Past Pages for Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016

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Past Pages for Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016





















150 years agoFlopped. When the telegraph bill passed the Legislature, Col. Curry fired his cannon in honor of the event, and the gun behaved admirably. Yesterday assayed to fire a few charges in honor of the new flag-staff, then being raised on the plaza. The first and only charge completely upset the cannon, caused to turn a double somersault in the most approved style. The colonel thinks that by the next presidential election, the “great Democratic Party” will be in the same fix as the gun is now — vent hole down.130 years agoThe Secretary of War has issued orders  …
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