Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-08-22
Items Of Interest.

number OF deaths from famine In In
da. is 1,S50,O0.
Louisana's sugar crop does not ap-
proach what it was before the war.
Last year it was 123,753 hogsheads,
and in 1861, 459, ,41O.
The soldiers reunion at Mount
Vernon, ILL.,. last Wednesday, was the
biggest gathering the city has seen
in many years. Many distinguished
officers were present. a.s
The great popularity Of the pres
ent yellow fever epidemic is that it
kills natives OF New Orleans, a thing
that never occurred before.
Fifteen tons OF gold, worth seven
million dollars, are to be transported
from San Francisco to New York as
third-class mail matter.
The hat worn by Napoleon Bona
part at the battle OF Austerlits was
sold 1n Paris last week. Documents
proving Its genuineness accompanied
it.
There will be about eight hundred
regular nominate in the field for
the two hundred and ninety-three
seats in the forty sixth congress.
Detroit boasts fur trade OF half a
million OF dollars annually. The
sources of supply are Michigan. Ohio.
Indiana, the Lake Superior country
and Canada. They are shipped TO
Europe.
Among the successful American
exhibits in the Exposition are the
Mccormick reaper aud the Pullman
palace car. Specimens OF American
coal and wheat receive gold medals.
Rev. Mr.. Surgeons London con-
eregation proposes to celebrate the
quarter centennial OF his pastorate
by presenting him with fund OF
$4,000, but he refuses to accept it.
The Rev. Owen Dorsey, OF the
Protestant Episcopal Church writes
that Indians at Omaha Agency are
good farmers. living in frame houses,
and that they raise better wheat than
the whites.
Emperor William still shows tIa-
ces OF the ordeal through which he
has passed. He is still pale. He is
again allowing his beard to grow, IL
having been shaved off to permit the
extraction of the shot from his face,
India is a country Of extremes
But a short time since millions oI
her people were starving from a
famine caused by extreme drouth
Now they are suffering from extreme
floods.
Since the attempted assassination
OF Emperor William by DR.. Modelling
there have been 593 arrests for in
sulting the Emperor. OF this num-
ber 52l have been convicted, inclu.
ding 81 women. The aggregate ol
sentences of imprisonment is 81
years. Five OF the accused commit.
ted suicide before trial.
Major E. A. Burke. recently nom.
mated for State Treasurer by the
Louisiana Democrats, was day la.
borer in brick-yard Ten years ago
Tact and perseverance have helpet
him along to wealth and politica
power. He couldn't have done thai
under the old regime. He woulc
have been a mudsill still.
The delegates-elect of the Work
ingmen's party OF California to the
constitutional convention have drawn
up aud forwarded to the President
aud Secretary OF State a memoria
setting forth the evils of Chinese i'm
migration, and requesting the Presi
dent and Secretary to take immedi
ate steps to obtain the abrogation O
the Burlingame treaty.
or the peculiarities OF some IA
nous writer's it Is said johnson whilt
at work, drank great quantities o.
tea and wine; Bulwer wrote best il
court dress; Rousseau had to be wei
dress, 4; Theirs drank great deal o
coffee, and Gibbon dictated Will,
walking up and down the room.
They have long preserved with re
ligious care In Germany a fragmen
OF the rock to which John Huss wa
chained just prior to his death at th'
stake. This precious relic has nov
been conveyed to Prague. where i
will be deposited in the national mu
scum at Bohemia. :.
Cremation Is favoIed by the medi
cal fraternity of New Orleans. Tn
nature OF the soil about the city i
such that only the poor are interre'
In the earth, most bodies being de
posted in tombs raised above tn
surface. There are several cemete
ries within the limits oy the city stil
used. Fl
Polly Helton was born in the yea
1895, and has lived on one farm A.
Lawrence county, Ind, over fifty
six years. She has had 125 grand
children, and over 225 great grard
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