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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-12-21
CHILDREN BURNED.
Three Little Polander Children Burned
Alive in st. Joseph County.

The South Bend Register. OF the
14th inst. has the following: "Our,
New Carlisle correspondent sends us
nleagre details OF horrible affair
which occurred on the farm OF Mr..
Frank Reynolds. on Rolling Prairie,
yesterday morning. in the burning OF
a PoIander's shanty and three small
children left alone in il. while the
parents were chopping wood in the
forest at some distance away. The
sickening details OF the holocaust
have not yet reached Us, but on in.
quiry we find taat several Polanders
live In that section OF country, rent
small patches OF ground from the
farmers, erect "A shanty, and pursue
their labors on the railroad or i'm the
woods, while the women and children
cultivate The patch" and take care
OF the home. Often. as in this case.
tn. r bust wife goes into the forest,
TX in hand, 10 aid the husband in
earning ont the common livelihood
and common fortune. IN the pres
ent terrible instance the parents left
their home in the morning TO labor
for the day in the woods, cutting and
cording il on shares with their land
Lords. leaving il in charge OF the
children The house was a rough
board structure, easiest identified
under the name OF shanty. and CON-
prised but one room. in which the
family cooked, ate, and slept the
balmy sleep OF u laboriOus life. Their
fool, Of the simplest character, is
cooked. and the shanty heated by
means OF fire place constructed OF
sticks, mud aud rough stones, with
an earthrn or stone hearth When
the father and mother left their hum
BILE heartl. bright fire cracked and
sned a genial heat from IL. and around
IL were gathered their little family OF
rosy checked children. When they
returned their home was reduced TO
"A pile OF cinders, and beneath the
ruins lay the blackcncd remains of
their three children. How the fire
caused such heartrending destruction
OF human life originated can only be
coniectured. 1t is supposed, howev-
er, that Goals from the fireplace
rolled out upon the floor and not be-
ing extinguished by the children
soon wrapped the light material Of
the shanty in a blaze which was not
long In destroying IL and with it the
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-12-21
Indiana's Governor Elect.

Mr.. james ID. williams. now Gov
ernor-elect OF Indiana. has, according
to a Cincinnati Gazette correspondent
a neat IL humble home near Vincen-
mes. 1t Is a story-and- a. half frame
house, painted white after the true
American fashion. His parlor has a
modest ingram carpet aud a wide
Fireplace with daguerreotypes on the
mantel. a high-post bedstead with a
patchwork. and portrait OF Gen.
jackson hanging on the wall. Mrs.
Gov. Williams is seventy years old,
and Is feeble. She appeared 10 the
correspondent in iinsy-woolsey
dress with little white ruffie about
the neck, a checked apron, and
white cap. In reply TO question
whether she should accompany her
husband to Indianapolis. Mrs. Will
liams replied. 1T Is not yet fully de-
cided. but guess not 1t will be
pretty hard for me to 60 away from
home so far" Mr. Williams smiled
at this. remarking pleasantly that
she would be very much like the
woman who insisted for whole year
that she wouldn't move, whether her
husband did or not: but when at last
everything was packed, and the chill
dren had been assigned their seats
on the top OF The load, she came up
to her husband. and quietly asked.
James where am to sit?'- mo. I
guess not" quickly replied Mrs. Will
uains, we shall not give un our home
here. and l had better remain where
am.' Ii is possible Mrs. Dunn. his
only surviving daughter, aud a Wild
ow, may accompany Mr.. Williams
ana keep his house. Referring TO
Mr. Williams habit OF profanity, this
free-s"oken correspondent says This
misfortune seems TO have been the
result OF early education ani a ner-
v'us te" perment His mother. who
i'Veu To be upward OF so years old.
ana under whose influence her son
grew mp To manhood, was a no.
tel character in Knox county. She
could outswear Herod. and outbIack-
s"a'd the worst blackguard i'm the
county. Ii was terrible 10 hear her.
say her neighbors. Profanity and
vu'garity rolled ont Of her in livid
stream. She gave no heed 60 her
"hildren's secular moral train lng,
while the worst possible example
was continually set before them.
Books and newspapers were never
seen within the single room OF this
humble dwelling. II the Bible itself
were there. il was never read. Il Is
not surprising that boy. reared in
such a family. should give no evil
dence OF scholarship or moral excel
ience. And yet it Is said OF him
that he has been quite generous
Supporter OF the little church In his
vicinity, and for series OF years wss
very active in the Sunday school.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-12-21

