Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-06-19

wasn't reldy 10 plead, aud didn't care
10 plead either way, adding, I'LL tell
you, Judge, just how The matter hangs,
lf | don't get bail by tomorrow
I'm going 10 plead guilty, aud II
! 40 alal, Soc 2'lIe pleaded guilty,
Joseph MeGMlh, one 1T the five
masked burglars who entered the rrti'
dencc OF Hon, George W, Harmon NJ
Rutland, April "a, was Saturday found
guilty aud senlcnccd 10 fifteen ycara'
hard labor N the State Prison,
Sgw HAMPSHIRE,
There are Oa Grangca Ia this State,
Decllcld Il without q lawyer and
has only 0ae Doctor
Prof Quimhy, with &, W, Stevens
Tor right hand man, Is prosecuting hIa
work on the L, $, Coast Survey, lIo
Is now surveying GuustooS Mountain,
in Clifford, aud will so TO Me- Starr
King early IN July,
Tho contract for building the nov
Normal School at Gorham, Me-, has
been awarded TO Gliding brothers Of
Portsmouth, \ H., Tor SlO,SSo,
Lebanon mouths the death of It's
two bands, aud this week tie baud
stand wa, taken dpSn and stored away
for failure use,
The centennial anniversary of Phil
lips Academy. 1T Exeter founded hy
Samuel Phillips, will occur in 1888,
The Unitarian grove meeting will
be held from July 10 to 20, aud the
Methodist camp meeting from Aug
10 to %, OF the Winnipesaukcc camp
ground, Weirs Landing, Lake Winoi'
pesaukec, NH.
Mrs, u. Gross, OF Hanover, tried TO
put an end to her existence ,ast week
by taking poison, and was saved only
BY timely assistance.
The survey Of Il railroad from Beth
el to the Profile House has been com
plr,cd and found feasible. The high
est grade will be llG feet to the mile;
distance d miles. II a charter is Oh
tained, work is to be commenced NJ
once on the road.
The aggregate Of town and city
debts in this State amounts TO i've and
a half millions dol|ars--a considerable
reduction in the 'ast few years At
one time they exceeded seven millions.
The rate Of taxation ranges from 80
to $3.50 on $1,000. Merrimack is the
highest and Eaton the lowest.
A new ship, of $500 tons ard three
decks. ail soon be completed at Neal S
sbipyard in Kittery, for Hon. Daniel
Marcy and Others.
The following new postal routes
have been established in this State.
From Franconia to Eas,on, Chichester
Wes!moreland via East Wcstmore-
land to railroad station.
A correspondent OF the Lit'leton
Republic says that, many years ago,
Noah Hatch OF Northumberland, Ne,
wealthy farmer, had three or four
children bitten by a rabid dog. On
the first symptoms Of rabies in the
children he started tor the ocean.
Portland was the nearest point, and
1875 miles distant, but he reached it in
about twenty hours by 4 frequent
change Of horses, and Immediately
put the children on board sailing
craft and took them ont short dis
tance, and, fastening weights TO them,
three times sank them in the ocean,
keeping them under as long as was
safe without extlnguishing life; TIE
effect of the submerging was a cure
of the children.
Commencement al Dartmouth Gov
lege begins Sunday, June Is, with the
beccalaureate sermon by President
Bartlett Monday evening, prize
sreaking; Tuesday, class-day, and in
evening the graduating exercises of
the Chandler Scientific Department !;
Wednesday, exercises of the Phil Beta
Kappa Society, and in the evening
the Commencement concert Thurs
day. Commencement day, and IN the
evening, class reception and ball.
A party Of tourists on Mount
Washington, last week, found the
wind blowing eightyfvur miles an
hour and heavy snow storm in pro-
eress. One had his ears frozen, and
another two fingers frost. bitten. AT
the foot of the mountain the weather
was the warmest of the year thus far.
Twenty.one farms in Campton have
been sold for taxes.
The diphtheria, which has been
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