Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-10-08
NEWS SUM MARY.
The East.

cation from Miss Catharine z. Beecber in
which she charges that " the real originator
OF this (mesning the Brooklyn) scandal is the
proprietor of the Independent" Bowen denies
that he ever wrote to Tilton or any one letter
containing any accusations whatever against
Mr. Beecher. The banking firm Of Towns
end Co., of New Haven, has failed for
nearly s3,000,000, and its affairs are in the
hahds of the Receiver The cause of the
failure is the depreciation of Southern State
and raih Dad bonds in which the bank had in
vested heavily. The greatest sufferers are
among the laboring classes. Rumor saws the
depositors viii realize about 40 per cent.
Lake Weewanapee, New Jersey, has been
bought by the Prussian government for $780,
oOO- The lake will be divided into compart-
ments, some for the raising Of leeches and the
remainder for trou. and salmon. A dis
patch from Portsmouth, v. H. says: "Sergt.
James Davidson, who served over fifty years
In the United States army, died at Fort Con-
stitution on Saturday. Ee was the oldest en-
listed man in the service, having served in the
wars Of Florida and Mexico with distinction.
For several years he had charge Of Fort Con-
stitution"
The boiler Of locomotive exploded at Port
Jervis, n. Y, last week. The fireman, George
Page. was instantly killed, and boy, named
Outwin, standing near the engine. was fatally
injured. The engineer, Green, was on the
ground oiling the engine, and escaped with
slight scald.. The cigar-nakers Of New
York have protested against the tenement
house system of manufacturing cigars. The
workingmen are determined, if possible. to
break up the system, which is endangering.
they say, the health of the com immunity.
The Grand Jury of Kings county, n. Y,
has indicted Francis d. Moulton for malicious
libel in connecting the name Of Miss Proctor
with the Beecher scandal A PHILADELPHIA
dispatch says: 1.-The reward of $50, 900 in the
Ross case is still in force and Allan Pinker-
ton announces that the same will be relin-
pushed by him and his force to the parties
who shall give the information which shall
lead to the recovery Of the child and capture
of the abductors"
HE failure OF two prominent New York
business houses is announced. The broken
firms are Williamson, Griffith i Co.. sugar re-
hners, and James Bishop & Co., importers and
manufacturers of india-rubber Mr. Thomas
kinsells, editor OF the Brooklyn Eagle, has
promised to contribute q statement to the
literature Of the Beecher scandal A COL
hsion between passenger and gravel train
on the Utica and Chenango Valley railroad
near Binghamton, N. Y, last week. resulted
In the killing Of three persons on the passen-
ger train, and the serious wounding of several
others.
BooTH's Theater, New York, will he sold
under foreclosure Nov. 5. and the friends Of
Edwin Booth are making efforts to have the
theater remain in his hands. They stste that
the unsecured creditors viii extend all The
leniency that he may require, and if enough
money can be raised to satisfy the mortgages.
amounting to $500, the security for
Which Is good. the affairs Of Edwin Booth
may be arranged. A collision on the Allie
gheny Valley railroad, near New Bethlehem.
Pa, last week, resulted in the killing of
James Esler, engineer; III. Killien, fireman.
and Henry Doyle, passenger on a mail train.
Several others were seriously injured.
The movement in New York for closing the
stores at p. m on Saturdays, begun by the
hardware dealers. is now strengthened bv the
accession Of the manufacturers Of jewelry and
plated ware and the fancy goods dealers.
The West.
ARLINGTON, Bureau county, ILL.,, was visited
by disastrous confagration few DAYS ago.
nearly the whole business portion of the vii
lQOa bapey Aou<rovoI -
oiers and Indians in Arizona is reported in
which fourteen Of the latter were killed and
several captured. "A dispatch from Fort
Steele says: "The Big Horn expedition has
been called in, after months scouting. No
Indians were found on their reservations.
The troops have been ordered to their re-
respective stations"
In Wright county, Mimi, last week. the
boiler OF steam thrasher exploded with fatal
effect. killing three persons and seriously in
juring four or five others. One of the burg.
lars concerned in the heavy bank robbery at
Quincy, ILL.,, some months ago, has been az
rested at Detroit. The price paid for troop
of imported Norme- horses at Chicago last
week was els, SOC Won in number. including
~ -. Oaoulss, VI new lOIk.
was the purchaser, and Mr.. NJ. W. Durham.
OF Dupage county, H., the seller.
Sur has been commenced in the Superior
Court, at indianapolis against the Trustees of
TIE Wabash and Erie Canal to compel them
to cell all the property of the canal and apply
the proceeds to the benefit Of stockholders.
The total equalized assessment of Miune-
sofa this year is s173, 0OO, 900, against $751;
1000 two years ago. The Secretary OF
State has compiled tables of population from
the school census last year, according to
which the total population of Minnesota juno
I, 1873. was $50, AGA born in Minnesota. 16o.-
$50; other States, 100, 973; foreign countries. |
201, 90s; voting population, round numbers
Scandinavians, 81. 900; Great British and Ire
land, 10000; Canadas. 5000; Germany. o.
600; other foreign-born, 1000; American
born, 10000. Prominent insurance officials
of New York have decided to visit CHICAGO
and make inquiries concerning the actual con-
dition of Affairs there Rt Rev. Henry
Washington Lee, first Episcopal Bishop O, |
Iowa, died at Davenport, last week, of erv-
sipelas. aged 50 years.
A NEW local insurance company, to be called |
the Anchor, is being organized in Chicago. |
The capital ia tn he 81 ono 0OO