Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-09-12

man, committed suicide at New York, the 9TH
er day.
Henry Quackenbush, of Hackensack, N Y,
boy of seventeen years, fell in love with
girl several years his junior, and, because the
child refused to marry him, on the ground of
their extreme youth, the Respondent lover
committed suicide by shooting himself in the
head.
The West.
The mean average temperature at Chicago
for fifteen weeks ending with August was
7314-the highest ever recorded in any previous
summer for the same period of time.
William Kaff. editor of the Detroit Journal
daily German paper, fell down flight of
stairs, last week, and dislocated his neck, caus-
ing instant death.
The number of deaths in Chicago for the
week ending Aug. "a was 354, of which 1888
were children under one year of age.
The bill-posters of the country met in GEN.
vention at st. Louis, last week, and formed
national organization for their mutual protec-
ton and benefit.
mob composed of citizens of Hayes City,
Kansas, broke into the Jail at that place, a
short time since, and killed two noted des
peradoes confined therein.
Government troops recently seized and
destroyed all the liquors in jamestown, Da-
kota, and imprisoned nearly all the liquor
dealers.
A little two-year-older of Washington,
Iowa, strayed away from home the other day.
The alarm was raised and the whole country
turned out to search for the lost child. After
thrae drys hunt the little fellow was found
in corn-deld two miles from home.
Jacob White, the oldest white man in Indi-
ana, died in Clay county, in that State, last
week, at the advanced age of 1OS years.
Four persons were killed by the bursting of
boiler in a Cleveland rolling mill, last
week.
The boiler of a thrashing machine engine,
in Oakland county, Mich, exploded the other
day with fatal effect, four persons being
killed and two others dangerously wounded
Three more kerosene suicides-Mrs. J. C.
Mcconnell, of Mareng Iowa, and Cora
Mcgee and Maria Alexander at Indianapolis,
Ind
By the explosion of the boiler of saw mill
in Lawrence county, Ohio, a few days ago,
four men lost their lives and two others re-
ceived serious injuries.
Jacob Thatcher, of Peoria, H., died last
week from hydrophobia, from being bitten by
dog eighteen years ago.
Mrs. Henry Keep, of Chicago, is having
erected over the grave of her late husband
/ formerly President of the Chicago and North
western railroad) splendid mausoleum, to
cost S150,0OO.
Track-laying has been commenced on the
Dakota Southern railroad, between Sioux City
and Yankton, and will be pushed forward at
| the rate of a mile day.
A number of diamond expeditions are being
organized in San Francisco.
San Francisco telegram announces that
the subscriptions to the Atlantic and Pacific
railroad have reached $1,62s, 900.
John B. Lyon, the chief manipulation in the
late wheat corner, has been summary ex-
PEELED from the Chicago Board Of Trade. The
universal verdict is, g Served him right"
Near Columbus, Ohio the other day, Michael
Monk. in ft of insanity, super1nduced by
whisky and jealousy, murdered his wife by
shooting her three times with a pistol. and
then blew hip . sll brains out.
A slight frost--tha 1irst of the season
visited some portions of Northern Illinois on
the night of Aug. so.
modern Borgia by the name of Mrs. Char
lotte Lamb has been arrested in Pierce coun-
| ty, Wis, on a charge of poisoning five per-
sons.
| A Pittsburgh telegram announces that the
| Western Nail and Iron Associations have de-
cided to raise the price of iron "a per ten
and nails 25 cents per key.
Advices from Camp Mcdowell, Arizona
state that every Indian has left the reserva
ton there, and that depredations are going
on in every direction. Meanwhile the troops
in accordance with the peace policy, are lyins
idle in camp, while the work of pillage ant
murder goes on.
The Calf ornia, Atlantic and Pacific Rail
road Company, having in view the construc
ton of the Thirty-fifth Parallel railroad, ha
been fully organized at San Fra ncisco. Stoc
to the amount of 800, 1000 has been sub
scribed. and is increasing at the rate o
ZOO day. The city of San Francisco
asked to subscribeS10, OO0, 900 and the PROPOSE
ton is to be submitted to the vote of the pee
pie III November.
The editor of the Omaha Republican latel
had "head put on him" by an e1-polc
captain. on account of certain editorial refeC
tons on the ex-official's character.
Fever and ague and intermittent and biliou
fevers prevail in the towns along the Illino
river to an unprecedented extent
A woman in Trumbull county, Ohio, has II
: Gently surprised herself and everybody els
, by giving birth to eight children, three boy
:. and five girls. They are all living, and al
healthy, but quite small.
, The new Iowa Penitentiary, at Anamosa,
to be of cut stone, five stories HIGH $40 fe,
wide by 955 long, inclosed by wall % fe
high and 6 feet thick.
! The reported Indian raid on Governmel
train between Carson City and Fort Lyc
turns out to be canard.
The Northern Pacific railroad engineerir
party, under escort of Gen. Stanley, at la
advices had reached the Yellowstone. TIL,