National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1867-01-18

to Ogden City, Kansas, last week,
i'll search of deserters. The ser
geant stationed guard around a
house, with orders to let no one IN.
lie then attempted to outrage the
woman of the house, who was alone.
The cries of her children aroused
her husband and brothers, who
were ut work in a field near by, and
they came to her assistance. The
sergeant ordered the husband to be
shot, and the order was carried out
by one Of the guards, who killed
the husband The citizens arrive
and fought the soldiers, wounding
two and capturing the squad.
At San Francisco, November Is,
Miss Rosa Celeste, undertook to
wheel man along a rope stretched
at great height. The man had
taken some drink to strengthen his
nerves, and when about ten feet
from the starting point he changed
his position in the barrow and Celes-
te, Kennovan and the Harrow came
to the earth. kennovali was under
most, and besides bruises from the
fall, he was terribly mang'ed by the
iron works of the barrow, which
tore his ear from the socket and
larcerated the muscles of his neck.
Celeste chung to her pole, and, one
end of it striking the ground, broke
her fall before it snapped, and she
struck on her elbow, breakingit and
her shoulder bone, but saving her
neck.
Gen. Samuel II. Curtis OF Ohio,
whose efficient service at the battle
of Pea Ridge secured his promotion
FROM IA Brigadier to Major General
died at Council Bluffs, Iowa, We'd
nesday night.
We copy the following article from
the Granite State Free Press, relating
to an achievement by Drs. Move
and Cummings, surgeon dentists,
which we believe has never before
been accomplished in New England:
VERY wonderful is modern skill
in supplying the defects of birth or
/ the mutIlatlonS of accidents or dis
ease. in the human frame. 1t is able
to furnish limbs. which, if not So
perfect as natures handiwork, are
/ vet most convenient and comfortable
! Ill, y Il
/ Dentist will make You i new nose
or cleck, or insert an eye. These
/ applications of science and skill re
/ licVe vast amount OF physical SUI.
I tcring and personal modification,
and SO brighten the life of the uniOr-
/ tunatc. Amongthe most Notifying
congenital defects is the cleft palate.
/ No word can be spoken without be
| trayiug it to the embarrassment of
all parties. DrS. Move and Cum
ingS. Surgeon Dentists, haverecent
/ " achieved rare triumph i'll their
profession, in furnishing Il mechan
4 zeal remedy for this defect. They
haze fitted to the mouth of Il young
| lady from Vermont. an instrument
composed of rubber and gold, which
performs all the offices of the natur
al palate. Articulation is at once
so much improved that Il stranger
would not suspect the natural defect.
while use will still farther improve
the speech. While before her words
were almost unintellgible they are
now plain. She is also able to sing
with diStinctness. The difficulties
/ in the way of success in this opera
ton, are very great. There must
he an accurate fitting at all parts OF
the mouth, while 1T the same time
it preserves the SottneSS and elastic
ity of he natural organ, Very
much of the success of this attempt
is due to the niece and patient me
chaniral skill OF Dr. +. =. Cummings.
This work, we understand, is rarely
attempted by any New England
Dentist. Prot. Norman W. Kings
ley, of New York City, is the mven
tor of the instrument. This is q
new addition TO the lonorS Obtained
by the Mechanical skill Of Lebanon"
DEATH SENTENCE.-Theso sentence
of death was pronounced by the
Court at Burlington, on Monday,
upon John Ward, alias Jerome La.
vigne, convicted last Spring of the
murder of Mrs. Griswold, the Su.
premc Court having refused to grant
the application for the new trial.
Like a piece of neglected goods
under the auctioneer's hammer, poor
Maximilianis always going, going"
but never quite gone