Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-05-24
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.
Personal and Literary.

Personal and Literary.
THE reported income of DIR. j. G.. Hol-
land, {" Timothy Titcomb y is S2O,211.
Cox CoNGER, testifies that some of the
leaves were out of Booths diary when he
got it.
TUPPER has written third series of his
"Proverbial Philosophy" which will APP
pear in May.
TX MARVEL is bringing out new book
at Scribner's, on Rural Studies" illus
trated by himself
THE VIcEROY of Egypt is the richest
man in the world. He owns fourth ofthe
entire soil of the country.
THE Gar is to be accompanied to Paris
early in June by GOrtschakOff The Palace
of the Tuilleries or Elysees have been
offered him for a residence. He chose the
latter
SENATOR SUMNER has contracted for the
construction, this summer, of an elegant
new house on Lafayette Square, at a cost of
$4,000.
BIsMARK and Minister Motley roomed
together TOR several years at German uni
versity, and taught each other the Ian
guages of their native countries.
You've BENNETT, the managing editor
of the New York Herald has issued orders
that no reporter shall use the stairs by
which his mightiness aScends To the
editorial rooms
OLD JOHN 'BENNEHoFF, the Petroleum
King, of BennehOti Run, returned an in
come of $4,000 last year. This is the
largest individual income returned in
Nenango county.
A t. STEWART & Co, of New York,
offer part of their recent dry goods inn
Oh hat
they had rather meet the present market
than take less later in the season.
CHARLES READE Is actually going on
with Lis suit against the Round fable for
its criticism on GTiffith Gaunt" We are
afraid the amiable Charles will look as
gaunt as Griffith when he gets through.
SENATOR ALEX. c. CATTELI, of New
Jersey, has been presented by number of
citizens of Philadelphia with a solid silver
service, valued at $4,000, in appreciation
of his services in securing the passage
through Congress of the League Island
bill
Mr.. GEORGE PEABODY has left the
portrait of Queen Victoria, recently pre-
sented to him by the Queen herself, in the
hands of the Mayor and prominent citizens
of Philadelphia, to place on exhibition for
the purpose of raising funds for charitable
purposes.
A PRINTER who used to set type in the
New York Tribune Office smiled audibly
yesterday when somebody wondered that
Horace Greeley could be willing to let his
name go down TO pOSterity affixed To Jeh
Davis bail bonds Horace knows Che says
that pOsterity can't read the signature.
Mr.. y. T. STEWART last year reported
an income of si,01l ,256, and this year he
returns only S136,S62. Mr.. William E.
Dodge, when Radical Congressman from
this District last year, returned S212, SO3,
while this year the iron business, without
politics, cOmpels him to return only S111,-
49,. Mr.. James Parton finds Butler biOg
raphies less profitable than usual, and re-
turns only $3,O53 as his income this year.
All classes of citizens seem to have suffered
a similar dIminutiOn in their incomes.
BTR. GREELEY's visit to Richmond to be-
come one of the bail for Jefferson Davis
was the first visit he had paid to that city
for thirty-one years. In 1886 he passed
through Richmond on his way To Warren
ton, y. c., for the purpose OF being united
in matrimony To a lady, schoOlmistress,
born in the North, but then engaged in
teaching in that place. He was married
bya Richmond clergyman, and on Sunday,
MAY 18th, Mr. Greeley heard this clergy
man preach in Richmond, and renewed an
acquaintance begun so many years ago.
GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN tells how he
commenced building a hotel at Omaha.
While large number Of gentlemen were
dining at the Herndon, the gale blew out a
pane of glass. The gush of air was fearful
To those afraid of the draft. What was TO
be done? No hat was bic enough-no
time to puG in a pane of glass-no pillow
at hand the gale too fierce to tack up the
curtain, and all the " lille the guests taking
cold Train was equal to it; he gave one
of Thai Stevens new citizens ten cents
minute to stand with his back to the breeze
The effect was electric, the wind was
stopped, the guests were happy, the negro
delighted But the success was not appre-
ciated BY the. steward; he objected, said
the waiter was wanted; cursed him And
Train observing that his genus was not
appreciated, got mad, said lie would build
q new hotel in sixty days bought the land
that night; dug the cellar next morning,
and fifty carpenters were at work the day
foilowingi This is the history of the
Grand Hotel of the Pacific, and illustrates
the proverb that it is an i'll wind that blows
nobody any good.