Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-06-20
Items Of Interest.

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Items of Interest.
Prof. Newman, in a recent article
In the Contemporary Reuie,r. says
better English is spoken in Ireland
than in England.
The rice crop Of this country Is
coming to the fore again. South
Carolina has an estimated yield of
$4,000 tisroes this year. and Georgia
$4,000.
A little green bug Is destroying the
blue grass in Kentucky. Great fields
are said to be ravaged by It, the
grass looking as II 1t had suffered a
protracted drought.
Mrs. Elizabeth Jenkens, the mother
Of Mrs. Surratt, who was executed In
Washington in 1865. died near Sur
ratsville. Prince Georges county, Nd,
on the 7th inst, aged 80 years.
Edison, the inventor, is studying
out the theory of vibrations. and de-
clares that he will yet see the day
when, with simple tuning fork, he
will be able to tear down q three
story house.
Ralph Waldo Emerson is described
as wearing the air Of a student and
inquirer. His features are sharp, his
hair thin and gray, and his eyes
twinkle with kindly humor. He lis
tens to one as though he was being
instructed.
The crowned heads of Europe have
their personal afflictions as well as
state cares. The Emperor stillsuffers
from his gunshot wounds, the Pope
has had faintiug fit, and tho En-
press OF Russia lies at the point of
death.
Twelvelyears ago and more, thou
sands Of hoop. skirts were manufac-
tured annually in this county. Now
the business is completely dead, not
a single mandatory being in oper-
alton,
It is said that the telephone has
been successfully adopted by the
Central Pacific Railroad. as . means
Of communicating between stations
over the mountain division. They
are principally for the use Of track
travellers.
1t is not, perhaps, known that an
excellent harbor is being formed by
the action Of the sea and OF the river
at the Kilia mouth of the Danube.
This Is why the Russians are so an
xious to obtain possession Of Bsssara-
.bia and of this mouth.
John Jasper, the colored divine
who insists @the world do move
boasts that he can baptize more con-
vcrts In day than any other preach
er living. He baptized four hundred
and ten In six hours last Sunday.
The feat caused moro excitement In
Richmond than did all his astrono-
mical sermons.
When the Pittsburg and Lake Erie
Railroad is complete 1t will have for
ty-one wrought-iron bridges, the ap-
proaches being also Of the same ma
terial. The largest, that across the
Ohio River near Beaver. will be L.
400 feet long, with viaduct approach
OF 1000 feet acknowledgements
rer.
The recent growth of Paris is in
remarkable contrast with former
years. In the reign of Henry II, dur
ing the sixteenth century, 1t contain
ed about $4,000 houses. About 200
years later, In 1750. the number had
increased to $4,000. In 1917 there
we're but 26,761: In 1884, $4,000. In
1878. after a lapse Of only forty-four
years there are 1924.
There is . report current that the
Bonaparte. Orleans, and Bourbon in
terests are to be privately advocated
during the European congress by
gentlemen deputed for the occasion.
the hope being entertained by the
monarchical parties in France that
the conservative reaction will shortly
set In at Berlin, and that monarchy
may then have another chance at
Paris.
In MARYLAND, Mich, a few days
ago, the boys got up show-two
cents admission-aLd after amusing
their audience with feats Of tumbling,
etc., 1t was announced that one Of the
performers would shoot an apple
from the head Of another. The boy
took his place. with the apple on hif
head. but just a. his companion wa,
aboutto shoot, he felt 1t slipping, and