more evident that it has been the
custom of State Treasurers for years to ac
commodate tin ir friends with the use of a
lan e unexp< tided balance, while the de
mands upon the Treasury have often been
met out of the sinking fund, A bill to re
gulate the management of the public money
[intended to correct some of the abuses in
; the administration of the State Treasury,
has passu! the Hoa-e and i now before the
Senate. The salary of the State Treasurer
i-i increased to £- u 0 his bond fixed a t
ss'.X>,ooo, aud he is tequired to place all the
public money in some bank or banks, at the
be t rate of interest to be obtained, subjec 1
to call, the interest to accrue to the benefit
of the State. Provision is also made for
the redemption of the Stale debt by the
Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, mouth
lv, authorizing them to i -uo circular letters
notifj ing the public of the amount they are
prepared to rd- cui. The subject is re
ceiving a very full discussion, and the Legis
lature will doublle-- agree upon some legis
lation that wi;i make the public money in
the Treasury of more value to the State than
j un'er the present arrangement.
IN BRIEF.
| The Governor has signed the bill to pre
vent the (ie.-true'i in or injury of baggage.
The House eotam ttce in tbe contested
election eu-e oi Gikt . Forsyth, from
Philadelphia, htv re; -tted unanimously,
in favor of Fui>yth, the Democrat, retaining
his seat.
The Appropriation bill was reported to
the House yesterday. The appropriations
made are said to be one hundred thousand
'dollars Its- than the bill passed last year.
Dr. John 11. Giho't states that heisabout
I to resign his position ss Private Secretary
to Governor Geary, and start an eveniug
Republican paper in Ilarrisburg.
Both branches of the L gi.-lature have
passed over the Governor's veto, the bill
| authorizing writs of error in eases of murder
mid voluntary manslaughter, to the Supreme
Court. '1 he bill was intended especially
; tor the benefit of Dr. Paul Shceppe.
Both branches of the L-gi-fatore have
adjourned over the 221 of February, and
will not meet again until next Wednesday.
A final adjournment of the Legislature
the latter part of March is confidently an
; tieipated by many.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
j Senate.—Hariusjh'bh, Feb. 15.—Va
j r'ous local l ilt- were considered, among
which was the following Senate bill, which
was passed :
\ Sect. 1. That no person-, either male or
' f. male, shall practice medicine, surgery or
midwifery in Philadelphia without first ob
taining a license for BO doing, to be obtained
as hereinafter mentioned.
S'Ct. o Xh _- Cl,-rkof the Coart of Quar- !
ter Se-sions f.tr Philadelphia is hereby au
thoriz d and required to issue a license to
practice medicine, surgery, and midwifery
within Philadelphia, to any persons whit
hall produce his or her diploma or other
evidence of graduation by a medical college
<>r school of medicine, or of any institution
of learning where the practice of medicine.
| -urgcry, and midwifery is regularly taught;
and the s.tid clerk i- hereby required to keep
a register for public in pectiun, in which
-hall be entered the name and tge of the
ts >u obtaining said license, and of the
college or school of which the person ob- j
taining a license is a graduate, arid the
dat.- of the granting of said diploma, which
certificate of license shall be frami d and
hutig up in the office ol said person so prac i
'icing medicine, surgery, and midwifery ;
aforesaid.
Sect. 3. That arty person practicing mrdi- !
en?, sur -ery, or midwifery without taking !
out such license, shall be guilty of a mi
demeanor. and upon conviction thereof shall
be fined the >utn '.f $100; one-half to go to
the informer, and one-half to he paid int
the city trcasuiv for the benefit of the '
Guardians of the Poor of the said city; and |
ui - it conv crion for a second or continned !
i. ! a'ion of the act, the sum not exceeding
SIOOO, and be itnptlsoned for a term not ex
ceeding six months.
S of. ! For all the services rendered by
the sai i Ci-ik of the C >urt of Quarter Ses
-ions of Philadelphia, under this act, and
tor furnishing the certificate of license and
frame, he shall be entitled to receive three
dollars and no u.ore. to be paid by the ' per
son obtaining said license.
The Governor's veto of the bill allowing
writs of error to he carried to the Supreme
Court to determine evidence, etc., to affect
the Schoeppe ea e was eon-idered.
Mr. Josephs produced a letter from the
wife of Jerry Eaton to Senator Lowry. which
was read. Ir wj- an effecting e-pistle, and
urged Mr. Joseph- and others to do all in
their power to enable Dr. Schmppe to carry
his ca.-e to ihe Supreme Court. The writei
slate I that - lie did this from sympathy with
tin- licensed, who might Ik; an iunocent man,
as .-he knew her husband to be.
At the conclusion of the letter the mem
bers manifested much feeling, and the bill
was immediately ra-sed over the Governor's
veto by a vote of 62 yeas to 29 nays.
The evening session was spent in the dis
cussion of the House bill to provide safe
guards against the i legal use of the State
money by t ha State Treasurer. All sorts
of propositions were made and all sorts of
motions. There appeared to be a minority
to whom the bill wa not sub-factory, and
they endeavored by dilatory motions to pre
vent its passage; but it was passed, however,
at a late hour by 72 yeas to 5 uays. Ad
journed.
