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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-11-07
johnny Bartholomew,s Dash.

The passage of the train from Reno,
yesterday morning, through the burn
ing tunnel, the other side of the Ameri.
can Flat, will have to stand recorded as
one of the most brilliant as well as for.
tunate .dashes ever made under such
circumstances. Johnny Bartholomew,
one of the best engineers that ever
mounted a locomotive, had, on this
particular occasion, happened to change
of with Charley Mccormick, the regu.
lar engineer of the "Reno," therefore
was the hero of this occasion. There
was no trusty Waterman or anybody
else to give warning of the impending
danger, and the train was around the
curve and into the tunnel before the
fire could be seen. The tunnel is $50
feet in length, and the fire, being at the
opposite end, there was little time for
thinking or acting, and not enough for
stopping. The deep, red roaring flames
and dense, black smoke were ahead,
and it looked like attempting mad
rush through Tophet, bit there was no
other way for it. The lives of the pas
sengers and all hands were in the care
of Johnny Bartholomew, and nobody
knew it better than he. His first i'm
pulse was to reverse the engine and
whistle down brakes, but his quick con-
clusion was that wouldn't do, so with a
resolute jerk of the lever he " threw her
wide OPEN" The Reno gave an angry
snort and rushed madly forward like a
freed racer with whirlwind speed right
through the fiery mass. Johnny held
fast to the lever, closed one eye, held
mis- breath, and tried to think of some
prayer as he passed in his checks, for
he imagined he could feel the hot rails
bending like lead under the wheels,
and both felt and heard the blazing
tlmbers and other fallen distractions ca
the track being dashed aside by the
trusty cow-catcher. The women pas
sengers screamed, and even the stout
est-hearted men euiyered with sudden
fear as they dashed through the fierce,
hot light, but in another instant the
terrible gauntlet was passed, and they
safely slowed down in the cool, gray
morning daylight beyond.
Dirt, stones and blazing bits of timber
on the COW catcher, and the shower of
burning Goals which covered the train,
showed how dangerous were the OBJ.
structions so safely passed, yet they had
rushed through so quickly that the paint
on the passenge., coaches was not even
scorched. Johnny cannot rush an en-
CINE through that tunnel to-day. for
every timber throughout its entire
length is burned out as clean as a shot
gun, and huge cavings of earth androc
render it impossible for many days to
come.-G0ld Hi tNev.l Neaos.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-11-07
New Chicago.

Laura Ream tells the readers of the
cincinnati Commercial of New Chicago.
She says:
10 me, who had not seen the city
since the week after the fire, the change
was astounding. Instead of ruins so
immense and SO picturesque that they
seemed to be of the past and eternal, I
round a city substantial and magnifi
cent. There are plenty of waste places,
OUT they are not desolate. Thousands
OF men are at work clearing away rub
olsh, molding and building; and as for
the crowd that used to make all Chicago
look like Broadway, Now York, it is
here again, with twice the vim and a
little more independence. Before Chi.
cago was the axis of the universe now
every good citizen of Chicago is the
central figure Of creation. There is in
MS very walk lofty air as much as to
say, See how I build up again. It
IS marvel that makes NV heart 70.
JOlce, and my pen runs wild with the
theme: | must be permitted to wonder
at and admire the most perfect seeci.
mems OF architecture in the country. It
is observable all over the city in MANY
OF the new buildings, but on State
street there are whole blocks of build
lngs OF as pure marble and EXQUISITE
form as the storied palaces of Venice.
1t will not do for sentimental transat-
lantic tourists to pirate any more of the
crude taste of the mouveaa richie of
America. Here is a city, according to
popular belief, made of corners in
wheat, whisky and bacon, and popu.
lation as cosmopoli ian as anv in the
United States, that has raised the
standard of architectural beauty to the
highest point. 1t would really be a
public benefit to have views of these
specimens of high art distributed
throughout the land.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-11-07
Royal Sports.

