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Show Passing of Philadelphia lms. Another of tho old trees In Independence Inde-pendence square has succumbed to tho dry rot of age and been felled by tho woodman's axe. It Is believed that It wob ono of tho 100 tre-s planted by George Morgan In tho square In 1785. All wero elms, brought to this city from Now York state at tho suggestion sugges-tion of Samt-il Vaughan, who took nn cs lal Interest In the square. Th . mbor of largo trees In Independence Inde-pendence square has of lato years been much reduced bv death, dcay and storm. Tho last signs of life In tho elm which has Just been felled were noted last summer. It was n noble specimen of Its kind, being about threo fft In diameter and botween sixty and seventy feet high. It will require ninny yenrs for tho majority of tho trees lu the sr.uare, among which Is tho joung elu planted by Gen. Grant, to reach this slzo Philadelphia Phil-adelphia Publli Ledger, |