, 1873-02-18

cept liquids Buotou botWoon hof toetn, Hhs 1o~
lio'veti So tiat aho now maaticatos her food.
:-philadolphia las now contributed over
800 900 to tho stock Of tho Centennial Celobra.
ton and Exposition When to that astn fs atidod
the amounts votod by Councils and promised by
million sni lhrco-queftcTss ,s 1as Of dollars.
Quo Mrs. Mary Newton, Of Worcester, Maae
recently nrTeaso1 for aproaring in public IN
covor tho whoroabonta OF ono Of hor boardors
whom sl,e suspected Of, paying particular atten.
tion to Young lady II, ~ ad]olning town:
now ory conner from ponvor thsst 10
"help." kgontlomau ont thoro, by profession
o gambler, hired n young follow aB ropcr-in, md
what doee ho do but begin operations by roping-
umph to tho little gamo Of hIu masfor.
We loarn from q rolinblo source that tho
contracth for grading, bridging, and oulvarting,
and for tho iron for a branch railway Of the
wercelet aoms months ago, and that tho work oi
constructing tho line will bio commenced carly
dhring the prenont aeason.:-At|,eaakeo SEMI.
I'm 1880 tho loading towns Of New uarnpshro,
| not only in population but In woaltl and in1u.
ence, wore Hilch farming towns ns Gilinanton,
'Moroaith, Wcnrc, Walrolo, Chester, Amherst,
aad ,i. Londqadorfy ,9 Neither o. the present yo
had any noteworthy Importance. Manchester
WAS d Hanl-hill; Nashua O. plain, .half-coyerod
with scrub pinoa md oaks; Concord village Of
-The abolition of tho fran1ing privilege rnakea
lively timeH for Public Printer Glapp. The whole
force Of his Office is now working eleven houra
daily, instead of eight as heretofore, to get out
public dooumonta, the printing Of Which has
the ooth Of Juno. the ditto on which tho franking
privilege ceasos to oxiBt: Az tho Eight-Hour law
Is In force In the Office, tho hands got for their
additional work throe-olghths extra pay.
nH.54 fwns1t aS7raf afrT 1fY1nV4
in Helifex. N: g., as elsewhere. i lady Of that
| city doairod the removal OF d dead cat. Upon
inquiry, ahe was informed TINT ahe must toll the
wo would It es e Sah s Tho Meah saeaT @ he
Who would toll policeman, who would tell the
dosd-cat man, who would como and carry away
the animal All this would take time, and pos
9tbly that cat still renainB upon tho promises.
It would hnye boon easier for tho poor woman
to hnve buried 1t ut onco.
Tho Reading Railroad has Issued . circular
Indicating tho plan Of operations decided upon
lories that are worked by the, Company, and
twenty;aix others aro qoutod whose product will
DO aispoaed Of through their AGENCY. The Com
grades Of coal will bo permitted, and a rigid pya.
tom OF inspection is to be carried out at MGeron.
points to insuro the coal being delivered in d
proper condition. Once month the Company
tho enbuii 8 month. and contracts may bo made
subject to these circular prices.
, -aecretasy Roboson will have placed at biz
disposal, by the passage Of tho Miscellaneous
. Approximation bill, in Congress-. 100000 to
enable him to ct out parties to observe tho tran.
/ sit Of Venus in December, 1874, aud he will also
bo authorized !, detal two veasels from the
Atlantic or pacid, stations to convoy those par.
ties to the points setected for observation. Fifty
thousand dollara WIS appropriated last year fol
= the purchase Of instruments for those obsayra-
/ tions, which nro to DO nalo undor tho direction
Of . Commission composed Of Professor Horny,
+ Of tho National Aoadomy Professor piorco, oi
: the Coast Survey; Admiral sands,, superinten'
sora Of Mathematics attached to thnt institution