On the 17th, Senate bill to protect the
lives of coal miners come up on second read
inc. Mr. jiu kalew oScied an amendment
requiring the driving of shafts (or second
o[lenities to each mine) at once, with three
s-ts of hands, workine twenty-four hours.
1: i- w:. . ppo-ed by Mr. Randall, but was
adopted.
Mr. Randall moved to tine the operator
from *IOO to SSOO for employing hoy s under
tW'lve years of agp. Amended by Mr.
Rutan by striking out the minimum penalty,
and adopted.
Mr. Broadhead moved to fine SSOO and
imprisou any engineer, not more than aix
months, who leaves or refuses to operate
hi* engine when men or animals are in the
tniix-. Adopted.
The original bill provided that the Ad
visory Comoiiitee of Examiners shou d con
sist of "three reputable coal miners in prac
tice and two reputable mining engineers."
Mr. Council moved to amend by *ubtitu
ting "two practical miners, two mining en
gineers and one person not interested in coal
mitiPß."
Mr. Rutan proposed that the di>in teres
ted person should bo appointed by the 8u
prcme Court.
The entire proposition of Mr. Council wa
Inst—yeas 5, nays 17.
Mr. Howard moved to strike out so much
of the original hill as required the salarie
of the inspectors to be paid by the State,
and to pay them by a special tax on the pro
duets of the mine*, to he collected by the
county officers and paid on the warrant of
the President Judge df Luzerne,
This amendment was lost by 3 yeas to
to 17 nays.
An amendment was offered by Mr. Buck a
lew, ant homing widows to maintaiu action
for damages. Adopted.
Mr. Council moved to restore one of the
original features of the bill, vir.. : to allow
four months for owners to complete the sec
ond shaft. Adopted.
The bill then passed by a vote of 2S yeas;
to 0 nays.
AFTERNOON SESSION.— The special order
was the consideration of an aef submitting to
the people of each district (and of the city
of Philadelphia) the question of license or
no licen*e; this question to be determined by
a vote of the people of the respective dis
tricts whenever the court shull order au
election. The court shall make such order
upon the petition of one fourth of the legal
voters, and no election shall be held in any
one uistriet oi'tener than once in every three
years.
Mr. White offered an amendment allow
ing the question to be submitted to the
people annually, instead of once iu three
years-
Mr. Roberts, of Chester, and others, pre
sented petitions signed in the aggregate by
about three thousand citizens, against any
change in the existing license laws.
The amcndmcut of Mr. 1\ bite was with
drawn.
Mr. Cooper offered an amendment allow
ing liqu >r to lie sold in original packages in
any district, iu quantities not less than one
barrel. (The original bill absolutely pro
• hibi'.s the sale, if the people so decide, either
i by wholesale or retail, j
Mr. Cooper said this was a compromise
measure to protect good hotels. It diverged
i the bill of its original features us au absolute
ly prohibiting law, and brought the people
gradually to the standard of temperance —
. giving them the control of the matter.
The amendment was agreed to, after Lav
ing been moditied to allow ten gallons to be
I sold.
Mr. Porter, of York, offered an amend
uient submitting to the vote of the people
the question of the inordinate love of gold
and glory in the same manner as the ques
'ion of intoxicating liuuora in which they
.-hall he voted down. They shal' be pro
hibited. (Liughter.) Ruled out of order.
Mr. Porter moved to require the vote to
be taken by couuties iustead of townships.
Agreed to. ,
The bill was laid over on the third read
ing. _
XLI-t CONGKESS-SFCCONIJ SESSION.
SENATE. —Feb. 14th.— A number of
i resolutions were offered, among which was
one appropriating SSOOO lor the purchase
lof an --ii painting portrait o' the late Abra
ham Lincoln. Referred. The Mis-i—tppi
bill wa then taken up and debated by
Messrs Harvard, Morton and others. No
vote has \ et been taken.
In the House Mr. Ingersoll again offered
his resolution proposing an amendment to
the Constitntion of the United States, pro
viding that Congre-'s shall have the power
to i-sue notes and make them legal tender
lor the payment of debts. Referred to the
Judiciary Committee.
Mr. Loughtidge offered a resolution that
j in the opinion of this House the business in
terests of the country required an increase
in the volatile of currencv, and that the Com
mittee on Banking and Cutrency lie instruct
ed to report a bill at an early day increasing
j the eurreney to the extent of at leas $-Xl,"
00b 000.
The Legislative appropriation bill was
j then taken up and discussed at considerable
length, hut no action taken.
In the Senate on the 13th the bill to
; abolish the franking privilege was taken up
j but after the expression of several opinions,
ill* bill was laid aside and tin* Mississippi
! bill tak n up, but it met with the same li"*
as the other, and a little alter five o'clock
Senate adjourned.
In the House, the resolution relative lo
American Prisoners in England was taken
S up, but not disjosed of, as was al-o, -he
contested election question (New York
Van Wyck vs. Green. A bill authorizing
the payment of bounties to Persons, btld
afterwards a * drafted men, being previously
r joeted as volunteers wes taken up.
On the 10th, Senate occupied nearly ali
! the time in discussing the Mississippi till.
Nothing done yet.
