Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-09-22
VOL. l3. NO. 46.
Miscellaneous Items.
Edinburgh has a water famine.

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Edinburgh has water famine.
London has twenty three miles of beer
shops.
Five million copies of Lamartine's pho
tographs has been sold in France
"A Rochester blacksmith has fallen heir
to the comfortable sum of SIS, 600 by the
death of relative in old Ireland.
"A gentleman rendered ten cent cur
rency piece to the conductor of horse car
in Chicago Thelatter pronouncedit 1t coun-
forfeit and elected the passenger, for which
damage he now claims $4,000.
The wife of farmer in Lafayette, Ind
has quit making butter and eloped with n
chap who didn't like to see her make a
slave Of herself.
Prince Arthur, 1t Is said. ia very cra-
cious with reporters for tho press, and hob
nobs with them occasionally in rs cordial
manner as may be.
A hen was killed in Benton county, on
farm belonging to III. I. Sample, ESQ.,,
on Tuesday last, having in her crop
s2.5 so gold piece and silver 10 cent piece
An editor down South, who served
four days on jury, says he's SO full of
law that it is hard to keep from cheating
somebody.
"A Liverpool woman, to ascertain
| whether the fire in her stove was out, pour
| ed gunpowder on the embers. The fro
had not gone out, but she did-out Of the
window.
IF" said an Irish apothecary, ''you
find three tumblers of whisky punch disa-
gree with you over night, don't take 'em
till the next day, and then leave 'em of
entirely"
"A young woman was admitted to the
freshman class of Bates College, in Maine
last week. Her preparation for college
was remarkably good.
Excavations in tho Farneso gardens on
Mount Palatine, the property of Napoleon
I'LL, have brought to light some of the
ground chambers of senatorial house,
which, having been built into the founda-
ton Of the palace of Tiberius, is pronounc-
cd to dato from the republic. The walls
are embellished with beautiful frescoes.
which prove that the Romans of that period
had attained great excellence in the art OF
ornamentation.
To handsome little foundling, re-
comfy left in the hallway Of station
house in Boston, was attached the follow
ing note: This will certify that this babe
WAS born this Sd day of Sept. 1869, and is
of American parontage. It's mother is a
beautiful young girl Of 19 years. She can
not keep it herself, and grieves to par;
with it. Will those who receive this babe
report OF its whereabouts, and anything OF
interest concerning it, to the city marshal
of Charlestown, four times o year
AT a recent fire at South Royalton
Mass, young man foolishly attempted tc
pass through the flames and got badly
burned. He WAS taken to q boarding
house to resuscitate him. when youne
lady was so overcome nj the sight of hin
that she felt the necessity OF some camphol
to steady her nerves. and ran into another
room for it; and in tho darkness and haste
she grabbed the wrong bottle and tool
quite draught before she discovered ths
it was rat poison she had taken.
Daniel Webster, when school teaches
in Freyberg, Maine, stood godfather at ths
baptism OF the late Senator Fessenden
Mr.. Webster complained, says the Sun
"many years afterward, when in 1852 h,
WAS a candidate before the Whig Nationa
convention in Baltimore, that many year
before he rode twenty miles Over tho SHOW
on cold winter day, at the request of oil,
) General Fessenden, to atte-,9 the christen
ing of his son, and now IT,. son was stead
lily voting against him in the convention. :"
"A singular malady has lately made it
appearance among calves in East Walling
ton. VT #, aud as no remedy has vet beel
found, it il quite probable that many an,
perhaps the whole in that section will di
before the disease can be checked. On,
man, after having lost several calves, made nj
examination, and upon opening the wind
|, pipe it was found to be filled with smal
white worms. So completely was it pack
!, ed with these vermin that respiration wa
: impossible.
A bloody tragedy was enacted in Boz
' deaux, France, short time since. A youn
: man who was engaged to be married ha
: to go to Hamburg on business for his faith
{ er. While he was absent his sweetheaI
: married rival When he came home an
Q learned tho state of affairs, he went to tn
o house OF the newly.wsdded pair in th
: evening, shot them both dead, and the
. shot himself through the heart
u "A curious matrimonial affair is repor
Q ed in Sullivan county, Indiana. A youn
fellow named Empson wanted to marry
y Miss Jamison, but the paternal and mate
y nal Jariisoa couldn't see it, The tatht
a came down on the lovers in tho course of
/ clandestinc interview, whaled the daughtt
y soundly and took hor home. She ran O
}. to neighbours. The old man went ft
: her, and was met by young Empson, wh
u flashed little grupowder in his face TIL
u exhibition of pluck had good effect O
q the father, and he told Empson to "tal
q her and be ID
# This is the condition of Mrs. Robe
n Z. Lee. as described bya faithful corr
Il spondent: ''The charm of her manne
"a still continue, but her body has been teri
g. bly, afflicted by rheumatism, which h,
made her such cripple that for son
years past, almost from the commenc
ment of the late war, her only locomotic
is effected in chair with wheels, which
l. moved about by servants" In spite
u this affiiction. however, she is said to be
most agreeable and cheerful old lady, r
\. ceives every one with a smile, and col
n. verses upon all subjects with intellieenc
- yiyacitv and pOod humor