The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1878-12-19
Items Of Interest.

Gov. Hampton had his leg cut on
and was elected to the United States,
both II one day. s t-a .rH
The grave of Thomas Lincoln, the
father OF the @martyred President is
marked out by q @hilloek sad .
boulder" - -sfa c1as eas ~ ar.i1
Dennis Hanks, Linooln's old friend,
reighbor and instructor ia the three
Re, is still living in Paris. ILL.,, hale
and hearty octoeenarian. JIG s1ss
Captain julius BazeIle, who had
served as an officer with honor under
the First Napoleon. died IN the st.
Lawrence county, New York, poor
house, recently, at the age Of IS. 11r7
General Robert Patterson, Of Phil
adelphia. now more than eighty years
OF age, Is said to have entertained at
his table every President Of the
United States since Madison's time.
The Marquis OF Lorne's great
grandmother was Elizabeth Cunning,
the famous Irish beauty, os whom
Horace WaIpole said In his letters
she was the handsomest woman In
the world.
The tide Of immigration Is again
setting toward our shores. During
this year. 1878, the strangers have
come at the rate OF 5000 per month.
In 1877. the average was only a little
over 1000 per month - -.
In the year 1854 Horace W. Tabor
was q stonecutter at Augusta, Ne.
Now he is Lieutenant Govern or elect
OF Colorado. whittier be went In. 1859
to engage in mining. and is reported
to be worth $2.00O. 900. ...-,...
The Rev. DR.. Thomas, i OF Chicago,
was Swallowed at YorkviIle. Canada.
recently, by sharp detective, who
took him for burglar, and who did
not relax his vigilance until he ran
he suspected wretch into a pulpit
John L. Glen, the drummer boy
OF Chickamaoga," now a lieutenant in
the regular army, Is In Washington
visiting his wife Ohe daughter OF
General French, OF the Fourth Artil-
lery), who has been very i'll. Clem is
stationed In Texas.
The Marquis OF Lorne and the Prin-
cess Louise are the cause OF much
gayety in Notwithstanding balls
and dancing with much apparent rel
ish. The Princess Is said not to
dress tastefully. but, nevertheless, TO
be very attractive.
The first person the Princess
Louise danced with in Canada was a
printer named Stevenson. The next
with Sir Hugh Allan, OF Pacific scan
dal fame. Stevenson quit the print
ing business some time since, and Ii
now colonel and millionaire.
The silver men in Congress pro-
pose to punish the national banks
who refuse the legalized silver dollar,
by a withdrawal VI their franchise.
That attempt will bring up the old
question whether the franchise OF an
Incorporation is a contract, protected
by the constitution. tflu
8 Lightning, they say. never strikes
twice in the same place, but it is no
safer to put trust In proverbs tn an in
princes The tower OF the parish
church OF Week st. Mary, North
Cornwall, has just been destroyed by
lightning for the thii d time In thirty
years. 1t will cost q, 900 to repair it.
At the late meeting OF the British
Association, DIR. Il. Muirhead made a
communication on left handedness.
He thought IL depended upon which
half Of the brain took the lead. Left
bandedness once begun in q family
was likely to run in it. 1t was a curl
Gus fact that left-handed people had
the left foot one-third to one eighth
OF al inch longer than the right
Medical and Surgical Reporter, siir'
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