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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-01-18
A Deadly Duel i'm Court.

An unplcasantness has existed be-
tween Gen. Reuben Davis and S. NJ.
Meek, lawyers, Of Mississippi, since
last August, when they appeared on OPP
posite sides of a murder case at -Aber-
deem, in their State. Davis was of the
loud, boisterous and blackguard style of
attorney, while Meek was, as his name
denotes, a mild and unobtrusive man,
and at that particular trial each felt
himself insulted by his opponent. A
few days since they were brought into
professional opposition again at Column
bus, Miss, when Davis tried his old tao
tics and INDUCED long in offensive lam
gusge, which so irritated Meek that he
could stand it no longer and said, g
cannot endure your browbeating; de-
fend yourself" Each drew his pistol,
but Davis was too slow, and was shot
dead before he could get his weapon
ready for use, the murder taking place
before the Judge and full court. Gen.
Davis was Colonel in the Mexican wal
and during the rebellion General o.
60-day Mississippi militia. Before the
war he was a member of Congress fol
two years and had secured at home {
fine reputation as criminal lawyer
He was about 60 years old. Meek il
about 40, and stands at the head of hi
profession in the State.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-01-18
IS Horse Sense,3

The Dubuque (Iowa) Telegraph is re-
sponsible for the following tishy' horse
story:
ION Monday evening last, man,
whose name we could not learn, was
seen vending his way up Julien avenue,
leading a mare by the bride. He was
badly intoxicated, so much so that he
staggered, and it was sometimes more
than he could do to maintain his equi
liLrium The mare kept close watch
on his movements. and whenever he
came near falling, would grab his coat
collar with her teeth and hold him up.
She did this no less than a dozen times
in the presence of several interested
spectators The drunken man fell
down on the street once, but no sooner
had he done so, than the animal grab
bed the back of his coat with her worries
and set him up on his feet again. When
little beyond Mr.. McNulty's house,
the owner of the mare met an acquaint-
ance of his who was also drunk. They
engaged in conversation, and while they
were talking, bumped against each 9th.
err, and the man first alluded to fell. He
was Immediately picked up by his mare
and, just as soon as she had finished
her job, she turned around and let hel
heels fly, in a sava re manner, at the man
who knocked her master down. Fortu
| nately her heels missed the mark
These facts have been given US by trust
worthy persons who observed, with con
siderable curiosity, the singular actor
of the mare"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-01-18
GOSsiD About Nilsson,

A New York newspaper correspond
ent gossips thus OF the divine Nilsson:
-" Everywhere l call the ladies are talk
ing about Nilsson. Some say she does
not sing as well as they used to think,
while all others say she had an inferior
part in 'Mignon,' and that Mile. Duval
is really the best singer of the two.
Miss Cary has let out to a friend that
Miss Nilsson had fearful temper, and
rants and raves, and tears things gener-
orally behind the scenes. Once or twice
she has had tantrum, and refused TO
sing altogether. One night Miss Cary
got little extra applause, and Nilsson
was so jealous that she scolded and
snubbed her poor colleague so outrage
ously that Miss Cary burst into tears.
Nilsson is engaged to Frenchman with
long moustache, but she leads the
poor fellow dreadful life The French
man is naturally jealous, and, of course,
jealous of Capoul. Capours love-mak-
ing begins to tell On Nilsson, who has
lately shown more fondness for the
handsome e-maker than for her old
fance. The story goes that the dstngut
| Frenchman has been SO fearfully Jealous
of Capoul, that the other day he was
DESTROYS of shooting him-this because
| Capoul has made such fearful stage love
to Nilsson that she has really lost hel
heart, and declares now that she love:
him better than her old lover. Capou
is dissipated, jolly, devil-may care fel
low off the stage, and Nilsson is in
bad fix, for he is no kind of match fo
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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-01-18
Education in Japan.

