Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-07-22
Foreign Items.


Mr.. Stedman, Consul of the United
States at Santiago de Cuba, died in that
city on the 9th inst.
The new Servian constitution has been
and is received with much en-
thusiasm by the people.
Napoleon gave 81, 900 to tho Guards of
Paris for their meritorious services during
the late election.
"A man tried to shoot his wife in Paris,
a short time ago, but the ball entered her
chignon and did not reach her head.
1t was reported at Rio Janeiro that the
Allies had fought a decisive battle with the
Paraguayans, and achieved complete VIC
tory.
A Paris crew will row at the Toronto,
Canada, regatta on the 18th of August A
Montreal, Ottawa and an American crew
are also entered.
Five English gentlemen have made
velocipede match to travel the entire coast
line of England, Scotland and Wales, in
September.
An English letter says that in London
fashionable society American ladies have
been denied entree and are stubbed at all
social reunions.
The Hon. Mr.. Rose is about to retire
from the Dominion Cabinet, and John A.
Mcdonald or Sir George T. Cartier will
succeed him as finance minister.
"A dispatch from on board the Great
Eastern states that up to Saturday noon,
she had made 1923 knots from Brest and
paid out 2, 277 knots of cable.
The Scottish clergy are trying to adopt
the moustache. 4 great many Scottish
Puritans think man who wears mus
tache is safe for a hot place down below.
The American steamer Hero has arriv-
ed at Porto Rico from Bay Somalo. She is
detained by the authorities of Porto Rico
on suspicion of being employed by the
rebels.
Bishop Linse has been convicted be-
fore the civil courts of entertaining doc
trines subversive of public order, and has
been sentenced to three months imprison-
ment.
\ The condition of the late Queen OF
Spain. Isabella, has been one of much in
terest for year past; but just now it is re-
ported to be additionally interesting. De
troit Post.
| The Paris Pays says that the family OF
JEFF. Davis is very poor, and that the
French admirers of the ex-President of ths
Southern Confederscy should take steps to
relieve their wants.
- AS soon as the Great Eastern returns
from her present work-laying the Franco
American cable-she will take fresh cable
on board and proceed to India, to lay line
between Bombay and Suez.
"A telegram from Berlin announces tht
death of the Prussian Marshal, Baron d.
Wrangel, from an attack of apoplexy, al
Wildbad, where he was drink ng the waters
He was So years of age.
Among the persons arrested during the
late riotous scenes in Paris, were ninety
Prussians. fact which gave rise to the ru
NOR that the Prussian government haG
fomented the seditious movement.
Lord Broughams villa at Cannes, was
fired by tavern-keeper who had been
bankrupted in a law suit with Lord Broug
ham. and who took this method to CRAFTY
his spite against the dead ex-Chancellor.
The Orangemen celebrated the 18th OF
July bya grand gathering ct St Catharines.
Forty lodges joined in the procession
Hon. ]. II. Cameron, grand master, and
others. delivered addresses. Everything
passed off very peaceably.
A cooperative store was opened in the
Haymarkdt, London, about year ago, and
has been extraordinarily successful. The
sales in twelvemonth amounted to upward
of s640. 600, the whole original capital be-
ing only $4,000, and the profits have
amounted to over S31 900.
In Holland, one branch Of tho States
General has just voted the abolition of all
patents for industrial inventions. irhe vote
was forty mine to eight and was carried in
spite of the opposition of the Premier of
, the Cabinet. The other branch of the
Legislature will undoubtedly agree to the
bill.
1t is affirmed that the Empress Eugenie
has accepted the Viceroys invitation to be
present *lo issA,, es, ration of tho IstiIInuS
Of Suez Canal, and one of the manufac-
turers of Lyons is making a magnificent
silk tent, destined for Her Majesty's use,
and which will cost the bagatelle of $50, 900.
"A French professor is said to have dis
covered curious fact in looking into the
production of monstrosities In chickens,
&c. He announces that by simply varying
it upon the egg in artificial incubation,
almost every known case of monstrosity
can be produced ut will.
The gymnast Biermann was perform
ing at Berlin few days ago, with his pupil,
Kobe, lad of 16, on the tight-rope, at a
great height from the ground Suddenly
the cord broke under their united weight,
and they fell to the ground. The younger
was killed on the spot, and the other SO
much injured that he died the next day,
--Marseilles has been the theatre of a
shocking crime. A woman (if such term
may be applied to o person who has SO un-
sexed herself) has slain her sister, her two
youngest children, her husband, and then
committed suicide, or at least attempted to
commit suicide, for she still lives. Her
adultery seeming to have led her to these
frenzied deeds.
"A new monthly paper, entitled the Di-
vorce, is about to be started in Paris with
the object of legalizing divorce. The pros
pectus states that there are not fewer than
$4,000 separate men and women living in
France, that the courts have at the present
moment ], 533 demands for separation, and
that moreover, the number of couples sepa-
| rated voluntarily is immense.
Odessa is falling into decay and grad
ually losing its fourishing trade. Veiy
few ships now enter the, harbor, and num-
bers of houses are for sale, and purchased
by strangers for sums much below their for
mer value. The last steam mill belonging
TO Russian is shortly to be purchased by a
Jew. This state of things is chiefly attrib-
uted to the order forbidding ships to pass
the Bosphorus after sunset.
The Algerian steppes occupy millions
of acres between the Sahara and the Tell;
and it is suggested that this vast tract, car
peted by wild thyme and alta grass, is
well adapted for sheep grazing on large
scale An explorer goes so far as to de-
clare it equally suited to agriculture as the
Tell itself; while the alta grass, Stipa tenf :
cissima, can be pro6tably used in the
manutactur, OF paper.
The death is announced of Mr.. F. Y
Hurstone, for many years President Of the
1 Co. a. IF d.. 80 H. L