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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-11-12
Great Fires In Russia.

A st. Petersburg letter to the Lon.
don Echo says: GA few days ago a
telegram from Borbruisk stated that
more than 100 houses had been burned
to the ground. Such fires are becom-
ing so common now that we scarcely
ever take up a paper without seeing one
or two similar calamities in it. Since
the spring scarcely week has passed
without some little country town being
partially or wholly destroyed by fire.
According to;official statistics in Europe
an Russia, during the month of May, no
fewer than 1, 718 fires occurred, of which
228 were due to malice, 40 to careless
ness, and 978 to causes unknown
the Observation-Disclosures at $500, 900 rou-
bles. In Juna1 1902 fires occurred, and
destroyed property to the value of s.
976, 476 roubles, of which loss more
than ], ZOO, 900 roubles fell Oh the gov
eminent of Moscow. Nearly 900 houses
were burnt to the ground in a little
Polish town. Half-a. dozen small country
towns were more or less temporarily eff
faced from off the earth, and in Moscow
a large fire converted three streets and a
bazaar into smoke and ashes. This
month a tobacco mandatory in the
same city has been destroyed, and at
Lianovitchi government of Mins) 329
houses, an orthodox church, and three
synagogues, valued at 800 600 roubles,
have been entirely consumed"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-11-12
with ours :
BUSINESS LAW.

The following brief compilation OF
business law is worth careful preser-
walton, as it contains the essence OF a
large amount of legal verbiage:
1t is not legally necessary to say on q note
" for~value received"
Contracts made Cd Sunday cannot be en-
forced,
A note by a minor is void.
A contract made with q minor is also void.
contract made with a lunatic is void.
A note obtained by fraud, or from per-
son in a state of intoxication, cannot be col
lected.
II note is lost or stolen, it does not re.
lease the maker; he must pay it, il the con-
sideration for which it was given, and the
amount. can be proven.
An indorser of note is exempt from liza
bility if not served with notice Of dishonol
within twenty-four hours of its non-pay-
ment.
Notes bear interest only when it is sc
stated.
Principals are responsible for the acts Of
their agents.
Each individual in partnership is respon'
sible for the whole amount of debts Of the
firm
Ignorance of the law excuses no one.
1t is fraud TO conceal a fraud
The law compels no one to do impossi
bilities.
An agreement without consideration il
void.
Signatures made with lead pencil are good
in law.
A receipt for money is not always conclu-
sive.
The acts of one partner bind all the rest.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-11-12
The STOLEN HEIREsS.

When We read thai graceless scamp
Mr.. Barry Lyndon's account of the in
genious manner n which he and his cou-
sin, Mr.. Uick Brady, carried off the
Irish heiress and married her to the lat
ter gentleman. we praise the admirable
manner n which Thackeray tells the
story, bat are unwilling TO believe that
similar occurrences have taken place in
real life. Indeed, the record of such
cases al neager-fve or six of them on
ly are reperted-but their very rarity
gives an increased spice to their details.
The following sample Is certainly as in.
teresting as romance, and more true
than most histories.
Miss Ellen Turner was the only
daughter and heiress of William Tur-
ner, Esq, a gentleman of large landed
property, residing at Shrig.ey Park,
Cheshire, and at one time Sheriff of
that county. She had attained the age
of fifteen IN February, 1926, and was at
q boarding-school, kept by the Misses
Daulby, at Liverpool. Her fortune and
expectatiees had been made known to a
certain Mr.. Gibbon Wakefield, during a
visit to some frienos of his who resided
near Shrigiey Park. Wakefield was a
widower, with one child, and involved
at the ame In pecuniary embarrass-
ments. He thought that marriage with
an heiress would be the easiest way out
of his difficulties, and plot was formed
to lure the young lady from school, that
she might become Mr.. Wakefield
bride.
A French servant, one TheyenOt, was
sent with an empty carriage and letter
to the school mistress, announcing the
dangerous illness of Mrs. Turner, and
that the private carriage of the physi-
clan had been procured to convey her
daughter heme. The valet had been
well tutored in names and dates, and
the device succeeded. Miss Daulby
entertained no suspicion, and resigned
her charge to the adroit stranger, who
conveyed her In safety to the Albion
Hotel, Manchester. There, Mr.. Glib
bon Wakefield, ga gentleman from Par
is" of fashionable exterior and address,
introduced himself to the schoolgirl,
and explained that the illness of her
mother was q mere pretext-the real
reason Of her being summoned from
school BENG her fathers pecuniary diff
iiculties, and that he was sent to escort
her to him. as lie could not venture tc
appea- in person Mr.. William Wake
field here joined his brother, and theil
familiar acquaintance with household
matters at Shrigley Park laid at rest al
suspicion, which, of course, was no
likely to arise In the mind of a younf
girl fresh frem school.
by a circuitous rout, through Yorkshire
to Kendall, and thence to Carlisle. Thu
two brothers had exerted an their ad
dress on the way to work upon hel
fears. They told her the people around
the carriSse we're bailiffs that hel
father WIS lying snug III back room
but could not stir for fear of arrest
that both the Macclesfeld and Black
burn banks, where he kept accounts
had stopped payment; but an uncle o.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-11-12
DIR. RAILWAYS
Regulating Pills,

