Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-07

pensive justice.
RAILROADS..
ALL the railroads centering at Indianspo-
lis, except the Bloomington, have cut down
the wages Of their employees from to Is per
cent.
MISCELLANEOUS.
ONE hundred and sixty persons passed
through indianapolis in one day last week
from the land of the grasshopper to Ohio.
A CRAwFoRDsvILLE saloon-keeper, the day
after his application for permit was defeated,
had out his sign, No permit here, Take
your drinks on the outside under the Baxter
law"
THE Kokomo Tribune tells how the crusa
ders served Kokomoke who went to that
quiet, moral village to open a saloon. He
had shipped his liquors, bottles, ETC.. and had
begun to fix up, probably had begun to sell.
The ladies heard Of it and organized. They,
possibly, prayed, but if 80 it was in their
closets. They armed Themselves with hatch
cts and other convenient tools and marched
to the den. The "boss" had heard of their
coming, and 30 there were no liquors in the
room, only empty bottles. The ladies then
went to the depot, where they found the
"trrck." They pounced upon it vigorously.
and quite soon every drop was running down
the street.
Our Of 152ho micros copically examined at
Lawrenceburg, recently, % were found to
have trichina.
The following postal changes have recently
been made in this State: Estabished-Pilo
Knob, Crawford county, Lebbeus Welman,
Postmaster; Roseburgh, Grant county,
Weston Mackey, Postmaster. Name Changed
-Steele's, Rush county, to Glenwood. Post
masters appointed Bartonia, Randolph
county, John S. Ptrland Bloomingsport, Ran
dolph county, William P Dawson Boston
Store, Montgomery county, James Orley {;
Carbondale, Warren county, Benjamin f.
Woodling Freetown, Jackson county, Nathan
Browning; Johnson, Randolph county, Isaac
H. johnson; LIE Roy, Lake county, j. FL.
Nichols; New Era, DeKal5 county, Emilia
Stoner; Paw Paw, Miami county, Francis
Ramsey; Reed, Tppecanoe county, Charles
Northcut; Royerton, Delaware county, John
Roger; Shideler, Delaware county, GARRISON
Cate Stockdale, Miami county, Benjamin H.
Rauk; Twelve Mile, Cass county, Noah
imons.
UroS the banks of the Ohio river, in Clarke
county, Ind. there stands one of the most
remarkable works left by the mysterious and
unknown mound-builders. Il stands upon
the terminal point of high riese, washed on
the south side by the Ohio ,iver, and on the
north by Fourteen-Mile creek. The point Of
the ridge is pear-shaped. and the fortification
Includes from eight to ten acres. The highest
point of the stem of the pear is $50 feet 1 bove
the Ohio, and is only ten to twenty feet broad.
There is natural wall of Niagara limestone,
and an artificial wall seventy-five feet high,
made Of loose stones, mason fashion, without
mortar. Around the southern terminus there
is an artificial stone wall ten feet high, which
connects the two natural walls Of Niagara
limestone, forming complete barrier ags inst
attack. Inside the wall of masonry are nu-
merous mounds of earth, and within the line
of these mounds is ditch four feet wide and
twenty feet deep.
A TAME bear at Evansville broke loose the
other day. A dog came along and the two en-
gagged in fight. OF course the dog died.
Bruin was soon recaptured, and did no harm.
THERE was q grand blowout at Columbus
on goth ult., on the occasion of the opening
Of the new Bartholomew County Courthouse.
II took just 600 pounds Of turkey to treat
the convicts in the Jeffersonville Peniten-
tiary to Christmas dinner.
JAY CITY. Jay county, has a mill haunted by
ghosts.
Noblesville, Hamilton county, cake was
voted to the most popular at five cents vote,
and brought S100.S5.
THE Spiceland Reporter makes an earnest
demand for new State-House.
The Warsaw Indianian has Just celebrated
/ it's twentieth anniversary.
ALL the prisoners In the Miami county jail
walked away one night last week, and have
not been heard Of since.
THE NORTHERN PRISON.
The annual report of the directors and Off
GERS Of the Northern Indiana Prison, located
at Michigan City, for tho year ending Dec. 10,
1874, is full of interesting statistics. The
amount received during the year from income
of the prison is s65, 1851; amount disbursed
S54, 290, 40; excess cf receipts. eli, 444 II
amount expended for permanent improve
ments, including completion Of waterworke
new shops, and new roof of dollhouse, Si1,-
OSS72 There are ASS convicts in the prison
During the year 20 we're par1oned by the Gov
ernor and / by the President; escaped
we're remanded for trial, 2 died, and 125 wer,
discharged by expiration Of term. The cor
duct of the prisoners il said to be good, yield
ing to discipline, which has been maintained
with rigor. The ratio Of increase Of convict
is over 20. The sanitary condition of The
prison is represented as excellent The fol
lowing table gives the number OF prisoner
convicted in each county represented in tn,
prison:
Adams. ... slGrant. ....... 1dPorter $500.
Allen. Al Hamilton 6lRandolph....
Benton 3 Howard....-. list. Joseph.
Blsckford.... 5IHuntington.. 1lSteuben.....
Boone. II Jasper ....... 1lTippecanoe Il
Carroll. .... CLAY. -. 3lwabash. ....
Case.... 49,. 6lKosciusko... 2Iwarren ......
|, Clay......... 1lLagrange 80. 4IWayne .......