Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-08-20


1888. against S290,345, 255 in 1878, and
about 1882, 0O0, 600 in 1872. The limit to the
appropriation for the new Cincinnati Custom
House is SS.5O0,OOO.
ArroRNEY-GENERAL WILLIAMS has decided
that where q railway company or other cor
poration fails to comply with the law in build
ing the same within specified time, the
grant, or so much of the land as remains un-
sold, reverts back to the government. Gen.
o. o. Howard has left for Oregon to take
command of the department until recently
under command of Gen. Davis. The Presi-
dent has directed the land Office of the lately
created western district of Kansas to be To-
Gated at Hayes City, and that of the Arkansas
Valley district at Larned-
THE friends of the Civil Rights bill, white
as well as black, are apprehensive, since the
election of the past week, for the success of
that measure. The amount of national
bank notes outstanding begins to show a
| great increase, the books showing now in cir
culation $3.50, 900, 900, while only short time
ago S34s, 900, 900 we're the figures. . The De-
! partment of Justice has received long accounts
! of what purport to be ku-klux outrages in
Texas. Heretofore the Board of School
| Trustees for white children and the Board eff
| Trustees for colored children have been separ-
ate; but on the 9th inst, the Commissioners
I
dated them into one board, consisting of 10
white and 5 colored members.
The Secretary of the Treasury is preparing a
formal demand on the several Pacific railroads
embraced in the act of last June, requiring
the payment of 5 per cent. of the net earnings
/ OF the companies to the Government, i'm
posed by the act of July /. 1851.
General.
ULYSSES GRANT. son of the President. ac-
companied by his brother jesse, and son of
ex-Collector Murphy of New York, have just
concluded feat of pedestrianism of 200 miles
from Huntington, Pa, to Pittsburgh, Pa,
THE horse Goldsmith Maid has accomplished
some remarkable feats during the past season.
At East Saginaw, Mich, she trotted mile in
min. is sec. This record was reduced at
Buffalo to min. III Sec; and at Rochester.
to min. Ia sec.. Reports from all parts of
the country are to the effect that Tuesday,
the 18th of August, was the hottest day ex-
perienced for years.
Political.
RECENT Congressional nominations: The
Prohibitionists of the Eighth Illinois District
met in convention at Lincoln, and nominated
George W. Minor. Hon. A. M. Pratt, of
Williamson county. was nominated by the Re-
publicans of the Toledo (Ohio) District.
In the Independent Convention at Topeka.
Kansas, on the 9Th inst, j. Casey was
nominated for Governor. News from the
North Carolina election reports that the Oppo-
sItion ticket was successful-electing seven
out Of eight Congressman The Conserva-
tive ticket was successful throughout Ten
nessee on the 9th inst.-they making a clean
sweep.
LATE returns from the elections held in
Tennessee and North Carolina, show the
Democratic majorities in those States more
sweeping than at first reported In North
Carolina the Democrats elect out of the
congressman. Congressional nominations:
Inc republicans have nominated c. B. OAR
rail- IN the Fourth and J. III. Sypher in the
FIRST Louisiana District. The Conservatives
OF the First Virginia District have nominated
Beverly r. Douglass.
THE Democrats of Southern Illinois. under
the lead of Col. Richardson and Gen. Single
ton, held grand mass meeting at Quincy ON
the 9th inst, a. which resolutions were
passed denouncing the present State Central
Committee, and repudiating their platform.
PLANS for starting a new paper in New York.
under the name of the Republican have been
matured, and the first issue will be made
early In September. The paper is promised
TO be frst-class in every department and of
eight-page form. 1t is said that $500 600 has
already been raised for the purpose The
managers of the enterprise are c. c. Norveu.
formerly financial editor of the Times. Con-
gresham Platt, of Oswego. N Y, and E. b.
Wesley Of the Union Trust Company, and
formerly editor of the Round Table.
THE official vote of 81 counties in the late
election in Kentucky gives Jones, Democratic
candidate for Clerk of Court of Appeals a
majority of nearly $4,000 over Cochran. In
dependent ..J. Proctor Knott has been
nominated by the Democrats for Congress
from the Fourth Kentucky District.
THE Prohibitionists of PENNSYLVANIA met in
convention at Harrisburg, on the 18th inst,
and adopted q radical platform favorine the
prohibition of the liquor traffic. The follow
ing nominations were made: Lieutenant
Governor, BENZ. Rush, of Bradford; Judge of
Supreme curt, Simeon B. Chase: Auditor
General, Calvin Parsons; Secretary Of Inter-
nal Affairs, w. p. Outhbertson.
Foreign.
UPWARD of 1000 people witnessed the game
of baseball between the two American clubs
in London, on the 9Th inst. The Bostons
won the game by score of IA to IL. The
Bank of England has fixed the rate of dis
count at per cent. There has been a ter
rlDle gale on the coast or Aberdeenehlre,
Scotland "A dispatch from Madrid saws
The circular note in relation to the Carlist in
surrection, sent to the different European
powers by Senior Ulloa, Minister of Foreign
Affairs is published. Senior Ulloa says that
the Carlists, under the pretext of defending
religion, are guilty Of incendiarism, assassi- |
nation, and pillage. In support of his state
ment he instances the massacres at Cuenca |
and Olot. "A special dispatch to the London |
Daily Ne,cs reports that the French authori- |
ties captured a large amount of arms and |
$4,000 cartridges on the frontier, destined |
for the Carlists in Spain . The wife of Don |
Carlos has arrived at Bordeaux, France =.
News from Russia is TO the effect that the |
marriage Of the Grand Duke Vladimir with |
the Princess Mecklenburg- Schwerin will be |
solemnized at St Petersburg about the oath |
Of August. -. The trial of ten young men and |
two women, for issuing and circulating reyo-
lutionary proclamations, is proceeding before |
a special session of the Russian Senate A
dispatch from Geneva. Switzerland, SAYS it is |
reported that Father Hyacinthe has resigned |
the curacy of that city.
TEE British Parliament was prorog led on the |
7th inst. by message from the Queen, which |
was read by royal commission, Her Majesty |
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