A correspondent of the Springfield
Republican writes from Yokohama
The Minister of Education is attempt
ing a thorough remodeling of the
Yeddo College, as it is sometimes called,
dismissing all the native teachers, and
reducing the number of pupils from
about eleven hundred to say five hun
bred in all, who are to be admitted, or
readmitted on examination as to their
attainments and capacity to learn
Hereafter only foreign instructors are
to be employed in the school, and
eventually none but professors of the
several branches of science will be re-
tanned. The intention is to organize
the institution after the fashion Of a
European university, as fast as the adj
yancement OF the students will admit
of it. Rev. G. F. Verbeck is still at the
head of the college, and was introduced
as such TO his Majesty at the palace,
last Friday. The eagerness for instruc-
ton in foreign languages and science
grows daily in extent and intensity, and
schools for this purpose are springine
up in various and widely distant parts
of Japan. There are nine of these
S1ASeAOiiOA anu SoPPO1sOo ~ i4AO OOf
eminent already.
Another most promising fact deserves
to be mentioned in this connection.
refer to the awakening desire on the
part of the people of all classes in thi:
vicinity for female education. A Yer
mont lady has girls school in THU
place, which was opened on the LIST O
September last, exclusively for girls
and it numbers seventeen pupils now
wealthy native merchant at this por
has offered to build school house 70
the purpose Of furnishing school 70
the people of all classes, and has re
/ ceived permission of the Government
to do so. am informed that Bhuddis
temple at Kanagawa, on the opposit
side of the bay, has been temporary
taken for the purpose. This is also t
| be school for English studies. TIL
Government school at this place ha
about seventy-five pupils in it, and
new building is soon to be erected fo
its accommodation, constructed afte
| an American plan. The pupils in tbi
school are from almost all parts of til
country. These facts serve to show ho'
ex .ensively the desire for knowledg
has spread in the country, and are
good sign of progress and improv
nent.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-01-18
Another EnOch Arden.

An English paper records little
Enoch Arden case, which turns out
more to everybody's satisfaction than
the one Tennyson originated. Thirty
wears ago couple were married in Liv-
erpool, and, after the birth Of their first
child, the husband went to Australia
Not nearing anything of him for seven
years. and supposing him dead, the
woman married a Widower with three
children. She bore him FIVE more, and
some time ago he died, leaving her with
nine in the family. Recently her first
husband turned up in Liverpool, now a
man over seventy years old, acknowl,
edged the mistake to have been his,
and invited her to help him spend q
large fortune which he had accumulated
in his absence.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-01-18
Caught.
"A FABLE FoR TIE LITTLE ONES.

a FABLE FOR TIE LITTLE ONES,
Two little fishes were swimming one day
In cool pleasant river, few miles away.
Said Scaly to Finny, oh, there's nice fly
wish l could catch him. I'll just go and try"
Stopl stop replied Finny, there's danger. I
. fear;
I see a long line, and man watching there.
Don't venture. dear Scaly; be guided by me,
Or else you'll be caught. as sure as can be-"
But Scaly was needless: the fy was SO rice, ~
That soon he forgot careful Finny's advice.
He snatched at the fly. when. as quickly as
thought.
Game jerk. and. oh dear little Scaly was
caught.
Now wasn't he foolish? And yet. how wish
Little children were never like that little fish.
But when sin entices. how often we see
That they yield to temptation as quickly as ne!
But they who thus foolishly choose what is
wrong,
Are sure to repent of their choice before long.
For, like little Scaly, they find, though toe
late,
That a sharp hook is hid in the nice-looking
bait
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-01-18
The Story of Lady Peterborough.

The death of Lord Peterborough, re-
ported recently by cable, brings to mind
an episode of his married life that at
the time created great excitement
among the aristocratic and diplomatic
circles of Europe. His wife was very
handsome woman, but unfortunately,
about the year 1880, was detected in an
intrigue with Prince Schwartzenburg,
then an attache of the Austrian Embas-
sy at London. The result was a trial
the details of which reflected upon
Lady Ellenborough-and a divorce.
The misguided woman OF once seemed
to drop out of existence. Many reports
were circulated for several years con
corning her-that she had become the
wife of a continental inn-keeper, had
committed suicide, and various others,
all of which proved unfounded. Years
after it was discovered that she had be
come the wife of the chief of a tribe OF
Bedouin Arabs, and had adopted the
dress and nomadic life of those wild ro-
vers of the desert-the children of Ish-
mael. She was a woman of considera-
BILE ability, and was treated with much
consideration by the Bedouins, and had
been several times fallen IN with by heI
countrymen, while travelling over the
desert, many Of whom were indebted tc
her for valuable aid, in protecting them
from the hostilities of the various gang;
Of hieving Arabs that infest the Nubi
an desert. The last record of her pub
lished represented her in command o
quite large band, chivalrously convey
! ing several of her countrymen through
dangerous part of the de -ert, ard full.
equipped with gun and spear, like an.
Arab chief.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-01-18

