Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-12-29
Miscellaneous Items.

Miscellaneous Items.
IT is said that the whey from cheese
factories is now made into butter.
A CONNECTICUT farmer has Just fin
ished a 81, 900 hog pen, which is grain
ed and papered.
VIsALIA, Cal, has no calaboose, and
confines its prisoners by claiming them
by theleg to tree in the open square,
rain or shine.
THE official report of the surrender of
Phalsburg states that II officers and
/, ,839 men, and 63 guns, were captured
with the fortress.
OWING to the mildness of the wea-
ther, the middle and eastern divisions
of the Erie Canal will not be closed for
traffic until the 18th instant.
Two policemen in arresting a man in
Boston recently, dubbed him severely.
He sued them for an aggravated assault
and they were fined $50 each.
THE Pail Mall Gazette SAYS more
lives are lost weekly by scarlatina in
London, than the French are losing by
their weekly sorties from Paris,
AN editor in the west, whose journal
"went up" some years since, has been
selling his exchanges to a paper mill
ever since, realizing considerable in
come.
A WASHINGTON mechanic is construct
ing a four horsepower steam engine,
weighing only nine pounds, to be used
in propelling an experimental balloon.
NINE thousand pairs of wooden heels
are made weekly for one factory, in
Lynn. and these will soon, it is expect
ed, entirely supersede leather ones.
THE Center Market, on Pennsylvania
avenue, Washington, was burned Sun
day morning with all its contents, and
two men were suffocated.
IT is rumored that La Fere has been
retaken by the French troops with $50
prisoners, and supplies, ammunition
and provisions for large masses of
troops.
THE census of Salt Lake City, Just
completed, shows the population to be
13, 545 against 8, 236 ten years ago The
great bulk of this population is Nor
mon.
The Common Council of San Fran
cisco are debating the question of COM
pelling all buildings hereafter erected
proof, after plan patented by Cali
fornia builder.
! A BAGGAGE-MAsTER on the Central
Ohio Railroad was recently caught in
the act of selling diamond ring, worth
81, 500, for so. He had stolen the
Jewel from the trunk of a passenger,
and had no idea of its real value.
Four WHALES were caught in Mon
terey Bay, a few days ago, and the Ga
zette hopes it viii not happen again, as
the captors were so elated with their
success that they did not let a soul in
town get a. wink of sleep .he whole
night.
In Edinburg, the stone. masons have
struck against an attempt by their EN-
ployers to reduce their wages from SIX
and half pence to sixpence an hour.
PHALsBURG, the stronghold in the
Vosges, the siege of which was com
menced soon after the battle of Worth,
has surrendered unconditionally. The
Prussian troops marched into the place
on the 18th.
/ BURLNGAME, Kansas, is to have q
new wooden factory A public spirited
citizen has agreed to supply $4,000
worth of machinery, on condition that
building 100 feet long, SO feet wide,
: and two stories high, be erected from
: the proceeds of city bonds.
l BARON BRUNNow, the Russian Envoy.
3 had Prince Gortchakoffs famous circu-
lar in his pocket in London on the 9th
of November, but amiably withheld 1T,
!, for fear of disturbing the harmony of
: thessLord Mayors feast at Guildhall
!; THE architect of the Strasbourg ca
thedral estimates the damage it has
4 sustained at 1,500, 600 francs, sum
Q which seems enormous, although the
fabric is far more injured than might
|. be concluded from superficial exam
: : ination.
: THE Bishop of Manchester, speaking
o at an education meeting lately, said if
: Englishmen were willing to recognize
: the power of the policemen over the
q school attendance of their children, no
r doubt In the future they might be as
well educated as Prussian or Saxon sol
|, diers; otherwise, he looked forward
s with little faith to what could be done
; in the way of ccnpulsion-
THE new postal cards In England
;. suggest expedients for making them
n secret. Invisible INK is advertised,
systems of cipher are brought out, and
d inscr1table languages are adopted.
= Hebrew, Arabic and Russian have
: already defied the supervision of post
:. men and their assistants. Doctors rely
upon Latin; bishops and archdeacons
d also correspond in Latin.
+ The following is the correct list O
at the bridesmai, chosen for the mar
h riage of the Princess Louise: Lady
4, Constance Seymour, daughter of the
y Marquis of Hertford; Lady Elizabeth
a. Campbell, daughter of the Duke of Ar
he gyll; Lady Florence Lennox, daughtel
Sc of the Duke of Richmond; Lady Mar,
n. n. Butler, daughter of the Marchioness o.
= = Ormonde; Lady Alice Fitzgerald
: daughter of the Marquis of Kildare
t Lady Grace Gordon, daughter of the
y Dowager Marchioness of Huntley; La
Of dy Florence Montagu, daughter of thu
a. q Earl of Sandwich; and Lady Agath'
te Russell, daughter of Earl Russell.