Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-10-02
NEWS SUMMARY.



to dimiss the Credit Mobilier suits ON the
ground of unconstitutionality have been con-
Guided at Hartford, and the case taken under
Credit Mobilier case for the present. The
decision viii probably be given as soon as
reached, but that time is uncertain.
NED o'BALDwrs, pugilist, better known as
the " Irish Giant" is again in trouble. He
has Just been sentenced at Philadelphia, to
two years in the Penitentiary for aggravated
assault.
IT is stated that so, 600, 900 of city bonds of
the Cincinnati Southern railroad have been
negotiated in New York to German house.
THOMAS BROWN PARKER, one of the wealth.
lest citizens of Philadelphia, last week attempt
ed to murder his wife, and then committed
suicide jealousy was the cause.
The West.
THE Yellowstone expedition has completed
its mission, and win shortly start on its home
ward march. 1t has been complete success
having accomplished every object for which it
was inaugurated- An area of 20, 600 square
miles of unknown country has been explored,
the Indiana. thoroughly thrashed. and the
survey Of the Northern Pacific railway COM
pleted. :. TEenty-four hours imprisonment is
the sentence pronounced upon the Manitoba
prisoners copcerned in kidnapping Lord Cor
dom The temper of the Court and people
seemsto hare become much molliied. Gov.
Austin ofSMinnesota, who was present, was
invited to a seat on the bench beside the
Judges. The trifing sentence was received
with cheers by the audience and after the
formalities of trial had been observed, the
Americans and their friends spent the
evening socially with Judge Betourney.
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destructive confagration. A spark from q
passing locomotive set fire to hay shed, which
was soon famed into a flame. A high wind
was prevailing at the time, and the fire spread
with incredible rapidity, causing wild panic.
The flames we're not subdued until ten acres
of buildings had been consumed. The num-
Der of houses burned was fifty-three, nearly
all of which were frame shanties of little
value. Total loss about $3.50, 900, one-third of
which is covered by insurance.. The lost
propeller Ironsides is said to have long been in
an unseavorthy. condition, and that she had
been leaking badly for several days before the
accident. Chicago underwriters estimate
the loss by the recent storm on Lake Michi-
gan AZ bali million dollars.
THE Pacific Mail steamer Costa RIGA was
lately wrecked on the California coast The
passengers and crew were saved A San
Francisco telegram says: Measures have
been taken, in military circles, to secure 8
communication of the sentence of the Modoc
prisoners Slow Luck and Boncha. The death
warrants Of the otf er prisoners have not been
received yet at Fort Klamath :. The most re-
markable discoveries have been made by the
Wheeler exploring expedition in the Far
West. The typographical and geological re-
suits of surveying Eastern Arizona are de-
scribed as perfectly wonderful. A country, it
is said, has been discovered with magnificent
"a md 10 for ~,
Colorado.
A. ca o. F. BADGER, bankers of Chicago.
have suspended. . The Railroad Committee
of the illinois Board of Equalization are said
to have determined to assess the railroad prop
erty OF the State at $50, 0C0. 600.
The Orchard City Savings Bank, of Burling-
ton, Iowa. has suspended. . A fire and explo-
sion in the Yellow Jacket mine, Gold Hill,
Nevada. on the goth of September, caused the
death of six miners, and the wounding of many
more. Burlington, Iowa, was visited by a
disastrous confagration on the Goth of Sep
tembef. The fire broke out in the heart of the
city and swept over two squares and half be-
fore it could be checked. The loss is esti-
mated, at about $500, 900. The heaviest losers
were Gilbert, Hedge & Co., lumber dealers.
who lose about s120, 900. The Terre Haute
Und. )dron and NailWorks have been DESTROYED
by fire. Loss, S175,0OO: insurance. $4,000.
THE three grand arches of the great bridge
at st. Louis, it is announced. will be completed
by the middle of December. The two center
sections of one of he arches have Just been
completed thus DEMONSTRATING the feasibility
of the original plan, and its success is regarded
as one OF the great EST triumphs of engineer
ing skill the world nas ever seen.
A singular and terrible shooting affray
occurred at Independence, NO., last week
James ]. Chiles, noted desperate, met Depu-
ty Marshal James Peacock on the street. and
slapped him IN the face. A fight ensued. dur
ing which q pistol. fell from Chiles' pocket.
which was picked up by his son, IA years cid,
who shot Peacock in the back. inflicting dan
gerous wound. Peacock then shot Chiles
through the head, killing him. son of Pea
cock then shot young Chiles, wounding him
fatally. City Marshal Farrow, who then came
up to stop the fight, was slightly wounded in
the breast, but by whom is not known.
daring and extensive plot to rob the Indi-
annapolis Exposition of diamonds and other
valuables has been discovered. 1t was ar
ranged that experienced burglars should be
placed near the cases containing an immense
amount of diamonds, jewelry, and silverware,
while confederates should cut the gas-pipe
which supplies the Exposition, and which runs
through an open common. In the darkness
and confusion raid was to be made, the cases
smashed. and the valuables secured Since
the discovery of this plot the guards have
been strengthened, calcium lights provided.
and all precautions taken to Illustrate their
design. = =. - =.
A ST. Paul dispatch Of Sept. % says:
Friends Of the Northern Pacific concede to-
day that Jay Cooke & Co.'S failure puts stop
to building the road, and that when building
Will be resumed Is an unanswerable question.
1t is rumored that the Minneapolis Construc-
ton Company holds short time acceptances OF
the Northern Pacific for about quarter of q
million, being about all the profit made by the
Construction Company, and its payment is
thought doubtful In financial and mercantile
circles. The feeling holds good, though, from
the latter class that the worst is over. . The
bruisers Tom Allen and Mike McCoole con-
tested prize-fght in Illinois, q few miles
above ST. Louis. last week. Allen was de-
clared the victor after the eighth round, hav-
ing received scarcely . scratch. McCoole was
badly punished. 1t is stated that the cholera
is raging among the Russian colonists in Da-
kota.
The. South.
A SHREVEPORT Qa.) dispatch Of the goth
says there are less than 5000 people in the
town, 1000 Of whom are either down with
fever or convalescing.
The yellowfever is rapidly abating at Shreve.
and A -