davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-03-12
A Young POmpeii i'm California.

California boasts of Pompeii on a
small scale. 1t is the town of Meadow
Lake, on the Sierra Nevada range, 5000
feet above the level of the sea. The
spot on which it is situated is full of
gold, and in 1865 there was great rush
thither, !, 200, 900 feet of the land being
taken up in the summer of that year.
By spring of the next year the Cali
fornians had become perfectly wild
ever the golden prospects of the region,
and during May and June not less than
ZOO people found their way up there,
and real estate went up Like kite,
6OxSO-foOt lots bringing from 81, 500 to
50, 500. A stock board was formed, and
the bulls and bears made the wilderness
hideous with bidding for the stocks of
the various companies. Over So, 900, 900
was rocks, which never yielded more
than 100000 though they were full of
gold, and a town of 600 houses was
built. The trouble was with the ore,
In which there were some substances
that would not yield to the usual pro-
cesses, and, in addition, the snow was
not unfrequently twenty-five feet on a
level, terrible storms being common as
late as June. All at once the people
saw that nature had played an awful
practical joke on them, and they aban-
doned the town SO precipitately that
recent visitor there, walking on snow
shoes through the streets, on a level
with the second stories, looking into the
windows, saw the furniture standing
just as the occupants had last used it.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-03-12
Ethics Of Draw.POker.
Washington letter.

Ben Holiday, who is now here living
in widowed quarters and looking after
his railroads, is said to have raised the
largest hands at poker known among
gaming capitalists.
"He won fifty thousand dollars from
me-" said William Sharon "but 1 was
sick that day and had to let him take it.
He can't beat me when / am feeling
we'll"
1t is very easy to corrupt public men
at the poker-table, for large percent
age of them play-nearly as many, L
should Judge, as in the old days of
slavery. Poker has arisen with the
Northwestern domination, and the ease
with which it is learned, the reckless
chances it invites, and the rapid popu-
larity it attains in every circle, make it
an especial game for large operators
who loiter on the threshold of politics.
Make public man poor and replace
the money as a gift, or permit him to
win and suppose he has wronged you,
and he will try to work off the obliga-
ton with a might which he almost i'm
putes righteous. These great, brawny
operators know such things, and honor
in the chief places is no barrier to their
circumventing. The table, the fine and
rapid woman, worldly talk with bril-
iancy in its delusiveness, the confidence
that follows the wine-cup, and the cool
study of man over five cards when he
bets beyond his measurc-these are the
steps by which hard men capture better
ones. Bribery is seldom direct, wound
ing the feelings or pride of the recipi-
ent.' 1t is extended, like the love which
precedes ruin. 1t says:
" My friend, admire you. To see
you poor with your talents is reproach
to our country that you illustrate. 1
never yet met a man could get SO close
to. If you ever feel the wolf too close
to the door, 1 hope you will not wrong
your friend be silence"
And it is done.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-03-12
The Last Census.

The total population of the country
is about thirty-eight and quarter
millions.
Total number of deaths in the crr-
rent census year, 49,, 1853, or about 1,3A9
per diem.
March seems to be the most fatal
month, leading all others by about
1000.
March, April and May form the most
fatal quarter, exceeding any other three
consecutive months by over 1900.
The births number ], 100, Ats, or about
5000 per diem.
The blind number about 10000.
The deaf and dumb about $1,000.
The idiotic about "a, 900.
The insane about 1000, nearly one
third of whom are of foreign birth.
Persons over so years of age number
about $50, 900.
Persons over 80 years of age number
about 1000.
Persons over 100 years of age number
about $500.
OF those over 80 years, the. females
outnumber the males by about IL, 900.
Of those over 80 years, the females
are in excess by about !, 200.
Of those ever 100 years, the females
exceed the males by about 1000.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-03-12
b. B..

The lower House of Congress was en-
gagged on Thursday in talking about the
Thanking privilege. The sanity Butler
had chance to shy stone at the
press, and that was glory enough for
one day. He said the country newspa-
pers were sick of the abolition of the
ranking privilege, as he thought they
would be. Nothing would please Butler
SO well as to have the press displeased.
He hates the newspapers as the idola-
trous King of Israel hated the prophets
of Jehovah. He ISLANDERS the country
press. A few of them might be willing
to revive the whole thing for the sake
of the postage on their own country cir
culation but the great majority of the
journals of the land, whether published
in city or country, much prefer the
present arrangement to a revival of the
franking system. Gen. Butler knows
that, if he knows anything about the
matter.-ChicdgO Journal.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-03-12
Kill or Cure.

