Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-12-09
Miscellaneous items.

-falrnaVen, conn sells annually over
one million kegs of oysters.
An elephant was sold at auction in
Cincinnati the Other day for 81, ,275.
The number of immigrants arrived at
New York in October by water was 4, 339,
of which 2,161 were males and 2,178 fe-
males.
One million bushels of peanuts year
are raised on the south shore of the James
River, between Norfolk and Petersburg,
Virginia.
Philadelphia returns IL, 677 gold and
S64 silver Watches and carriages to the val
ne of S743 757. She also Acknowledges to
122, 3s2 militia.
"A supposed wealthy family of New
York, occupying one of the finest Fifth
avenue mansions, has just 6so to Europe
in arrears throughout the city to the
amount of $4,000.
The first hand organ has arrived at
Salt Lake City, its operators being the uni
forms of United States soldiers '-Civili-
zation," says the Desert News, sis trying
with heavy strides to get this way"
Louisiana is now supplying oranges for
the West to greater extent than ever be.
fore Through bills of lading to Chicago
by river steamers and the Illinois Central
railroad are given at the rate of 81 per
barrel.
When the Countess Andree de Dam
pierre died the other day, her servants
were so much absorbed by her funeral that
they neglected to supply her pack of hounds
with provisions. A few days afterward,
one of the domestics having entered their
kennel the dogs fell upon him, tore him to
pieces, and literally ate him up.
"A Maryland negro, now more than 80
years of age, who manifests much interest
in the freedmen's schools of that State, was
recently asked if he had learning himself,
to which he replied, '.Only what l got be-
hind the plow- tail stole it like" When
be was asked, "How is that, uncle ." he
replied. 'Why, when children gwine TO
school, goes up TO de fence, get little les
son from dem IN de bOok-giUe chile hen eqq
for IL, you see.
An international system Of signalizing
at sea by means Of eighteen different flags,
exclusive OF the national flag and pennoR,
has been adopted by England, France,
North German Confederation. United
States, Brazil, Denmark, Greece, Italy,
Holland, Norway, Austria. Portugal, Rus
sia, Sweden, and Spain. The arrangement
is such that 306 signals may be given by
/ various combinations OF Two nagS- 4, SSb
signals with three, and 73, 440 with four.
During the reign of Louis XVIII, Eng
land was called the refugiatm peccatOr1,Tn,
which name is applied by Roman Catho-
lies to the United States since the arrival
of Father Hyacinthe. A brother # this
reverend protestant against his order is
likewise a runaway FROM the Dominicans,
and is at the present day professor at
the Sorbonne. His sister, too, has forsaken
a Carmelte Convert. ami resides on the
Boulevard de Neuilly.
Whether the moon furnishes us any
warmth has long been mooted question,
and the many experiments tried have tailed
to prove that she sends US any appreciable
heat. st last the question has been salts
factoriiy determined by Lord Resse's great
rejecting telescope. By condensing the
moons rays upon delicate heat gusger,
repeated experiments have shown that when
full. her radiation is about one Linety-thou-
sandth part of that of the sun. For Gen.
turies has the moons face been scanned
with the closest scrutiny, but not until re-
Gently has it been demonstrated that she is
other than volcanic waste.