Iu the House, Mr. Cullorn, from the
| Committee on Territoties, reported ad
versely on the House bill to provide a
temporary government for the Territory of
Alaska, and also on a hi 1 authorizing the
roust Miction of wagon roads in Aiizotia and
New Mexico.
The bill wits passed fixing the salaries of
the Chief Justices of the Territories cf
Washington, New Mexico, Utah, Idaho,
Montana and Wyoming at three thousand
dollars per annum.
Mr. Cul'om, from the same committee, re
ported the bill to aid in the execution of the
laws in Utah so as to prevent and punish
polygamy. During the reading of the bill
the morning hour expired and the bill went
over till to-morrow.
The House at balf-past one o'clock, re
sumed the consideration of the Greene \ an
Wyck contested election case, and after eon
-idcraUe debate a vote was taken on the
majority report and resolution declaring Mr.
Van Wyck legally elected. Agreed to; ayes
110. nays 51.
On the 17ih, in Senate, the Mississippi
bill was again taken up, and after some de
bate the question on striking out all condi
lions from the bill was taken, and resulted
in rejection by yeas 27. nays 32.
The question on striking out the pream
ble of the bill was lost.
The bill was then read for a third time,
and on its passage Mr. Drake called for the
yeas and nays, and the bill was passed by
>cas 50, nays 1 i.
No important h lis nor resolutions were
introduced in the IIoue.
\ iit Hi XI A. —The Virginia House of Dele
gates his passed a resolution substantially
to the eff.et that it is inadvisable to c-leet to
office any per-on disqualified under the
provisions of the Fourteenth amendment.
It is stated that this resolution, which isi
somewhat at variance with the views of the
members of that body, was pushed
through in respect to a suggestion in G.rv j
ernor Walker's mes-age, that if di-quaii
lied persons should be elected a resolution
should be passed in each c isc asking Con
eress to relieve such disabilities. The reso
u'ion passed by the House of Delegates
will be something of a damper on the aspi
lations of many prominent ex Confederates,
who hail expected to monop"hze a majority
if the State and eounti offices after the
restoration of the State to the Union.
FREAK OF A CRAZY MAN. —Quite a sen
-atton took place, on .Monday afternoon, at
the depot of the Northwestern aud llock
ford. 11 ick Island <t St. Louis Companies,
at Sterling, Mo., on the arrival of the Pa
cific tiatn from Lhe cast. A crazy man,
formerly is the employ of the latter com
pany, attempted to get upon the train, but
was prevented by the conductor, until the
train was beyond his reach. The maniac
then turned to an engine, which was standi
log on a side track, Iwarded it, and threw
the throttle valve wide open. The engine
dashed on after the Pacific train to the end
of the switch, but its velocity was too groat
to allow it to turn upon the main track, and
turning off, buried itself in tho earth. Had
not the madman's intention been thus
thwarted, a most serious calamity must have
resulted.
THE CHICAGO dentists are discussing the
propr ety_ of advertising their business.
Why they hesitate it is hard to toll. We
always thought dentists wanted to draw,
and if advertising won't draw nothing will."
ll they doubt it, let them slop advertising,
and sec how quickly they will fail in spite of
their teeth.
NEBIIASKA.
The TrrnUe January Siimc Storm—De
struct ion of Vahtatiu Property anil Great j
Loss of. Life —Sad Particulars—A Band ;
of Indians Frozen.
OMAHA FIB., Jan. 25, 1370.
The storm of Saturday Jan. 16, 1870, will
long lie remembered as one of the most
dreadful that has ever occurred in the West.
It extended over a great space of country,
and many people and large quantities of
live stock of all descriptions were destroyed
by it. I can give you some ineiiteetsof the
storm that you way judge of its severity.
Wltile the snow was flying so thick that no
one could see ten feet in advance two broth
era named LEOPOLD and JACOB UNGER,
who live near Columbus, Neb., on the
Pac fic Railroad, left their house for the !
purpose of going to the barn, only a few I
rods off, to a'tend to their stock. They soon
got lost, and wandering about in ev> ry direc
tion in the blinding snow and sleet, trying
to find it or the bonne, or shelter of,-ou>e
kind, at length one of th'-m tell and expired.
The other then stripped off his dead broth
er's clothing and covered himself with it.
and alone tried to find his way back to the
house; but after going on about forty rod
turiher, he, too, fell, and was soon covered
up with snow and ice and frozen to death.
These young men were Hungarians, and j
were highly respected for their probity and |
good conduct. Their remains were found on j
the following Monday about five miles from
their bom-*, and the tra-ks which they had
made showed that they had, during the
prevalence of the storm, traveled over
fifteen miles.
A SAD STORY.
A Mr. DIVWD, who lives ou \ ermillion
River, about four miles' from Vermillion
City, Dakota, had a family consisting of
his wife ahd three children, aged respec
tively 16, 8 and 6 years. The house in
which he lived wa-< a poor one, and very
cold, and being without much fuel, he
started to visit a neighbor some forty rod
distant, when the storm first began, taking
the 6 years old child in his arms. His wife
followed with the other two. On the way
the father became separated from the
mother and the other two children, and be
continued on until he found his neighbor's
house and went in to get warm. He waited
some time, but bis wife not coming in, be
started out to look for her, anil gave the
alarm to his friends. Every effort was us>-d
to di-cover the whereabouts of the mi-sing
wife and children, but without success, until
Mnndsy, the 17th, when they were found
about seventy live rods from the house,
frozen stiff. Thev had lost theit way, and
the density of the flying snow had prevented
their fin iing the house. '
A BAND OF INDIANS FROZEN.
