The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1860-01-26
The hotel in Newport, N. H.. was de
stroyed by fire on Thursday NIGHT.

The hotel in Newport, N. H.. was de
stroyed by fire on Thursday night.
A leopard SEAL" weighing between
two and three hundred pounds, wa. shot
on the rocks at Seaconnet Point, near
Newport, r. L.. Dec. 18th.
The Legislature of Arkansas have sent a
petition to Congress asking for the con-
struction Of the Pacific railroad.
AT Jefferson. Wis, last week. a small
house was destroyed by fire, and two men
named Hooking and Noble, we're suffoca-
ted to death.
A PARTY Of hunters. few days since.
shot two wild cats in Sullivan County. N.
7. One weighed As and the other 80
pounds.
Ak unsuccessful attempt was made on
Friday OF last week to rob the Office of the
City Register at Washington.
GEO. D. Wiley, of Georgia, was swim
died out of $4,000. at Montgomery, Ala.
on the 23d ult.. by the ball game.
Mr.. NJ. G. Pendleton, worthy citizen
of Darlington, S. c.. died a few DAYS ago
from u wound accidentally inflicted by
himself by pistol
Hon. Samuel easy, sub-treasurer of the
Uuited States, died on the ED ult., at Ca
SEVILLE, KY, sged IL.
Bishop Newman of the Catholic Church
in Philadelphia, fell dead in the street on
the 9th inst, Of disease of the heart.
Twenty-six Of the Southern medical
students who left Philadelphia. went to
Charleston, s. c., and entered the Medi-
cal College in that city.
The Touro Cotton Mill at Newport,
working about ten thousand spindIes. was
destroyed by fire on Saturday, involving a
loss of 100000.
The Military bill has passed the Missis.
sippi House. 1t appropritaes $50, 600
for the purchase of arms.
Hon. Mirabeau B. Lamar, late U. S.
Minister to Central America, died sud
denly of apoplexy at Richmond, Texas,
on the 10Th nit. He Sas the Secehd Pres
ident of the Republic If Texas.
A fight occurred at public house id
Triadelphio. near Wheeling. on Saturday
last. when the proprietor, Mr.. Mast. was
killed on the spot, and Mr. Martin so
badly injured that he died the next day.
A pair of coal boats we're sunk in Ker-
lucky Bend. near Louisville. on the Gath
ult.. by the falling OF large tree across
them. John Baxter. ofJeffersonAille. Ind
and Joseph Lydick, ofPittsburgh, were
drowned.
A married couple named Degraf. liv-
ing at Albany, separated last Tuesday, by
mutual consent, the mother taking one
child and the father the other. The sep
aration was the result of jealousy en- the
part of the wife.
A heavy freight train. going South on
Illinois Central Railroad, last week, ran
off the track about five miles above Jones
boro'. y oarlead Of twenty mules was
smashed up and all the animals killed.
Miss Thorn. of Prince Georges coun-
ty. Nd. was so seriously injured by being
caught In the machinery Of the steam
boat Alice Fox, some time since. that she
died from the effects of the injuries then
received.
A cavalcaGe of Winnebago Indians,
gaily attired in fancy blankets, with red
leggings and blue. passed through Vino
ma, Minnesota, last week. to visit their old
stamping ground, east of the Mississippi.
In Albion, Michigan. a man by the
name of George Sawyer died, as suppo-
sed, in spasm. some time last SPRING
He was buried alive. Not long since
some Of his friends wishing to remove his
body disinterred him. They found him
lying on his face, his hands in his hair,
with great handsful torn out, and his
grave clothes all torn to pieces.