Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-04-16
GENERAL NEWS.


A Washington telegram of The Sth says
"There was today greater demand for
tickets of admission to the senate than on
any previous day since the trial began.
or given orders fer their tickets for week
to come" <ferfr
The Grand Jury at London has brought
bills of indictment against ali the priso-
ners, except O'Neil, charged by the Coro-
ner's jury with completely in the Clerken-
well outrage.
The President, on the 9th, signed the
new treaty with the North German Con-
federation.
The Senate, on the 9Th, confirmed Ed
ward S. Durdy to be United States Judge
Of the district Of Nebraska.
Buue,e,Americsn Theatre, New York
City, was burned on the night OF the eth.
q letter vas received in London, on the
Sih, from DR.. Livingstone, who wrote that
he was in good health, his journey of ex-
ploratio1 had been successful, and he
would soon return to England.
Two men named Whelan. and Doyle
were arrested at Ottawa, Canada, on the
It'll, on suspicic:- OF being concerned in
tie murder q H. MCGEE. Suspicion
against them IS very strong. 81
= a The steamer Sea Bird was burned ON
3 Lake Michigan, near Waukegan, On the
9th, and many lives were lost 1t was
thought in Chicago, on the 10Th, that the
crew and passengers on board the burning
: boat would number upwards of 50-and
only two Of that number were known to
have been saved.
A billiard match for the American
championship and $1,000, was played in
Chicseo, on the Sth, between John Nc
2 Dewitt of Chicago, and Melvin Foster, Of
New York Oh the fifty ninth inning, the
score stood, Foster, 1862; McDevitt, 1855
when the former took exception to a de-
cision Of the referee aud refused to play
the game further, and McDevitt was de-
clared the winner
During the evening services in st. Ma
rvs Church, Chicago, on the evening Of
Good Friday t10th), when about 2. 900 per-
sons were in attendance, panic was cre-
sted by the breaking of seat and false
alarm of fire, and q general stampede en-
sued. In the excitement, the crowd near
est the doors became wedged in, prevent
ing the doors from being opened, and three
women were killed and many others seri-
ously, and probably fatally yiDjured.
James II. Leonard, passenger on board
the Sea Bird at the tine CT its burning,
had q very miraculous escape, making the
third person known in Chicago, ON the
18th, to lave survived the disaster He
fioated for upwards of twelve hours on
the wheel house, and landed near Evans
ton, in chilled ard exhausted condition.
As near as had been ascertsined on the
18th, probably seventy-fve PERSONS lost
their lives by the burning of the Sea Bird.
A Montreal special to the New York
Herald on the 10Th, says the prisoner Whe-
Ian, in Ottawa, it has been proved almost
beyond douJi, was the murderer of Mr.
McGee- A qrantiiy Of correspondence
with New York Fenians has been un-
earthed. duplicating good many notables
in that organization. Whelan is SAID to be
a member of New York Fenian circle.
A plot has been discovered to blow up the
House Of Parliament by means of nitro
glycerine. ..,..r.
A London despatch of the 10th, says.
according to later dispatches from the
Ably ssinian expedition General Napier had
reached latitude 81. The Abyssinian King
was at Msgdsla ready for siege. His force
consisted of 5000 effective men He had
also 26 large guns Napier had completed
his plans for a general assault on the
i. works
The funeral of darcy MCGEE was at
tended by over 100, 600 people at Ottawa,
Canada, on the 18th, 500 -.
= A New York dispatch of the 18th says
that Key West letter states that reports
are current that the Indian tribos of Flor
ids have declared war against the United
.Ststes. and committed the overt act by
burning white man at the Lake. go,
- General Meade has issued al order to the
military authorities in Georgis for the pre-
servation of peace during the election.
All, persons are forbidden TO carry arms ct
political gatherings or at the election
polssza oTEsTou GrxI.srz ~
A block of ten new and unfinished
three-story buildings in Chicago YVES
blown down on the 11tb, while over ffsy
men were at work upon it, al of whom
were buried in the ruins and eight serious
II injured but none killed: