Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-04-06
From the State Capital.
INDIANAPOLIS. April l. 1876

Editor Republican:
The political pot is boiling, but not
with violence, that is, as regards the
State and the nation. The point of in
terest now, is the city; and the papers,
Republican, Democratic, Independent
and neutral all take their little tilt at
the business of making candidates for
the positions to be filled at the coming
city election.
A little less than year ago, new
cheap morning daily, the Republican,
was started here by Mr.. NJ. G.. Lee.
This gentleman is competent and
able writer. and a man of great energy
and industry; bat is somewhat noted
as man of numerous failures. Hence
when the Republican made its bow to
the people, there were many who pre-
dicted it's speedy downfall, yet it lived
on and on, until the prophets of i'll
omen began to think that this time Lee
was bound to succeed. People had be-
gun TO wish him success, for the Re
publican was welcome visitor But
last Wednesday it closed its brief life
and the place that knew it during the
last few months, will know it no more
forever At the time when the Repub-
licdn was started. the Journal was not
at all satisfact, nv to the Republicans of
the State. and the way seemed open for
a new paper, sound in its principles.
and judiciOus in Its advocacy of them.
But the change iii the management of
the Journal wrought so great a change
for the better in that paper, that it
soon acquired firmer hold than it ev-
or had before. Under these circum-
stances there was no room for the Re
publican in a city already overrun with
newspapers, and it necessarily went to
| the wall
The great sensation of the city to-day
is the Herald's account of the finding of
Charlie Ross, one of the hugest and
best told canards that has ever been
published. 1t is very reprehensible
piece of business, inexcusable on all
moral grounds, but as piece of finish
ed imaginative literature, it is entitled
to the premium. The most minute de-
tails were stated, and it was written
with an air of such apparent truthful
ness that it was much better calcula-
ted to deceive, than the famous canard
i'm the Chicago Times of the burning of
McVicker's theatre, or that in the Gin
cinnati Times of the finding of Donald
son alive in the wilds of Canada. The
newsboys called it out as a veritable
piece of news. Herald Full account
of the finding of Charlie Ross!' and
hundreds bought the paper not think
ing it was the first day of April. One
old lady, seated in the waiting room at
the depot, bought copy, and read the
long and interesting story aloud to her
companion, neither of whom suspected
that there was any sell about it. | saw
a man few minutes ago, who saw the
paper on the train while approaching
the city. well" said he, II guess
they have found Charlie Ross at last
Said I, Ibid you notice the date of the
paper?" He had not; but he had made
up his mind to believe the story even if
it was April LIST. He would not even
be convinced when / referred him to
the Italian name SAID to be given little
Charlie, Tesla, which / tried to show
him, with little fixing, would make
tall SELL" | was disguised with a
man determined to be fooled, and told
him to go to the Grand hotel and see
the boy, and then report to me how he
looked. He went, and | saw him no
more.
Some genuine cases of Trichinosis
are i'll the city. One death has oc
CURED, and more are likely to follow.
The disease is confined to one family,
who have recently come here from Cum
berlan1. The whole family is attack
ed; and a married daughter still living
at Cumberland is said to be afflicted al
So. The moral of which is, eat no pork
unless well cooked. VERUs.