Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-09-21

peeh ehtertalned by his narratives q
incidents and circumstances connect
ed with the war. His mind wa
bright and retentive up to the yer,
hour or his death-a circumstances re
markable In one so old. He was ,
"ran Methodist and the funera
veI> we're conducted by Rev. O
services - was here VISITING
r. Beebe, VIII
friends at the time.
We had a large and ell mn
meeting last Saturday night.
club hall was filed to its utmost Co
pacity with intelligent ladies ana
gentlemen, and Capron and Thayer
made excellent speeches. Time and
space will not permit an extended re-
port, therefore we will content our
self by simply stating that Messrs.
Capron and Thayer are sound, logi-
cal, and convincing speakers. MIR.
G. gives plain, unvarnished facts. and
Mr.. T. sandwiches his arguments
with agreeably humorous illustra-
tons. The Argos string band and
n. & w. glee club furnished excel
lent music, and the torchlight pro-
cession before and after the speak
ing was q pleasant feature OF the o.
casion. We regret to state that a
company Of boys endeavored to dis
turb the meeting, being prompted,
according to their own story by
older heads. Though this DISPOSE
ton to disturb public meetings may
be Democratic luxury, the parties
are requested. even warned, not to
repeat the offense of last Saturday
nj 4 hit. We trust their judgment, and
not their passions, will govern them
In the future.
The Democrats were happy last
Wednesday morning. Before day.
light sleepily disposed persons were
aroused by the shooting of anvils,
followed soon after by the shouts and
yells Of men and boys. By II O'Clock
the Walnut township unterrified Gn-
Guiding Green township and Fulton
county, began to arrive, and order
lies. aid de-oamps, marshals, etc.,
galloped here and there in hot haste,
as though some great and fearful
danger was impending. There were
blue sashes and white sashes, worn
in every conceivable style. and there
were blue pants, Of various lengths.
from the heel catter to the midway
between the knee and the ankle. The
headquarters were on Walnut street,
little east Of Michigan and a busy
place 1t was. Side-pockets were
filed with glass vessels Zone house
wholesaled box of these glass ves-
sels) filed with @elixir pro"-to be
used only In case Of distress. 1t is
reported that at least $75 OF this arti-
Gle was carried out Of Argos on We'd
nesday morning. At about 81 o'clock
the marshals-friend Mcclure APP
pearing to be @chief cook and bottle
washer, "-began the work of forming
the procession, and in q few minutes
they were vending heir way Plymouth
ward. Just as they passed the drug
store Of A. G. Hickman there was a
wild hurrah for Jeff. Davis, which
was repeated a little further on.
These cheers came from the so-called
cavalrymen land this fact can not be
denied) the report that prominent
local candidate cheered for the arch
traitor, we are 10th to believe. In his
wild enthusiasm he may have done
so, however, and II SO we will give
him the benefit of an exposure. Some
OF the members of the band inform
US that. despite the chief marshals
efforts there was much breaking OF
ranks. for what purpose our readers
may divine. Since Wednesday we
have heard few Democrats speak oil
Blue Jeans" but they pronounce
Voorhees, the grandest man Of the
age. One would think Dan was run
ming for Governor.
On last Friday night one Stevens
from Missouri, made q speech CD in
the hall Of the T. & 81. club. The au-
dience consisted OF 80 men. including
Republicans, and one woman. (actual
county The speaker began by say.
ing that the last year of Buchanan's
administration cost $50, DOC, 900. while
the last year Of Grants administra-
ton cost the people $780, 200, OO0-a
little more than three times as much
(Here Esq. Bremen interrupted him
with q correction-declaring 1t to be
six times as much. The speaker
thought his calculation correct, but
Brenner couldn't get straight on II
until after he had slept, though an
auditor kindly offered him a pen
Gill; The whisky ring had stolen
from the people $1,70O.OO0, 900. and
there were a hundred rings of equal
magnitude. He asked his mathe-
NAUTICAL auditors to undertake to
comprehend the immensely Of even
the whisky ring steal Brenner
scratched his head.J For himself he
was willing to admit that he could
not comprehend the vastness of even
81, 000, 900. Sec. Robson had stolen
the naval appropriations, but IL Bel
KNAPP. who had robbed the frontier
men, women and children OF thou
sands and thousands Of dollars, could
go free, how could Grant and the rest
of the thieves be punished? Cheers
He knew all about the operations at
Washington. He undertook to col
lect claim at the war department,
and one Capt. Tanner wanted to bor-
row s25 Of him. Because he didn't
lend it to him some fellow informed
him that his claim would never be
allowed. Gle forgot to tell US wheth-
er it was or not) Why" said he,
elevating himself to his full height.
dilating his orbits and screaming at
the top Of his voice, "if you knew Of