Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-02-25
Flannel neckties are very fashionable

| II iahuei HcChliSS are NeI laSnlOnaDl
here.
George W. Miller, formerly of thi
city, now a merchant i'm Marmont. il
this county, has been appointed Posi-
master at Marmont.
When the beautiful snow melted, a
great amount of filth was exposed. which
hal been hidden from sight by the pure
white substance. But the rain and the
flood will purify The face of the earth.
Some of our exchanges advance the
idea that RI ligious societies ought tc
control dancing parties for the purpose OF
giving them moral and religious Gircc
tion. Dancing and devotion are not like.
ly tn work well together
Our friend A. ID. Travis; oi North
Liberty, st. Joseph County. made us a
friendly call on Tuesday. He is engaged
in the mercantile business with Rev. j
Z. Cheny, in that place.
= j. L. Jackson, of Walnut station
called at our office last Saturday.
We were glad tn make his acquaintance
He had been teaching school near VI al.
nut. He Will receive subscriptions and
job work for the REPUBLICAN.
The Valparaiso Messenger says, it was
only asking "A civil question, when it ask :
ed if Hon. Jasper Packard had received
a thousand dollar brible for his vote.
The Messenger has strange ideas of civility.
considerable rain fell i'm Plymouth.
Tuesday and Tuesday night. Yellow
river is rising rapidly. Some thunder
and lightning Tuesday night.
The public exercises of the 3d and
4th grades 1T the Plymouth pnblic chool
building last Friday night, We're pleasing
and beneficial. Their proficiency in mu-
sic Was gratifying To the patrons ol the
sch"ol and highly creditable to Mrs
French, music teacher
The spelling school mania, which
has been raging for some time in Ohio,
has broken out IN South Bend. They
get up spelling schools attended bv old
and young, and charge an admission fee
which is applied to some benevolent pur-
pose.
"A furious snow storm prevailed al
Lacross, and other points in the North
West. on Tuesday Five inches of snow
iell in Omaha. AT Indianapolis. and 9th
er points Sou Ia, there was a heavy fall of
rain.
For the Northern Prison, VIM. T.
Pratt, of Allen; Ii. Z. Wadsworth, OF
LaPorte, and Theo. Davenport of KOS
ciusko, were elected Directors, in joint
convention Tor the Prison South, Jas.
Keigwin, of Martin, and VIM. p. Ham
mond, of Martin.
The President has appointed Hon.
G.. S. Orth Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipntentiary to Austria, in
place of John Jay removed. Mr. Orth is
nov member of Congress for the State
"f Indiana. at large. His time expires ON
the 4th of March
st. Nicholas, for the month of March
is at hand. 1t isan excellent number and
will please, not only the children, hut all
who can appreciate the beautiful anu the
good. 1t exce.ls all ether Magazines we
have seen, for the young. Subscription
price S3. per year Published by Scribner
e Co. ga Broadway New York Wewill
club the REPUBLICAN and ST. Nicholas
tor S425.
THE TEACHER "A correspondent for
the REPUBLICAN Educational Column
says" The teacher may have many gifts
and attainments, but if the religious pa TT
of his character be not thoroughly fur
nished with moral precepts for all the
elementary steps of the school work, he
will eventually fail, if he has not failed
already. To escape failure be wide
awake teacher, and remember that "God
helps those that help themselves" )"
The Keelar Brothers were here Sat
urlav night and did some tricks in Bal
cony Hall with ropes and box, which
could not be explained or accounted for
by Messrs Barton and Rendberger, who
were selected by the audience TO watch
them and report. The audience was d
small one, only about enough to pay Ii
cense and Hall rent Mr. Hogarth, Dep.
Marshall, collected the license before he
would allow the exhibition 10 proceed.
They had advertised for but one night
but told Mr.. Woodward, proprietor of ths
hall that they intended to stay thret
nights-and announced at the close OF
the exhibition on Saturday night that
they would give another entertainment
on Monday might, which would be more
astonishing than the one just concluded.
Monday morning there was no appear.
ance of any preparation for the exhibition
The Keelar Bros. were not to be seen. II
soon became apparent to Mr.. Woodward
that the last trick of the Keelars was a
his expense. They had left town with
out paying for the use of the hall. The
~ <eelars are fi,ll Of tricks and from rp