Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1876-03-29
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pertaining to the lottery buslneS, were
seized.
The Postmaster,G General lately
received the following letter from
Chillicothe, Ohio IL would like to
obtain a situation IN the mail depart
ment on the Scioto Valley Railroad,
now in the couse of construction and
which is nearly completed. ! Will pay
you 500 for the position. Can also
furnish good security, as well as the
best references.
Coy. Ames of Mississippi will
make no appointment to fill the vacan-
cy occasioued by the resignation OF
Lieut.. Gov. Davis. The trial of Car
dozo, State Treasu:er, has been post
poned till after the trial of Ames
The two largest single-plate glas-
SEES ever made Are now being manatac
turtd by an Indiana firm for the Cen
tennial, They will oe % feet long by
II wide, one of which will he silvered
rs II mirror and the other PLAN.
Fifteen lives have already been
lost in the Gloucester fisheries this
year, including four masters of vessels
Eight women have been widowed and
26 children have been left tatheress
by these losses.
~Quartermaster-Genera Melgs
sailed from Southampton last Tuesday
Oh his return home, Ingalls, will, it is
said, vacate the Office of Quartermas-
ter General and return to his old post
in New York about April 1st,
About the middle of June will be
stylish time to visit Philadelphia, as
the steamship Scotia has been charter.
ed by party of English noblemen,
who will arrive about that time with
their families
"A sculptor died in Montreal the
other day leaving assets Of $25. that
being the amount returned to his
creditors by the medical college where
he was dlssected.
The Army and Navy Journal
thinks Gen. Sherman should now re-
turn to Washington as the real head
of the army,
The decision in California declar
ing the taxation Of mortgages unconsti-
tutional will not cost the State much
revenue, and in this State it would
cost less where most Of the mortgages
are held by the savings banks.
Gen. II. Hill will deliver the all
dress at Columbus, GA, on the occa-
sion of the decoration Of the graves Of
the COME derate dead on the 2Gth
of April.
The Sun attributes the Republi-
can gains in New Hampshire to the
growth of anti-Cathollc sentiment 1t
regards it as the responsive echo to
Gen, Grants Des Moins speech and
concludes its elaboration OF this idea
with the remarks that ''this result
shows the working of power which
oflaUe years newspapers and politicians
have not much taken into account {;
but it is none the less a real and effect
i've power"
Lee Craig, Il mining engineer of
San Francisco has been engaged by
the Gar of Russia to make Il series of
explorations of the mines throughout
Russia and Siberia
The Philadelphia hotel keepers
have notified their regular guests that
they must either vacate their rooms
after the lst Of April or pay transient
rates for rooms and board.
The citizens Of Belknap, Iowa,
are going to change the nam4 Of their
town, as its popularity is not 50 well
recognized as formerly, but in doing
so, they should remember to avoid
that other B.
The Paris newspapers are advo-
eating the holding of another inter
national exposition in that city in
1873.
The Supreme Court Of the Uni
ted States has decided all head-money
taxes on immigrants by the States I'M
constitutional
Treasurer News resignation, to
take effect April l, is in the hands of
the President A successor has been
decided upon, but his name is with
held for the present.
We70 England.