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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27
The New Oil Field,

The Oil City Register, speaking of
the new oil strike, says:
The striking Of the Findlay well, on
the Milton farm, near this place, On
Wednesday night last, has created
great excitement throughout the oil re-
gion generally This well is located
about one mile from the Allegheny riv-
er, at point nearly opposite Reno, and
some four miles from Oil City by pres
ent roads. The depth of the well is
nine hundred feet, thickness of the
third sand thirty-one feet-a hard peb-
BILE. The oil is of forty-nine gravity,
showing conclusive evidence of the ex-
istence of large amount. From the
best practical judges, we are enabled
to place the real production of the well
at fully eighty barrels per day, while by
some it is claimed one hundred. The
well Is located on lease of some thir-
ty-fve or forty acres
Of the effect of this new strike upon
the general prosp cts of our new city,
it is needless to speak. 1t is apparent
upon every beamIng countenance you
meet. Large numbers of persons from
all parts of the Oil Region are passing
through here en- route for the new oil
field that will prove the sensation of
1871. Lands have been leased for a
considerable distance around the new
we'll, and large number of wells will
at once be commenced.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27


think the best way to do this is to
drill it in, and make the rows not more
than 16 to Is inches apart, and then
drop at least one grain to every inch in
the rows. Remember it is not grain
that we are after now. | had my grain
crop in the peas that have been taken
of, and now we are after a crop of fod-
der for winter. Well, the corn came
up and grew nicely. 1t was gone
through with the cultivator twice and
the stalks were cut about the last week
in September and set up in small shocks
to dry. They stood there until just
before it froze up, when they were taken
down, bound up in small bundles, and
slowed away in the barn for winteruse,
and think such stalks are equal TO the
best Timothy hay. They should be
cut as sooE as the stalks are fairly in
taGSeI
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27
The Ballot i'm England.

The following synopsis of the Eng
lish measure providing for vote by ball
lot will be interesting /. Tho bill
shall apply to municipal as well as
parliamentary elections. 2. No vot-
ing paper except the official paper shall
be used-that is to say, the object of
the DaIior-rsraIi not bc defeated by ti.v
use of somewhat similar paper, which
would enable it to be ascertained how
the vote has been given. 8. The vot-
ing paper shall not be given to the
voter until he enters the voting booth.
4. The voter is not to be permitted
to put any mark upon his voting paper
except that which is necessary to show
for whom the vote is given; and in the
event of that regulation being violated,
the vote will BE cancelled. 5. The re-
turning officer, as he gives out his pa
per to each voter, shall impress it with
a stamp, the character of which he
shall De bound to keep secret, and
which shall not be used again until a
certain fixed time shall be expired.
Then when the boxes come to be Open
ed, each unstamped voting paper shall
be rejected as void 6. When a vot-
ing paper has been once put into the
ballot box the bcx shall not be opened
except under such precautions as shall
procure the inv;olability of the vote.
Z. Where in case of reopening for
the question of the number of voters
it Is found a vote is bad, it shall be
struck off from the total of the candi-
date for whom it has been recorded !;
and also, where an elector rendering
his vote finds some one else has voted
for him, the vote shall be kept aside,
and under the circumstances counted
for the candidate in whose favor he
had intended to vote. g. The same
penalties shall be attached to persona
tion that now attach to bribery and
treatment The candidate shall lose
his seat for procuring or attempting to
procure personation. 8. Any candi-
date who does not include all his ex-
penses in his election returns, or who
with his own hands has paid expenses
which ought to have passed through
the hands of his agent, shall lose his
seat. 20 The use of public houses
as committee rooms during the pro-
gress of elections is prohibited. IL.
The old plan of nominating candidates
and making the final decoration OF the
poll is abolished. II. The expenses
of the returning officer shall be paid
ont of the local rate.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27
A REMARKABLE GOLDEN WEDDING.
Twenty Guests Present who Were at
the Wedding Fifty Years Ago.

