The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-07-03
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Indianapolis, averaged thirty cars a
day for the month Of June.
The Eastern papers report that
Tilden has leased fine property at
Yonkers, near New York, where be
will probably spend the greater part
OF the summer.
All the Napoleons have died AWAY
from France-Napoleon at st. He
lena, Napoleon II In Austria, Napo-
loen III in England, and Napoleon w
Ia South Africa.
A Berlin Correspondent reports
there IL a mysterious GOODNESS be-
tween Russia and Germany; and the
Gar, In consequence OF 1t, will not
visit the empire.
Forty.five Union Pacific cars.
laden with tea and silks, came to In
dianapolis, over the Vandalia road
Friday night, and were sent east over
the Pittsburg and Cincinnati road.
Louis Guetig. the murderer Of Mary
McGlew, has been sentenced by
Judge Elliott to hang at Indianapolis,
on the 10Th day OF September next
This Is the first anniversary OF the
murder.
The Chicago Times says: @Four
months ago, the Confederate Briga-
diers and their Northern alice, under
the leadership of ALLEN G.. Thurman.
solemnly resolved in causus to go in
at the big end OF the horn. They are
now creeping out. crab-fashion, at
the little end OF It,
A movement has Just been inaugu-
rated to erect monument to the
memory of the late Rev. Elijah p.
Loyejoy, who, 1t will be remembered,
was murdered at Alton, Ills, In 1887,
when "a years Of age, and while de-
Tending his fourth press from des-
truction by pro-slavery mob.
Senator Mcdonald, OF this State.
says: Il have always regarded MIR.
Bayard as the weakest OF all the
presidential candidates. Personally
he Is popular In the South, but polit-
ica'iy he has very little strength, al
though Lamar, Hill and few other
influential men are his fiiends.'
One Of the suggestions that inter-
est the people Of Mississippi is, that
Senator Bruce will run for the House
in the Shoestring district. The col
ored men are in q majority in that
district OF about 10000. II Bruce
runs, the attention OF the country
will be given to the district In UGH a
way that the methods OF disfranchi
sing colored citizens would be very
conspicuous.
We have the arst set. back from
Leadville. the last OF the modern Ell
dorados, In the shape OF the news
that the reported outcome OF the
mines for the present year has been
grossly exaggerated 1t was claimed
that this outcome would be
somewhere between s30.OOO.O00 and
$C0,000,000. Now the statement Is
that 1t will be but $i1 100000, while
the whole silver product OF Colorado
will be but $25. 100000.
The Democrats are great reform
ers. The extra session they have
forced has cost a million OF dollars.
The Democratic Senate has commits
stoned twelve committees to junket
over the United States during the re-
cess at the expense OF the people.
The House will not be much behind
them in this profigate waste OF
money. People we'll know how little
results from these cruises. They are
frauds and shams, uncalled-for by
the public and indefensible from any
standpoint.-Inter- Ocean.
The religion OF the British army
has lately been made cause OF in
quiry on the part'of the British Gov
ernment. Contrary to a somewhat
general expectation, 1t is found to be
very largely Protestant. Out OF a.
S42 men, 73O, 1870 are Professionals, g.
260 being OF the Church Of England,
7.125 Presbyterians, and 1886 of
other Protestants sects; while 20,S72
are Roman Catholics. Nearly all
have received schooling, and large
number OF all sects receive good-eon-
duct pay and choolcerti6cates.
Last years conseripte OF the Ger
man army, taken from ali ranks and
classes OF the community, furnish in
teresting evidence OF the spread Of
| education In the German empire.
The conscripts numbered 140, 1877.
and 1t was found that of this whole
body l30, 939 had received elementary
education. and that s.2S3 had gone
beyond the elementary stage into the
higher branches. No country in the
world but Germany, and no state OF
the American Union could make
such showing In the educational
line.