Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-01-09
Local Brevities.

Abu tnciC Oueh III W NC ohC hSiO' wv h"'s
sufficient talent among us to constitute
good corps, and its entertainments woult
be Of much higher order than those W.
are treated with by such rowing squads a,
the Boston Ministries, whe performed herl
Thursday night last to a wearied and dis
gusted audience.
The Northern Ldidnidn pays thil
paper. a fine compliment which is the mort
highly priced from the fact that the {ndi
anion is one of the best of our exchanges
and one which we never fail to read.
The contents of the can Of oysters pre-
sented us by Fred. j. Koontz, on the %
instant, were very good. Fred keeps {
first class eating house, and can Away
furnish square meal to the hungry OF
liberal terms.
The former proprietor of the Democrat
s. L. Harvey, charged and received $50
from the county treasury for printing fiv,
thousand asse ssor's blanks. lset year. w,
should like to get the job Of printing then
for half The money. sss as.sr
David Zchner will sell his interest i'm tho
Foundry and Machine Shop of Adams {
Zehaer, in South Plymouth, ON easy1terms
Here is a chance for some enterpfisina
man with few thousand dollars capital
Dr. Lemon and Al. Reeves drew the tive
most valuable presents distributed at Prof
Owens entertainments last week The
first drew a water hammer and the latter a
glass jar with balloon inside.
Remember, girls, this is leap year. Con
tend for your rights. aud teach bsshiu
SWANS how to propose 10 becoming man
ner.
There will beiwo eclipses Of The sun and
two of the moon tits year, but neither Of
them will be visible in North America.
1t may be interesting to those boys whose
parents have no control over them, and
who frequently violate the laws. that the
House of Refuge for the correction and
reformation of juvenile offenders, located
near PlainfielSi- hendricks County, is now
open for their reception-so Governor
Baker proclaims.
\ number OF advertisements appear foI
the first'tim on our first page.
We hope the boys will act with proper
decorurn in the matter of courtship during
the year and let the girls have full swing.
If this advice is Observed, the Clerk will
be called upon for twice the number OF
marriage licenses that ne issued last year.
Venus viii DE the evening star for The
greater part ofithe present year and the
morning star during the remainder. This
in iicates great increase in the usual mum
Der OF marriages.
The snow that iell the las,-night of the
old yeai aroused hopes of fine sleighnr,
but was found to be not deep enough for
that purpose. 1t totally disappeared on
Saturday
The longest drawn out specimen of hn-
mainly in Marshall County WAS in town last
Saturday. ~
Ii is frequently remarked, as proof oil
dishonesty. that such an one cannot look
an honest man in The face. but Dickens
says dishonesty Will stare honesty out of
counienance any day in the week. if there
is anything TO be made by it, We guess
Dickens unders,andshumsn nature slightly.
\ minister Of the German (Refornled)
Church. Rev Ir. So:llosser, has become =
resident Of Plymouth. "a.
Esquire John G. Osborne started back
TO the CIeaweand Water Cure last Monday.
for the benefit of his health, and Intends TO
remain two or three months.
The winter term Of the public schools
in the seminary opened on Monday. The
total number Of pupils in attendance in all
the departments was 234 Miss ]. n.
Thompson, First Assistant. ON account ol
indisposition, was unable 10 take charge ol
her department.
In addition 10 the public schools in the
seminary. there are three others in this
place, viz: The ward school in South
Plymouth: the select school in the -old
Methodist Church building. and the Cath
olic school. A,lof these are largely al
tended and fiourislIing. v Ir g2sai
The members OF the German lReformed)
Church in this vicinity have purchased
two lots in Wheelers Addition, and intend
erecting fine church building thereon du-
ring the coming season.
PetroleumV. Nasty Cd r. Locke viii
lecture in Laporte to morrow evening
Subject: Cursed be Canaan
Monday was miserable deg for out
door operations. II rained, or rather driz
zled, all day long, and after nightfsll sIeeI
tell which made locomoiion difficult and
uncertain.
Charley Rathbone. one of the polite and
accommodating clerks at the Pos, Office
started on Tuesday morning last ostensibl,
to visit his Ma in Gallipolis, Ohio, but W,
suspect that the real object of his visit il
to see much younger lady than his- ma
ternal ancestor.
Professor Daniel Meeker 6 Son will yisi
Plymouthinext Monday, and remain tw,
days. On Monday the senior will give
| free lecture In Corbin & Benson's Hall, OF
the anatomy, physiology and diseases o
the respiratory organs, illussraied by ana
tomical preparations. The lecturer vii,
no doubt, interest all who attend.
Communion services will be held at th
Presbyterian Church next Sabbath.
Rev. c. Brumbaugh, of Kosciusko Co
will preach at the Court House, this
Thursday evening, at the usual hour.