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

there are over 100 cOnvicts, the
largest number confined in any one
prison i'll the world.
An ex.Mayor of Norfolk, Va.
was severely cowhided last week
by u young woman whose reputa-
tiOn for chastity he had slandered.
A thunder storm at Atchison,
Kan, on the oath inst, sc altered
a house to atoms, and threw one of
the inmates 200 feet away, without
fatal results.
Farmers In Minnesota are paying
twenty-iour per cent. interest for
money to hold their wheat, not |
wishing to take eighty or eighty.
five cents for it.
An ugly club has been organized
appropriately, at indianapolis, Ind.
The initiation fee is 50, and the
ugliesst man will be its president
tor the ensuing year.
Jay Gould, James Fisk. Jr., and
others, have sued the New York
Times for libel, laying the damages
at one million dollars. This is the
biggest libel suit on the carpet at
present.
A source of apprehension to
government employees is now re.
moved by the Presidents proclama.
ton, which declares that the pay
for eight hours labor shall be tue
same as for ten hours.
Use no evasions when called up |
on to do a good thing, nor excuse
when you are reproached fer doing
a bad one.
y Western railroad engineer, who
has lately left the business ont of
regard ror his personal safety, says
that the road consists of 'the right |
OF way and two streaks of rust
The story that Fisk had stopped |
his suits against the Republican
and the Tribune is now denied, and
those papers are happy again.
One hundred and sixty-four
, steamers have been destroyed on
, the western rivers since September
1867; 40 burned, 10l sunk, and II
exploded.
New York ferry thieves have o.
clIeved the feat of stealing the boots
foam n sI.nnnr - thn him
A New Orleans gambling house
claims that it has lost $1,000 the
past season, and claims the 'protec-
tion of the law.
) The citizens of Newport Il. |. ARE
building Il splended row boat for
Miss Ida Lewis, the heroine Of the
Lime Rock light house.
1t is said that couple of French
. and English iron clads are to race
c to dccidca II bet between Lord Lyons
and Marshal Mel.
J. Most of the CubanS who paradcd
. Broadway, New York, Il few weeks
T. ago with white Panama hats and
# heavy ovcrcoats, have mystcriously
II disappeared.
A Party of $50 0persons is reported
y to be coming from San Francisco,
:, over the Pacific railroad, to Boston,
to attend the peace jubilee.
' The London Bible Society has
given away two hundred thousand
4 copies of the Gospel and five mil
lion tracts III SPAR
F. Farmers in Minnesota are paying
twenty four per cent. interest on
r their money to hold their wheat,
= not wishing to take eighty rcighty
> five cents for it.
lmmencc schools of fish were seen
n by the pilots of the Sound steamers
q last Friday night. The water seem
. ed TO be literally alive with them.
"A Ancx Mayor OF Norfolk Va. was
$ severely cowhided last week by a
@ young lady whose reputation for
5 chastity he had slandered
q Among the persons to be disclarg
ge from the Baltamore pos, office
d at the close Of the present month,
{ is one who has been in charge of
the newspaper mails for the last
d thity years.
FATAL ALACCIpENT.-IIcnry BiXby,
fireman on the freight train from
" Bellows Falls over the Rutland rail
.e road, was instantly killed at the
u canal bridge near ProCtorsville, last
), Saturday morning At the time OF
- the accident he was ing, on the
u top Of the train, from The engine TO
!" the saloon ear TO pariakc of his
> breakfast. He was strdck by the
" timbers Of the bridge, and knocked
" off the train into the water, where
II his lleless body was found Soon az
III ter by the train hands. The doceas'
y cd was y highly respected yoang
u man, and leaves numerous relatives
Is to mourn his loss. He was about
1T - years of age. There appears to
~ be Il singular fatality attending the
ne bridges along this road between
n Proctorsvllc and Chester, some five
70 or six persons having lost their
III lives by coming in contact with
u them during the past few years ;and
H. il would seem to be high time that
the low roofs were removed, or