Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-02-06
Local Breyities.

We saw runner for a Chicago house in
town last week, who has promised us hall
q dozen times to call and settle little bill
he owes us, but he neglected to do it. We
will give him one more chance before pub
fishing his name.
Morton's gold pens have obtained suprem-
acy over all Others, and in order 10 protect the
public from base and worthless limitations,
he proposes to establish an agency In every
town of any size and commercial import
ance in the United States. See advertise
ment in another column.
There is now tri- weekly mail between
Plymouth and South Bend, carried by
stages. The stages leave here Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays, at o clock, a.
NJ, and in seven or eight hours thereafter
arrive at South Bend. ri
1t is admitted that our jobs are equal in
execution TO city work, and rather cheaper.
]. NJ. Selizer and NJ. NJ Burk have pur-
chased of III. E. Long, patentee of Longs
Universal Self-Adjusiing Wise Head, all
the right, title and interest of said patentee
in said invention in the State of Indiana.
MIR. Ephraim Moor, of Plymouth, has
obtained letters patent upon an improve
inert in The above invention.
According To the JewishCalendar, this is
the 562Sth year of the world. 1t COM
mcnced September 3Oth, 1867, and ends
September I6.h, 1865. =
Next Sunday is what is termed Scptua-
gcsima Sunday, supposed to he so called
because it is about seventy DAYS before
Easter II is also The third Sunday before
Lent.
ST. Valentines day comes tomorrow
week.
s. On the Iiih day Of February.
II Was my lot fer 10 be merry"
Moore & Fleming have the largest and
best supply of valentines in town.
We call attention 10 the advertisement
of the Providence Or. L. Herald in col
umn Of new advertisements Oh fourth page.
Last Sunday, February 2d. was the day
on which il is said the ground hog airs him.
self and makes his never falling prosnosti-
cai;oas rs to the weather for The succeed
ing six weeks. If the Gay is cloudy, his
pigship is clated ihereat, stays out most of
the day, and makes preparations 10 aban-
don his winter quarters to welcome ap-
preaching spring. But IL he so much as
sees out OF the |cft-lland corner of his eve
that he casts the ilintest shadow on the
ground, he goes back into his hole and
composcs himself for six weeks nap
And, il is said, that in every crack ard
crevice through which the sun shines on
ground hog day. the snow viii blow before
winter ends.
Our much esteemed friend, Mr.. Stephen
White, lett large basket full of delicious
apples at this Office ON Saturday last There
were six or seven varieties among them
Mr.. White generally gets the premium at
our county fairs for the largest apd best
varieties of winter apples.
The daily Union prayer meetings a, the
VI. L. Church, and The nightly meetings at
the N. f. and Presbyterian churches arc
sill kept up. The interest continues una
bated.
An immense number of saw logs have
been brought to this place during the last
ten DAYS
Fred. Douglass lectures in Valparaiso
next Tuesday evening. Several gentlemen
of this place contemplate going to hear the
great colored orator.
The communication Of '.Plato' is res
pectfully declined, for the reason that il
scarcely ever pays To provoke a controver-
sy with notorious blackguard. In all
such contests man can never hold his own
unless ne dcsccnds to the level OF his ad-
vcrsary.
William CARRIER, a resident of North
Township, died on Monday evening last
aged over so years.
Andy Nortons cabinet shop, in Scu,h
Plymouth, caught fire from ashes in an iron
pan, yesterday morning. Fortunately the
flames were discovered and extinguished
before much damage had been inflicted.
Ashes are as dangerous as gunpowder.
George Pratt, formerly of this place but
now of Omaha, dropped in upon US unex-
pectedly last evening.
The young emigrant who left his frau and
b two weeks ago at the Arbor House,
h = returned 10 claim them. The Ger
mans of this place raised funds on Tuesday
last to pay the woman's bill at the hote)
and removed her to private house, where
she will be comfortably provided for until
she is able to travel. The proprietor oil
the Arbor House wrote to her uncle ai
Frceport, HIS, but has received no answer