The noble sporting men of the Mother
Country have been out for their little
hunt, and have returned with well filed
pouches. The Duke of Hamilton is
credited with 10000 grouse, p deer. 9
hares, besides black game in abundance.
Lord Walsingham boasts of having
slaughtered S29 brace of grouse, while
Mr.. Wilbanke glories in having killed
1854 brace of the same birds. At the
Invernock hunt there were killed 9. BAG
grouse, 80 hares and II rabbits. One
sporting party captured 77,2S1 grouse.
49, hares, SO rabbits, SO deer, Is blowers.
5 blackcocks, capercalzie, 2 woodcocks,
and teal. All this took place in q
country where it is crime for a tenant
farmer to shoot gun on the premises
ne rents; where the use of rood of
ground is begrudged to a tenants
family where third of all the land is
devoted to breeding game for the
wealthy to shoot; where the farm la
borer is able to procure only one pound
OF meat per week where the execution
OF the game laws occupy the attention
OF thecriminal courts during half their
slttlngs. We are glad to hear that some
OF this game has been sent to hospitals /:
but we regret to know that the wives
and children of farm laborers have M
better fare than bean broth. potato
soup, and boiled cabbage. unfiavored
even with slice Of salt pork.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-11-07
Street. Cleaning in Paris.

The cleansing of the streets of Paris
is an affair of greater importance than
many people would imagine. 1t costs
the municipality more than four nail
lions of francs per annum. Some de.
tails respecting the sweeping of the
streets may not be uninteresting. There
are 100000 square meters to be swept
every day, of which 100000 are at the
cost OF the municipality, 5,520,OO0 at
the cost OF such owners of property as
do not subscribe, and 3,560,OO0 under
taken by the municipality for the sub
scribers. The average cost is 295 cent
lines per annum. The personnel com.
prlses sweepers regularly engaged and
auxillaries. They are in two divisions !:
Ist, Al brigades, composed of chief
and 80 sweepers male or female) ::
I'd, 20, consisting of a chief and II
sweepeIs, occupied only half day.
There are 93l sweepers employed con-
stantly, and $3.50 auxiliaries on an
average, of whom go are men and l ,72O
are women. The days work commence
at 3 In the morning in summer, and 4
in winter; the half day terminates at 10
IN the morning, and the day at in the
afternoon. The auxiliaries only work
half day, and receive If. (20c.) Alaw
Is about to be submitted to the Assem-
bly, for compelling all proprietors to
subscribe to the cleansing of the streets.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-11-07
The AdamS.COlt Murder-A Coinci.
dence.

A daughter of the brother of Mr..
Lane, who. was recently murdered al
Dorchester, was made a widow by q
murder of a still more heartless nature
Mr.. Adams, who was murdered by
Colt some years ago, in New York, bein .
her husband. Mr.. Adams left his
residence one morning, to collect a bill
OF Mr.. Colt, and he was not heard of
for about week. Mr.. Colt brother of
the famous rev liver Colt) murdered him
IN his office, doubled and cut up the
body, put it in a box and shipped it for
New Orleans; but owing to the deten.
ton of the vessel for other causes the
murder was discovered. Colt. it will be
remembered, was convicted and ordered
to be hung. Two hours before the time
OF execution the prison took fire. and.
as some believe, Colt escaped in fire.
mems clothes, and still lives. though it
was said he committed suicide, and a
body found was said to be his. It ia
most singular and sad that the widow
OF the murdered Adams should now
come to Boston to attend the funeral
OF her murdered uncle.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-11-07
A Man Who Knew Ann Street.

In coming from Syracuse 1 met with
a contretenpS, or rather country tempo.
Says he, Be you from York Pr
Says I, "I'm your vinegar"
Says he, "Much acquainted down
there ?'
Says l, "That's me exactly"
Says he, "Do you know Ann Street Pr
Says |, Unusually So"
Says he, "Well, l declare. want to
know if you really do know Ann Street?''
Says l, "Sure as pickery."
Says he, swell, how does she get
alongr
Says I, "she IS fourishing."
Says he, ~ SUPP ose she is growing
fnely?"
Says I, "Growing. I suppose she is
growing! They are putting up build
ing seven or eight stories high on one
OF her corners for the Herazd.n
He looked at me amazed, and saws he.
Putting up building on one of her
corners ?" -
Says 1, eyes"
Says he, Look here, stranger, there's
some mistake, l guess the Ann Street
mean and the Ann Street you mean
are two different people. I was talking
about a niece of mine who went to New
\ ork year ago to learn the millinery
business"
Says "Why in thunder didn't you
say so?"
Says he, 81 John.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-11-07
Sealing the Vow,

