Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-06-11
NEWS SUMMARY.
The East.

The East.
JUDGE STOWE, of the Common Pleas Court
of Pittsburgh, has reversed the judgment of
the Mayor in the case of the female crusaders,
who were arrested. and ordered the fines to
be refunded. The ladies', of course, are
wildly jubilant over their victory, and will re-
sumo their crusading operations.
]. EDGAR THOMPSON President of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company, died in Philadel-
phia, on the 18th ult., of Bright's disease of
the kidneys.
NINETY-sEvEN aspirants for military honors
presented themselves at West Point at the
June examination. OF this number thirty
two were sent back home because they could
not write, spell or cipher, or were not familiar
with maps or grammar. The colored appli-
cants all failed. In the investigation into
the Mill river disaster, Bassett, the dam-con-
tractor, admitted that even the definite speci-
fications for the construction of the dam were
not adhered to, and that himself and his part
ner entered on the work in the belief that the
dam might give way, even if built according
to the specifications. The Springfield
(Mass) Republican figures up the total losses
by the Mill river disaster at 81 10000
PETER H. WATSON has determined to resign
the Presidency of the Erie railway -. Thomas
A Scott succeeds ]. Edgar Thompson de
ceasedD as President of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company :. The bodies of all but
four of the victims of the Mill river disaster
have been recovered. President Grant, on
the I'd inst, laid the cornerstone of the
American Museum of Natural History at Gen.
trail Park New York. The building is to be
twenty-five feet longer than the National
Capitol at Washington, and will cost S6,000,-
O0O "A shocking tragedy was enacted in
New York few days ago. Mrs. Michael
Dwyer. while laboring under temporary tt
of insanity, murdered her three children, aged
2, and 2 years, by MASKING their heads to
jelly with fat-iron. and mortally wounded
her husband by cleaving his skull with a
cooper's adj.
The Board of Education of Brooklyn, after
investigating the subject fully. has come to
the conclusion that the co-education of the
sexes, if not positively immoral, is fraught
with great danger. and therefore recommends
the abolition of the system
The West.
Apv1cEs from the West report the Chey-
enne Indians on the war-path, and lively
campaign is predicted for the summer.
THERE are now. organized in Michigan 430
Oranges Of the Patrons Of Husbandry. The
following returns from the census of 1874
evidences the healthy growth of Michigan
cities and towns: Grand Rapids, complete,
except two wards. PC, 600; Flint, except one
ward, S,l0S, against 5, 1856 in 1870; Big Rapids.
3,0S3, against 1.237 in 1870 Coldwater Abb,
against 4. 3S1 in 1870; Greenville City, 4.15O
Lapeer, 2,SS6 against 1,1I6 IN 1870; Port
Huron. 8, 240, against 5, 917 in 1870. Mr.. and
Mrs Warren Mcdowell and two of their chill
dren, living near Saugatuck, Mich, ate of
raw ham. of their own raising, and were short
" after attacked with the fatal dis
ease. Mrs. Mcdowell died Sunday and
her husband Tuesday of last week.
The children at last accounts were also
considered IN a dangerous condition. 80.
Medical science has achieved another triumph
BY an operation which was successfully per-
formed in Chicago the other day. The event
referred to was nothing less than the direct
TRANSMISSION of blood from a lamb into the
veins of man in the last stages Of consump-
ton, a full report of which is published in the
papers of that city. Twenty-Five minutes after
the operation the patient recovered so far as
to regain his usual pulse and was feeling well.
He conversed freely with his wife, who went
in to see him, and appeared in excellent
spirits. The operation is pronounced
successful, in every respect, and the
anxiety BY the medical profession. -.
Jack Evans is genuine hero if there ever was
one. Jack runs engine on the Burlington
and Missouri River Branch road. The other
day, approaching Farragut, between Ham
burg and Red Oak, Iowa. he discovered a
child on the track some sixty yards distant.
He rushed out upon the cow-catcher, and
when the engine had reached within ten feet
of the child, whose arms we're raised, made a
leap, grasped the child, and the two rolled
down the embankment. The child was unin-
jured, Jack receiving severe, though not Sc
rious, injury of the ankle for his heroic eff
fort.
THE National Crop Reporter of the LIST
inst. publishes deductions from the estimates
of correspondents in relation to the total of
spring and winter wheat now in the ground in
the States Of Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Min
nesota, Missouri Ohio, and Wisconsin. which
indicate average increase in the total area
of wheat of 2-10 per cent. The increase is
IA per cent. in Illinois, $40 per cent. in In
diana, Is $40 per cent. in Iowa, "a per
cent. in Kansas. 3 40 per cent. in
Minnesota, IL 4-l0 per cent. in Missouri,
per cent in Ohio. and 40 per cent. in
farmer, living near GAINESVILLE, O., was de-
stroyed by fire on the 30th ult., and three
children were burned to death Five men
were instantly killed ON the 30th ult., in the
Consolidate Amador mine. Suffer Greek, Cal,
by the falling of cage in the mine. Madi-
son OWis.) telegram of June / "Crops in this
region are looking magnifcently. The growth
occ.
IF reports from the West are to be be-
ieved. general Indian war is imminent.
A Fort Madison Qowa) dispatch says spring
and winter wheat are looking better than foI
years past. Corn is doing finely. is sixteen
inches high. and is being plowed for the first
time. Oats well up. Fruit promising good
yield. The Detroit Free Press of the LEI
inst. publishes crop reports from all parts OF
Michigan, showing a generally prom sing CON
dition of affairs. Wheat is usually good
although water-killed somewhat in some sec
TONS Oats are unusually abundant, anG
other grains fair. Potatoes thrifty, but
threatened with bugs. The fruit prospects
are excellent.
The extensive boot and shoe house of NJ
d. Wells & Co., Chicago, has been destroyed
by fire. Loss $3.50, 200.
PIP. wINTKRMUTE has been tried at Yank
ton, Dakota, for the murder of Gen
McCook, in September last, and fount
guilty of manslaughter in the first degree.
Prof. Patton has prepared his appeal to thu
Presbyterian Synod of Illinois from the de
cision of the Chicago Presbytery in the cas-
of Prof. Swing. The reasons for appealing ar
grouped by him under five heads /: (D Iregu
larities in the proceedings. CD Hurrying to
decision before important testimony wa
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