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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-11-03
The Harvest in EurOne.

By mail from Europe We have the follow
ing resume of the harvest prospects prevail
ing at the great food supply centres on the
lst of October, as reported in Paris:
The accounts of the harvest in Germany
are very unequal, varying in different dis
tricts from good to far below the average
yield. On the whole, the grain harvest of
middle Germany was below the average;
that of the Southern States was far better.
From Austria We hear that the yield of corn
is considerably smaller than in the last two
years; the same is true of Roumania. The
Russian harvest is stated to have been good
and the crops have no where failed SO COM
pletely as in some places last year. The
fodder is everywhere poor. with the excep-
ton of q few mountainous districts. There
has been very little clover, and both the hay
and surrogate have been much injured by
the unfavorable weather. On the 9th el
hand there has been a good deal of straw.
Both potatoes and beets have suffered from
the heat and drought of July and the rains
of August. The disease has also appeared
with more or less virulence in some parts.
The hopes entertained for the potato har-
vest are not, therefore. high; but it is said
that the beet is improving. The hops are
said to be in very poor condition, partly
on accoant of the weather and partly from
the insects and the disease, which have ap-
peared in many gardens. Scarcely quar-.
ter of the usual yield is expected. But lit
tie fruit has been gathered, and even what
was is poor in quality. This is particular
ly the case with apples and plums. MOI
will 1869 be numbered among the selec
vintages. as the quantity of grapes is smal
and their quality interior.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-11-03
Western Girls in a Horse Race.

Twelve ladies appeared to contest the
prizes for equestrianism at the Decatur ILL.,
Horse Fair last week, one of whom. Sallie
Wilkinson. of Nyantic, had her saddle re-
moved, and mounted bareback. Just before
the horses were sent of for scrub race.
The word Was given, and in an instant ev-
cry horse was In full run, the ladies were
applying the whip, and the air was filled
with hats, ribbons, laces, and ''fxins' which
have no place on q race track. The maid
of Nyantic gave her black horse the whip,
aud soon passed the rear horse, and then
the middle group, and was in the act Of
taking the lead, when her horse stumbled
and fell upon the grass at the side OF the
track. She was up before him, however,
and had hold of his bride, when four or
five men sprarg over the guard and held
him while she mounted from the ground
As the horses were nearing the grand
stand, the lady riders cut the air with such
syiftness that their long skirts foated over
the backs of the horses. For some dis
tance now no change had taken place, each
doing her level best, except with the Ny
antic maid on the bare back steed, who
quickly took advantage of the clear space
on the pole side, and rapidly passing one
after another, came under the string neck
and neck with the third horse, and only a
length Of the lead. The young men cheer.
ed and yelled, the young ladies app auded
with their fans and kerchiefs, while the
tears ran down their pretty cheeks; the old
people in many cases embraced each other
in their Joy, while the thick tongues In
choking throats murmured in broken syl-
lables "Nyantic r As she rode back on
her foaming steed, all covered with dirt by
| his fall, and clothes torn almost in shreds,
the grand stand resounded with the cheers
of THIRTY thousand voices, and the sur.
rounding groves prolonged the echo.
DECOMPOSITION AFFECTED BY LIGHT.-li
has been generally accepted that sunlight
was necessary to enable plants to decom
pose carhonic acid, but NJ Pnileux has
found that such artificial flames as contain
chemical rays-the electric light and that
fr IN, burning magnesium, for example
are sufficient to enable plants to carry on
such action. though at q slower rate. A
branch of potcDaO gefoa, for instance, IN
water. and exposed to sunlight, gave TWEEN
ty bubbles of oxygen in q certain time
while exposed to the electric light, but
| eleven bubbles were evolved in the same
time. Even under gaslight an exceeding
slow decomposition was noted by our an
| thor.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-11-03

