Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1860-02-09
BRIEF MENTIONS.


fool of itself over the Harper's Ferry affair
Prentice says he saw brief article In newspaper
headed"A sensible Man in South Carolina" but
would not stop to read anything atsurdly headed
The British Government has ordered its forces
at San Juan to leave tire island until the question of
jurisdiction is settled Recent accounts represent
the cnow in Carson Valley from three to five feet
deep. causing great distress among the inhabitants
The cattle at Honey Lake Valley were starving,
and the Indians also dying of cold and starva-
ton. Moro than ten thousand dollars 1t is said
have been sent by the Jews of the IT, s. to the ref
ugee Je of Morocco. The Porter County Dem
oeral has hoisted the name of Vice President Brock.
inridge at its head its choice for President
Thss what we would call turning the cold should
er to the "little giant" The next Iowa State
Fair will be held at Iowa City. commencing Tues
dw. Oct. 81, and continuing four days. The
Democrats the other day held a Conventionin Allie
ghany County, Penn, when the Nationals triumph
cd over the Dougasitcs in the election Of delegates
to the State Convention. The Republican Con-
yenton of Connecticut nominated William A. Buck.
inghsm for Governor and Julius Catin for Licutcn-
ant Governor. The Convention was one of the
largest and ablest held in the State for years . A
laughter of Chas. B. Flood editor OF the Cleveland
(Ohio) Democrat, has been appointed to an $500
cerkship in the Post Office that that city. to
coed Douglas man removed. +. .Bayard Taylor
lecturcd at Laporte on last Tuesday evening. "A
special term of the Laporte Circuit Conrt was in
session last week-Judgc Test presided. :. A new
and nm coupterfa;t On tho T rott, II MI Of
Illinois, has been put in circulation. Two Screws
Thomas and William, got loose recently from the
Wcs:umpka, Wisconsin, Jail :. The growing wheat
in Putnam county is represented looking we'll and
promising a large Weld The number OF acres
sown this year exceeds that Of any other. The
Galveston News thinks, on reliable information from
the Rio Grande, that the present difficulties there
will end in war with Mexico. Mrs. Ely Lock
wool Of North Vernon, Ind, who had been derang-
cd some ten days, hung herself in an clubhouse with
cothes-liue on the morning of the 25th ult., and
when discovered life was extinct. If you want to
feel like true patriot subscribe and pas for your
county paper in advance. The present popula-
ton of Indiana is estimated at ESQ., 900. "A de-
structve and terrible fire. originating in livery
bic. where 40 horses burned to death, occurred
at Memphis, Tenn, on the 26th ult. The rail-
road bridge the Mississippi at Clinton, Iowa,
his been completed, and an engine and two cars
passed over on Thursday week. A salute oftwelve
guns was fired by the citizens. The laws OF mar
rage contract in Massachusetts have been so a.
ground Of extreme cruelty. desertion for five con-
secutive years. and confirmed habits of ntoxcation
contracted after marriage :. The Supreme Court
Of Minnesota has refused new trial in the case Of
Mrs. Bilanski, convicted ofthe murder of her hus-
band ut St. Paul. AMI the Governor will soon fix the
day Other execution. The winter thus far has
been very favorable tc the wheat crop in the North
west. The Cleaveland Pla;ndcaler says-"Look
out for large crop OF this staple another year,"
A rascalIy incendiary fred the Congregational
Church at Lyons, Iowa. on the Eth inst, burning
it to the ground. The Mayor offers $500 reward
FOR the arrest OF the scoundrcI- The Newbury
port Herald says that lady recently died in that
city who was somewhat peculiar in her habits, and
| had one room Of the house in which no person ex.
ccpt hcrsclfhad entered for years. The Min.
lister ofFrance is said to be man Of great resolu
ton, devoted { the Emperor by whom he was sin
gied out for oficewhen only sub Project, and one
who will not stand on trifes. +. "A letter E ON Ven
euela says at is impossible to say when this coun
try will be at peace. No sooner is one faction pu
down than another arises, burning, plundering ant
numbering like Scpoys.". A gang ofyoung men
organized as band ofthieves, and inc,uling tn,
papers say, sprouts from some of the most respect
able families in the city, has been discovered il
New II lvcn. An infant was suffocatcd few
weeks since while asleep in cradle ut Norfolk
England. by a cat croucling upon its body. TIL
small pox still continues its ravages in the vcinit
of Boston, though the deaths arc small in compari
son with the number Of cases. The cost Of OBJ
tanning patent in Great Britain is between eigh
teen hundred and two thousand dollars Separat
p,tents have to be obtained in each of the tire
king Ions. ;. A little daughter Of John Carhari
near Davenport. Iowa, who was bitten by mad do
in November last died Of hydrophobia, in the mos
terrible agony, few days ago. In the Rhode Is
Land Legislature on Thursday an act was passc
making the twenty second day Of February icga
holiday instead of the first of January. the la'
, now provides. A party of gentlemen have start
ell from Providence, r. l., on an expedition to Al
izonia. +. The Present Style Of Ladies' Dress
The Low and Behold style. important discover
les of gold, platina and tin have been made in Mis-
s,uri The wife Of A P. Simonton, Esq, of Eth
hart, Elkhart county, Ind, committed suicide b
stabbing herself in the region Of the heart with
pair of scissors, on the 18th ult, while the famil
were at dinner. She had attempted, during 6t {
insanity, to destroy her life the night previor
by preciptating herself into well, from which h
husband succeeded in rescuing her. A sweet Ii
tie Michigan girl ofabout IS summers has sued a
old fellow for $1,000 damages for counting her te
4 whole years and then marrying somebody else.-
!. The case is on trial at Detroit. "A few days sine
at Canandaigua, N. Y, little child in the absens
ofhis parents vcntured into sheep pen, and vi
: found there few hours later, dead, with its he:
u shockingIy bruised by the attacks an old ram.
e stated that there have been over 900 900 wor
Of scrip issued By the Post Office Department. o.
man, il is said holds two millions Of this scrip, Whit
n he purchased at so cents The California pape
report that the first day the mint in that State
J. re-opened, ton and third of silver was deposit
/ for coinage. The agent of the viceroy Of Egg
+ has recently concluded contract in this count