Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-08-11

= Horace Mann, of Antioch COLLEGE.
died at Yellow Springs. Ohio, eight or ten
days ago.
= Tom Corwiu said in his Fourth of
July speech, at the Tippecanoe Battle
Ground
III were Emperor, the tongue of the
Disunionist should be torn out. and his
dry bones made to rattle in the wind"
! = Charles Cook, the young man who
murdered the courtesan Kate Bureau. in
CINCINNATI some time since, has had new
trial which resulted in a sentence of ten
years Imprisonment in the Penitentiary.
s! = The LaPorte Union estimates the
products of that county this year at 1OO.-
o0O bushels of wheat, and about the same
of corn.
: Indiana has IS agricultural socie-
ties; New York II; Illinois So. The next
largest number is in Pennsylvania GS, and
the next to that is Ohio 63 Minnesota
Ii and other new States from II to 80.
John Petit. of Indiana. has deter
mined to make his permanent residence in
Kansas. Indiana has our congratulations
and Kansas our sympathy.-Lou. jour.
= Kansas is now the Gland of n,o-
mise" Judge Petit has already granted
about twenty-five divorce cases. 1t re-
qulres only twenty days residence. A
gentleman living in Indiana, vas recently
astonlshed to learn that his wife, while
theh visiting friend in Kansas, had OBJ
tanned divorce, and was passing herself
OIL as blooming Miss of sweet sixteen.
"Cold feet is sufficient ground for di-
vorce.''
= lhew wheat product OF Ohio, this year.
Is estimated to be three million bushels
more than ever before raised.
"A church was dedicated to Spiritual
ism at Sturgis, Michigan, on the 18th of
June. Sixteen hundred persons were
present.
= Cooley. who offered to blow nm a
steamer at Cleveland for a consideration
has been sent to the Penitentiary for five
years for passing counterfeit money.
- On Sunday three "trustys" ESCAPED
from the penitentiary at Jeffersonville.-
lhsy were employed as teamsters, and 90
ing outside the walls to feed their horses
forgot to return. Two of them were from
Wayne county. A reward of $50 il
offered for their capture One of them is a
preacher and in the habit of leading" in
the prison class meetings There are now
535 convicts in the penitentiary, all of
whom are employed. ~
= The Connersville Times tells the fol.
lowing story; We learn that the wife of
Josiah. Harris, living in the south west
part of this county, gave birth to three
fine, large and healthy children few days
ago---two girls and one boy. The three
weighed twenty-one pounds. Curiosity
has induced many persons to call and see
the trio, several OF the visitors esteeming
It privilege to pay for the sight in
clothing for them. The parents. we pre-
sumo, do not seriously object to accept the
presents. considering the hard times.
= The Evansville Enquirer says that
he common spider is doing a great deal of
harm to corn In that vicinity One gem
leman says that he has seen near hun
lred of them on one hill, and what they
lon't eat they smother with their webs.
Tho like was never known there before.
nd we doubt ifitis by any means commsn
nywhere. The common ant has also
cen very annoying. i
: The frozen well at Brandon, VT, has
ttracted crowds of savans to that place
his season. Scientific persons in thatvi
Unity ascribe the phellomena to an icc-
erg, and that originally, OF at some re-
tote period in the long past. that part of
-mcrina was the head of the sea. This
yPothesis is sustained by the fact that
'veral years ago. in building railroad
etwecn Clairmost. and White River juno
on the terminus Of the Sullivan Rail
'a,l ,ot the bones Of an arctic whale were
,nnd7on one Of the highest points of land.
IL the land near the well is frozen. at a
'Pth, Of a. few feet below the surface. An
teresting scientific report on the subject
understood 70 be Forthcoming stsl',sf
= A tanning establishment in North
sdison is reported to have used dog fsn-
4 as substitute for bark with great sue
S. e'l 3 <7'l az = ~'iS
The Vernon Basner says the blackberry
ep Of that immediate vicinity this ven
$ yielded "a .252 quarts. Coz 8hick 81