Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-07-16
NEWS SUM AIRY.
The East.


the age of IS years, of Henry Grinnell. He
was well-known citizen, but will be chiefly
remembered for the munifcence which he
exhibited by fitting out two vessels and
placing them under the charge of an officer
of the United States navy, to make search
for the lost Sir John Franklin in the Arctic
regions.
THE Social Mills, at Woonsocket, r. l.,
have been destroyed by fire. Loss, 500, 600.
A MOVEMENT is on foot in New York looking
to the removal from Office of Mayor Have
meyer Allegheny City, Pa, was visited by
a disastrous fire on the 4th. over 100 houses
being burned. =. The Supreme Court of Massa-
chusetts has decided the Prohibitory Liquor
law constitutional. The verdict of the Coro-
ner's jury in the Mill river disaster investiga-
ton is published. 1t censures the Legislature
for inadequate and defective legislation on the
subject of reservoirs; the mill owners, for
their parsimonious disregard of life and prop
erty; the engineers, for ambiguous and insult
ficient specifications the contractors. for
manifest delinquencies and want of thorough
ness in their work, and, finally. the County
Commissioners for accepting dam shah
billy built when they had the power to order its
entire reconstruction.
BosToS's debt increased more than S1S-
lilo pact III 10 cbdeCO
that Ben Buffers health is so bad to pre-
clude all hope of his running for Governor of
Massachusetts. His nervous system is much
shattered and his hands tremble that it is
with manifest difficulty that he can write.
THE New York city tax levy for this year is
$50, 1S6, $50, being at the rate of 260 per cent.
on the assessed valuation. Estimating the
population of the city at ], 00O 600 persons, it
appears that the cost of municipal govern
ment in that monstrous center of corruption
is $50 per capita for every man, woman, and
child
The West.
DURISG a tremendous thunder storm at
Emerson, Manitoba, recently, 800 horses of
the Canadian mounted police stampeded,
running over tents OF 1neu and officers. and
against and over the wagons, or any obstacles
in the way of their wild flight. Many men
were injured and many horses Winter
mute, the SLAYER of Gen. McCook, has been
sentenced at Yankton, Dakota. to ten years
imprisonment in the Iowa State Penitentiary
at Fort Madison. The grain trade of Chi
cago for the month of June was immense.
During the month 3176 carloads of grain
GO. 220. 400 bushels) were inspected into store
ana l. SIS. Isl bushels from canalboats, making
the total grain receipts for the month 10, 5S5,-
555 bushels. During the same time 8, los, 1874
bushels of grain were inspected out of
store for shipment to the seaboard- -
A gentleman who has recently returned to st.
Paul from a tour in Western Minnesota says
that the grasshoppers have laid waste sec
ton OF country go miles wide and extending
indefinitely from the southern border In the
direction of the Northern Pacific railroad. At
the present rate of progress, the destroyers
will run over the border some time before the
u Al o<nI,o ~,
st. Paul represent that there are 4. 600 people
in the devastated region without food, and in
danger of starvation. Legislative aid is
asked. The Chicago, Rock Island and Pa
cific railroad has announced Its intention
Of conforming to the Iowa railway
law in letter and spirit In announcing this
decision, however. the Superintendent of the
road enters strong protest against the law,
and all similar enactments. Gross earnings
of the Rock Island road for 1878, 81, 0iS, 203
net earnings, S3.256. $685.
.LEMuEL Moss, D. D., Of the Crozier Thee
logical Seminary. has been elected President
of the Chicago University, and DIR. Burroughs
has been made Chancellor -. The Railroad
Commissioners Of Minnesota have prepared a
table of rates for the various roads running
through the State. by which a reduction is
made in passenger fares of J TO II cents per
mile. The managers of the st. Paul and
Pacific Company have published their inten-
lions in case the new law is enforced against
them They say that it will be impossible for
the company to run trains of good cars
cheaper than before, and they will therefore
be obliged to give such accommodations to
passengers as can be afforded.
ANUMBER of Indian outrages are reported
from Wyoming Territory. The Chicago
Tribune of the 9th inst says: Most dis
l..
what is becoming known as the grasshopper
region in Iowa and Minnesota The visitation
in Iowa is not so severe as last year, but it is
severe enough to occasion serious concern In
Minnesota, the grasshoppers have stripped a
range of counties, beginning in the south
western part of the State, entirely clear of
vegetation. and they are now advancing in
myriads in a northerly direction :. The
United States Circuit Court, sitting at Madi-
son. Wis, has declared the Wisconsin Rail-
road law constitutional. The court affirms the
right OF the Legislature to alter or repeal
charters. and declares bondholders and credit
crs bound by the law that creates the cor
porstion. The great mississippi bridge at
st. Louis was formally opened and dedicated
to traffic on the 4th of July.
THE next Chicago clergyman to be subjected
to trial by the Church authorities is Rev. W.
G. Dandy, Methodist, who is charged with
lying, dishonesty, patronizlng dancing schools,
smoking tobacco, vindictiveness and inefi-
cheney = A meeting of The managers of the
Iowa railway liens was held in Chicago on the
7th inst, to decide what action should be
taken in regard to the Iowa tariff law. Several
advocated compliance with the law under pro-
test. bat no unity of action could be secured
mr.. Newell. of the Illinois Central, SAID
he could not possibly comply with the
law, as his Iowa Division was composed
of the three leased lines which re-
ceiye a part of the net earnings |
for their share One of these lines had al |
ready served him with Al, injunction restrain |
ing him from complying with the law, and the |
other two lines would undoubtedly do the |
same. Mr. Walker, President of the Chicago, |
Burlington and Quincy Railroad, gave similar |
reasons for not being able to comply with the
law. Mr. Albert Keep, President of the
Northwestern, thought he had already enough |
litigation on hand with the Wisconsin law,
and, therefore, he had concluded to comply |
with the Iowa Law under protest Mr.. Horace
Williams, who is the President of the leased |
portion of the Iowa Division of the |
Northwestern Railroad, deplored Mr.. |
Keeps determination to comply with |
the law, and stated that he would
sue out an injunction restraining the
Company from complying with the law as far
as his portion Of the road was concerned.
Clusters expedition to the Black Hills of Da-
kota is expected to accomplish much. 1t has
ar rtad ON "a tOur fully armed and equipped