Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-06-24
CHANCES AT OLD NEWSPAPERS
Curious Things Co Re Pound In Jourr ais
Printed Century Ago.

Curious Things To he Pound In Journals
Printed y Century Ago.
Among the many curious relics Of
colonial days which have come down
TO this generation none is more
worthy of careful attention than the
early newspaper, and two excellent
examples of these old-fashioned prints
recently found their way into the Of
dee Of the Newark, \. j., Daily Adj
vertiSeL The older one--a copy OF
the New England Weekly Journal
is dated April s l72S. 1t is single
sheet, eight by twelve inches printed
in two columns, 1t was published In
Boston. The front page is taken up
with an address by His Excellency,
Robert Hunter Esq, Captain-Gen-
era" and the reply thereto OF cou n
Gil On the last page is column Of
foreign news from six 10 seven
months old, and several local items
Among these latter is list OF
buriais in the town Of Boston since
our last" which numbers five whites
and one black. Following this comes
a AtSb vi lOui bSNh vi NuNSt W llO
have cleared out"
The advertisements are, perhaps,
the most curious feature Of the paper.
Remarkable improvements which are
TO begin with the next issue are thus
announced by the editor
There are Measures concerted for
rendering this Paper yet more uni
yerSally esteemed and useful, in which
lis hop'd tn Publick will be gratifi'd,
and by which those Gentlemen who
desire to be improved in History,
Philosophy, Poetry, etc, will be
greatly adyantaRed.
Nathaniel Pigott announces that
he will soon open school for the In
struction of negroes in 'roading,
catechizing and writing, If required, ."
and the printer" declares himself
ready TO give information 10 any who
wish "a very likely negro wench who
can do household work, is about -
years of age, and is to be sold. "
Daniel Henchman informs the pub
lie that he is preparing for the press,
land may upon suitable encourage
ment communicate TO the public" "a
miscellany OF poems" and begs TO be
notified "f any ingenious gentlemen
are disposed TO contribute towards
the erecting a Poetlcal Monument for
the honor of this Country either by
generous subscriptions or compos.
ures" Among the recent publica.
tions announced are 1.-The Nature and
Necessity of Repentance, by Rev.
John Rogers, and 1.-TWO Discourses or
the Danger of Failing Away After q
Profession Made" 10y Rev. Mr., Breek
The other Journal is the New Yorl
Morning Journal for Nov, Z, 1883
This is a much more pretentiou:
sheet Of four pages aud shows decided
evidence of the modern newspaper
spirit. 1t contains Washington's eel
| brated farewell orders To the army
| which had only been issued five days
before, and other reports OF the wa
Just closing There is also an edi
torial column, occupied with a scath
ing article on the tories and poem
on the same subject, similar in char
acter and fullyas good as some which
appear on the editorial pages Of The
modern newspaper Various news
items appear from the various States
The Philadelphia correspondent
says: 1--WE are informed by a gentle
man from Princeton that the eastern
mail was stolen Thursday night Th,
robbery was committed in the mos
daring manner Nh Martin, VIII,
carries the mail as far as Morristown
had no sooner entered the Office ant
laid his charge on the table than
fellow entered blew out the can
lie and carried of the mail and all it
contents.
Numerous auctions are ADVERTISE
70 be held at the coffee house DaviC
de Bartholdt declares himself Willing
to pay Sl4 to anyone who will brinl
back his runaway servant, and vii
liam Ellis is DESTROYS Of selling
dwelling house NEAR the corner 0
Dey Street and the Broadway, in tn
center of the city" Sensations
reading is advertised as follows
This unparalleled tYrol (triaD is re
plete with humorous incidents an
cannot fail Iof according delectabl
amusement TO all the merry yotariC
Of the Cyprean goddess
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