Perfectly tasteless, elegantly coated with sweet
gum, purge, regulate purify, cleanse and strength
en-. RAILWAYS PILLS, for the cure Of all disor-
ders of the Stomach, Liver. Bowels, Kidneys, Blad
der. Nervous Diseases. Headache, Constipation,
Costiveness, Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Biliousness,
Bilious Fever, Inflammation Of the Bowels, Piles,
and all DeranRemeRts Of the internal yiscera.
Warranted to effect positive cure. Purely Veee-
table, containing no mercury, minerals, or delete
rious drugs.
as-Observe the following symptoms resulting
from Oh sorders OF the Digestive Organs:
Constipation, Inward Piles, Pullness Of the Blood
in the Head, Acidity of the Stomach, Nausea,
Heartburn, Disgust of Food Fullness or Weight in
the Stomach, Sour Fluctuations, Sinking or Flutter-
ing at the Pit of the Stomach, Swimming of the
Head, Hurried and Difficult Breathing, Fluttering
at the Heart, Choking or Suffocating Sensations
when in a Lying Posture, Dimness of Vision, Dots
Webs before the Sight, Fever and Dull Pain in
the Head, Deficiency of Precipitation, Yellowness
OF the Skin and Eyes, Pain in the Side, Chest,
Lin BIS, and sudden Pushes of Heat, Burning in
the Flesh
A few doses Of RAILWAYS PILLS VIII free the
system from all the abovenamed disorders.
Price Is Cents per Box Sold by Druggists.
Read "FALSE AND TRUE"
Send one letter-stamp to RAILWAY CO., 10. 81
Warren Street. New York Information worth
thousands Will be sent you.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-11-12
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
A RuSHEL OF CORN.

One bushel of corr will make a little over
10l pounds of pork-sross.
When corn costs 13l cents per bushel, pork
costs II cents per pound. y.
When corn costs II cents per bushel, pork
costs 2 cents per pound.
When corn costs 25 cents per bushel, pork
costs 8 cents per pound.
When corn costs 33 cents per bushel, pork
costs cents per pound.
When corn costs so cents per bushel, pork
costs cents per pound.
The following statements show what the
farmer realizes on his corn, when in the form
of pork
When pork sells for 3 cents per pound, it
brings 80 cents per bushel in corn.
When pork sells for cents per pound, it
brings AZ cents per bushel in corn.
When pork sells for cents per pound, 1t
brings 52i cents per bushel in corn.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-11-12
Export, of Musical Instruments.

Official records of Custom House re-
turns at Washington show that the
total value of musical instruments ex-
ported from the United States during
the year ending June 80, 1874, was
$3.50, 1927. Of this, $258,176 was for
pianos and 1892, Isl for parlor or reed
organs. Of this latter amount $163,
169, or more than one-ha.f of the aOhols 2,
was of the cabinet organs made by the
MASON & HAMLN ORGAN Co., which
bid fair to become as famous in Europe
as they have long been in America.
This company certainly have reason to
be proud of the fact that the European
demand for their organs is larger than
that for all others conlbined.-Bostoal
Traveller.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-11-12
BOX MEASUREMENTS.

The following table will be found
very valuable to many of our readers
A box "a by 16 inches square, and IA inches
deep, will contain a barrel Give bushels).
A box "a by 16 inches square, and ii inches
deep, will contain half barrel
A box 26 by Isl inches square, and inches
deep, will contain one bushel.
A box IL by III inches square, and inches
deep, will contain half bushel.
A box by 50 inches Square. and inches
deep, will contain one peck.
box by 8 inches square, and Al inches
deep, VIII contain one gallon.
A box by inches square, and 4 inches
deep, will contain half gallon.
A box by inches square, and A. inches
deep, will contain one quart.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-11-12
Primitive Photography.

