Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-07-02


$25,OO0.
Gen. J. d. Cox, president of the To-
ledo, Wabash and Western railroad, has
been rendered the presidency of Antioch
college.
For young woman to begin to pick
lint off a young mans coat collar, is said
to be the first symptom that the young
man is in peril.
"A Toledo woman muzzled her hus-
Band to keep him from kissing the cham
her maid. Is it really necessary this time
of year?
When you want to find out in the
country whether girl is coarting or not,
an old lady steps in and remarks: Il
say, there amt no one sick in this house
or nothin', is there? l seen light burn
in nigh onto twelve O'clock last night,
but l don't smell nor campfire nor MOTH
in round"
"A swindler named Barrows, who has
been victimizing the farmers in the vici-
nifty of Goshen, by representing himself
to be an agent of the Buckley Reaper.
thereby obtained some money and soon
after started for other green fields. He
was arrested at Warsaw BY an officer and
brought back to Goshen last Saturday
night and lodged in iail-Chicago Tri-
buRe
L. X Rummill, a one-armed ex-sol.
dier, who has been Postmaster in Green
field, Indiana, for about year, has left
his office and the place without making
satisfactory return of himself, or of his
post office accounts. His Office has been
put in the hands of special agent. His
defalcation, if anything, it is thought, can
not be over $500. He had a bad name
for post master.
The South Bend Tribune SAYS that a
young man by the name of Kale, was at
tackled by highway robbers on Wednes-
dap night. Gath ult., in the woods in
Green township. He was ordered to halt,
fired at, wounded, thrown down, and
robbed ofall the money he had, about
three dollars. He managed to reach Mr..
Cottrells barn, where he was found in an
insensible condition the next morning.
He said he had no idea who the robbers
were.
Information is eagerly sought by
members of Congress and other parties of
the Comptroller of the Currency respect
ing the allotment of circulation for the
Territories, Western and Southern States.
There is every indication that capital in
these sections Is ready to be invested In
National banks as fast as circulation can
be granted. The Comptroller states that
within thirty days he will be pretty well
informed what the demand for new banks
exactly will be under the new currency
law.
"A collection of thirteen excellent
pictures, all fine works of art, embellish
the July Aldine, which Is the finest pub.
lication in the world for the drawing
room. The pictures in the Aldine are
new, beautiful, interesting, and exquisite
as gems ofart. Mr.. Thomas Moran opens
the July number with an appropriate
and full-page tinted picture-"A Storm in
the Mountains" which is full of the mid
summer splendor and action of July
thunderstorm. David Neal contributes
a full-page picture of ''Watt and the Ket-
tie" it being copy of his famous paint
ing now on exhibition at the Royal Aca-
denny, London. Young Watt is shown
solving the problem of steam.power.
Three charming pictures of Pennsylvania
scenery are contributed by John Hows,
full-page showing the great "Horse-Sho
Bend at Kittanning Point" where the
Pennsylvania Railway crosses the Alle-
ghany Mountains. Another picture is
"Kettle Run, Altoona" wild, gloomy
brook in deep woods. The last of this
interesting series IS the "Old Aqueduct
on the Conemaugh River" in Pennsylva-
mia, which shows the ruins of a great
stone bridge. "An Indian Scout" is a
strong picture, showing the red man with
all his war trappings and ugly features.
"a Connoisseur" shows the interior of an
artists studio, and reveals whole vo.-
ume ofromance at the first glance. The
picture is pleasing study, one to charm.
"Our Pet" shows as handsome female
face, with as perfect profile as has ever
been seen in print. j. o. Davidson has a
full-page picture, AFTER the Battle"
which is grand and graphic view of
fight at sea, where the war-ships have
taken fire, and the sailors are leaping
overheard. Three views of Westminster
ABBEY are given, an exterior view of the
building, Entrance to the South Aisle"
and the "South Transept." This magnif-
cent series of illustrations closes with. a
fine portrait of David Feal," the Ameri-