National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-01-05
Ncus Ia BrieE.

The Village Han at Quechce was
destroyed by fire recently. Loss
Sl00o.-A new paper is to be
! started at Barton, to take the place
/ Of the StdHddFd recently consnlldat.
Ell with the Newport Express. Il.
I II. Webster, a former employee in
this Office, is to be the publisher
We understand that he starts with
1000 subscribers. We wish him
Succass.---The Montpelier Argus
is enlarged, and is now one Of the
largest rs well as one of the most
ne,csy papers in the Statc.--A Mrs.
Niece and two infant twins were
/ found frozen to death in a howell at
Bennington, Dee. Sth. The bus.
band was away on drnnk.--The
express train does not run to Ian.
easter now. BY the winter arrange
ment it stops al Whitetield. john
"A. Ring was recently convicted of
manslaughter i'll killing Thompson
at Bristol last summer.--A chap
was recently discovered at No. Thct-
ford, on the tracks under a passen-
ger ear ofthe mail train going south.
lie wanted u ride bad to steal it that
way.--Hon. Thaddeus Fletcher
died III Darlington, Dee. 23d.-
Elijah Lamberton of Marshfed
hung himself last week. An AL.
bany man threatened to hang him
self while angry with his wife, She
went TO the barn with him and off
cred to help him fix the rope, when
he got so mad that he wouldn't
hang himself any how.-Water.
bury has % natural ponds, and is
appropriately named. Some
mean scamp poisoned two horses
belonging to &. Hidout Of Woodbury.
The Western Union Telegraph |,
company have perfected arrange. |
ments by which principal Offices
are made money Offices. The trans
fer of money is similar to the Post
al money order system. st. Johns
bury, Montpelier, Burlington, st.
Adams, Rutland, Manchester, Brat
tleboro, and White River junction,
are Money order otlices.-Miss.
Lucy Shepard Of Stephentown gave
birth to three boys, Dec. II. The
happy father is supposed to reside
somewhere III Bennington County,
but it is not made known who he is
yet "A divorce suit between par
ties at Bennington was put over I'm,
I'll the next term, in June, 1872,
leaving the parties in peculiar cir.
cumstanCes-thcy both having made
arrangements to be married to some
body else, New Years day. They
have concluded to postpone the sec.
md marriage until they get ont of ;
he first. "A Portland girl sncezed
ler shoulder out of joint.-lt Is
said that electricity will remove the
fleets of excessive drinking upon
he human nose. Perhaps this is
,hc reason why some people who
IRE continually pouring in 'chain
ightning' whiskey under their nose,
10 not have red noses, Who nose ?
.Farwell and Lawrence, keepers
If drinking place in Arlington :,
,h0t five persons on Christmas Day, 4
yho were trying to "clean OUT the ,
hop. One, son of Farwcll, was a.,
hot accidentally, and has since died.
)ue of the others, is dead, and two d
more are moltally wounied.--The
xecutOrS of Hon ThaddeuS Stevens
state have notified the Peacham q
library Association that the be
nest of $1,000 from Mr.. Stevens, is =,
cady for delivery.-Barton has 4
zen visited by destructive fire. =
:. n. DWinell's furniture shop, I. ~
:. Cobb'S clothing mill, and Warner ..
'rothers' tin shop and dwelling -
Cuse were entirely consumed. a,
.oss about $4,000; insured for ~
bout 81, 100.--Flashes of light ''
ing were seen at Burlington Dec.
infant, six months old,
-as found stranglcd to death at G,
with the top OF IFS
ursing bottle which it had pulled go
li.-A cattle train ran of the
'ack at Bellows Falls last week Ii
londay, and many cattle and sheep st
ere killed. One brakeman was ill., -
lreu III the loot.- u