Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-01-04
THE NEWS COMPRESSED.
THE EAST.

THE EAST.
BERTHA Won HuLERx, OF Chicago. has enc.
ceeded in walk ng $50 miles in six DAYS. at Bos-
.on, MASS her last and greatest undertaking.
Anis hort nas attracted the attention of many
scisnInc persons ami leading phys ci ans tl,ere
ana ner success 10 regarded as a snrnris;p,
demonstration OF the possibilities Of wo1psn's
endurance. "'H-en
Two PROMINENT citizens of New York-Ots
y. Swan, broker, and Coles Morris LAG.
yer-have run away with large aroo,,rt. .,
otner peoples money. Both were con,s..od
WITH weslthy AMI long -estsbj;shea fanii,sS
ana tneir defalcations have caused sometime
Oh q sensation IN the metropolis.
THE WEST.
CAPT. J. W. HALL of Detroit. who hss ;rss
prepared the marine statistics of 1876 nlsoes
the number of lake disasters at 6s9. vslusten
OF the property lost SI.173 260; the Iossesof
timber RATS on tie lakes amount to sbo,t
SlOl,OOO. The greatest lo-ses during sny
month were In Septs mber, amounting to $40
u.s.. The nun Der CT disasters this year l. AZ
less than in 1875. The total number az 6sstbs'
either ON board ship or on shore. among sea
men, is 155. of which number 36 were ySesseI.
owners. Financially, the season, II 1870 IL the
worst on record.
McVIcKER's Theater, Chicago. ia probably
the best constructed theater of snv IN die
country, and the most perfect in d;sc;n,;.e.
While the entire audience go in AZ ono ar
trance-each person having a r, me-, for ;.
seat-they separate in eleven differelt wsvs 10
make Their exits There are five outlets on
the first floor, three on the second. ard three
on the third 1t may be called = model ,ssso
ter, and Its plans should be copied by ali woo
desire to serve the public
CHICAGO elevators contain 8 263 e4s hnsb,ls
OF wheat; $50 S63 bushels Of corn 5a7 a77
bushels of oats; I5l.724 bushels Of rye and
80, oo' onehels OF barley, making a grand
,oeai OF o,t56,4H bu-hels. against 2 5t2 m
bushels for the corresponding period last
year. pe'''u iA''
LARGE numbers of what are called Gn,f cat.
US are dying In the counties of Central Hi
no's' caused by the intense cold Of the present
winter, John L. BttiDger, one OF the Ms
psrdohed and released from nr;son
Inc Minnesota State Board of Health
nss irsued circular for d;str;F ,,.;o,,
-. nous the State, recommending vac ina
.on sIo revaecination TO guard against the
poosoie introduction OF smallpox from Wis
. sna manitoba The fire fiepd sp-
peared in Chicago 474 times dining ,ha ~
Jus. Closed, and devoured $3.50 $40 worth of
pIopery.- Eight thousand i've hundred and
1876 ' u-su curing tne year
AHk most appalling railroad catastrophe that
mas happened for many months occurred at
Asn'souiA Ohio, on the evening of Fddsy.
Dsc. - HE Pacific express train from the
- On the michigan Southern and Lake Shore
roso, due at Ashtabuls at Sis n m Arrived
lou. Two hours late. being DELAYED by the
ie.rIui storm and grea drifts of snow. trsou. b
TWO engines As il was about TO
49, me ordge over Ashtabula river. near .he
STATION, the train ran OF the track H. A.,
.ccount OF the drifts of snow. and vent
IN the rails upon the bridge Tire
e1nee' an iron truss OF perRsps 10O
Ise' span, gave way with an awful
onsr lie forward engine had passed safely
VI. tne coupling connecting it with the
neA' engine broke and eli the rest OF the trim.
oonssung or two first class coaches. one smok.
lns car, one draving-room car three sleeping
NO TOUR express and baggage cars with
oho VI me engines was precipitated into the
.Dys'' uktan OF sixty FIVE feet There
mere than 100 OF whom perished in fRe
ns"es, "hicn broke out soon after the f,ll
Vi the tram, and which consumed
every car: The alarm was sounded iunadi
. .seN, ana all possible help sent at the yery
- on' minute. and all that could be was done
a hrfEF Ia
OF TIE wounded and dying were avfnI and TIE
ecene OF TIE burning cars in the deem and
nsrro~ valley was heartrendipg bevond de-
sSIipion. In the midst of the deep snow and
ne inrsous storm the citizens Of Asbtabujs
us1 Al tnat human beings could do. The o.
private houses aud everything lone o. tber,
that poss bly, could be.
