The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-01-23
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one case suite or chambers which
formerly commanded $4,000 year
have been let for 1000.
According to the 10th annual report
OF the Indian Commissioners, one
half Of the Indians wear clothes such
as are worn by civilized people.
II Is the opinion OF the Terre Haute
Express that wheu the Greenback
party triumphs 1t will be "over the
PROSTATE form OF the dead Democ-
raoy;"
Prof. N. P. Hill has been elected
United States Senator from Colorado
to succeed Hon. J. b. Chaffee. Sens-
tor Jones has been reelected from
Nevada.
The man who drafted the new army
bill must have been brought up on a
newspaper. He boiled down fourteen
pages Of the Burnside bill into sim
gle sentence.
In Louisiana there are 81, $50 white
voters who can write their names,
aud 1896 who can not do so. OF col
ored voters 1880 write their names,
and &c. 300 do not.
Heavy shipments OF grain are being
made to Cincinnati from points on the
Illinois Central road. 1t Is quite IN.
usual TO see the cars OF that line NOV
ing in the direction of Cincinnati.
A number of our exchanges express
the belief that the price OF money oan
not be regulated by law, and that an
interest law Is worthless so far as 1t
attempts to fix the per cent to be paid
as interest for money loaned.
When the fees and salaries OF coun-
~ officials are reduced to basis COM
mensurate with the times, and the
paupers sent to the DOR house. where
they belong, it will be ia order to
talk gravel roads.-JFest Lebanon
Statesman.
The Mormons are rather retioent in
regard to the decision OF the Supreme
Court sustaining the law OF Congress
for the suppression OF polygamy. The
Mormon papers say that the decision
is wrong, but they say nothing about
obedience to the law.
At some points on the New York
Central road the snow-drfits have
reached such depth that when trains
pass through them the coaches are as
dark as when passing through tun-
mel, and ia some instances the drifts
seem to be a mile or more In length.
Senator Bruce is negotiating for the
purchase OF J, 700 acres OF land in New
Mexico for a cattle rancho, and has
made large investment to stock 1t.
This enterprise is a mere matter OF
speculation, as the senator intends to
retain his present residence in Miss
isslppi.
A correspondent OF the b SION Adj
vertiser notices the fat T. at Indian
corn grown IN the Mississippi valley
IL cent to England and sold there In
the Market for one cent per pound,
and part Of the proceeds returned
to us in Irish and Scotch oatmeal at
cents per pound.
Anumber OF farms around the Yer
shire VT, copper mines have been
made valueless by the sulphurous
smoke from the furnaces used for
smelting ore, and some time ago the
Vermont mining company was sued
for 100000 damages by property
owners In the vicinity. but the court
decided for the company.
II all the Judges In Utah should
hold court for every hour OF the
twenty-four, and every day OF the
year, and every year OF the century.
they could not begin to dispose OF all
the bigamous marriges OF the Terri
tory, Let an example be made, II
possible, of some OF the leaders, Gin
cinndti Times.
The ales OF governments four per
cent. bonds from January 2 TO jan
uary II amounted to S79,095.15 As
every million dollars OF four per cents
sold saves $4,000 year interest, the
above sales represent a saving OF
more than million and q half OF dol
lars. This is one OF the results OF
sound Republican financiering.
Hiram Y. Reese, who died In Frank
lin county, Pennsylvania. a few days
ago, at the age of ninety-two years,
was the father OF twenty-five sons, OF
whom twenty are now living. The
youngest is twenty-four years old,
and the eldest sixty-six. Only one OF
the sons has died a natural death, four
having been killed In the late war, In
which nine OF them served.
In the course OF a recent lecture
on "The Abuse of Books" Mr.. Fred
erick Harrison, the eminent essayist,
said that he was inclined to think the
most useful part OF reading was to
know and what TO avoid. The enor-
nous multiplication OF books Is not
favorable to the reading OF the best.
There never was a time during the
last three hundred years when the
difficulties in the way OF making an
efficient use OF books were greater
than to-day.