Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-01-25

| AodII1 1,UVU 1nOldDS Will De collected.
The Nebraska Legislature has passed &
bill recalling the Constitutional Conven
| ton. This convention framed one constitu
| ton and adjourned sine die. The constitu
ton was rejected by the people, and it is no
gene1 ally believed that they can legally re-
convene......The old Shippingsport bridge
over the Illinois river, south of LaSalle, has
been torn down..... Geo. Schiller, a iewelel
of Detroit, committed suicide on Friday by
shooting himself in the head during tit O.
| derangement.....W hittemore Chadbourne
a prominent citizen of Hudson, ILL.,, was
lately run over and killed by runa.
way team. Mr.. Glover, the United States
District Attorney, has been instructed to
take the necessary proceedings for the con-
domination of the land of the square on
which the old Chicago Postoffice stood, and
offers for the sale of which were recently re-
eeived by the committee appointed by Mr.
| Secretary Boutwell,, and reported as being
| altogether too exorbitant This action NAV
| be taken as settling the question of the fu-
| ture location of the government buildings in
| that city. They will remain on the old
square.
Mrs. MARTINS, wife of the man who died
few days ago at Cleveland, O., from trichi-
ma spiralis, also died from the same disease.
n.
The girl, aged four, it is believed, will re-
| cover......Terre Haute, Ind, has voted to
| raise $150.000 by taxation, to aid the con-
struction of the Terre Haute and Ssuthwes-
tern railroad ...... The extensive paper mills
at Ypsilanti, Mich, belonging to Cornwell
q Co., burned on Saturday evening; no in
suran ce......Gov. Palmer, of Illinois, has
signed the temperance bill lately passed by
the Legislature of that State. It goes into
operation on July 1......A bill has passed
both Houses of the Montana Legislature.
for the removal of the capital to Deer
Lodge......The new iron draw of the bridge
across the Mississippi, at Winona, was sue
cesstully swung on Saturday afternoon. 1t
is said to be one OF the longest draws in the
world, being 365 feet in length
A MOB of between two and three thousand
men broke up meeting of the Common
Council of Chicago on Monday evening, tax
ing possession of the rooms, breaking open
desks, destroying documents, etc., while
those outside amused themselves BY throw
ing brlckbats through the windows. Several
persons were I'M ured, but none fatally. It is
way they had of protesting against the ex-
tension of the fire limits.. John Beaver.
who separated from his wife year ago, and
has since threatened her life several times.
executed the fendish deed at St. Cloud.
-'AiAAA-' O44 SATURDAY night. he went to her
house, drove the children out, seized his
wife by the hair, dragged her into a back
room, and literally cut her head to pieces
with Ratchet. When arrested he made no
resistance; said he had come there to kill
her, and had done it......A fire at Manches-
ter, Iowa, on Sunday night, damaged the
store and stock of Chas. Burnside to the ex-
tent OF $1,000 or $4,000. Fully insured -.
At Plqua, o., on Monday morning, Fred
Everett oonUhf hafr
coupling, and injured fatally, dying about IL
o,clock......A young son of Mr.. Stillman, near
Heyworth, ILL.,, while unloading wood on
Saturday, was accidentally struck on the
head with large pole, from the effects of
which he died in few minutes.
The South.
In the Wharton murder trial at Annapolis
on Tuesday, Professor White testified that
the tests establishing the presence of poison
IN Ketchum's stomach were Insufficient.
other medical experts were examined but
nothing of Importance was adduced. 49,.
zen. Halleck died at his residence, in Louis
vile, KY, on Tuesday evening, of conges-
ton OF the brain, superinduced BY disease of
the liver, with which he had been afflicted
Tor some tlme......The difficulty betw cen Gov.
Warmoth's friends and the Carter fac
Uon IN the Louisiana Leg stature. is be-
coming serious. A regiment of Federal
troops, with cannon, were stationed near the
state House on Tuesday to repel threat
ened attack from the Lafayette SQUARE mob. |
Inc State House is fillel with armed police
the militia are in the armories, and 200 citi-
zens have been mustered as militia guard |
at the Governors Office. Walter r. Whev
land, a member of the Lower House was |
shot and Instantly killed on Tuesday after
noon, while attempting to prevent the arrest
Of brother member.
A COLUMBIA Is. c. letter states that the
defense IN the Ku-Klux cases is entirely
broken down, and those implicated are flee
ing The Khan is most effectually broken |
up......Gov. Warmoth, of Louisiana, issued |
another proclamation on Wednesday order
Ing the Carter faction to desist from further |
and commanding the members |
TO return to their seats in the General AS |
sembly.
The Virginia Legislature has passed a |
resolution submitting the clause of the con-
stitution to the people fixing the maximum
rate OF interest at II per cent?. Gov. Smith. |
OF georgia, was inaugurated on the 18th. |
he said he intended to stand faithfully bv |
the cons tuition and the laws, and asserted |
that Georgia would pay al her legal indebt-
edness, and that Reputation was not
dreamed of......On the 18th inst. favor
Flanders, of New Orleans, telegraphed the
President, urgently requesting him to de-
clare martial law in that city. After con-
sultation with his Cabinet the President sent
the following reply: martial law will
not be proclaimed in New Orleans under ex-
lstlng circumstances. No assistance will be
gwen by Federal authority to persons or
parties unlawfully resisting the constituted
of the State.".....A terrible
wlnd-stoFm visited Monticello, Ark. on
Thursday night, blowing down four
churches, and leaving nothing of the fifth
standing but the walls. 1t also DESTROYED the
Court House, unroofed houses and barns. and
threw fences to the ground. The tornado
lasted five minutes, but was SO severe that
nearly all the damage was done in g minute
alter 1T struck the town No lives are re-
RIGHT REV. BISHOP JOHN McG1LL, for TWEEN
y-onayears Bishop of the Roman Catholic
Diocese of Virginia, died at Richmond on
sunday morning, aged IS.
Washington.
HE action OF the Senate in legislatino a5.
7ersely to the admission of six Japanese
tudents as cadets to the West Point Mill
airy Academy, has induced the Japanese