At Mr.. Guernsey's Photographic gal
lery, In Colorado Springs, there is an
illustration of the figure of a bear on a
rock, as shown by the photograph.
This curious impression interested the
members of the Hayden survey, and
the subject came to the attention of the
Professor, who at once began to investi-
gate it, as he became very anxious to
ascertain the cause that produced it.
Below we reproduce copy of the note
of explanation in Mr.. Guernsey's pos
session. The figure, as shown on the
rock, is called ga great natural curl
osity," and if what is stated, on ap-
parently good authority, is true, it is
one of the most remarkable wonders oil
the kind in this country, and deserves
a careful examination
"In the county of Bent, on the
Purgatoire river, eighteen miles from
Las Animas, Col. on the smooth face
of sandstone cliff, overhrng by a wal
of rock hundred or more feet high,
there is a hfe-size photograph, as il
were, of grizzly bear. The picture is
not an accidental resemblance to bear
but picture more perfect, and life
like, than any human art could supply
The stort tail standing straight out
the ears visible, the claws standing ou'
in bold relief, the mouth open, will
the eyes and teeth plainly to be seen
the natural attitude, all demonstrate
beyond a shadow of a doubt that thu
picture is a photograph stroke of light
ming during the progress of storm"
The impression on the rock is Ger
tainly very curious, but the opinion o
DR.. Hayden, judging from the photo
graph, is, that it is the work of some o
our Indians. Who will give Us SOM
information about it?-Roc&y Noun
tain NeaCs.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-11-12

A MOBILE man, on returning home
recently, was surprised to receive the
congratulations of his family on his
happy escape from drowning. He
thought somebody had been playing Q
joke on them, and laughed heartily until
he found that they had given his best
suit of clothes to the colored man who
brought the news and who said he was
sent for some dry clothes.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-11-12

THE Missouri, Kansas and Texas
railway is a deservedly popular route
to the Southwest. Those who desire
to reach points in Missouri, Kansas, the
Indian Territory, or Texas, situated on
or adjacent to its lines, will find that
there are very few transfers, that they
will make quick time, and can have al
the conveniences and comforts of mod.
ern railway travel. The genial general
passenger agent of the road, Mr.. Thos,
Dorwin, at Sedala, Mo-, will cheerful
" furnish information in reference to
general or excursion rates over thi,
road
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-11-12
f. f. z.
RAILWAYS
Ready Relief,
The Cheapest and Best Medicine for
Family Use in the World!
One 5O-Cent Bottle

WILL CURE MORE COMPLAINTS AND PREyENT
THE SYSTEM AGAINST SUDDEN ATTACKS OF
EPIDEMICS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES THAN
ONE HUNDRED DOLE RS EXPENDED FOR 9TH
Err MEDICINES OR MEDICAL ATTENDANCE
THE MOMENT RAILWAYS READY RELIEF IS
APPLIED EXTEREALLY-0R TAKEN INTER
EALLY ACCORDING TO DIRECTIONS-PAIN,
FROM WHATEVER CAUSE, CEASES TO EXIST.
IMP0RTANT.-Miners, Farmers, and others re-
siding in sparsey-settled districts, where il is
difficult to secure the services of a physician,
RAILWAYS READY RELIEF is Invaluable 1t can
he used with POSITIVE assurance 81 doing good in
all cases where paia or discomfort is experienced;
if seized WI tn Influenza, iberia, Throat
Bad Coughs. HoarsenesS. Bilious Coiic, 1n1amma-
ton OF the Bowels, Stomach, Lungs, Liver, Kid
neys; or with Group. Quinsey. Fever and Ague; or
with Neuralgia, Headache, Tic poloreux, Tooth
ache. Earache or with Lum bagO. Pain in the Back
or rheumatism; with Diari hea, Cholera Nor
bus, or Dvsentery; or vita Burns, Ssalds. or
Bruises; OF with Strains, Cramps. or Spasms. The
application Of RAILWAYS READY RELIEF will
cure you Of the worst OF these complaints in few
hours
Twenty drops in half tumbler Of water will in a
few moments cure CRAMPS, SPASNS, SOUR STOM-
ACH, HEAKTBURN, SICK hEa DACHE. DIAR-
RHEA, DYSENTERY. COLO. WIND IL THE BOW
ELS, and all INTERNAL PAINS.
Travellers should always carry bottle of RAD
WAYS READY RELIEF with them. A few drops
in water will prevent sickness or pains from
change OF water. II is better than French Brandy
or Bitters stimulant-
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-11-12

ATTEND to the first symptoms of Con-
sumption, and that disease may be checked in
its incipiency. Use Immediately DR.. Wishart's
diseases Of the lungs.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-11-12

THE number Of railroad cars in use
in the United States is stated to be
359, 979, and of locomotives IA. 167. In
Canada there are IL, $3.50 cars and TIA
locomotives.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-11-12
Nrr,,RER OF SEEDS IN A BUsHEL.

