National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1870-12-30
News Summary.

INDIAN scalps are worth $500, IN
Sonora.
In Florida they are making orange
brandy.
The great lakes cover over l3O,ooo
square miles.
The area of Lake Superior is 3,oOO
square miles.
The wealthiest man in Baltimore Is
worth ST ,000,0 900.
WILD pigeons have never been seen in
the Rock Mountains.
THERE are now about $4,000 miles of
railroad in the United States.
Ir is reported that $4,000 hogs will be
packed this year at Peoria, ILL.,
The colored Roman Catholics are
numerous body in Washington.
In Augusta, Ga, the Democrats cleo
ted their Mayor by 800 majority.
PORTLAND, Me-, sends granite to st.
Louis by water, via the Mississippi
Some careful man has ascertains that
the average head contains about 100, 900
hairs.
Nhl4lfOhNIa ID HSipSe S'aD
with a compartment for freight and
dogs.
PORTIONS of the Dismal Swamp, down
South, have been burning for several
years.
The coal mines aear BoonesbOrO, Iowa,
are at present yielding $500 tons per
month
MANY Ohio farmers have made them
selves well off by raising and selling
eranb erries.
A HERMIT, ninety years old, has been
discovered at the foot of the Fishkill
Mountains.
Four brothers by the name of Casey,
are among the members elect of the Ill
inois Legislature.
The total bonded debt of Michigan is
So, 1856, OPS. 40. OF this sum S42, OPS. Al
bears no interest
The English Government has refused
to adopt any form of the mitrailleur foi
use in the British army.
OCEAN COUNTY, n. j., has produced
, this year GA, $40 bushels of cranberries
worth at wholesale, 81. 80 a bushel.
The city government of Memphis ha'
decided to furnish the poor of that place
with five Thousand bushels of coal.
SAN Francisco is considering the mat
ter of requiring all buildings hereafte
erected in that city to be earthquake
, proof.
ABOUT 10000 bushels of oysters ar
/, taken from the Maryland waters of tn
: Chesapeake, during the season of min
months.
Navigation has remained open longe
| this year on the Upper Mississippi tina
! for the past twenty years, with but on
g exception.
+ PEANUT oil, used in the South durin
2 the war as a substitute for butter, is re
commended in view of the high price {
n the latter
e A WEALTHY citizen of Boston is built
t ing what will be the most expensive re'
r idence ever erected in that city. 1t wi
# cost $500, 600.
IS THE citizens of Tnlare County, Cal
E have lynched two Indians, the murder
e ers of the Bonsell family, and are
/ pursuit of a third
y A MAN in Waukegan, Wis, got drunl
- chased his wife up tree, threw h
y children out of the window and browne
( himself in well.
f The Vermont Legislature exempte
. from poll-tax all voters who lost lie!
4 arm or eyesight in the service Of IL
n Union during the recent war.
h An acre of land has been sold in II
q city of London for $1,000. 600, and
e nearly every portion of the city land
!. said to be increasing in value every yea
e THE Deharo land case, involving II
< title to a large portion of San Francisc
l. is now on trial in that city. Over |, O'
- defendants and n lawyers appear i'll Il
lie case.
n The WAYS and Means have invit,
;? Secretary Boutwell, to consult with the
" on his proposition for three hundrt
'r millions more of five per cents, quartz
- ly interest.
!, The Mobile Register intimates that ii
ii present condition of Alabama with h
III two Governors, furnishes an illustrate
/; Of Jefferson's thought. that the wor
"a is governed too much.
T. The house of Mr. Watson, in Ma
4 shall County, Alb, was burned week b
W fore last, and two of his children, IDIOT
- were burned to death in it. Their mot
:, er was also badly burned.
" The amount of cash on hand in Il
" Indiana St te Treasury is S45s, 1907 4
A. and during the year the total fund,
ne debt has been reduced $685., 800, leavil
10 its present amount 81, 3S5,02S
The value of school property
. Indiana is 81, 2S6. G39 30. and the anon
- expended for tuition during the We
" 81 $40, SOC So. The whole number
i. children of school ages is Gil $40.
ne THE members of the anti Masonic .
ne scieties recently organized i'll Iowa a
he instructed "not TO vote for, trade wit
" buy from, employ, or have any 9th
TX business relations with Freemasons
NJ The veterinary surgeons say that t
ne injury to the famous mare Lady Thor
s. has resulted in the "pin hip, and tn
er she can never 90 on the track agai
ty She is useful now only for breeding PIT
nj poses
he Twcnty-Eight Good Dollar Books for
r. Dollar and u half.