Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-11-05

John Houghton. Sen, in attempting t..
20 down stairs last Tuesday, caught his
foot in the carpet and fell the full leneih
Of the stairs. His injuries are rsfnfnl, but
! will not probably lie fatal
"A stran e woman has been in South
Bend buying goods with $40. counterfeit
/ green back bills. and taking change in
good money. Before the fraud was dis
covered, she had left for parts unknown.
The Valparaiso Messenger, in speak
ing of the defeated Republicans, says
"Whom the Coos would destroy they
first make mad" Now, for one, We can
truthfully say. that we are madden now
than We were before.
The Chicago Tribune saws that the
Democrats will have about so majority 10
the lower house of congress. 1t is about
time the Democrats were coming to some
agreement upon q financial plan. Will it
bcl,reen5acks, or gold aud silver!
A great p ,rtion of the business part
of Greencaslle, in lis state was consumed
by fire ON Wednesday nj hit the 2oth ult.
The loss is estimated a; $50 900, about
one third insured The post office was
among the buildings destroyed.
John s Bender, Esq. will start for
Europe, IN the course OF week or SO.
He will visit London, Paris and other
large cities. He will propably be absent
two months We should be pleased to
have letter from him occasionally.
Miss Florence Jones aged about %, and
daughter OF Richard Jones. Esq, highly
respected farmer residing about s miles
southwest OF Val; araiso, committed su-
icide Monday foenoon by taking strych-
nine. No Cause is assigned for the rash
act.
The Remington Record. neat little
paper. neutral in politics, published
by Kit & Clarke, made its appearance on
our table last week. We hope it will
lrive. Clarke was formerly a typo in
This office and. recently one of the pub
fishers OF the Haa and Magnet
Adam Vinn-dge. formerly one of our
night-watchmen; and, by the way a
clever fellow, is making preparations
| To start a first class boarding house. Ad,
Us hc Is Familiarity known would make u
"iip-top" landlord, and We speak for him
lenty of patronage.
There is nothing in the world which
"a young, or old lady admires, more than
beauty. Well. what of it, Why, il you
want to be beauty, go To john Muel-
ler's barber shop. and get good shave
and your hair dressed, then call and-see
her, eh. Oh. my, isn't you sweat.
"A fcw days ago Mr. W. f. Thompson
showed Us some splendid pea nuts which
were RAISED on has fra, near this city
| this SEASON. lie thinks i. will pay To
rai,e then, ON our dry sandy land Try it
next year boys. They will be handy to
haye-in tho Aause."@ --.-~=.---
Mr. VIM. Sluyter has .emoved from
his farm in this county Ia Monterey, Pu-
laski cnunty lie married widow lady
in Pulaski, who has Comfortable resi-
deuce there, aud lie concluded la 20 and
live With her. His sou Clarence occu-
pies his fine farm and residence.
The Valparaiso Messenger SAYS. our
fellow towns men i. I. Clifford &
Sons. have taken the contract for grad
ing the Chicago Il South Atlantic Rail.
road from the Kankakee River tn Monti-
cello, a distance of a5nat 81 miles. The
above named gentlemen are excellent
workmen.
The President has appointed Thurs
day, the 18th of November, to be set
apart as day Of Thanksgiving and pray
er. He might have selected that day to
commemorate the marriage anniversary
of the editor of this paper, aud wife; but
just as like as not lac didn't.
Mrs. Babcock wishes IN ar nnunce To
| the public tha' she i now prepared. with
full line of millinery, to sati.ly all, both
in price and styles of goods. Rcmarka-
bly, cheap work done To order. Having
employed the assistance of Miss Wolf,
they invite all TO give them call Re.
member the place on Gano street.
The Valparaiso Messenger of Tues
day says: at an early hour this morning
a dwelling house belonging to Mr. Frank
Axe, and situated i'm he North east part
of the city, was discovered to he on fire
and before sistance cnuli be rendered
1t was entirely consumed. The house was
te..antless and the fire. no doubt, was the
work Of an incendiaiy
MIR. Ball, Auditor of KosciuskC
County, made rs very pleasant cal! las
Saturday. He came over to visit Mr. Jor
dan. his fatherin-law. near this city. Mr.