A Scotch paper gives the following
table, said to be based upon actual trials
of the number of various kinds OF seeds
in bushel. 1t also adds the weight,
by which we can Judge how the bushel
measures compare with ours
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-11-12

Nor every one can be President. but all can
bay SILVER-TIPPED Shoes for their chi,-
dren. and thereby lessen their shoe bills two
thirds. For sale nv all 1eela-s
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-11-12
A Budget Of Useful Information.

WEIGHTS OF CUBIC FOOT OF VARIOUS
SUBSTANCES.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-11-12
NUMBER OF TREES ON AN ACRE, AT yARI
GUS DISTA
USEFUL ITEMS.

An Irish mile is 2,240 yards Scotch
mile is 1884 yards; an English OF
statute mile, 1,76O yards; German,
1906; Turkish, 1926.
An acre is A. $40 square yards, or 69
yards, 1 foot, 81 inches each way. A
square mile, l, 76O yards each way, con-
tanning $40 acres.
A legal stone weighs IA pounds, OF
the eighth of hundred, in England,
and Is pounds in Holland.
The fathom (six feeD is derived from
the height of full grown man.
A hand, In horse measure, is four
inches.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-11-12
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CAPACITY OF CISTERNS OR WELLS.
Tabular view of the number of gal.
Ions contained in the clear, between the
for each ten inches of depth.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-11-12

Sold by Druggists. Price so Cents.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-11-12

She had then entered the carriage, sup
posing she was going to meet her
father. Gibbon Wakefield said If there
was no letter at Halifax, and If they did
not see Mr.. Turner there, they must
proceed as far as Kendall, where they
would be sure to find him. At Kendal,
William Wakefield read letter at the
chaise window and his brother looked
over him, but Miss Turner did not see
it. Had she been older, it might have
excited some surprise that she should
not ask to look at the letter herself, but
suspicion did not line the countenance
nor distrust overshadow the mind of Q
schoolgirl of fifteen. Upon reading the
letter they said her father was not
! there, but had gone forward. The
party pushed on. On the way Gibbor
said he had received letter from Mr.
Turner, authorizing him to disclose the
state of his affairs, and then gave The
account of bank failures and his uncle
loan, alluded to above. the uncle ha6
demanded security for the sum which
had been lent the estate at Shrigley
Wakefield then approached the gist O
the matter, which we will let Miss Tur
ner in her own words:
"Papa might Che said) be turned on
of doors any day. It had been suggest
ed by Mr.. Grimsditch that he (Mr
Wakefeld) should be my husband; tina
then the property would be mine, and
it would be in my power to turn pap,
out of doors, if I liked but, OF course
/ should not think of doing it. He al
luded to the subject several times, ant
said he was DESTROYS to know what con
clr.sion had come to. He first said
should zee papa then he said / shoult
give my answer to him"
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-05-28
NE W BERN.
May 25.


Very little Of importance has oc-
Cured in our village OF late. The
farmers are all about done planting
corn. Much of it is up and looking well,
but is needing rain badly. The town
Is very quiet except the clang of the
blacksmiths' hammers which resound
from morn till night.
Mr.. Arthur Pease has completed his
store building aud opened up stock
of goods. We wish him success. New
bern can now boast of four stores,
three blacksmith shops and two car
penter shops. Also new milliner
store. Ladies' can now be accommo-
dated in the millinery line without
going twelve miles from home.
Mr.. Anderson, formerly of the IN
derson House" arrived here last SAT-
urday minus his purse and $3.50, which
were stolen from him on tho road.
Miss Dora Stewart, Of Melrose, has
been giving lessons in instrumental
music here for the last two months,
and will remain awhile longer.
Dr.. VIM. Taylor of this place has re-
moved TO Kansas.
The "Anthenian Literary Society"
which has been disorganized for some
time on account of many of the mem
bers being away teaching school, met
Mt the house of Mira. Harriet Howard
Saturday evening, and recognized.
J. r.. Wiley was elected President,
Mrs. III. Howard Vice-President, En-
ma oliver Secretary, George Howard
Editor, and Miss Maggie Lee Editress.
We wish for the society the success
which has attended IL in the past.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-05-28

