Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-05-07
NEWS SUM MARY.
Tho East.


injured, and four seriously hurt, by the fall of
building in Brooklyn, the other day.
THE New York Cremation Society had an
other meeting few evenings ago, about fifty
persons, including one woman, being present.
The Committee on Organization reported, rec
ommending the incorporation of a stock
company the most feasible means of OBJ
tanning the desired end -. The Stevens House,
q new nine-story hotel in New York. has been
suddenly deserted on account of the bullying
of the walls. Huge timbers are now braced
against the building to keep it from tumbling
down.
A DISPATCH from Pittsburgh says that San
other great industrial strike is going on in the
oil regions, caused by the very low price of
petroleum. Most of the'oil producers of the
region have combined for the purpose of sus-
pending operations until 3 scarcity of the ar
ticle enhances Its price
THE residence of Henry Pennington, of
Clearfield county, Pa, was lately destroyed by
FIRE. Two sons and daughter of Mr.. P. per-
lshed in the flames. Five men were killed at
Cresson, Pa, the other day. being run over
by an express train. The New York Legisla-
ture have agreed to appropriate 1850 900 to
continue the enlargement of the Erie canal,
and $500, 900 for the Champlain canal.
The West.
The following is an abstract of the summa-
RES and estimates of the National Crop Re
porter of the 9th of April: The area planted in
Irish potatoes last year in the State of Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa, Kansas. Minnesota, Missouri,
Ohio and Wisconsin was, in round numbers,
554. 009 acres, the average percentage of in
crease upon which is estimated at nearly 5 per
cent, or about 2S, 600 acres. Correspondents
in Minnesota, Iowa. and Wisconsin estimate
the probable increase in the area of barley to
be 2 Clio per cent a. compared with last year.
The average condition of swine April l. in the
eight States named above. shows a very low
rate as compared with the condition at the
same date last year. representing the latter at
100, the average for the eight stand fraction
less than 81. None Of the States report over
80, and Missouri returns 81. The average
prices of leading articles are as follows !:
Wheat, SLIT: corn, soc oats, 42c; hay,
1927: swine, 81, &c; potatoes, Sl.15.
CENSUS of st. Louis taken by the School
Board shows the total number between the
ages of and 81 in that city to be 1873, 13l,
giving population of about 435. 900. :. The
Globe Theater. in Chicago, was recently de-
stroyed by fire.
A VERY important decision has been rem
dered by Judge Blodgett, of the United States
Circuit Court, at Chicago. involving the right
of wives and daughters of bankrupts to hold
property against the claims of creditors.
The assignee of bankrupt had seized all the
assets he could find, among which were sew
eral articles claimed by the bankrupts wife
and daughter as having been earned by them
Is agents or clerks of the bankrupt. The
Cor decided that the claim of the petition
ers. Was legal, and ordered the assignee to
restore the property to their possession.
The whisky traffic has been banished from
Dwight, Ill. -. Six students of Ann Arbor
(Mich.) University have been susnended for
a hazing. -. The old man and woman ar
rested some time ago in the mountains of
Utah on suspicion of being Bender, the Kan
sas miscreant. and his partner in sin. have ar
rived at Topeka, Kan, and been fully identi-
fed as the Cherry Vale butchers. Tie son
and daughter are still at large.
CAPT. BEAUMONT, an official Of the Canadian
Government, il now in the Illinois Peniten-
tiary, doing duty as a common guard. He is
there as a representative of his Government
to obtain thorough practical knowledge of
the management of the institution. which has
been selected by the Canadian Commissioners
as the model penal institution of the United
States. Mrs. Nancy Glen. of Indianapolis.
who has been four times tried and convicted
of completely in the murder of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jacob Young, has at last been set at liberty.
The authorities refused to appropriate money
for another prosecution, whereupoR the
Prosecuting Attorney entered n0lle prOseQui
and the accused was discharged.
STEPHEN HOOP, a negro murderer, was
hanged at Cleveland on the 29.h ult The
crime was one of unusual atrocity. He en-
ticed his stepson. boy of twelve years away
from home, made him drunk with whisky,
killed him with a board, and buried him under
Ia <@fr 1kar< ov,1 \
exander Mitchell Presidents respectively of
the Chicago and Northwestern and Milwaukee
and ct. Paul railways. have addressed letters
to the Governor of Wisconsin. giving in de-
tail the reasons why their respective roads
cannot conform to the new tariff of rates fixed
by the recent session of the Wisconsin Legis-
lature- Both gentlemen claim that if the rates
fixed by law are enforced the roads cannot pay
expenses, while the receipts would fall far be-
low the amount required for the payment OF
running expenses, the interest on the bonded
Indebtedness of the roads, and dividends to
stockholders. Such being the case, they will
decline to adopt the tariff fixed, and will con
courts.
The South.
OF the LOG estimates of the cotton crop OF
1873, opened at the Memphis Cotton Ex
change, the highest was 4, 2S7, 613; lowest
1881, O36; average, 4,132. 1872.
Washington.
A WAsHISGToS telegram announces that a
caucus composed of the leading Republican
Senators who voted for the vetoed Currenc,
bill, held at the house of Senator Morton, 81
was decided to draw up an address to thu
country, and Senator's Morton, Carpenter
Logan. Ferry, of Michigan, and West. wer,
appointed to draft it. The instructions to thu
committee are to contrast the message o.
Dec. with the veto message with reference
to the finance recommendations. and to at
tempt to show the alleged inconsistency o.
the two positions OF the President. The com
mittee are to endeavor to show that the De
cember message recommends imitation, a
least Sl56, 600, OO0.''
SENATOR EDMUNDs has prepared bill EN-
towering the President to appoint com
mission consisting of an army officer of ranl
not lower than Colonel, a Com
mander of the Navy and citizen expert no
connected in any way with any telegraph
company, who shall examine into the posta
telegraph project, and report to Congress a.
to the ACCESSIBILITY of it's adoption in thu
United States.
A WASHINGTON telegram gives the following
as the general outline of q financial compro