Twenty Guests Present who Were at
the Wedding Fifty Years Ago.
In Bracken county, Kentucky, 81
years ago last Monday, Vincent Hamil-
ton and Elizabeth Gregg were married
in the house in which they now live.
Fifty years ago our fellow townsman,
John NJ. Gregg, of Third street, now 10
years of age, was groomsman, and re-
ceived the guests in the same urbane
and gentlemanly manner. His attend
ant, now Mrs Minerva Keene of Au-
gusta, KY, was present, looking hale
and hearty, still preserving traces of
that beauty that made her widely
known as the belle of the neighbor
hood. The writer took the ages of 90
of the party who were present at the
wedding 80 years ago, and found they
aggregated /, ,430-an average of TO-
Among those present was an own
cousin of President Grant. Mr.. Griffith
(son-in-law to Mr. Hamilton) gave us
some pleasant incidents of his and the
Generals boyhood.
The bridegroom of the day, Mr.. V.
Hamilton, ~ years of age, has been
great hunter, and the interior of the
house showed that a master hand had
been at work. Our. coats, hats and
canes were hung on buck horns, both
large aud small, which took the place
of the modern hat racks and hooks.
The house is often called the hunters
camp. The ceremonies were ably con-
Quoted by the Rev. j. @. Fee, of Ber-
ca, KY, son-in-law TO Mr.. Hamilton,
assisted by Lineas Gregg, and were
appropriate and impressive.
The presents were many and costly,
among them an engraving Of "Lincoln
and his Cabinet" which was presented
by the Rev. Mr.. Fee in his usual elo-
quent style. He took occasion to speak
of the great event that has immortal
lied the great man, and that Mr.. H.
had lived to see his desires accomplished
etc.
Mr. Fl. was rank abolitionist during
the war, and gave his favors to many
that needed them during these trying
and calamitous years.
Jim Hawkins, an old slave freed 20
years ago, came all the way from Cana
da to see his old master.
One of the remarkable features in
the history of the Hamilton family is
that Mr.. a. s grandmother lived to be
107, and he had two daughters who saw
the four great grandparents and two
natural grandmothers. The writer was
to several soldiers of 1912,
and many who saw Daniel Boone and
Simon Kenton, and never expects to.
see again as large an assemblage of
aged people who were SO young, active
ard cheerful.
The affair was pleasantly conducted
and the repast superb. Cincinnati
Gazette.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27
Foreign GnsSin.

THE Princess of Wales has had SIX
children.
THEY killed 286 persons and injured
1,230 on the railways of England last
year
The Methodists of Canada are divid-
ed into five separate ecclesiastical bod
les.
PULLMAN is going to introduce his
drawing-room palace cars upon Eng
hsh railways.
THE death is reported, at the age of
eighty, of ~ Becquerel, the celebrated
electrician. He died In Normandy
during the siege of Paris.
ANOTHER MarchioneSs de Briuvilliers
has been discovered in Pisa, Italy, in
the person of Pipona .Cetelli, a woman
of forty, who has poisoned her father.
her husband, two children and lady,
all in the last six years. She had been
condemned for the murder of her hus-
band, and confessed the other crimes.
The Catholic Bishop of Pekin has
been offered 100000 by the Chinese
government as compensation for the
massacre of the Sisters of Charity at
1ien-T -Tsin. The Bishop scorned the
indemnity.
A LINGUIsT at Warsaw, in Poland,
named Prescensky, has just completed
a polyglot dictionary in twenty three
languages, upon which he has been at
work for over seventeen years. 1t is
believed that the Imperial Academy at
st. Petersburg will publish the work
at its expense.
An extraordinary blast of granite
took place lately at the Bonaw quarries,
Argylishire. A perpendicular reck-face,
about 100 feet square, was pierced be
low the centre by tunnel 2 feet high
and q feet wide for 80 feet inward, and
then branching off at right angles for
Ii and Is feet, terminating in couple
of chambers, wherein s, 600 pounds of
gunpowder were deposited, and fired by
a galvamc battery. There was slight
report, and then burst outward int
the quarry of about 81, 900 tons of gran
tie.
STRANGE combinations resulting from
strikes are rather startlingly illustrated
in the lace-trade of Nottingham, Eng
land. There exist unions of the en-
ployers as well as of the men, and both
appear 90 be amply supplied with funds,
One manufacturer has n dispute with
his men, resulting IN Il strike. The
emf lloyers' union pays the manufacturer
the average earning of each machine
standing still, and the workmen's union
pays each workman full wages as long
as he is on q strike; which certainly
don't look very promising for an early
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27
Salt Meat and Scurvy.