particularly rich in nitrogen and phos-
pilates. Three or four hundred weight
of the manure of pigeons, fowls, tur-
keys, etc., is of equal value with from
fourteen to eighteen loads of animal
manure.
Bees are now sent by mail. confined
in square block of wood, with augur
holes bored in it, and covered with wire
.g,auze. s -s.. y..-z~e ~
Hogs that are much confined, and
cannot get to the earth, will frequently
be benefited by having little char
coal, soft brick-bats or rotten wood
thrown in to them, and a trifling guam.
tity of birthstone mixed in their food
occasionally is an excellent thing.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-01-18

used, and 81, 800 in silver coin had thus
been recovered, resort was had to the
sand pump, new invention. This be-
ing inserted in seventy feet of water, in
stantly began to throw up a perfect
stream of silver dollars, bullets, pieces
of brass, and other hardware. There is
fascination about this idea of pump
ing up dollars that it is difficult to re-
sist
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-01-18
The Pressure Cure.

The Chicago Republican says: "Mr.
Alexander Simpson, of Towanda, ILL.,. is
dead. He was bilious, Mr.. Alexander
Simpson was, and he saw the following
paragraph from the pen of DR.. Hall:
If bilious man wants to get well,
and is in no special hurry, all that he
has to do is to lie down out of doors,
between two broad boards until he gets
ravenously hungry Mr.. Simpson fol-
lowed this advice, and calmly fell asleep
with broad board on top of him. I'm
der ordinary circumstances there would
have been no trouble; but there was
Fat Mems ball in the lager-beer saloon
next door that day, and the two cham
pion fat men got over the fence, and
sat down with a jerk on top of Mr..
Alexander Simpsons upper board with
out knowing he was there. 1t squelched
the breath out Of him at the first blow.
And the fat men, you understand, they
sat and sat there, and discussed politics,
and the Alabama claims, and the Legal
Tender act, and the weather, and wo-
mans rights, and the Harrison boiler,
and metaphysics, and they kept on
drinking glass after glass of beer, and
getting heavier and heavier, until one
of them happened to look under the
board-and there was Alexander Simp-
son, as dead as Nebuchadnezzar, and
mashed out so thin that you could pass
him under closed door without scrap
ing of his vest buttons He does not
suffer from bile now. But does anybody
know where DIR. Hall lives? Because
Mrs. Simpson is making inquiries, and
she is anxious to snatch few silver
hairs from his brow, and to necessitate
the purchase Of a atent glass eye"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-01-18

SINCE Satan was kicked cut of Heav
en-, there hasn't been such an extra
ordinary tumble as this one of James
Hammond, Jr., in Providence. Being
in the fourth story, and also intoxicated,
he went over the railing and down cir
cular stairway of the Arnold Block,
breaking a two-and-a-half-inch rail OF
iron by hitting it with his head, and
smashing through a sky-light into tai
lor's shop. He was taken up senSeless
and carried home, when it turned out
that he was not seriously hurt, only a
''little sore"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-01-18

WHEN the late Gov. Bigler, of Cali
form a, was Minister to Chill, he pro-
cured situation in mercantile house
for Harry Meigs, who was under the
ban of law and an exile from, Califor-
MIA. The friendly act was remembered
by the now South America railro id
king and millionaire, and less than a
year ago the Governor received check
by which he was enabled to purchase a
comfortable homestead in San Francis
CO, in which he died recently.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-01-18
Twelve thousand excursionists passed

