Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-05-18
Notes and News.

The whites outregister the blacks In
Richmond, Va, by nine hundred.
The Massachusetts, Legislature has ap-
propriaied $4,000 to Prof. Agsssiz's mu-
scum.
The retiring Chief of The Springfield,
(O) Fire Depa rtment was testimonaliZed
last night.
Tie iron manufacturers oi the Atlantic
States are in session al New York, talkin
about prices.
The Tennessee Exposition continues to
prove a success. Every branch Of indus
try is represented.
path of devastation in their march throu gh
Tennesse. Nothing green escapes their
attack.
There is another freshet on the upper
Potomac. Harper's Ferry reports bridges
washed away and much miscellaneous
damage done.
The Knight Templars of Tennessee
marched and drilled in Nashville yester-
day. Their annual coDclave is just nos
in session there.
The miners OF Cen'ralia colliery, at Ash
land Pennsylvania, went to work yesier-
day morning. No suspension of their Ia
bor has yet been reported.
There was row yesterday among the
students of the University of Pennsyl-
vania. II took place on the Schuylkill,
and there was no row over the result.
Phi Delta Theta meets in National Con
veniion at Indianapolis tomorrow. Be-
tween the 18th and 23d, the SAME city Is
To- have the Masonic Grand Lodge, and the
Grand Lodge and Grand Encampment OF
Odd Fellows.
Mrs. Te'rrs was murdered on April
9lst, near Ccntrcyilie. Illinois Iesler-
day man accused of the crime was cap
lure,i in Missouri. He gives the name oi
White. Things stolen al The lime of the
murder were found on his person.
The butchers and bakers and ale and
beer makers in Philadelphia will have
their big German peace celebration next
Monday. Ii is not To be participated in
by The big Germans exclusively All the
lille fellows, Of both sexes, are to have u
chance.
The ne, profits OF the Delaware and
Hudson Canal Company last year werr
over six and half millions of dollars
But for the drought in September they
would have been seven hundred thousand
more. That beats the palmiest days of
old Whitewater
II is daily becoming more apparent that
lie jewel o! fair play does not sparkle ON
the habit OF the Democratic politicians OF
New Haven. The vain tricks thev were
guilty Of in fampering with the ballot
boxes have al been revealed. and Cover
nor English loses his seat. There will
probably be no war in Connecticut.
The Memphis Arulonche insists with
the boldness of assertion, il not with the
c convincing power of clear proof, that the
speech that was attributed to Gen. Sher-
man, and that he expressed his dissent
from in a later speech al The Union Lea
que Club House in New Orleans, is not
that speech which has been generally
copied and remarked upon through the
country. The Avalanche does not make
itself entirely clear.
The miners at Hyde park, Penn, ven
ted their wrath at the laborers, yef terday
by urging the women To throw stones at
them. From all accounts the Iaborers
moved of, desirous OF avoiding conflict,
but the miners went to their wives help,
and drove The labOrers TO the tall timber.
Several Of the miners will probably dig
no more coal for the fires of this earth,
neiier Will they throw stones any more.
RiUtlng don't pay; il don't pay, sir.
Tippecanoe County. Ind. made the best
bid for the Purdue University. The bid
was accepted, and The County Cemmis
sioners handed a Treasury draft for Inc
pecuniary consideration promised to the
University Trustees The Treasurer of
TippecanOe County refused to paw the
draft. Tippecanoe Court of Common
Pleas saws the Treasurer must pay mp, and
the Treasurer has appealed 10 the Su-
preme Court of the State.
Judge Fsrwell, OF the Circuit Court of
Cook County, H., holds an opinion ,ik e
this: "Where the condition of freedom
ceases la exist, there is total incapacity
| to enter into any binding contract which
involves the expression on the part Of the
parties 10 1t of free will and consent" ="
Whence and wherefore the Judge decides
that the marriage of TWO slaves is abso-
lulely void. and no impediment to the
subsequent marriage of either party he or
she had become free. The Chicago
courts. by this decision, will lose none Of
their reputation for aptness in .hc consid-
eraiicn Of divorce cases.
Pittsburg reports bad case of step>
mother this morning. Two children have
been maltereated ehamefuily at her in
stance, and the system would have been
continued 10 the bitter end had not the
neighbors intcrfcred and forced an ex-
PLANTATION. The youngest child, bright
boy six years old, has been kept shut up
in u shed, and set up in high chair all
day long every day for more than q year;
and then at night has had tn sleep IS best
he could In. . lumber room. Half the
child's mind and nearly all It's physical
beauty have thus been stunte0 and dwarf
! ed out of It. What q mercy II is that all
women are not such step-mothers; and
what pity II Is that all step-mo:bers are
not women. -ssH4 $500 yie