It is stated that an Irishman called
upon New York disciple of Esculapi-
us, and informed him that his wife was
sick and required medical aid. The NJ.
d. was willing to give his attention to
the case, but desired the man to pay In
advance or enter into an agreement to
pay when his services were no longer
needed.
can it'll kill or cure for twenty dol
lars ?" said Pat.
eyes,"
Pat was satisfied, and left the NJ. d.
to perform the contract. The woman
died, and in due time the doctor pre-
sented his bill. Pat looked at it for a
moment, and then asked:
can did We cure her ?"
"No," answered the physician.
can did We kill her %
This was poser, and the NJ. d. dis
covered that Pat had caught him. The
bill has not yet been settled.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-03-12
Champion Wrestling-Matcb.

The San Francisco papers give
full accounts of the wrestiing-matcb
between Mclaughlin, of Detroit, and
Whalen, of California, for $1,000 and
the championship, which was recently
contested In the Golden City in the
presence of an immense and excited
audience. The Call says
The rival athletes have met. and Cali
fornia's champion went down before the
superior prowess of the man from the
East, or, as he is facetiously termed.
"The Foreigner.
The agreement set forth that the
match was to be for 81, 900 side, collar
and elbow grips, falls best two in three.
the contestants to wear short coats.
light costume, and canvas shoes. The
men were then introduced, and the dis
parity In size became at once apparent.
Mclaughlin looked a very giant in his
white tights, beneath which the mus
cles played at every movement. Be-
side the gigantic frame of "The For
eigner" "Corduroy's" form seemed al
most like that of tall, slim boy. The
two men were greeted with terrific
shouts, which were continued for some
time.
The noise having subsidized, the men
stepped forward, and after the pre-
liminary Misunderstanding the grip was
taken, and the struggle commenced at
precisely 9 o'clock. Whalen evidently
perceived the great advantage of weight
possessed by his opponent, and stood
upon the defensive, endeavoring to
draw out "The Foreigners" tactics.
The latter pressed Corduroy" with ap-
parently too great display and surplus
movement, making frequent feints that
seemed entirely unnecessary. Whalen
remained perfectly cool, and it
seemed as though the contest would
become protracted, when, quick as a
flash, Mclaughlin lifted Whaien clear
off tie floor and threw him fair upon his
back at the rear of the stage, and then,
without changing his hold, Lifted the
fallen Corduroy" upon his feet with
but little effort. The fall was from
right to left, perfectly clear and fair,
and accomplished in four minutes and a
half.
At 9:12 o'clock the men again stood
breast to breast upon the boards. Both
men unanswered for some time, Nc
Laughlin felnting with the right and
left. Whalen had changed his tactics
somewhat, and, while remaining on the
defensive, dragged his opponent over
the floor, watching every opportunity to
arrive at the right moment. Finding
that Corduroy" seemed determined to
draw him toward the sides of the stage,
Mclaughlin drove him clear back to the
reporters tables, and by mere main
force threw him upon them. Cries of
Foul, foul, rang out from every por-
ton of the house, and storm of Kisses
was hurled at thescheming Foreigner,
whose evident object in throwing "Cor-
duroy" among the itemizers was to
worry him and render him less cool.
Suddenly, and before the audience had
a single warning, Whalen was again
upon his back, in almost the same place
as as before, having been thrown llco by exactly
stronpth and throwing snuora ond foir
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-03-12
Feeding at Washington Parties.

At II o'clock the doors of the supper
room are opened, and then the jam beg
gars description. You may take your
choice, to be pushed or to push, and In
either case to see plates of oysters,
salads, and creams, with threatening
spoons and forks, bristling through
mid-air, glancing by your nose, or SWIM
ming down your back. 1 was never
sure that we were not a civilized people
till I contemplated my compatriots in
the Washington supper room on "fes-
tive occasion" There ] have seen Dig
nitaries whom the public believe to have
enough to eat at home pushing toward
a supper table as cannibal might to
his feast and ladies removed as " del
icate," with piled-up plates of pickles.
salads, fruits, and creams, examining at
a rate that would make a perfectly
healthy woman sick abed for q week.
Washington Letter.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-03-12
Triumph of American Pianos.