Some French physicians are of opin-
ion that salt meat does not play SO
great part in the production of scurvy
as is generally supposed. DR.. Mary
Durand, writing in the Paris Steele OBJ
serves that the experience of the gar
rison of Metz is nearly conclusive on
this point. The defenders of Metz
were deprived of salt from the 4th of
September to the 18th of October, and
yet suffered severely from scurvy. DR.
Mary -Durand attributes this disease to
cold and damp, to the want of fresh
vegetables, to compulsory drill, and,
above all, 10 insufficient food He
also considers nostalgia powerful
adjunct to these cases. The bearings
of this mental affection on the disease
have been plainly visible in the Pr1ls-
sian army and among the Breton. mo-
biles. The advice given BY this writer
to soldiers returning home. imperfectly
cured of the scufvy, is to use the juice
of herbs, watercress, radish, and horse
radish, TO eat roast meat, and drink
good wins and qninfne, and to take AL
possible means to insure a speedy
recovery, on account of the danger
likely to arise from any ordinary i'll
ness supervening on such state Of
health.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27
sum total Of debt and claims. 81 ,565, ,ss1 5sll
First Customs Receipts.

DepOslts, Sl5, ,zij; addlu0nai entrance 1eSs,
81. 400; total s723, COS. .5ss4.
try ana mortgages s2,l47.661S; licenses, si2,-
I2l.SC2; stamped paper, s1S,575.5O: postage
stamps, s4os. .ss9; postal income, ss5e 42s2;
total, S35, ,4e6. 55.
Third: Public roperty.-Sales and rents,
$4,000.
Fourth: sundries.-Sundries, %, ,462.ez1.
Total s7T2,6s4.754.
From the income table, it appears
that the Dominicans, for the year 1870,
paid taxes in one form or another equal
to about S5.14 to each man, woman
and child in the country.
Particulars furnished by the Com
missioners show that the paper money
of the Dominicans Is in q bad way.
The amount of "Second-Treaty notes
in circulation is s147, 575.18. This,
at the price fixed by the Senate decree
-S400 for 81 of silyer-is really worth
only 1868 90. The new paper money,
amounting to $50, S32 80, passes at $50
for 81 of silver, and is worth $21, ,961. OF.
Each succeeding Dominican admins
tration has had a pleasant way of re-
PudlatIng the paper money OF its pre-
decessor, which is sufficient to account
for the present depreciation.
The statement of debts and claims
comprises all known claims, some of
claims more or less doubtful amount to
near $3.50, 900, of which probably not
more than two-thirds will, in the judg-
ment of the Commissioners, prove to
be well-founded
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27

The Revolutionary Calendar has again
been adopted in Paris. The origin of
the Revolutionary Calendar dates with
the troublous term of 1893. On the
9Th of October in that year the Fabre
d'Eglantine submitted report advo-
eating the adoption of the calendar and
on the oath of November, 1893, the
National Convention of France passed
decree approving of the report, and
the calendar went into operation. The
wear, by the calendar, consists of 365
days, divided into twelve months OF
thirty days each. Five complimentary
days Called sansculottides) each year
added, and sixth complimentary day
introduced every fourth year. The first
year of the republic, according to the
old calendar, began at midnight ON
Sept. %, 1893. After thirteen years of
existence, the Revolutionary Calendar
was abolished and the Gregorian reck-
oning substituted in its stead, by an
Imperial decree, dated Sept. 8, 1905,
which took effect Jan. 1, 1906. ~
According to the Revolutionary Cal
endar the months of the year, with the
corresponding date of the Gregorian
reckoning, are as follows:
LIST Vendemaire is September ". 80 g q
let Brumarie is October ~. st,,s sIt bsa.Ss
{ 1st Frimaire is November a. io9-,
l let Nivose is December Il. ss4ifs,a
1st Plurionse is January 20. s.-, -. s.,
1st vensose il February 10.
1st Germina2 is March n.
: Isl Florealis April 20. ...-,-. .e-, Z. -
y 1st Prairial Is May 90 -. f-Het 81 -
1st Messidor is June 10. ~ ~ s - 80
Z f1sf Thermidor il July 19. z1i,5s.
1st Fructidor is August ls- s....s,sS
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27

