Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-10-29
NEWS SUMMARY.
The East.


IT was the fortune Of Beecher and Moulton |
to be guests Of the same hotel in Boston re-
Gently.
The New York Herald is asserted to have
determined to reduce its daily to three cents,
on the let Of January and the other papers
will be compelled to do the same.
On the night of the 10Th Of October masked
burglars visited the residence of the Cashier
of the Souhegan National Bank, of Milford,
N. H, compelled him to accompany
them to the bank and open the
safe, and robbed the institution of 100000
in currency and bonds. A New York dis
patch chronicles the loss Of the wreck
ing steamer A. Winans- All on board,
fifteen persons, persisted. e. Phelps, the Depu-
ty in the New York State Treasury through
whose scoundrelism the State was defrauded
some months ago, out Of large amount and
his official chief driven to the insane asylum,
has been sentenced to fifteen years in the
State Prison.
THE reunion OF the Army of the James was
held at the rooms of the Unisn League Club,
New York, Oct. 81. Gen. Hawley, of Con-
necticut, D, esided the address of welcome
was delivered by Gen. B. F. Butler, and
poem was read by DIR. j. S. Holland. Gen.
Hawley was selected as orator for the next
meeting, which is to be held at Philadelphia.
The West.
A MAN named Agnew, supposed to be from
Columbus, committed suicide at Mount
Vernon. Ohio, last week, by hanging himself
to q railroad bridge. The cattle men at
Jacksonville, ILL.,, are organizing committee
composed Of the noted cattle kings of Illinois,
Missouri and Kansas, to confer with the Off
GERS of the Chicago and Alton railroad with
reference to making that city the grand rest
ing place for stock shipped over that road.
A PARTY Of seven men from Yankton, d. T.,
en- route for the Black Hills, were attacked by
a band of Sioux at the mouth Of the Little
Platte river, and in the conflic. which ensued
one of the party was killed and one MORALLY
wounded The survivors retreated TO Yank-
ton, in badly crippled condition. Apprehen-
sions are felt for the safety of a party of
twenty-seven who left Sioux City for the Black
Hills and who intended to travel in the track
of the Yankton party. The Indians are I'M
derstood to express q determination to pre-
vent white men entering the hills at all
hazards.
A PASSENGER train on the Marietta and Gin
cinneti railroad was thrown from the track
near Chillicothe, Ohio, last week, resulting in
the killing of Samuel Purdue and Joseph
Parent, the engineer and fireman.
THE marriage of Col. Fred. Grant, son of
the President, and Miss Iua Honore, of Chi
cago, occurred on the Goth of October. The
affair is pronounced by the Chicago papers
the most brilliant social event in the history
of the city
INDICTMENTS By the wholesale are being re-
turred by tho Salt Lakv grand Jury. The
Salt Lake Neus computes the number of
polygamists in the Territory at 1000 men,
5000 women and 5000 children. and the cost
and loss by punishment of all at $4,000, 600.
and that the courts would have around them
5000 crying women and 9 600 crying children.
The members of the Chicago Board of
Public Works are in St Louis examining the
fire and water system of that city, with view
to introducing whatever may be found of adj
vantage in Chicago.
Sne South.
In July last there arrived in this country
European capitalists, holding upward of
$500, 900, 900 of bonds of the Southern States
and he was armed with the power to effect
with such States settlement of their indebt-
edness. This agent, who is now in New
Orleans, has effected settlements with the
following States, in the sums here given
Virginia, $4,000. 600; South Carolina.
$l0,OOO,O00; North Carolina, $50, OOO, COO;
Alabama, SS00O,0O0: Arkansas, entire debt.
ga, 500, 600 total s75 500, 900. The IS, 900 900
of fraudulent debt Of South Carolina has not
been settled.
The cotton crop in Tennessee has been
severely damaged by the early frosts. The
United States Marshal at Montgomery, Ala,
telegraphs to Attorney-Gereral Williams
that he has arrested forty-fve more persons
charged with committing outrages upon Re
publicans.
A CONTENTION Of White Leaguers at Frank
lin, La, recently passed resolutions recog-
nizing az the political and civil rights of the
colored people, and inviting their cooperation
in the election of fusion ticket, the blacks
to nominate candidates for one-half of the
parish Offices.
FIFTEEN Of the Coushatta (La.) murderers
have been arrested and taken to New Orleans
>or trial.
THE Elliott Block, in Memphis, has beer
destroyed by fire. Loss, $4,000. . The
Navy Department reports three new cases o,
yellow fever at the Pensacola Navy Yard, one
fatal.
Washington.
A FEW days ago the employees in the Paten
Office presented Gen. Leggett, Commissions
of Patents, with handsome silvertea service
inssmuch Is he contemplated resigning q
the end Of the month. 1t now turns out tina
the action of the clerks 10 presenting thi
service and the acceptance of it is in direc
violation Of law passed some years since
and much excitement prevails in consequence
THE constitutionality OF the Enforcement
act is to be argued before and decided by tn
Supreme Court at the present term. Their
are two cases pending involving this point
The first as to the applicability of the Fourteent
amendment to the civil rights Of citizens, an
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