DURING the year 1876 Chicago has received
S,o44 s'S barrels Of -four and 81 7s1, CPS bus..es
OF grain. During the same time she has dir
Hlouted zoe, 636 barrels of -four and 76 sea. oss
90 oed Oh gram. OF hogs she has received
$4,000 and shipped. 19i, 600.
THE SOUTH.
hUNoRs are current in New Orleans ef
coalition between Warmoth, Pinchback. and
the Democrats, by which Democratic Leeis-
lature 10 to elect them to the United States
senate, and they are IN return therefor TO
sssiss the Democrats IN Installing Nichols Is
Governor.
4 EEsoLuT1os was adopted by the House
Investigating Committee, at New Orleans. ON
the 24th, ordering that the refusal of Pred
dent Orion, Of the Western Union TeIeer,nb
company, TO appear and produce certain ~
egrams be reported to the House- and thst
me House be asked to proceed agains. him f6r
contempt
A TALLAHASSEE (Flerida) dispatch of the
9Th ult. Gays: ATTY. Gen. Cooke made A..
canvas Of the vote this morning. after IN.
other memters Of the board refustd N a.,
Vase. This gives Drew 497 and Uldep "a ~
jority. This canvass he fled In the Cis-Z
once IN obedience to the order OF the Cou1. |!
subsequently, the other members Of tbe bc.ss |
agreed TO recanvase, and the full board r,ss !.
4P- m Their canvass gives Drew : maior;S
OF 100 and the Hayes electors 2O6. Co..
flsd . protest." wv ~
LouIsIASA's cotton product this season. 4
estimated at SOC. 900 bales. a Columb. "a
c. telegram says +" the Subcommittee of a.
committee delegated by the House of RsprA
senfatives to inquire into the election OF pr
identiai electors In South Carolina. aftar.
careful examination of the returns from All r.
precincts IN the State find that all the HsvS
-. mo wheeler electors have . fair majority On
the face ofthe returns, and that Wade Hsmr-
ton has . majority of the votes cast for GovL
ernor."
WASHINGTON.
The treasury mas another robbery case ~,
hand. A package Of 80. 900 passed from N.
redemption division through the treasurv
proper to the express company for delivery "A
the Illinois National Bank Of Chicago, which
oonvefeo the package rs received On open.
ing by the Cashier Of the bank, IL was founa
to contain only brown paper. The treasury
claim that the money was delivered to the ex.
prees company, and charge the loss upon thu
company. President Grant has again beer
interviewed by the Associated Press agent
1t Washington, to whom he az.
pressed no fear of armed collisiors
over the Presidential imbroglio. Herem.rke5
TO the interviewer that he sbou,d welcome tbe
approach of the 4th of March with pIeasnrs,
a. it would relieve him wholly from the care
Of Office. and enable him to carry into efYecs :
projected tour TO the West Indies before re-
turning to bis home ct Gslens. III. h s.v.
be viii promptly recognize a. his successor ~
man who shall be 50 declared whoever he p,er
BE-. and this without regard to his own poIif-
ical preferences.
TEE President sent to the Senate last veel
the correspondence between the United State.
and Great Britain on the subject of ertr,ditiop
Some of it says q Washington correspondents.
has heretofore been published, and the con,
olusion 10 that the treaty has been restored ~
vitality by the act Of Great Britain recedine
from It's forme, position. and the conseona,6
surrender OF Brent. the Louisville XIV. \ forcsr
TO the United States. Our Government Il nov
prepared to consider the question OF An smend-
ment OF the treaty, so as 10 Increase the cIssn
of onenses for which extrsditiop nv