Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-10-16
sWarshall County gepublitan
NEWS SUMMARY.
The East.

The East.
The Pennsylvania Constitutional Conven-
ton has adopted a section providing for the
punishment of Legislative bribery. "A quaran-
tine inspection in New York has elected the
fact that there has been yellow fever in the
lower harbor ever since June /. The Ma
tienal Trust Company, of New York, has re-
sumed. 1t is announced that the firm of jay
Cooke Co. will soon make a proposition to
its creditors for the purpose of enabling it to
resume business. The members of the firm
have pooled their private and personal assets,
and will place it at the command of their
creditors in liquidation of their Indebtedness.
THE firm of Jay Cooke & Co. have made a
proposition of assignment in trust to E. H. Roll
Inns, late United States Revenue Commissioner
member Of the firm, and of all the interest
their wives have therein, the property to be
appraised at its real value, converted as
rapidly as possible, and turned out to the
creditors in installments of 5 per cent. as fast
as realized, the creditors also to have the
privilege of taking the property, at individual
option. for it's appraised value. 1t is said that
the proposition has been favorably received,
as likely to occasion less delay in settlement
than proceeding in bankruptcy. .Cortlandt
Sprague. ex-City Treasurer of Brooklyn, and
Marion T. Rodman, his deputy. have been in
Grand Jury has indicted Kate Stoddard for the
murder of Goodrich Albert GARNER, having
defeated Maurice DAILY for the four-ball bill
lard championship, in New York. the other
day. Is now Gouble-champion of the world
at the three-ball and the four-5all games . .
The Buddington party of Polaris survivors
arrived at New York last week. and proceeded
at once to Washington. Capt. Buddington was
arrested by order of the Secretary of the Navy,
Immediately on the landing of the steamer.
and confined at the hayward. His arrest is
savagely denounced by the New York press
and people as high-handed outrage. . The
Evangelical Alliance, now in session in New
York, is q noteworthy occurrence. 1t is a
gathering of orthodox Protestant denomi-
nations, through representatives from Great
Britain, France, Holland, Germany, Italy,
the United States, India, Africa, and minor
countries not necessary to enumerate. In
short, it is q sort of Ecumencial Council
of the orthodox Protestant churches. With
reference to the representatives now in ses-
sion, it very fairly represents every country
Of consequence in the world Rev. DIR. Rigg,
of London, says it is the most wonderful Evan
gelical Alliance that has ever been held.
The New York Herald prints a letter from
Dundee, Scotland, stating that an important
statement relative to the death of Capt. Hall.
of the Polaris, has been made by Second Mate
Morton, given to the United States Consul
there, and been forwarded to the American
UONcIuuut1l mOILOu was II dlltuudut
his last illness, and he has made a statement,
80 says the Herald, duplicating DIR. Bissell in
the death of Hail. .Peake, Opdyke 4 Co.,
heavy New York dry-goods dealers. have tenn
porarily suspended. Their liabilities are
q, SOC, 600. The firm will continue business.
paying their indebtedness in installments, all
within eighteen months, with 10 per cent. in
terest. The firm of Patton 4 Co.. who failed
for 81 400, 900. have made similar arrange
ment with thoir creditors. There has been q
general reduction in the prices and hours of
labor in the large Eastern manufactures.
Many of them have discharged portion of the
working force, while others are working on
half time.
CONNECTICUT has finally decided to make
Hartford the sole capital of the State by a
majority of from 1000 to 5000. . The
Graphic balloon made another attempt at
New York, the other day, to mount
the much-talked-of 'easterly air-current"
and sail across the broad Atlantic. The
the first. The air-ship was caught in q storm
in the northeast corner Of Connecticut, and
descended near enough to the ground for the
occupants to jump out. leaving the unruly
craft to pursue its journey alone. By the
explosion of a blast furnace in smiths pipe
foundry, in Pittsburgh, last week two workmen
were fatally and two seriously burned. A
step toward the resumption of specie payment
is being made in Philadelphia. Several firms
of that city are now paying their employees in
gold, with an abatement Of ten per cent.
EIGHT inches of snow fell in Delaware
county, N. Y, on the 7th inst . Another bank
defalcation is reported-that of John w.
Pierce, Cashier of the Merchants National, of
Lowell, Mass, whose irregularities" will
reach some $500 Speculation ana fast
ivsp of Thar ProoEltna
Brighton and West Roxbury have voted in
favor of annexation to Boston. By these
acquisitions that city gains 80, 900 population.
%. Pittsburgh manufacturers have agreed to
pay their employees half their weekly wages.
and credit them with the remainder unit.
financial matters look up, instead of discharg-
ing one-half of their hands.
The West.
FORTY thousand people visited the Indian
apolis Exposition in one day, recently. E. The
Chicago police made a raid on the low variety
theaters of that city, the other night, closed
them up, captured all the inmates, les in
number and marched them to the calaboose.
mated at from 40, 600 to 70. 900, assembled at
Lansing, Mich, on the I'd inst, to witness
the ceremonies of laying the cornerstone of
the new State-Houee. The Cheyenne Indians
in Colorado are slaughtering the cattle of the
settlers by the Wholesale, and committing
other depredations. The Indians say the white
men killed the buffalo last winter, and let
them rot on the plains, and now they are go
ing to kill all the cattle of the whites. There
rs great excitement, and the whites are organ
izing for defense.
A LITTLE boy named Jacob Stripe, whose
parents reside at Van Vert, Ohio, the other
day vomited up garter snake eighteen inches
long and half an inch thick. The Cincinnati
Exposition proved -illiant success. The
total number of admissions was sos. 900.
Near Schuyler, Neb., a few days ago, young
wretch named Fahey murdered his father by
beating his brains out with the butt of a gun,
and knocked his sister senseless, leaving her
for dead. The murderer was arrested.
THE statement of the condition of the Union
National (Coolbaugh's) Bank, of Chicago Gin
iquidation), is Almost gratifying one to its
creditors. Their total assets are %, 46s, 504. "a
liabilities, g, 203, 326.O2: excess Of assets,
81, 255 10. g.. Over S16 0OO, 900 in currency
was received at Chicago by express between
the 18th of September and the I'd Of October.