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...game which for many years has been the national sport of a people noted for endurance, agility and grace. The game was played on Cambridge common when Harvard was yet in its cradle; the old willows of Holmes re-echoed with the shouts of lacrosse players when Washington was but a boy. To such an antiquity as this the lacrosse player can well point with pride. As the only really autochthonous and truly American game, rivalled only by tennis as to age and duration of vogue, it certainly should hold a high stand among our college sports...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LACROSSE. | 11/18/1882 | See Source »

...Pierola arrived in Washington last night. He has not yet seen the Secretary of State...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. | 11/18/1882 | See Source »

Chief Engineer Melville told the Jeannette court at Washington yesterday morning some of the experiences of the Jeannette party after they reached the main land...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. | 11/15/1882 | See Source »

...case of the United States against "Bill" Jones, who is charged with attempting to kill Guiteau by shooting at him, was called in the Criminal Court at Washington yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. | 11/11/1882 | See Source »

Secretary Folger has returned to Washington and resumed the duties of his position...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. | 11/10/1882 | See Source »