Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-07-12
Latest News Notes.

The wheat crop in Canada is unu
ually good this year.
The losses by the st. Johns fire are
estimated at twenty millions.
During the month of June the pub.
lie debt was decreased 1925, 199.
1t is charged that Governor Axtell
ofNew Mexico, has become n Nor
mon Bishop.
Over two hundred thousand per-
sons in Ohio have signed the Murphy
Temperance pledge.
1t is stated that the Turks are
using explosive bullets. contrary to
the laws and usages of war.
Austria is about to enter into COM
petition with this country in the ex-
portation of meat to England.
FxMayor Oakley Hall has disap-
peared from London, and all traces
of him has been lost by his friends.
A grandson Of Commodore Van
derbilt occupies a prison cell in New
York on the charge of stealing a
watch.
1t is so hot i'm Sacramento, Cal,
that the workmen who handle iron
lying in the sun. are compelled to
use mittens.
The Government has restored the
labor day Of ten hours on its public
works. Eight hour day laborers are
paid in proportion.
Twenty-Five cadets, from various
classes at West Point, who failed to
pass the last examination, have been
dismissed.
Eight weeks ago the miners at
Springfield, Ills, struck, and the
employers have decided to employ
new men. of whom there is no lack
A recently enacted law is now in
force in Illinois, making it punisha-
BILE crime for any person to advertise
that he will procure divorces.
An order has been received by the
Treasury Department, from London,
England, for s14, 100000 worth of the
new four per cent, government bonds.
The total reduction Of the public
debt during the year ended June 30th,
was $50, 7S1 ,121. The total de bt at
that date, less cash in the treasury
was $4,000. l5s, 223.
Two hundred employers were re-
Gently dismissed from the New York
custom house, thereby reducing the
annual expenses Of that department
about s2sO,OOO.
The National troops moving
against the Oregon bad Indians, have
to march over one hundred miles OF
mountain tracks, over which every
thing must be carried on the backs
of animals.
A recent rain storm in Buenos
Ayers, South America, was continu-
Gus for three weeks. The country
was flooded and the loss OF sheep,
horses and cattle will amount to
millions of dollars.
The great storm OF the 23rd, OF
June was predicted by Professor
Tice, and he was so confident OF its
coming that he travelled several
hundred miles to meet it. For this
reason it is called Tees tornado.
There are rumors In European
diplomatic circles that Bismark is
prepared, at the proper time, to urge
the transfer OF all the Turkish prov
inces in Europe, except the Greek
ones, to Austria. This policy is pro-
nounced an indication OF a friendly
understanding between Germany and
Russia.
All the accounts confirm the first
reports of great loss OF life in the re-
cent battles OF Asia. and that the ad-
vantages of the fighting there are
very decidedly in favor OF the Turks.
1t Is noticeable, however. that the
Turks decline to meet the superior
numbers OF the Russians In an open
field OF battle.
A Presbyterian Council, represent
ing the Calvinistic faith of the whole
world, has convened in Edinburgh,
Scotland. 1t is composed OF about
290 delegates, OF whom 126 are from
America, SO from Great Pritain and
50 fIoDi the remainder OF the world.
The general and particular interests
OF Presbyterianism will be considered
by the council.
There's a whole volume OF useful
Information and instruction in the
following news item: Minneapolis,
Mimi, handled $4,000 bushels OF
wheat the past year, but sent abroad
only $4,000 bushels of the grain.
The rest OF it went down to the sea-
cost in the form OF barrels OF flour,
and Minneapolis was accordingly
100000 the richer for having man.
ufactured her raw material instead of
having exported it direct"
State lettings.