National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1870-08-26
General Items of Interest.

Boston has over sixty hotels
E-bleaching is Partisan trade.
EIGHT cents is the fee of Chinese
doctor.
CROPS in Oregon were never better than
this year.
Troy takes mp its concrete pavement,
as hurtful to health
The smallpox is said to be raging at
Fort Benton, Montana.
The rank and file of the United States
army numbers now "a, 593 men.
THERE are 1874 trades unions in this
country, with l26, 775 members.
A NINETY-three pound nugget is the
latest find in Victoria, Australia.
A KENTUCKY paper wants two compost
tors who can " adjudicate grammar.
The Delaware crop of peaches this sea
son is estimated at l $50, 900 baskets.
THERE were seventy-fve brides at din
ner at one Niagara hotel the other day.
BosToNs free baths We're used 10y 40,
$50 persons during the month Of July.
A ooLoRED base ball club of Washing
ton is about to make IA tour of the coun-
try
WITHIN the last ten years Nova Sc tia
has produced nearly -, 100000 worth OF
gold.
ILLINOIS has 5000 miles of railroad,
which with equipments, cost Sl29,00O
600
Twelve thousand additional troops ar,
to be sent from Spain to Cuba mex
month.
THERE have already been eight day
this year hotter than single day las
summer
+ SATURN is now visible, rising abou
sunsetand arriving mt the meridian abou
midnight
The corn and fruit crops in Tennessee
this season, will largely exceed those o
any former year.
An ordinary rifle ball costs in France
about cent, while an explosive one cost
forty-hve cents
New Englanders are preparing to cele
brate the 25Oth anniversary OF the land
ing of the Pilgrims.
SINCE the introduction OF artificial ic
machines into New Orleans the price q
ice has fallen one-half
The second bale of new cotton receive,
in Montgomery, Ala, was sold ON Frida
for 1913 cents per pound.
Two hundred bales of silk recent
passed through Omaha, shipped direc
from China to London.
The largest farm in England consist
of 5000 acres. The live stock on thi
farm is valued at S64, 800
The thousands of Americans who wer
at the German spas and Watering place
have mostly gone into Switzerland.
MANY of the cooks at the LARGE hotel
at Saratoga, Newport, and other place
receive from $500 to $4,000 for the sei
son.
FROM the year 1867 to 1869, accorlin
to a recent publication, |, PCS people wer
killed and i,426 wounded by railway acc
dents.
They never execute murderers i
''N''t'll blllil til'N HIM tolltSSlDl
That plan would hardly work well in thi
country.
The drouth in Europe is creating a
increased demand for American hay. am
29,6l7 bales have been exported fror
New York
THERE are eight girls in the Michiga
Agricultural College, who have to wor
in The field three hours daily, just as II
young men do.
The authorities of Dubuque. Iowa. ha,
shot "a dog which had saved four hama
beings from drowning. The act was don
for five cents reward
The annual green corn dance of I'll
Onondaga Indians will take place on III
reservation August Is. They warmly +,
ceive all who wish to witness their wa,
and customs.
On the LIST of October the act of Con
gress goes into effect which repeats tn
United States tax of one-eighth OF Oh
per cent, OH the receipts Of city passeng,
railway companies