Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1875-07-28
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two females have bee murdered in the Cher,
okee Nation, Indian Territory.
ST. Louis is to hay the largest Besse
mer steel works in the world, which vii
give employment to ove.' 1900 men.
Mayor Hutchinson, Of Utica, n. Y.
has put forth proc lamation against burg
lars, inviting good citiz rs to volunteer fol
special detective duty.
The strongest argument brought by the
Republican press against the reelection of
Gov. Allen, of Ohio, is that he isn't native
of the State. This is true, and he has only
lived there fifty years.
Judge Ebert Herring who took his de,
gree at Princeton in 1906, is the Oldest liv.
ing college graduate in the United States.
ALL the Long Branch girls are dying to
kiss Nellies baby.
The wheat and corn crop in the Indian
Territory is the largest ever known, and
over 81 100000 worth of cattle will be
shipped East.
Forty years ago there were only two
architects in New York now ere are five
hundred.
Gen. Sherman and family are summer
ing at Geneva Lake, Wis.
Two dogs, valued at $500 each, have
arrived at Newport for James Gordon Ben
nett.
A turtle seven feet long and two feet
through was recently captured near New
London.
--"Over two thousand of the fresh in
scriptions discovered on the site of ancient
Carthage, at the instance of the Academic
DIES Inscriptions, have already been received
in Paris" says an exchange. 'Fresh in
scriptions" would be as valuable to archaol-
ogists us new-baked antiquities.
The quiet town of Dwight, Ill.,, has
been thrown into excitement by a triple
elopement. The three absconding females
are wives Of well-known residents.
Eight hundred dogs have been shot in
Washington this season. Lucky the Presi-
dent took his bull pups to the seaside early.
The st. Regis tribe of Indians in Cana
da have doubled their numbers within ten
years, according to the last, Registration.
The Cape May people will next year
offer a Centennial regatta prize of $4,000.
"A foreign lady recently sold kiss for
100000, while lady passenger who sued u
Western conductor for kissing her only
got $1,000. This shows how much better
one can do by individual enterprise than
depending on tariff that is regulated by
law.
"A New York wag says the railroads Of
the State are now built of three gauges /:
BROAD gauge, narrow gauge and mort
gage"
"A man in Cohoes, N. Y, hasn't spoken
to his wife for twelve years, though living
with her all that time and possessing the
power of speech. The couple very appro-
priately reside on Harmony street.
Nevada has shelled out nearly $50, 0OO,-
600 worth of precious metals this year.
The New York World wants vigilance
committee in that city. Why not give
the police something to keep them awake.
Politics are red-hot among the Chero-
KEGS. The election of Chief lies between a
full blood Baptist minister and half-breed
Colonel. Theology was ahead at last ac-
counts.
-'Prof. Mccoy, the elocutionist, is to
read the Declaration of Independence at the
Philadelphia Centennial celebration"
C. A. Roder, Tax Collector of Grant
Parish, La, was murdered in Colfax by ex.
Sheriff John B. Mccoy
"A grand council of all the Sioux bands
known as the "Agency Indians" will soon
be held to consider the sale of the Black
Hills.
According to the Church Herald Of
England, of eight livings, lately filled by the
Archbishop of Canterbury and valued al
nearly 100000, all were given to his wife's
brothers, cousins, to his own nephews, etc.
There are several Cuban families at Sar
atoga for the summer. They pour out theil
money like the waters.
The Presbyterian population OF the
world is 100000