a GRANGE STORE, on the joint stock
cooperative plan, has recently been
opened at the house Of Dir. Marsh. at
iicthel Church, Clay township. Mr..
W. * Rouze has charge as salesman.
Ai,0ut $1,000 has already been subscrib-
~. in shares Of $40 each, and the
looks are still open. No stakeholder
- allowed more than one vote, al
though he may hold several shares.
There Is no more favorable locality In
this county in which TO try the old
experiment, and there are few, If any
better men not experienced dealers
than Mr.. II. to manage the business of
s'icil q concern. fit does not succeed
Nsnier his management the fault will
iot he his. The odds of precedent
are against II, however. Not one In a
l.andred OF such enterprises hitherto
tried has succeeded for any considera-
lie time. Hope this may prove an
exception. though there is more wish
I an faith In the hope.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-05-28
LOCAL CORRESPONDENCE.


May p, 1874.
While some men were practicing at
target shooting near the depot in this
place one day last week, a gun was ac-
cidentally discharged, the ball strik-
ing the ground and rebounding, struck
Emmett Brown In the arm between
the elbow and shoulder. He was sit
ting on fence at the time between
two other men. DIR. Il. K. Keables
was summoned who extracted the ball
and applied the proper remedies, and
Dir Brown is getting along comfortably
although the wound was quite painful
for two or three days. he is switch
man in the yards here.
Some OF the saloon keepers here are
getting quite uneasy over the turn
affairs are assuming in the results Of
Of their business. Mrs. McClelland,
of Knoxville, has sued c. A. Gessler,
who keeps notorious rum hole near
the depot, for selling her husband
whisky, on which he became crazy
drunk and was lodged in the calaboose
here, laying her damages at 81 900.
We sincerely hope she may succeed in
making him pay it. Other Knoxville
wives should follow her example.
Another case somewhat similar was
compromised, we understand, day or
two ago. Last winter. in the Buck
horn Saloon. kept ty II. Van Vliet, a
man was forcibly made to drink some
whisky. He was about to commence
suit, when the matter was compro-
missed by the payment to him Of
$500.
Numerous fishing parties make dali
ly pilgrimages to Skunk river from
Pella, but we have not noticed much
of glut in the fish market.
f. Van Houten, of the firm of Cath
cart Il Van Houten, is building new
brick dwelling near the old Crate
Mills.
Gerret Minor was arrested by Depu-
ty Sheriff Lee, last Saturday, on an i'll
dictment found by the Grand Jury at
its recent session, for an assault Oh f..
Wander Ploeg, with deadly weapon.
He gave bonds in the sum Of $500 for
his appearance at the September term
Of the District Court.
The Circus and Menagerie will no
doubt draw large crowd next Mon
day.
The Ladies' Missionary Society of
the NJ. T.. Church, held its annual
meeting IN the church, last evening.
The proceedings were very interesting
throughout, and at the close thirty
new members were added to the So
ciety.
1t is announced that the Keokuk &
Des Moines Railroad Go. will conform
TO the new law, which goes into effect
July 4th, and the new rates of freight
and passenger tariff Is being prepared
The rates Of passenger fare will be re-
duced to 8! cents per mile.
KATE KINNEY.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-05-28

Mr.. john VAUGHN, who for some
months has had charge of the mechan-
icai department of the VOTER, left US
last week 10 accept position which
we hope will prove to him better than
that he filled with credit here. There
are few better printers, or more gen.
orally useful and agreeable men TO be
found for service In newspaper estab-
lishment. Dir. Vaughn has purchased
an interest in the Ottumwa Spirit Of
The Times, and at latest word had gone
10 Chicago to purchase for the house
press and outfit of job material. Suc-
cess TO him ia his new position.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-05-28

FOSTER Il McFADpEN, Gosport, are
In receipt of u new and varied stock
Of millinery goods, In the latest sty les,
TO which they invite the attention OF
the ladies.
THE Central Iowa land Office, !"
has changed its quarters. i. f..
Srerry, Agent, having removed to u
room on the northeast corner of the
square, where he is prepared to sell
farms, or town lots on fair terms.
Those wanting To buy or sell will do
well to give him 4 call before doing
50. II you want your life or house in
sured In No. ] companies. they are
represented Ut this office. if you
want deed, mortgage, or other in
strument drawn up IN good order, here
is the place 10 get 1t done.
I have q lot Of fine farms, and choice
town property for sale cheap, aud /
want at least 100 goods farms, various
sizes, sooi. to I'LL up my list for more
extensive advertising. BE sure 10 call
at the n, Il. corner of the public
square. r, +, SPERRy,
t50.f Agent,