Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-06-27

God pity the maid and pity the Judge
And these days of twaddle and bosh and fudge!
For of all sad words from a heart bcrcft
The saddest are these You bet I'm leftl-
Items Of Interest.
DR.. Carver, the California rifie-shot,
has ruined his hearing by the repeat
ed conclusions of cartridge explo-
A meteor. four times as brilliant as
Venus, dazzled the citizens of Green
castle last Tuesday night, broke into
three fragments and disappeared.
There were symptoms Of the use Of
spirituous and malt liquors. ferment-
ed wine and cider, in and about the
halls Of Congress Tuesday night Of
last week. iaoN feA fA sl
General Lew Wallace, Of Crawfords-
vile, has given up the practice of law
and is devoting himself entirely to
literature. He is at present engaged
on new work.-Lafayette Journal
Fifty-eight tons of strawberries
raised within mile of Terre Hauts,
were shipped from that place during
the present season. And the melons
are just climbing oyer each other.
1t Is matter of statistical fact that
In the district OF Greezeh, which in
cludes the pyramids and poplation
Of 100000, there are 900 persons over
100 years Of age or one in every 833.
Charles Reade Is a tall, slender, fine
looking man, with gray hair and mus
tache. a broad forehead, and pecu-
culiarly dilating blue eyes. He claims
to have forgotten even the names Of
some OF his early books. 49,
Ordinary working girls In Brussels
get only eight to ten cents per day.
The low wages are attributed to the
competition Of the converts, Of which
there are thirty-five in the city. The
nuns undersell all competitors. as.
The Senate, on Tuesday Of last
week. confirmed William Groesbeck,
Francis Walker and Reuben E. Fen
ton, as commissioners to represent
the United States In the coming in
ternational conference on the silver
question.
The Sunday school workers of Phil
adelphia are gathering in all the Chi
nese residents In the city, who seem
glad to avail themselves of the oppor-
tunity to learn English, and are
found to be apt and attentive
scholars. ~ .2
The election in Pennsylvania, it is
said. hangs on the vote Of the oil In
terest, numbering about 10000, and
about equally divided. The can
didates who promise most to the
oil producers will be elected. 1t will
oc q SiiPPoiy ioco.
William Joseph, OF Ackley, La, was
drying his head with a towel one day
recently, when he rubbed of every
particle OF his hair. Then his eye-
brows. moustache and beard dropped
of. He Is now entirely hairless. and
no one is able to account for the sing
ular case. s., -
Up to date fifteen Mollie Mcguire
murderers have been hanged In Penn
sylvania. OF these, seven were exc
cuted at Pottsville, five at Mauch
Chunk, and three at Bloomsburg.
There are now two In jail at Potts
vile, under sentence, and two more
at Mauch Chunk. =.
A Wisconsin dentist recently re-
ceived the following from a patient
writing for advice: my mouth Is
three inches across, five-eiRhths
inches through the jaw. Sum hum
oky on the edge. Shaped like a
horse-shew. toe forward. If you want
me to be more partikler, shall have
to cum thar"
General Harrison will at once in
stitute suit for damages against the
Ohio and Miami Medical Colleges. at
Cincinnati, and the Ann Arbor Col
lege, Michigan, in $4,000 each, for
parts taken In resurrecting the bodies
OF j. Scott Harrison, his father, and
his friend, young Devin. Mr.Devin's
body was reburied at the old ground,
after being fully identified by his
former neighbors. ase .tsr.l
A young girl was struck blind In
Cleveland Sunday night. She went
to bed with stroug eyes and In excel
lent health. During the night she
felt "a sort OF pricking," for a second
or two. about her eyes, and then q
snap, as IL something had broken
These sensations were accompanied
by no pain. and after they had passed
away there was no uncomfortable
feeling about the eyes. In the morn.
ing she was stone blind.
A clerk In PhiIadelphis bookstore
thinking to annoy Quaker customel
who looked as though he was frest