Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-05-30
NEWS SUMMARY.
The East.

Horace Greeley: "The Tribune has ceased
to be party organ, but the unexpected
nomination of its editor at Cincinnati seems
to involve it ina new embarrassment. All
must be aware that the position of q jour-
nalist, who is at the same time candidate,
is, at best, irksome and difficult; that he is
fettered in action and restrained in criticism
by the knowledge that whatever he may
say or do is closely scanned by thousands
eager to find in it what may be so inter
preted as to annoy or perplex those who are
supporting him as candidate, and to whom
his shackled condition will not permit him
to be serviceable. The undersigned, there
fore, withdraws absolutely from the conduct
of the Tribune, and will henceferth, until
further notice, exercise no control or super
vision over its columns" The editorial
management of the Tribune falls on White
law Reid 49,. Officer John Leslie had his
head split open with a cleaver, in New
York, Tuesday, by German ag-picker,
who was prevented by the officer from muir
dering his wife......T The fire in the Shawan
gunk mountains, New York, has burned
over space of two miles in width, destroy
ing 800 cords of wood and an immense
quantity of timber ..... The fires in the woods
In the vicinity of Scranton, Pa, are still
raging in many quarters, destroying vast
amounts of lumber and tim Der. A number
of barns and small houses have been
destroyed in the vicinity Of Moscow and
Lehigh Falls.....At New York, Monday
night, John McMara, sixteen years old, shot
and fatally wounded his father....At Pitts
burg, Pa, on Tuesday, Eliza M. Cartney,
while in spasms, fell upon a red-hot stove
When assistance reached her it was found
that her head, face, arms, breast and limbs
were burned to a erisp.....O. G. Ferry, of
Connecticut, was reelected United States
Senator on Tuesday.
THE New YORK Cham Der of Commerce, on
Wednesday, with but one dissenting voice,
adopted resolution approving the supple
mentary article to the Treaty of Washing
ton.....Mr. Bonner's stallion g Startle, ''only
five years old on the 14th, driven by Geo.
Hopkins, rotted half mile on Fleetwood
Park, Wednesday, in the marvellous time of
1:041 This is the fastest half mile by two
seconds ever made in harness on Fleetwood
by any horse of any age. Indeed, it is the
fastest half mile by two seconds ever made
anywhere by any horse except Dexter, who
once trotted half mile in exactly the same
time......A private dispatch from Scranton,
Pa, reports that another fire-damp explosion
occurred at an early hour on Wednesday
morning, at the Belleview shaft, killing
three men instantly, and wounding many
others.
A DISPATCH from Scranton, Pa, May Is,
says: Persons just return ed from the scene
of the terrific mountain fire in the neighbour
hood of Tobyhanna report that the village
was entirely surrounded by fire on Wednes-
day. The villagers mustered all their force,
and beat back the fire until they got it
under control. Had it not been for large
swamp intervening between the town and
the fire, there is no doubt but the whole of
Tobyhanna would have been destroyed.
The inhabitants and those who have been
there assisting them have had a terrible
week of it, some of the men not having slept
for four nights. IAN extensive fire is re-
ported as having occurred in Westford,
Mass, Wednesday afternoon, destroying a
large quantity of cord-wcod, and overrun-
ming a large wooded territory, preventing
travel on the highways. :.
Mrs. BARBARA SMITH, rendered insane by
the loss of her child, leaped from the roof of
four-story house in Williamsburg, n. Y,
Thursday, and was instantly killed.
AT Paterson, N. :, Saturday, Libbie Gar
rabrant, the girl murderess, was sentenced
to be hanged on the 10th of July......The
body of a real estate agent named ODER
ander was found in the East river, New
York, Saturday, with his throat cut. It is
unknown whether the case is suicide or
murOer....AG new 1OFk, on SATURDAY, d
messenger of the Gallatin National Bank,
while on collecting route, was robbed of a
pouch containing $4,000 in gold certificates
and checks and $500 in cash......A Port Jer-
Wis IN. " special of the 18th says: " In
Pike county, Pa, fire covering territory
seven miles in extent is sweeping over some
of the best land in this section. At Wagon
torst's, Callahan's, and Dowling's settle
ments, nothing is left but charred and
r1iOa Dozana of families have
been compelled to flee for their lives. A
quarter of a million of dollars will not pay
the losses in this section. The land of the
Blooming Grove Park Association has been
swept over. and large numbers of wild game
destroyed" In Wayneburg, Pa, the fire
compelled a suspension of coal transporta-
ton over the Delaware and Hudson Canal
Company's railroad, leading from the mines
to Honesdale. The lumber villages of Car
ter and Gould, Pa, have been almost totally
destroyed, only three houses remaining in
the two places. Sussex county, New Jer-
sey, and Sullivan and Delaware counties
New York, and Monroe county still
being swept over by the forest fires, and the
losses are estimated as footing up to the mil
lions .....A fire in Philadelphia, Sunday
night, destroyed property to the amount o
100000.
On Monday the double-scull race of fv,
mlISs DctWcO4 SOultct anu Shflttt VI THUS
burg, and the Biglin brothers, of New York
took place on the schuylkill river at Phila
delphia. The Biglins won. Time 32:01.
The West.
A MAN named Samuel Williams, who livet
near sellersburg, Ind, was found by traiI
Oh the Jacksonville, Madison and Indian
apolis railroad, on Monday, lying beside
the track, about a mile and half back o
Jacksonville, with his head and face fear
fully gashed, and in a dying condition. II,
had evidently been attacked by assassins
and left for dead on the track for the trair
to run over him and hide the evidence o
foul playa dispatch from Helena, Mon
tana, dated May II, says: "Fort Benton
authorities report that Simmons, Hard, anC
five others have been killed by Indians
while descending the river. Friends hav,
been sent to ascertain if the report is true
1.-THE body of man named John Sarlal
was found floating in the river at Chicago OF
Tuesday morning. A bullet wound wa
discovered in the left breast a short distance
above the heart. He is supposed to hav
been murdered and rob bed...... While Henri,
Sweener, an express messenger, was at
tempting to get on train at Milwaukee
Wis, Tuesday evening, he missed his foot
ing and fell under it, receiving injuries tina
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