Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-04-09
incidents and Accidents,

| -Seconu CROWN parsDlpS poisoned Two
families In Fort Wayne lately.
Twelve negroes were drowned, on the
5th, in The Potomac, their boat being
swamped in gale.
| Two fishing boats were wrecked out
side Goderich (Csnada) hal Dor, on the 4th,
and five men drowned.
"A letter was mailed at Chicago lately
( addressed TO "Mr Coldfacts, the Senator
of Congress"
The morality among children is said to
be unprecedented this spring in San
| Francisco.
"A fellow in Newburyport has been
Boosting that he has brother twelve feet
| high. 1t tuins out that he has two halt
brothers, eSch six feet high.
"A workman in coal mine near Peoria,
| Ill, using a stronger blast than the occasion
warranted, had every rib torn from his
spine and died horrible death.
AT the readings of Mr. Dickens at
Worcester, Mass, recently, it is said that
the first three rows OF seats were reserved
tor deaf persons, an arrangement which
developer al amount of deafness in that
city which was most astonishing.
The funeral of General Orlow Smith,
In Edford. Henry county, H., last month,
was attended by over twelve hundred per-
sons, in two hundred vehicles, the process
sion being over two miles long. He was
Colonel of the 65lh Ohio infantry, and
received wounds at Chickamauge and
Franklin.
"A singular accident occurred in Chi
cago, lately. Two vehicles met and col
lided The horse attached TO one Of the
wagons fairly lesped into the other wagon,
which contained lot of coal, and The
natural const quence was an upset, the
horse falling backward and the coal pilIpg
uDon him. The wagons were almost com
pletely demolished, and the horses suffered
considerably, the legsof one Of them being
broken.
AT wedding Ia Delaware, when all
was arranged and the minister called on
any to speak who objected to the marriage
q husky voice from the corner cried out,
Il dor All eyes were turned in that di
rection, when q man emerged from the
crowd, holding his handkerchief up to his
eyes ana blubbering, "Why do you OBJ
j-ct?" asked the minister. Because
want her fol myself
There ia gentleman in Taunton,
Mass, who is now approaching the end of
his SEVENTEEN year, who, In the course Of
long and laborious life, has never at
tended single exhibition of amusement
of any character in his life. 1t is in per-
Torrance of q resolution made in early
life, that the years of his existence I'D to
seventy should be devoted to labor. II is
satisfactory to add that his industry has Sc
cured him competency.
The Z III D,ror (HaccN ..-z
well dressed young man, who had been in
dulging in liquor to excess. attempted to
take the cars for Providence, and WAS
guilty of the at-oci0us act of knocking
down his own mother, who was endeavOr-
ing to dissuade him from his purpose.
He was secured by the ticket master, and
soon fell into drunken sleep In the de
pot. AS soon as he slept his poor mother
supported his head in her lap, and re-
NAMED there while he slept off the effects
of his rotations.
I'm the darkest days of the Atlantic
telegraph enterprise, q friend OF Cyrus
Field bought $4,000 of stock for so
bill. Mr.. Field magnanimously offered to
take the stock at considerable advance
well. but what do you advise me to do,
Mr.. Field ?" :" Take Your stock home"
was the reply; lock itup in your safe,
and never look at it or think of il till you
come to me for your dividends on it." and
that man Is now receiving. on his invest
ment of ten dollars, $500 per annum in
gold. $3.50.
"A poor old farmer, living in Bucklin,
Mo-, on the Quincy and ST. Joseph r ILL.,
road, who had been up to Quincy and
raised thousand dollars wherewith to
cancel a mortgage of that amount on his
farm, was lately swindled out of all by q
couple of sharpers. He was in the cars,
going home, when accosted by gentle
manly" individual, who. being dunned by
confeds rate for bill, was unable 10 pay
it.. having nothing bat bogus United
States bond, with coupons attached. for
which the farmer exchanged his hard
earned money. .,s~ go 49,