tion in their homes is equally false. 1
know a lady OF culture who was not
long ago in the inquiry room on her
knees, and when she got up the girl
in tears told her she was one OF the
fallen. Come and stay at my house;
I will take care OF you She was a
poor colored girl, and kept her in her
house till she got situation. Let
me ask you not to believe we are
cruel and hard d-hcarted--tha ae do
not care for the 4ailen women. only
the abandoned men. We have a place
to put you. and il that Is not large
enough, why the business men will
put up another for you. There is
abundance OF protection aud assist
ance il you only show that you are re-
pentant. The Christian men and wo-
men will do all for you. they won't
try TO help you down or cast you OF.
II you but repent there are hundred
and thousands OF people in this city
whose hearts will go out 10 you. 1
want now TO read this letter:
CHICAGO. Dec. Is, 1876.
Many fallen women In this city
would in these days gladly change
their mode OF life, and seek Christ
and restoration TO the homes and
hearts or parents and friends whom
they weakly left many, many bitter
years and months ago. IL only they
could see some way o an honorable
living, and friendly recognition aud
help when they should seek these.
You say: ~Seek first the kingdom
OF Christ, but, my dear brother, (for
such you seem even TO me) why do
this IL only returning shame awaits
us?"
Suppose hundred fallen women
of this city were at the Tabernacle to-
night-no doubt more than this num-
ber will be there-and that these
should seek Christ aud find forgive
ness, f.r you assure US there is full
forgiveness for even US. so that these
scarlet stains should be ~whiter than
snow where, 1 ask, shall we live?
What shall we dor
We must return, ere the echo OF the
last prayer in that Tabernacle has
died away, TO the apartments which
have known only our bitter shame
and again meet the devil in his chosen
home.
No home or parent or friend. or
praying Christian who joined in your
prayer at the Tabernac e for MS,
would offer our weary bodies shelter
there. or our Wiling hands labor
wherewith honest bread might be
earned. No Christians purse affords
bread. The very ones
who came here to pray for us go
away scorning us: and while with the
virtuotis wife and mother and pure
maiden we might plead "a common
Savior. they would thrust ms from
them What can We do? Who will
help u,f
There remains only life Of shame
and an unwept death. physical and
eternal. for Us Hopelessly.
ONE OF THEM.
Mr.. Moody. during the reading OF
this letter. made many comments up
on the striking sentences. which were
full or encouragement. breathing
nothing but love. and that highest OF
all Christian virtues charity. And
concluded by saying: II that poor
one is here tonight. may God bless
you. and may you be induced to ac-
cept Him as your Savior. and He will
provide. May there be many who
will press into the kingdom OF God
70 NIGHT
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-12-21
SrIeff parfrg.
BRINGING OUR sHEAvEs WITH US.

YLoRKNcE PERCY
The time for toll has passed and night has
The last and saddest of the harvest ewes;
Worn out with labor long and wearisome.
Dropping and faint. the r.apers hasten home.
Each laden with his sheaves.
Last Of the laborers. thy feet / gain.
Lord OF the harvestl and my spirit gricves
That am burdened not so much with grain
AS with "a heaviness Of heart and brain -
Master behold my sheavesi
Few. light and worthless.-yet their trifiing
weight
Through all my frame a weary aching
leaves:
For long struggled with my hapless fate.
And stayed and toiled till it was dark and
late.--
Yet these are all my sheaves.
Full we'll know have more tares than
wheat
Brambles and flowers. dry stalks and with
cred leaves.
Wherefore blush and weep. as at .hy feet
kneel down revercntiy and repeat.
Master. behold my sheavesl-
know these blossoms. clustering heavily,
With evening dew upon their folded leaves
Can claim no value or utility
Therefore shall fragrancy and beauty be
The glory OF my sheaves.
So do gather strength and hope anew:
For wellI know thy patient love perccives
Not what did. but what strove to do.-
And though the full ripe ears he sadly few.
Thou wilt accept my sheaves.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-12-21

