Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-08-22
News Of the Week Condensed.

news Oh the week condensed.
There was a $4,000 fire at Petrolia,
Pa, Monday. -
There was one case Of sunstroke at
Terre Haute Monday, and another at Ca
rio.
The Governor Of Iowa has appointed-as
woman to the chaplainery of the peniten-
tiary.
The First National Bank of Quincy,
ILL.,, has suspended Also the Quincy
Savings Bank
Charles w. Angel, secretary of the
Pullman Palace car company, is de-
faulter in the sum of $3.50, 900.
No further disturbances between the
Oangemen and Catholics of. Ottawa,
Canada. are expected.
Owing to the quarantine at Memphis
no freight at that point is now being re
ceived by the roads in the north.
Joseph Gilman. who stole $4,000 from
the United States Express Company, in
June, was arrested at Richmond, KY,
Friday
Miss Latimer, teacher in the public
schools of Chicago, weighed 200 pounds,
took an anti-fat nostrum, and died, o.
course.
A magazine containing ITO kegs OF
powder was struck by lightning at Potts
vile. Pa, on Friday, and exploded. Three
persons were killed.
Count Hoedcl, who attempted the as
sassination of Emperor William, May IL,
in the avenue Inter der Linden, was be
headed Thursday morning. Hoedel's age
was about twenty one.
The United States exhibit of agricultur-
al implements at Paris receives the diplo-
ma of honor, and the exhibitors receive
eight of the eleven prizes The educa-
tional exhibit receives a gold medal.
Senator Blaine and family. while driving
Sunday, were caught in violent storm
which frightened the horse and it ran
away, wrecking the carriage. The Sena-
tor only was injured, receiving many
painful bruises.
The yellow feveris raging fearfully IN
New Orleans and other southern cities
Grenada, Miss, is almost deserted. Hun
dreds have died, and others have fled from
the place and the sick and dying are .unat
tended. The city is graveyard.
Thomas Butler, native of Cincinnati
aged thiriy-three years. died of yellow
fever at the Rohs Hill, branch of In,
Cincinnati hospital Thursday afternoon
He contracted the disease by handling
rags shipped from the south.
Murat Halstead. in an interview Will
IA New York Tribune reporter. on being
asked il he knew anything of the allege,
bargain between the friends of Presiden
Hayes and prominent politicians of tn
south, said, 81 know there was no bar
gain"
1t is believed in London, that the at
tempted assassination of the Empero
Alexander's private secretary, was in re
taliation for the execution of Hoedel, a
Berlin, Friday morning. A bond of sym
pathy exists between the secret socieiie
of Russia, Germany and France.
The Cairo board of health having as
certained that passengers from fever in
iected districts have landed above and re
turned to Cairo by the south boun
steamers adopted resolution prohibitin
the landing of steamers from any directio
at that port except by special permission
There is no fever AT Cairo.
Thursday evening, Austin, Nevada wa
visited by cloud burst, which fioode
the business part of the town, doing dam
age to the amount of about 100000
man named Sparman was swept dow
the ravine and drowned The Rersd
office and many business buildings wei
wrecked. The residence portion of tn
town escaped.
Great excitement exists in all MississiI
pi river towns from ST. Louis To the gul
and rigid quarantine is being establishe
to prevent the spread of yellow fever.
few cases have been reported at ST. LOU
and nearly one half the population ha
fled from Memphis alarmed at the appeal
ancc of the fever in that city.
, john A. Leete, who testified to sue
falsehoods before the Potter commit,
last week, is said to be insane He Wa
at the Astor House, New York. and Gre
: ted great excitement by shooting throug
his door at an imaginary pursuer, an
committing other acts of violence. I'll
police succeeded in forcing an entrnnl
and securing him after he had discharge
three shots. He was taken To tue static
: and locked up. He thinks there is col
1 spiracy to assassinate him.
Hon BaiIie Peyton died at his res
dence at Gallatin, Tenn, Sunday, afle
noon, of effusion of the brain. lie was
Representative in Congress, 1888 3
served on the staff of General Taylor
u the Mexican war, subsequently, was sci
r as minister TO Chill bv President Fill
I more, afierward was United States. di
trict attorney FIR Louisiana, and practic,
law in San Francisco, and in 1860 was
a State elector in Tennessee on the BE
and Everett ticket At one time he W,
: an extensive stock raiser. and was. alwa,
II liberal patron of the turf