National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-06-11

was won by all American.
A large portion of the estate of
the late Baron Rothschilds was in
in United States bonds.
The Druid lodges of the State of
Wisconsin propose establishing mu-
tual life insurance companies.
Goats are so numerous and preda
tory in st. Louis that the papers
are writing about the goat nui
sance.'
1t is thought that the production
OF grapes in the middle states thi,
season will be very much larger thai
ever before.
Gen. Grants house in Quincy,
Illinois, was lately entered and rob.
bed.
The American system of, cotton
cnlture Is very successful in Nene
zuela.
Another London clerk has embez.
zled ElO,OOO and absconded.
New York has a society tor the
relief aud protection of poor stran-
gers.
New York pays a million of dol
lars for municipal salaries.
The wife of II farm laborer in Sut
ton n. H., is said to have come in
to a fortune OF $500 900.
Andrews. the New York rloter
who was sent out of court last weel
10y Justice Bowling, is going to tr,
to compel the Judge to admit him t
practice.
The girl Addison, who has beel
lying at UlverStone, England. in
state OF uncOnsciousness and with
out food since October last, has a
length, to the astonishment of the
medical men regained conscious
ness, and commenced talking an,
eating. Her body was reduced t,
mere skeleton, but she seems t,
be daily improving, and there i,
reason to hope that she will ulti
mately recover.
Rhode Island farmers have learn
ell a new use for cast off hoop skirts
they hang them up on poles in thei
helds to scare away the crows, TO
which it is said they are admirabl,
adapted
At South Hadley, IA few days ago
in repairing the old Minister Hayes
place, in the chimney on the secon,
hoor was found an entrance opcnin;
intoan unused closet, and in this ov
en- like place were found two smok
ed hams that wero i'll a perfect stat
Of preservation, and had been ther
over fifty years.
At st. Louis not long ago, a coul
lie of rural individuals were walkin
along the levee. Some of the sewo
mouths were exposed, and a few {
the smaller ones were broken dow
so that they looked like natura
springs. One OF the countrymcI
who was walking III front of til
other, suddenly called out - Look
here, Jim ; here's another spring.
well, ,gaul darn it, replied jim
If the water is no better in this on
than i'll the last one, | don't want
drink from it,
In reply to question as to tn
comparative value of the ashes o
different kinds of wood, j. A. Whit
ney of the New York Farmers Clul
said, oftrces commonly used as fuc
none contain SO much potassa a
the elm. Beech is rich in potaSs;
snd so is black walnut, Pine, o
the other hand, contains so littl
that its ashes are not worth savin.
Oak has eight per cent, of potasS
but large amount of lime. Ash,
vary III weight with the moiStul
they contain. II a bushcl weigh
twenty five pounds, one buys in
from two TO five pounds OF cM bonat
of potassa. when the wood is hard
For agricultural uses oak WOO
ash is as good rs any on account o
! the lime IT contains; for potash
elm, beech, birch and maple shoul
be chosen.
The WAR IN CUBA.-Accoun
from revolutionary sources sta
that the Spanish troops have bee
driven out OF Bayamo, and Nalma
eda. their commander, captured.
severe engagement took place nci
Puerto Padre on the 10th, in Whit
II force of Spaniards carrying provl
ions to Tunas were defeated with
great loss aud were compelled
give up their designs for the rcli
of the town. The insurgents clai
this as another great victory. Th'
have determined to keep the Spa
iards on the scaboard, and thl
compel the surrender of the inlal
towns by starving them out. Co
is getting scarce in Havana and q
government will probably lay an cl
barge on all in the island. r,
hundred Spanish troops have di,
of cholera, and most of the renal
dcrare reported shoelcss aud disco
tented.
The progressive Democrats
Ohio, who control its LegislalnI
have refused to repeal the statnt
mlds "A ycur auO, which disiranchl