Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-04-16
NEWS SUM MARY.
The East.

THE contest for the billiard championship
played at New York last week between Albert
GARNER and Maurice Daily, was won by the
former. Score, 600 to - .Beecher's con-
gregation propose to : new Plymouth
Church in Brooklyn, to ;, the largest in the
world.
THREE workmen in the Bisbee Chemical
Works, Hunters Point. n. Y, we're recently
suffocated to death by gas.
JUDGE EDMoSDs, the weli-known lawyer and
Spirituslist, died in Eew York last week.
Gov. Dix. in a special message, urges the New
York Legislature to interpose to prevent Con-
gress from passing the proposed bill increas-
ing the currency. The New York Senate
with only three negative votes. and the House
unanimously, have passed resolutions against
expansion OF the currency. A boiler explo-
sion at South Bethlehem. Pa. the other day.
killed three persons and seriously injured q
fourth.
THE bankruptcy suit against the Spragues
of Rhode Island, has been withdrawn. The
Democrats in the Pennsylvania Legislature
have agreed in caucus to oppose any appro-
priation for the Centennial until the Republi-
cans concede fair superintendent bill for the
city of Philadelphia.
A TERRIBLE explosion occurred at Patten-
burg n. j.. last week. Five steam boilers
burst simultaneously, instantly killing four
persons.
The West.
THE dreaded trichinosis has made it's appear
ance in some portions of Michigan. A dis
patch from Ann Arbor Gays: "A man. his
wife and child came to the University Hos
pital several weeks ago with the disease. and
the child died afterward. The parents returned
to Detroit and died there. A man and his wife
died in Port Huron a few days ago with the
disease and their three children are not ex-
pected to live. Several other cases are re-
ported. In each instance the person attacked
has been German. and the pork eaten was I'M
cooked" -. The alleged terrible tragedy"
at Austin. Nevada, in which five persons were
reported killed. telegraphed over the country
on the LIST inst, was an April fool hoax.
Wong Chin Foo was admitted to citizenship
in the Circuit Court at Grand Rapids, Mich.
the other day. He claims to be the first of
his nationality that has renowned allegiance
to the Chinese Empire.
PHMo CARPENTER and three other citizens
of Chicago have applied to the Illinois Secre-
tary of State for certificate of organization
for The National Christian Association, the
object of which, as stated In the application,
is to expose. withstand and remove secret
societies-Freemasonry in particular, and
other anti-Christian movements, in order to
save the churches of Christ from becoming
depraved. to redeem the administration of
justice from perversion, and our Republican
Government from corruption" The re-
ports from the Indian agencies of the far West
are favorable to peace. At San Francisco, a
few days ago, man mar Condor entered
the room Of photcg or named Charles
Kingsley and shot hirr .Jugh the head. kill
An
brains out. Jealousy.
Mr. DESS1soS and Mr. Downey, of Salinas
City, CAL, engaged in little pistol practice,
the other day. in the course of which DENIM
son was shot through the head. The account
states that he was taken to his room, and con-
tinued smoking q cigar. but died in a few
minutes. Jealousy and an April-fool joke led
to the fatal quarrel. The Board of Trade of
Chicago has declared against imitation.
THE convention called by the Detroit Cham
Der of Commerce to take into consideration
the proposed bridging of Detroit river for the
accommodation of railroad travel, and which
met in that city last week, was largely attend
ed, embracing representatives from nearly
every city in the State having business rela-
tons with Detroit. After a rather acrimonious
debate, resolutions were adopted declaring
that the producing interests of the State de-
manded the construction of q railway bridge
at or near Detroit and instructing the Mchi-
gan delegation in Congress to favor such q
project. This is q victory for the railroad in
terests, and the shippers claim that the con-
vention was packed by the Michigan Central
railroad with a view to such action. The
National Crop Reporter has been removed
from Jacksonville, ILL.,, to Indianapolis, Ind.
Eenosha, Wis, was visited by terrific
gale on the evening of the 9Th inst. Several
nshing-smacks went out in the morning and
we're homeward bound when the gale struck
them about three miles from the shore, cap
sizing two of them. All the men on board,
eight in number, were drowned
SEVEN fishermen were drowned at Chicago,
the other day, by the capsizing of fishing
smack The ubiquitous Bender, the Kansas
butcher has just been arrested for the ninety
ninth time. The event occurred in Salt Lake
City The village of Hobart, Indiana
has been the scene of q lively "chicken dis
pute" between Chicago and Louisville. After
eleven battles had been fought, of which
Chicago won six, the main was withdrawn and
the bets declared of, the Chicago representa-
tive claiming that his bird had been poisoned
The South.
FATAL duel was recently fought at Bay St
Louis, Miss, between Mr.. Aristide BienvenHe
. well-known broker, and A. D. Phillips,
prominent lawyer, beth Of New Orleans. Th'
quarrel originated in q courtroom and wal
caused by an insult offered to Phillips by Mrs
Bienvenue. The latter's husband took up tn,
quarrel and was knocked down by the attor
ney challenge passed. and the parties re
paired to the field. Bsenvenue was sho
through the heart at the first fire. Thu
weapons were double-barreled shot-gups. ant
the distance forty PAGES. A barge and thre'
men were buried in the waters of the Missis
sippi river by landslide at Memphis, few
days ago.
FIVE negroes out of party of ten who wer
crossing the river for Portsmouth from Nor
folk, Va, few mornings ago, in skiff, wer
drowned by the sinking Of the boat. TIL
Mississippi Legislature adjourned sine die Of
the 9th of April, after pas nng q bill requiring
majority of the males over twenty-one, an
females over eighteen, in city, town or town
ship, to sign q petition for license to gel
liquor before such license shall be issued. Th
Governor Immediately signed the bill.
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