Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-05-28
NEWS sUMsaARY.
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THE Roman Catholic pilgrims have sailed
grand ceremonies in st. Patricks Cathedral
THE Massachusetts Legislature has ap-
pointed q committee to examine and report
upon the late Mill river disaster, with view
to extending the necessary aid. Measures of
relief have also been taken in Boston. Gov.
Dix, of New York, has decided to call an ex-
ira term of the Kings County Court of Oyer
and Terminer, for the purpose of trying the
indicted officials of Brooklyn.
A JURY at Lewiston, Me-, has returned a
verdict of guilty in the case of DR.. Peleg B.
Trask, charged with manslaughter, for caus-
ing the death of an infant through criminal
negligence. New York city is discussing the
Temperance question with ardor, Dio Lewis
being there to help. The Connecticut Leg
islature voted $40, 600 in aid of the sufferers
by the food in Massachusetts, and enough
was contributed from all sources to meet the
needs of the destitute The General Council
of the Reformed Episcopal Church. in session
at Brooklyn, closed its proceedings on the
18th. having perfected ritual and adopted
regulations for the government of the church.
1t was resolved to hold the next annual
council of the church in Christ Church. Chi
cago on the second Wednesday in May, 1875.
REPORTS from Wilmington. Del, state that
a species of black bug has appeared in con-
siderable numbers in the surrounding peach
orchards. and especially in those near Denton,
Caroline county, Nd. and has done serious
damage. In one nursery the grated stocks
of 50, 900 trees were entirely killed. 1t is as
serted that the insect is even capable of de-
stroying large trees, as it thickly covers the
leaves.
The West.
AT Cairo, ILL.,, on the 14th, deck-hand on
the steamer James Howard refused to obey
an order of the mate, and the boat was landed
TO put him ashore. About twelve of the crew
refused to allow their companion to be put OFF.
A fight ensued. in which the mate, carpenter
and one of the engineers were wounded.
After a struggle, the mutineers were driven
into the hold of the boat and the hatch closed
The working session of the Prison Reform
Congress began their labors in st. Louis, Mo-,
on the morning of the 14th inst. and after
devoting nearly two hours to a hEbustering
debate on prelininaries connected with the or
ganization, elected Hon. Richard Vaux, of.
Pennsylvania, President.
TIBURcIo vAsQUEz, the bandit and outlaw,
for long Tine the terror of the southern
portion OF California. was captured on the
14th inst. near Los Angeles, Cal.
An incendiary fire in Champaign, H., de-
stroyed the colored Baptist church; loss.
81, 400 :. A mortgage executed by the Pan
Handle Railroad Company to Joseph Bacon
and Albert Hewson for $4,000, 900 was filed
for record in the Recorders Office at Zanes-
vile, Ohio, recently. 1t is dated April 1, 1873,
and is the second mortgage on the property Of
the company =. Acknowledgement Sloan, OF
Wisconsin. has asked leave to file an informa-
tion against railroads not conforming to the
new Railroad law, in an action of quo ,cdrrant0.
An answer is expected in the June term of the
court, beginning June 2
WILLIAM 7. POLLOCK, who was arrested for
robbing the postoffice at Brownsville, Neb..
last winter, has been sentenced to one years
imprisonment at hard labor in the peniten-
tiary at Fort Madison, Iowa Several mys-
FERROUS child-murders have recently been COM
mitted in Detroit, Mich, which puzzle the
authorities. :. Two prisoners confined in the
United States jail at Yankton. d. T., escaped
ON the night of the 10th inst. They noticed
that the taller came through the outside door
and left it unlocked. when they rushed out,
locking the door after them, and quickly
walked away. One of them. VIM. Sharp, was
confined on a charge of perjury in a land
case at Sioux Falls. The other, McFlanigan,
was indicted for horse-stealing The bulk
head of Gardner Dam, in Upper Wolf river
Shawano county, Wis, gave way recently,
while nine men were engaged raising the
gates. Four men were instantly killed, and
others badly injured.
THE semi-annual session of the Grand En-
campment of Indiana Odd-Fellows occurred
at Indianapolis, May 10. Statistics: Num-
Der of encampments, 121 number Of MEM
bers. 5152; resources of the encampments,
$50, 097.76; receipts of the encampments-
81, 23495; expenses, including relief and
charity. 80. 1.S6; receipts of the Grand En-
campments. S147, 0S7; balance in treasury,
S215.S43. Total assets of the encampments,
1921, S43 . 4 three-story brick house in Gin
cinnati tumbled down, burying five persons,
all being seriously hurt, and one, a child,
killed The servant of the family residing in
the house was entombed alive for several
hours in the debris. :. The Woman's Temper
ance League of Lafayette, Ind, recently had
a petition presented to Congress for law
compelling all United States officers to take
an oath to abstain from the use of all intoxi-
eating drinks during their term Of Office.
Another bridge across the Mississippi at
Quincy is under contract.
ToBEY & BoorH's packing-house, Chicago,
has been totally destroyed by fire. Loss,
800, OOO The Acknowledgement of Min
nesota has begun proceedings to obtain from
the Winona and st. Peter Railway Company
the sum OF T0o,OUU, Claimed IOI tdXee i ne
hquor-sellers of Anoka, Mimi, have resorted
to legal proceedings to dissuade the crusaders
from interfering with their trade
Tho South.
THE Arkansas Legislature, on the 10th inst
passed bill for the assembling of Consti-
tutional Convention on the 14th of July, the
election to be held June 80. A joint resolu-
ton of thanks to the Hon. W. W. Wiltshire,
M. c.. was also passed. In the House, all
Offices were declared vacant; the Hon. j. III.
Berry was elecred permanent Speaker. and
Col. C. c. Reed, permanent Clerk. The State
House has been turned over to the proper
officers. AT Shreveport, La, fifty armed
men forced open the Jail, and, taking out two
prisoners named Jones and Hill, who were
charged with murder, hanged them to trees
in the courthouse yard. Fourteen prisoners
escaped during the affair
Gov. MOSES and ex-Treasurer Humbert, Of
South Carolina, have been injected by grand
Jury, on charges of breach of trust, with
fraudulent intentions, and for grand larceny.
The indictment charges Moses with having
counseied and advised Humbert, the default
ing County Treasurer, to use So, 900 OF the
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