Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-21
Items of Interest.


the ruling rates before the fire.
A MICHIGAN boy who had stolen some
money was so overcome by remorse
that he shot and killed himself,
HoRsE-RA1sERs say that few carrots
given daily to horse will render his
coat beautifully sleek and glossy.
ABOUT five thousand feet of tunnelling
are all that yet remain to be overcome
in completing the Hoosac Tunnel.
AMAN named G. W. Pardy, a lunatic,
made desperate attempt to murder his
two sisters near Marlborough, N. Y.
A MYSTERIOUS disease, thus far trace
horses in and around Burlington, vt.
THE United States authorities have
obliged the private clubs of Boston to
take out retail liquor-dealers licenses.
The London Times says the claims on
account of the transfer of the American
commercial marine must be abandoned,
IT is estimated that three hundred
thousand hogs have been packed in
Milwaukee during the present season.
MAY l, not May 6, is the date appoint
ed for the meeting of the Liberal Repub-
lican National Convention, in Cincin-
natl.
A MAN in Richmond, Va, writes to the
Dispatch of that city that the report of
his death by drowning which it published
is " extremely inaccurate"
A. b. DYER, leading business man
of Lagrange, Me-, died from the effects
of fracture of his skull, caused by the
limb of tree falling upon him.
THE oil-dealers Of New York are or
ganizing to defeat the attempt of the
Southern Improvement Company to
monopolize the oil-trade Of the country.
A MOVEMENT is on foot for all work
men in France to labor one hour per
day extra and devote the proceeds to
liberating the territory from Germans.
So fatal has mining become in the
coal districts of England, that one per-
son in every three who are engaged III
it die annually. This is a fearful per-
centage.
TWENTY women applied for admission
to the Michigan Agricultural College,
but were told there were no accomoda-
tons for them at present Two women
are students there.
A DESPATCH from Melbourne reports
that the British sloop-of-war Rosario,
Commander Palmer, shelled and destroy
ed the village inhabited by the murder
ers of Bishop Patterson.
ACCORDING to advices received from
Spain, a crisis is at hand. King Amadeus
is concentrating his army around Madrid,
disarming the National Guard, and pre-
pairing to defend his throne.
AT Matanzas, Cuba, the foreigners are
greatly excited because on the occasion
of the Grand Dukes visit there the for
eign consuls were not invited to partici-
pate in the reception ceremonies.
A CITIZEN Of Alabama reports that he
saw last week ga ball of fire as large as
an ordinary balloon fall down in broad
open day, leaving a streak of light be-
hind it resembling the tai! of comet.
A CHICAGO paper states, on the author
ity of private letters, that the reports of
the discovery of rich gold deposits in
the Black Hill country are fabrications
cOncocted in the interests of spectators.
GREAT BRITAIN uses 100000 tons
of coal per annum for power, and there
by adds an equivalent of 133, 900, 600 to
her population, without having to feed
or clothe then or care for their families. |
The Pope at a public audience has
stated that the existence in Rome of two |
powers, such as his and Victor Emanu-
el's, is impossible. 1t is understood that
his Holiness does not intend to leave
Rome.
MARYLAND has new Wild-fowl law,
which prohibits night shooting altogeth-
er, and limits day shooting to Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays of each week.
No one can shoot or trap ducks without
first procuring a license.
DURING cold snap, Chief of Police
Savage, of Boston, notified all the po-
lice captains in the city to supply fuel
where it was needed in their districts, |
and send the bills to him for payment
frcm his own private purse.
The Yale Comaat shows that the aver
age expense of each member of the
Glass of 1870, at Yale, was 81, 066 per
year. The average expense of the class
tor 1871 was $1,002. The extremes in
yearly expenses were $3.50 and So, 500.
A CONNECTICUT quarryman of thirty
years standing says that there has been
a greater number of cold days this win
ter than for thirty years, and that the
frost has penetrated the rocks to such
depth that blasting is rendered difficult |
The trial of Red Farrell, one of the
murderers of Elliot was concluded at
Wabash, MINI. The jury, after being
out seven hours, rendered verdict of
murder in the first degree, and Farrell
was sentenced to be hanged September
8th, 1872.
The U. S. Attorney General mas re-
ceived official information that fifteen
persons have been convicted at Hunts
vile, Ala, of belonging to the Ku Klux
Klan, and three of them had been SEN
fenced to twenty years Imprisonment in
the Penitentary.
The fishing-schooner Messenger, of
Gloucester, Mass, Thas been missing
since 9th of January, and it is feared
has gone down with all on board. She
had crew Of twelve-all young men,
seven of whom were married. Seven
widows and nine children are left desti-
tute by this calamity,
The claimant of the Tichborne estates,