The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-24
GEsERia News TENS.

There now less vacancies in tho Boston puipItS
imam lor several years back.
The statue OF the ate Governor John A. Andrew,
OF Massachusetts, viii arrive III Boston next month.
The steamers Stale Of New York and the City OF
Hartford, OF the New York aud Hartford line, are at
New London for wiiter quarters and repairs.
u VIII ZIP be good news to OIL neat housewives to
learn that brooms are fully two dollars dozen
cheaper now than O. were tarcc months ago, the
corn having fallen in plice onehalf at least.
Mrs. Anna Light, wiaow Of Captain Peter Light,
niuety-nlne years and eight months. In early ifo
she was domestic III The family OF General Knox,
al Ihonltstoa.
The Baptist minister at pittsHeld, Mass, has re.
Gently resigned, owing controversy over clause
OF The Church covenant that members shall abstain
nom intoxicating drinks Us beverage, and the un-
Willingness OF some 70 abide by that law. They
thought they only joined church. but lind they
also becaIne members OF total abstinence society.
There VIII be in Boston on annular eclipse socn
after sunrise, on september ., 1885, but July %,
1873 tie great eclipse OF june 1885, win return for
Tue fourth imc, aud DO total III British Columbia,
Montana Colorado, Texas, and IN the west OF Cuba:
and III The last year OF this century on May 2S 1900
there VIII be another total obstuaton OF The sun In
the United States, near NorIolk Va.
There yet remain unsod OF the Comm ,nweal,h,s
lands IN The Back Bay IN Boston. exclusive OF streets
and passage ways upwards ol 10000 SQUARE feet
whch VIII PROBABLY sell az an average OF more than
Two dollars pur loot ana but small portion OF this
remains TO be filed. The entire procee OF sales OF
land belonging 10 the Commonwealth in the Back
Bay from The beginning, have amounted to s2975,-
IT'S.
On the 10th Inst. q man By the name OF Wesley
Copleage was Killed near the Barracks III Atlanta,
Ga, by woman named Bcrnctta ueIi0n. II seems
IRON ner statement that Coppedge had for time
past been making undue advances toward her. aud
last night, under the influence OF liquor, he 10
where she was stopping ana renewed his fanliliari-
ties, when she seized an axe ana split HI, head
open killing him instantly.
The san Francisco Bit.tetal states that from July
/ TO december l, 1870 eighty eight vessels laden
with wheat have sailed from that city to various
pors In Great Britain and Ireland The quantity uT
a.
amounted 10 2,50736O cenlas, valued al 81, T23 Ill
The hour exported during the same tinie amour cd
to 1900 barrels valued AZ $4isO96 The total value
q the wheat aud Hour exported amounts to
S5,l4!,sio. The Hour is sent principally To Cuina.
The notorious Josephine Fox, the wife OF the man
the Insurance on It's lie In the Travellers insurance
Company, y again Ia trouble. Henry :. Spcrry or
Agawanl, Mass, IS charged with adultery with her
ana she Is charged with lornication. The man Was
sentenced In New Haven, Conn.,, to tue House OF
Correction tor one year anu eight months; and tho
months awaiting trial. was sentenced one months
confinement. she said her name was Josephine
Vadar, ana her maiden name Hattie josephine Fox
There died a: the Aims House, In Hartford Conn.
on the 2lst instant, the oldest person--in oil prob.
ability-n CONNECTICUT 1t was Mrs. Eliza Leeson.
WHO haa reached the great and almost Incredible
age OF III years and 10 months Nearly Ia The fact
Is substantlaled, her son says on undlsputed tcsti
mony. Mr. James Lesson asserts that tile record I'm
the OLD FAMILY Blbc true, ana that the old lady
was born IN Canada, OF French Canadian ancestry,
III February, 1903; that she came oil q very long
age OF liz. she came from Canada to New York In
1877 and lived In New York for great many years.
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