Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-05-03
CURRENT NEWS ITEMS.
Personal and Literary.

SINCE the destruction of 1000 begging
letters by Mr. George Peabody, he has re-
ceived 900 more.
STEPHEN SMITH, a lumber merchant, is
the richest negro in Philadelphia. He
owns seventy five houses, and is worth
100000
Mr. JAMES E. MURDOCH was attacked
with vertigo in the Chestnut Street Thea
tire, Philadelphia, on Tuesday night, while
playing in the fourth act of Hamlet, and
fell heavily upon the stage. He was soon
restored To consciousness, and was to play
the next night as usual.
INPrOfessor Phelps book, entitled "The
Still Hour" occurs the following sentence
THE stiffness of the hour is the stiffness
of dead calm at sea-" Imagine the rev.
erend authors horror when he found, after
several hundred copies had been printed,
that "calm" was made by the types to
read "clam"
AN Eastern paper SAYS: 1T is not gen
orally known, but it is true, nevertheless
that General Butler married an actress, a
superior lady, with whom he has lived in
the greatest happiness and concord In
his domestic relations, if not in all his
political views, General Butler is model
for all men,"
HERE is a description of NJ. de Lamar
tines study, which may he read with in
terest: IL was the other day in NJ. de La
marines study. "a The servant was shaking
aid sweeping. The magnificent carpet,
with a white ground, was covered with
snuff NJ. de Lamartine snuffs more than
twenty old women, and the greater part of
his pinches fall on the carpet"
Mr.. WILLIAM X. KETTLES, of Fall
River, Mass, extensively known as one of
the finest telegraph operators in the coun-
Try, and by many considered as cham
piOn telegrapher. was not little amused
by fellow lightning picker of the Quaker
City asking, for his solution, question, to
which he give publicity, notwithstanding
the joke at his own expense He was
asked, Why Bridget in the kitchen was
the best telcgrapher in the United
States; and upon giving it up, was told
that she was so because she could wipe
out kettles, To which reply Mr.. Kettles
could only calculate, Personal but cor
rect"
AFTER the great success of the Younger
Dumas latest play, "The Ideas of Madame
Aubray," the elder Dumas wrote to his
fortunate son as follows:
Sir: Your writings are charming. /
should like To write something conformity
with YOU. / refer to my published works.
:" Monte Christie" "Les Trois Mousque-
taires. q Vingt-ans- apres," etc, for my tcs-
timOnials, and am
"ALExANDRE Dumas
To which the author of the Danes OF
pearls and flowers replied:
"SIR If had not read your works, the
very high opinion my father has of YOU
Would have forced me 10 accept your pro-
pOsal. am, also,
ALEXANDRA DUMAS"
THEY tell a capital story of exChief
Baron Pollock, of Endland, that one who
wished him to resign, waited on him and
limited at 1t, and suggested it for his OWE
sake, entirely with view to the prolonsa
ton of his valuable life, &c. The old man
rose and said, with his grim. dry gravity,
=" Will you dance with me-" The guests
stood aghast as the lord chief baron, who
prides himself particularly upon his legs,
began to caper about with a certain youth
like vivacity. Seeing his visitor standing
surprised, he capered up to him and said:
- Well if you won't dance with me, will
you box with me?" And with that he
squared up to him, and half in Jest, half
in earnest, fairly boxed him out of the
ROOM The old chief baron had no more
visitors Gnxiously inquiring after his
health, and courteously suggesting retire
ment
BARON RoTHsCHHD says; 1t requires
u great deal of bOldness and great deal
Of caution to make n fortune; and when
YOU have got it, it requires len times as
much wit to keep it. If l were to listen
10 all the projects proposed to me, | should
ruin myself very soon. Stick to one bust
ness, young man." said he to Edward |
q" stick to Your brewery, and you may be
The great brewer of London. Be brewer,
snd a banker, and merchant, and you will
soon be in the Gazette One of my neigh
bors is very ill-tempered man he tries
10 vex me, and has built great place for
swine close to my wall. So, when go out
/ hear first grunt grunt, squeak. squeak
but this does me no harm. am always
IN good humor. Sometimes, to amuse
myself, give beggar guinea He thinks
II a mistake, and for fear that should find
ii out, OF he runs as fast as he can. / adj
wise yor to give beggar guinea some
times, it is very amusing"