Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-12-24
GENERAL NE Tvs,

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The expenses Of the Hayden mar'
der trial were atrlae more than $4,000,
Mrs, Joseph Clary was badly
burned at one of the Sycamore Mill
honses at Fall River Thursday, by the
explosion of a kerosene lamp,
Charles Lawrence, aged about
22 has been arrested at Worcester on
suspicion Of completely IN tho Bailey
murder At Oxford, Mas, Wednesday.
-An old man named William
Young, living a short distance from
Rdwardsbug, Ind, was found murder
ed In his house Thursday, and 1t Is
supposed for his money
The excitement ut Louisville,
Ind, At the disappearance aud sup
posed murder Of = Jewish peddlar by
John Carady, his wagon having been
sold In the nelghborhood by Carady's
son, and his horse having been buried
Oh Caadys's farm, Carady has been
arrested, but the son has disappeared.
An unknown man supposed 10 DO
insane, went Into the Eastern Rail
road depot at SLco, Me, Thursday
night, drove out tho night operator
aud Waterman, aud began 10 demolish
the furniture, kicking over the stove
aud breaking the lamps, in breaking
one his clothes took fire. The build
ing was soon in flames ard was burn
cd. The unatic was burned to death,
"A stranger made great signing
with his rioulh rs he ate his soup in
q ST. Louis restaurant, and another
stranger called him hog, They
broke $40 worth of dishes and
then discovered that they were broth
crs. That made them both hogs and
no apology was necessary.
Fowler Bros. Of Chicago, dis
1000 hands in their packing
house n, the stock yards because they
insisted that non-union men should
work with them. The other houses
are running very few hands, and the
number OF workmen now idle is est.
mated from 5000 to 5000.
A farmer and his wife in Cantor,
Ill.,, were murdered, Thursday night,
BY neighbour and the citizens OF the
own are hunting for the murderer.
Thomas Neil, a noted coal king,
If Peoria, H., left this city some days
'ince known to be heavily involved.
Much excitement was felt, which culmi.
,a,ed Friley in the announcementthat
Neill had failed for from 100000 to
probably the latter amount.
lie was widely known and universally
His whereabouts ale I'M
,nown.
Judge tlaight OF the Supreme
court decided Thursday to admit Mrs.
Adelne c. Hotchkiss and DR.. Hugh
'IcGregcr Wilson, recently arrested at
Detroit, charged with poisoning Geo.
J. Hitchkiss at Youngton, N. Y,
welve years ago, to bail in $4,000
ach.
John Hilman, John Davis and
Ohm Roberts undertook to cross the I
Kentucky river at Garlze in small
at boat Thursday night. The boat
apsized and all were drowned. No |
race of the bodies has been found,
he river being very high.
The trial at Madison, Ind, Of {
laj. John d. Simpson, editor of the
wei ing Star, Tor killing VIM. How !
I'd, late city treasurer, having been in t
rogress since Monday, closed Friday s
vening with verdict of not guilty. ,
Twelve persons are now under
in New York city charg- S
i with homicide or attempted muir
er. i
Though the corn crop is not SO 7
rye as it was supposed it would be,
is the largest ever known, by more /
ian 15O,OOO,000 bushels.
Hog cholera HIS appeared in '
anada, near Lachine.
"A strange case is reported from a
hio OF middle-aye man, well dress. s
tand we'll hammered, who has been
ying tor nine months past to re.nem- ii
IF who he il and where he lives
lus far without success.
There are thirteen cololed men in C
s Virginia Legislature. t
Walter Paine the Fall River de.
utter has taken up his quarters at a h
hotel at Montreal.
VERMONT. VI
-Orson Stone, of Lowell went fox "
'nting recently, and while carrying % o.
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