Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-04-07
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Facts and Figures.

" NEW JERSEY burglar spent three houl
e in opening safe and got nine cents.
n The cost of the new Liverpool E1chane
is estimated at 81. 600, 600.
IT is proposed to establish an ice mani
factnring company in Jackson, Tenn.
I THERE wereS, 12l marriages in North Ca
= olIna. during the past year.
/. The late freeze has destroyed the pro.
. pecs Tor peach crop in parts of Texas.
{ THE illinois press association will go o
8 an eastern tour, in June.
/, THE whole number of species of bird
now found IN Massachusetts, il 30S.
D I1ERE has been no court held in Navarr
county, Texas, for two years
SIX beavers were caught in trap nea
Tailadega, Ala, few days since.
A GIRL in Dover. n H.. has co nstructet
! III words ont Of Washington.
NoETH CAROLINA hires out her Jail pris
) oners at 80 cents per day.
BILLIARDS are discount in Montreal. =
Two of the largest saloons have been forced
to close. rn
i The bones OF the mastodon that wer,
discovered in Salem comfy, n. J.. last fall
have been sold to The state for $500.
VIRGINIA CRY is to bave a waltzirg mattel
for purse OF 81 900 and the championship
OF Nevada
l. The Massachusetts, Honse has passed
law permitting husband and wife to testify
against each other in civil or criminal suits
4 IRIS claimed that the water of the Gets
bnrg: Pennsylvania spring is a solvent OF
| calculus.
A Few days since herd of 2, 500 buffalo
crossed tha Union Pacific railroad track, q
81 ort distsnce west Laramie City.
A coLoRED WOMAN In PENNSYLVANIA, over
100 years old. committed suicide few days
ago.
IScoMBUsr1BLE wicks for kerosene are
made in Vienna of asbestos, bsiled in wax
They Last at least year.
ALABAMA has GIG miles of railroad. the
total assessed value of which is s11 ,095,
| 78l.
A NEGRO baby, with ten fingers on each
hand, was born near Lloyd's, in Essex co.,
Va, a few nights ago. s ll -
DoSN PIATT saws that '.the recording an
gel has no jurisdiction over the District OF
Columbia"
One can subsist on bananas at Sierra Le-
one for three cents day. Bloated aristo-
Gratis pay eight cents day for board.
The Philsdelphis Printers Uni has
recently admitted q lacy to membership in
that body.
The American women in Rome propose
TO give masquerade ball Tor the benefit OF
the poor of that city.
TWENTY barrels of silver coin arrived in
New York last Saturday. frcm the Philsdel-
hla mint.
TWENTY theatres and places OF entertain.
ment are now nightly open in LONDON
Paris has 81, au -~.+.-.i--,..-
DERToIT had wrestling tournament few
days since. Mclaughlin won the belt De
foe the gold medal, and Brown the silver
medal.
IT is said that Francis Joseph is the most
proiane monarch In Eufvt,o, and -tsas tue
Emp ror OF Russia swears only when he Is
drunk. h' ' i'
A BILL has been introduced in the Penn
sylvsnia legislature to prevent premature
interments. by requiring 4S hours to elapse
after the supposed death OF q person. -
7 Two HUNDRED and forty seven vessels en-
tered the port of New York from foreign
countries during tie month OF February,
1870. "a ,--.
I New YoRKERs boarded over $50, 600, 600
in gold. which they bought at varying
prices, between $50 and 200, and are still
holding it for a rise.
THE New York Even ng Post says that if
letter postage is reduced 10 one cent there
will be two sent where there is one semi
now. ---' 10 '--
THE exports Of Cuba in 1868 amounted to
s1U4. 900 900 and in 1869 to only $50, ,000
O00 The population of the island is es-
umated at 1.300, ,0O0. aJI} if- gEr.
The high price Of corn in Texas (scarce
in some sections at 50 per busheD will in
duce farmers to plant less cotton and pay
more attention to grain. 1HT
II cost Sl8l5 to wash towels for the
Treasury Department at Washington city
hast year and there were $1,000 towels
washed ~ -
A SARCASTIC New York journal, alluding
to Fechter's departure from Niblo's says
''the frangments OF broken English were
swept mp on Saturday evening"
THERe are great geese in Connecticut. -
Que IN Fairfield county has laid an e'g 0
inches round and IL inches long, weighing
5 ounces.
GIN. WALKER reports that the Chinese
imported by him to work on the Texas c ID
tral railroad labor steadily with docility,
and he is about to send for more.
/. The annual value of the wool manufac-
lures of the United States. and of those
manufactures in which wool is compo-
nent part, is said TO be not less than sl75,-
900 O0O..1 1.fg lslrr 81
/ IT is curious fact that oranges brought
hundreds OF miles from beyond sea- sell in
New YORK at less than half the price of ap
piles of the came size, which grow almost al
our very doors. a1 l.stA s s. f4rs
The London Daily News says that Brig
ham Young il as ANXIOUS to establish the
doctrine OF ersonslinfallibility as Pio Nino
himse (, and that Young has the better
chances of the two. iseb 49,
TIE State auditor of Georgia reports
loss Of two-fIths of the negro popnlationin IN
nine years. Reports show heavy decrease
IN ali the other Southern States, except,
perhaps, Mississippi and Louisiana.
A GENTLEMAN OF Columbus, Georgia, the
other day. who has great patience aud is
fonl, of making minute observations, timed
the pace of snail. 1t made 10 inches in
GU minutes c7 tsfs np-sds -re-f 81
'.THANK Con, my constitutes can't readr'
was tue devout ejaculation OF the reverend
representative Whittemore, when the re
port of the committee. in his case was laid
before the house. So says the Charleston
News ss. isdf isvoSs ovea II
= TIE Times gives the colored population
Of ST. Louis city and county at 2l, 254 and
the number of colnred voters at 8, ,272 in
the CITY, and G. 600 in the. county-s total
of 8 1852. or about one fourth of the voting
population. .gl
LAST week six iron sailing vessels,. all
British, LEFT San Francisco for Cork and
Liverpool laden with wheat. and much in.
teiest is ielt as to their sailing qualities and
relative speed, 1t is seldom that so many
vessels start so nearly together on SO long
a voyage over the same route. -. .....
TIE Deaf Mute Advance. of Jackson
sjlle, ILL.,. gives singular instance of
man who had been blind, but on recover
ing his sight became deaf and dumb. As
soon ss he recovered his speech and hear
ling he became bliId again Both transit
tons were attended with acute uer raloia