Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-11-14
Items Of Interest.

1ttfHS vi Autcic
There are 39,25s postoffices in the
union, 1913 having been added In the
course of the present year.
The coming Cuban sugar crop
promises to be excellent. The esti-
mated yield will reach 100000 tons.
The Richmond colored preacher
who holds that ".he sun do move" is
making a model to illustrate his thco-
ry of astronomy.
Miss Agnes M'Queen. one OF the
famous Carolina family. is said to be
a descendant OF Mary Stuart. She
now resides iu Bryan. Texas. and Is
one Of the bellies Of that region.
Father Bropley. OF Boone. Iowa. is
over one hundred years old. A few
days ago he imagined himself insul-
ted by a Deighbor, turned to and
gave the offender sound thrashing
The Hotchkiss revolving cannon.
invented by b. b. Hotchkiss. of Shar-
on. and having FIVE barrels, was ex-
hibited at Bridgeport. Connecticut.
recently, and fred about eighty shots
minute. 1t carries its projrctiles
about three miles. and several OF the
guns are to be used In fighting the
Indians.
The national debts of France and
England are now not far apart 10
amount, that ~ France being n little
the larger. The French debt is held
by 4, $50, 900 persons. being an advan-
tage OF about 1856 to each holder. In
France. the masses of the people
seem to be the bondholders; in Eng
land' the capitalists instead.
Amongthe ruins OF a large palace at
Xayi. In Southern Mexico, has been
found an ancient library. The wri-
iings are on terra Gotta tablets hall
inch thick, and are supposed to be
religious records. The language in
which they are written is not well
understood.
There Is fashion in perfumes, just
IA there il In hats and dresses In
French high life penetrating odors
are now prescribed. and pure flower
scents are alone permitted. particu.
lerly one made from lime flowers. A
lady having adopted certain per-
fume. must abide by 1t, so that her
friends may recognize her even with.
out seeing her.
On the Northern Railroad OF Penn
sylvania. lately, engine No. 4 drew
from Clarks Ferry tn Sunburg. dis
tance OF thirty one miles. train con.
sistning Of 1873 empty freight cars, one
loaded eight wheeler. two cabooses
and dead engine. 1t was up grade
but the trip was made at the rate o.
fen miles an hour. The train 5000 fee
long, or 92o feet more than a mile
and it Is claimed was the longes'
ever drawn by q single engine.
A new mineral, which has beer
named @Thaumasite"- wonder
ful"-has been discovered in Sweden
| 1t is a substance OF strange compost
tion, containing at once sllicic acid
carbonic acid and suIphuric acid
MIcroscopical analysis shows 1t to b
a genuine new species. and not I
mixture. tits thought to be valuable
as showing the tranformation which
the materials OF rocks undergo.
This curious fact has been obser
we'd about the yellow fever in New Or
leans-its ravages have been mos
terrible in the cleaner parts OF th'
city. The Cincinnati Gazette notices
q similar fact about the cholera II
that city in 1882. 1t Is well known
fact in Rome that the Roman fever Il
almost unknown in the low, damp
thickly populated district near th'
Tiber, while it has depopulated the
campagna and the breezy hills, which
are easily drained. like the Esquiline
Unless these facts show that there i
a possible state OF filth which Is TOT
filthy for these diseases. though mel
and women may learn to live II
them, it Is a puzzle for scientists.