The Box OF THE PERIoD.-Why boys will
work in Wholesale store for three or four
years for $50, 500 and $3.50 per annun,
when it is possible for them to learn trades
in which tt ey may begin on the last-men-
toned sum, Is question none but Toys
can answer. There are always hundreds
of lads to be had at $50 q yearin fact the
market is glutted with them, and the
great attraction to them must be the looks
of the flashily-dressed clerks who have
been in the service four or five years or
more, and who look like S.. 600 -a-year
blcods. but who real v vegeiate on less
than a tenth of that sum. making both ends
meet in manner known only to higher
power than their washerwoman. 1t is q
nobler ambition which makes good trade,
and not tape-measuring, the foundation OF
future prosperity.
"A Scotch clergyman. in the recent
drought, one Sunday offered prayer for
rain, and, sure enough, it came just as the
service closed. One old lady, who had ne
umbrella with her, commenced to gather
up the skirts of her gown over head be.
fore quitting the church vestibule. at the
same time remarking to neighbor, ''Eh,
wumman, isn't too bad of the doctor? He
might hae lotten us hame first"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-11-03

PRIVATE medical aid. Read DIR. Whitte-'s
advertisement.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-11-03

The cane crop in Cuba promises al
abundant yield.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-11-03

Coal on THE CASPIAN CoAsT. of
the predictions of Von Humboldt has re-
Gently been fulfilled in the finding of coal
OIL the eastern shore of the Caspiait sea.
By this fortunate discovery steamships will
no longer be required to obtain wood fuel
at great expense, from the Ural Noun
tains. Forty years ago Humboldt con-
cluded, from the existence of coal oil
springs which abound in that section, that
coal existed there, but until few months
ago none has never been mined.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-11-03

The following is o uerbatim report of q
conversation between two young ladies
who have Just finished their education at q
classical school: Where you at the pic
mic p "Yes, and we had high old time
of it." 81 wanted to 60 so bad, but mother
was SO hard pushed couldn't get off," 81
was rugged, but I couldn't csrner you any
where in the woods. We had bully time;
and you know promised my gallant that
he should have a sight at you" Well,
I'm sorry; but you bet I'll put in my big
licks ut the fair
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-11-03
GRAIN RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS.

The receipts OF wheat Just now are ouite
liberal, being double the shipments and
double the receipts Of this time last wear
when the shipments trebled the receipts.
And this accounts, III part, for the low price
OF OF wheat, No. 2yesterday falling to 90 cents.
Inc low price Will stimulate shipments. but
will diminish receipts. In the mean time.
eolections In the country are better, and the
banks extend all needed accommodations to
the business community
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-04-28
Ada webb-The Affections of an Ac.
tress Trihed with-she1wants $780,
900 on that Account.
From the Detroit Post. 10th.


From the Detroit Post. l6th.l
Some time since the item was floating
around in the papers that Ada L. Webb,
the popular and fascinating actress, and
one of the celebrated "Webb Sisters"
was about to be married. Later the par
agrsph was current that she had married
and retired from the stage; and later
still, was paragraph denying the last
mentioned report. Amid all these ru-
mors and counter rumors, il seemed alto.
gether likely that the fair Ada was not
entirely free from matrimonial entangle-
ments of some sort. And such seems to
have been the fact, for we find en the
records of the Wayne Circuit Court that
action was commenced on the 26th in
stant by Ada l.. Webb against John
Skae, for breach of promise of marriage,
and the damages are laid at $4,000
Three counts are set up. The first is,
that in the city of Detroit, in January,
1868, the said Ada l.. Webb aud John
Skae plighted their troth. That is not
exactly the phraseology of the legal doc
ument, bat it conveys to the popular
mind better idea of what was done by
Ada and John than would the verbose
document OF a half dozen pages of legal
cap with its whereases and saids and
aforesaids In fact, they made q verbal
contract to be married to each other
within year, or in January, 1869. The
sisters were playing an engagement In
this city at the former date, and Skae
was most assiduous in his attentions as a
lover. The first coant further alleges
that Ada made this promise of marriage
in good faith, sincerely relying upon the
party of the second part to stand by his
pledges like a man; that she then ex.
pectcd to fulfill her promise, and was
ready to do so, and has been ready ever
since.
The second count charges the unfaith-
funess of Skae, aud sets forth that
whereas the plaintiff was ready at the
time agreed upon to be married, and has
been ready ever since, the defendant
positively and absolutely refused to
marry her. She alleges that she repeat
edly and frequently urged upon him to
make good to her his promise of mar
riage, but he has put her off frsm time to
time, and now utterly refuses to marry
her, although she was ready and willing
during oil this time.
The third and last count sets forth that
upon her engagement with Skae to be
married in January, 1869, it was under
stood that she was to retire from the
stage, which profession she had pre-
viously followed as means of support
to herself and her mother; that she did
so retire from the stage on that account,
and has since that time been deprived OF
that means of support. For this reason,
and for injuries to her feelings by reason
of the failure of the defendant to fulfill
his promise, she claims damages to the
amount of $4,000. The attorneys in
the case are Moore & Griffin for the
plaintiff, aud Dickinson & Dickinson for
the defendant. The case is likely to be
a very closely contested one, but it has
not yet been Sc. down for trial.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-04-28
Birds - Where They Come
From and Their Peculiaritiss.

