The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-07-17
Items Of Interest.


business OF the late Baron Rothschild
will be carried on by his three sons.
From various causes 105 lives were
lost on steamboats, the past twelve
months, against 2l2 for the previous
twelve.
The Philadelphia Chronicle says:
President Hayes may now take the
scaffolding OF his back bone and re-
move the stays.
Beware Of people who make a great
deal of you, for you may depend up
on it that they mean 10 make q great
deal out of you.
The recent State census shows that
the population Of Nebraska Is about
3s6 400. or nearly 100 times greater
than it was twenty five years ago.
The Rev. John Cummin, the mil
lennium writer, has been ordered by
physicians to renounce all mental
work. He will retire from the min
istry.
Ben Bill and Alexander Fl. 6teph-
ems, who have been enemies for years.
owing to MISUNDERSTANDING during
past political campaigns, have buried
the hatchet.
The government has contracted
for 5000 bottles OF carbolic acid, to
be used as disinfectant Ia the army.
Tue acid is to. .be put up in Jeferson>
vile, Ind.
The work OF manufacturing army
clothing was resumed at the govern
ment depot OF the qaartermasters
department 10 Jacksonville last
Thursday.
Visitors to the White Mountaina
have tho pleasure Of snowbailin9
each other in July. Many summits
aud slopes were covered with Snow
six inches deep last Tuesday.
Veto number FIVE. That makes =
full complement OF toes. and clearly
establishes the fact that the Presi-
dent knows how to put down his
foot.-BurlinQton Haiskeye.
Railroad men say there have not
beer as many excursions in all parts
Of. the country for many years aa
there are this seasons. This is one
OF the signs OF improving tines
In Minnesota the people seem to
be kept bnsy dodging destructive
cyclones, and explaining that they
are accidental freaks OF nature and
not at all indigenous to that State.
A German farmer disputed his tar
bill. He said: Il pays the State
tax, the county tax and the school
tax; but ! pays no total tax. Ise
got no total tax and never had any
1t is said that General Sam. Cary.
the father OF the GTeenback party. Is
soundly converted to Democracy, but
1t is not stated how much money waa
given him to secure q change or
heart.
1t is announced that the Hon. Alex.
Fl. Stephens is disgusted with the
stiffness of the Presidents back bone.
The country viii try to survive this
fresh transit Of Mr.. Stephens dyspep-
sia into politics.
Hon. Charles J. Faulkner. 'of West
Virginia, will be a candidate for gov
ernor OF the State this fall. He was
at one time minister to France. and
has been in public lie altogether q
period OF fifty years.
Seven hundred Mormons arrived
at New York. last Thursday, on their
way to Utah. Three hundred and
eighty-one came from Scandinavia,
eighty from Switzerland and Ger
many, and the others from England
and Scotland.
Thousands OF workmen have beea
engaged several weeks on works de-
signed to cause the Oxus River 90
return to its ancient bed, so as TO es-
tablish easy water communication
between Tho Caspian Sea and regions
bordering on Afghanistan.
Reducing the hours OF labor is. OF
coulse, but left-handej. round
about method of increasing wages,
but it is falIacious and impracticable
in the extreme. Men who hug this
delusion embrace a very unsubstan-
tial creature OF fiction.-St Loxia
Globe Democrat.
During the past twelve months 3l2
lives were lost by accidents ashore:
for the pre,iou twelve months, 40.
In 1875 the number OF lives lost on
steamboats, was COZ; ia 1876. 394; In
1877, 235; in 1878. 2l2. The steady
decline is attributed 10 the increas-
Ing efficiency OF steamboat inspeo-
ton.
Albert Pike McKellop. a young
Greek Indian who is being educated
at the university OF Wooster, took the
first Latin prize. gold medal, for
best scholarship during the seri ior
preparatory year, and passed the best
examination for entrance to the fresh
man class at tho late commencement.
There wero nearly sixty In his class.
The First National hank Of Salano