Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-09-11

feet, Palmer let go the ropes, and, falling back
ward. hung by his toes to the bar his toes
slipped from the bar. snd, as he dropped, his
hands caught the two rings which were sus-
pended eight feet below the trapsze. 1t is
described as the most daring feat ever per-
formed Population of Leavenworth, Kan
sss, % OS7-an increase of s, 129 III three years.
THE Chicago Times, Of the 5th inst, prints
special dispatches from over hundred differ
ent points relative to the condition and pros
poets of the corn crop. They embrace reports
from almost every county in the great corn belt
through Illinois, Iowa and Kansas, and there
is a general coincidence in the statement that
the corn has suffered severely from the
drought, and that the yield will be considera-
bly below the average. :. Cincinnati has just
completed her new stock yards. They cost,
including the land, $500, 900, and will accom-
modate sc, 900 head of live stock. AT meet
ing of the Western Nail Association at Pitts
burgh, on the Sd inst, four and three
eighths card was adopted. The association
unanimously resolved to make the agency
price of nails in Chicago S4.621, with an eighth
off to the trade, while the price in Cincinnati
was fixed at s435 net: at Indianapolis, $3.50.
and at Kansas City, S4.75 net. -.
A dispatch from Sedalia, No., says: The
LAFAYETTE County Vigilance Committee. who
have been in pursuit Of the Iowa railroad train
robbers. have returned here and disbanded.
They traced the robbers to st. Clair county,
and surrounded the house where they sup
posed they were hiding, but the birds had
flown. It is said they are making for Texas.
loo Qowa) NJ E. Church, committed suicide
the other day, by drowning. He was thought
to be temporarily insane, caused by the dam
gerous illness of his wife.
The South.
Orleans paper, announces that Fort Sill has
been surprised and captured by Indians, who
murdered the women and children, and about
half of the Fourth United States Cavalry.
The report is not credited at Washington. :.
Hon. Elisha Mears, Judge of the Thirteenth
Judicial District of Arkansas. was recently
murdered at GAINESVILLE, Ark. by an unknown
assassin.
NINETEEN persons were convicted of murder
at the recent session of the United States Dis
trict Court at Fort Smith, Ark.
THE last spike was driven on the Cairo and
Fulton railroad at Fulton, Ark, on the 3Oth
ult. The road is now completed from St.
Louis to Fulton. distance of 461 miles.
This road connects the Northeastern States
with Texas and the Gulf Coast. Arkansas
and the Red river country rejoice over this
event.
Hon. D. VI. BARRINGER, formerly Minister to
Spain, and once prominent Wing leader in
North Carolina, died last week, at Green
Briar Va. The ravsges of the cholera at
Millersburg, Ky., are frightful. the disease
proving fatal in nearly every instance. and
death ensuing in from three to six hours after
the attack. 1t is stated that the symptoms
and course pursued by the disease are similar
in all respects to the epidemic of 1894. Cholera
has also broken out at Wheeling, W. Va.
MEXICAN cattle-thieves have recommended
operations on the Texas border.
Hon. DAVID RINGo, one of the oldest citi-
Zens of Arkansas. and the first Chief Justice
of the State, died recently at Little Rock.
aged IS.
Washington.
THE total amount of United States currency
outstanding on the LIST inst. was S401. 5s3, 43i.
Beau Hickman, the famous Washington
dead-beat, is dying with paralysis.
The Commission appointed to investigate
the Wewasset disaster have recommended that
the steamboat company and Capt. Wood and
his Mate be prosecuted. The engineer is de-
prived of his license President Grant. i: is
asserted has expressed his determination not
to revoke his approval of the death warrants
of the Modocs ON any consideration. =. The
public debt statement for September is as fol-
lows:
Six per cent bonds ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, 2e9, SIS, ESQ
Five per cent bonds 46i. So, 500
Total coin bonds ...............S1,73 4, 400 $50
Lawful money debt ..............S 14.67S, 900
MatIired debt OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1892 $50
Legal tender notes Observation-Disclosures. 356,079 937
Certificates of deposit 322t00O0
Fractional currency. 4A.Ss9 591
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