National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-11-19

PiOded IN Cleveland, Ohio, on Fri.
day night.
Many of the cedar swamps in
New Jersey were formerly, and even
within the memory of present resi-.
dents, cultivated and wooded lands
This sinking of the land is supposed
to have been in progress for years.
Iowa enjoys the honor of having
two men-Gen. Dodge and Hon. i
+. WilsOn-whO it is said might b,
United States Senators but will nat
consent to be.
With the means of lOCOmotion nj
present i'll use, tour round thu
world may he made in eighty DAYS:
about the time which would former.
ly nave been employed in going
from London to st Petersburg.
The Cincinnati cred Stockings
have won sixty consecutive base
ball games the past season, beating
all the leading base ball clubs ID
the country
a new law has been promulgated
| in cOnstantinople, which makes edu.
cation compulsory for every inhab.
liant Of the Turkish Empire. The
/ period of instruction is fixed for
girls at from six to ten years of age,
and for boys at from six to eleven.
Att jcwelry store i'll Bloomington,
IA nfh lr a ~
trying to select pin that would suit
him as to price and quality; pricing
everything III the case until he came
to a diamond pin, valued at 1880.
70 try the customer the jeweler of
iered it at one dotjdr and ffty cent?.
well" said he, "that is about tho
price / want to pay, but the pin is
little larger than | want"
AS an evidence of the coldness Of
the weather in laramie, Wyoming,
a paper at that place says, AN cs.
timable Noung lady Of this town got
choked two days ago, while drink
ing glass of water, by Il piece Of
ice sticking in her throat, where 1t
still remains. a counci OF eminent
d physicians decided that nothing
- could he done to remove the obs
strnction before next spring.
The spite of the y. y. Indepcn
dent against the religious newspapers
Of the country has been quite no
ticcable ever since that Journal laps
, ed into a commercial and advertis
ing sheet. This is the last pretty
thing that it says about three of the
! highest toned paper, IN the land ::
, "lu chr judgment the y. !. Ledgcr,
. in point of moral tone, is as good az
the IrdHgelist, better than the Id
, rdbco, and very far superior TO thu,
! Conareqdtiopala." Such talk a.
that only hurts the paper that VI,
= tiers il.
n NEW YORK Nov.l0.
e Among 'hc couuterteiters arrest.
n cd last week by the Government de.
r. tcctives was one John Rippon of no,
\ $50 Fort Green place. Brooklil, and
i the threads which fell into the hands
IT, Of the officers led them 10 make lur
}, thcr Investigations in the Residence
II Of Rlppou. Following the inform
~ alton they had received the detect
~ ives duG up the floor OF the celIcr
and uGcdrthcd large and powerful
press FOR the manufacture OF coin,
y all the necessary dies being found
1, in the ground. All OF these imp,-
m ments removed to the United Statpa
10 MarShal's office tor use on the trial
y of the accused. Nippon is believed
- to Ec an old hand ut the business,
and IA chain Of evidence is now be
,, my prepared for his trial
- Statistics Show tat England
=. alone consumes every year at least
). 1000 tons of hecswaX valued atSl,
# uOO. 0O0. With gold at l3l the best
= bright pressed yellow American
In bceswaX is now selling in England
mt from - to 81 cents pound
Wax candles are used extensively u
III the ROYAL palaces alone; 1t Is sand
o. that 1000 wax candles are buruet
~ every night. The method OF light
y ing this large number of candles III
4 simultaneously. is to connect thu
MS wicks by an inhamahlc and scente,
II. web like link, which runs from wicE
-. to wick. one end of the link is III
= and the flame flashes round the con
in ncctcd wax lights, an agreeable odol
w. is emitted and the apartments are
" Illuminated and pcriumed as II ~
ms magic.
- THE NEW ATLANTIC CABLE
N, The Belgian governments grant &c
10 the new ocean cable company wa
signed on Saturday, and the rec'p'
. cnts are three American gentieIhe''
nt W. G. Barney, T.. l.. Panldlns AM
- j. :. Bartlett. The conditions nam
,or ed in the grant itself are, that 10
49, line is not To touch on any forelG
II. territory between the two coas,'
49,, and is 10 he in working order by III
,i "' LIST of September, 1871. The PRIV
ho lege is to he exclusive for some tNcI
- ty years. The Belgian gorernineh
Nv, is TO have control over the lino an
' ha such general supervision as to pr'
81 vent the disclosure OF message
an while reciprocal power is oiierc
sL' to our own government MS 10 W
80 terminus of the line. This MAKE
~" il government cable-a postal e.
~, w. tension in fact--without cost 10 Z
,hn thcr government, ana VIII pc "cel'
1 l.al