National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-02-24
News Summary.
Louis Kosuth is lying at the point o
death in Turin, Italy,

uchtn IN lnrin, Italy,
A MIcHIoAs man has been fined 800
just for knocking another man down an
killing him,
TIE Winter has been so severe i
England that birds are dying of hunger
Among black birds the mortality is great
THERE nrc l,0l7 American claim
against Mexico now before the American
and Mexican Commission in Washing
ton.
GREAT numbers Of cattle have boei
collected by tho Germans at Roucn
Gonesse and Lagnay, TO be driven int
Paris.
THE widow OF Gen. Prim hns beer
made, by royal decree, Duchess, ant
her son, Don Juan Prim, Duke Of Cas-
tnejos.
CHAs Jollcy and John Armstrong
were executed OF Potosi, Mo, for til,
murder of the Leppinc family in Novem
Der last
THE Republican Congress Convention
for the First District OF Connecticut,
nominated Hon. Julius G. Strong, for
Congress
The Massachusetts, House OF Repre-
sentatives reduced the appropriation for
the support of the State Constabulary
from $4,000, to $4,000.
DEGREES have been issued providing
for an election for members Of the Ger
man Parliament on the 81 and its as
semblage on the 9th of March.
TIE German papers mention, as mn
indirect result of the war, that there has
been marked increase Of lunaey in
France, all the asylums being crowded.
A NORWICH, CoNN., woman, who ran
needle IN her left foot, n year ngo, by
accidentally stepping upon it, recently
had 1t pulled out from between her
shoulders,
1r appears from The official records
that the Government has already paid
State war claims TO the amount Of $780,
$50, 7Gl, and the amount still due is
81, 1856, 972
The freeshooters in France have sur
prised a party OF Uhlans, and captured /.
a Rodson Of the Empress Augusta They
refused to exchange him Tor n French |
prisoner and sent him to hospital.
The Prussian government has fitted
1ut and despatched six fast cruisers.
with orders to cruise among the West |
India Islands and elsewhere, to capture
md destroy the French merchantmen
hey may encounter
A despatch from Constantinople says
he dykes at Smyrna have been destroy
ID by torrent, and large part of the
own was Inundated Many persons were
drowned, but the precise number of the
victims is unknown.
The present style of mems hats is an
,Xact rcproduction of the fashion Of 1910. I
The present scrambled style of ladies'
head dress is of older origin, being the
Identical fashion which prevailed before
.he invention of combs.
IT is intended to admit British C ,lum-
bia as Il member Of the Dominion on the
LIST of ulv-Confederatio Day. Prince
Edward Island and Newfoundland will .
-hen be the only British possessions
lorth of the United States not in the
1onfedegacy.
A FINE Of 100000 francs has been
imposed upon the citizens of Nancy and
he surrounding district on account of
he destruction of the railroad bridge
lear Toul by the lfrancTircurs In the
went OF its non payment, the military
will adopt the most stringent
neasul as punishment and contiscation.
FIFTY-sIx VESSELS were lost during the
month OF January. OF this number four
vera steamers, eleven vere ships, four
cen were banks, five were briggs, and
We're schooners. OF the
bove, two foundered, four were aban-
Oned, two sunk after collision, six were
urned, and twelve are missing, sup
osed lost The total value of the prop
rty lost and missing is estimated at So,
$4,000.
THE BILL which passed the L. S. House
( Representatives extending the bounty
md system is one of considerable i'm
ortance, III that it gives away more
han 49,, 600, 600 acres of the arabic lands =
{ the Government These lands are to
c subject to presumption by loyal SOL !
iers and sailors, who are given one year q
, settle thereon, or the right to assign :
le title to any person desiring to locate A
| the West q
The AGRICULTURE statistics of the CEN /
Is returns are said to show rapid p
'owth in the business of market gar S
ening, in the vicinity of towns and cit e
$, during the last ten years. One con- Y
'quence of this is n marked improve
ent in the style OF living afforded by Fl
le middle classes, MS shown in the g
reater variety found on the tables of L
Icchanics and improved modes Of cook l.
IT, 1t is thought that this will result
| noticeable improvement in the Il
ealth of the people