About thirty warriors of the Pawnee tribe
-tartt d out from their country a week be
fore the storm to fiud some buffalo, and, if
in luck, get a few scalps from their old ene
mies the Sioux. When out the party di
vided, some going south, where they found
some buffalo, and returned well loaded with
meat. The others equally fortunate fell in
with a party of Sioux, kiMeJ several of them,
and started bat-k with about forty captured
ponies. On their return, and wh -n about
right mites from Lone Tree Station, tbcv
were overtaken by the terrible storm of
Sunday, and all perish'-1 within a day's
march of their homes. The bodies of these
Indians, with their own and their captured
ponies, were all found lying dead together,
partly covered with snow and ice, by the
rutim rs who were sent out to discover their
whereabouts.
SNOWED IN ON TIIE RAILROAD.
On account of the storm the Pullman Ho
tel Express train, from San Franei-co, was
twenty four hours behind time, owing to the
fact that tin- telegraph poles and wires wt-re
in many places blown down, and the wire
prevented the trains from travelling by be
coming entangled in the locomotive. Thev
had plenty of provisions on board the train,
so that there wa- LO suffering among the
though several of the employes
liad their hands, feet and ears frozen. This
is without doubt the most dreadful storm
ever known in the it since it was settled
by the whites, and as yet no estimation can
be made as to the destruction of life which -
it has caused.
LEOAL STATES OF REBELLION. —'The de- J
vision of the Supreme C'-urt of the United .
States, in the cas ■ of the United States vs.
IveeJer. is an additional declaration against
the pretense that the Government set up
under the rebellion was a de facto one. j
Keeler was a United States postmaster
before the war, and owed money to the
Government at the outbreak of the rebel
lion. This amount he pi i over under the j
order of the so called Confederate States to
another per on, and now that he is sued
for the balance due from him to the Post
office Department, he endeavors to setup as
a deli.-n-e that the net was done under the
authority of the Confederate States. The
Supreme Court declares that the so called
authoiity was no authority; that it had not
the character of a de facto government,
and that Mr. Keeler "must settle." These
declarations are important. If a contrary
view of the case had been taken the rehel
le>n might have been considered a specula
tion. wliieh. to many, would have made
treason profitable.
POLITICAL DISABILITIES.— The Kecon
-t ruction Committee has agreed to a general
hill fur ihe removal of political di-abilitios,
which General llutler will, at ihe proper
time, report lo tl.e II ouse tor passage. It
applies to all disfranchised persons, except
those who have beco members of Congress
I or have held commissions in the army or
| navy. The whole matter is thrown into the
I roiled States courts, and the form of peti
j tion is embodied in the bill. The notice of
' filing of petition for removal of disabilities
is to be printed in newspapers, and hearing
; is to be had thereon at. the specified time.
If the court is sitisfib-d that the statements
made by the applicant are true the certificate
must issue, and that ends the matter. If
the court rejects the application the disabili
ties can ho removed only by an act of Con
gress. False swearing is to be punished as
peijury. The removal of disabilities does
not restore the property or give the right to
set up a claim lor property captured or de
stroyed during the war.
CIN'CINXAT. February 15. —The Judges of
the Su promts Court rendered a decision to
day in tho ctusc involving the reading of
the Bible in the public schools. This action
was todissolveau injunction heretofore gran
ted restraining the operation of the resolu
tions of the School Board providing that the
reading td'the Bible and all religion* instruc
tion in the public schools shall not be per
mitted. Judge Ilogan he'd that a provis
ion of the Constitution recognized there
ligon of Christianity and acknowledged
that religion and morality were necessary
to good government, and that the State used
re gion as a means to promote good govern
me,if. and therefore the exclu-ioti of ali reli
gious instruction from the public schools,
was contrary to the provisions of the bill of
rights. Judge Siorer concurred, and 'he
injunction was made perpetual JudgeTalt
dissented.
EVER SINCE the war the people of the
counties of \>;-k, Adams, Cumberland,
Franklin and Bedford, or at least, that por
tion of them which suffered damage by the
inva-ion of the Confederate forces, have
been striving to secure the pa-sage of a bill
which shad provide a remuneration for their
lme-es. Yesterday Mr. Dill, ot Adam-coun
ty. brought thi matter before the II >use.
and asked for a suspension of the rules in
order to allow of its immediate considera
tion, which was refused. The amount
claimed is nearly a million of dollars, which
is to be secured by a State han. Forty
seven members voted for the motion to take
uj) the bill forthwith, which indicate consid
erable strength, though it is doubtful
whether it will ever pass, as it is strongly
and reasonably urged that 10-ses of this
kind should be made good by the general
government.
