Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-01-05
Summary of Late News.
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sunnnAutt U 11tC NUNS
AT HOME.
TEE weather is intensely cold g
Richmond, Va.
The most satisfactory observation
have been taken Of the suns eclipse il
England
TEE French of San Francisco hav,
raised 500, 600 in coin for the patriotic
fund, from Christmas gifts
TIE weather in Wyoming and New
Mexico has been extremely cold. tn,
thermometer being reported Of 26 deg
below zero.
A MOTHER and two children were run
over and killed by train on the New
Jersey Railroad at London, near Eliza
beth, Thursday morning.
RoTHERMEL's great painting. "The
Battle of Gettysburg" was unveiled
Tuesday night in the Academy of Mus
ic. There was o large attendance OF
citizens.
I TIE New England Society Of New
York celebrated the landing of the Pill
grims by dinner at Delmonico's. on
the evening of the 22d. Many distin-
/ gulshed men were present.
THE annual meeting OF the New Yorl,
Colonization Society was held Tuesday
afternoon. The report showedf that the
interest in the cause is increasing. Prof.
T. b. Morse was reelected President.
A COLD snap seems to have succeeded
the snow storm of Monday all through
the Northwest. At Sterling, Ill, Mad
ison, Wis, and several other points.
the thermometer was down TO zero on
the Goth.
The election in the First Senatorial
District of Pennsylvania resulted In a
majority of 1.3l3 for Decherb. the
Democratic candidate. In October the
Republicans had over 1000 majority in
the same district. The vote was light.
THE steamers r.. Z. Lee and Potomac
collided opposite Natchez, on the ODD.
Both were badly damaged The Lees
pilot ran her on bar. where she sank
in nine feet of water The Potomac
was unloading for repairs No lives
were lost.
JUDGE GILES, of Maryland, on Thurs
day, in the United States District
Court, sentenced Ludwig Moses. for
merly letter-carrier of Baltimore CITY.
to twelve months imprisonment for
opening letter which he had for de
livery to another person.
AT Greeley, Colorado. Tuesday. it
was reported that the coal mines at Car
bon Station, on the line of the Union
Pacific Railroad, were burning; that q
track has had to be built around the
mine near the station. and that the
houses at the station had begun to sink
THE managers of the Atlantic Cable
Company now despair, it is said, of sun-
cessfully repairing the broken ocea n
lines until next June. when the work
can again be prosecuted with a smooth
sea. The steamer Robert Lowe, how
ever, is endeavoring to grapple the
Broken connections. The French cable
is again cvercrowded with kilograms
for Europe, and they are transmitted
with difficulty and very slowly.
On the summit of Mount Washington
December 22d, Up. m, the thermome-
ter marked 4 Q below zero. wind \.
W., velocity II miles per hour The
northwest storm of last week took near
ly all the ice off the house, but it is be-
ing rapidly covered again. Messrs.
Clough, Kmball and Woodbridge visited
the Upton House Thursday morning,
and found il nearly buried in snow.
They had no difficulty in getting upon
the roof.
A CROWD of'angry Crispins. now on q
general strike In New York city, as
sembled at Burt's store, Park Row,
Thursday, with the avowed intention
of assault on the non society men who
recently began work for Bust & Co.
An assault was committed ON some men
Wednesday night. Thursday it was
found necessary to bring large force
of police to see the men safely home
A later report says that the Crispin
strikers finally compelled Mr.. Briesly.
of the Park Row shoe manufactory, to
suspend operations and dismiss all non
society men whom he had lately en-
ployed.
A FIRE occurred at Sycamore, Dekalb
county, Illinois, on Sunday, which des-
troyed property valued at over 500,
600. The principal losers are J. c.
Waterman. 100000, insurance $4,000
J. S. Waterman, $4,000, insurance
$12,00 These concerns were largely
engaged in the sale of dry goods and
clothing. Warren & Ellwood lose S9,-
600; insured for that amount There
we're number of smaller losses. The
Insurance Companies lose about 1885,
600. The fire is supposed to have
originated in the explosion of coal gas
in store, throwing the fire on a,.bed
which stood near.
JOHN BRIGHT has resigned the Fresi-
dency of the Board of Trade.
AFRENcH force 10, 600 strong hes been
defeated at Palsy and Fontenelle.
KING WILLIAM has signified his ac-
ceptance of the title of Emperor of Ger
many.
The damage done Thionville by the
bombardment is estimated at 10, 0o0, 600
francs.
GERMANY is suffering from scarcity of
coal. The working of many mines have
ceased, the miners having been drafted
into the army.
DISPATCHES from Vienna state that
the Turkish feet is under immediate
orders for service, and extensive war
like preparations are made.
A GENERAL sortie is said to have been
made from Paris on the Doth. Gen.
viney took La Maisson Blanche, be-
yond Gagny, six miles east from Paris,
and Gen. Ducrot fought a battle near
Bronay.
DISPATCHES from North Platte, Ne
braska, bring us information of "a terri
BILE shooting affair which occurred