with fear and trembling, believing
the events TO transpire within tn,
coming ninety days will determin,
whether our free form OF government
is not failure"
In all OF these articles stress i
lain npen the rights OF Tilden TO the
vote OF a pretended elector OF Oregon
Hendricks says that the governor oil
Oregon is hero and is shamefully
abused for an honest discharge OF
his duty, that Watts being ineligible
Cronin, who had the next highest
vote. was honorably and legally en-
titled to east the vote OF a people
who had rejected him and Tilden, in
such way as he saw fit, that the laws
OF Indiana and Oregon are precisely
similar and that the right of the de-
feated candidate 10 the trust which
the people have refused to confide in
him Is established by the uniform
decisions OF the supreme court OF
Indiana. Governor Hendricks. is
presumed TO know what the law of
Indiana is, and il he has made false
statement OF the law he renders him
self unworthy OF that confidence the
people OF Indiana have reposed in
him. The Democrat endorses the
statement or Hendricks; Hon. Horace
Corbin and his one hundred and six
ty-three brave and honorable COM
peers endorse the Democrat and en-
Enthusiastically claim that Cronin Is en-
titled TO cast one vote OF Oregon for
Tilden, and that refusal TO recog-
nize that right is just and honora-
BILE reason for involving the country
in the untold horrors OF "a civil war.
SCENE III
The Modified editor OF the Demo
crGt ;fter ccmpleti n Of his bloody
and despairiug shrek, calmly turns
his attention to news items and dish
es up to his readers the following ac-
ton OF the Democratic board OF
Commissioners:
The following list OF officers were
appointed by the Commissioners, at
their December term, to fill vacan-
cies where those who were elected
failed 10 qualify: Andrew w. Duff,
constable in Union township; James
Bid'lle. constable in Tippecanoe /:
james Snyder, constable in North |:
Levi Eaton, constable in Polk; Simon
.Freese. constable in West; John
Lewis, constable In Cen'er. Isaac
SeayoIt was appointed justice OF the
peace in Tippecanoc township.
Gentlemen Office seekers. rabid
ranting fllden men join me in de-
nouncing our Commissioners, who
at one fell usurping stroke have torn
from six constables and one justice
OF the peace the Offices TO which the
people did not elect them, but to
which they We're entitled by the opin-
ion OF Governor Hendricks, and the
dictum OF "a Democracy viewing the
question from an Oregonian stand
point. Julian, once rabid abolition
is will descant on the utter falsity
OF the statement OF the infamous
wench, Eliza PiHkston, and will emil.
ven the seancc with the wcnch's solo
which was the only thing he learned
while sojourning in the south:
We is comm massa we is comm.
From de cotton field
As our party has sunk itself be.
yond all hope OF redemption, pray
ers will be omitted. Brother rilden
will close the seance, and his own
ill-starred career with his favorite
hymn:
On Mississippi's stony banks Istand.
And cast usufructual eye
Ger Louisians's troubled land
Where all my chances lie.
~Ereunt Omnes." =
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-12-21
SOCIETIES..


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Thursday evening at I:3o O'Clock. Resident and
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The Laporte Herald charges Rev.
Mr. Lamport with the crime OF being
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.


j. o. !. y. = J. w. PARKS,
A TTORNEYS ATLAW, Notaries Public and
"A Authorized War Claim Agents Ofiicea at
SSesSon t and nd riynouts; lndiana; Especial
Estates. Conveyancing. anG the collection Of
SSidiers Claims for Pensions; will attend
promptly to all professional business en-
trusted 10 them. and practice in Marshall and
adjoining coanties. plymouth once on Gano
street between Michigan and Center streets,
Bourbon ONCE over Mirror printing ONCE. 25tf
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-12-21

A TToRNEY AT LAW. Prompt attention given
N - collections. settlement Of dccedents estates
and guardsnshps. deeds, mortgages, and other con-
tracts drawn mp and acknowledgements taken. o.
Zee ovr Back = Tosns Hariwsrs Store.
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!. q. REEVE,
Q. n. REEVE,

IUgTICE OF THE PEACE, and Attorney 1T
eutn. Lnthana- yulvl-7s
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Are carefully corrected each week.
while . usw feature 10 the latest
Chicago Quotations.

Contributions from Subscribers are
solicited and friends are requested to
leave ITEMS OF NEWS, at the
RKPubLIcAN Once.
PsIcE 12O0. Nov u the time to
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-12-21
sR.I. DowER.

IlHYsTCIkN AED SURGEON. win be
y pleased 20 receive patients IT his once.
No. 81 Michigan street. where he may be
" sbssnf. his residence being st the ssms
place.
July Let, ioGo. Sm
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-12-21

w gan street. four doors soufh Of Parker
House. Keeps constantly on haad the fam
Gus Waterbury and 81 Thomas Ciocks. Par
ttcular attention given TO repairing All work
warranted. uavl-H
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-12-21

ATTORNEY AT LAW.
AND NOTARY PUBLIC.
bQeoU BLOCH. nym0uTn, mo.
Especial attention given 70 the scttlsneus Of e.
Drss, and partition Of lands: also thu coectiou OF
>sins aad foreclosure Of norgAges. ksmittasess
prsups. lyni
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-12-21

DHYsICIAN 4 SURGEON. Thirty years
II praefice- Graduate Of two Medical cob
Isgse. and six years Surgeon in the army Of
the q. B. tvol. serv) Can compete success
fully with any ouack In the United States.
Ihankful for past favors. Il still In regular
0raefice. and only requires to be better Known
70 have N extensive ono. Once In Sears
new brick. cor. Of Michigan and LaPorte
streets.
Plymouth Ind July fst. fs7s. II
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-12-21