The Green Bay Gazette has the fol-
lowing: Not long since / gave an ac-
count of an experiment in raising three
crops upon the same piece of land in
one season. Now 1 will give you an
other experiment and its result, which
may perhaps be considered more prac-
tical, as it Is one which 1 believe may
be repeated with profit by every farmer
In our state.
s The last week of April 1870, sowed
piece of land with Peas. It was well
manurel and the seed was drilled In.
The rows were three feet apart and
were double, that is, an open. space of
three feet and then one row drilled N,
another space of one foot then another
row; then again the three feet space
and so on until the whole piece is sown.
I like this plan for two reasons, one is,
that the double rows twine themselves
and help support each other,
and then the open space upon each side
of them, gives them plenty of sunshine,
and also gives an opportunity to culti-
vate between the rows, destroy the
weeds, and keep the ground clear,
which farmers VIII find to be most
decided advantage when they come TO
harvest their crop, if not before The
middle of July the peas were ripe, and
were a good crop. They were taken of,
and the land plowed and sown with
corn.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27
CRUISING.
BIZ CARL sPENCEr

What are the days but islands,
So many little Islands,
And sleep the sel Of silence
That lows aboua them an?
There, when the moon is risen,
The peaceful waters glisten;
But yonder splashing-listen
II Is the souls that fall
The little boats are skimming,
The wind-led boats are skimming,
Each In its silver trimming
Apart from feet and shore.
There no. an oar is dipping
With Just cables slipping
Glides out the phantom shiDDipu
That wanders evermore.
Every dayt an island.
A green on ban N island.
3 bwhnd or al 'ghland,
That looks upoa the sea.
Inere fruitful groves are crowning:
There barren cliffs are frowniaC.
And rocky channels drowning
The little boats that fee.
How many are the islands,
The teeming, talking islands,
That in the sen of silence
The rowing vessels find?
Their number no man knoweth
1nc-r way tne current ShoWeth.
The tide returnless fioweth
As each Is left behind.
The sailors long to tarry-
For rest they long TO larry
When al some isle Of faery
They touch and go ashore
With songs Of wistful pleading
They follow fate unheeding,
And with the tides receding
Are drifting as before
But sometime, in the sailing,
The bind and endless sailing.
They pass beyond the haflfng
OF land upon the lee:
Inc lowlands and the highlands
And all beyond the islands,
Behold the se- Of silence
Behold the great white sea.
-HarpsT's Aagas,rs
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27
FARM. GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Tomato Growing.

Tomato Growing.
The three rules to follow in the culti-
vation of the tomato are:
1. Secure the seed of fruit acclima-
ted to the section where it is to be
grown.
2. Free use of liquid manure during
the season.
8. Looping off the superfuous
branches, and training the stalk of the
plant over treliises, and up the sides of
fences and houses, to its full length
and capacity.
The tomato is too sensitive for the
plant grown In northern latitude to
succeed south at the first trial, or for
the seed of the south to flourish In the
north, until it is acclimated Acclima-
ton is essential before pronouncing
Judgment on its merits. Select the
smoothest, roundest and heaviest,
adapted to table consumption during
its natural season, and a medium size,
grown and adapted expressly for can
ming purposes. Secure the plant that
is adapted to your climate and wants;
keep that seed pure, and study to ac-
climate it to the section and soil, and
improve its size, color and flavor each
year. Then you will never leave home
for good tomato.
To prepare the ground, mix with the
soil equal parts oil hen, chip and sand
manure. Heap the earth In hills not
less than two feet high; at the base
and around these hills set the strong
est and stoutest plants. Then apply
soap-suds, dIsh-water, etc, over the
hill, and let it run down and feed the
plant during the season. Draw the
earth from this hill around the grow
ing plants every two weeks, spreading
the same about over the roots until the
elevated earth is consumed in feeding
the wants of the vine.
1t is interesting and important to
train and cut away the surplus unbear-
ing limbs from the first to the last
spreading branch; a young shoot
springs from the crotch; this infant
sprig must be plucked out on all occa-
sions. On the side of the main stalk
the flower stem shoots out these bear
the blossom and fruit. Near these a
very heavy and large branch grows, as
large as the original stem, with big
leaves; that is fruitless and burden
some. ALI trees should be cut Oft with
a sharp knife, so as to leave the main
stalk aud flower stem exposed to light
and air. The blossom branch will
often double its capacity in fruit bear
ing. The surplus should be reduced
so that the remainder will come to
early and perfect maturity The vine
will commence bearing at about twelve
inches from the ground, and under this
treatment continue to bear fruit at
every twelve and fifteen inches, to the
extreme end of the tree.-C0untry
Gentleman.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27
sa, Domingo Finances.