A CANADA paper says that, on the 13th
of January, people living on the shore of
St, Clair lake heard two loud reports as of
cannon, immediately after which they lelt a
gentle swaying of the earth, and discoveid
that ice and trees and logs from the lake
had been suddenly piled in a jumbled taa-s
on tho shore. 'lhe waters also suddenly
rose, and it was a week before they subsi
ded into their ordinary boundary. No ex
planation of the phenomena has been
given.
GENERAL MEW St ITEMS.
A CINCINNATI CONFIDENCE man paid bis
boar 1 fulls for several weeks by courting tho
landlady, but defaulted just before the
promised wedding.
TRAVELERS IN Australia carrry a small
syringe full of ammonia, with a sharp point,
to piek a vein and inject their circulaiton in
case of a snake bite.
AN ILLINOIS woman, who wanted to go to
a masquerade party as Mary Queen of
Scots, looked through the Bible to ascertain
bow the character was dressed.
A SERVANT girl in Trov, in the habit of
pilfering her employer's liquor, drank bug
poison by mistake the other day, and, asham
ed to confess her mistake, met the fate of
tho bugs.
A COLORED wan was found dead iu bed
in Indianapolis on Friday morning. In
lNfil, when a boy of sixteen, he was shot
and the bullet entered near the ba*e of the
nose and passed upward. The pott mortem
examination shewed that it iiad lodged
within a half inch of hi* skull, after passing
two inches through the brain. Since the
-hooting he has been afflicted with epilepsy,
but has otherwse been healthy.
A MEMBER of the Alabama House o'
Representatives, whose seat is contested,
on the Ist instant sent the Speaker a letter,
iu which he said: "To morrow I am to be
married, and on Saturday 1 take the boat
Mobile, thence to Montgomery. 1 think it
but fair, under the unusual circumstances,
that I should be gtv n time to appear before
the body to make my defense. Any inde
cent haste on the part of the Legislature
would not be creditable."
PRINCE PIERRE BONAPARTE has not yet
selected a lawyer to defend him. He is in
a de-ponding mood, and looks forward to
five years' seclusion. Hi- objection to the
Supreme Court of Justice ties in the notion
that the jtlry will be composed of large
owners devoted to the Empire, who will
sacrifice him to save his cousin. Prince
Pierre enjoy,. a certain amount of populari
ty in the F.iuftourg St. Antoinc in conse
quence of his having married a daughter of'
the people
Miss EMMA WEBB is prosecuting her war
against "masculine women and feminine
uien' with great vigor in Californ-a. Shear
gues woman's brain i-s smaller and her whole
organization finer (ban man's, and in this
consists all the difference; God has given
her delicacy as an evidence that she is to
depeud on the stronger creature, fitted to
endure the shocks of life. Dependence
does not imply tyranny, else the nicher
may be also a tyrant over her dependent
children; there is far less of this so-called
tyranny of man than is reported, to lie re
duced still further if the woman would de
pend upon her beauty and graees to per
made, instead of appealing to the sledge
hammer arguments of th strong minded,
or rather strong tongued women.
Books and Periodicals.
Aix books and periodicals noticed in this
column are to be had at tbe IXQCIKU Book
, Store.
THE GARDENER'S MONTHLY— February No.
contains: Monthly Hints on I-'lower Gorden
and pleasure ground: Fruit Graden and Vege
table Garden. Under Communications we
have Fruit trees and Fungi. The Gilliflower,
Climbing plants, Californian fruit compared
with Eastern. Tbe Round Tubered Diosco
rea, specified heat of plants. Notes on fruits
in Wisconsin. Cultivation of Alpine straw
berries. In Editorial department we have,
Horticulture at Milwaukee. Hemlock Hedges,
and The Illinois Horticultural Society. Be
sides Scraps and Queries, new and rare fruits
and plants, intelligence and Horticulture no
tices. Published by Brinckloe k Malot, No.
23 North Sixth St., Phils.
GODEV FOR MARCH. —The usual array of
beautiful engravings appears in the March
number. In fact GODOT never retrogrades.
The Steel plate, fashion-plate, and colored
page of fancy work are superb specimens of
the art ot engraving and coloring. There is
also a rich selection of extra fashion cuts,
particularly for children's dresses, and any
amount of fancy work for the ladies. A pre?- '
ty wood engraving representing a March day
is also given. Lessons in drawing, and a
handsome design for a cottage assist to make ;
this an indispensable number. Terms $3,00 !
per year. Address L. A. Godey N. E. Cor- ;
tier Sixth and Chestnut St., Phila.
EDIXBURO REVIEW .- January 1870.— con
tents: Mr. Fronde's History of Queen Eliza- '
beth: Geological Theory in Britain: Memoirs
of General Von Brandt: Sir Charles Ad.
derley on Colonial Policy; John Calvin in j
Church and State; London Topography and ,
Street-nomenclature: Veitch's Memoir of Sir ;
William Hamilton; The Prechristian Cross;
and The Irish Land Question. Published by
the Leonard Scott publishing Company, 140
Fulton St., New York.