TWELVE thousand excursionists passed
over the old suspension bridge at Mag
ara Falls the past season, and seven
thousand over the new bridge. The
latter structure is now being constructed
in true architectural style, with orna-
mental windows and a Mansard roof.
An elevator costing 81 900 will be placed
in position soon, and will afford the most
magnificent view of the Falls ever be-
held.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-01-18

A WELL known citizen of Nashville
discovered negro burglar in his house
one night last week, and shot at him
deliberately three times with pistol,
the negro remaining a stationary target.
The shots all missed, and the negro then
stopped the schutzenfest by rushing in,
beating the well meaning but nervous
citizen over the head with the butt of
his own pistol, after it had refused to go
off. The African escaped.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-01-18

The Hon. Augustus Ward, member of
the Ohio Legislature, visited Omaha
some time ago, preparatory to settling
there. The day after his arrival, in
crossing the Missouri he was drowned,
but was not identified until last week,
when his brother, Gen. Durbin Ward,
arrived in Omaha and at once identified
the papers on the body.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-01-18

The work of exploring the debris of
the frigate San Pedro, that was wrecked
in Cumana Bay, off Venezuela, has been
conducted by the American Submarine
Company with considerable success.
After the dredging apparatus had been
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-01-18

DAVID R. DIcKEY, of Randolph, Tenn,
made bet that he could eat four bot.
ties of brandy-peaches, and drink all
the liquor, together with two tumblers
of raw whisky. He drank the whisky
and ate the peaches. A post mortem
examination revealed the fact that his
stomach was much larger than
stomachs in general.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-01-18
IcE-Boar1se sports are being revived

IcE-BoAr1Ne sports are being revived
on the Hudson River at Poughkeepsie,
the condition of the ice being very favor
able lust now for this exciting amuse-
ment. Great improvements have of
late been made in the construction OF
ice-boats, so that mile and half a
minute is by no means rare occurrence.
1t has been decided to hold one grand
regatta during the present winter.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-01-18
COnfdenced.

An elderly gentleman was recently
confdenced " on train running into
Keokuk, by sharpers, who induced him
to buy draft (worthless) on Buffalo for
$l57.40, he paying them two 800 bills,
and they paying him $42.60 in change.
The conductor on the train took the
first opportunity to quietly suggest to
the innocent old gentleman that he was
afraid the draft was fraud. Well, .
was the bland response of the impertur.-
bable greeny, " if it is any bigger fraud
than my two one hundred dollar notes
were, then l am not forty-three dollars
ahead-which / think am. | am not
in the habit of dealing in counterfeit
currency, but | always keep a little OF
that sort of stuff about me for the bene-
fit of that sort of customers"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-01-18

The Sub-Treasury has adopted a sys-
tenn of crimping the paper on which
their checks are written, to prevent al
terations or forgeries. After the check
is made out, it is passed through small
machine, which imprints parallel lines
on that part of the paper on which the
amount and figures are written. The
paper, it is claimed, cannot be written
on again, or restored to its original con-
dition.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-10-01
co.Educat,ng tho Sexes.

Tbe decision of the Harvard Board OF overseers
on the question of co.cducating the sexes VIII Z"
n long way toward determining the course OF .ne
other large and old colleges III the land ne
Board dismissed quite contemptuousiy the results
of tine shoit lived experience Of young and small
colleges which admit female students.
fortunately no real injury is done to the cause
of female education. Nassar College, Nntgeis
Female College. and plenty Of others IN di'ierent
parts of the country can do practically All LOT wo
men that Harvard can. The courses OF study are
ou,te as high the professors are as competent 10
t.uch all that any student would learn, ana the
# tuitiou e,I other items is far less. These IN
s,itutons having been organize'. and endowed
exclusively for women, deserve the snpport OF
women. and require it, which Harvard does not
should Harvard and other great colleges admit
women the effect would be to deprive the female
colleges of some students who would otherwise
seek their shades OF the success of the female
colleges there is not trace of doubt lhe stand
ard df the graduating classes Is high comparing
tayo,ablv, in many branches. with that at any
American college. II, after leaving college, a wo-
man desires to qualify herself for a profession
as udt one in a hundred would think OF DONG
there are special facilities for that IN several Of
tho States We have not heard that the demand
medirine greater than the supply OF institutions
ready to receive them as students. But while the
distinctive female colleges are success wholly as
sur d. We have no such evidence with relation I,
colleges where the sexes are co-educated, and oil,
establishments like Harvard may properly paus'
before they take the risks OF the experiment.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-10-01
STATE lTE N s.

