Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-07-03
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bishop kipp, OF California, has
held his office for twenty years, and
his diocese now owes him S21, 900 back
pay.
Chicago is contemplating a railroad
to Savannah.
We are authorized to say that, in
all that two tons of documents address
ed to Schuyler Colfax, which passed
through the Indianapolis post-oflico,
there was not single copy of the
Credit Mobilier report.-So says a
New York paper.
The mother of the Indian prophet,
Capt. LlnchpI, recently died IN Cali
fornia, at the age of 1875 years.
The Ohio Supreme Court sustain
the Cincinnati School Board in ex-
GLIDING the Bibe.
Accounts from Magdeline Island
state that the mackerel fishing season
was the most successful ever known.
Gen. Humphreys, Chief Of Engin-
GERS, is in favor of the proposed Fort
st. Phillip canal, to connect the Miss
issippi with Chandelier bay.
The cotton crop is below the
average, except in Florida, where it is
only 2 per cent. above. The acreage
exceeded that of last year.
"A member Of the District Of
Columbia Legislature stated last week
that the debt of the District is now
over seven millions Of dollars, and that
without the aid Of Congress the Dis
trict is iretrievably bankrupt. One
Of the benefits of Republican rule in
the Federal city.
"A Buffalo man has established Il
pond for the cultivation of market
turtles, and their voices will soon be
heard in the land.
Burlington, Ia, has raised a girl
to the height Of six feet and seven
inches, and she is still on the rise.
New orleans has unveiled statue
of Franklin, and there is enough brass
left by the Federal Courts, etc, to re.
produce all the original patriots.
The mayor of Rock Island, Ill.,, will
not pay his taxes, and the people are
undecided what course to take with
their municipal papa.
"A Washington special says tina,
government has decided to Withhold
from the Union Pacific Railroad Com
pany patents for about one million
acres of land in Nebraska, included in
the original grant, until receiving
satisfactory information that the road
has been completed in accordance with
the terms of the law.
Generals Sheridan and Sherman
fully endorse the action of Col, Nc
Kenzie, in his bold raid of sixty miles
On Mexican territory to punish the
numbering and thievsh Kickapoos,
whose frequent marauding incursions
on the American side of the Rio
Grande richly deserved the chastise-
ment. The American people had al
ready endorsed the action. There
was dash and brilliancy about the
atfair--a freedom from red tape-that
exactly suited the public pulse. The
Kickapoos have ever since been quiet.
ANDY JOHNSON AND Ben BUTLER. -
The Springfield Republican says, "with
Andy johnson Governor Of Tennessee
and Gen. Butler Governor of Mass
achusettS, there would be great danger
that the peaceful and friendly relations
now existing between these two
Sovereign States might be interrupted.
Voters think Of this.
The first train of railway passeng-
ers in the united States was put IN
motion on the 9TH Of April, 1884.
Now we are said to have about seven.
ty thousand miles Of railroad, showing
an average building of 1850 miles a
year. 1t is Il good record for one
generation and a fraction of another.
The balance OF the world all together
has no more railroads than we have.
How to make $500. Buy for a song,
stylish broken-down horse, one that
is pronounced played out from lame
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