LtrriKcoTT's MAGAZINE for March, with |
four full-page illustrations, contains: The
Vicar of Bullbampton; "Give Me a Pin and
I'll Show you a Show;" Jim Lane; The Com- j
ing Revolution in England: The Stranger of
Nahant; Dreams: -Villainous Saltpetre: Mar- j
ble Faun ing: Yaudoux in St. Domingo ; j
Concerning Shelley; To day. Errors of tbe
Press; The Forger's Bride: Government and
the Gold Premium ; Our Monthly Gossip ;
Leterature of the Day. Terras.—Yearly Sub
scription, $4. Single Number, 35 cts. For
Sale at all the Book and News-Stores. J. B.
l.ippincott k Co., Publishers, 715 k 717 Mar
ket St., Phila.
The March number of the Eclectic Maga
zine contains: The Due D'Aumnlis Lives of
the Condea, To Know or Not to Know, The
Romance of Medicine, Last Hours uf Mary
Queen of Scotts, Islam (concluded), Lanbilh
and the Archbishops IK, Rain and Rain
Doctors, Who Wrote Robinson Crusoe? Wil
liam Cullen Bryant, Poetry, Literary Notices,
Science, Art and Varieties. Single Copies
4? cents. Published by E. R. Pelton, 108
Fulton St., New York.
THE Galaxy contains: Put Yourself in his
place, At Cambridge Lfniversity, An Editor's
Tales. The Lost Bird, Letters from Havana,
The Priuce ot Wales, Ten Years in Rome,
Medusa, Haud to Uund, The Clown's Real
Pigling, The Galaxy Miscellany, Drift Wood,
Literature and Art, and Nehuia;. Published
by Sheldon A Co., -11)8 and 500, Broadway,
New York.
HARPER'S MAGAZINE, MarcbrJSSTO, con
tains: ''Pussy, Frederick the the
Marriage of the Crown Prince,) shadows,
Nature's Commou Carrier, Broken Music,
South Coast Sauuterings in Englaud, A New
Judgement of Pans, Civil Service Reform,
Miss Ellington's Niece, A Brave Lady, Our
Relations with Englaud, Jessie, Bolivar, Lib
erator of South America, On a Photograph
of Athens, Ac. Ac.
-y\\ ISFRIIANFOU*.
WASHINGTON HOTEL
FOR SALE OR RENT.
The subscriber offers this well known Hotel
property, situated on the corner of Juliana and
Pitt streets, Bedford, Pa., for sale or rent utuil
December Ist.
TLe building is far superior to any other in
town and is one of the most favorably located in
Southern Pennsylvania. Persons wishing a good
Hotel Property will do well to give this their at
tention.
For terms or further particulars address the
subscriber at Bedford, Pa.
Seep Sin MICHAEL LUTZ.
IMPORTANT.—
Wo respectfully inform all interested that,
January let IS7U our b: oks will be closed. Every
account there.upon must be settled by CASH or
NOTE without delay. After the period named
above, a credit of ninety days will be given to all
PROMPT PAYING customers, to whom we re
turn our thanks. Don't fail to remember that
our terms are THREE MONTHS alter which
period, we will charge interest o" all accounts
A. B. CRAMER t. Co.
DICKENS' NOVELS, mil sets, *t 25~c7n a
per novel, st the Inquirer Book otore, tl
PfcfflJiroemij*.
QITIZKNB' CO-OPERATIVE
MUTUAL
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF BEDFORD, PA.
Incorporated, March, 1869, by Special Act
of lite LcyixlUure. of Pcnntylccuua.
This company is organized on the Co operative
Mutual Plan.
The membership fee is graded according to the
age of the applicant, and is lower than other mu
tual companies.
The payment of the membershipjfoe entitles the
member to a life policy.
Every member in this company has a vote in
controlling the funds of the company, and has an
equal share in the funds.
The amount of money paid is so little that every
one can insure.
This Company is pureiyfa HOME Company.
orricELS ;
Hon. SAMUEL L. RUSSELL, Prest.
J. R. DURBORROW, Vice Prest.
K. F. KERR, Secretary.
0. E. SHANNON, Treasurer.
DIRECTORS :
J. M. SHOEMAKER, J. B. WILLIAMS,
T. H. Lroxa, J. W. DKEEBIOM,
D. R. AXDERSOX.
Gen. Agent, W. A. EDWARDS.
Circulars, Pamphlets and full particulars given,
on application to the Secretary of the company,
or to " W. A. EDWARDS,
mar,l'6yi!yl Oen. Agent, Bedford, Pa
jpSU Agents wanted in every County and
Township in the State.
"A YER'S CATIIAimc PILLS.
PL FUR PURIFYING THE BLOOD,
Perhaps no one medicine is so universally re
quired by everybody a= cathartic, nor was ever
any be .'ore so universally adopt od into use. in
every country and aoio all classes, as this mild
but efficient purgative PILL. The obvious rea
son is, that it is a more reliable and far more ef
fectual remedy than any other. Those who have
tried it, know that it cured them : those who have
not, know that it cures their neighbors and friends,
and ali know that what it does once it does al
ways—that it never tails through any fault or
neglect of its composition. We have thousands
upon thousands of certificates of their remarkable
cures of the following complaints, but such cuies
are known in every neighborhood, and w< owed
not publish them. Adapted to all ages and con
| ditions in all climates : containing neither calo
mel or anv deleterious drug, they may tie taken
with safety by anybody. Than sugar coating
I preserves them ever fresh and makes theui pleas
act to take, while being purely vegetable no harm
can rise from their use in any quantity.
