The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-05-07


school Die, 0, Lewis!
-Maximilan left an illegitimate heir
near the city of Mexico.
Ned Kelly, who killed Sharpley, has
been released. but is pale and emaciated
Fred. Douglass denies that he in tends
to leave Rochester and reside in New Jer.
sey.
Bull Run Russell went to Ireland to
write up the prince of Wales doings for
the London Times.
Mr. G. t. Ham has been appointed
superintendent of the mechanical depart
ment Of the New York Central railroad
Miss Erskins was accidentally shot
and killed at Portland, Me-, the other day,
by man named Foss.
A Michigan father having exhausted
the classics by giving IL children such
names as Chrystemas, Andromeda, Epam-
inondas. Epaphroditis, ETC., has blasted
the 18th with the name of Wendell Phil
lips.
Ben Butler is quite stout, and his
legs, instead of developing in proportion
to his body, are slender and short. Sit
ting, he is large man, until you see his
legs; and when he gets up he is dumpy
One of his eyes IS longsig GIFTED and the
~ II, ~ 60 -
gives the queer expression of the eyes
which no one else upon earth has, His
bald head is very white and the brown
hair still grows thick and stron above the
ears and around the base Of the brain
His hand is small and white, and a favor
ite gesture is to extend it with the palm
. outward.
The Goshen Democrat lately appear.
ed with only three "smutty" Jokes.
The United States Hotel at Sharon
Springs. Nov York. was burned on Satur-
day. less $4,000.
Iii. r" ,4rtri hat Brigham Young is
about to be married
1t is said hat f7ne late senator from
Indiana, j. aecomin; confirmed drunk
5 ard,
Hon. Jonathan +. Field. brother t.
Cyrus, died suddenly on the 22d, at Stock
bridge, Mass.
e Skies tannery, in Allegheny City
was burned on Sunday. Loss, $4,000.
A convention Of radical editors Of
Missouri is to be held at St. Louis on the
Isl Of Iqy.
Hon Henry T. Blow declines to be
! come the radical candidate for governor
Of Missouri
Tho orruveution Of the Protestant
Episcopal mission met in Christ church
A st. Louis. Yesterday morning. Seyera
! bishops a,,,i large number Of delegate.
, from abroad were in attendance.
e Samuel IT, Wenz, who embezzlet
funds Of The National Mechanics Bank o.
Baltimore has been pardoned by the presi-
dent.
The house of B. Stern, in New York
vas robbed. on Sunday night, Of bonds md
jewelry. valued at S27 900,
The Springfield ReJuJHcan favors the
, nomination Of Senator Wilson, of Massa
t chusetts, for the vice presidency
John Hart stabbed Tom Mccarthy. OF
the 9th inst in Nashville, and was him
self subsequently shot by James Hennes
sey Both are dangerously wounded.
The New Orleans Tribune, said to b.
e the only paper in the United States Owned
and edited by negroes, and the only one
thus con !uc,el in the south, has suspend
ed for want or support.
The pre> lent has recognized Allen
A. Barton. as consul of Peru in Kentucky
and David Constant Jaccard as vice con
sui Of che Swiss Confederation at St. Lou
c is.
: The Lafayette Courier gives the fol
o lowing account of a golden wedding at thai
place:
William and Nary Taylor celebrated
their golden welding yesterday. They
were married in the then little village Of
Hamilton, Ohio, in 1918. Mr.. Taylor
: had been a resident Of the town Of Gin
cinnati, and was probably the second, il
lot the first white child born in the town
He volunteered from that place in the war
OF 1872, and was home from the wars
when he met with Miss Andrew, his pres
y eat wife. There were present at the wed
= ding number of persons who were pres
i eut at the wedding fifty years ago
' Among the invited guests from abroad
: were Abraham p. Andrews, of Laporte
:, :, who will celebrate their golden wedding
: IN February next; Rev. VIM. Dawson
: their old pastor; Andrew McC!eary, one
: Of the Oldest busress men in Butler coun