Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-03-06
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GENERAL M VS.,

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The Iowa Senate Friday, after q
vote Of IL to 4 against the decaplla'
ton Of criminals, passed tho bill reslor'
Ing capital punishment
Two men were hanged 10 Mis-
souri Friday, one Of them having been
convicted OF murder on circumsiaRllal
evidence alone,
New Orleans parties Ore urging
the President to appoint james i Lee
Collector of that port
II cost tho Government s5,ls7
to run tho revenue office at French
mans bay, Me-, last year. aud tho re-
celpls were 1856,
Twelve moonshiners have been
arrested aud fourteen Illicit distlllerles
destroyed by revenue raiders In Put
nam county, Tenn, Among those
arrested arc Frank Lcwes aud James
Mitan, charged with chopp'ns one IN
former to pieces with axes,
The most expensive railroad car
in the world, costing $4,000, was
completed last autumn by the Pullman
company, aud has since been ascd in
various parts OF the country by tout
lists able to pay for its Injuries 1t ia
French flat in miniature,
The coming event Of the season
Is the great exhibition Of dogs, which
will DO held in the city OF Boston the
present month, The show is to last
four days-26th to Goth inclusive
Extensive preparations are being
made, and, II the signs fail not a
grand success is already assured.
The oldest firm in London is
Martin & CO., established in the yea'
1865
The Legislature of Virginia has
decided that it is more eXpcdient to
pay the debt Of the State in whskey
than in specie.
-Oryil Grant, the somewhat noto-
rious brother Of Ulysses, is in sar
Francisco vending patent smut ma
chine. ,
The embczzlcmcnt and delraud
ing depositors in their bank, at Tren
TOP, n. j., Jacob Freeze was sentenc
ed to five years in prison j and l.
G Freeze each to six months, and W
+ Bartlett, the deiaulting tax collec
tor, to two years in the State Prison
Her last war with Russia COS
England tl0O,OOO,0OO.
Half million dollars is the fig
uro agreed upon by the commissioner
for land to be sold by the unlte'
States to Brooklyn to be taken from
the Navy Yard.
Louis Kossu,h predicted the con
quest of oil Europe by Russia.
Patrick Tobin, a private soldie
on duty at West Point, killed com
radc named Peter Albers, because h
was intimate with Tobin's wife.
The taxes on the Stewart mar
sion in New York are $4,000 a year.
1t is alleged that seventy million
of Chinese are starving in the famine
stricken provinces Of North China.
' The women who furnished til
congress of beauty Of culture in New
York were cheated out of their salaI
ies The proprietor gave them order
for the money-Sj eacl-and the
, jumped the city.
john Oldham Of Point Deposl
Md, dashlng society man, mad
g slanderous charges against youn
u. lady named Knight Of that place
and last Friday night the lady's brotl
= err publicly cowhided his sisters tr'
3 ducer.
. The bill recently passed by tn
! Legislature of Virginia embodying tn
l. principle of reputation has been vet
t. ed by the Governor. 1t is elaine
that it cannot be passed over the vet
;, The floods of California hay
!. swept away the village of lsleton, c
Anlrus Island, in the delta of Sacr
n mento river, and the destruction
: property amounts to millions Of dc
n lars.
-" The loss 10 the Dexter Saving
d Bank is now placed at Sl22s. III
bank is in good condition, and Wig
' liant efforts are being put forth to S
J" cure the murderers.
G. There is "Molly Mcguire reie
" of terror at Long Branch, N. j., b
cause the Commissioners refuse to
y. cense all liquor dealers who apply.
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