The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-06-19
Pen and Scissors.

Pen and Scissors.
parole" was beaten at the Ascot
races in England last week.
Canada was shaken up by an earth
quake on Wednesday OF last week.
Mount Hood, in Oregon, emulating
Etna, has, it Is reported, started
little eruption.
A colored Methodist church In Alb
beville, S. c., gave 81 200 last year for
charitable purposes.
Widow Potts, walking from Phila-
delphia to New Orleans on a 10000
wager, has reached Atlanta.
The Uni'ed States min. at Denver
has been closed on account of the ap-
preparation being exhausted.
1t takes SO fiat money to buy q ten
cent loaf OF bread in Buenos Ayers,
and $500 TO buy pairo boots.
In 1868 the school days 70. in 1878,
100 days. In the former year there
were s,453 schools taught, and In the
latter 9.346.
Ballard, who sued T. B. FL. Mccain,
Of the Charlottesville Journal, for
$4,000 libel, got one cent, which car
ries costs.
Dubuque Is warning on its saloon
keepers and their landlords for sell
ing ardent spirits and illegally rent
ing property.
The fishermen Of Michigan City
were last week making the best hauls
OF the season, the average catch be-
ing two thousand pounds at haul.
The Philadelphia Chronicle says
the churches will soon begin to close
for the summer months. but the devil
will continue to keep open doors.
The operatives at Fall River, Mass,
are locked out by the mill owners, on
account OF differences about wages
Over 10000 are thrown out Of employ
ment.
The amount OF wire manufactured
In this country in 1878 to be used on
self-b binding reapers only. was great
er than the amount manufactured for
all purposes IN 1860.
The Ohio Legislature has passed q
bill making the punishment fol
Matchmaking the same as for robbery
confinement in the penitentiary for
from one to five years.
Tilden's paper. the New York Sun
says: "The end and net result OF the
extra session is, that the Democracy
are covered with disgrace, while
glory Is shed upon Hayes.
Mark Twain is writing book on
Europe and the Europeans, which Is
to surpass anything he has yet pro-
duced. 1t is to be illustrated by
sketches by Walter Francis Brown. q
young American artist In Paris.
THAT man is aperiurer." In dignant.
ly remarked lawyer OF a witness
Counsel should be more courteous,
said the judge. "Well. them" said
the lawyer, "TIl call him Louisiana
witness. atlanta Go,lsiitutio1sist.
One third OF the members OF Con.
gress have become disgusted and
gone home, and the country Is thor,
oughly Disguised with a majority o.
the remaining two thirds and fervent
ly praying that they may all go home
Kentucky quarter OF a million o.
negr oes by the last report OF the state
auditor are shown to be assessed on
property rated at s3,306, 1897, which in
cludes 18l, 139 acres OF land and 5 so;
town lots. and personal property val
ueu at 5000, 44o.
The La Porte Argus says the grow
ing corn in that vicinity never stood
better on the ground at this time o.
year than 1t does now. 1t Is remark
ably even andis growing rapidly seem
ing to have been affected but little b,
the cold weather.
Mr.. Swazey. the manager OF tn,
Wanatah gift enterprise, was arrest
ed by a United States officer lss
Saturday for circulating his lotter.
advertisement through the mails
which is contrary to law. The fin,
may be from 81 to $500 for each OF
fence.
JEFF. Davis says he never saw
southern woman who had been re
constructed. But once upon a tim,
some union soldiers saw saw
southern man who had been recon
structed upon the southern woman
plan.-Canton o. Repository.
No one can see and talk with Johl
Sherman and not be profoundly i'm
pressed by him. He Is large man
in the golden prime OF life, and
model Of that perfect health tina
comes from clean habits and and dis
ciplined temperament. A more in