Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-10-19
Domestic and Foreign,

Al Caceres, recently. the Kings of
Spain and Portugal were present at n
bull fight At banquet in the evening
King Alfonso proposed n toast To the
health of King Luis, the fraternity of the
two countries ard the prosperity of
portugal, and King Luis acknowledged
the honors with similar cordial scnit-
menls.
Archbishop Croke. replying to mn nd
dress from branch of the land league
In Ireland. said the land act far surpass-
ed in breadth and variety, and in the
value of its provisions, any land net ever
passed by Parliament. He advised the
enormous assembly present to give the
net n fair trial.
The park. where the body OF the late
President lies in state, Is still throngcd
with visitors night and day. All rail
ways centering there run special trains
daily to accommodate the multitude.
The Mexican government has made n
contract for the colonization of 200 ltal-
ian families near the City of Mexico.
The contractor receives 1915 for each
cmigrant over IL years of age, and $40
for each child between and IL years.
The government furnishes land, house,
implements, work cattle, a COW, a mare,
and 20 cents day for one year to each
cmigrant over l2 years of age. The col
onists are to repay the same in 10 years,
A terrible inundalion has devastated
the com munes of Settino and San Pietro,
Italy. Ffty.fOur houses have been des.
troyed and four lives lost. The losses of
cattle and grain are enormous.
Placing money in packages ofsmoking
and chewing tobacco to induce peopl to
buy them, has been declared illegal by
United States District Attorney Wood
ford of New York.
Epidemic fever is killing off 200 to 300
peOple n day at Umritsir in the Punjab.
In the II days ending the LIST, 2265 died,
of whom 1888 were children.
A meeting of the Chicago union veter-
an club recently appointed committee
lopublish an address inviting the sol diers
and sailols of the late war to unite in
erecting suitable monument at Wash
ington in memory of Gen Garfield. 1t
was stated that n large number of ex-
confederate soldiers had already signiiied
their willingness to cooperate, and it
was thought that such II movement
would he quite MS popular with the
southern as with the northern soldiers.
Fire recently destroyed the stables of
tie Fourth avenue airoad in New
York. and property valued at nearly
$4,000, 600 was destroyed. One hundred
horses were burned. William ii. Van
derbilt was the owner of the concern.
The marquis of Waterford has resign
ed the mastership OF the CurraghmOre
hounds because league had been Or
ganizcd TO prevent hunting throughout
Ireland. When he was out hunting re-
Gently the church bells rang, horns were
blown, and a large multitude Of people
gathered and stoned him and his friends.
They pelted the dogs. stabbed several of
them with pitchforks, and hooted and
yelled till they obliged the party to go
home.
The deaths caused by the fire in Ian.
derberger's mill ut Philadelphia on II re-
cent night numbered %. the ! operat-
ives who jumped from the upper floors
being fatally hurt, while IL burned
bodies have been taken from the ruins.
Parnell, the Irish agitator, was al
rested recently by order of the govern
ment, under the coercion act. The news
of the arrest has almost stirred up revo-
luton in Ireland. The accused was sent
to Kilmainham Jail.
A commission of experts appointed by
the government has decided in favor of
maintaining the prohibition against the
importation of American pork into Hun
gary.