Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-04-12

Tracy, who had been missing since October
10Th, was found on the 10th in the canal
near Chicago, with marks of violence upon
it. Suspicious rest on certain parties.
Both Houses of the Ohio Legislature
have agreed on the resolution to submit at
the October election, the question of
amending the Constitution so as to allow
negro suffrage, and also to disfranchlse
rebels and deserters.
The Wisconsin Senate has passed, with
amendments, the bill for an Eight-Hour law
which passed the House few days ago.
1t has also adopted the Assembly resolu-
ton to amend the constitution SO as to give
the franchise to women.
Myron A. Sanford, a railroad clerk OF
Chicago, poisoned himself on the 5th inst
He was drinking man, and had become
involved through gambling in grain. He
was respectfully connected, and the cause
of his downfall was liquor.
| Mrs. Major Green, who resides some
where South, was killed on the 10th at The
depot at Columbus, Ohio. She was in Tho
eating room when train started. Sup
posing it hers, she rushed ont and tried tC
get on, but was thrown under and killed.
1t is proposed to rebuild the Lindel
Hotel, at st. Louis, not on its present site
but some eight blocks further west, on
Washington avenue, near to the proposed
Union depot for the railroad Crossing the
Mississippi on the bridge about TO be built
The leading bankers and capitalists Of
San Francisco have purchased the steam
ships Idaho, Montana and Orgonian, for the
purpose of placing a line in opposition to
the steamers for New York ola Panama
1t is understood the vessels have already
made connections on the Atlantic side
Idaho advices of March 26th state that
Indian outrages on the Snake and Boise
rivers valleys are numerous. There is hard
ly stock enough left to work the farms
The Indians attacked the Owhyhee stage
and killed the driver and two passengers
The others escaped on the horses.
| The Montana Post records the appear
ance of a remarkable meteor that passed
over that neighborhood on the evening OF
the 10th ult. 1t looked to be larger than
the sun, and was of bright red color. On
the 18th they had the most severe storm Of
the season. The temperature all day was
below zero, ranging from one to twelve &c
| grees.
4 month ago shoemaker named join
Martin, went to Cincinnati to sell piece
of property, and from that time has been
mysteriously missing. His body was found
on the 9th in the canal in the eastern par
Of that city, with every evidence of ha Y
ing been murdered. No clue to the perpe
traitors.
Brigadier General James Bailey, Sheriff
of Vernon county, Missouri, was murdered
a few days ago, in that county, by two ex
rebel brothers, Lewis and Perry Pixley
General Bailey was brevetted in conse
quence of his engineering skill in saving
Commodore Porter's fleet, up Red river, il
1854. The murderers are supposed to have
fled to Kansas.
The only year in which, within the
memory of the Oldest inhabitant, the Mis-
sissippi river opened at Rock Island as late
as the present season was in 1S43, when
the ice moved off on the Sth of April This
season it moved off on the 5th The aver
age time of the opening of the river at tina
point hitherto has been about the third
week of March.
A strike in the Chicago Times Office, OF
Friday evening. the 9Th, obliged that pape
to appear next morning on a sheet of hal
the usual size, to issue which the editor
themselves had to "stick type" half tn
night The strike was caused by an un
equal distribution of the "fat," to remed,
which thirty-five of the compositors jolnet
the Typographical Union in a body, al
association with which the Times ha
waged war for several years
Arrangements have been made between
the city of Aurora and the Chicago, Bur
lington & Quincy Railroad, whereby thu
city furnishes some thirty acres of land 70
railroad purposes, the company agreeing t.
pay $500 per acre for the same. The com
pany design to commence Immediately tn
erection of another round house to bull,
IN the future an extensive rolling mill ant
eventually construct all the works at Au
rora necessary for the manufacture of thei
iron and the construction Of their lOCOmO
tives; thus giving employment to thou
sands of men to whom they will pay
monthly over 100000.
A monster in human guise, one Mrs
Elizabeth Brannigan, living in South Chi
cago, committed series of diabolical out
RACES On the 9Th and 9th instants, out
grinding even Mrs. Grinder. Stimulates
by whiskey and smarting under the CALLING
but apparently well deserved structures o
her neighbors, she thrust the little daughte
of one woman into barrel of water, ant
there held her till she drowned. She en-
ticed the daughter of another into priv!
and threw her down the vault, but fortu
nately the child escaped. To another chilt
she promised candy if she would go will
her into the building. The woman is nov