Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-14
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Two CENTURIES ago, last month, since
Milton died.
Ex-QUEEN Isabella has been reduced
to 1S4 nightgewns.
A WOMAN in Berlin, Germany, has
forty-nine children.
THE new army bill ir France increases
the army to 930,O0 men.
An Iowa father of seventy-fve au-
tumns is gladdened by a 12-pound
scion.
ENuGRANTs received ct Castle Garden
since January 1, 1874, 131, 1922.
THE chandelier for the new opera
house in Paris will cost $4,000.
LONDON expects to have go, 600
people before she stops growing.
THE lave abiding Bostonians have
violated the building law 1,0l0 times
this year.
FROM the army of her Majesty, the
Queen of England, about $50 men
desert annually.
ACCORDING to the military survey of
the Russian empire, the monarchy ex-
tends over 400, 227 geographical miles,
or one-sixth of the inhabited globe.
JOHN ALLEN, of Pierpont Manor,
Jefferson county, N. Y, has just been
elected Justice of the Peace by the
Republicans for the thirteenth term of
four years each. Squire Allen is 50
years CT age.
American cities pay roundly not to
have their streets poorly cleaned. Paris
receives S130, 600 year for the privi-
lege from contractors, whomanufacture
the refuse into compost and sell it for
$500, 00G-s clear profit OF S3S0,000
WILLIAM MORAN, of the Philadelphia
Sunday C2ronicte, was convicted few
daysago of a singular libel upon George
E. Hall, member of the Common Coun-
Gil He charged Hall with picking the
pocket Of a marble statue of George
Washington.
ALEoK STEPHENS is growing quite
corpulent. He now fills out several of
his old wrinkles, and only one of his
knee joints squeaks for want of grease
when he walks. He weighs sixty-seven
pounds, eight ounces, and seventeen
drachms, apOthecary's weight.
II is stated as probable that one of
the Paris theatres will adopt the rule of
. closing the doors as soon as the curtain
rises and keeping them vigorously
closed while the curtain is up, SO that
late corners may not interfere with the
comfort of ali who are seated betimes.
In the great chop district of New
York-comprising the counties of Her
kimer, Madison, Montgomery, Oneida,
Otsego, and Schoharie-not more than
1000 bales of this seasons hops are
now held. The price from first hands
ranges from SO to 45 cents. Brewers
are now pretty well stocked up.-ROch-
ester On. " Union.
GEORGE LABAR, whose death, in
Pennsylvania, at the age of 107 years,
we reported last week, left sic descend
ants. His father, when 90 years old,
married a woman of 80, who thought
sac would worry him out, perhaps
but he proved to be like joey Bag
stock, old and tough, and outlived her,
dying at the green old age of Ill years.
A TENNESSEE paper celebrates The
achievements of the "best man In the
county" In single day, last spring,
she dug six pounds of ginseng, captured
and killed two rattlesnakes with eleven
and thirteen ratties, and gave birth tC
twins. But she can't do it every day
RattIesnakes, not to mention twins, are
not to be had more than once or twice
a week.
Mr.. BANCROFT continues to drive
his inexorable quill with vigor. HI
rises at 6, lights his fire, and works unit
summoned to breakfast at 8. Aftel
breakfast he resumes his labors until l
when he stops for the day, and usual,
takes ride on horseback, followed b,
constitutional walk of two or tire,
miles. The evenings he devotes to SO
cial enjoyment
CoINER BABcocK, of the United State
Mint, San Francisco, Dec. II, delivered
to Superintendent La Grange the sun
of $3.50, 600 in double eagles. This j
the largest days work ever performe,
by any mint In the United States. i
the three days. terminating with Satur
dey, the mint has turned out 81, 900, 0OO
the largest amount of coinage ever rul
in the same period.
Mis-. JOAQUIN MILLER has written
drama founded upon the incidents o
her chequered life. Joaquin is a char
acter in the play SO is Mrs. 10 so ar
many living "Oregon characters" O
note. Climax of Act l.: "My marriag
with Joaquin Do. of Act H.: Hi
departure, and Ny self standing on tina
lonely rock, watching the recedin
ship!"
A LIBEL suit In Lowell involves tn
question of how much publicity
given, in the eyes of the law, to matte
written on postal card and ser
through the mail. The defendar
wrote letter to the plaintiff on a DO.
tai card, accusing linn of forgery, an
his defense is that, as the postoffic
clerks are eDjoined to secrecy, thel
was no more of a publication than
the matter had been sent In a scale
letter.
An Illustration Of the poor-debtt
laws of Massachusetts, is found in I'll
imprisonment of man for debt in OF