National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1874-02-20

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Clubs will give popular entertain
ment at the Town Hall, on Wsdnes
day Evening, Feb. rs, at 7 o'clock.
Horace Sanborn, q teamster fol-
@. 9. Clifford, was caught by the
foot between d log aud a tree at
Wentworth on Friday, and was 80
much injured that his foot must be
amputated. Nelson Ellsworth, a
teamstcr for A. T.. Brown & Co..
had both bones of his leg broken
the same day while telling q tree in
the woods.
Or. Charles P. Wood of Hollis,
who was sentenced to the States
Prison, Concord, IN October, 1871,
for IL years, for murder in causing
the death Of . woman by malprac-
tice in Manchester, has been par.
doned out and left tho prison Sat-
urday. Efforts have been maxim z
for his pardon for some time.
"Dr." Mcdonald, who i at press
ent in Belknap county Jail, has a
directness and candor in his practic.
ing which however, do not recom>
mend him. He pretends to cure
all disease by laying on of hands,
asking nothing for doing it but re,
quires that some amount Of money
he placed in his sight while perform.
ing his manipulations. Having
rubbed awhile he grabs and runs.
He has followed mp this game for
several years and has spent much
of his time in prisons He repre-
sents himself to the credulous as the
''seventh son Of seventh son."
The Supreme Court at Manches-
ter has been puzzling over a famous
dog case, in which David Moulton
of Weare brought an action for
damages in the sum of $4,000 alleg-
ed to have been caused by q dog
owned by one Benjamin Hoyt of
Dunbarton running suddenly under
the heels of MOulton's horse, caus-
ing him to kick q child of tho plf.,
which was sitting in its mothers
lap as the family were riding in q
pung sleigh. The little girls skull
was fractured, and it is claimed by
plaintiff that she is in q prscari0us
condition. The case was tried
about a year ago at Manchester,
creating considerable excitement.
The. jury awarded the plaintiff the
sum of 814OO and costs, from which
verdict tue defendant appealed.
The Nashua Telegraph says it has
learned from good authority that
Evans, the Northwood murderer,
who was at Concord on Tuesday of
this week, has made a confession,
to be published after his execution,
that is likely to startle the commu.
nifty.
On Monday, the 9th, tho boiler
of the paper mill at Lancaster froze
up, and, as a result, it was heated
and warped to such an extent as to
require $500 to repair damage,
and caused tho mill to shut down
probably for the rest Of the winter.
Harriss 81. Harvey of w. Stew
artstown fell dead on the Goth ult.
while chopping logs in the woods,
probably from heart disease. He
was 4S years old and leaves wife
and two children.
In tho livery stable case at Clare
mont, where man sued for dam
ages on the ground that the horse
which threw him from a sleigh was
an unsafe one, the referee has
awarded tho plaintiff the sum of
twelve hundred dollars,
Money is being raised for the
building of an Advent church In
Lisbon.
DOVER, N. H., Feb. Is. The
Grand Jury reported to the court
this forenoon seventy nine indict'
ments, of which fifty.nine are for vi.
olation of the liquor law. This num-
Der includes several State Prison
offences, the case of Geo. T. Went
worth, for Matchmaking, being a.
mong them. No bill is found against
Hill, charged with burning the barn
of Mr.. Roberts at Great Falls.
The one hundredth and fourth
birthday OF Mrs. Anah Goss of
Amherst, occurred last Sunday
Sho is a strict observer of the Sab
bath, and some days ago she called
her daughter and said to her, Snow,
Elizabeth, you know that my birth.
day this year comes on the Lords
day, aud as his days are so much
bettcr than any of my days, want
you to write to our friends not to
visit us OH the Sabbath, but to
come Saturday"