National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-01-26


" u recent issue, speaks in the mos
complimentary terms of the recep
! ton given to the Grand Duke Alex
\ Is IN this country. IL says all Rus
I STA feels grateful, and will never for
!. get it.
The way San Francisco has flgur.
ed it, it will have to pay S2j, 700, 900
for its new water works.
~ maiden lady of twenty six sum.
incra, belonging 20 good family of
ample means, living near st. Louis.
is Infatuated with the idea that she
is the destined wife of the Grand
Duke Alexis, and is following him
wherever she can. AT last accounts
she was at Omaha, waiting his re.
turn from the buffalo hunt.
Massachusetts tobacco clewers
don't appear to enjoy many priv.
leges. n Taunton man was fined
81 ter splitting on church carpet.
In the funeral procession of
Wong Hang Soon, a wealthy Chi.
naman of San Francisco, a few DAYS
ago, there was five express wagons
Of roasted pigs and chickens, to be
deposited with the corpse in the
sepulchre.
MommsOn, the well known Ger.
man scholar and historian of Rome,
writes enthusiastically of the pro.
posed exploration of the bed of the
Ilber. and believes that it will lead
TO the discovery of great artistic
and archaeological treasures.
All the Mormon criminal cases in
the United States District Court in
Salt Lake City have been continued
until March lIth.
In a police case in New York, on
Friday, a youth about ten years of
age was placed on the stand to give 4
is testimony. The lawyer, as usu. ,,
al. asked the boy if he knew the !
nature of an oath, and received an
Affirmative reply. When asked
what they do to persons who swear !
to a lie, he replied "they make T.
policemen out of 'em."
The New York Sun has placed at o
he head of its columns IL Nation. Il
Reform Presidential ticket, consist. g
ng OF Lyman TIumbull for Presi.
lent and Samuel }. Tilden for Vice $
PRESIDENT. Il
Cars of the American style are
o be introduced on English rail t.
Dads. W
Hail fell to the depth of two inch. q,
$ III Portsmouth, England, Jan. Sc
tn, and thousands of windows were ;,
roken. ~ ~
The Kentucky House of Repre- II,
have voted the repeal of INA
he law making insanity a cause for ma ma
vOice. str
The wife of Stokes had Just sailed
)n France when he killed Fisk. CIV,
d Will know nothing of the muir. =
I till she arrives in New York.
The great diamond weighing 15l II
rats now on the way from the L
pc to England, was found i'm. low
aded in clump of earth in the Tn.
ii of one OF the native huts. ber.
4 I :
lily resigned his office, for the 4
san, as he stated, that the mem. day,
S of the church had shown q rn "a
ut Of confidence in him by voting A
inst him when a candidate for tues
Legislature, last fall Yves,
ote for Darwin: In time the
berry tree becomes silk gown
a silk gown becomes a woman. ih'
kinds
nSham Young complains that eriy
las to board his own jaiicr.
deed was recently prepared by "' r.,
W firm in Illinois, which was rood
iy feet long. 1t transferred two hest ,
'sand pieces of land in North. or to
-ern Iowa. all owned by one man.
II appalling account is publish. Ora
= the Lancet of the ravages of
Il poN in England during the
year. In seventeen of the
opal towns and cities no fewer
3d. persons died of this 4
Use.
lis have been introduced into .
Jnitcd States Senate to enact a
prohibiting persons who are
.ual drinkers from holding pub
iiceS. lntoXication, it is pro WGDrl
|, shall be sufficient cause for HIU1
achment or removal. TO-
new safe has been invented . ,,.,o"
makes things very unpleas 49,.
IT burglars. tn walls are I'LL. rn-
tn gunpowdcr in such a man. INV
lat the blows of a sledce or
ltting of a chisel in the at. IN"
to rob the safe will ignite the looking
'"der, blow off the outer crust. remarks
ilatc the burglar, and leave t u"s d ,tIl
ntcnts of the safe uninured. srtn 70
- lion. All
- pointune
Nursery for February has en- thir
cen laid on our table, and is Scarccly
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