George Steck e. Co., Of New York, Re-
ceive the Gold Medal at the Vienna
Exposition.
The Imperial Commission at Vienna
have decided the question of merit in
piano-forte manufacture by awarding
the only Gold Medal within their gift
to Messrs. George Steck & Co., of N. Y.
This is magnificent testimonial to the
wonderful beauties of tone and work
manship in the Steck instruments, and
will unquestionably add to their already
well-established prestige. ~ Y. Tribune.
The official letter is as follows:
VIENNA, Dec. 13, 1878.
"GEo. STICK, Esq.-SIR have the pleasure
of informing you thatI this day received from
the Baron Schwarz-Senborn Gold Medal
awarded to you for the Pianos exhibited by
you at the Vienna Elk position"
THOMAS McELRATH, U. s. Com's'ner."
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-03-12
A PROFESSOR OF FELoNY.-A Profe,

A PROFESSOR OF FELONY.-A Profess
sor of Felony was recently arrested in
Cincinnati. His name was John Carney,
and manuscript was found on him en-
titled Lecture on Thieves" with a
schedule of prices for 100 lessons, as
follows : For highwaymen, SIS; rob-
bers, $50; footpads, SO; pickpockets,
800; shop-lifters, 5000; panel thieves,
$50 burglars, $500; confidence men,
$1,000; garroters, $50; till-tappers,
S25; counter-hoppers, S12; hotel
thieves, Sc train robbers, So, 900. the
Professor also proposed to show clerks
the way to rob their employers and
square it up on their books"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-03-12

WHAT is the reason, says Punch, that
many young man goes about, especially
at the balls and parties, with single
eye-glass stuck in his eyes? If he
were short-sighted he would use dou-
BILE one. 1t is not defective vision that
he is afflicted with, but mental deficien-
cy. Consciousness of folly makes him
afraid of looking foolish, and the mus
cular contortions of countenance which
attend the effort to retain the eye-giass
in the orbit enable him to disguise his
naturally vacant expression with a
grimace.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-03-12

About 800 ASSOCIATIONS failed to send
their minutes. Allowing for the bap-
tisms in these non-reporting associa-
tons, and remembering that $40 asso-
Citations return 10000 baptisms, it
would certainly be safe to put the total
number at $4,000 or upward.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-03-12

THERE are yet 1000, OOO, 900 acres of
public lands in the country that are I'M
surveyed, but after deducting swamp
lands, deserts, mountains, railway and
other grants, it is estimated that the
whole amount of arabic lands available
for settlement cannot exceed $50 of 400
millions of acres. Last year nearly four
millions of acres were taken by home
stead settlers, and the estimate is that
before century elapses, all the arabic
lands of the country will be absorbed.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-03-12

THE wedding anniversary celebrations
occur as follows: Three days, Sugar
sixty days, Vinegar first anniversary,
Iron fifth anniversary, Wooden tenth
anniversary, Tin; fifteenth anniver-
sary, Crystal twentieth anniversary,
China /; twenty-fifth anniversary, Sill
yer; thirtieth anniversary, Cotton ;
thirty-fifth anniversary, Linen forti-
eth anniversary, Wooden forty-fifth
anniversary, Silk !; iftieth anniversary,
Golden seventy-ffth anniversary, Dia-
mond.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-03-12

IT is found that hard water is more
healthful than soft. The body needs some
of the salts held in solution In hard water,
and suffers if they are not supplied In
some way. In England, the counties
where hard water abounds are more
healthy than those where soft water is
used. Soft water acts on leaden pipes
more powerfully than hard, and induces
danger.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-03-12
The Baptists.

The Baptist Year Book shows the
following condition of the Baptists of
the United States for 1873, as compared
with 1872:
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-03-12

THE population of France decreased
per cent. last year.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-03-12