A correspondent. relating his expert
ence at Western camp meeting, tells
the following amusing story:
Many people sleep in the same tent
here, being separated by partitions. As
young Methodist fellows are thrown
with pretty young ladies good deal, it
is nothing against them that they some
times fall in love. A young Methodist
fellow had become quite interested in a
pretty daughter of religious farmer.
While dozen of cold-hearted fellows
were trying to sleep, they were con-
tinually disturbed by the lovers spoony
talk which they distinctly heard
through the cotton cloth partition.
They heard him say. in low, sweet.
Clarendon voice: Now, Caroline, dear,
do let me seal the vow-do I" "No.
James, cannot. What would nv
father and mother say ?" replied a
sweet, girlish voice. "But, Caroline.
you have promised to be mine-now,
let us seal the vow-let us, do let us.
won't you? De kiss me p "No.
James, | cannot-oh / carnot -;
In moment the tent partition parted.
and big whiskered brother, who want.
ed to sleep, shouted: "For Gods sake.
Carrie, let Jim seal that VOW. He'll keep
US awake all night if you DON'T" The
VOW was sealed.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-11-07
The Increase of Population in Europe.

DIR. Z. Decasne, in a noted communi-
cation to the Paris Academy of Science,
shows that from the triple point of view
of the fecundity of marriages, of the
absolute number of births, and of the
excess of births over deaths, France &C.
cupies the lower place of all the Euro
pean States. In Prussia one hundred
marriages gave four hundred and sixty
children in France the same number
OF marriages give only 300 children.
In Prussia the number of births for
each hundred of the population. gener-
ally. is 1893 per annum; in France there
are only 2.25. In Prussia the excess of
births over deaths in each million of the
population is $4,000 per annum, while
in France it only amounts to 2,4OO. eff
we may admit" says DR.. Decasne, "as a
conclusion from the above fgares, that
the doubling of the population of
France, despoiled of two of its finest
provinces, and by unheard of disasters,
will require 10 years to be effected.
while that of Prussia will require onlv
forty-two years, Great Britain fifty-two.
and Russia sixty-six, some estimate may
be made of the amount of evil that has
befallen this country.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-11-07
Charles Dickens and mis- Wife.

4 story reaches US from London which
will be read with eagerness by all who
are interested who is not PIN the
life of the late Charles Dickens. Under
ordinary circumstances it would be
rightly deemed beyond the ken of a
public journal, but Mr.. Dickens own
deliberate choice made his separation
from his wife a public topic, and it would
be afectation 10 keep out of print gossip
which, though at p: esent that of an in
ner circle, is sure to become very soon
the common talk of literary society.
The rumor is that Forster's q Life of
Dickens" vol. 2, which the world is
anxiously expecting, hangs fire. The
biographer thinks that he ought to tell
the story of the separation Of Dickens
and his wife. and Of course is disposed
TO throw all the blame of the separation
upon Mrs. Dickens. But young Dick
ems, who, it is said, always sided with
his mother in that matter, and thinks
that but scant justice was done to her
by his father when the matter was made
public, says that if amends be not made
to her by Mr.. Forster, plain, unvar-
nished tale" shall be published in All
The Year Round. How the. matter will
end it is impossible to foreteIl. Per-
haps the best say would be to leave the
tale untold, if young Dickens would
consent to that course. At all events,
one cannot but admire this young mans
affection for his mother, and his chival-
rous determination that at all cost to
the reputation of his father her good
name shall not be blurred. 1t will be
WoIfa,,
dor suddenly separated from his wife,
and neversaw her again. Mr.. Forster,
in his biography of Iandor, hurries over
the business swiftly, like skater over
dangerous ice, but he manages to throw
the blame rather upon Mrs. Landor
than upon his hero. But having read
this biography and got pretty correct
notion of this hero-his extreme irrita-
bility, his lofty notion of himself, his
craving ambition for homage from every
body-we can easily imagine that the
ofense which his wife, who seems to
have been very quiet, amiable lady,
committed was very slight. Mr.. Fols
ter so tells the story as to make the
world believe that certainly Mrs. Lam
dor was most to blame, but it is cues
tionable whether Mr.. Forster, in dealing
with contemporary heroes, does not
carry his worship to the verge of funk
eyism. Better leave the story of Dick
ems and his wife untold if the son would
consent to it. But perhaps he will not !;
perhaps he has long felt the injustice to
his mother ranking in his breast and is
now determined to have the truth pub
lished. If so there will at least be one
adyantage-the revelation will put
welcome end to the vexatious disputa-
tons and improbable exclusive explana.
tons which are always forthcoming at
dinner tables and elsewhere when the
name OF Dickens is mentioned. Liver
pool Post. 's!
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-11-07

