Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-04-18
News Of the Week Condensed.

The trial of Isaac W. Saunders. for the
murder of his wife, was to begin yesterday
at Brazil, Ind.
The Ways and Means Committee have
decided, by majority of one vote, to re-
port in favor of an income tax.
William NJ. Tweed, better known as
"Boss" Tweed, died in his cell in the
Ludlow street Jail, at noon last Friday.
The bill TO repeal the bankrupt law
passed in the United States Senate Mon
day, by vote of 81 yeas to nays.
Official notice has been received in
Washington, that Minister Foster has
formerly recognized the Diaz government
in Mexico
The House Committee on Naval Affairs
has reported a bill appropriating $250,000
for purchasing and testing the various tor
pedocs in existence.
A terrible boiler explosion occurred at
Indianapolis Saturday afternoon, by
which four men were seriously injured,
three probably fatal.
George Nj. Nelson, Ex-Treasurer of
Fayettc county, has been indicted for en-
bezzlement. His bondsmen have already
made up dedication Of $1,000 in his be-
half
The Blair resolutions, adopted by the
Maryland Legislature, asking for an ex-
animation of the Presidents title, were in
PRODUCED in the House of Representatives
Monday.
John f. Lyon, President of the Boston,
Concord & Montreal Railroad Co., was
burned to death at Plymouth, New lamp
shire, last Wednesday night, by falling
and breaking lamp, which set fire to his
clothing.
A destructive fire occurred at Clarkes-
vile, Tennessee, last Friday night. Forty
seven business houses and ten residences
were destroyed Loss estimated at half a
million dollars. Supposed to have been
the work of an incendiary
A storm that did considerable damage
passed over portion of Kansas Saturday
night A train was wrecked at Emporia, and
at Cottonwood, on the Santa Fe Railroad, a
train of forty-five cars was blown from
the track, houses were blown down, and
some lives lost.
Sam. Steenburgh, awaiting execution at
| for hn ~
Jacob S. Parker, in November, 1870, has
confessed to eleven different murders, the
first when only fourteen years old. fine
story is horrible in the extreme, and is
nearly all corroboated.
Dispatches in the daily rapcrs from
nearly two hundred points in all sections
of the West and Northwest, covering the
whole of the spring wheat region, show
that the acreage is nearly 80 per cent.
greater than last year, and that the seasons
work is from three to six weeks ahead OF
the usual time.
Washington dispatches say that the
President expresses himself as determined
to stand by his civil service order. lie
thinks there is considerable misunder-
standing about the order, and says that il
any committee should wait on him, in ref.
erencc to it, he would give his views in
regard 10 the manner Of its enforcement.
The Secretary of the Treasury last
Thursday afternoon completed his nego
tiation for the placing of fifty million Az
per cents. for resumption purposes. The
contract is made with the last syndicate
who take bonds at par and accrued. inter
est and IL per cent premium in gold
The syndicate will take $10,00C,000 Of
bonds Immediately, each month for tho
balance of the year.
A fearful windstorm, accompanied witt
rain, ragged throughout Northern and Cen
trail Iowa, and Minnesota, Wednesday o.
last week Houses were in some instance:
blown down, and great damage done Il
trees, fences, chimneys, out-houses, &c
The tree buds were blown off, and tho
prospects for fruit in some sections en-
| hANil ANiiiNb. hC tuto Ou thC DtnCts
division of the Northern Pacific Railroad
were drifted full of snow, and trains wer,
delayed half day.
Another train robbery took place on tn
Texas and Pacific railroad, at Musquits
station, thirteen miles east of Dallas, las
Wednesday night. When the trail
stopped at the depot the engineer and fire
man were taken from the engine an,
placed under guard. The express mes
senger and route agent barricaded them
selves in their car, but the robbers satur
ated it with coal oil and set fire to it, an,
forced them out. The express and mai
were then plundercd Conductor Alfre'
and two of the robbers were wounded
, The plundering party numbered fifteen o
J twenty. The passengers were not mo
, Tested
| The New Orleans mint is to be pu
, in running order. With the termina
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