Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-10-23
s.stlarshal county Republitau
NEWS SUM MARY.
The East.

the East.
A YOUNG son of Hon. NJ. D. Leggett, Com
missioner of Patents, was recently killed by
falling from a cliff. near Ithaca n. Y. .Ex-
City Treasurer Sprague, of Brooklyn, who has
been indicted for embezzlement, denies hav-
ing defrauded the city out of cent. He
holds Rodman, his deputy, responsible for all
the stealings. -. A. E. Phillips, formerly Con-
sui to Santiago, committed suicide in New
York, last week, by cutting his throat. -.
Eighty-six horses we're burned to death in
Boston. last week, by the burning of Martin
Hays ivery-stable.
THERE was fresh tumble of stocks in New
York Tuesday, the 18th inst, and Wall street
was in state of excitement which, very closely
resembled another panic. On the Stock Ex-
change matters were painfully blue, and quo
tations fell even below the panic prices of the
past ten years. New York Central dropped
from SS1 to S2l, which was taken as an indi-
cation of Vandertilt's inability hold it up
any longer, whereupon the whole Vanderbilt
list went headlong. Western Union fell from
571 to As; Lake Shore from 664 to 59S, and
Northwestern and Union Pacific followed suit.
Various reasons are assigned for the collapse.
among them Judge Blatchford's modification
of his Injunction, which released large
amounts of Lake Shore, Western Union
and other stocks which had been held by
Blake Brothers as collateral the bankruptcy
proceedings against Kenyon Cox d Co., in
volving Daniel Drew, one of the partners
the advance in the Bank of England rate of
discount to per cent. and the large sale of
stocks carried by the banks ON margins. the
holders of which could not put up any more
colaterals. In addition to these causes there
was also panicky feeling among outsiders
who sent in orders to sell large amounts, and
thus in turn helped to precipitate the ava
lanche. The suspensions of the day were
Burger. Hurlbut 4 Livingston, sugar house
Gillespie, Trowbridge & Co., tea dealers
William Hoge & Co.. bankers; William
N. Whittemore, Wise d Cross. and
feet upon the money market was to
advance gold from 1923 to 1929.
THE Cashier of the New York State Treasury
has been arrested for embezzlement, the
amount of which is stated at $500. 900. =. Five
men entered the FIRST National Bank of Athens.
Pa. few nights ago. gagged the Cashier. and
robbed the safe of $4,000.
The West.
THE assessments made by the State Board
of Equalization on the capital stock of Illinois
corporations foot up as follows: Railroads
So. COS, TAI telegraph companies, 81, 23s, 394:
all other corporations, SIS, 65S 06S: total SS3.-
sos 209. The railroads of the State have been
assessed, in all. S131, 765. 1877. The aggregate
assessment of the property in the State, real
and personal, railroads. capital stock. and
everything. amounts to 81. 339. $50, Isl.
Nearly $4,000 people visited the Chicago Expo
sition on the 9th inst Miss Reeves q Young
seamstress of Independence, Iowa, took dose
of cold poison the other day, and now sleeps
beneath the cold sod. .. The School Board of
Springfield, ILL.,, has decided that white and
colored children shall be admitted to the public
schools on equal terms.
The conference at Fort Sill has resulted in
releasing Satanic and Big Tree, on condition
that the savages represented would agree to
abstain from numbering and robbing white
settlers. :. The Michigan Constitutional Con-
vention has reconsidered its former action.
and voted to make women eligible to school
offices. 1t has also stricken from the draft of
the new Constitution the prohibitions upon
fictitious or watered stock by corporations
Advices from Washington Territory state that
there is very little activity on the line of the
Northern Pacific. The surveying and grading
on the town site of Tacoma have been sus-
pended, and all employees. except those indis-
pensably required. have been discharged.
Two passengers on the Mississippi steamer
Muscatine engaged in a savage fight, recently,
and in the Struggle both went overheard and
were drowned "A young son of Isaac Dit
man, of Auburn, Ind. while out nutting afew
DAYS ago, fell from a tree and was instantly
killed ;. The National Crop Reporter says
reports from Minnesota, Illinois. Iowa, Wis
consin, Missouri, Kansas, and Ohio confirm
the estimated falling-of in the Irish potato
crop in the States named, which. in 1870 pro-
duced over 43, 000 900 bushels. The loss at
the given rate would aggregate over IL, 000, 900
bushels.
THERE are 500 Masonic lodges in Missouri,
with membership exceeding 80, 600. :. A fear
full and fatal accident occurred recently near
Iowa Falls, Iowa, which resulted in the burn
ing to death of Mrs. Wagner and her two
children, aged and years. Cause, the ex-
plosion of a kerosene lamp. Henry Frye, of
McGregor, Iowa. has a two-year-old colt
which weighs 1,210 pounds Another bal
Prof. :. Palmer-has probably
made his last ascension At Winamac, Ind,
the other day. his balloon became entangled
In the limbs of tree, and the aronaut was
thrown out He fell some forty feet, and was
badly injured
ROBERT AUSTIN. wealthy young farmer re-
siding near Carrollton, No., suspected his
wife's fidelity, and few days ago left home
ostensibly for st. Louis. Returning to his
house after dark, he secreted himself in a
closet in his wife's bedroom, armed with a
double-barreled shotgun. The wife soon re-
tired, and shortly afterward Elijah Haley en-
tered the room, undressed himself, and just |
as he was getting into bed, Austin sprang from |
his concealment and fired at him, but missed |
his aim. the shot entering his wife's abdomen, |
inficting fatal wound. Austin fired again at |
Haley and killed him instantly. The affair |
created intense excitement by reason of the |
prominence of all parties concerned. :. John |
Skinner, of Atlantic, Iowa, committed suicide |
a few days ago. by shooting himself through |
the heart The Union National Bank of |
Chicago, has resumed business. =. Chicago |
erected, during the twelve months ending |
Oct. 8. 81, 013 hneal feet. more than seven |
miles of frontage, of iron stone and brick |
buildings.
TIE Illinois Grand Lodge of Odd-Fellows |
was in session at Springfield last week. The
report of the Grand Master shows that thirty |
new lodges have been instituted and five re-
vived during the past year. Total membership |
in the State, %, 600. Receipts during the year.
SIS Isl. So balance in treasury, 80, 672.1e....
Lieut.. Schuyler, with a small force, recently |
pursued a band of Indians from the Camp |
Verde Reservation. in Arizona, overlook them, |
and in the fight that ensued. killed fourteen !
WARRIORS
THE seventh annual reunion of the officers |
and soldiers of the Army of the Tennessee,
held at Toledo on the 18th inst, was attended
- ~.o,xv ,1;ot;nouished persons intending