Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-04-05
The Elections.

Nlfdtl
Madison, Wisconsin, on the I'd, elected
for Mayor, Hon. A. S. Sanborn, Democrat,
lay 24S majority over General James K
Proudfoot
In milwaukee, the municipal election has
resulted in the election Of the Democratic
ticket by 800 majority. Hon E. O,Neil
Is elected Mayor
Cincinnati elected Wilstack, (Union) for
Mayor by 400 majority, and throughout
Ohio, where elections were held, the Re
publicans gained largely.
The election in Michigan, on the LIST inst,
passed off with but little interest, and the
vote is very light, but is accompanied by a
general increase in Republican majorties.
In st. Paul, on the 2d, the Democratic
| city ticket was elected by about 1000 ma
jority. Winona, Lake City, Hastings,
Mortified, 0watonna, Anoka, and other
towns in Minnesota, gave Republican ma
jorities
Full returns from the Connecticut cleo
| ton give English, Democrat 979. The
Senate stands II Republicans to 10 Demo
Gratis. Three of the four Congressman cho-
sen are Democrats. 2. r. Barnum, the
Snowman, was defeated by VIM H. Barnum,
| Democrat.
The Rhode Island State election, on the
Sd, resulted in the success of the Republi-
can ticket for State officers, members of
Congress, and the State Legislature. The
vote was very light. Gen. Burnside was
chosen Governor. The Senate will stand
% Republicans to 6 Democrats; the
House, 60 Republicans and Democrats
Foreign intelligence.
| 1t is announced that King George, of
Greece, is soon to marry niece of Queen
| Victoria.
The coronation of Francis Joseph, EN-
pcror of Austria, as King of Hungary, will
take place at Pesth in July next.
The Portuguese Government has pro-
posed the abolition of the penalty of death
for a Communication into that of hard labor
for life.
A dispatch from Odessa, dated the Goth,
reports terrible storm in the Black Sea.
Several vessels were wrecked, with some
loss Of life
Ex-Governor Eyre, of Jamaica, was ar
rested in London on the goth, and on the
Both, after short examination, was
acquitted of the charges against him.
The Paris correspondent of the London
Sunday Gazette says Stephens and num-
Der of American officers are in Paris, quite
innocent of the rising in Ireland, which
took them by surprise.
Mexican news assume interest from the
fact that the Liberals have advanced upon
the city of Vera Cruz and demanded its
| surrender, which was refused. Diaz is re-
ported to have partially occupied Puebla.
A war between Chill and Peru IL among
the possibilities in South America The
former, it is said will probably settle ami
cably with Spain. A village in Bolivia
has been visited by thunder storm, which
destroyed twenty houses and about one
hundred persons
According to announcement, the Paris
| Universal Exposition was duly opened on
the LIST, the Emperor and Empress with
over one hundred thousand persons, being
present. None of the departments are
complete, and some of them, especially the
American, are in a very unsatisfactory
condition.
A Herald correspondent telegraphs from
Paris on the I'd; 1.-The Exposition will not
be ready until May. One half of the space
is allotted to France, and that is not com
plete The English are very strong in ma
chinery, beating the Americans in that
department. There are nothing like so
many strangers as were expected. The
number of Americans Is not much greater
than usual every season. Prices have
gone up fearfully. The hotels raise their
charges fifty per cent. after this week. 1t
is useless to come to see the Exposition be-
fore May
Charles b. Norton, New York State
Commissioner to the Paris Exposition, is
authority for the statement that the subject
of holding the next great Worlds Fair in
Central Park, New York, is receiving much
attention, and that, through the efforts of
Hon. Dudley s. Gregory, official action has
been taken by the American Institute in
reference to it. With the date for the
opening fixed for the 4th of July, 1s76-an
anniversary which, as the centenery of our
existence, will carry with it great prestige
we shall have ample time for prepare
ton.
The South.
In one family near Dalton, Ga, four
children died of starvation in February,
and it is believed that others died from the
same cause.