MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
Passengers to the Pacific by railway across the American Continent, breakfast in the Sierras with twenty feet of snow around them; four hours later they find wheat five inches high ; and next day they Bee peach and pear trees in blossom. Ninety railway companies in the United States have suspended payment of interest on their bonds, and the total amount of bonds thus dishonored amounts to nearly three hundred and fifty millions of dollars. Is it any wonder, asks the New Tork Herald, that America credit abroad is no better than that of Turkey or Brazil. A memorial signed by nearly 18,000 women of the United Kingdom has been presented to Mr Lisraeli, praying that he will give is support to the bill to remove the electoral disabilities of women. The list is headed by Florence Nightingale. .Rudiments of Repartee Mariar Han : Yah ! d' yer know me ?" Maud Evangeline : " No; and should'nt like to!,'
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Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1218, 9 October 1874, Page 3
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156MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1218, 9 October 1874, Page 3
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