Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-08-31
Domestic and Foreign.

Neatly the whole town of Allcyton,
Mich. 80 buildings, was burned recent
~, making 60 families homeless; loss
100000.
A party Of Mcxicans fired on camp
near Tombstone. Ari2,, the other day,
killing five men and wounding one.
One million llorins In Russian imperi-
ais have left Holland for New York.
Ulster county. ireland, Is dissatisfied
because laborers are brought from Liv.
erpool ut higher pay than natives are
willing TO work for.
An Arab fanatic ran amuck through
the streets of Susa, Tunis, the other day,
calling on all Arabs to join in holy
war Order was restored after he Ind
killed II Maltese.
The c0Mct Is visible to tho naked eye
ut Cincinnati, II Is In trsa Major.
about l2' below the bottom of the Dip
per, and Is the upper one OF pair OF
faint stars. Seen through an opera glass
the tail Is plainly visible.
Al the instance Of detectives who have
been following up for the past week u
clcw of the whereabouts Of A. Il. Stew
arts body. workmcn recently began ex-
cavation In Cypress Hill cemetery, near
New York. Judge Hilton Is in COM
munication with the detectives.
The present warden of the Kings
county pcniicntiary, N. Y, who has
been in charge seven months, has made
profit to Brooklyn of over $1,000 II
month. lie shows that by false charges
during the past eight years, some $50.
600 II year has been claimed as deli
cheney.
The great feature OF the recent
French elections is the defeat, OF
the Bonaparlists. In Dordognc alone
they lost four seats. The fol-
lowing candidates of note. werc, re-
elected; Minister'S Perry and Cookery,
Mgr. Freppel, NJ. de Choiseul of the
Republican left and left center, and M.
de Marcerc of the left center.
The Canadian government has changed
the form of importers oath SO that mer-
chants can now conscientiously swear to
the value of goods invoiced.
Information from Maza!lan gives the
following details of the explosion there.
One hundred and fifty pounds of powder
blew up. On the first day 30 corpses
were removed from the ruins, and on the
following six days four or five daily,
when the authorities interdicted further
removals, considering the work danger
Gus. 1t was presumed that more bodies
were under the ruins. consequently, the
first report of IS lives lost seems to be
verified. All of the windows in the
town were broken.
A committee of the original board OF
commissioners of the New York worlds
fair project, is canvassing among blsl-,
ness men of that city with Il view OF
carving out the enterprise, and many
prominent men connected with the origi-
nal movement are Offering them every
encouragement.
Thomas Greene of Traer, Ia. had his
tongue and palate paralyzed recently by
n s,in-stroke. He cannot speak, and his
diet has to be confined to liquids.
Quite a number of children are dis
onneoring very mysteriously in Buffalo.
Three children have disappeared in two
days.
Orange, Tex, has vigilance COM
m;ttee WHO have Just hanged two negroes,
shot four more, and jailed the leader of a
Iawless gang. Some of them a few
ni"hts since took the leader and another
nero from the Jail and shot them after
one had confessed plot to burn the
town.
Several more arrests have been made
ut St. Petersburg, including an Officer: OF
rnvoiuii0nists of government precautions.
The prisons are filled with persons accus.
ed of political crimes, but there are few
trials.
Clouds of winged black ants are flying
over Emerson, Man., and the Red river
Is covered an inch thick with them.
Ex.Sheriff Blanton and James Todd OF
Sherman, Tex, quarrel; they met Tues,
dny; Blanton's head is shot off, and
Todd's heart is stopped by a bullet.