Nyborg

Nyborg, a fortified town of the island of Funen, Denmark, on the Great Belt, 16 m. E. S. E. of Odense; pop. about 4,000. It is defended by a strong citadel, and is the place where the Sound dues were formerly paid by vessels passing through the Great Belt. It contains ship-building yards, and has a large trade in grain.

Nye

Nye, a S. E. county of Nevada, bounded E. by Utah and S. W. by California; area, 24,200 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 1,087. The N. part consists of regularly alternating mountains and valleys, running N. and S. In every range there are mining districts, and the valleys contain large areas of arable and grazing land. The mountain streams are numerous. The S. part is mostly a high table laud, falling off toward the west into the Death valley in California, and toward the east to the Colorado river. Reese river rises in the N. W. part, and Amargoza river in the S. part. According to the census of 1870, there were 15 quartz mines in operation, of which 14 produced silver and one gold and silver. The chief productions were 1,314 bushels of wheat, 1,390 of oats, 14,260 of barley, 7,065 of potatoes, and 1,138 tons of hay. The value of livestock was $42,822. There were 5 saw mills and 5 quartz mills. Capital, Belmont.

Nykoping

NyköPing, a town of Sweden, in the Ian of Sodermanland, on a bay of the Baltic, 50 m. S. W. of Stockholm; pop. about 5,000. It is traversed by the small Nykoping river, which connects the great network of lakes in the interior with the Baltic. The new town contains a fine square with a fountain, several churches, and a palace for the provincial governor. Steam engines, locomotives, iron-clad ships, etc, are produced. There are only relics of the old castle, once one of the strongest in Sweden; it was destroyed by a fire in 1665. In 1719 the old town was devastated by the Russians.

Nympilea

See Cos.

Obadiah

Obadiah, the fourth in order of arrangement of the minor Hebrew prophets, who lived probably at the time of the Babylonish captivity, prophesying about 588 B. C, though another opinion gives him an earlier date. The book of Obadiah is the shortest in the Old Testament, containing a single chapter of 21 verses. It speaks of the capture of Jerusalem, and denounces the Edomites for their enmity to Jerusalem in the day of her calamity. It is like an amplification of the last five verses of the book of Amos, which it follows in the Hebrew canon. - A special commentary on Oba-diah was published by Caspar. (Leipsic, 1842).

Ober And Inter Elchingen

Ober And Inter Elchingen, two villages of Bavaria, situated on the sides of a steep mountain near the Danube, about 3 m. apart and 7 m. N. E. of Ulm. At Ober Elchingen was fought, Oct. 14, 1805, one of the most famous battles of the campaign of Austerlitz. For his conduct in this battle Marshal Ney re- ceived the title of duke of Elchingen. In the upper village is a Benedictine abbey founded in 1128, and celebrated in the middle ages.