Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-06-30
O. r. MARSH,
painter & PAPER HANGER
NE WsY cLehNlNcS.

$780,
tree ,uncl On In saloons have been
forbidden by ihe CITY Council Of Dcs
M0inca, Iowa.
An u result OF long drought 10000
sheep pcrslicd of thirst IN one see
ton IN Australia.
London IN suffering from an cpl
dcmic Gf suicide. sixty cascs being 10.
ported within thirteen days.
REIMBURSEMENT Of postmastcrs' sala.
rics has resulted In Increased pay In
nearly two thousand offices.
The foreign commerce Of the port
OF E0sion last year aggregated $780,.
$4,000, surprising all previous rec.
Or,ls.
A Pan African Congress will Assem-.
blc In London In July 10 secure In,
creased recognition OF Englnnd's col.
orcd subjects.
The bubonic plague has broken out
nt Guayamas, Mexico, among some
Chinese who passed through the
United States.
A iln'back whale, thirty feet long
has been caught by two fishermen
named l'u,lc in n sturgeon net outside
New York ilarbor.
Mr.. GlndstOGc's statue IL to he set
up ut Athens IN the gardens OF the
Tappcion, la recognition Of his services
To Greek independence.
Wheeling. w. Va, will be presented
with cannon captured by the United
States gunboat Wheeling at AppariO,
In the Island OF Luzon.
The body of Rev. Ignatius Pouchell.
buried forty years ago. was found
TO be In Il perfect state OF preservation
when cNhumed ut NorwalR. Ohio.
The United Bleachers' Association,
including the most important bleach.
ing firms in England, has been formed
Mt London, with IL capital OF $l5.OOO..
200.
A movement Is on foot in Boston to
preserve at HULL Mass, the house CIce
occupied by John Boyle ORcilly. the
poet, and to convert portion Of II
Into free library:
TIE NATIONAL GAME.
Mcrtes. of Chicago. is batting at u
terrific clip.
Doyle. Mercer and Sclbach are the
base runners among the New YOrks.
The ST. Louis centrcGclder, Dillard,
thus far holds the record for put-Outs
in the field.
Pitcher Seymour Of Boston, has
been farmcd TO tine Chicago American
League team.
Tho veteran inGeldcr. Quinn, has re.
the ST. Louis Club.
Freeman, of Boston, made twenty
five home runs while a member of the
Wasllingtons last year.
The plan to restore the double UNI.
pirc system has been dropped by fhe
magnates because Of the extra eY.
penSc.
Brooklyn has in Kelley, Keller.
Jones, Dahlcn and Montrcville Quin.
tctte that has made nearly all Of the
teams runs so far.
Interference by batsmen with catch.
crs about to throw Is becoming a reg.
ular fad In the League. The umpiies
should squelch the habit.
1t is feared that Wallace, Of st.
Louis, will never again play ball. His
Injured knee has belOme stiff and he
will probably be lame forever.
Since Long joined the Bostons he
has been playing wonderful all.
around game. incidentally, too, the
Boston team has been winning.
Hillebrand. Princeton's star twirler,
denies the report that he will Join
the Boston team. He says he never
had any idea of playing professionally.
Neither McGraw nor Robinson is on
the reserve list of the st. Louis Club
for next season. Both will be intle-
pendent of any club at the end Of
this season.
Pennsylvania seemD to be the base
Dall state this season. Philadelphia
and Pittsburg are turning out larger
audiences than any other cities on the
League circuit.