National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-09-17
Miscellaneous Items.


at Syracuse, gave a barber one dol
lar for shaving him, and distributed
fifty dollars among the walters
An exchange says: ..That old luna
tic will keep fooling until he gets
into the poor-housc."
Michael Smith, an employee in a
shop in Rut1alo, on Monday
struck bombsheli with a sledgc
hammer, when the. shell exploded,
killing him instantly, and mangling |
his body in fearful manner. 1t IS /
not known how the shell came on
the premises.
\ letter from Paris announces |
that Senator James w. Grimes of
Iowa has sent home his resi- gnation
to take effect Oct. l. His health
has somewhat improved since he
went abroad, but not enough to ems
able him to take an active part i'll
the Senate at present and doubt
less, too, he knows quite as well as
any one, that since his vote on i'm
parchment, Iowa prefers to have
some one else represent her.
The state treasurer of Minnesota
expresses the decided opinion that
in fifteen wears time the taxes paid
by the railroads Of the state will
meet the current expenses OF the
state government.
+. William Howatt writes TO the
LONDON Daily News, on the Byron
scandal. He says there is little
doubt that the altered conduct of
! Lady Byron towards her husband
was tile result of her fathers repre-
sensations, backed up by some obi
Gus story. He traces the conduct of
! the wife in buying up her husbands
memoir and destroying it. and asks
if thc evidence Of a party destroy
/ ing the evidence of an opponent can
be accepted. The same act of de>
priving Byron of the opportunity of
Seli-juStihcation, deprived the wife
Of the right to advance fresh charg-
es. The writer feels certain that
this will he the ultimate verdict OF
the public. Mr.. Aytoun has writ
ten note defending Lord Byron
and discrediting the statements
made by Mrs. Stove.
The American clock company have
lust DISPATCHED by the Pacific rail
road a car loaded with clocks, to
= / Ia
steamer to China. These are the
FIRST clocks ever sent across the con
tiueut.
About $4,000 worth of bullion
has mystcliouSIy disappeared FROM
san Francisco mint-suppoScd to hC
by some person who had access tc
the bullion, but who had no rcspon
sibi!ity for It's safe keeping.
The public are terribly careless il
respect to directing and stamping
their letters, and then are dispoSeo
to blame the post office officials tol
neglect of duty. 1909 letters hay,
accumulated in four weeks. ON the
list of adv -rtised, unpaid, or misdi
rectcd, at the Chicago post Office.
John Coitin,of Chinchcster, \, H..
seized by the tai! a black SNAKE
which had taken refuge under q
, rock. Coffin held on at one end ant
the snake 1T the othcr,and the result
was the snake paIted--not Will
Coffin hut with his litc-hreakin4
open in the middle. The two piece,
) when put '',gether measured sly
t feet in length.
e \ New Orleans paper estimate
, that there are enough field hands a
e work in the cotton states to pick ;.
q O0O, 900 bales Of cotton, at whicl
| amount Northern papers place tn
F incoming crop.
\ Dickens says. Il have know
! vast quantities of nonsense talkc,
+ about bad men not looking yon i
6 the face. Don't trust that CONVEX
Sational idea. Dishonesty will star
II honesty out Of countcnancc any da
. in the week, il there is anything t
T. he cot 10y it.
This is the era OF crimes in all part
= of the world. In England and Vale
: alone there are . 900 known thevc
and depGedatorS, 5.0Ol receivers o
stolen goods, 25.G21 pro>titutcs,29,
: 81 OF that singular class calle'
: suspects in France, and SO, l19 VA
t grants and tramps. OF the thieves
: no less than 80 are to bc found i
: London. In England there are 20
ESQ houses OF illlamc, Of which >
GEO are in London.