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J 5” e ,’ r Rn,n9vvfclt Legislature met on 
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? ettintJ on the base ball championship of 
1875 has already be^un. 
— The Newfoundland Legislature will meet 
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— The last of the Venezuelan insurgent gen¬ 
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,“ / T r Tf ntr r aix 1^03 were lost by the founder- 
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reached the city of Mexico. 
— The President has nominal 
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