Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-08-08

.fornia is estimated at 1900, of
whom 1000 or 1,5OO live in San
Francisco. fes .-i-
The highest houses in London have
II stories. They have just been put
up, and the owner lives in the top of
one of them. - ~
Detroit is out with a new city di-
rectory. 1t contains 1922 names,
which are supposed to represent a
population of 129, 9,636. ,
A handsome and accomplished
woman has just died in Brooklyn at
the age of "a who left a daughter of
Is and fourteen other children. She
died in childbirth. a.l So .ta.
There are cut annually in Califor-
mia 500,000,0O0 feet of lumber and the
rapid disappearance Of the forest a
sequence OF this, is the result which
is causing much discussion in the
state. iQ nsa SO enc
The National Liberals in Germany
favor the revision OF the constitution,
and the party, it may be said, rep
resents tolerance and moderation.
The conservatives and Imperalists
support Bismarck's present policy.
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The longest daily mail and stage
coach line in the United States l.
500 miles. from Forth Worth to Fort
Yuma, on the Colorado river, has
been formally inaugurated with a
procession OF Concord stages drawn
by 200 horses. .-., =, vrs... ......i.,,...
A delicate mechanical feat was re-
Gently accomplished by a watchma-
ker in Providence, Rhode Island, who
drilled hole throughout the entire
length ola common pin, from head
to point, just large enough to admit
the passage OF fine hair. ,a ~.
We are rapidly becoming the feed
ers OF the world. Our country's
capacities for production are almost
unlimited. and there does not appear
to be any substantial obstacle now
between US and unexampled pros
perity. aseA
A curious candle used in Alaska is
fish eight inches long, almost
transparent and very fat, the fat be-
ing pure white and very sweet. The
Indians dry this fish, then light it at
the tail and it burns with a clear
sparkling flame, which the wind will
not extinguish.
Australia can laugh at our hot
days. for during five successive days
at Adelaide last year the thermome-
ter varied between 100 and log de-
grees. In a New South Wales town.
ship, the maximum In the shade for
a week was never below 112. and in
Queensland 126 degrees has been
recorded. @ '@a
A grave at Selma, Ala. was robbed
the other night of a coffin containing
the body of a prominent citizen which
had been buried few days before
AS the coffin was iron. and the de-
ceased large man, it is thought that
at least six persons participated in
the crime. The city council prompt
ly offered reward OF 5000.
Henry jackson, aged seventeen,
took young boy out into the deep
water, at Leavenworth, Kan, and de-
liberately- drowned him. The deed
seems to have been without a mo-
tive, except to kill somebody. Jack.
son says that he had no i'll will to-
ward his victim, but he had made up
his mind that he would like to be
hung as a murderer. $50 GEO..
A severe hailstorm in Carver, Rice
and Dakota counties, Tuesday after
noon, did much damage to the crops
In Carver county stones fell four OF
five inches in circumference, cover.
ing the ground two or three inches
deep. The stones penetrated a car,
riage top In one case. The track oI
the storm was ten or twelve miles
wide, and the general course from
north west to south-e east.
There is more government money
paper and coin together. in circula.
tion in the United States now than
there was in 1873 before the panic
more than three times as much pa.
per money as there ever was at any
time before the war, and the amount
per capita to the population Of the
country is considerably more than
twice as great as it was at the begin.
ming Of the war. II .,ais.s
Willard Clark, high-mettled
young fellow, shot and killed the
man who won from him his lady love
This was in New Haven twenty-fouI
years ago, and emerging from the
State Prison on Tuesday, he walked
up and down tho City Of Elms like
one in dream. His playmates were
too thickly bearded to be recognized
the landmarks were only remembered
with an effort, and with tears in hi.
eyes, he at last beat his breast as 8
veritable Rip Van Winkle.
The skeleton OF a mastodon was re
Gently discovered in a cave near tn,
railway station at Mt. Ararat, on thu
jefferson branch of the Erie road
Some workmen came upon the re
mains while excavating at that point
and with the assistance of a natural