They operate by their powerful influence on
the internal viscera to purify the blood and stimu
late it into healthy action---remove the obstruc
tions of the stomach, bowls, liver, and other or
gans of the body, restoring their irregular action
to health, and by correcting, wherever they exist,
such derangement* as arc the first origin of dis
ease.
Minute directions are given in the wrapper on
the box, f T the following complaints, which
the?e PILLS rapidly eure:—-
For DYSPEPSIA or INDIGESTION, LIS T
LESSNESS, LANGUOR and LOSS OF APPE
TITE, they should be taken moderately to etim
ulate the stomach and restore its healthy tone
and actior.
For LIVER COMPLAINT and iU various
symptoms, BILIOUS HEADACH E, SICK
HKACACIIE, JAUNDICE or GREEN SICK
NESS, BILIOUS COLIC A BILIOUS FEVERS,
they should be judiciou-13* taken fo- each case, to
correct the diseased action or remove the obstruc
tions which cause it.
For DYSENTERY or DIARRHOEA, but one
mild dose i* generally required.
For RHEUMATISM, GOUT, GRAVEL, PAL
PITATION OF THE 11EAKT, PAIN IN THE
SIDE, BACK and LOINS, they should be con
tinuously taken, as required, to change the dis
eased action of the system. With such change
those complaints disappear.
For DROPSY and DROPSICAL SWELLINGS
they should be taken in large aud frequent doses
to produce the effect of a drastic purge.
For SUPPRESSION a large dose should be ta
ken as it produces the desired effect by sympathy.
As a DINNER PILL, take one or two PILLS
to promote digestion and relieve the stomach.
An occasional d >se stimulates the stomach and
bowels into healthy action, restores the appetite,
and invigorates the system. Hence it is often
advantageous where no serious derangement ex
ists. One who feels tolerably well, often finds
that a dose of these Pills makes him feel decided
ly better, from their cieausing and renovating ef
fect on the digestive apparatus.
DR. J. C. AYER A CO.,
Practical Chemist,
B. F. HARRY*, Agt. *lode Lowell, Mass
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Several Hundred Different Figure*.
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Largest lot ever brought to Bedford county.
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; J^ OOK AGENTS WANTED FOR
STRUGGLES AND TRIUMPHS OF
P. T. BARNUM.
Written by Himself. In Ogo Large Octavo Vol.—
Nearly 800 pages—Printed in English and
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It Embraces Forty Years Recollections of his
Busy life, as a Merchant, Manager, Banter. Lec
turer and Showman, and gives accounts of bis
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pean Tours, and importaut Historical and Person
al Reminiscences, replete with Humor, Anecdotes
and Entertaining Narrative. No booh published
so acceptable to all classes. Every one wants it.
Agents are selling from 50 to 10U a week. We
offer extra terms. Our Illustrated Catalogue and
Terms to Agents sent free.
J. B. BURR A CO.,
4feb6w Publishers, Hartford, Conn.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTlCE—Letters o<
administration having been granted to the
subscriber by the Register of Bedford county, on
the estate of Nathan Robison, late of Southamp
ton township, deceased, notice is hereby given
to those indebted to said estate to make immedi
ate payment, and those having claims against the
same will present them duly authenticated for
settlement. HIRAM ROBIsON,
11 fel>* Executor.
THE BEDFORD HOTEL
FOR SALE OR RENT.
The subscriber now offers t'-is well known hotel
for Sale or Kent. Possession given at any time to
suit purchaser. The bupdtng is in good repair,
having just been thoroughly re-fitted. For furth
er particulars apply to
JOSHUA J.SHOEMAKER.
28novtf Bedford Pa.
pOR SALE.
Two dwelling Houses with valuable lots'appur
tenant thereto, in Hoydstowu. Terms easy. In
quire of
J. W. LINGENIKLTER,
Bocf.tf Bedford, PH.
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\7 ALUABLK FARM FOR SALE.
Tho subscriber offer, at private ulc, a good
improved (arm situated in Snake Spring Two.
Bedford Co.. Pa., two mile, from Mount Dallas
elation, on the Huntingdon and Uroa.lt .p rail
road, containing 230 ACHES of good limestone
lend, about 180 acre, cleared and under good
Tenee, over 801) panel, of which are poet fence
the balanee of the land ia well timbered. The
improvement* are A GOOD LARGE FARM
HOUSE and Large Bank Barn aud all necer.sary
out building*, 3 Never Failing Springe, 3 Orcb
erde, 2 TENANT HOUSES and a good Sawmill.
The above Maneiun Farm is in a good Uate of
cultivation and is well calculated to make TWO
FARMS. For further particular, addres,
HENRY HERSHMERGER,
"j*n Bloody Run, Bedford Co., Fa.
piiVATi~^L.ToF
VALUABLE real estate.
