Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1885 — The Base-Ball Championship. [ARTICLE]

The Base-Ball Championship.

The rice for the base-ball championship is becoming interesting to the lovers of the game. The other clubs are so far in the rear that they are out of the question, and the contest lins narrowed down to the New York and Chicago Clubs, with the latter slightly in the lead in games won, bnt with this advantage about offset by the fact that the Chicago’s future games are with stronger clubs than New York has to play.

Rtjsstan girls are learning trades in order to earn their living. Book-binding, type-settiDg, book-keeping, and shoemaking are the trades receiving the largest number of recruits. Lawrence Babbett has an invitation to deliver the next address before the faculty and students of Harvard Col ege. At present there is a lively revival in the ghost-story, business all over the count.y. the spirit of the press—cider.— Boston Globs. - .