Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-09-12
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PLYMOUTH, INDIANA.
NEWS SUMMARY.
The East


cattle-yards, hog-pens and private dwellings,
The effects of the Staten Island Ferry Com
pany, of New York, were sold at auction, last
week. to George Law, for 1899, 1000. The i'll
fated steamer West6eld brought SAG, 600.
Victoria Woodruff and Tennie G. Claf1in ap-
peared in the New York Bankruptcy Court,
The other day, and deposed that they did not
own dollars worth of property.
New York policeman was recently arrested
IN the act of committing burglary, while
patroling his beat, and confessed to seventeen
burglaries within few months.
-Four persons were killed at Tacony, Fa.,
last week, By locomotive, while attempting
to cross the railroad track in a carriage.
At Philadelphia, few days ago, bridge
gave way beneath an oil train of % cars, and
shortly after a coal train of SO cars came along
and was precipitated into the chasm. The
whole mass then caught fire and was entirely
consumed, involving a loss of $3.50, 900. For
tunately no lives were lost
The Federal Court at Providence, r. L, has
adjudged the Cuban priyateer Pioneer for
feited to the United States, and issued war;
rant of sale.
1AS OAAtOO pldtOS Wal ldHllC, WHICH,
left New York for the East India squadron
last week, has instructions to touch at Zanzi-
bar, and take steps to suppress the slave
trade. in that section,
Hon Henry Wilson was knocked down by
runaway team, at Portland, Me-, the other
day, but escaped with few slight bruises.
The New York Sun prints fac sintiles of
the letters of Stanley to Noe, and of Living
stone to Bennett, and they are wonderfully
alike.
The Mayor of Yeddo, Japan, sailed from
New York, last week, for home. He intends
introducing the municipal machinery of New
York into his metropolis.
New York is agitated by three singular and
mysterious disappearances-in each case the
missing persons being married ladies of great
personal attraction, highly connected, and de-
voted to their families and husbands.
Helen Josephine Mansfeld's furniture was
sold at auction in New York, the other day. and
attracted large crowd. The furniture and
trinkets, which originally cost 500, 900, realized
only $1,000.
The New York Herald vehemently denies
the imputations of fraud cast upon Stanley's
discovery of Livingstone, and gives the evil
dence of former correspondents of the great
explorer, who testify to their belief in the
genuineness of the letters purporting to come
from him.
beating his wife. was shot and killed by his
son Melvin. few days ago.
Francis W. Moroney, poor stone cutter of
New York city, has just fallen heir to an
estate valued at $500 600, in county Clare,
Ireland
The buffalo hunt by Indians, at Niagara
Falls, last week. commenced with war-dance
by the Indians. Four buffaloes were then
chased around the park, the Indians firing
showers of arrows, many of which landed
among the crowd of spectators. number
of roughs broke down the inclosure, when the
buffaIoes we're recapt 1red and housed for an
other exhibition.
By collision in Long Island Sound between
the steamer Nets, from New York for Provi-
dence, and an unknown sailing vessel, the
steamer was badly stove, and sunk immedi-
ately, causing the loss of nearly one hundred
lives. The Inflated vessel had on board, in
Guiding officers and crew, about $50 persons.
William Schaffer, recently of Chicago, who
lost his fortune by the great October fire,
committed suicide in Jersey City, few days
ago. brother of the deceased destroyed
himself from the same cause, a short time ago.
The attempt of the New York Sun to prove
Stanley fraud has signally failed. The
credibility of the Herdlds enterprising CORE
spondent is still further fortified by the testi-
mony of Prof. E. r. Stransicky, Recording
Secretary of the American Geographical So
ciety, who has addressed letter to the Herald
in which he says ." l have compared the
original letter of DIR. David Livingstone, adj
dressed to James Gordon Bennett, Esq, Jr.
with an original letter of DIR. Livingstone
dated River Shire, in Africa, Jan. 6. 1862, and
addressed to the President of the American
Society. and do not hesitate to pronounce
the handwriting of those two letters to BIZ
identical"
Hunters Point, L. l., has had another de
structive FIRE, involving loss of $500, 0ot
worth of property.
New York had 63S deaths for the week end
ing Sept. 1.
Advices have been received at New York O
the burning of the steamship Bienville, e.
route from that city to Aspinwall, with II
persons on board the most of whom escaped
in boats and RATS, and were picked up b,
passing vessels. One Of the boats, with min
persons on board, capsized, and all wer
drowned. Thirty of the passengers remain a
yet unaccounted for-the majority of whom
it is feared, are lost.
Albert Tkake, well-known base bal
player, and member of the Brooklyn Allan
tic Club. was drowned the other day, at For
Hamilton, N. Y, while fishing.
The loss of life by the steamer Nets disas
ter, In Long Island Sound, was not so great a
first reported, the number now being re
duced to 5S.
The reported loss of the yacht Dauntles
was New York Sus canard.
Manton Marble, of the New York Worlc
who has been heretofore reported hopelessl
Ill, is fast recovering and will shortly resum
his editorial labors.
About thirty lives were lost by the burnin