Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-11-21
News of the Week Condensed.

Bradford, Pa, had a s 15O, 600 fire Thurs
day night,
Tyler Texas, had 100000 fire Satur-
day night.
The secretary of the treasury has called
in five millions more five. twenty bonds.
The last census taken in Austria re-
vealed the fact that there were 1888 men
and 800 women above'the age of 100 years
in that country.
The New York police are confident
that they have one of the robbers OF the
Manhattan Savings Bank. His nom de
plume is Henry Vreland
BY the explosion ola locomotive boiler
at Mahanoy City, Pa, Saturday afternoon.
the engineer, conductor and two boys
were killed, and eight or ten injured.
A sleeper en- route on the Baltimore Sc
Ohio railroad was burned near Cumber-
land early Sunday morning, all the pas
sengers escaping in their night clothes.
The Treasury Department has begun
the purchase of gold bullion at Denver,
Colorado. purchasing directly from the
miners and paying them in greenbacks.
Sanford Cummins was detected rob-
bing his uncle's money drawer at Fort
Vile, Indiana, Sunday, and promptly and
neatly cut his own throat with razor.
After throwing out 41S Republican
votes in the first district of North Caro-
lima, the Democrats failed to beat Martin.
the Republican candidate, who has "a
majority.
Advices from South America show that
number of volcanoes are now in state
tremendous activity, and great destrlc-
lion to life and property is reported by an
earthquake in New Grenada.
-Four thousand dwellings in Norfolk
county. England, have been inundated
by freshet in the river Wensum The
easements of all the factories, warehouses
and granaries are overlooked.
The United States grand jury Of
Charleston, West Virginia, have found
92S indictments against violaters of the
revenue laws and strikers on the Kama.
wha river government works.
Secretary Evarts has received from
Commissioner General Mccormick and
forwarded to louisiana draft for S24,-
800, the proceeds of the concert given at
the Paris exposition. October 10, in aid OF
the yellow fever sufferers.
Capt. John S. Sleeper, formerly editor
and proprietor of the Boston Journal, and
for many years known as a popular wri-
ter under the nom de plume of "Hawser
MariIngale," died on Thur sday night, al
ter long and painful illness, at the age
of 81 years.
BY vote Of seven to one the New Ha-
gen board of education decided to keep
the uniform plan of religious exercises in
the public schools. The liturgy proposed
by committee Of clergymen is thereby
disposed of. One Catholic out OF two OF
the members voted with the majority.
William Burke and Hank Whalen, the
suspected robbers of the Stewart vault
were examined in New York police
court Monday, and Captain Byrnes, who
made the arrests, stated that they both
confessed to having committed the act.
and offered TO show him where the body
WAS hut failed IN do an
The yellow fever embargo which has so
seriously affected freight traffic oyer the
southern roads for the past few months
has been already partially lifted. and bust
ness both north-bound is increasing fine
ly. The work which usually extends
over months will now necessarily be done
in few weeks.
Georgia is to see tragedy next month
in the execution of Raymond and Ellen
Osgood. brother and sister, in Liberty
county. They assisted their father and
two brothers in beating an old man to
death last month in dispute involving
81 To- One of the brothers escaped; the
father and another brother were scntenced
TO the penitentiary.
The governor, officers are continuing
their Investigations into the adulieration
of refined sugars. They decline to make
known the result OF their analysis at
present. prelering not to mention the
names Of suspected refiners until proofs
of fraud are firmly established. Collector
Merritt thinks it the duty of the board oil
health to protect consumers of sugar from
the evil effects of poisonous authorizations
An attempt was made to assassinate
King Humbert, of Italy, last Sunday, by
poorly dressed man who rushed upon
him with dagger as he was entering the
city of Naples, and inflicted slight
wound in his arm, and also wounded the
Chief of the Ministry who was in the car
risge with the king. The assassin wa.
Immediately secured. The only reason
that he gives for attempting TO take The
life of the king is that he was poor anc
hated him.
WEST TOWNSHIP.