Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-12-01


Prairie chickens in Illinois are very
numerous this season, and afford immense
sport TO the hunters. Large numbers of
them are killed by flying against telegraph
wires.
A vain female party IN New Mexico
endeavOriDg to pass herself off on the Cen
sus-ta ker ms only loS, in face Of The fact
that she had granddaughter aged 30
1t comes as natural for ladies to say
elegant, splendid. beautiful, and oil that,
as il does for man wearing a wig 10
scratch his heed, and it signifies about as
much.
An Alabama editor itemizes his advices
from East Tennessee as follows: Meth
odist meetings continue with increased
ihterest-ten conyicts shipped TO the pen
itentiary.n
An individual who was puzzled to
know where sll the Smiths came from has
nj last solved the mystery. AT Water
bury, Connecticut, on the door of a facto-
~ appears a sign Inscribed Smith Man.
ufacturing Company
$50 there's another rupture at Mount
Fociferons," said Ms Partingtop, as she
pnt down the paper ard put up her specs;
. the paper tells US about the burning
lather running down the mountain, but il
don't tell how it got on fire."
A peasant woman In Hoszuszo, In Hun
gary, hung herself the other day from de-
SPAR at having ut fire by mistake with
fiorins. which her husband had brought
home from market.
A proc b and loving father in the south
ern part of a Western State, in settiug
forth the accomplishments of his daughter,
said she could everlastingiy paw ivory
and howl, and could paw a washboard
like muic.'
There were nine hundred and seventy
pupils OF our ward an6 high schools in
the procession THAT followed the remains
of Judge Egbert to the cemetery. They
were accompanied by their teachers.
II was deserving tribute TO the memory
of South Bends first school teacher
Register.
Rudolph Drier, q German, about 60
years of age, gave himself up at the New
York police headquarters yesterday, 81
leging that he was the murderer of Ma
than. The man is evidently insane. His
story Is so utterly at variance with the
known facts of the case that no credence
is placed in it.
Fat hogs are selling at I-2 cents,
gross, in this market. Many persons who
invested In Fat hogs at 8 leg cents will be
compelled to figure on the " shrinkage. u
John Blakeiy, we learn, has over twelve
hundred head OF hogs, for some of which
he paid 9l-3 cenis.-Btoomingt
Progress.
A terrapin, In The possession OF Mr.. L
L. Bond, captured near Liberty, had the
| ancient date of 1920 still plainly visible
carved upon its aged shell. Mr.. Bond
carefully cut the date of its present cap
| ture. and then returned il to its nativs
hoE1e--the forest Il had 30 long enjoyed
Advices from the City of Mexico to tlt
10Th ultimo, received, state that q terrible
revolution occurred IN the State o.
Guerrero. The Government troops were
defeated, and achievements were being
hurried forward from the capital
A revolution had broken out in Tehaun
| tepec Mexico against tie State Govern
meut. The reyolutionists numbered
three or four thousand fighting men. L
was feared the Tehauntepec Canal ex
ploring expedition from the United Statel
would haye trouble.
The omnibus a1d street car companies
in New York city have found that :
horse weighing 1000 Or 100 pounds Il
| the most serviceable, and the best food
for him il l2 pounds of hay q day. II
| pounds corn meal. and two or three
pounds OF salt in month. The hay Il
cut, moistened. and the meal mixed with
it. Twenty miles travel day is expected
Of him.
The grssnd jury yesterday morning re
] turned indictments for body snatchine
1 against John Dockenbaugh, e. B. Ran.
dolph and James Williams, the three
worthless recently arrested at the ferry
while attempting TO take the body Of con
vict John B. Casey across the river.
They win be tiled in the criminal Court
at Charlestown to-dsy.--LonisriHe
| Coprier-Jturnoi, 10th.