Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-05-21
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to cremation.
PULLMAN is capturing France with his
rolling palaces.
OF the twelve members of the pres
emit English Cabinet eight are authors.
A CREMATION society has been organ
lied in Springfield, Mass, by the Ger
mans.
NEARLY every place of honor and
trust in the government, is filled by
lawyers.
AN enterprising undertaken in Chicago
has figured it down. He can cremate
for 81 head.
THE primary schools in Prussia begin
work very early In the morning and
close at 10 a. m. during the summer.
THE weekly paper printed in the city
OF Mexico In English on Sundays is S13
a year-just quarter of dollar num-
Der.
THE diamonds of Mile Euverger, the
actress, were sold in Paris lately. The
brilliants realized 507, $50 francs-nearly
$95, 900.
ONLY two clergymen in New York
receive salaries of S12, 000-Rev. DR..
Dix of Trinity, and Rev. DR.. Potter of
Grace Church.
PROF. BLACKIE thinks that fortune
will never favor man who filings away
the dice-box because the first throw
brings low number"
COLORADO was bowling wilderness,
without railroad, five years ago. Now
the civilizing steam-whistle carries it's
nozzle over seven hundred miles of that
Territory.
THE new musket for the Prussian
army (Manser's system) carries bullet
2, 100 PAGES. The needle gun only car
ried 1000 PAGES, and the Chassepot
l, 200 PAGES.
The Chicago Tribune estimates that
getting born costs the people of the
United States S22O,O95, 900 annually !;
getting married, $3.50, 900, 900; getting
buried, S73, S39, $50 /; total, $543, 9S4, 49,
LONDON is built on a network of
pipes. There are nearly 5000 miles of
underground telegraph pipes, gaspipes,
drainpipes, lead and iron pneumatic
tubes, sewers, water pipes, and the I'M
derground railway.
A. L. STEWART has fixed the Price for
board at the Grand Union Hotel, Sara
toga, at three dollars a day for the COM
ing season. OF course the landlords of
the other hotels will be compelled to
adopt the same tariff.
RUSSIA is reported to be reconstruct
ing her army on an extensive scale. The
peace strength is to be fixed at no less
than $50, 600 men, of whom above 100,-
600 will be local troops. The system of
recruiting is to be improved and assimi-
lated to that of Germany.
TIE Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
has ruled that demand for payment of
a note must be made at reasonable
time of day ii at a private residence,
not at an hour when it may be presumed
that the family is in bed and if at a
hours.
advancing rapidly in Japan. The Cos
pels by Matthew, Mark and John have
been already printed. Luke is ready
for printing, and the blocks are being
prepared. The Old Testament is in the
hands of the translator, and several
books of Moses are ready for final re-
vision.
AN awful warning against pew-slum-
bers is afforded by the case of the lady
who lately slept in her pew in Pottsville,
Penn, so soundly that she didn't go out
with the rest after the benediction.
During the night, able bodied bowls
were heard proceeding from the temple.
The old lady had walked up then, and
no mistake.
TOLEDO, Ohio, has very sharp and
shrewd business man who buys car
tickets for four dollars per hundred, and
sits in the corner nearest the box where
the fare is put, and obligingly places
the five cent nickels of the passengers
In his pocket and one of his tickets in
the box. Thereby making clear profit
of one cent each.
In the German empire there are about
25,0OO,O0O Protestants and $4,000, 600
of Roman Catholics. This large num-
Der of Roman Catholics makes the re-
hgious question one of great interest
and delicacy at the present time. In
Prussia &c per cent. of the population
are Protestant, and 33 per cent. Catho-
lie; while in Bavaria II per cent. are
Catholic, and 27s per cent. Protestant.
THE Denver Narrow Gauge railroad
is now i'll operation for 1lS miles, ex-
tends south from Denver along the
Rocky mountain range to Pueblo, and
is bound for New Mexico and the
halls of the Montezumas. 1t did bust
ness last year of 100000, one-hah OF
which was net profit. Its managers re-
port saving in operating expenses
over the broad gauge of 35 per cent.
and a saving In construction and equip
ment OF 81. per cent. on what broad
gauge would have cost.
ACCORDING to the decennial United
States cenSrS fokon in 1870 fbo a,n,o1