Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-07-18
News OF the Week Condensed.

reported in Stamboul, and over fifty per
sons have been arrested.
Edwin Booth has made but three en-.
gagements for next season, viz: New
York, Philadelphia, and Chicago.
Mr.. Rogers, private secretary of Presi-
dent Hayes, is quite i'll with consumption.
1t is not believed he can long survive.
General Fitz Hugh Lee and Senator
Johnson are going to England with the
purpose of capturing emigrants for the
Old Dominion. ri
Gen. Mcdowell, the new Superinten-
dent of the Custom House, at Chicago
expected to assume the duties Of Office
yesterday.
The European Congress came to an end
at Berlin, Saturday. There are some fifty
eight articles in the document called a
treaty of peace, and everything is sup
posed to be lovely over there.
The heat during the past ten days has
been intense in almost all parts of the
United States. Many cases Of sunstroke
have occurred in the large cities.
The storm of last week did considera-
BILE damage to crops, roads and bridges in
portions of Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin,
Michigan and Indiana.
For the past two weeks there has been
a wife or husband murder reported in
the dailies on the average of one day.
Emperor William RECEIVERS slowly. He
is very old, and the chances are as many
that he will die as that he will recover,
Kansas reports fiattering crop pros.
poets. Wheat averages twenty bushels,
oats fifty. and the outlook for corn and
fruits is better than ever before.
John Ackley deliberately shot and
killed George Legget. gambler at Indi-
annapolis, Tuesday, because Leggett had
won eleven hundred dollars from him.
The special grand jury convened at
Covington, Ind, have found an indict-
ment against Frank Kelly, one of the
Coal Creek rioters for murder in the first
degree, and held nine negroes on charge
of assault with intent to kill.
A water spout at Rapids City, Dakota
last Thursday evening, played havoc with
life and property. The river raised fifteen
feet in an hour and half
A Wslla WaIla dispatch of Saturday,
stated that General Miles was reported
engaged with band of 500 Indians on
Wild Horse Creek, and General Forsythe
was ordered to his assistance.
The Orangemen did not march at Mon.
treal Friday, owing to proclamation BY
the Mayor declaring that they should not.
For time it seemed that collision was
inevitable, but compromise was affected
without bloodshed.
The President has removed Arthur and
Cornell from their position in the New
York Custom House. General Merrill
has been appointed to take the place o
Arthur as solicitor of customs.
Secretary Sherman is reported as say
ing: I'VE could resume to-day but i
would not be proper to do so. The law
fixes the date when we shall pay coin fol
paper dollars. 1t means payment ther
and not before"
Reports from the frontier indicate tina
the United States will make the Indian
war of short duration, two battles hav
been fought in both of which the re,
skins bave been defeated with heavy loss
Cr. A. f. Carver, at New York on Sat
urday, broke $500 glass balls in hour,
% minutes. He fired at 6,154 balls. AT
ter breaking 5000 balls the doctor reste,
30 minutes.
Snowman Dan Rice's boat, THE Dam
sell" was sunk in the Missouri river op
posite Decatur, Nebraska, last Tuesday
He says his loss, including personal eff
fects, will reach $4,000 He had no in
surance. Efforts are being made to rails
the boat.
Reports from the South generally indi
cate good crops, and another encouraging
feature of the reports is that the labo
market shows a decided improvement
The negroes are more disposed to worl
more temperate and more hopeful than a
J any other time in the past five years.
The Cincinnati Commercial Monday pull
lished the crop reports from large mum
Der of places in Ohio, Indiana and Ken
lucky, which indicate that there is no
only greater acreage of wheat than i
any former year, but that the average pro
ductper acre is greater than ever before.
Tramps caused considerable excitemer
at Beloit, Wisconsin, last week Twenty
five of them were arrested and put
Jail, but made their escape and joine
about two hundred more, who were col
, gregated across the line In Illinois. The
|. threatened to burn the town, and the Il
cal military companies were under arm
several days.
The branch of the Potter committee
New Orleans is bringing out consider,
BILE information on disputed points. b.
most of it is damaging Tilden. tn
testimony shows that ID. A. Weber dl
: not sign the Anderson agreement, br
. that one, ]. w. Jones forged Weber
q name. and that the certificate was attacht
- before Notary Seymour because he we
. not particular about contents or parties.
T. Political troubles are commencing
South Carolina again. 1t is charged TIL
the Republicans are circulating tick
secretly among the blacks in certain coul
ties, and number of the Democratic p
pers are stirring up the whites to take Il
. matter in hand and act in time and vigo
ously to prevent them voting the Repul
u lican ticket.
Mercury 40 degrees in the shade
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