Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-12-05

! Frank. he said that Mrs. Far tired to induce
him to put poison in a decanter at Dwinelle's
house or a milk-can at the door. A plan of
Judge Dwineles house was found in the pos
session of Frank.
The South. so
An attempt was made, few days since, to
| lynch Col. Turner, the editor of the Licking
ton (AIo.) Register, who some three weeks
ago shot and killed Lafayette W. Groves, who
was conducting rival journal in the same
town. At the call of the Sheriff the citizens
of the town rallied to his assistance, and the
mob was frustrated in its murderous design.
| Subsequently the vigilants notified the citi-
zens who aided the Sheriff in preserving the
peace to leave the county, and they have
deemed it expedient to do SO.
In Texas, the mails are still mainly carried
| by stages but the entire mail system of the
| State will be changed by the completion of
| the railroad through the Indian Territory,
which will permit through trains to be run
from Chicago to Galveston by the LIST of jan
uary. All the through mails to and from the
Gulf will be carried by this line, and another
of the few old stage lines of the country which
| are still running will be supplanted.
fire at Lexington, Ky, last week. de-
stroyed over thirty buildings. and at one time
threatened the destruction of the whole city 4.
Loss very heavy.
There have been over LOCO deaths from
smallpox in st Louis since May.
William ]. Virgins, an old and popular
Iior, 1fC r 1o1 i 80
pox.
Washington.
! The very important bit of information is
telegraphed from Washington that the Presi-
| dent will, in his forthcoming message, urge
upon Congress to complete the work of am
nesty by making it universal, and restoring
those to citizenship who are now excluded by
the third section of the Fourteenth Amend
ment.
| The United States Marshal at New Orleans
made application to President Grant, the
other day, for troops to aid him in arresting
certain persons who were alleged to be con-
| spring against the election laws of Louisiana
The President promptly refused to comply
| with the request, deeming such action entire
| ~ unnecessary.
Senator Trumbull has written letter de-
Ginning to continue as Chairman of the Judi
| ciary Committee. Senator Edmunds, of Yer
mont, will probably succeed him.
few nights ago large body of men, who
| claim to have been acting under authority of
| Gen. Babcock, Commissioner of Public
| Grounds and Buildings, tore up the track of
| the Orange and Alexandria railroad running
through the capital. whereby that road con-
nected With the Baltimore and Ohio. large
amount of freight in transit South will in con-
| sequence be delayed several weeks, and seri-
GUS damage will be suffered by both consign-
ors and conslgnees.
! An Associated Press dispatch from Wash
| ington announces that ''an attempt will be
made to secure law increasing the salary of
the President to $4,000 year, before the
4th of March"
| The action of the United States Marshal of
Alabama in arresting Democratic members of
the Legislature is severely condemned by the
Administration, and it is limited that the in-
| from office.
The President has appointed G. W. Fair
man Postmaster at Philadelphia
The Supreme Court of the United States has
become so seriously incumbered with business
that some measure of relief is required at the
hands of Congress, and it is said bill for this
purpose has been drawn, and will be introduced
early Ill the session. 1t contemplates an inter.
mediate court, which shall possess the ordi
nary powers of the present Supreme Court
and before which all cases shall be argued
The Supreme Court proper shall be MADE STA
tionary, and Justices relieved of all circuit
duty. which shall be performed by the Judges
of the intermediate court, the Supreme Cour
to give its entire attention to passing upor
| and deciding questions of law which shall
| come before 1t from the intermediate court
The bill will also provide that the intermedi
ate court shall not construe any law, but de
eide cases which come before it in accordanc,
with the construction placed upon the laws b,
the Supreme Court.
The November report of the Statistician O.
the Department. of Agriculture gives the cot
ton prospects substantially the same interpre
taton as the October statement. The com
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follows: North Carolina, 121; South Caro-
lima, 1874; Georgia, 119; Florida, 1902; Ala
bama, Ill Mississippi, 112; Louisiana, 121
Texas, 1926 Arkansas, us; Tennessee. ITO
The total production as indicated by the re-
turns of the first week in November is nearI,
$3.50, 900 COMMERCIAL bales.
The Commissioners appointed to investigate
the depredations of Mexicans on the Rie
Grande will soon submit their report to Con
gress. 1t is stated that they place the dam
age done by these marauders at $50, 600, 600.
The report of the Secretary of the Interio,
is long document, devoted almost exclusively
to summarizing the years work of the various
branches of the public service under his
charge. 1t maintains that the present Indian
policy is the most successful one that can be
devised, and will recommend no change in
regard to it.
The work of laying down the experimental
pneumatic tunnel has been commenced at
Washington.
~ Foreign.
London is in trouble about her police force,