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

Miscellaneous Items.


"A big snake fifteen feet long, with
head as large as mans two hands, is
prowling about Attica, Marion county
The Daniel Webster farm and home
stead in Franklin, n. H., were sold 10 Mr..
Hartwell, of Providence, Il. l., Friday, for
$4,000.
-Lenawee county Mich, with a popula-
ton of about 60, 000, one fifth of whom are
inhabitants ofAdriaD, has not single oc-
pant in its JAIL
"A widowsn Sullivan, n Y, has broght
suit againSt Senator Nye, of Nevada, 10
recover $3.50. which, he.borrowed years ago
from her husband.
William Wheeler, aged twelve years,
was killed on Monday by the bursting of
cannon at West Stockbridge, Mass, while
a salute was being fired.
The balloon ''Monarch of the Air"
which ascended from Boston Common on
Monday, landed at Lakevile, forty miles
distant, two hours after starting.
Risdon. the alleged last survivor of
Powell's expedition, was lodged in the
Springfield, Iowa jail, Saturday night,
charged with stealing horse near Lincoln,
ILL.,
-Letitia jackson, one of James Fisks
ballet girls, has sued him for 81. 900. for
damages sustained in falling through the
stage at the Academy of Music, on May
10th.
Hon. James Savage, descendant
from the famous Anne Hutchinson, is the
oldest person living who delivered a 4ih of
July Grafton before the Seleetmen of Bos-
IL xx-as- flf. -,
The feature of Kentucky political
campaign is the Squirrel SouS Lunch"
an institution older than the dsys when
Henry Clay stumped the state. One was
gwen week before last at Greencasfie.
"A party of young ladies and gentlemen
of Portland, Me-, in small rowing boat,
were run down and sunk by the schooner
Young Sultan, in Booth bay, yesteflay.-
Miss Greenlow and Miss Caswell were
drowned.
"A young woman, who has been going
about the country soliciting charity, pre-
tending to be deaf and dumb, married a
Schenectady hotel porter the other day,
and gave him several thousand dollars as a
bridal present.
The objection to women practicing
medicine is nothing new 1t is said that
as long ago as 142l a petition was present
ed to King Henry ", that ''no woman use
the practyse of fisyk, under payne of long
imprisonment"
Richard Realf, ''old John Browns"
right hand man at Harper's Ferry, and the
youngest of his band, was recently appoint
ed an Assistant Assessor of Internal Reye-
nue. IN the district of Edgefield, South
Carolina.
The Court House of Decatur county.
Tenn, was destroyed by FIRE Friday night
last. The greater portion of the records
were lost, also S30,000 in currency in the
Office of the County Clerk. The total loss
is fully 100000.
The latest invention is garbage whis-
KY" The Cincinnati Chronicle saws the
Tag ends of radishes, onions, beets, lettuce
and the hundreds of other vegetables, il
portion of which go to the slop barrel or
the garbage boat is said to make excellent
whisky.
Whether standing on ones dignity is
good thing, quite depends upon ITS size.
A man standing on pin head or a woman
on a mustard seed, would not fulfill the
fitness of things. Dignity. like the iounda-
tion of the building, TO be strong should
be wide and deep.
The commercial travellers "drum
mers-of the country are being rapidly
relieved of the unjust and discriminating
tax against their business. The Chicago
Travellers Association has secured the re-
peal of the Special License laws I'm sixty
tour western cities and towns, and IN ST.
Louis the tax has been reduced from $500
to so.
Miss Nora Giles, daughter of Rev. Hen
ry Giles, well known lecturer and essay
list, beautiful, highly educated young lady
eighteen years of age, was drowned at
Bucksport Me-, on Saturday by the upset
ting of a boat in which she was sailing, in
company with her sister, another young
lady and some gentlemen.
The barbarous practice of fioeeing is
still continued at the Jeffersonville prison.
One of the guards was struck n few days
ago with snath in the hands of convict,
but not seriously hurt. The convict. for
his insubordination. was hogged, and now
wears ball and chain.
The bromide of ammonium is recon-
mended by DIR. Glib, of London, to those
who suffer from an excess of fat. He SAYS
that, when taken in small doses for a length
of time, it will diminish the weight of the
body with greater certainty than any other
known article.
Nearly $500, 900 recovered ont of ST.
600, 900 lost by the Ocean Bank, n. v, and
without any apparent effort by anybody
Even good bills and coupons We're returned,
but the manner in which they are said to
have been returned looks somewhat curious
and leads to the belief that a compromise
with the thieves has been effected
The Boston Journal says that Louise
Hensler, who has just married the King of
Portugal formerly lived in Springfield.
Mass, where she sang In the South church
choir She was the daughter OF a poor
German mechanic. Having a fine voice,
she was assisted in obtaining a musical ed
ucation, and finally went to Europe, where
she took high rank as a singer.
The Viceroy of Egypt has contracted
with E. Remington < Sons, of Ihon. n.
Y, for &C, 600 of their rifles. This house
continues its weekly shipments to the
Spanish government In Cuba. 1t has new
er sold arms to the insurgents, but has
transformed about 5000 Springfields for
houses in New York tina. may have fur
nished the Cubans.
An alteration occurred between two
boys, named John Carroll and Charles
Mosier, in Albany, on Saturday afternoon,
during which Mosier stabbed the other
with jack-knife in the left breast about
the heart, inhicting mortal wound.
When Mosier saw what he had done he
ned. The boys were each only about ten
years old.
The sentence passed on Mrs. E. A.
Pollard, of imprisonment in the Richmond
City Jail, for the assault on DIR. Geo. A.
Moore, was modified day or two ago by
Judge Gilmore 70 fine of 500 and costs,
at the instance of DR.. Moore himself. The
fine was promptly paid, and Mrs. Pollard
was released and at once proceeded to
Washington.
"A Catholic paper published in Chicago
says: 'sThe immense accessions to the
number Of Catholics in this diocese have
been such that il is now one of the most