Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-03-15
"A midwife named Miss BARNARD Never

"A midwife named Miss Barnard Meyer,
living in ST. Louis, was called in last week
to attend child that was sick with diar
rhea, and troubled with cutaneous erup-
ton. She gave it powder containg NOR
phine TO such an amount that the child
went to sleep to wake no more.
All the wit of the world, it seems, is
not monopoliZed by Irishmen, as the follow
| ing from the San Antonio, Texas, Express,
referring to the obsequies ofGeneral John
stOn, at Galveston, Will show. 1t says
"If General Johnston was alive, he would
tell the fools to let his ashes alone"
"A fellow IN the Portland Theatre, who
Kissed while the Star Spangled Banner"
was being sung, on tee evening of Washing
| tons birthday, was speedily elected from
the house, made to givethree cheers for the
| flag, and receive other rough treatmentfr from
the patriotic and indignant audience
The fashion of fifteen years ago ofwear-
| ing black court plaster on the face has just
been revived in New York; and a number
of the bellies now appear in full dress with
sable spots in close proximity to charming
dimples. They are sentimental finger posts,
pointing out the tempting localities.
Among the new devices of day are
paper pantelets for ladies'. A company
has been organized at Mechanic Falls
| Me, To manufacture borders TO ladies'
drawers and children's pantelets-an Orna
| mental appurtenance To be buttoned TO the
garments, which may be readily replaced
when soiled.
1t is said that there are in Maine
14,00J,000 acres of unbroken forest, Of
| which 100000 is covered with hemlock
timber Somebody estimates that this lat
ter area would yield 100000, 900 cords of
hemlock bark, of which the extract for tan
| ming purpos would be worth IN the mar
ket 81 $780, 100000.
Missouri will soon be covered with &
| net work of railroads. Those aids to COM
merce and national intercourse that so
closely and surely follow the advance of
| civilization, are spreading all over Mis-
souri,, and intersecting and helping each
other while developing the richest and best
| portions OF earths surface.
"A number of persons have been dig
| ging for some time for hidden treasures on
| the beach near Belfast, Me, under the di-
rectiOn of clairyoyant. The "mejum" can
see in her minds eye q chest filled with
| riches a few feet beneath the surface, but it
| is moved as the dlggers approached it, by
evil and mischievous spirits.
There is dentist in New York who
Dulls so many teeth that the gold plugs
| extracted from them are worth five hun
| dred dollars He takes the teeth to his
| residence in Brooklyn and uses them to
| enrich his grape vines, they affording a
large quantity Of ammonia. The effect
upon the vines has been to make them
bring forth an abundance of fruit.
A terrible accident occurred in the
woods in Wisconsin, by which man was
| thrown eighty feet into the air. The man
killed was standing on balance tree to see
| a tree come down, when the tree in its fall
| ing course struck the other end OF the tree
on which the man was standing, and the
| tremendous weight of it coming on the
spring lever threw him like shot into the
| air.
The surname of family living in Colon,
| Mich, is Thurston. The Thurstons have
twelve children named as follows: Ulysses
lthicus, Leodis Iphigenia, Chrysthemus
Andromica, Epaminondas Epaphrobatus,
Achilles Lycurgus. Miltiades Aristides,
Cassius Brutus, Scion Kossuth, Agamem-
non Inland, Dulcena Dulcerado, Palroclus
Atilacus, and Wendell Phillips. That
family had better contract for the ague
and shake of some of its christenings.
| "A gentleman Of Buffalo, who returned
from San Francisco TO New York some
months since on the steamer Ocean Queen
relates that among the passengers was a
family named Brown. The Browns were
blessed three daughters named respect
| lively Nebraska Brown, California Brown
| and Nevada Brown. Mrs. Brown would
frequently say to her eldest daughter
| "Come here, Nebraska and bring California
and Nevada with you;" causing much mirtt
among the passengers.
-Twoh highway robbers were being trans
ported on the cars from Tidioute to Oil City
chained together by the wrists They made
an excuse TO enter the closet attached to thu
car, when one Of them backed out of the
window, pulling the other after him heaC
first, and both rolled together down an EN-
bankment The train was proceeding a
the rate of thirty miles on hour The snow
prevented an injury. The passengers oh
served the escape, the train was stopped
pursuit was made, and they were finall,
overtaken. Pistol shots could not stop them