Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-12-05
GENERAL NE VS..

|. Senator Voorhees, is known at
home as "The Tall Sycamore OF the
Wabash" ...
The Australasian and American
newspapers of New York STATE that
trade between the United States and
Australia from 1876 to 1871 increased
from 1884, 1866 to $6,7s0,2sS.
AN English soldier at Brentford
recently took an organ grinders or gan
away from him and threw it of
bridge. The soldier was fined 500.
In this country he would have been
voted a pension and medal.
The New Orleans mill owners,
who have been using the logs Of the
Government, are organizing to resist
governmental officials, and have got
the State authorities to assist them.
The St. John people were talking
of the Americans in a very friendly
manner for some weeks after their
great fire, but they adopt a very dit
Ierent tone in speaking Of the award
of the Fishery Commission, and one
paper says it will be surprised it the
five and half millions are ever paid
over, though it kindly admits that we
could raise the sum without Distress
ing ourselves.
Nearly five million acres of the
public lands have been sold or given
away the past year,
General Lee will not get his
equestrian statue till next year Geo.
Washington has waited half a century
for his monument the statue in the
Public Garden at Washington satisfies
him that there's no use in beng put
into bronze only TO be taken for Gen,
eral Jackson. diane,
Dontre, Canadian counsel OF the Fish
cries Commission, states it is hardly
possible for the American Government
to decline paying the $5,5Oo.OOO
award without mourning general con-
demnatlon.
Senator Morton leaves an estate
valued at $4,000 20 his wife aud
three sons.
The investigation into the Read
ing (Penn.) Savings Bank failure ends
in the disclosure of the too frequent
state Of things misrepresentation Of
funds by the officers.
Julius Kirches of New York city
cremated his infant child to prevent
family difficulty as to its burial, be be-
ing Lutheran and his wife Jewess.
1t was eight days old and he carried it
to the factory where he worked,
placed it in an iron box aud placed it
in furnace.
"A writer in Harpers Monthly
who has lived in Alaska for ten years,
says the land is worthless and the seal
fisheries likely to be soon exhausted.
There are but one hundred white per-
sons in the country.
Gov. Hendricks of Indiana, made
his first appearance in the lecture field
at Harmonic Hall, indianapolis, on
Wednesday evening of last week, for
the benefit of Grace Episcopal Church.
The subject was "Revolution,' which
he treated from the standpoint Of his
tory, under the different heads ofabor-
tive, deliberalive and inevitable revo-
lation. The effort was highly credit.
able and entertaining, evincing much
study, careful preparation and very
considerable literary excellence. The
audience was large and appreciatlve.
-Cncassian girls are quoted at
5000 each in Constantinople. Direct
postal orders to Consul General Schuy-
Ter.
Within ten years no less than 49,
acres of forest have been cut
down or burned over in the United
States. Much of the timber is used
for fuel, 25 cities being on record as
consuming 5000 acres TO 10000 acres
each. Fences use up much timber,
and railway sleepers require the pro-
duct of 100000 acres per annum. The
amount of pine and lumber timber yet
standing in the United States is no
longer large. The sum OF $l44,C0O,-
600 is estimated to be invested in the