Court, which may also decree them enough of
their husbands property to support them
selves and their children.
APPOINTMENTS by the President: Orange
Jacobs to be Chief-Justice of the Supreme
Court of Washington Territory; John W.
Ross. Collector of Internal Revenue. Fifth
District of Indiana. Observation-Disclosures
B. Gale, Atchison, Kan. f. A. Tribon, Tecum-
sch, Mich; Robert A. Sinclair Jonesville,
Mich; Fred. ID. LEVEL, Supervisor of In
ternal Revenue for New England, in place of
Simmons.
THE Southern Representatives. it is said,
will oppose the Senate amendment to the
Bankruptcy act. This amendment permits
the discharge of voluntary bankrupts only
when the assets equal 80 per cent. of the in
debtedness. "A Washington dispatch states
that Judge Durell has forwarded his resigna-
ton to trusted friend, to be rendered in the
event of the Judiciary Committee of the
House reporting articles of impeachment. -.
The increase of the Governments revenue
during the past month has been quite encour-
aging and indicates the gradual and sure re-
covery of the country from the effects of the
financial panic. During the month Of Feb
ruary the national debt was decreased $780,,
0S7. The following are the official figures:
Six per cent. bonds. s, 2l4, 663, $50
Five per cent. bonds. 505,697 $50
Total coin bonds. 81, 72O. SD 700
Lawful money debt. 14,67sOoo
Matured debt. ............-...........s 9,sl3390
Legal tender notes. 3S2, O13, 592
Certificates Of deposit. 50.Se000o
Fractional currency. s,zl,4OS
Coin certificates. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 40, sos, 500
Total without interest. ....s.$ 52I,67s, sS7
Total ueot. ~, 100 o5U,sI
Total interest. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 2S,O55,O65
Cash In Treasury, COIN. S55sS, 222
Cash In Treasury, currency. ......... 3,727.754
Special deposit held for redemption
Of certificates Of deposit, as provided
Dy law..-.........-.. -.....--....... ou,5b,VO
Total In Treasury ............$ I39, 7O5, $40
Debt less cash in Treasury. 81, l54 $40, Oes
Decrease during month ..............$ 269O.O47
Bonds issued to the PACING Railroad
Companies, interest payable In lawful
money, principal outstanding. ....... GA, ,512
Interest accrued and not yet paid. 646, 235
Interest paid by United States. q. $50, 69l
Interest repaid by transportation Of
malls, etc. sos ,341
Balance Of interest paid by United
States. ..................... 17,ss2,s4
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-03-12

WaotbstosOsts
The Naval Appropriation bill, as passed by
Congress, makes a total appropriation of s1s,-
OOO. 600 for the the fiscal year beginning July
l. This is in addition to the "a, DOC, 900 de-
ficiency, already provided for on account of
the virginius difficulty.
THE House has passed bills granting PEN
sion of $50 month each to the widows Gems.
Meade and Candy and the mother of Gen. Nc
Pherson.
THE Supreme Court is again in session. after
a recess of several weeks. The Secretary of
the Treasury has directed the Assistant
Treasurer ut New York to sell $1,000, 600 for
the month of March
AVERY important bill, looking to the pun
ishment of Mormons for polygamy. and the
freeing of all but first wives from their
unnatural bonds. has been prepared and in
troduced in the House by the Committee on
Territories. 1t provides the machinery by
which the United States District Courts may
recover the jurisdiction in these, and. In fact,
all civil and criminal cases which has been
usurped in the Probate Courts, and limits the
evidence Necessary for conviction of polygamy
to simple proof that the man and women i've
together avowedly husband and wives
The illegal consorts may get their freedom
upon petition to the United States Disfrict
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-03-12
NEWS SUMMARY.
The East.

TIE Boston School Board still refuses to
allow the women recently elected % take part
in its sessions, notwithstanding the decision
of the Supreme Court of the State that they
are as much entitled to seats on the Board as
males.
The Eastern railroad freight sheds in Bos
ton have been burned. Loss, $4,000.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-02
A BIG RING.
A Louisiana Credit MObilier.
Buying up Vouchers at 1-2 Cents, to
Fund them ut 50 Cents.

