Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-07-25
Items of Interest.

>AO1t'Aeesa, w s<oaih6 VII,
last Friday, at the age OF eighty
years.
Mr.. Reed, the English writer on
naval architecture believes the war
ship Of the future, will be a small
vessel OF immense speed carrying
very heavy gun.
California expects 10 realize $780,
900 on her wheat crop this year,
an increase Of $26,0OO,OOO on the re-
ceipts Of last year. California crops
are raised mostly by irrigation.
Tea raised in South Carolina and
prepared in Baltimore was lately ex-
hibited in Washington to dealers,
who were unable to distinguish it
from similar varieties of Chinese and
Japanese growth.
Paris is seldom visited with fire,
This is accounted for from the fact
that the structures are all built out Of
stone. The Fire Department is not
looked on as one of the important
institutions of the city.
Mary Benton, of Elton, Durham
county, England. is said to be 148
years old. Her memory is still per-
feet, and So is her eyesight. She
cooks, washes and irons, threads her
own needle and sews. without the aid
Of glasses.
There are a hundred thousand
corn fields that glory in this melting
sunshine. Corn scarcely knows how
fast to grow, but in Kansas it is
thought that only tall men will be
able to reach the ears, and gather in
the crop this fall.
Mention of the Berlin congress has
been found in Zachariah, viii, %, as
follows: I'm those days it shall come
to pass that ten men shall take hold
OF all languages of the nations. even
shall take hold OF the skirt of him
that is a Jew. saying, We will go with
you"
Blue Jeans Is six feet four inches
in height according to his own state
ment. This noon he was placed on
the scales at the Pacific hotel. He
turned them at 100 pounds. He is
slightly stopped in the shoulders,
wears a dark cheviot suit and a
black slouch hat Chicago Paper.
The Marquis of Salisbury still la
bors under the impression that the
Berlin congress did much to assure
the stability and independence OF the
Turkish Empire. The Sultan with
his eyes fixed on the new map, may
be pardoned for harboring some
doubts on that question.
Sir Astly Cooper said: II never
suffer ardent spirits in my house,
knowing them to be evil spirits. IL
people could see the white liyers and
shattered nervous systems which ]
have seen, as the consequence OF
drinking, they would be aware that
spirits and poison mean the same
thing"
Tilden is an early riser, and may
be seen any fair morning, when al
home, inspecting the plants and
flowers Of Gramercy square, attired
in dressing-gown and slippers. with
mysterious strings dangling about
here and there. These are supposed
to be the strings which bound his
Tammany friends.
Don Fernando Salazer, a rich Mex.
lean, said to be worth 100000. 900, is
one of the social sensations OF Paris
The hotel-keepers are livid with rage
because, instead Of putting up some.
where and being roundly overcharged
during the two months OF his stay, he
has'thought it cheaper to buy and
furnish a house for himself.
The venerable Richard H. Dana
now over 80 years old, is enjoying
life In a retired home by the sea al
Manchester, Mass. He left Newport
and Nahant because he dislikes noise
and activity, and fashionable society
His estate at Manchester is so large
that the summer pleasure-seekers
don't crowd or disturb him. He Ii
described as erect OF form and firm
of step, but has no desire to leave his
beautiful home.
There is living In Whitefield Mrs
Evans, who was born In that town OF
the 7th of July, 1776, or three days af
ter the Declaration Of independence
was declared. Her maiden name wa!
johnson, and she married JOSEPH
Evans, who died in 1862. For eighty
five years she has cut and made hel
own dresses. She Is now living
with her sixth generation, is smart al
a lady OF fifty. and bids fair to liv'
another decade of years.
Not quite half OF Congress went Il
college. and oddly enough, the pro
portion of graduates is smaller il
the Senate than In the House. Onl,
% of. the 76 Senators are graduates
while there are 1913 among the 30
Representatives. OF these Union col
lege numbers z; Yale, 8: Harvard
Hamilton, and the University Of vir
; ginia, 4 each; Waterville, Bowdoir
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