The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-09-16

"A life Insurance policy has been ta-
ken out by wealthy German merchant
of Michigan City, which bequeathcd 80
900 TO the poor of that place
A Granite State paper has funny
typographical error. 1t speaks of re-
ception given Ben. Butler, when the
band struck up '.Hail to the hiicf:"
Mr.. Bonner has offered hundred
thousand dollars for any horse that can
equal the time of Dexter. A very safe
offer The horse can't be found and if
he could he would be worth the money.
Old Jesse Grant writes concer-
ming Judge Dent: she Don't Mount
to much he wants be sumthin & kant
he newer did hey mulch sens lie nev-
yer viii"
The Hon. Thomas 4. Hendricks
has returned to Indiana from his Cali
fornia trip lie has accepted an inyi-
tati0n from the Democratic State Com
mittce of0hio 10 make several speeches
during the present political canvass.
Over Il thousand men recently as
scmblcd at Scranton from the surround
ing coal-fclds to overawe those miners
who were disposed to resume work under
the terms proposed by the Scranton
Coal Company.
The Howard University at Wash
ington has been presented with a copy
of Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress, COM
plete, printed in the Chinese language.
1t was brought from China by negro
sailor
IL California paper reports that 80
600 tons of wheat were lying in sacks
along the banks of the Sacramento riv
er on the 1st of August, and that co.
600 tons mere were to follow. making
10, 900 tons as the yield of five coun-
ties.
\ mountain range of iron ore of great
extent was discovered by Professor Da-
wilson. of the United States Coast Sur
vey during his late eclipse experience
in Alaska. 1t has an elevation OF two
thousand feet. and caused local varia-
tion of the compass of ten degrees.
In sinking a well for oil in Michi-
gan, water was struck. which is believed
to have valuable medicinal properties. 1t
leaves deposit of silver whitencSs; the
sand pebbles over which it flows are soon
covered with the deposit, giving them
the brightness and beauty of molten sill
yer.
The largest span of any truss.
bridge in the United States was recent
ly completed on the great bridge across
the Ohio river at Louisville, which is
destined to connect the Lentucky and
Indiana Shores. This span covers three
hundred and seventy feet, and is a mar
vel Of cnS ino orinD sLill.
Twenty car loads of butter recently
went through Cheyenne for California.
the contract for which was made over
the Atlantic cable by a firm in Liverpool
with firm in Chicago, at twenty-seven
cents pound. The butter is consigned
to English houses in Hong Kong, Pc
kin. and Canton
between the mouth Of the Villa
mcttc river and Astoria, Oregon, there
are twenty-five salmon fisheries, employ
ing over two bundled men. Over one
million pounds Of salmon have been put
w in tin cans. which sell at the rate of
nine dollars pcr irty-eight pounds
About two thousand carrcls have also
been put up.
Mr.. Boynton, the person who has
saved so many lives at Cape May this
season, was offered fifty cents by one
gentleman, after he had been dragged
safely ashore. Mr. Boynton handed
him back iorty-ninc cents in change
rcmarking that he did not wish to ac-
ccpt more than his life was worth.
The Rushville JacLsonian says that
Gov. Baker was treated very shabbily
on the occasion of the old settlers meet.
ing at that place He was there by 8
special invitation, yet he was not even
so much as invited upon the stand, after
he had found his way from the ears IL
the place of meeting, alone.
Operations have been suspended by
the Kankakec Valley Draining Compa
ny for a few days" \ number Of res
ignations have been rendered and &C
copied. Among them is that Of Nj
Rodney Spaulding, the appraiser from
Jasper county. Rumor says there il
big quarrel in the organization, which
will cause it to collapse.-Rcanselacl
tnion.
A little boy who has been suffering
with a severe type of the ''bowel com
plant" and is reduced to a shadow o.
his former self, while passing Mr. Kno