Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-05-12
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Facts and Figures.

Facts and Figures.
NORWEGIAN boy named Louis Saelsted
was drowned near Eau Claire last week.
A coBwEB wedding was celebrated in
Iowa the other day. Mr.. Joseph Cobb was
united in marriage to Miss Kate Webb.
PIERRE BoNAPARTE's head is described as
so fiat that you could SET out small cold
supper on the top of it.
The railway bridge lately erected over
the Dneiper. near Kew, is the largest work
of the kind in Europe, being 3.503 feet in
length.
THE Russian Emperor in a recent ukase,
says he "deigns TO permit" the Russian
language to be used il the churches of
Poland.
A SAVINGS bank at Newburyport, Mass,
has on deposit over three million dollars,
and recently declared semi-annual divi-
dend of 81 per cent
LIVERPOOL engineers are discussing the
possibility of emitting Ireland in two by a
canal from Galway TO Dublin, a distance OF
200 miles over level country.
| Prussia wants the Pope to appoint a
Nnncio at Berlin, and England still offers
Malta as retreat for the Holy Father in
the event of his expulsion from Rome
Az Iowa editor gave ont that he would
print all poetry sent to him, rerJatim.
wkich, he says had the effect to lessen the
amount of dogerel sent to him for publica-
! ti0n.
a YOUNG ladies' oiub is reported to have
! been organized, with y real clubhouse in
Fifth avenue, N. Y, real cigars and cham
paSne cocktails, and real initiation fee of
| 5000
The water IN the Mississippi, abreast of
tiilena, on Monday, was six feet higher
than ever before known at this time of the
year, and seven inches above the June rise
OF 1859.
CINCINNATI BARRIERS have to undergo the
trying ordeal of breath inspection every
morning, and if there is the least indica-
ton of ''fusil" present. they are compelled
TO stop work.
A GRAMMARIAN's thought What n con-
trast there sometimes is between the ad-
lective and its adverb Reflect, for ex-
ample, on the wide difference that exists
between the man who is constant in love
and The. man who is constantly In love
THE Troy (N. " Times SAYS: "The lit |
tie spot of land in the river known as |
Whale Island, has entirely disappeared, |
only one little stick like q struggling arm |
appearing above the water. We remember |
when 1t was good sized cornfield."
THERE Is man in North Brookfield. |
Mass, who was born with only one ear.
lie has no auricular orifice on one side of |
his head, and only a rudimeatary external |
ear, about an inch long near the jaw, where
the front part of the ear is located.
IT Is quite probable that the names of
writers in the Atlantic Monthly will here
alter be attached to their articles. This
has virtually been done for long time. but
n great many readers will welcome the ac-
tual adoption of very sensible idea.
a BoY, aged ii. committed suicide in
Baltimore on the Oath inst by hanging
himself. He was seen about half an hour
before the fatal act and exhibited no indi.
cations that such deed was contemplated.
On Thursday his morbid curiosity led him
to visit the bodies of tie Victims of the
late tragedy, and the bloody spectacle prey
ed on his mind and considerably depr, sst q |
his spirits. which is the only cnnsc that
can be assigned for the commission Of the
deed.
THE cutting of the Isthmus of Corinth is
to be undertaken by NJ. Plat, engineer %
the Servian railways, and by NJ Chollet, of
Paris. NJ. Behic. member of the French
Senate, and the Marquis do Piouc, Deputy
Governor of the Bank of France, are inter
ested IN the enterprise, in aid of which the
Greek Chambers have granted a concession
OF ~ years, and the right of constructing
railways uniting Corinth and Athens with
the Turkish lives.
A CERTAIN amount of opposition is a
great help to a man. Kites rise against
the wind, and not with the wind; even a
head wind is better than none. No man
ever worked his passage anywhere in a
calm. Let no man wax pale. therefore,
because of opposition; OPP ostion is what
he wants and must have to be good for
anything. Hardship is the native soil of
manhood and self-reliance
AN EARNEST Christian writer calculates
that the conversion of the world is not nee
essarily distant event. Estimating the
population of the earth at one billion. ani
all Christian people mt ten millions. and
supposing that each Christian has faith and
zeal enough 20 save one soul a year, and
that the progress of doubling the number
OF conversions goes on annually, in seven
years the work viii be accomplished.
THE Church journal thinks it would be
we'll II Protestants would initiate the Ro-
nfanists IN their zeal and punctuality in at
tending upon public worship. The reason
assigned why Protestants are so Indifferent
is that few taught that public worship
rs duty OF essential obligation. Many
think, and are even Taught by popular
preachers that even church membership is
no necessary part of religion.
GREAT BRITAIN and Portugal have for
many years been disputing the DO session
Of the little island of Bolama off a. west
coast of Central Africa, and worth about
half a million of dollars. year or more
ago they entered into treaty, and agreed
to leave the matter to the President of the
United States for settlement. Both sides
put in their facts and arguments. Prssi-
dent Grant took up the question. through
the State Department, and has just decided
in favor of Portugal.
OK FIFTH street, New York, there is a
small church of Christian Israelites, who
have maintained regular worship for more
than twenty years. They believe that the
twelve tribes OF Israel now scattered on the
earth are to be gathered together and
brought to embrace Christianity as the first
step toward the evangelization of the race.
Their dress is like that ofthe QHakers, aud
their services are in the English and Ger
man.
A SINGULAR EVENT has Just occurred at
sA'~e'i,i-r III 'hO PtihCiBailtl VI 4
middle aged man entered the gaming
rooms and sat down at the table. After a
time he gained 1000 ducats. The croupier
passed the money over to him and asked if
he wished to continue, bnt rs no answer
was returned one of the assistants touched
him on the shoulder. The individual still
remained immovable, for il turned out that
he was d lad The man in charge of the
table then raked up the gold, saying thatit
belonged to the bank, as no engagement
could have been entered into with a corpse.
The heirs of the deceased are not convinc-
ed of the soundness of this reasoning, and
they have commenced an action for the re-
covery of the sum.
THERE is woman Virginian who is said
to have lived for years without eating. A ,
Richmond letter to the Petersburg Cour-
Ter says: 81 hear again from the lady who
lives without eating. About this time last
year gave you some account of her III
AN assured by her friends and relations
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