Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-11-27
NEWS SUMMARY.
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in 1866, while Dana was Assistant Secretary of
War, has been decided at New York in favor
of the defendant.
THE Philadelphia carpet-manufacturers are
beginning to suffer severely. Two have sus-
pended, and others have been sold out by the
Sheriff A fire in Haverhill Mass, on the
10th insi., destroyed $4,000 worth of
property
ANOTHER suit has been begun against jay
Cooke K Co, to throw them into bankruptcy,
and temporary injunction has been granted
to prevent them from parting with any Of
their property pending the decision of the
suit. The Philadelphia Board of Aldermen
have resolved to inaugurato an extensive sys-
tenn of street improvements under authority
of the city, TO provide work for unemployed
men at the rate of 124 cents per hour. Ed
ward 4. Windship, broker, at No. "a Broad
street, New York, has disappeared, owing
about 500 creditors above $500, 900. Cuban
bonde are being freely sold in Philadelphia at
IS cents on the dollar.
THE Union Trust Company, of Pittsburgh,
has suspended. The cashier is missing .
The widow of the late Secretary Stanton died
last week at Philadelphia
Boss TWEED has been found guilty of all
the counts in the Indictment against him, 204
evening Of Nov. 10, there we're three suicides
in Boston, two of which were occasioned by
the victims being out of money and employ
ment. Thomas Kinsella. the editor of the
Brooklyn Eagle, has been sued by Thomas W.
Field, Superintendent of Public Instruction in
Brooklyn, for $50, 900 damages for debauching
his (Field's) wife. The New England fisher
men are bewailing the most disastrous season
FOR many years. Twenty-f )lr vessels and 152
lives have been lost john p Hale, so long
identified with the anti-slavery cause of the
country, and 50 prominently connected with
cur political history, died, at Dover, n. H., on
the 18th inst, aged IS.
The West.
The Chicago Times of the 18th inst pub
fishes advices from the principal manufacture
ing points in Illinois and the contiguous States.
from which it appears that the reduction of
the business as q whole is less than 20 per
cent. In some cases this shrinkage takes the
form Of running the establishments on less
time; in others, in diminishing the number of
employees. and in others, in the reduction of
wages. 1t is q very hsttering exhibit as COM
pared with the condition of affairs IN the East
ern States, and affords a gratifying evidence
of the stability of manufacturing interests in
the West. Col Thomas A. Marshall. one of
the most prominent men Of Illinois, died last
week at his home in Centralia The United
States Circuit Court at Indianapolis. has de-
cided that railroads are answerable for dam
ages sustained by persons riding on free
passes, the same as other passengers
THE great four-mile race at San Francisco.
fer purse of 10000, was won by the Cali
fornia horse Thad. Stevens The remnant of
the Modocs passed through Omaha last week,
en- route to the Indian Territory Judge
McAllister Las resigned his seat on the Illinois
supreme Be nch to accept the appointment of
Corporation Counsel for the city of Chicago
FRANK FISK, business agent for the Dayton
CO., Ereaing Herald, has disappeared for parts
unknown with large amount of the concerns
funds
THERE is much suffering among the home
steaders OF Osceola county, Iowa. Twisted
hay and seed-grass is the only fuel that nine
tenths Of the people have, while their food
and clothing are insufficient for the necessa-
ries of life =. Arizona is now ia telegraphic
communication with the rest of the world -.
The Allen-Hogan prize-fght at Pacific City,
Iowa, broke up in row during the third
round, and the referee decided the affair to be
q draw The recent storm on the lakes was
asters are reported The propellers City of
Boston, Alaska and Java, and the schooners
Orient and Hamilton among the vessels
wrecked The captain and crew of the latter
drifted about in the lake thirty-three hours
without food, and were finally washed ashore
ut South Haven, Mich, the whole party in a
senseless condition. Their sufferings are de-
scribed as terrible. :. "A fire in Buffalo, ON the
18th inst, destroyed 600. 600 worth of prop
erty.
Col. JOHN W. YoUNG, the money-order
forger, who is now serving term in the Hi
nois Penitentiary at Joliet, corroborates the
story published few DAYS ago, to the effect
that the Captain General of Cuba some time
ago made proposition to him to betray into
the hands of the Spanish authorities not less
than 100 refugees, all of whom were to be
and thus strike terror to the
hearts of the revolutionists. Young pretended
to give his assent to the diabolical scheme. and
was to receive 10000 for his part of the
bloody transaction. Destructive prairie fires
are reported in Lancaster and adjoining
counties of Nebraska. The merchants of
Jacksonville, Ill. areimporting potatoes f1om
New York.
The South.
TIE New Orleans Times has dispatch from
Colfax, La, announcing the killing by the
citizens of seven out of nine negroes who
were implicated in the recent Grant parish
outrage.
washington.
IT is intimated that Secretary Richardson
will recommend, in his forthcoming report,
that the IA, 900, 600 reserve be legalized and
brought into active service, and that, to obvi-
ate the inadequacy of therevenue to meet the
necessities of the Government, the duty on
coffee and tea be restored. "A. G. Boston,
partner Ia the well-known banking house of
Riggs & Co., committed suicide few days ago.
-. The Spanish outrage is the all-absorb-
ing topic in official and private circles at the
National Capital. The Government is mani
Testing q determination to be prepared for
whatever comes out of the affair. Sounds of
war are heard in our hitherto quiet navy
yards, and busy Preparations are going for
ward to get vessels of war ready for sea. The
Secretary Of War has issued orders to immedi-
ately put in repair the Florida forts.
INTERNAL revenue receipts for the first half
of November, s3,670, s62. .Postmaster-Gen-
eral CresweD has finished his report to the
next Congress. 1t is understood that he
strongly urges the schemes for postal savings
banks and q postal telegraph. Z. !. Secretary