The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-11-05

missioner, Sun Ia Jen, from watery grave
at Buffalo, recently was present at the board
Of trade, in tha. city, when the letter from
Sun Ia Jen was handed him. and he opened
it in the presence of the throng. 1t contain
ed $40 grecnback and the thanks of Sun,
Ta-Jen.
Lord Lyttlet"n is stont, burly, rough
looking beetle browed man of so, who mi ght
be taken for blacksmith or drOver-rough
and hearty in manner, but miserably dressed.
few days since, a gentleman from New
York, who was tarryng at the hotel in Mil
ton, VT, went to visit the falls. and underta
king to climb cliff - feet high. found his
strength failing and cried for help. which
came just as he was losing his hold.
John B. Cough introduces the Grecia n
original in the bender business.
The family of the Swedish rcgicide, An
karostrom. still preserves in jar tiled with
alcohol, the right hand of that remarkable
man, which was cut off by the eXecutiOner
previous to Ankarostrom' death on the scat
fold The execuiOner received large sum
of money for deliv ering it to the family in
stead of burning 1t in accordrdance with the
sentence passed upon the regicide.
Two more saw mill accidents are re-
ported near Waterlow City, DeKalb coun-
ty One man was killed, and the other
had his side sawed from his ankle to his
ribs SO that his lungs we're exposed. He
is alive, and likely to get we'll.
There are a number of drovers trav-
cling through the counties ef southern In
diana for the purpose Of buying up horses
and mules for Shipment south, where
there is good market for them. Good
animals are in demand at high prices, and
stock owners 6nd no difficulty in making
sales.
-Danauwala Msha Walawwe Wijaya-
sundara Senewiratna Wikkramasinha Ma
varatua Chandrasekara Pandite Wasala-
mundiyanselage Raddumma Banda has
been appointed deputy coroner for Yattin-
uwafa, India.
Seven members Of the HoagIand
family dined together recently, at Lezing-
ton, KY, whose combined ages amount to
$50 years The oldest is 80 years Of age
and the youngest &c. There were origin
ally eight brothers and sisters. Only one
has died, and he at very advanced age.
The bank of Salem, at Salem, burn
ed S677 of its outstanding circulate U at
the office of the auditor of state. Monday
II uorning. This transaction winds up the
= fairs If the bank, there being no more
aates outstanding The bank Of Salem,
Tev Albany. also burned Sf67. which re-
.iuces It's outstanding notes to about Sl3,-
900
The Hon George Ii Pen lleton ict
his sick room at Clifton, tn q to Cpun-
bus and pay his respects to Seymour.
The ex- impress Charlotte is quite
and she only revives at inter
walls to utter fearful cries. Burdened by
two invalid Child on mad and the 9TH
er dying. the health of the queen of Bel
gium threatens to break up, and she is on.
y buoyeJ up by her maternal feelings.
The executors of the Edwin A. Stew
ems estate have employed Gen. Mcclellan,
at an annual salary of $4,000, to superin-
tendend the completion Of the famous
Stevens battery at Hoboken, and which,
when ahoat, is to be rendered as a free
gift to the state of New jersey.
The king of Prussia aims to sustain
the parental relation toward his army
Recently, at an early review on the banks
Of the Rhine, he saluted each passing reg
mcnt with loud GOOD morning, my
The soldiers replied with
equal heartiness, Good morning, father"
which seemed to please the old monarch
greatly.
Old Field Marshal Giuly. whom the French |
defeated at Magenta, dc6 recently. in his |
list wear, i'm Vienna. He was very rich, and |
lived i'm a splendid palace on Prater street |
His military reverses never seemed to DIS |
hearten him much. He was a jolly old fell
ow and enjoyed himself greatly almost to
he last day of his life. He died very sud |
lenly. His brother in adversely, Field |
Marshal Benedek, is still profoundly melan- |
holy in consequence of the disasters of 1866,
IN which he bore such a conspicuous part.
lie never appears in society, and shows him
self very rarely in public.
--Old Deacon Sharp never told lie
out he used to relate this: He was
standing one day beside frog poud-wc
nave his word for it-and saw garter
snake make an attemp to swallow an enor-
nous bull.frog. The snake seized one of
he frogs hind legs, and then the frog, to
10 on n mar with his snak eshp CAUGHT |