BURNING corn for fuel in Iowal Well,
why not? If a dollars worth of corn
will make more heat than a dollars
worth of wood or coal, it should be
burned by all means. 1t is pity that
the locomotives on the railroads could
not burn it too. If one-tenth of the
entire crop was burned the remainder
would, in all probability, sell for more
than the whole will bring now. Inves-
LEGATIONS in England, extending over a
period of two or three hundred years,
have shown, approximately, that de-
felt of one-tenth in the crop of cereals
raises the price -tenths, deficit of
two-tenths raises it eight-tenths, and so
on to deficit of one-half, which raises
the price to four and one-half times
the average. A surplus acts upon prices
in the opposite way.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-11-07
Nine Miles of Iron, Stone and Brick.

Without taking account of the thou
sands OF temporary wooden sheds erect
ed IN Chicago for the accommodation of
business until better provision could be
made, the new structures of stone.
orlck, or iron already up have an ag-
aggregate street frontage of more than
10000 feet, or about nine miles. and
the cost of them, according to the esti-
mates OF architects and statements of
owners, amounts to about $4,000, 900.
On the twenty-five principal streets of
the burnt area of the South Division
the total frontage of new buildings is
o2,792 feet, while the frontage of va
can't lots is 52,252 feet. Some of these
streets show very few vacant lots, and
on an average they are all half built
up. There appears to be no contradic-
ton of the assertion that the buildings
are of a much more substantial charac-
ter than those before the fire.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-11-07
The African Slave Trade.

According to the testimony of DIR.
Livingstone and Sir Samuel Baker, the
African slave trade is far from being
suppressed. They state that the great
shipping marts for slaves have been
changed from the seaports on the At
lantic to those on the Indian Ocean.
The slaves, no longer destined for the
Christian countries in America, are
shipped to ports in Arabia and Persia,
while many thousands are taken down
the river Nile into Egypt. These men
tell us that for several years past, Egypt,
Turkey, Persia and Arabia have an
nually taken from the territory of the
Zambezi and Nile rivers 1000 slaves.
In their opinion the slave trade was
never carried on SO extensively as now,
even when all the Christian countries
In the world permitted it. They be-
lieve, from what statistics they can
gather, and from their own observation,
that for every slave captured and sold
out OF the country, six and three
seventies 81 her Africans are slain. This
rule would give 100000 Africans slain
in war every year in order to secure the
capture OF 10000 slaves. The gross re-
suits of the slave trade would accurately
amount to $4,000 killed or captured
annually. The leading slave traders,
now, as formerly, are Portuguese; though
not few Turks and Arabs are in the
business. 1t appears that by the treaty
made by Great Britain with the ruler of
Zanzibar, that prince is in the enjoy
ment Of the right to buy and sell slaves,
and that vast numbers are shipped from
a town where there is British Consul.
The slaves taken to Asia and Northern
Africa are reported to be treated much
worse than those formerly brought to
this country
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-11-07
Necessary" Articles.

