Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-09-15
Miscellaneous Items.

III is fact worth noticing that the Chi
nese who come to New York invariably
marry Irish wives.
The printers strike in San Francisco has
had the effect of placing some TWENTY-FIVE
women at the case.
AT Jacksonville, Indiana, the grocers
nave united IN an association for protec.
ton against dishonest customers.
IT is noticed that Of late, in the detection
OF great criminals, in America, rewards
seem to have lost their efficacy.
WOMEN ride through the streets of Paris
standing on the seats of the carriages, and
sing the "Marseillaise" to rouse ho pspu-
lace.
To REMOVE lime which gathers in tea
Kettles, fill the kettle with water, put in
one-fourth OF pound of Spanish whiting
and boil until the lime is removed.
ABOUT four hundred American officers,
tue larger portion of whom were In the
Confederate service during the war, are
| now attached to the Khedive's army in
Egypt.
The geographical centre of Mfsssachu-
setts is In the city of Worcester. About
three-fourths of the population of the
commonwealth lies east of Worcester.
LADIES of the fifteenth Amendment color
paste their chair" to take out the kink.
The white 'girls of the period" roll theirs
In paper to put the kink in. difference
OF taste as well as of fashion.
TUE regulation widows veil is now de-
clared to be yard and half in length,
and of English Grape. It's only relief is q
deep hem, of over an inch in depth, upon
the edge.
The Selma and New Orleans Railroad
is progressing rapidly. The bridges are
being built across Valley creek and Jones
branch. The grading of the road will
soon be finished to Cahaba river.
A BENEVOLENT individual of Westbrook.
Me-, lost his vest the other day, contain
ing $3.50, a bank book, gold watch, &C. II
was found by boatman, who was taken
to the owners house and treated literally
to sour apples.
A COUNTRY clergyman, paying q profes.
siopal visit to dying neighbor, who wac q
very churlish and universally unpopular
man, put the usual question, "Are YOU
willing to go, my friend?" oh, yes" said
the sick man, 81 am" ssWeli," said the
simple-miuded minister. 81 am glad Won
"AS, AVA tlAO hCiSAooiS are WliulS.
Two United States soldiers recently alb.
seconded from Minnesota with $4,000 OF
Uncle Sans money. Two Indian detec.
tives captured them in twenty -four hours,
secured the money, and charged only $50
each for their services.
'Wn shall. perhaps, be beaten at first, y
said the Crown Prince as he went to the
Rhine, "but don't mind We are quite
sure to win IN the end" He was wrong
about the first part of the speech. How
will it be in the end
ONE of the most surprising things nbou,
modern London is the rapidity of Its
growth. Notwithstanding its already en-.
ormous size in 1910, not fewer than 225,.
322 new houses have been added to il since
then, forming SO new squares, and 5,831
new streets. of the total length of .O3(
miles.
The navy of North Germany has but one
admiral, Prince Adalbert of Prussia, whose
: pay is 50. $50 per year, besides 81, $50 for
table money" The vice-admiral gets
SIS, 200, and each of the two rear admirals
S2,350. A British admiral gets $3.50,
besides 1850 table money. The differ
J ence in economy in the two navies is much
the same throughout