The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-07-17
News Of the Week Condensed.

Ocean. India. is being troubled to
death with rats.
The king OF Burmsh has had twelve
more persons nlassacred.
It Is said the German army will be
increased by $4,000 recruits annu-
ally.
There are now about 700 convicts
In the Northe rn prison, mostly work
ing on contracts.
William Douglass $4,000 pump
factory. at Lafayette, Ind. was who'll
ly destroyed Sunday morning. Loss,
$1,000.
No new cases Of yellow fever have
been reported at Memphis since last
Thursday. Judge Ray died Sunday
evening.
Thus far Charleston. 8. @. has suf-
fered most from heat. There were
fifteen fatal cases Of sunstroke In q
single day.
Neal Ormhurst. q negro, was hung
In Clayton county. Ala, Saturday for
attempting to outrage an accom-
plished young lady.
From a'personal letter received by
G.. W. Childs it appears that General
Grant intends prolonging his absence
from this country until next June. or
lhereabJuts.
The Provost Colliery, near Potts
vile, Pa, took fire Tuesday evening.
and was damaged to the amount Of
$500, 900 before the flames could be
extiDguished.
An Allentown Pa, dispatch says
two hundred puddlers and helpers
who struck three weeks ago have re-
sumed work. the company deciding
to give an advance Of fifteen cents q
ton.
The deficiency OF James G.. Gold
smith. city treasurer OF Peru, Ind.
has been found to be $500 30. He
fed. but was arrested In New York
City. Monday.
Rose Overly and Jack Swayne. OF
Fort Wayne, have been indicted for
the murder Of John Shelley at the
fair grounds on the 4th OF July. They
are both In Jail.
Tramps broke into the hardware
store of yageding & Son. Avilla, last
Sunday night, and stole about 800
worth OF cutlery. and several dollars
In small change.
A rise in the Ohio river at Pitts
burgh has made the coal men happy,
by enabling them to ship about four
hundred thousand bushels OF that ar
ticle for down river points.
Additional details Of the Bodie,
Cal. mine explosion show that five
tons OF giant powder ignited at once
Twelve persons were killed and forty
wounded. The cause OF the explosion
Is unknown.
A special dispatch from Des Moines,
Iowa, says the Hon. w. H. Calkins.
representative from the Tenth Indt-
ana district, Is lying dangerously i'll
at that city. He was on his way to
Colorado when taken i'll.
The printers OF the indianapolis
Journal struck Monday morning. de-
manding 33i cents per thousand for
composition. The proprietors refused
to accede to their demands, and are
running the paper with other hands.
The late rise in the Wabash river
killed hundreds of acres OF corn along
its banks. In fields where the water
flowed over the tops Of the stalk the
entire crop Is lost. the sand and mud
causing the corn to wither and die at
once.
AS John Carman. of Auburn, lad,
entered his barn after dark. Sunday
night. he Wis struck on the head
with spade by some unknown per-
son. cracking his skull. He Is now
very low and cannot possibly re-
cover.
At Cleveland, o.. Sunday. the lover
mill of the Cleveland Paper Company
burned from spontaneous combus-
ton. Three hundred hands are
thrown out OF work. and the loss is
$4,000; insurance, $4,000. The
company will rebuild at once.
During the present month all out
standing 10:40s and 5:20s United
States bonds, which have been col
lected by the secretary OF the treasu-
ry, become due. and settlements will
have to be made. The amount OF
these bonds is f246, 100000.
The orange celebrations In Ireland
on the 18th passed of with only few
cases OF shooting and stoning. One
death is reported. The authorities
had taken extra precautions because
Of the excitement In consequence OF
the debate 10 parliament on the gov
ernment's Irish University bill.
At the Wabash Nsrrows, q few
miles apove Merom, the Wabash rose
to such height as to overflow and
completely carry away an eighty aero
farm OF wheat just In shock. The
farmer, named Phillips, seeing all his
labor and toll swept AWAY from be-