Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-11-21

nau is terribly aInlcteu VIII IL, s1iose oi''hio
being almost wholly suspended. In many of
the interior cities and towns of Illinois the
epidemic has made its appearance, and is even
spreading in the rural districts.
The Mayor of Chicago, in view of the posi-
bility of another confagration in that city, and
the insecure condition of insurance, has
urged the Common Council to purchase four
teen large Babcock engines, and four port
able engines for each police station, to
order the construction of tower with an
alarm bell to add rs or 100 policemen to the |
present force, and to sink a well at the end |
of each street running to the river.
The Legislature of Indiana, which convened
in indianapolis last week, attracted quite
crowd to the State capital. 1t is said there Is
no opposition amoug Republican members to
the reelection of Senator Morton, and the
prospect is that he will be nominated by &C
clamation at an early day, although the cleo
ton does not occur till ia nuary.
| Gov. Baker, of Indiana, refuses to issue
certificate to either Neff or Shanks for the
seat in Congress from the Ninth District but
has decided to leave the contest to the arbi-
| tration of Congress.
The South.
The Maryland Penitentiary, at Baltimore,
has been damaged by fire to the extent OF
800 900.
The second trial of Mrs. Wharton for pols-
oning young Van Ness, at Baltimore, will COM
mence at Annapolis, Md, in January.
The steamer Katie, one of the finest pas
senger boats on the Mississippi, sunk recently
at Helena, Ark. She will be raised.
Washington.
In the Forty-third Congress, the RepubE-
cans will have 46 Senators, majority OF le
over the opposition, who have rs. In the
House of Representatives there VIII be 49,
q Republican Representatives, and 1G8 Demo
Gratis seven Congressman are still to bt
! elected from New Hampshire and Connecticut
q The Congress which has just been chosen
. does not meet till December of mex year
;. The Forty second Congress, which begins 1t
&c last session the coming December, stands
" Republicans, 1876; Democrats, 1O8, in tn
House.
d The Washington correspondent of the CHI
70 cago Tribune CLiberal Republican,, writes
i "a member of the Cabinet was asked tn
b. other day what the course of the Preslder
-, would be toward Greeley Fenton, Trumbul
Schurz. Sumner, and the other Republican
=. who had opposed his election. The Office
n. answered that the President would treat the
al with severe letting alone; that the prop
Cd course of the President and bis Cabinet wou
be a morbid indifference and disregard 4
them: that they had left the party, and Il
no fault was their own, and that the Preside
90 would keep along in his old paths, and not
It, influenced by anything that had taken place
~ the canvass"
:" A Washington telegram says the Preside
has recently received several ANONYMOUS II
Us tiers. informing him that, in case he was ]
re- elected the writer's intend to assassinate hi
itS The letters, it is stated, give the President
lse uneasiness whatever, the writers being 81
posed to be insane.
hei 1t is announced that there will be at lei
no- one change in the Cabinet at the co
Ae mencement of the next Presidential ter
Fish, by his own desire, will ret
al from the Cabinet There is no pro-
ing bility of change in the Attorney Gener
III Judge Williams recently remarked to frie
mt that, although he could have been cleo
arS Senator from Oregon, he declined beng
nen candidate. in order that he might remain
"us his present position.
uch nv c;c,,,a1 sorvice Weather reports are I
hcS received az Washington three times each
from 20 different stations, embracing the u
arE prominent meteorological and CONNER
SION points in the United States, and the infor
ton thus obtained furnishes the basis
which Prof. Cleveland Able makes up
De- daily diagnosis of the weather.
ter Washington rumor,-whatever 1t may
worth,-is, that the members of the Cab
that have informally agreed to tender their re
Of in nations. at the close of the present term
oliti- the President, who can take advantage
polls them in any cases in which he deslr
citing change Ex-senator Morgan, of New Yor
ition mentioned as the coming Secretary OF
,e of Treasury-provided NJ. Boutwell, succeed
said Mr.. Wilson's seat in the Senate from Ms
NTH. chusetts The Washington Star says I
r any has ALREADY been commenced to have Jon
r na- Lapgston the prominent colored lawyer
m of pointed Attorney General. He is backe
rship Is understood. by FREQ. Douelass anu
MEM prominent colored men through the cou
and by considera BILE number of whit
nix on publcans, particularly those Ifom Iue %
near Langston does not deny that he is an asp
train for the position. He simply says that
Killing an appointment by the President woul
no more than his people have right
ZEN of pect.
nature During the month of October SIG
,o tho were fled before the Southern Claims
mission, making a total of 1850.
r.r,c;s amount of money involved in these ola:'
", has ready reacnes @10'
ars of Ueh' " " Ao""-o -
,,;.tor to receive the vacant position of Major
n ooo eral. created by the death of Gen. Mead
p1 The annual report of the Secretary OF
this year, is quite brief. He compli
fovor Congress for such completeness in I'll
ras a. years work that little room is left for i
,es+;on ton.
WELLINGTON letter reDOrtS the fol