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Mrs. Brigham Young, No. 17, will lecture In 
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A. J. Alexander, the great Kentucky stock 
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Judge John C. Underwood of Virginia died 
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Wm, M. Tweed la Raid to be becoming recon¬ 
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Sir Samuel Baker ia lecturing in London 
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Senator Blake of the Canadian Parliament 
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