Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-10-24

Gay. and crushe1 several persons to death,
have been arrested and held in s., 600 bail each.
Five deaths have already resulted from the
calamity, and others will probably die of their
injuries. 5000.
The building IN which the Releigh (N. ca
Sentinel is printed was nearly DESTROYED the
other day, by an explosion of gunpowder,
which some parties had placed under the
press-room. The presses and machinery were
completely demolished.
Over l 100 German emisrants, en- route for
Texas, arrived at New Orleans in one day last
week, by steamship from Hamburg.
Bishop Bayley has been installed as Arch
bishop of the Diocese of Baltimore.
The work of building the Texas Pacific
railroad is being vigorously pushed. Five
hundred miles are already under contract.
and large force of laborers has been en-
gagged. Negro labor is being mainly en-
pleyed, but Gen. Dodge has arranged for
force of 1000 Chinese. The line under con-
tract is that part of the main stem from Mar
shall west to Fort Worth, and the branch
north from Marshall to point opposite Full
ton, Ark, and thence westerly to the west
main stem near Fort Worth. will proceed
during the winter.
At Louisville, the other day, negro named
William Ferry murdered his wife and mother
by stabbing them with knife. The muir
derer gave himself up, and said he wanted
to be hung Immediately.
Washington.
Tbara r-eS i, Aha uro,.,,.- Il.
s6,967.572 currency, $50, 1853 coin, and
S24, 959, 900 coin certificates.
1t is stated in q Washington dispatch that
the President has refused to obey the dictum
OF Cameron to drive John W. Fornev out of
the Republican party, and said he looked
upon their differences as of local nature.
1t Is announced that President Grant. in his
forthcoming message to Congress, Will recon-
mend that prompt and vi orous measures be
taken to protect the citizens of the Texan
border from the incursions of Mexican ban
dts and cattle thieves.
Bids were opened at the Quartermsster
generals ofice last week for furnishing head
stones for soldiers graves in the different
national cemeteries. There were in all ia
bidders, and the bids ranged from so cents to
SIS per stone.
All the departments we're closed and dressed
IL mourning on the 14th of October. the day
Of Mr.. Stewards funeral.
Since the adjournment of Congress the Gov.
eminent Printing Office has been finishing the
printing ordered during the last session. This
amounts to $780, 900 octave and quarto volumes.
ranging from 500 to 600 pages each. Of this
NUMBER 255.O0 volumes are agricultural and
hu-hlux reports, tho latter being l3 volumes.
and the printing of the census reports is also
y progress. -Four thousand volumes in muslin
are bound daily. Three hundred compositors
md 81 pressmen, and 400 females are in the
'thce, and the aggregate of al the persons
employed is over 1000.
Foreign.
There has been further advance in the
rice of coal in England.
a Birmingham (England) firm has contracted |
furnish the Prussian Government with |
$4,000 rifles of an improved pattern.
News comes from England of ansther terri |
lie collery dis aster. An explosion occurred |
4 mine at Morley, by which over FORTY |
Miners were killed
A number of gambling saloons in we'll
nown German waterinG-places have been |
losed By order Of the Government.
In the Spanish Cortes the amendment to |
he address of the King asking for the abo-
ton of slavery was defeated By large ma
ority.
The workingmen of Berlin are about in.
another general strike
A number of the coal masters of Wales
ave resolved to close their works. pend
lg reduction of the wages of their en-
loyes
The startling announcement is made from
onstantinople that over three millions Of
uman beings have persisted by the famine in
ersia. 1t is doubtful whether there was ever
efore visitation of this kind attended with
uch awful consequences, and the fact is Diff
uit to reconcile with the idea tina. the ada
ent Christian nations performed their whole
uty toward the suffering people.
London Letter says that the publication
I the ponderous judgment of Sir Alex. Coci.-
urn, dissenting from the award of tie
'eneVa arbitrators, has had the effect to
reste the belief that the award was fagrsnt-
unjust to England. The language of the
ord Chief Justice is very severe, and he is
Ike indignant at the British and American
Governments.
The London papers comment at consider.
bic length on our October elections, and
heir probable effect on the Presidential con-
EST. ii
Ir. Bentirck, member of Parliament. in q
nblic speech at London, recently, denounced
ne settlement of the Alabama claims as
ishonor and disgrace to England, and de-
Jared that Great Britain deserved the scorn
the whole world, and would cease to hold
er position among the nations. v.,r
Two more Communists have been sentenced
) death at Paris s6
The Abolition Society Of Madrid continue
2e agitation of the slavery question. They
ave just sent to the Cortes a petition for
ae manunission CT slaves in Cuba and Porto
leo.
A hepubhcan revolt of alarming proportions
as broken out in the Spanish province of
orunna. iia
The Jews of the death of Mr. Seward was
seeiyed in England with great surprise, no
ltimation Of his illness having reached there.
ne daily papers Of London contain elaborate