The following lotof ground, tituate in the town
of Duncan t-ville, Biair co.. Pa., fronting on Slain
etrcet (or Turnpike) 75 feet and extending back
IN) leet, more or lee*, and having thereon erected
a large two story BRICK HOUSE, with base
ment and kitchen, and good cellar, frame Black
smith and Wagon-Makei's Shop, frame stable
and other out-buildings, with fruit of different
varieties on the lot. TUie would be a good stand
for a Tavern or Boarding House, being conveni
ent to the Rolling Mill and Nail Factory, and the
Railroad. The House ia in good repair and very
pleasantly situated, with water at the door.
Also, A lot of SIX ACRES, near the Chalybeate
Spr.ng, one mile front the town of Bedford, with
: a loj House thereon erected. Adjoining land-,
! of Chenowitb, Amos, Shannon and others.
Also, 14 acres of Timber Land, adjoining the
Colfelt farm, and convenient tn good toads.
For further particulars apply to
JOHN LCTZ,
I.VQUIKU Orricr,
or J. (J. BRIuAIIAM.
18dectf Bedford. Fa.
yALCABLE TRACTS~OF
LAND FOR SALE.
The subscribers offer at private sale the follow
ing valuable tracts of land, viz:
No. I. The undivided half of a tract of land,,
containing 227 acres, situate on the south-east
aide of the Broad Top Mountain, lying partly in
Bedford and partly in Falton county, and ad
oining lands jo Eamuel Banner, Jamej Brin
hurst and Wishart's heirs. TWO VEINS OF
COAL, one 5J feet, the other 6J feet in depth have
been discovered on this tract.
No. 2. A tract 0f230 acres near the ah . nj
joining the same Lands, and supposed -o c> i tsir,
the same veins of coal.
No. 3. A tract of 400 acres, within two and a
| half miles of the above tracts, lying on the North
: side of the Harbor across the mountain, well tim
bercd with oak and pine.
May 3,-tf. JOHN LUTZ.
T OTS AT PRIVATE SALE.
.1 RARE OPPORTUNITY TO BUY A
ROME.
The subscribers will sell a number of lots ad
joining the CHALYBEATE SPRING PROP
ERTY in Bedford township,
AT VERY LOW PRICES.
On two of them dwelling houses have already
!>cen erected. This is a splendid opportunity to
buy a cheap and most desirable home, as the lots
lie immediately opposite the Chalybeate Spring
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-buildings, garden and fruit trees, an
the best of water convenient, at S7OO, cash.
2. Half-acre lot SIBO, cash.
3. Half acre lot SIBO, cash.
4. Half acre lot slßo,cash.
5 and 8. Half acre lots with dwelling house,
brick yard, garden and fruit trees thereon for
SBSO, cash.
7. Contains three acres covered with fruit
t-ees, and in a good state of cultivation, adjoin
ing the above lots, for S6OO, cash.
Any person desiring to buy a home, a few
yards out of Bedford, will find this offer worth
serious consideration.
JOHN LUTZ,
mayS.tf Real Estate Agent, Bedford, Pa.
P OR SALE OR TRADE.
FIVE lots of ground in Bedford, 60 by 240,
formerly part of the Lyons' estate.
Two tracts of 160 acres each within three miles
of a depot on the Pacific Rail Road back of Oma
ha.
i A tract of bottom land timbered and prarie
two miles from Omaha City.
One third of 7,000 acres in Fulton Ccunty Pa.,
including valuable Ore, mineral and timber lands
near Fort Littleton.
Over 4,000 acres of valuable ore, coal and tim
ber lands in West Virginia.
ALSO, Twenty-five one acre lots, adjoining the
Borough of Bedford, with lime stone rock for
kiln or quarry on the upper end of each.
Also, 320 acres of land in Woodbury CO., lowa.
80 " " Franklin •* lowa.
100 acres adjoining Bedford, with house, bam,
Ac., known as the "Amos farm."
Also, * farm of 107 acres in Harrison twp.
Also, Six acres near Bedford, with 2 houses,
stable and brick vard thereon.
O. E. SHANNON,
June 21,-tf . Bedford. Ponn'a.
A FINE FARM FOR SALE IN DUTCH
CORNER:
NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY CHEAP:
The subscribers will sell all that fine farm in
Bedford township, containing ISO acres, 95 of
which are cleared and nnder excellent fence, and
the balance, 95 acres, well timliered, adjoining
lands of Charles Uelsel. John Schnebly, and oth
ers. The buildings area two and a half story
LOG HOUSE and BANK BARN, with other
ont-buildings thereon erected. Water in every
field, with an excellent Saw Mill scat. A splen
did apple orchard also thereon. Price S4OOO.
TERMS: One third in hand and the balance in
:hree annual payments with interest.
JOHN LCTZ,
June 21. 1367:tf Real Estate Agent.
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Price ffl.OO.
Sdecly B. F. HARRY, Agent.
A GOOD INVESTMENT.— A homtc and two
toft for tale in the tourn of Hopewell.
The subscriber offers at private sale lots No.
31 and 32 in the town of Hopewell, Bedford
county Pa. There is a good TWO STOR'
PLANK HOUSE erected on the one lot. The
two lots adjoin each other anil will be sold separ
ately or together to suit purchasers. For further
particulars address the subscriber at Bedford Pa,
nostf JOHN LCTZ.
1? VERY THING ia the BOOK and STATION.
-4LKY line for sale at the Inquirer Hook Store.