Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-08-12
VOL. l3. NO. 40.
Miscellaneous Items.

Miscellaneous Items.
w. r. Cole caught in Skunk River.
the other day, gar fish four and half
feet long.
Hope Markins, of Marysville, Ky, is
the colored mother of five children at ono
birth.
Motto for rejected suitor-He wood.
and she wouldn't. He cooed. but she
couldn't,
Illinois has 400 newspapers published
within the state. OF these, 81 are publish.
ed in Chicago
A pauper recently left Massachusetts
almshouse because she could not have
sirloin steak and green tea served up at
midnight
--'"The American Farm Book" mentions
horse that died at sixty-seven wears of
age, and another that was quite coltish in
his forty-fftb year.
The collection Of bones on the battle
fields of Virginia, to be used as fertilizers.
Is now prosecuted as a regular business by
the people.
"A hen in Newport has laid an egg
which upon ono side has an accurate dial
OF clock, the entire twelve figures being
very plainly defined.
Professor Castle, OF Upper Alton. has
invented an interest table," and has sold
the patent for the same to Charles T. Mills,
OF st. Louis, for the sum of $4,000.
"A mastodon's tooth, three inches long
and over an inch square at the crown, has
been dug up in Corning N Y. One five
inches long was found near the same place
a few years ago.
In the new Office of the Erie Railroad
Company in New York the safe alone cost
$4,000, is seven stories high, and would
make quite comfortable little residence
fora small family.
-Cassopolis, Mich, has n vigorous old
man, in the person of Mr.. David Histed,
now 20 years of age, who cut one acre of
wheat with cradle in one hour and forty
three minutes.
The surviving Yale College graduates
OF the last century are Hon T. Bacon. Uti-
"a n. y, class of 1874; L. Bishop, class of
1877, and the Rev. Chas. Goodrich, Penn
Town, Pa, class of 1898.
The sea serpant was seen on the eve
ming Of July 4th, off Cape Ann. He was
from 60 $50 feet in length. lifting himself
up out OF the water good length, and
took things very coolly.
John vann, of Webber's Falls. Ark.
plowed out keg of 5000 Spanish dollars
recently, the keg having the rotted appear
ance OF long burial, while the coins have as
sweet ring as ever.
The Supreme Court of North Carolina
has just decided that intermarriage between
member of the colored race and a member
of the white race is unlawful. and therefore
void according to the laws of the State.
"A lady whose watch had unaccountablv
stopped, carried it toa Stamford ieweller
who discovered that an enterprising bed
bug had found its way into the interior and
become ''mixed up" with the delicate ma
chinery
-Four companies of the San Francisco
military have been mustered out OF the
service for disobedience to orders IN refIls-
ing to march in the Fourth of July process
sion, IN which colored men were allowed
to take part.
Tho daughter of John G.. Clark. of
New York, who mysteriously disappeared
SIX weeks ago, and for whom a reward of
s2,0Oo was offered, has been discovered
IN Ireland, where she had gone with an
actor.
The business portion of the town of
Milton, in Florida, at the head of Pensaco-
la Bay, was entirely destroyed by fire a
few days ago. Very little of the DESTROYED
property was insured. The county records
were all lost.
The New York Tribune is responsible
for the almost incredible story that Max
Maretzek, the world renowned hero of a
hundred operatic companies, is now dill
gently and profitably employed in the MAN.
ufacture of brick
Reports have been received from the
General Land Office, showing the compile
ton OF the survey of twenty additional
townships lying between Saline and Salo-
mon Forks on the Kansas River, embrac-
ing an aggregate area OF AGO, 900 acres.
Jennie June sums up an article on
the woman question in these words: ssThe
modern wife, who demands everything
but gives nothing in return, is a libel
upon womanhood, and has claim upon
nothing but liberation or contempt"
Mr.. OConnor, Superintendent of the
Newsboys' Lodging House in Park place,
New York, proposes an excursion and pic
mic for the five or ten hundred newsboys
and bootblacks that gather from week to
week at his home, provided the benevolent
public will furnish the means.
Said Lord John Russell to Mr.. Hume.
at social dinner: "What do you consider
the object of legislation p s.The greatest
good to the greatest number" s.What do
you consider the greatest number 2" con-
tinued his lordship. Number one," was
the commoner's prompt reply.
"A boy while angling ip the canal at Gin
cinnati, few days since, got what he
thought very promising bite. He eau
iously drew in his line, when he found on
the hook small tin box, which he opened
and found to contain $50 in silver. $40 in
greenbacks, and two gold rings, worth $40
each.
The Sacramento Union Of July IA.
says: 81. X. Brown, freight agent of the
Central Pacific Railroad, in this city, yes
terday received a package inclosing a rose
plucked in Central Park, June "a, attached
to which was q slip bearing the sentence:
u.
The Seymour, Ind, Times tells of q
curious case wherein bed clothing infected
seventeen years ago, recently communicate
ed smallpox to family. The bed clothing
had been plastered up in wall, and the
wall being recently opened, the family in
cautiously handled the infected clothing.
The famous shaunted house"in Water.
town, Mass, of which highly sensational
account with illustrations, was given in
magazine year or SO ago, has been trans
formed into quiet, pleasant home, gen
tleman who was not afraid of GHOSTS
having purchased it at bargain and i'm
proved It's surroundings.
"A COW belonging to Mr.. George Ames,
near Independence, Jackson county, No.,
was killed on the 10th inst. by lightning.
This makes ten head of stock Mr.. Ames
has lost in the last three months-two
cows by lightning, one horse stolen, five
sheep killed by the fallingof large tree,
and two mules from disease.