Probably few people, save those &C.
tually engaged in the importation and
sale thereof, have an adequate idea of the
number and variety of native and foreign
birds sold every month in this market, or
could guess within many thousand dol
lars of the amount of capital invested in
the trade.
The bird that is first on the list in num-
ber iu Wholesale value, and in every day
familiarity, is the canary. These little
creatures are for the most part raised in
cages in Germany, where the breeding of
canaries is very important adjunct to
the increase of very many families in
humble circumstances. In fact, SO great
q proportion of these birds are cage
bred, that the Bergh bird-philanthropist
wko wishes be could set all the feathered
prisoners free, is but wasting his cheap
charity; for ninety-nine out of hundred
canary birds, if set free, would be utterly
helpless, and would perish of simple
inability to take care of themselves in
twenty.four hours. In fact, the amiability
that would turn score of canary birds
out of their cages into the unknown
world is precisely the same as that which
would put out of their comfortable
houses an equal number of men who knew
not where else to 60 or what else to do.
Canary birds are imported to this coun-
try in large numbers by certain men who
deal largely therein; sometimes it
chances that an entire ship is frelghted
with nothing else, though this has never
occurred but once or twice IN the whole
history of the trade. As q general rule,
several hundred or several thousand birds
are taken on board as a sort Of supple
mentary cargo. However it hap
pens, there are always one or more
men who accompany them to see that
they are properly fed and cared for In
stances are not wanting, however, where
the keepers have been so afflicted with
sea-sickness or other illness, as to neg
lect their feathered charges fer so long a
time that hundreds have died for simple
lack of food aud water.
Canary birds are brought over to
America in little wicker cages made Of
willow twigs. These miniature cages are
about four inches square, with slightly
rounded top, and q perch running fore
and aft. Most of our readers are un-
doubtedly familiar with them, and are
aware that though they appear to be ex'
ceedingly confined quarters for almost
any living animal, the canaries seem per-
teetly happy and contented in their mar
row space. In fact, any person who has
ever visited bird store where fresh
cargo of canaries had just been taken in
has, doubtless, been half stunned by their
loud, obstreperous singing, as If they
were so glad to get ashore that their
miniature prison cells didn't trouble them
in the least.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-04-28

a colored man for chief. We have had,
visiting and stationed, at this port dur
ing the last ten months. six American
ships-ofwar. The cemmandants and the
officers under them, like the other gentle
men of our navy, are persons of culture,
and would not relish this change. Rumor
says that President Salnave (negro) was
heard yesterday to demonstrate with the
American merchants in town against
this measure, and that the parties present
all agreed in sentiment. The President
remarked (so the story goes) that he
already had more black men here than
be could take care Of He considered
the black race equal to the white race,
hut asked very poinledly whether our
Government entertained such senti-
ments, and if SO, why we did not send
black men to represent us in England
and France? He said the question was
not what he thought about the equality of
raceE, but that he did not consider this
discrimination in favor of Hayti to be
complimentary.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-04-28
Hebrew philanthropy.

