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Day
28
Month
May
Year
1880
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Public Domain
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- There are seven coloreu lawyers m Boston. -Speaker Randall's mother died tlie other day. - Ilenry S. Foote, superintendent of the New Orleans mint, died a poor man. - Rev. Dr. Peltz tried for adultery at Jamestown, X.Y., was acquitted Saturday. -The Tennessee greenback convention resolved to repudiate nearly all the state debt. - i layes lias turned the white house billiard room constructed by Graat into a conservatory. at a rapid rate. Since May 1, 3(!,620 immigrants have landedat Castle Garden. - The failure of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Co. , f or $120 ,000,000 is the latest seusation in flnancial circles. -John Tillotson a membcr of the Chicago Board of Trade shot himself because his pretty vii'c left lüm and enterad a house of ill-i'ame. -Torn Boyd, the new Sam Pateh jumped trom the suspension bridge at Cincinnati into the river, Stinday aflernoon, receiving no injuries. -Itev. Mr. Adams of Ilochester, F. Y., anAuburn Theological ( Presbyterian) Seminary gradúate, created a local sensation the otherday Uy denouncing orthodoxism from 11 e pulpit. - Congressman Acklen, who was defeated for nomlnation by a decent man, is now in Louisiana endeavoring to secure another convention, claiming that fle one in wlüch he was beaten was irregular. - i'ue following cali signed by about twenty leading clergymen of New York and Brooklyn, is published: "In view of the fact that the nominatingconventions of the political partics inJune next will desígnate those citizens to whom the choice of t ie people for a cliief magistrate of the United States i'or four years next enauing, will be cc nfined, the signers ask their brethrea of all demominations to unite witu them in making Sunduy, the SOthday of May. a special occasion of prayer to Almighty God tluit he will vouchsafe to guide and direct these assembües ia the choice of men üt for the suifruges of the peop!e." A London lady, on her way to Bond street. was aceosted by a middle-aged, well-drcsscd man, who, atïer some eonveraation, roques teil the lady to come and dine witb him at a i'.al'ü whicli he named. Sho at once cousented, when he instaiitly hailed a cab, oponed tho door himself, and requested tlie lady to step in. She made some excuse, and requested him to get into the cab first. On his dolng so she hut the door on him, and callcd out to the driver : "Drive this gentleman to a pólice slation as quickly as ble." A little cliilcl Imd a wonderful escape from drowiiing at Manchester, Enyland. Its inotlier, in a flt of desperatLon Induced by the desertlon of Iier liusband, intcndcd to destroy hcrself and babe, and chosc the waters of the canal as a sure and easy "ferry over." SHc tossed her little one into the water and jiimpèd nitor, but the child camo to the surliice and floated on its back with the case oí' a frosllng, and the tbolish mother wis flaued out in time to expresa in a pólice court her disgust with exceptions to uatuial laws. The Honorable Billy, out shootinj the other day, fircd into a heiige. THere was a howl, and a country buinpkin iuddenly aupeared rubbing hiniseli. ''Are you hurt?" "Uurtr - i'vo lifty shots in me, if I'vu oue. I'll liave Üie law on you." "Don't do that!" pleaded Billy; "I'll give you halt' a crown lor every shot we can find." The man agreed, and the doctor made au exainiiiatioii. There were but two shots that had piercod tlio skin. You should have sccn the nul fellow's expression as he pocketeil tho fivc bob. "Is that all ?" he said. "Just my

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