Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-11-19
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


an agent OF the government, who offered
sl45,e coo with the condition that the bid shall
be ratified by Congress.
The Episcopal General Convention which
has been in session at New York the past two
or three weeks, has finally adjourned without
date.
The Rt Rev. DR.. Bacon, Roman Catholic
Bishop Of the Diocese Of Portland, Me-,
died .s New York last week. He had just
arrived home from Europe, whether he had
been for the benefit Of his health.
William n. Wickham, the new Mayor elect
of New York city, is q Sachem of Tammany,
has always been Democrat, is descendant
of the original Knickerbockers, and is forty
two years of age.
The principal buildings in Marcellus Falls,
Onondaga county, N. Y. were burned recent
ly. The loss is $4,000.
A Philadelphis dispatch states that Rev.
]. W. Gerdemann, pastor Of st. Boniface
German Catholic Church, has absconded in
company with Miss Mary Wittig, the organist,
and $780, 600 of the church funds.
Joseph Essential, in q drunken quarrel
with his wife, pushed her from the roof of
their residence d, New York, killing her in
stantly The murderer was arrested.
One hundred and ninesy-three deaths from
diphtheria occurred in New York city during
the last two weeks Of October.
The West.
number Of prominent sporting gentlemen
Of Indiana are taking steps to organize per-
manen. Horse Trotting Association, such as
the ones at Rochester and Buffalo. It ia in
tended to embrace the entire State, the meet
ings to be held in Indianapolis, where there is
SPLENDID mile-track.
The Illinois tax levy for 1874 has been COM
pleted by the Governor and Auditor. The
total equalised value Of all property in the
State being 81, 1o4. ass, 451, they have ordered
a levy of Ia, leo cents in the 800 of property
for revenue purposes, and 96-100 cents on
each 800 for school purposes. The revenue
authorized to be raised for 1874 is 81, SOC, 000
and the school fund is 81, 0O0, 900.
The total receipts of the Indiana State
Treasury for the year ending Nov. were
S3,072, 1896; disbursements, %, 1923, 991.2 % !;
present balance, s2a2, 20S.7S.
The trial of George c. Harding, editor of
the Indianapolis Herald, on the charge Of as
sault and battery upon Sol Mauritz, whom he
attempted TO shoot last summer for the Sc
duction of his daughter, came up recently.
On the Recommendation Of the prosecuting
attorney, . MOLE proseq,i was entered and the
defendant discharged. The prosecuting wit
ness was not present.
The house of Allen Mouser at New Hol-
land Ohio, was burned last week, and $50, 900
In greenbacks in his desk were consumed
with it.
The widow Of Ger. John A. Rawlins, for
merly Secretary Of War, died at Q San Fran
cisco hotel recently.
The livery stable of o. C. Parmly, at Peoria,
H., was burned last week, with nearly 100
horses. Loss 94e, 900.
Indian Agent Hoag, in his annual report,
Gays that SAsanta and Big Tree, notwith-
standing they were entitled to unconditional
release, in accordance with a promise of the
loyal. No evidence has reached him Of hos
tility on their part. They have voluntarily
surrendered themselves to the military, and
he recommends official clemency in theil
case.
A Detroit dispatch announces that the jury
in the case Of Andrew Underwood, who las
March stabbed Miss Pridgeon, the woman he
loved, to the heart, found him not guilty be-
cause Of insanity.
Gen. Sheridan. in his annual report, efert
to the Black Hills expedition as "a success
full reconnaissance !" beyond this he is ex
ceeding,y cautious. "5omo gold" he says
"was found near Harney's Peak, but as to it,
abundance there is at present no reliable in
formation"
Isaac F. Hcyt, who has been for many year
the Deputy Collector Of Internal Revenue To-
the Chicago District, was yesterday appointed
to succeed 8. A. Irwin, deceased, as Collector
His appointment is in conformity with thu
civil-service rules. 1t follows close upon tn
notable promotion of the Principal Exam
liner in the Patent Office to be Commits
sioner
Seventy seven per cent. of the books takel
from the chicago Public Library are works o
fiction.
At Milwaukee, recently, an insane woman
named Stieren killed her son, q boy Is year
old, by breaking his skull with an axe, an,
then committed suicide by jumping into
cietern.
The South
Near Franklin, Tenn, in private quarters
on election day, John Edmondson was sho
and killed by man named Brown, and Johl
Owens was killed by party named Fly.
A fire at Jefferson, Texas, last week, con
sumed the block occupied by j. G. Kalster
Co., Bigier 4 Walker, and F. A. Joachim. TIL
loss is estimated at$60 200; insurance, $40, 600
The fire is supposed to have been caused b
an incendiArT- nf-.- s
The saw-rmn and lumber adjoining, o
Lively & Co., at Newport. Ky., was destroye
by fire last week The loss is Sc, 900; insure,
for 5000 in Newport and Wheeling CIV. Va.
companies. t
, A serious riot occurred at the polls, durin,
the progress Of the election at Eufaula, Ala.
on the Sd inst, in which three negroes wer
killed outright, and thirty or forty wounded
ten or fifteen msrtslly. One white was nor
tally, one seriously, and three slightly
wounded. FIVE or six hundred shots wer
fred.
A special dispatch from New Orleans to the
Chicago {nss>eosas claims= that -' the Asso
ciated Press dispatches from Louisiana OF