The frni. cannere. will Close hus;nes, in a
few days.
The Seaiori Record, says "Greeley stock is
looking up IN that neighborhood.'
1t ia said that seven Republicans in Bridge.
vile have declared for Greeley and Brown.
A large Greeley meeting was held in the
Conr House, at Georgetown, on Friday even.
ing
1t is said there is to be another marine rail
way at Sharptown, on the Nanticoke, near Sea
ford.
Oysters are getting TO be very plentiful NJ
Seaford. They are selling al 40 cents pc,
bushel
Drunkenness is getting to be quite rreyaen,
in Sea'or,l, and the Record cries aloud for
lookup.
Prof Thomas n. Williams, of Cambridge
has taken charge OF the the Laurel Classica
institute
A pungy lying at Sharptown wharf a few
! nights since was visited by thief, valise wal
broken open and watch and $50 was laker
therefrom.
Democratic meeting was held at Laurel ,ol
Thursday evening, Col. Edward Martin ant
VIM Fisk Townsend, Esq, Of the Sussex Jour
nsl sere the speakers.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-10-01
SDerlll's "a Oe.

49, BY y,,tue of writ of Levsri Faeias, to
ESs - NE directed. will he exposed to Public Sale
~. at the Deer Park Hotel. kept by Alexander
@il IS, the town Of Newark, in White Clay
Creek .nersd' New Iastle county. Del,
On MONDAY. the l4th day Of October. 1879.
at2 o'clock. p. IN.
the following described Real Estate, Wis,
All that Farm and tract of land situated in PEN
caier hundred. New Castle county. and State of
Delaware, more particularly marked and bounded
as follows to wit: BeNnnins at a stone at the
southeast corner Of Andrew Ott's land and running
thence north eighty eieht and three quarters per-
chce parallel with same to middle Of Chestnut Hill
road thence north seventy one and half degrees.
east ninety six and eght-tenths perches along the
middle of the said road to public road known. as
Ash. road. thence south two and a quarter de.
erets, east one hundred md nineteen and two
tsnths rerchea with middle OF said road to q cor
ner of other lands of stephen OFT; thence south
eight and half degrees. west long land OF said
stephen OFT ninety seven and fve-tertls rerchss
to the place Of beginning, containing Sixty One
Acrs, more or less.
Seized and taken in execution rs the property Of
Edward l.. Mex Gag and Sarah Ann his wife, and
Thomas Gurty terre tenant. and to be sold BY
JAMES ARMSTRONG, Sheriff.
Sheri's cfce. New Castle. September rs. 1872. -28
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-10-01

To be entirely beautiful the hair should be
abundant and lustrous This is absolutely essen-
tial to complete loveness. The most regular
featuIes, the most brilliant complexion and pearl-
est teeth fail Of their due effect if the HAIR be thin,
dry CIR harsh. On the contrary the plainest Iace,
II II he hut SUI mounted by luxurant and silken
tresses, is apt to impress the beholder with sense
of actual beauty. That crowning ornament OF her
sex is happily within the reach Of lovely woman,
and being discriminating as she Is lovely, she
long ago discovered that LYONS kArHAIRoN was
the sure means OF sac.ting IT. No preparation for
the Hair ever enjoyed tthe of Its popularity,
and no wonder. since it produces such gratifying
results. Applied to the waste and barren places
of the scalp, it fructiies and enriches them with
new and ample growth. 1t is not, os course, pre-
tended that it will do this ii the cap-...y tor
production is extinct, but SO long rs it remains
that wonderful rehabitant will assuredly propa.
gate the germ OF the hair into life and activity.