Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-05-21
NEWS SUMMARY.
The East.

The East.
A DIVIDEND Of 5 per cent. in csh has been
declared by the trustee and committee of the
estate of Jay Cooke & Co. The trustee has
been further authorized to make final settle
ment on the basis of Is per cent. in cash and
IS per cent. in various securities held by the
bankrupt firm In case this arrangement is
carried out, Northern Pacific will be put in for
50 per cent. of the Indebtedness, and will be
rated at 20 cents on the dollar.
The petition Of Alice Mason Sumner, for
merly married to the late Senator Sumner, for
permission to change her name to Alice Mason,
has been granted by Judge Ames, in the Bos-
ton Probste Court Not discouraged by the
adverse action of Congress on the Centennial
Appropriation bill. the Commissioners an
nounce that the work of preparing for the ex-
hibition as an international affair will be COM
menced without delay and prosecuted dill
gently.
Mr.. MELLIsH, noted New York fnancier,
has gone crazy over the study CT his favorite
theme. The Society Of the Army of the
Potomac held it's annual reunion at Harris
burg, Pa, on the 18th and 18th Of May. 1t
was largely attended.
THE eighth annual meeting of the National
Encampment of the Grand Army of the Re-
public was held at Harrisburg, Pa, on the
18TH Chas. Devens, of Massachusetts, was
chosen Commander-in-Chiefa and Chicago Sc
lected as the next place of meeting The
City of Toxic, the sister iron steamship to the
City of Pekin, was successfully launched at
Chester, on the Delaware, IA miles from
Philadelphia, Pa, on the 18th inst. These are
the two largest vessels in the worla I.ext to
the Great Eastern.
The West.
ANDY JOHNSON recently addressed the peo-
pie of Nashville on the tissues of the day.
He said he was in favcr of bringing the
Government nearer to the people, by giving
them the power of electing the President and
United States Senators without the aid of
Legislators or electors
THE Milwaukee Sentinel publishes reports
from thirty counties in Wisconsin, giving de-
tailed accounts of crop prospects. In the
majority of instances winter wheat is badly
damaged, and not more than half q crop will
be realized. In some places barley is greatly
injured, and reseeding is necessary. &. . "A mys-
FERROUS cavern has been discovered in the
suburbs of Rock Island, Ill.
A BLOODY riot between union and non-union
miners occurred at Jacksonville, Ohio. on the
9th inst, resulting in the death of James
Elderton, and the mortal wounding of r. F.
Myers and John Woodward . Powers Opera
House. at Grand Rapids, Mich, was recently
destroyed by fire. Loss about 800, 900. =.
Destructive fires have been raging in the
lumber districts of Michigan.
The Odd Fellows Grand Lodge of Ohio has
Just held its annual session at Cincinnati
The Secretary reported 423 working lodges in
the State, and AZ, 900 working members. The
losses from all causes during the year were
50, 500 Cash and securities in the general
fund, 81. 900, 900. Amount of widows and
orphans fund, 100000.
REPORTS from Bismarck state that on
Wednesday last . battle took place
between the Sioux and Gros ventres, at
Knife river, IS miles above Bismarck. on the
west bank of the Missouri The battle lasted
about half day, when the Gros Ventres party
retreated, and were holly pursued by the
others Chas- Weaver was murdered by the
Sioux near Fort Berthold on the 18th inst
Preparations are making at Fort Abraham
Lincoln, near Bismarck opursue the Indians
"A game of baseball at Chicago on the 18th
between the Chicago Club and the Athletics,
of Philadelphia. was won by the former.
The South.
Bill KELLY (colored) was hung for rape at
Nashville, Tenn, on the Sth inst. . Peter C.
Fox has recovered verdict for $4,000
against the Louisville and Nashville railroad
for the loss of q leg.
THE New Orleans committee of relief for
the sufferers by the overflow in Louisiana
have submitted to Gov. Kellogg a report of
their work. in which they say 'From the
23d of April to the Sth of Nav, fifteen DAYS,
we shipped to the overlooked districts $50, ass
rations of breadstuffs and 353, 401 of meat, of
which the Government shipped 162, 1873 Of
breadstuffs and 49, 825 of meat The ship
ments made in excess of the receipts from
Government were from private contributions.
We have been far from supplying the demands
on us We estimate, from the best informa-
ton we can gather. that the number of suffer-
ers in Louisiana alone is Sc, 500. In Louisiana
the calls are increasing as the distress be-
comes greater from tie exhaustion of supplies
in the hands Of the people at the time of the
overflow"
ADDITIONAL crevasses in the lower Missis-
sippi are reported Many tributary streams
have also overlooked, and the outlook for the
homeless people in this inundated region is
more cheerlees than ever.
The National Agricultural Congress con-
vened at Atlanta, Ga, on the 18th, Gen. Vim.
A. Jackson, of Tennessee. presiding. Ad-
vices from the lower Mississippi continue to
represent dreadful state OF suffering among
the planters along the river. New breaks in
the levee occur daily. The crevasse at Miller's
on the Mississippi side, opposite Friar's Point,
isover 600 feet wide, the water passing through
and deluging all the adjacent country.
Washington.
THE whole number of clerks in the Treasury
Department is to be reduced about 800. The
department has issued notice to the effec
that all clerks who may voluntarily resign nov
will receive pay until june 80.
The House Committee on the Pacific rail
WAYS are determined to make the companies
settle up. The committee have unanimousl.
agreed on bill directing the Secretary of the
Treasury to demand of each company the I'M
mediate payment of the per cent. per annun
of their respective net receipts, as required b,
law. :. 1t seems there is hitch in the Senate
Committee on transportation about tn,
McCrary bill regulating railways. Severa
lawyers of that body doubt its constitutional
ity... 1t is said the friends of the Centennia
bill will net bring it up in Congress again be
fore next winter when they are confident the,
can secure its adoption n