Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1857-02-26
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5lluUlrS III StrluS.
-"Licely and gossiping,
Store9tcih the treasures of tattling ,oorld, E
And seith spice of Mirth, too
The Coroner's verdict in the horrible
murder of DIR. 'Burde1, in New Nork city.
eliminates Mrs Emma A. Cunningham and
John j. Eckels as principals in commits
sion of the murder George V. Snodgrass
as accessory--and Helen and Augusta
Cunningham, as having knowledge of facts
connected. with the murder. which they
KAYE concealed from the jury.
Dr.. Kane, the intrepid navigator of the
Arctic regions is dead The severe expo
sure he encountered in his heroic attempts
in search of Sir John franklin, caused
his death. The CINCINNATI Enquirer truly
remarks that ..Ip his death the United
States have lost one of their most worthy
sons, whose exertions for the cause of phi
lanthropy and geographical science have
conferred upon their flag immortal re-
nown."
The circulation of. the New York city
papers has increase 10000 since the Bur
dell murder.
A bill has been introduced into the New
York Legislature to exempt the libraries of
editors, and clergymen from execution.-
Good!
s A cabinet factory, in New York city.
was destroyed by fire last week. Mr..
.Sosh, the owner, and his wife, persisted
in the flames. ss0
Six prisoners, confined in jail at Vim
cennes, escaped on the evening Of the 18th
inst, by undermining their cell.
Two wild cats were killed in Posey
county, Ind, last week--the first seen in
that county for a long time.
The Martin county {Ind.) Jail was
destroyed by fire on Friday evening last.
Mexico, it is said is negotiating for a
loan from the United States.
Hen. A. A. j. Donelson, who was a
candidate for the Vice Presidency, was
robbed lately of draft of $4,000 and a
valuable gold watch
David C. Broderick. (Democrat) has been
elected U. S. Senator from California.
Iron is now laid by steum on the Vir-
gin Central Railroad. The machine that
accomplishes this wonder, is So feet long,
and Will lay track at the rate of ten feet a
minute. What next?
A catfish, weighing 1O1 pounds, was
recently sold in the Boston market. This
may sound to some folks like fish story,
but it's fact.
Some graceless scamp in Albany, during
afre on Thursday night, stole three cof-
fins FROM cabinet shop!
The whole number of Germans now
settled in Texas. is estimated at SO, 600.
There are now $50 men and boys in the
New York States prison. and nearly 100
women.
An exchange pape, announces the death
Of Mr.. Vowel. Which of the Vowells, il
Is we don't know, but certainly. reader it
is not U norL
The Wabash river is higher now than il;
has been for fycgears past.
There were sixty eight deaths by suicide,
il New York city, during the past year.
There are six million acres of public
lands still remaining unsold in Virginia.
A carefully compiled list of the killed
and wounded during the Revolutionary
war, gives tho following result: Of the
British: 28,335; American, 9,271.
The Home Journal asks: 'How many
wives are responsible (by their expensive
ness) for the 2,7O5 failures, which there
were in the United States last year?'
A church for the Deaf and Dumb IS
about to be opened in New York City.
Horse racing is against the law in Bos-
ton, so they call race "grand agrlculu-
rsl horse exhibition" and the "plrses', are
called "premiums. Good people, those
Boston folks.
A horse dealer, describing a used up
animal. said he looked s'as If he had been
editing newspaper"
-Four millions of dollars, it is said, have
been expended in the search for Sir John
Franklin. .....l.
The extreme velocity of the wind was
found by DR.. Lind, to be 9S miles an hour.
The machine used to measure it, was call
ed an arenometer. IT,
One hundred and fifty feet Of the Rail
road near Wheeling, Va, slid into the rv-
er last week, Immediately after the train