few years ago a COW, a pig, the
family Bible, with one suit of clothes, a
knife and fork, plate, cup and saucer,
for each member of the family, were all
that were exempt from execution in a
matter of debt in most States of this
Union. But now by legislative enact
ments or the decisions of the courts,
there is little that can be taken from n
unwilling debtor by process of law. In
most of the Western States the home
stead is exempt from execution, and f
the owner is farmer, such stock, tools,
instruments and seed as are necessary
for carrying on the farm, together with
suitable provisions for the family till tt e
following harvest. In the case of a me.
chanlc he is entitled to the tools that
are needed to carry on his particular
trade. So, too, professional men can
hold their libraries, or such portions of
them as are necessary for carrying on
their business. By slow degrees the
courts have greatly enlarged the num-
Der of things that shall be regarded as
necessaries. Quite recently Judge In
graham, of New York, decided that
watches are necessary articles, and that
they are therefore exempt, under the
statute OF that State, from seizure and
sale on execution. He based his de-
clsion on the ground that the laws of
that State exempted clothing and
"other necessary articles" As this is a
progressive age, and one in which cred.
ltors have few rights that debtors are
bound to respect, it is by no means i'm
probable that the coming judge shall
include diamond breast-pins, poodle
dogs and teotting- horses among the
necessary articles" that shall be ex.
empt from execution.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-11-07
Jonathan Abroad.

The othe evening, during the PLAYING
OF Yankee Doodle" an Immense
American rose OF mis- seat in the Chamns
Elysees, and roared out an accountant.
ment. The msical critic says it sounded
very much like the agony cry of a tom.
cat held up the tail, or a dog bowling
after kicking. On the termination of
his little bark-arolle, or else his cat
scream, he sank in his seat overcome.
exclaiming, Hurrah for the United
States. Paris Letter.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-11-07
A Safe Explosive.

The Hoosac Tunnel contractors have
at length discovered an explosive, the
handling of which will not cause instant
death to miners. An idea of its safety.
compared with similar agents that have
hitherto been used with such fatal con.
sequences, may be formed from the fact
that it requires three revolutions of an
electrical machine to discharge it.,
whereas most of the others could be
discharged with half revolution. Since
the boring of this tunnel was COM
menced, many lives have been lost
through a failure to procure an ex-
plosive that might be carried from
place to place without being a cause of
continual apprehension to the men en-
ploying it. No matter how great and
useful an undertaking may be, it is
always unpleasant to be reminded that
it has been accomplished at the expense
of much human life. The assurance
that the remainder Of the work of the
Hoosac Tunnel is likely to be done
without further sacrifices is, therefore,
encouraging.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-11-07

JOAQUIN MILLER, unfortunate poet,
has been interviewed by a New York
Sun reporter. He finished the work
Mrs. Miller began. After this the world
has nothing to learn concerning the
poet of the Sierras. We know now how
it was that Mrs. Miller did not get the
coveted beefsteak. The poet says it was
because he had none to give her; that
"legaifrown has been explained away.
He does not want to dispute anything
in her lectures, or to say anything
against her. He would feel that he was
committing crime to do so. He is
never going to marry again; is going to
the Holy Land and New Orleans; hay
ing done that, his travels are over, and
he will pitch his tent in "some lonely
spot overhanging the Pacific Ocean,
where he will sit and write, and occs.
sionally sally out to "chase the antelope
over the plain," for he has found that
the world-especially the New York
worlds cold and hollew-that cham
bermaids only get nine dollars month,
and that civilization is monster
A WOMAN is a candidate for Parlia.
maDt in EprIopd
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-11-07

WHAT is the matter here ?" in
quired man coming upon group of
excited people about well. /" A woman
has fallen to the bottom of the well"
was the reply. "Ahl" returned the
inquirer, shaking his head sadly, sal
ways woman at the bottom of it"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-11-07

MAPS OF France have been struck off
by the French, with Alsace and Lorraine
printed in black.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-11-07

A PROSPEROUS merchant has for his
motto: 'sEarly to bed, and early to
rise, never get tight, and advertise"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-11-07

SIMON CAMERON celebrated his golden
wedding on Thursday.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-11-07

NINE. RoUzAuD is said to propose tax.
ing up her residence in New York.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-11-07

A WOMAN is candidate for Parlia.
ment in England.