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George M. Hendee, the sixteen-year-old bicycling phenomenon, contemplates going to England in the spring with a view to getting races with wheelmen there. He stands 5 feet 10 1/2 inches in height, and weighs 156 lbs. Mr. Hendee is to enter Yale shortly...
...Danbury, N. H.; oration, Nelson J. Whitehill, Ryegate, Vt.; poem. John Barstow, Haverhill, N. H.; address to the president, Herbert T. Kincaid, Troy, O.; campus address, William E. Cushman, Middleboro', Mass.; chronicles, William W. Niles, Jr., New York city; prophecies, Charles H. Brown, Vineyard Haven, Mass.; address at the Old Pine, William Quinby, North Sandwich, N. H.; marshal, Edgar H. Sinkey, Middletown...
...stories, while seniors and juniors occupied the second and third floors respectively. The prices of rooms at this time, it may be remembered, were much lower than at present, and it may be that the tables of expenses, which now adorn the catalogue, had their origin then. The old system was continued well into the sixties, when it was given up, and, after several changes, the present system was adopted, which is certainly more acceptable and decidedly fairer...
...than the sleek distributor of the seductive cigarette moves into his place. The fiat has gone forth, however, and inexorable fashion declares that the cigarette is no more to be used, as formerly. And the most energetic efforts of desparing dealers cannot restore this tyranical Humpty-Dumpty to his old place again, - not even with the aid of all the king's horses and all the king...
...between the Northwestern railroads was brought to a close yesterday, and telegraph orders have been sent to restore today the old rates for freight and passenger traffic...