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


Christian nations in the use OF the
Gregorian calendar.
There are enough houses in Wash
ington to accommodate 10000, peo-
pie, and only two-thirds that num-
Der to put into them.
The stones of the ruins in Syria
which Is said to be that of the tower
OF Babel are joined with asphaltum,
instead of mortar.
; The Richmond Dispatch figures It
out that the returns from the Mofret
register for the year, In Virginia,
will reach 1926, ,4O1.56.
The King OF Belgium has offered
to defray the expenses of another
trip Of discovery through Africa, and
Stanley has accepted the proposition.
Fifty-one metals are known to ex-
ist, thirty Of which have been dis
covered within the present century.
Four hundred years ago but seven
were known.
On and after July the Postoffice
Department will establish sixteen
new money order offices In this State
showing that this line of business is
steadily increasing.
A little girl In Montana got hold of
500 In greenbacks belonging to her
father and used them to make head
dress for her doll, clipping of the
corners to make them At.
Mrs. Fry Of Oswego Is 106 years
old, is such an inveterate smoker
that her physician, fearing its effect
upon her health, curtailed her al
lowance the other day.
The Cambria Iron works. located
at Johnston, Pa, are furnishing the
rails for the Burlington and Missouri
Railroad. They are to furnish 1000
tons per month for five months.
Vienna has 100000 Jews. The
leading banks, business houses. news
papers, hotels, and restaurants are
controlled by them. The prettiest
women in the city are Jewesses.
Charleston, South Carolina, feels
very happy over the appropriation
of 100000 for the Improvement Of
its harbor and talks confidently Of
becoming @the great mart of the
South"
The president Of the Marshall
town, Iowa, greenback club has with
drawn from that party, as he asserts
because for the last three months the
club has had a tendency towards
communism.
In lecture In Paris, recently, Fa-
ther Hyacinthe advocated . reform
in Catholicism by means Of popular
election and the restriction OF the
papal Office to q mere presidency
over all churches.
The gradual revival of business is
attested by the Baldwin locomotive
works at Philadelphia. in the en-
ployment Of 1,243 men; $50 locomo-
tives will be turned out this year, In
place Of 185 last year.
A rope walker. named Pareton,
was giving an exhibition OF rope
walking at Cora. Mich. Wednesday,
when the rope gave way and he fell
forty feet. He was terribly demorali-
zed, but will probably live.
A recent number OF the New York
Tribune contained long article
from the pen Of Gail Hamilton on
Carl Schurz. This was headed Gail
Hamilton-Carl Schurz." On noticing
this the Buffalo Express rendered
congratulations.
1t is again reported that the Pope
is In very bad health. He cannot eat
meat, all food disagrees with him.
and unless ne secures change OF air
he can scarcely wear through the
summer. This Pope is worse than
the other.
George Fusler. treasurer OF Stark
county, Ohio. absconded last Satur-
day, and Is now reported a defaulter.
The amount is supposed to be not
less than 100000. A thousand dol
lars reward Is offered for his appre-
hension.
The Utah Northern railroad is
completed to Oneida, 130 miles north
of Ogden. Placer gold diggings
have been found on the Upper
Sweetwater near South Pass. 1t is
claimed tho miners are making eight
dollars day.
Elizabeth w. Tesoher, daughter Of
the man who was executed In 1914,
for attempting to kill King Frederick
William ~. Of Prussia, lives now In
New York, a divorced woman of
fifty i've. Her only companions are
q drove of cats, and her quarters are
a mean and comfortless hut.
The st. Paul Pioneer Press pub
fishes crop reports from some 40
points In Minnesota and Wisconsin,
the general tenor of which is that In
Minnesota the wheat is In an excep-
tionally fine condition, with largely
increased acreage. and Q promised
yield over last year.