Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-04-26
CURRENT NEWS ITEMS.
Personal and Literary.

Personal and Literary.
ANDREW JOHNSON has been pronounced
insane by jury, at Rockford, Ill, and il
now safely lodged at Jacksonville
JOHN b. COUGH made his first temper
ance speech in Rochester, on the 4th of Ju
ly, 1913. Since that time he has delivered
4,SOO speeches aud lectures.
MARTIN F. TUPPER has been excited to
"pOem" on Confederation, in which he
states that I" . this will gladden. Canada
o, this will raise her much"
LOUIS GAYLORD CLARKE, man who
has seen better days, is said to be contrib.
utlng series Of stale anecdotes and Jokes
to the columns of notorious Sunday pa
per.
Hon. JOHN HITZ, the Swiss Consul Gen.
eral at Washington, has gone to Mount
Washington to examine the new steam
railway commenced there last season. The
swiss Government has notion of apply
ing the invention in the Alps.
WHEN Sheridan was going to Court one
morning. carrying his usual green bag full
of books and papers, some of his profess
sional associates set on the urchins in the
streets TO ask him if he was peddling old
clothes. Nc" he replied, these are all
new suits.
The public Is promised some rich devel-
opments. Bennett, of the New York Her
aid, has for long time asSailed ruthlessly
Ben. Wood, of the New York Ne,os. Wood
has endured it as long as human nature
can, and gives warning of retaliation. He
intends to commence such an exposition
of his Benefits private affairs as will tend
TO put stop to this reckless disregard of
the decencies of life" The subject is
good one, the zelda wide one, and the pub
lie VIII await the revelations with cOnsid-
cradle interest
WILLIAM WRIT, was once arguing a case
involving some personal right, in the course
OF which he stated a very broad legal
proposition. His opponent asked him for
his authority In laying down the rule, and
10 cite the book and page which contained
his precedent. Mr. Writ, in his impressive
style, turned upon his questioner, and an
swered IN TINS gorgeous manner: "Sir,
am not bound To grope my way among the
ruins of antiquity,-to stumble over obso-
iete statutes, and delve in black letter lore.
IN search of a principle written in living
letters upon the heart of every man"
Col. UTLEY, of the Racine .Adcocats
concludes an account of his last visit to
the Garden City a. follows: 1--WE are not
going to Chicago again until we get new
suit of clothes. for we got took down lit
tie in our black broadcloth suit. We pre-
sumo We were the only man in the CITY
dressed IN Old-tashlOned black suit, and Il
struck the boot black boys that we were
from the country, and they were after us
with warm applications. They logged us
wherever we went, and finally, when we
got round to the fremont House. we turned
on them and gave them to understand that
our boots were sometimes put to other
uses besides backing little ragged
thing, about two feet high, turned and
Shouted To a cOmrade on the other side of
the street, who 1t appears, was watching
his success says he, ." / say, Pete, this ere
country cuss Is putin ON airs, :"
GEN. SHERMAN says that the greatest
demand ever made on his moral courage
was under the following circumstances
The citizens of San Francisco were cele-
bratlng the Fourth of July in the large
American Theatre, which was packed to
It's utmost capacity. Gen. Sherman was
CHEF marshal, and occupied seat near the
'front.' oil the stage. The orator had COM
pieted his grafton, the poet began his song.
when one of his aids, white with fear
made his way down the middle aisle to the
footlights, and reckoning the Generals
ear, whispered to him that the theatre had
settled foot and halt in one of the side
walls, under the weight of the crowd, and
might be expected at any moment to tum-
bic on their heads in ruins The General
commanded him to sit down where he was,
without turning his panic-smitten face to
the audience, and to say not one word. He
then quietly sent an aid out to report the
condition of the wall, then gave his appa-
rent attention to the poem, expecting every
moment; as he said, to see the pillars reel
ing and the roof falling in but, neverthe-
less certain that any general and sudden
movement and fright of the people would
hasten the catastrophe and aggravate the
ruin, while, by the ordinary slow method
of dispersion, the danger might possibly
be escaped The exercise continued calmly
to the close. The audience left the theatre
quietly without suspecting their peril, and
the terrible destruction was averted by the
presence Of mind, the selfcontrol of the
brave soul who, contemplating at one
glance all the possibilities of the case, de
cided upon the policy of duty, and awaited
without one betraying glance, or treacher-
Gus change of complexion, the uncertain.
tremendous consequences.