Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-10-29


Society.
The business streets of our CITY were
crowded with people from the country
last Saturday. Our merchants say busi-
hess is getting lively again.
Mr.. j. Singler, Hardware Merchant,
is building brick house, for his resi-
dence, west of the NJ Z. Church, on La
Porte street.
While the young daughter Of John
Carroll, of Logansport, was kindling a
IRE in stove, Thursday night, her dress
caught and sbe was so badly burned that
she only lived few hours.
The smoke-stack of G. W. Boyd &
Co.'s steam Touring mill, in this city, is
as feet in hight-almost as tall as the
South Bend standpipe, which revolu-
tionized the politics OF ST. Joseph Coun-
~.
Mayor Corbin has put down new
side walk, on LaPorte street, along the
South side of his brick block. He did il
none too soon, for the old boards were so
nearly worn out that it was dangerous
walking over them after dark.
The most unpopular man in Porter
county at this season of the year is the
man who saws his wood too long Tor his
aoI,1 r cf< III
up Tor office, for he will surely be spot
ted.-Tdlpdrdiso Messenger.
Zim. viii measur his neighbors' stoves
when he runs for Office again.
AS much as we all desire to see gold
and silver money abundant, it would be a
positive benefit to the agricultural and
manufacturing interests of the west to
have greenbacks so plenty that the price
of gold would advance TO $3.50 in curren-
cy.
The Chicago daily Tribune SAYS, the
Chicago Division of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, was formally opened for
business last Friday, from Chicago Junct-
ion, where it connects with the Lake
Erie Division, TO Avilla. Ind, distance
of 1873 miles. The road will be opened to
Chicago, on the 10th of November.
"A gentleman named Woods, prohibit
ted his son Charles from attending a ball
at Richmond, Wednesday night, October
21st, telling him if he did he should new
er return home, while he lived. The boy
went from the ball TO the rooms of a
friend where he died in few hours after
wards.
An indianapolis family by the name
of Boley, was poisoned last Friday, by
some drug, supposed 10 be arsenic, in the
coffee they drank, but whether put there
by an enemy or whether used in coloring
the cOffee-bean, is not known. Two
daughters are very i'll from the effects OF
the poison, and may not recover.
The Democrats in Elkhart Comfy
had set their hearts on the defeat of Hon
John H. Baker and the election Of Free
man Kelley, Esq, to Congress. The Of
fetal returns show that Baker was elect
ed by So majority and now they are try
ing to elect Kelley by throwing out ille-
gal votes. They may increase Mr.. Ba-
ker's majority in that way; but there is
no danger OF defeating him.
Great excitement prevailed at Sey-
mour, Ind, last Saturday, over a case of
grave robbery. 1t seems tina. the body of
ayoung gill, buried on Thursday, was
taken from the grave on Friday night and
put into trunk and aboard the train,
bound for Cincinnati. At Hardenburg
the perpetrator of the deed was arrested,
the trunk broken open and the body of
the victim recovered. He was taken to
Seymour and lodged in Jail. Much ex
element prevailed there. aud fears were
expressed that the prisoner might be
lynched.
The Rensselaer, Union says: "TEe
Iroouois river has not been so dried up in
twenty years-probably never-as it i,
this fall. From the Groom bridge to the
Sand Ridge below Mr.. Scott Grants, fol
about eight miles there is no wafer at all
except little supplied by the springs and
flowing well at Rensselaer,. All over the
country there is scarcity of water fol
house use and stock. Unless rain fall;
soon and in large quantity, there will bt
great inconvenience, If not actual suffer
ing from this cause the coming winter"
-Wadsworth of the Laporte Argus ex
ults over the Democratic Victory In tina
county, and asks Bishop Sweet" of thu
Elkhart Democratic Union, ito lead il
singing the doxologyg" Sweet is willing
but can't sing 'any other tune than ok
Hundred which the Lord knows is no
within a thousand miles of being livel,
enough to accord with the present feel
inrs of the Democracy of the Hoosie
State" Dixie would be appropriate
and all the old Liners can sing that
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