1t is asserted, and by some persons believed,
that moneyed ring, having its domicile in
this city, while some gifts members reside at
Washington, have controlled the lministra-
ton of this State, aud the administration Of
this city, by means OF the State. This ring
is kind Of Credit MoJilier, on q smaller scale
Each member beirg required to contribute
$40. 600 as an initiation fee
The object Of this ring is to secure certain
legislation for the especial benefit OF the asso-
citation.
Act of 1874, known as the Funding Act,
is declared to be one of the schemes, contrived
by and executed at the instigation OF this ring
Be this as it may, we judge the tree by its
fruits, and this Funding Bill bears exceedingly
corrupt fruit
such as funding illegal bonds, doubtful war
rlnts, aud bonds that never had any legal eS-
istence, nor any existence of any kind, for
| they were never issued and never authorized
| to be issued
| This ring it is alleged, is now engaged in
buying up the Legislative vouchers of 1871 at
2. cents on the dollar, for funding purposes.
| For the information of those who may not
be posted, we will give brief history of these
vouchers.
!. It has been ascertained that over $780, coo
Of Legislative vouchers were issued to the
members of tho Legislature and its employees
for their services for one session OF sixty days.
These vouchers we've sold to brokers, what
were not paid by the warrant clerk during the
session One-hali of these vouchers are be-
! lieved to De fraudulent. Four-itths Of them
were issued in excess OF any honest necessity.
, Ii there has been $500, coo recorded, it is
not improbable that there have been many
more issued that were not recorded, so the
sum of them is indefinite. These vouchers,
good and bad, it matters not, are now III de-
mand at twoand-a-haif cents to three cents
on the dollar.
| When purchased at two and a half cents on
the dollar, and funded at sixty cents, who
gets the benefit of the ffty-seven and a hail
cents Oh the dollar: Why, the ring, o.
+, course-tne same ring that procured the pas
sage Of the law authorizing the funding Of the
State debt.
Does anybody believe that this law wa:
passed for any other other purpose than that
OF speculation? The pretense that the ac'
was passed for the patriotic purpose Of re-
ducing the State debt forty per cent is al
CANNON. Ii the object that prompted the
Legislature to pass the act had been an honest
one, why was it rushed through both houses
SO rapidly: Why did Kellogg so into the
Senate Chamber and tell the members thai
! they should not have any money for con
tingent expenses until they had passed this
Funding Act lie threatened to block all leSis
lat;on until this bill was passed, and be didit
Why? Because it was the peremptory de
nand of the ring, OF which be is probably 6
member and . manager.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-02
CHEAP Transportation CONVENTION.

RICHMOND, Dec. 1.-The American Cheap
Trans ortation Con> ention, met here at IL
O'CLOCK this morning. President Josiah
Quincy, Of Massachusetts, in the chair Hon.
A. II. Kelley, Mayor OF Richmond, made an
eloquent address OF welcome, winch was very
happily responded to by the President: A
committee on credentials was appointed. and
the Convention recessed till > p. NJ. About a
delegates present and more expected to arrive.
The Convention re-assembled at ) o clock.
John +. Henry, of New York, presented the
report of the Committee on Credentials, show
ing about 100 delegates present
T. b. Thurber, of New York. read an able
report on 81. orta.ion, in which he ske .ched
the history of railroads, discussed their rela-
tons TO the people, showed the evils of theil
construction and management, and pointed
out the rene lies in general railroad laws and
the control Of through lines by the Gems. "a
Government.
He discussed the relative merits of canals
and trans-continantai railroads, and argued IL
favor OF the latter. The report Was referred
to committee Of one from each State repre-
sentel, TO DO appointed by the various deie
cations. A similar committee on resolution.
was also ordered. A recess then took place
until 8 z. NJ.
RICHMOND, Va, Dec. AT to-night's SEES
sion the Convention received reports Of the
Secretary and Treasurer, and the following
committees were annouaced: On Resolutions
Josiah Quincy of Massachusetts,; Chas. f
Hil of New York: N. D. Ingersoll, OF Colo
RADIO; Gen. I. Z. Rosser OF Minnesota; T. s
Davidson, of Missouri; Gen. A. S. Pratt, O
Ohio Col. c. G. Darlington, OF Virginia; n
+. Maury, of West Virginia; Col. ". &. Frobet
OF Georgia: VIM. johnson, OF North Carolina
VIM. l.. Moody, of Texas; Lyman Bridges, Of
Illinois; Col. d. Aryatt, OF aiken, s. c.; VIM
Maxwell, OF Tennessee: VIA. Keyscr, OF
| Maryland. ard Col. r. NJ. Little, of Iowa.
GA Reports-Josiah Qqin,y, OF Massachu-
sets; I. l.. Thurber, Of New York: n. D.
IuSelso'l, OF Colorado; Gen. Rosser, of Min
nesota; Z. G.. Conart, Of Missouri; S. FL
Ellis. Of Ohio; e. NJ. Hunter, OF Virginia; N
T. Maury, OF West Virginia. E. NJ. Rucker, o
Georgia, 4. Graves, OF North Carolina W
NJ. Moody, OF TEXAS; J. T. Allen, OF Illinois
Col ID. w Aiken, of South Carolina: v. NJ
Potter, CT Iowa; W. G. Maxwell, OF Tennes.
| see, and Cden Bowie, OF Maryland
The Committee on Water Transportation
viii submit report tomorrow at the openina
of the session. Adjourned until to-morr, Nv
morning