Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-21
sWlarsIlall GountuRtpublGans
ENFFTnorrF. INDIANA
IFFws SUMMARY.


SIX German Deer-sellerS have been fined
S1CJ and sentenced to six months imprison-
ment at Worcester, Mass, for violation of the
liquor law.
NEARLY $4,000 cabin passengers left New
York for Europe by steamer during May, June
anduJ -. Cnbans in New York are prepar-
ing another large expedition 10 land arms and
ammunition on Cuban soil by the steamer
virginius
PoRTLASp, Me-, was yisited by a disastrous
confagration on The 9Th inst. Three steam
ers, large warehouse, an elevator, and
several freight sheds were burned The loss
is estimated at $500, 600. Five persons we're
driven from one of the steamers by the flames
and<2rovned.
G&. AUSTIN, of Minnesota, visited Presi-
dent Grant at Long Branch, last week, to in
terce1e in behalf Of the Manitoban prisoners.
The Governor Is satisfied with the Presi-
dents determination to have the matter
speedily settled. AT Bethlehem, n. H.. the
other day. six-horse stage team ran away
and upset the vehicle, instantly killing two of
the passengers aud injuring same dozen
more. Vice President Wilson was in Boston
last week, much improved in hea lth.
TIE success of the proposed Centennial An
niversary in Philadelphia is endangered from
the rivalry of contending interests in Penn
sylvania. 1t is stated that the leading Com
Inissionerships are filed by Pennsylvanians
Who are suspected of working for their own
interest, and who have already excited the
jealousy of some Of their fellow-workers. 1t
is also feared tilat the scheme has been per-
fected upon q too comprehensive plan, and
that the sum OF SIS. 0000 900 will with difficulty
be raised Much excitement has been caused
among New York petroleum dealers by
the heavy fan in the prices of crude and
refined. oil. The decline was produced by
thei discovery of eight new wells in
Pennsylvania, which are yielding an
afer&Ge of 500 barrels per day..
Three men were drowned IT Pittsburgh, few
days ago. by the sinking or skiff - George
n. Saunders, so conspicuous on the Confed-
crate side during the rebellion, died very sud-
denly in New York, last week, of heart disease.
-. Died, at Wilkesbarre, Pa, on the 18th
inst, Mrs., s. E. Yost, aged los. She was
naive of Germany, and had smoked and
ldr7-lk beer for the past century. :. President
Graot was the guest of Speaker Blaine during
his visit to Augusta, Me-. Anna Dickinson
denies the story t.,at she is going ON the stage
as an actress, or as ever having thought of
such a thing.
PORTIONS of New York. Pennsylvania and
New Jersey were visited by destructive rain
storm on the 18th inst. Many miles of railroad
track were washed away, or so covered with
land-slides or floods as to be almost impassa-
ble- Pittsburgh reports that SO violent a rain
fall has never before occurred there, and
throughout the country bridges, culverts dams
and roadways have been destroyed. and great
ffeskof private property devastated.
- The West.
THE population OF Iowa, according to the
census Just taken, is 1,249, AS. In the assess
ment of cities Dubuque ranks first in amount,
Dee Moines second, Burlington third and Da-
tenp6rf fourth. Tn
4TRIE men-Thomas Connerton and
Thomas and Pat Feeney, brothers-were suf-
located by foul air in a well, at Burlington,
Wis, last week. Connerton descended first.
, and falling to the bottom dead Thomas Fee
ney went to his assistance, followed by his
brother, when both suffered the same fate.
band of ,15O Pavnee Indians were recently
attacked by 900 Sioux warriors. The former
were overpowersd and leo OF them slaugh-
tered. The fight occurred near the Republ-
can river. Dubuque, Iowa. was visited, the
other day, by terrific rain-storm. The fall
measured four inches in two hours, and the
water waist deep in some Of the streets. The
-(anage-in the city Will amount to S15.0 or
s2aD00. The Chicago Tribune says 'srhe
REPORTS from all sections Of the Northwest re-
garding the crops indicate most bountiful
harvest. In Minnesota and Wisconsin the
yield is literally immense. The Milwaukee
Chamber Of Commerce are already alarmed
about their capacity to store the 40, DOC, COO
bushels of surplus grain they calculate upon
seeking market -. "A suit to recover illegal
freight charges paid the Milwaukee and St.
Paul road has been begun by firm of grain
shippers in Minnesota. They claim that the
company has charged them eight and one-half
cents q bushei more than is allowed by the
law, and HIS thereby extorted from them $780,
0O0. which they mean to get back. The new
Chicago directory .ains 133, 043 names.
II was announced, few days ago, that
John ". Young. the Western money-order
r., Chicago. The statement was partly true.
fhe cplpdt Eas arrested in Boston by special
Agent of the Postoffice Department, but
while en- route for the West jumped from the
train, near Edgarton, Ohio, and made good
his escape . The recent convention of Ameri-
can dentists at Put-in-Bay, Ohio, was the
largest gathering Of tooth-pullers ever held
A TELEGRAM from Fort Garry, Manitoba,
says: =" In the decoration of the courthouse
for bazaar, in a spirit of courtesy to the
American citizens the Stars and Stripes were
suspended side by side with the British flag.
Upon the entrance of Acknowledgement Clarke,
beholding the terrible disgrace of the emblem
of his alteration in virtuous indignation he
RtIfV idolcb III CLdfSc 10 u8tu QOWu tudt
Tag No one obeyod his command, and he re-
<thSd&ith his feathers drooping.r.. Mime
apolis,s Mimi, has been visited by destruc-
tive conaagration. The total loss is about
500, geo, with light insurance. Col. J. L. ID.
Morrison, of Illinois, has entered suit in the
/ United States Court at st. Louis for the re-
covery Of some 4, 900 acres of land in S. Louis
county :. The notorious Lord" Gordon, for
whose attempted abduction several American
citizens now languishi i'm . Manitoban jail sud-
denly left Fort Garry between two days, leav-
ing his attorney and other creditors to mourn
his departure. It is said he has gone to the
GSes Mountains. 9T2g
HENRY PAGE, recently an inmate of the st.
Joseph Cdo.) Poor-House, has fallen heir to
i. $50 600 worth Of real estate in the suburbs of
Indianapolis. f,IC4 CO
IT is reported thascholera has broken out
in terrible form in williamson county, ILL.,,
on the Illinois Central railroad. =. A man be-
lieyed to be old man Bender. the Kansas
Butcher, passed through Dubuque the other
Tho South.
TIE Cairo and Fulton railroad is completed
e. faxv mill of Pal ~