Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-02-25
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.


Congressman Samuel Hooper, of the Fourth
Massachusetts District whose death il an
nounced. was one of the wealthiest men i'm
New England, having been largely engaged in
manufactures.
The Pacific Mail Directors have approved the
action of Rufus Hatch in ordering the institu-
ton of suits against those parties alleged to
have received subsidy money. About thirty per-
SONS will be involved.
ID. b. Mellott and wife, living near Neon
nellsburg. Pa, left their three children locked
up in the house one day last week. and on their
return from visit their house was found to
be consumed by fire, likewise their children
three.
The straw-goods house of Wise & Co.. of New
York, has suspended. Their indebtedness is
placed at about S1.OOO,OOO.
The New York Grand Opera-House is to be
Transformed into hotel.
The Hest
Near Helena Lake county. Co.. recently. the
vigilants went to the house of one Gibbs, and
OH his refusing to deliver himself to them to be
hung. they set fire to the house, in which were
Gibbs. two women and several children. Gibbs
leaped out through the flames, with a revover.
and shot three of the party dead and wounded
fourth, when the rest took to their heels and
fed Gibbs had recently been acquitted on
charge of murder. and the vigilants proposed
to take a summary appeal from the decision
which set him at liberty.
The Committee on Appropriations has been
unusually liberal this year with the North
west. The amounts appropriated for the
improvement of the harbors on Lakes Michi-
gan and Superior certainly liberal
could be wished for. BY judicous expendi-
ture of the amounts voted there need be no
trouble about keeping all the harbors in good
condition during the coming navigation
season.
careful examination of the peach-buds in
the Michigan fruit region proves that they are
not all killed. and ligbs crop of fruit may be
expected.
Chicago packers thus far during the present
season handled 1.527. los hogs, against l. 4S3. 1913
last season. and 1,24637S the season before
last
DIR. James De koven. of Racine College
Bishop-elect of the Diocese of Illinois, has sig
nified his acceptance of the dignity Of the epis-
copate conferred upon him by the action of the
late special convention.
Bill King. of Pacific Mail notorety. has writ
ten long letter to the Minnesota Legislature,
in response to resolution requesting him to
explain his connection with the scandal or
resign as a member-elect of the next Congress.
The virtuous William denies the right of the
Legislature to inquire into his private affairs
to undertake to censure to demand his
resignation He puts in itafics denunciation
as "a Legislative lie" of the assumption that
he had done anything wrong. He adds that
der what arrangement he received large sum
of money about the time of the passaehof the
subsidy bill is matter which he doe II pro-
pose tie disclose to the world except in his own
good time.
man is reported to have returned to Yank-
ton, Dakota recently. from the Black Hills
VIII $1,000 in gold dust. The returned miner
says there are about 600 people mining in the
hills.
Four negroes were recently killed IN a fight
with Sherif's posse in st. James parish, La.
A New Orleans telegram Of Feb. II gives the
particulars of an exciting episode in the Lou
isiana House of Representatives. Ward
colored member. became enrsged at not being
recognized by the Speaker. The Sergeant-at-
Arms being ordered to seat him, Ward declared
he would kill him. He attempted to do so,
and placed his hands in his breaches pockets
in threatening manner. Capt. Lawler. of
the Metropolitan Police, seized Ward and
took from his pocket revolver at full cock,
which he probably intended to fire at the Ser