Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-08-25
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Miscelianf on. liens.
GARLIC butter Is delicacv in Spain.

Miscelianf Gus liens.
GARLIC butter Is a delicacy in Spain.
METZ, France is 10 miles from Paris.
The Norfolk oyster feet has gone to the
banks.
The only church at Ogden is the railroad
station.
CALIFORNIA olives are more plenty than
ever before.
In Georgia school the head boy is aged
8 and the tall boy 40
Hay is said to be in great demand for
the European markets.
The yellow fever has made its appear
ance in Philadelphia.
CALIFORNIA is being blessed by heavy
rains, that were long needed.
THE New York papers complain of the
defects Of the detective system IN that city.
WASHINGTON complains that its organ
grinders begin their operations before day
break.
TERRAPN Tower, the old lookout at Ma
CARA, is partly undermined and must soon
go over the Falls.
The power of committees in Congress, 1t
is stated, far exceeds anything recognized
by English Parliamentary custom.
A NEW traction engine has been'iniro-
duced into Scotland, which for -cheapness
is said to be superior to horses on the rail-
way. ...-.-,. .--tr 9r| - r
AN extensive business in cement is car
ried on in Clarke county, Indiana, ON the
banks OF the Ohio, and large quantities are
exported
The last rail 0f the New Orleans, Mobile
d Chattanooga Railway was laid on Satur
day. The road will be open for traffic at
once.
AN American, now travelling in Europe,
reports that Sweden is the only country he
has visited where the sleeping apartments
are lighted with gas.
A CoLoRED student has been admitted to
Yale. having passed a very good examina-
ton. He is said to be as ''black as ink"
black ink we suppose they mean.
The Darmstadt Gazette, the official or.
gan OF the Government of Hessee, COM
menting OF the French Emperor s declara-
tion that he mad no idea of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
said that only born idiot would believe in
Napoleon.
The small pox and hot weather in Paris
drove thousands of strangers to German
springs and Switzerland this summer.
Those who went to Germany are now going
elsewh here
In South Bend, Ind. the home of Vice.
President .Colfax, according to the Bible
agents report, there are one hundred and
thirty families without the Scriptures, and
OF this number sixty-one refused to receive
a copy.
SUCH is the habit OF borrowing money in
Chicago, that the Michigan Central rail-
road have Two large painted signs in their
depot, as follows: Caution to passeag-
ers. Do not lend your money to stran-
gers.
CHICAGO is said to have a divorce case
now in which the happy couple had only
been married four days. They are improv-
ing on it all the time, and will soon have
1t so you can get a divorce the first night.
FRENCH accounts declare that the needle
gun recoiis so badly that the marksmen are
soon compelled to fire from the shoulder
hut the latest telegrams show that TINS
hitting from the shoulder" is a very dis
astrous piece of business for the party hit.
A LADY writing in the New York Mail
says to husbands: THE fresh AIR OF the
country, the relaxation from tell, which
will inspHe you with new life and hope,
will also bring back the roses to your
wite's pale cheek, and the old gleam Of
lovelIght TO her eyes. II T
The desire tor liquor drinking seems TO
be on the increase IN Philadelphia. The
Clerk of the Conrt OF Quarter Sessions has
just issued 3,S49 tavern licenses. 1t is a
pity the PhIladslphians can't contrive to
enjoy their '.orotherly love" without the
aid OF liquor.
AT Kingston, Canada, n dry goods clerl
was recently accommodated with the loaI
of a revolver to blow out his brains with
in order to spite a lady who had rejected
him and married another. On sober sec
ond thought, he sold the revolver and go
drunk -I-e
The progress in marine guns during the
last decade has been very great In 1859
the 6S-pounder castiron gun VAS, the mos
powerful weapon. At present there AT,
600 0-pounder. 25 ton guns, besl es 1S-to1
12-ton. 8-ton and 6A-ton guns. The light
est of these guns is more powerful than tn,
68-pounder. and could pierce 4a inch arm
o- on ships side at 200 yards, while tn,
25-ton gun would probably pierce mos
iron clads at a range OF two miles.
DURING the prevalence of the choler
in the summer of 1882. the old artillery o
Troy was sent down on the road betweel
that city and ALBANY to fire cannon to keel
off the epidemic. As cannon firing i'm
pregnatsd the eirIsith sulphur the philos
ophers, OF that day supposed that the DIS
ease could be successfully resisted will
'siege guns. The firing did not amount +
much. The cholera was not 'ffightehe,
by the artillery. The pesiilenee invade,
Troy and remain there for over tw,
months
The youngest elopement N record too
place at Hudson, Mich, last week. Maste
Frederick Tubbs OF that town, aged fiv
years, took Miss Schermerhorn, aged thre
years, combed her hair, put the DOLL
things in box, and proceeded with her t
the depot, where they got ON the rear plat
form of the western bound train withou
being noticed till the conductor received
dispatch for them. They we put off a
Osseo. and returned on the next train wel
pleased with their trip.
- Personal Notes. -,-. i,
GEN. SHERIDAN has arrived in London.
PRINCE ARTHUR has arrived at Osborne
THE Chinese excel ia the drama as the
always have their queue.