The statement rendered by the Com
missioners of the debts, liabilities and
revenues OF San Domingo, was shock
ingly mangled in transmission over the
wires. The following is the statement
as it appeared in the New York papers
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27
A New Strategy Of the Burglars.
From tho Toledo Rlada Anril q


The fertility of invention on the part
of rogues appears to be equal to the
difficulties under which they labor in
eluding the vigilance of the authorities.
The best trick of the sneak thieves
brought to our notice is as follows
On Friday evening of last week, the oc-
cupants of brick house on Huron
street, which we are requested not to
name, were surprised by the sound of a
ringing tenor voice In front of the house,
executing with much effect an old war
song. As the man appeared to be dis
playing his charming talent under the
stimulant of an over stock of beer, all
the occupants Of the house focked to
the front windows ard door to listen to
the song and see the man strike his
operatic postures. They stood for
some moments listening aud smiling at
the serenader. when suddenly table
was upset in the rear part of the base
ment, but no attention was paid to the
circumstance until q man stepped up
to the singer and whispered in his ear,
when both started Of straight and sober
on keen run. An investigation fol-
lowed, when it was found that sneak
thief, probably confederate Of the
singer, had entered from the rear dur
ing the execution of the song and the
absence of the family, and had gathered
a large quantity of yaluables, but hav
ing upset table in his progress, be-
came alarmed for his safety and fled
without taking his booty.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27

THE bridge across the Niagara river
at Buffalo is soon to be begun. The
means to build it have been obtained,
and it is expected that it will be finish
ed aud in use in the course of the year
1872.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27

THREE fine new steamers have just
been built for the North German
Lloyds. They are severally called
Konig Wilhelm, Kronprinz friedrich
Wilhelm, and Graf Bismarck.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27

BB SEE ADVERTISEMENT of DR. Butts
Dispensary, headed Book for the Million--MAE-
RIAGE GUIDE-in another column. 1t should
be read by all
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27

be very nice things for the children to play
with, but Co.'s CoUeH BALsAM viii cure them
of Group, Coughs and Colds, and should al
ways be on hand ready for immediate use 1t
is an excellent remedy, and very popular.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27

R9 IT is important to men who adj
vertise to know sohere the best mediums and
the lowest price can be obtained. Cook, Co
burn 4 Co., the popular Advertising Agents,
Chicago, Ill are the enterprising men to dis
Germ the wants of advertisers- The induce
ments they offer are stated in their advertise
ment in another column of this paper. ~,
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27

TEE MEruoDIsr, Of New York. has always been edit
ed with marked sbilt1 By Rev. DR. Oxooks Its enter
Dr. Ahcl stcysns the historian of Methodism. and
trbutions and sermons from the Rev. 7. De witt Tai
mage whose sqccess and popularity are almost unex.
ampled IL MEIHoDIsr abounds IN rood things, ss
farmers. and something for everybody They oaer for
yesrs subecrptou, e210 70 send it from non on
til july lst. 1sn Specimen copies free. - -.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27

The whole amount now available for
The erection of the Mcpherson monu-
ment is $16 237. 1n1 : 77 = f551
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27

~ ARE you intending to ADVERTISED
If 90, send to Cook, Coburn q Co, Chicago,
for an estimate. They are the pubfsherss su-
thorizod agents. 4.