The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-11-23
NOTES AND PARAGRAPHS.
Pink d now the color in Paris.

The field of Bannockburn is about To
be converted into the site Of a coal mine
A new railway line up the Rigi, from
Weighs to the Kuhn, is to be constructed.
A new torpedo boat built by Thorry.
croft for France equals In speed any vet
built-twenty-six knots an hour.
It is reported that agents Of the Nor
mon church have recently purchased
400, 900 acres Of land in the state Of Chi
huahua, Mexico.
Leprosy is said to be spreading at an
alarming rate in Russia. Thirty cases
have been officially reported in Darvat
alone.
A New Orleans lad found valuable
sachel, and upon taking 1t to the owner.
who had advertised tho loss, was made
happy with bran new 500 bill.
It is said that enough salt underlies tho
city of Ithaca, N. Y, to supply the world
for century, and that syndicate has
been formed to build there the largest
salt works in the state Of New York.
There was exhibited in the window Of
store in Charlotte, N. c., the other day
the skull of a noted Seminole Indian
chief of the early days. A collector Of
the firm had become possessed Of it willis
travelling in Florida.
A catsup bottle on Mrs. Willis dinner
table, in Muskegon, Mich, exploded with
great force the other day, scattering
pieces of glass violently around the room.
One bit of glass struck q lady at the
table on the cheek, cutting deep cash.
A poor Pittsburg mechanic has in
vented safety coupler for freight cara
that gives promise Of making his for
tune. Capitalists have taken hold of the
invention and are getting ready to erect
foundries and shops for manufacturing it.
During the drill of sailors aboard the
steamer Forest City at Boston recently,
they ran from point between decks,
unfastened the lifeboats and lowered
them into the water in the remarkably
quick time of one minute and fourteen
seconds.
The English sparrow makes enemies
wherever he goes. He has become domi-
ciled in Mobile, and his tribe is increas-
ing so fast theirs that note of warning
is raised that unless the birds are exter-
minated they will soon create havoc in
the gardens and farms of that section.
The building, that is, the putting to-
gether, of locomotive at Altoona in
eighteen hours fifty-five minutes is re-
ported the quickest time on record. But
with a switch favorably misplaced it
would not take eighteen minutes to send
the machine to everlasting smash.
DR.. Walter Cheatham, of Dawson, Ga,
has young shepherd dog which makes
a practice of catching and eating the
common little grass sparrow. These
birds rarely ever fly high when frightened
up, and this dog simply outruns and
catches them before they light. He not
only eats the birds, but seems to enjoy
the sport.
In one apartment of Windsor Castle,
called the gold room, there is stored
away gold plate to the value of $4,000
-000-4 One piece alone, a salver yof gold;
is worth $50, 900, and there is a gold
candelabrum in the room valued at fully
as much. 1t is so heavy as to require the
combined strength of two men to lift it.
One of the brightest and most earnest
of the students at the Baptist Theological
seminary in Louisville was formerly what
is known as ''street fakir.' He finds
that his experience in lauding the virtues
of patent medicines before street crowds
has been Of great help in developing his
oratorical powers for the pulpit.