DLYN0UTH, Ind. U. s Dodge. proprietor The
4 hvortte resort Of al trsvelers. Good sample
rUom1, and 1rst-elass sccouodnti0ns Tor ALL Bas
- nd 6oD Al trnt . nfv1
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-04-21

also have their commotion. 1T sccs
c0n1nOtiO. And this commotion is even
now apparent. We may perceive 1t In
your coming hither as obedient children
to their Father We may perceive 1t in
the movement of Catholic nations In SO
many devout pilgrimages. We may
trace this commotion in the echo OF the
fervid prayers which arise unto God in
tho sacred temples. The crowded tri-
bunals Of penance and the thronged en-
thusiastic tables prove also that there Is
a movement among the ruins Of the
Church Of Jesus Christ.
But ut this time what will be the fate
OF the impiolls who are prosecuting the
Church We have the right to believe
that the present prosecutors Of the
Church will have no other end than that
Of their predecessors, and that in the
time ordained by Povidence. God will
stretch out his favoring hand over the
Church. We may expect that when the
Church shall have been completely
purged and set FREQ from tho chains
with which her foes and prosecutors
now bind her. Gold will cover her with
u vestment Of gold, and cause her to
sit us q queen ut the right hand Of her
divine founder. Asfjtu Regina dertris
this in restitu deai7nt0.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-04-21
STATE DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL Ex.
EcITTrvE COMMITTEE.

The meeting OF this Committee was
held, as advertised last night, at "a
O'Clock. In st. Patrick's Hall. A large
number Of delegates were present ;
among whom were nineteen delegates
from the country, who have never
before been present at the meeting OF
the Committee The meeting was
restricted to the presence only OF mem
bers of the Committee, and the follow
ing resolutions was adopted
Rooms STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE, !
Democratic Conservative Party, I
INV ORLEANS. April 49, 1876. J
Resolved, That n Convention OF the
Democratie-C Conservative party OF the
State Of Louisiana be held at Baton
Rouge, for the purpose OF nominating
candidates for Governor, Lieut.. Gov
ernor. Secretary Of State, Auditor, At
torney General, Superintendent of Pub
lio Education. Members of Congress
from the various Congressional Dis
tricts Of the State. and Electors for
President and Vice President of tho
United States, on Monday, tho gath OF
July, 1876.
Resoired. That the apportionmeDt Of
representation in said Convention shall
he the same rs that for the last State
Convention held in New Orleans, Janu-
AIRY 4. 1876,
Accordingly the several parishes and
wards Of the city of New Orleans shall
be entitled to the following representa-
tiDu tn wit
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-04-21
r,,r souTH AND THE EAST.

,u. h,ce heard great deal, before
~ s,nce the war, about the coinlno.
,nterests Of the West and soutn .ne -,
common sympathies and their conln ,..,
destiny, and public men hase sp M,
oud public journals have written npo,
a. 49, theorv. that the West and sow Nv
. ..oro ,ndissolubly linked together 20,
,ote And yet. the bitterest ar q; sou.'
virnlent enemies Of the South r. ~
ern people and Soutt''n @ the
err .ians before. during and = West.
.,or'' have been in >ople have
r wn,' New EnglandAe, but their
mated us. 1t IS characterized oy
hatred has not Annness, malevolence
'i .,;,o so muos that of the West The
a NJ hrnta,e presume, that the West
na n largely settled by New Eng
haaaen. and that, under the rude infiu-
Les Los Of western life, New England hates
= va been brutelized. Be this as 1t may,
,hore Il now, and for years past there
..s heen. less oongeniality between the
Wat and the South than between the
r,.at and thu South Whenever we have
,nnd or he.rd a singularly brutal ana
,.,rdb attack upon our people. 1t has
a,.ly been from n Western speaker
80, Western journal. Wherever. out
~ OF our own borders, a voice has
zen lifted up In protest against the OPP
oressors Of the South, that voice mas
been from some Northern or
Eastern State.
The geographical relations OF the
South and West ought, we should thlnk.
create common interests and sympa-
tbies; and perhaps IN the course OF
times they may do so. But, despite all
that has been writen and said. the
West and South areSider apart In feel
ing than are the Eet and South. The
views Of Southern men on the currency
question have ben in accord, pretty
generally, with t'ose OF Eastern men;
and we think it fery probable that. IL
the currency q,estion had been made
the leading isue OF the campaign.
there would bye been n party organ
lied with its hief strength in the East
and South .arrayed against the
Inilationists Of the West. This
opinion is srengthened by the fact that
none OF th Western Democrats spoken
Of for the 81 Louis Convention arouse
a spark Of en- husiasm or even of feeling
among the southern people. Neither
Hendricks, nMsAlen nor Kerr have any
strength with The mrty in the South. Mr..
Thurman is the strongest of the Western
men here. he is esteemed by our people
and will receive teir cordial support II
he is nominated. But the preference Of
he Southern Democrats is for an East
gn man. Eithe. Tilden. Hancock or
Iayard will awaken the deepest enthu-
sasm of the Southern Democracy, and
crry every Southern State. with prob
ABLY the exception of South Carolina.