The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-07-03
Condensed News.
Western Ireland is much distressed
by continued rains.

Nickel has been discovered IL
Towns county, Georgia.
The crops OF France have beer
badly damaged by rain.
James F. Edmonds, Newton, Mass
another good man." has been ar
rested for extensive forgeries. nov
estimated at $4,000.
A terrific hail storm passed owe
the north part OF Huntington county
last Friday, doing considerable dam
age to the growing crops.
The receipts OF the government
from internal revenue for the yea
ending June 30 were about $ll3, 800,
600, an Increase over the previou,
year of s3,5OO,0O0.
At the roll call Of veterans OF tn,
war of 1872 at Paris, KY, in June
1878, there were 81 responses. A cal
of the same roll this year only
brought out seventeen.
Seven hundred miles OF the Iror
Mountain railroad was changed from
the broad to the standard guage OIL
Saturday in eight hours. This worl
was done by over 5000 men.
The Blue River starch works at
Edinburg. Ind, will shut down this
week until September. Since starting
up last September, they have used
nearly 100000 bushels of corn.
General Morten, Ex- Minister oil
War, Paris. who mysteriously disap-
peared eight months ago, has reap
peared, having been In a monastery
recovering from grief over a sons
death.
The seventy five hour walk contest
between OLeary and Grassland, at
Chicago, was finished at eleven
o'clock On Saturday night. OLeary
made 200 miles and three laps, and
Grassland 225 miles and three laps.
Two barns In Elkhart county, one
belonging to Henry Smith. the other
to E. r. Landers. were destroyed by
fire Friday night. The same evening
a terrible rain and wind storm visited
the northern part Of the county doing
great deal Of damage.
A convention between Germany
and the vatican Is said to be in nego-
tiation. The German government is
to nominate bishops subject to. the
approval of the Pope, and the bishops
to nominate priests subject TO the ap-
prevail of the government.
The Senate In executive session
Saturday rejected the nomination OF
ID. 7. Corbin rs Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court OF Utah. The averse
report Of the judiciary committee
was sustained by a majority OF four.
the division being almost quite upon
party lines.
Thomas Longman, OF York town
ship, Noble county. farmer thirty
years old, while en- route homeward,
Intoxicated. was run over by a
through freight train on the Balti-
more & Ohio railroad, half mile
west OF Albion, Monday night. His
body was literally torn into frag-
mems and scattered oyer the track.
The attorneys for Murdoch. the
newly appointed warden OF the North
ern Prison. claim that the extension
VI time granted by the Supreme
Court to the attorneys on the other
side for the purpose OF preparing a
brief. was wrong. insomuch as the
brief had previously been prepared
and was In print.
A dispatch from Cape Town says
the Prince Imperiars body has been
placed II a coffin Il leal and woo |,
and all medical arrangements for pre-
serving the body are admirably car
ried out. A searching Inquiry Is be-
ing made into the circumstances at
tending the Princes death. The evil
dence thus far Is very conflict ting.
Lewis Baker, an old and prominent
citizen of Lafayette, died Monday OF
heart disease. He was In the law Of
fee OF Benin Brothers transacting
some legal business, when he was
thrown into commissions and died al
most instantly. He was resident OF
Tippecanoe county for upward OF
forty years, and leaves an estate val
ued at $4,000.
The Bonapartists OF France have
recognized Prince Jerome as the
chief of the Napoleonic dynasty, and
a dispatch from Paris says that he
will publish manifesto after the fun
eral OF the Prince Imperial. urging all
Bonapartlsts to submit to the Repub-
lie, and that he has already assured
President Grevy he will not become
pretender to the Imperial throne.
The steamship Citv OF New York.
OF the Alexandria line, out from New
York for Havana, Saturday. ran into
and sank the bark Helen, bound from
Cardiff to Havana. The steamship
was making thirteen knots. and the
bark three. The captain OF the latter
(Robert Barclay. of Montrose. Scot.
land) and five OF the crew were lost