Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-04-12
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save them from their hapless fate.
The East.
An act of the Legislature of New Jersey,
went in effect last week, prohibiting the
whipping of children in the public schools.
A bill has been presented in the Pennsyl-
vania Legislature which proposes to pro-
hibit political professions in Philadelphia
by night, within ten days of an election.
The Pennsylvania Union State Central
Committee have fixed upon Wednesday,
June Goth, at Williamsport, as the time
and place fer holding the State Convention
The deed from the corporation to the
United States for land in the City Hall
Park, for the Post Office, was executed by
the New York city authorities, on the 9th
inst
The delegation in Congress from Con
necticut is entirely changed. not one OF
its old members go back. Two failed to
be renominated, one declined and one wa:
defeated
The strike Of the miners in New Jersey
still continues and is increasing. Two
thousand are idle, or engaged with the
strikers, and all the miners in Morris
county have suspended work.
A bill to permit the parties to suit to
testify in their own behalf has recently
passed both Houses of the Pennsylvania
Legislature, and only awaits the signature
of the Governor to become law.
The Spragues, of Providence, X. l., have
nearly consummated their purchase of mil
property in Augusta, Me, where they will
soon erect the most extensive cotton mills
in the country, if not in the world
A fire at Wnkesbarre, Pa, on the 9th
destroyed twenty buildings. The loss il
about 100000; insurance, $4,000. The
Times Office was among the buildings
burned The Wyoming Bank was saved
When the Canadian authorities under
took to blow up Table Rock, at Niagara
Falls, some weeks ago, they neglected te
properly arrange the charge of powder
and the explosion only had the effect to
throw down some pieces.
Tie monster steamship Great Eastern
reached New York on the 9Th, and will sal
for Brest, France, on the 18th inst, making
regular trips during the Paris Exposition
The dates of her departure from New
York are April 10th, May 2Sth, and July
9th.
The enforcement of the Prohibitory
Liquor Law was commenced In Boston OF
the 1st day of April. All the retail drink
ing establishments, including the lagel
beer saloons and cider taps, were shut up
except the bar rooms of the hotels. No at
tempt was made to close the wholesal,
houses
The reported massacre at Fort Buford il
not confirmed. Letters have been received
from Fort Sully by a gentleman in ST
Louis, of a later date than the one or
which the story is based. which reports al
well, and makes no allusion to the disaster
General Sherman has no advices of mas
sacre, and disbelieves the report.
On Sunday, the 18th inst, the Cincinnati
Express train on the Pennsylvania Rail
road was thrown from the track by an OBJ
struction, wrecking five cars, and engine
and severely injuring four employees. A
suspicious looking man in the adjoining
meadows was arrested and confessed u
having placed the distractions on thu
track
An explosion in the Clover Hill coal pits
Chesterfield county, Pa, occurred on the
Sd, followed by three others. An attempt
was made to descend the shaft, but TIT
bursting out of the flames prevented it
Nothing is known of what occurred in thu
pit Thirty white and thirty-nine BLACK
miners were at work in the mines at the
time of the explosion. all of whom wera
doubtless killed outright or sufocated.
Charles B. Norton, New York State
Commissioner to the Paris Exposition, il
authority for the statement that the subjec
of holding the next great Worlds Fair il
Central Park, New York, is receiving mucl
attention, and that, through the efforts o
Hon. Dudley S. Gregory, official action ha
been taken by the American Institute il
reference to it. With the date for TIN.
opening fixed for the 4th of July, 1S76-ar
anniversary which, as the centenery of oul
existence, will carry with it great prestig
we shall have ample time for prepare
ton.