Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-07-04

Unitnd States at the rate Of Is per
cent. per annnm. The forests de-
crease at the rate Of 1000. 900 acres .
year. The fences alone arc valued
at 81 800, 900 900. and they cost each
year $6s, 100000.
The starving rioters OF Quebec
broke into -four store and stole 100
barrels OF -four. Instead Of wheeling
the food home to their starving wives
and children they sold It to the star
wing Rrocers at $50 . barrel. and In
vested the amount In good substsnd-
al whisky.-Ckica0o Tribune.
Gov. Allen, 1t il said. has evidently
discovered the fountain Of youth. 4
recent writer describes him - look
ing younger. freshsr and more vig-
orous than be has appeared Tor many
years, and the assertion n ventured
that he will be as fresh and vigorous
in the year 1900 as he was In the year
100.
Mrs. jerks is described a. . wo-
man Of about thirty-five, Il about
medium height, rather stout but
With form that is still shapely. Her
hair is light auburn. her face h near-
ly round, the chin firm, but not
square and heavy. Her eyes are
cold steely grey. and the nose b long
and straight, but not very prominent
The expression Of tho face - cold.
calculating and passionlesa
Sarah Winnemucca. the heroic
Indian woman who has served the
army Of General Howard - guide
and scout Is q member Of The royal
family of Piute chief. Her iufiu-
ence is said to be very great in her
tribe and among the friendly Indians
Her great courage, her faithfulness
to the whites, and her valuable SER
vices deserve more than . passing
notice. Her history will be Q roman
tic episode Of honor In savage war
fare.
Tho pastor Of certain Methodist
church In Tennessee, Rev. ]. r.
Hughes, served in the Union army
and lost an eye in battle. A short
time age an enthusiastic Confsder-
ate occupied his pulpit he spoke OF
the glories OF heaven-how every
thing would be perfect there. Tur-
ming towards Hughes he said: sYes.
Brother Hughes, there win be no one
eyed saints In glory THAT y so.'
said Hughes. @for there will b no
rebels In heaven to shoot out their
The Union stock yards Of Chicago,
were enliviened last Thursday BY the
presence Of eight or ton gentlemen
from Manchester. England, who are
purchasing beef cattle. Of the best
quality, and In large numbers, for
expectation to England Dealers
from Liverpool and other sections
OF that country have previously visi-
ted the yards, but these are the nrst
to put in an appearance In the intsr-
est of the Manchester market. Their
attendance added greatly to the I'm
portance and vigor Of the traassc-
tiors at the yazds
Only q year ago the value OF the
property burned IN lees than three
thousand towns by firswork aeoi-
dents amounted TO more than .
quarter Of q million of dollars. II
one hundred and ssventy-flve cities
and towns thirty-ons persons were
killed and i've hundred ,ssriousiy
injured. This Is paying alittIe too much
for our patriotic whistle. and It is GER
tainly time to apply . remedy. II
any one is 80 patriotic that he must
burn gunpowder in memory OF
Seventy -six there IL abundant room
for him to do 90 outside OF the oities
and towns.-Nec York Herald
On the 9Th OF July Mr.. Edison. the
inventor. will start for Colombo. 90
companied by several lsstronomsFsa and
scientists, for the purpose Of obssr-
wing the total ecllps Of the sun Which
will be visible there, and especially
to test q new invention made By him.
This he calls tasimeter, and it, OBJ
ject is to determine the different de-
grees of heat In the different parts o:
the solar spectrum. In delioacy and
accuracy OF results it IL said 70 Tar
surpass any instrument hitherto used
for the purpose. The instrument de-
tects and weighs moisture as well -
heat. and at the same time. et
A story comes from St Louis to
the effect that one Hartman Schuster,
q German citizen, swoke one morn
ing to find himself dead. At least
that was what all the papers said
with the added information that his
body laid at the morgue. Harman
vended his way TO that dreaded spot
with a mingled feeling OF horror and
curiosity. There, sure enough, upon
the slab, with the water trickling
over it, lay his defunct body. Every
feature Of the face, the hair. the
mustache, and even the clothing
were his own. he could not say
they were not II put under oath. His
knees knocked together - he trsm-
bled with an indefinable dread. At
last something like the ghost 0f .
hope crossed his mind, and with
huaLv voica ha askod NJ fha ATTAIN