National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-10-13

10 u peace ioouhR
The hop crop in England is but one
third the usual amount,
An oil we'll nj Townnda, y. T., ha'
gone down thirteen hundred feet.
Frf'rY.oNR whaling vessels are now
fitting up at New Bedford, Mass,
Or the 3,4s7,92 people in New Eng
hnd, GiS, 900, or nearly one-iifth ARE
foreign born.
TnE reduced rates Of postage TO Ger
many provided for in the recent Conven'
ton, have gone into effect.
SrSGS thousand persons have been
made homeless 10y an earthquake in the
Island Of rortola, in the West Indies
JupaE BEDFORD of New York, gen.
fenced brute Ia 20 years in Sing Sing,
for an outrage on little girl 9years Of
age.
The ship lIesperus has been totally
wrecked on the Islands of Spiker-oog, ut
the mouth of the Wcser, and all on board
were lost.
| A TERRIBLE explosion of iire-damp oc-
cured in one of he mines in the Canton
of Grisons in Switzerland, and 3OpersOns
were killed.
LONDON is wonderful city. Every
eight minutes, night and day, one person
dies every five minutes one is born !;
500, 600 have been added to the popula-
ton since 1851, II is world in itself,
Is the New York i've stock market the
supply Of bccves is unusually large, and
prices have downward tendency. Sheep
and lambs are plenty and dull, with i'm
portant concessions in prices to effect
sales. Hogs were firmer and n fraction
higher.
WAsHNGToN dispatches say that
movement has recently been made to
enlist the entire Masonic fraternity of
the country in finishing the Washington
National Monument The scheme meets
TIE approval of the visiting and resident
brethren.
A WELL Informed writer says that more
than $50, 600 acres of the best timber in
America are cut every year to supply the
demand for railway sleepHrs alone. In
II single year the locomotives in the
United States consumed SOC, ZOO, 900
worth of wood.
IN Staifordshire England, the iron
miners and their employers have come
to an arrangement by which the rate of
wages will rise and fall in proportion TO
the shipping price Of iron. An advance
of 10 per cent, has just been conceded
10y the masters.
THE yield of the Pennsylvania oil re-
gion during AUGUST, as compared with
the production of July shows an average
increase per day over 200 barrels, or IA
total production for the month of 54l,-
GEO barrels against 535, 10l barrels the
preceding mouth.
WHILE worfmen were reopening the
shafts of the Wigan coal mine, another
suits. Five men were blown to pieces,
and many We're injured. Flames have
burst forth from the openings, and
preparations are making to flood the
mine.
A BOILER near Montgomery, Ala,
exploded. OF the eight persons en-
ployed in the mill, five were killed and
one fatally wounded One person was
hurled "A distance of 100 yards and torn
to fragments. Another person was blown
IA distance of so yards up hill, and terri
bly, maugled
A BosToN Spectator, who recently
bought large lot of unimproved land,
proceeded to erect block of six houses
on the wrong corner. The blunder was
not discovered until the brick had been
piled to the third story, when the own
err demanded double price. The
houses are coming down.
The most interesting game of base
ball of the season was played at New |
York. The old Atlantics and old Mu-
tuals came together once again for the .
benefit of the widow of the late Mr., |
Goldie. The game was very finely played, |
and resulted in "A victory for the old At
lantics by score of Is to 3.
HENRI RoCHEFoRT's trial by court mar
tial has been concluded, and he has been
found guilty and sentenced to transpor
tation to Il penal colony for life. He |
has saved his neck, any how, and perhaps
after IA short exile, if he does not die of
i'll the meanwhile.
The London AdrertiSer lays the blame
of the war III Corea to the Americans
If says the results of the recent battle
will be the driving of foreigners from
the country. England will not join the
United States, because she was not con
suited before the expedition under Adj
miral Rodgers was sent into Corean
waters.
COLONEL LoCKErT has, in Southwestern
Georgia, planted in cotton this year
&, 800 acres, and i'll corn and small grain
B, 800 acres, making in all 10000 acres.
1t is estimated that his cotton crop will
be worth $4,000. This is probably
the largest cotton crop made by any one
person iii the cotton region. He employs
300 hands