Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-11-28
News OF the Week Condensed.

Nine convicts were publicly whipped at
Newcastle, Delaware, Saturday, five being
also pilloried.
Jacob Roos, night Waterman in the
CHICAGO postoffice, has confessed to rob
bing the mails on sundry occasions.
The City of Mexico is preparing a Sc
ries of balls, dinners and excursions for
the entertainment of the Chicago party.
Russia will claim voice in the Indo-
Afghan settlement, and will not tolerate
the annexation or destruction of Afghanis-
tan.
Halifax was mss of evergreens and
banners for the grand reception Of the
Marquis of Lorne and Princess Louise
Monday.
1t is said that every Iodian found be-
yond the limits of the Umatilla reserva.
iion is shot by the white savages iniesting
that region.
The $4,000 received from Angel, the
fugitive secretary of the Pullman Car COM
pany, was found in the bank of Portugal
deposited in his name.
Grecnbackers in Congress will propose
the substitution of treasury for bank
notes. the free coinage of silver and the
payment of public interest In silver
The navy will cost abou. fourteen mil
lions for the next fiscal year. 1t mustcrs
ninety vessels fit for service, and is repor-
ted in better condition than year ago.
Minister Foster thinks the prohibitory
tariff and revolutionary cond ton Of Mexi
CT will prevent any extensive commercial
relations between that country and the
United States.
On account of farther armed resistance
to the revenue officers in Abbyvile coun-
ty,'S. c., Commissioner Raum has decided
to oppose any further amnesty to that
class of offenders in the whole State.
Several car loads of coal have just been
shipped from Colorado to Pitisburg, Pa.
1t is being taken there as an experiment.
il is believed that il is equal to the Penn
sylvania coal, and that it will pay TO ship
il there.
The report or the yellow fever commis-
sion. read by DR.. Beamis, declares the fe.
yer in no case indigenous that it is trans
United mostly in clothing or cotton
goods that disinfectants and prophylac.
tics are utterly useless. and a rigid quar-
aniine the only method Of prevention.
II will be remembered that soon after
the Ashtabula horror, the chief engineer,
Collins. was found deal. and it was gener-
ally believed that he had killed himself
under the pressure of criticism which was
dealt out to- him. There are indications
now that he was murdered Detectives
are working up the case.
The Chinese papers are discussing the
probabilities Of the wife Of the Chinese
minister in London attempting to reform
public opinion as 1t affects the social
rights of women. She assists at her hus.
bands receptions in London. and her APP
pearance in society has startled the states
men and philosophers Of her native land.
On Saturday a committee Of Baltimore
bankers interviewed Secretary Sherman.
ut Washington. on the question Of re-
sumption. They were assured that the
government will maintain its notes at par
by reueeming all the United States notes
in gold at the New York sub-treasury,
and by making them receivable for Gus
toms duties and for bonds at all ports.
Eighty tons Of American honey in the
comb recently shipped 10 Liverpool reach
ed there ia perfect order. The honey was
contained in glass hives in which it had
been deposited by the bees. The Pail
Mall Gasette says: There seems to be
no limit to the provisions with which
America is prepared TO supply us. The
frs experiment OF bringing honey in the
comb on large scale to Europe from
America having proved successful, it will
ne doubt be repeated"