Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-03-28

His communication is composed Of
twelve lines, and they are afflicted
with twenty-six plumbers. He may
be competent drug clerk, for al
that; but he should employ some one
to write his articles and to read the
prescriptions that come to him.
Rochester Democrat.
The Russian people are very much
exasperated against England, and the
English people are very much exas-
perated against Russia. The Lon
doners stone the houses of all peace
advocates, and the Russian peasants
refuse to drive sledges in which
Englishmen travel This is condi-
ton of feeling in which people seek
an excuse for war.
Tried by the example Of this coun-
try, the French republic is a failure.
Marshall Canrobert had 10000 franc.
allowed him to properly represent
the governmental Victor Emanuels
funeral, and spending only 10000
handed the balance back to the gov
ernmentl The American way would
have been to have put in a claim for
10000 more than the original allow
ance.
An illustration of the widespread
use Of certain popular title, it is re-
lated that gentlman recently
stepped into a saloon in Denver, and
cried out in a loud, CHEEKY tone,
"Hellol come, Professor, take a
drink" Six men sitting in the sa-
loon at once arose and came forward.
while bootblack. whose stand was
outside the door, and a passing corn
doctor smilingly accepted the invita-
ton, and stepped in.
Lord Lyons who will probably repre-
sent Great Britain at the European
conference over the Russio-T Turkish
question, is 81 years old, and has rep
resented his government in various
European capitals, including Flor
ence and Athens. He succeeded
Lord Napier, as British Ambassador,
at Washington, in 1859. For some
time past he has held the post Of
envoy at Paris.
The Peabody fund.-" again shows
splendid balance. The original
f677 ,165, considerably over S3.000,-
600, and the buildings already erected
pay a net dividend of three and a
half per cent. on their cost, which is
a little better investment than con-
soils. But. as 1 have often said be-
fore, the poor of London have
never yet reaped farthing's bene-
fit.".London Letter.
Speaking Of the sad fate OF several
OF the past Congressman Of Kansas,
the Lawrence Journal says: MAR
tin F. Conway, who was at one time
a man Of brilliant parts and promi-
ses, is now in an insane asylum.
Parrot, the accomplished orator and
genial gentleman, is an insane wreck;
Lane died by his own hand, and
Cart. Wilder met an early death by
consumption. Truly it is sad rec
ord"
A mysterious land animal OF gigan-
tic size has been discovered in South
and described in a late
OF Nature 1t is called the
minhocao, is worm shaped, over so
feet long. and from three to six feet
thick; has two horns upon its head, a
snout like pig, and thick. tough.
skin, formed OF hard scales. like
those OF the armadillo. 1t digs
great trenches, tearing up in the
process whatever stands in its way,
large pine trees as il they
were mere bushes.
There was duel the other day in
Ga, between a newspaper
man and a countryman. 1t was a
sham duel on the part of the former,
but stern reality to the latter, The
fired first, and to his
untutored eye his antagonist fell
dead. Foul play" shouted one Sec
ond of the quill driver; Murder
cried the other, ''let me kill the
scouDdrel," and he seized shot gun
and fired its two blank cartridges at
him. The countryman took TO his
heels and ran six miles in forty
Minutes