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Xew York is discussing queer
question to the unsophisticated. It is,
"Should or should not tuen be allowed
to play crtquet in Central Park with
ladies !"
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A van named Shaw, a husband and
father, a resident cf Washington coun
ty, X. was convicted of murder in
the Erst degree, lasx Thursday, for the
poisoning of his wife and aeveial chil
dren. 'Pardee Hall," the building erco
ted and donated by Mf. Pardee for the
use of the scientific department of La
fayette College, was dedicated on the
21st hist., at Eastoo, with great cere
monies and pleasant festivity.
Professors John Light and G. T.
Dell left Altoona in a balloon on Thurs
day afternoon at 3 o'clock, and landed
at Warrior's Mark, Huntingdon county,
a distance of twenty-two miles air line
from the starting point, an hour after,
or at 4 o'clock.
The whole vote poled at the late elee
tic for State Treasuier was 104,294,
of these Mackey recieved 244,823, and
Hutchinson 219, 471. Mackey's ma
jor thereby is :y53.
The whale vote wolew for 8wpreme
Judge was 466, 176, of these Gordon
rccievd 240,235 and Ludlow 225,941
Gordon's majority Uercbyia 14,294.
Some one has proposed the assem
bling of the State Legislature under a
call cf Gov. Hartranft for the purpose
of lending the credit cf the State to
"bat.-, on deposit of national or
State loan,' to any amount less fba
$30,000,000. A contemporary saya it
cannot be done, for the reason that tbe
Uuitetf States Constitution deelares
that no State .hall emit bills of
credit." See Sec. tf, Art. 1.
Soctiifrn men are full of schemes
that if uudertaken would effect the
nation largely. Due suggests that tbe
general government pay tho South for
rhe liberation of tbe colored people.