From the New York Postl
The Hebrews have always been remark
able for their excellent system of charita'
bic relief, in which but one other religious
body, the Qaakers, can rival them. No
one ever saw a Hebrew beggar or desti-
tute Quaker, and this is not owing to the
absence of want among them, but 10 their
peculiar and thorough arrangements for
taking care of their poor. Each syna'
gogue has committee, composed oil the
most respectable members, whose busi-
ness it is TO inquire iuto the condition oil
every Hebrew in their district, and to
afford assistance to such as require It.
They act on the simple principle of put
ting the needy in d situation to supply
their own wants, and do not encourage
pauperism. Work is furnished TO such
as cannot get employment, and many Of
the peddlers and GLACIERS in our city have
been set up by them. The aged are pen
stoned, and the disabled placed in hos
pital or furnished with regular relief.
The Mount Sinai Hospital is one of the
best in the city; it has been organized
seventeen years, and is remarkable for
being open to all persons--without re-
gard to color, sex or creed-Hebtews,
Christians, blacks and whites being fos nd
among the patients. During the year
1868 there we're GIL indoor and 7.43 out
door patients treated, ct total outlay OF
SIS $50, of which only S3707 was for sal
aries.
There is a Hebrew Orphan Asylum,
and they have also a number of benevo-
lent and mutual benefit societies in the
city. The great efficiency of these is due
to their being superintended by the most
energetic and influential members Of the
denomination, who take personal inter-
est in their management. A grant has
lately been received from the city of
twelve lots Of land on Lexington avenue,
between Sixty-sixth and sixty-seventh
streets, for q new hospital, and arrange
ments are making to raise money for the
erection of suitable building.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-04-28
Unexpected Return Of a Man Long
Supposed 10 be Dead.
We copy the following from the 7

We copy the following from the Peters
burg (Va.) Indez of the 9Th:
BY the afternoon train from the West,
on Wednesday afternoon, there arrived
in town young mss named Collins, q
former citizen Of Petersburg, and known
to many of our readers. In the early
part of the war be ealisted as a private
in one of the companies which went out
from the city, and which composed a
portion of the Forty first Virginia regi-
ment, Mahones brigade. He partici-
pRted in several battles, but at Chancel-
lorville he was reported killed. His COM
panious in arms believed him dead, and
the sad intelligence was communicated
TO his wife aud child. His body was
naturally supposed to have been buried,
as the bodies OF many soldiers killed in
fierce battle are. unidentified, and it is
even stated that his funeral sermon was
preached.
The war wept on and the war ended.
-Four years of peace have followed. Bat
ties and incidents Of the war are fresh
in the mind, aud the dead are remem-
bered with affection, and their deeds are
not forgotten. Collins was only thought
Of as dead-as one Of the patriots who
had gone from all scenes cs strife and
trouble, aud it was only when be stood
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-04-28
Uneasy Feeling fn Paria-Hsumors of
Coup D'Etat Exciting Sessions
in the Legislative Chamber.

Paris Correspondence Pail Mall Gazette.
The violence of the language used in
the Chamber, and the daring manner in
which the institutions of the government
have been asssiled, have created an I'M
easy feeling in Paris. The Republican
party has spread report that the EN-
peror medits,es a coup detdtin order to
rid himself of the trouble some orators
of the Left; another report, which sttri'
butes to the majority the intention OF in
sisting on the close OF the general dis
cussion on the budget, is much more like
ly. The debate has at present been con-
fined to the internal policy of the govern
ment, to such delicate questions as indi-
vidual liberty, official candidates, the
right of meeting, aud other matters which
will affect the approaching elections fixed
for the Both and 3lst of May. Several
incidents have cropped up to add fuel to
the fire. The incident Seguier was
brought forward to show the Minister OF
Justice interfering with the law officers
of the crown. There vas the incident
Gleis- Bizoin, father of the House and
member of the Opposition, who was &C.
cused of corrupting his constituents with
rosaries and umbrellas charge which
was vigorously denied. M. Granier de
Cassagnac accused NJ. Jules Favre of
having expressed the desire of seeing oil
the electors of Paris who did not vote for
him in lS4S thrown into the Seine. NJ.
Girot. Pouzol was told by NJ. Rouher to
hold his tongue, and complained that
such language should be addressed to a
representative of the nation by person
not a member of the House. The Presi-
dent ruled that the Minister of State was
quite right. The incident Dreolle was
one of the most curious. NJ. Jules Favre
read letter which he supposed had been
written by the maire Of commune in
that gentleman constituency. The
Minister of the Interior declared the let
ter false, and discussion which ensned
proved that he was right. Unfortunately
for the Minister, another deputy had the
genuine letter, which he handed to M.
Jules Favre, who found it much stronger
than the first. The fact is, that NJ. Dre-
ollie has been bribing right and left in
the name of the government, and the
authorities ia the Gironde have been
backing him up.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-04-28
TRUST SALES.

THRUST SALE.-BY VIRTUE OF. DEED
Il of trust made TO me, as trustee. by Eliza
beth i. Green. en- November lst, 1867, and re-
corded in the registers office OF Shelby county,
Tennessee, in book 90, pages 35l, 1862, 1853 and
3A. to secure the payment Of certain notes
therein described,
On Saturday, the Ist day of May, 1869,
in front of the entrance to Odd Fellows Hall.
on North Court street. Memphis, Tennessee. L
will proceed to sell for cash, to the highest
bidder, between the hours Of ten am. and 2
p.m., the following lots of lsnd, situate, lying
and being in the county of Shelby and State of
Tennessee. and described and bounded as fol-
lows, to-wit: Beginning at the intersection of
the east side of Bayless street with the north
de of Monroe street extended thence running
east with the north side of said Monroe street
one hundred and eighty feet QS0l. to stake;
thence north. parallel with Bayless street, one
hundred and ffty-three feet nine inches
(l5j 9-l2), to stake on the south side of Col
lege alley; thence west, along said alley. one
hundred and eighty feet QS0), to a stake on tho
east side of Bayless street; thence south, with
Bayless street, one hundred aad fifty three
feet nine inches, to the beginning. beng lots
"a. 35 and 36 of Erasmus Il. Roses subdivision
of his land bought from Union Bank of Ten
nessee at NJ emphis. The equity of redemption
is expressly waived. The title is believed to be
perfect, but sell only as trustee.
JAS. Il. G0ODLETT. Trustee.
April !. 1863. 8-53
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-04-28
A Lady Expires on the New York
Central Railroad.
From the Utica Observer.l

From the Utica Observer.
Last night Mrs. Ella Sands, magician
and exposer of spiritualism, woman
who is we'll known throughout the West
ern States, was carried from the ten
o'c clock train to Bragg's Hotel corpse.
She started from Albion yesterday in
charge of Mr.. Charles Forbes, and was
to have been placed in the Lunatic Asy.
lum 10 this city. Her case is singular
one, and as her death has occasioned
some suspicion Of foul play, we present
the facts in relation to the matter, which
we obtain from reliable source.
Mrs. Sand formerly lived in Battle
Creek, Michigan. When she was twenty
three years old she married Charles
Sands. Since their marriage (tbree
years ago) Mr., and Mrs. Sands have seen
engaged in giving entertainments expo
sing the tricks of spiritualism. OF late
the health of Mr.. Sands has been feeble,
and the exhibitions have been altogether
conducted by his wife.
The exertion required Of her was vary
great, aud a few weeks ago the effects Of
her hard work were made apparent in al
most complete mental aud physical pros
tration. Mrs. Sands was growing worse
rapidly, and the best medical treatment
could not relieve her OF her mental de-
rangement. Last week ehloroform was
administered and tumor removed from
her back. This operation left her in a
spasmodic condition. Her spasms were
frequent and violent, and yesterday,
before we started, physician, hoping to
relieve her, gave her an smetic. Mr..
Forbes says the emetic affected her but
slightly. When the train reached Syra-
cuse, at FIVE o'clock last evening, the wo-
man was apparently resting comfortably.
Her spasms were less frequent aud less
violent. Between thai city aRd Rome Mr..
Forbes thinks she slept. At Rome, he
says, be is pretty confident that she was
alive. He had no reason to be greatly
alarmed concerning her, and, therefore,
did not pay her the attention that would
have been given her under different cir
cumstances. When the train reached
Utica be procured assistance, aud the
woman was carried into Bsgg's Hotel,
where Mr.. Forbes made the discovery
that she was dead. A doctor was called,
aud his opinion is that the woman died
shortly after leaving Rome.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-04-28

before them in person that he was able
to convincs his friends of this great err
ror. he left he Confederate lines at
Chancellorville, and remained out of
them during the remainder of the war.
He then went West, sought employment,
never communicated with his friends at
home, and on Wednesday only came in
search of his wife and child, whom he
found true to his memory.
We doubt not that others, who are be-
lieved to be in their graves, will turn up
"all right yet.