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

A boy o' nineteen goes to the FL
mira On. " reformatory for having
married two wives.
THIS is locust year in Missouri, and
they have appeared in largo numbers'
in many parts Of that State.
The railroads are carrying -four
from ST. Louis to New York now at
the rate Of eight cents per barrel.
Col. King. Texas cattle man. has
fence 70 miles loug, inclosiag 33T
square miles, ON which range 10, ,OOo'
beasts.
Enough cloth can be woven In
Massachusetts in sixty days to sup
ply all the people in the United States'
with clothing.
A series OF experiments has estab.,-
lished the fact that chloroform neu,
tralizes the action Of strychnine upon
the human system.
Seven thousand dollars have been
raised for the monument to Eliot. the
Indian apostle. at Newton, Mass, and
81 900 more is wanted.
London Mayfair says Nelson is be-
coming quite the rage in London.
The people flock to the Adelphi to-
see-hcr handsome make up and her
ELS. Goo worth OF diamonds.
Tho Supreme Court OF Iowa has
decided constitutional and valid the
law prohibiting the sale of spiritucus'
and malt liquors. where such sale has
been prohibited by vote of the peo-
pie.
Prof. Nichols. of Boston, found
eight grains OF arsenic to each square
foot OF green dress submitted to his
examination! Here Is the fact OF
poisons freely used. Is there no
remedy?.
The black sulphate Of silver which
forms on plated and silver waree,.
many be removed at once b5 wipihg;
the surface with rag wet with aqua
ammonia, and without the trouble Of
rubbing.
There is gossip abroad to the effect
that Ia order 20 raise funds to GO
abroad. Mr.. Talmadge mortgaged his
organ. Perhaps he raised the money
on his own notes instead Of those of
the organ.
Official documents show that the
ratio of deaths per one thousand per-
sons employed In England Is .ess 10 6
coal mining thar In the navy by
drowning, and one half less thar on }
railroads.
In two Of the largest Connecticut :
manufactures. two Of the most sue
cessful in the State, the mill-owners
have provided books. papers and gen.
eral reading matter and reading
rooms for their help.
Very few men are idle In Massa,-
chusetts now. In some of the small
er cities and larger towns 1t Is said l
that it Is even difficult to flnd mechan-
les for small jobs. and that skilled
workmen are In some ploces really
scarce.
At the late recent Minnesota State =
Sunday school convention DIR. j. II. =
Vincent expressed his conviction
that there was no mo place like
home for teaching religion, and quot:
ed the old Scotch proverb: AN
ounce of mother is worth a pound Of {
clergy"
A Chinese paper gives an account
Of the cruel treatment to which the
coolies are subject who are employed
in the Dutch islands In the Strates to
clear the land and plant tobacco.
Every man, on his arrival, Is tattood
on the cheek, and once arrived they
are never released.
The New Orleans Times lahore un-
der the impression that the South IL
being made the scaregoat OF all the
incendiary and reckless schemes Of
the Northern Democrats, while she IL
denied the recognition to which she
is entitled by virtue OF her being the
brain and sinew OF the party.
In Sumatra, when telegraph mess
sages are delayed or fail to be trans
mitted, it Is because the wires are
down or won't work, as elsewhere.
but 1t Is not attributed to etorms.-
Elephants and tigers upset ths'polee,
and monkeys break the wires by TAX
ing gymnastic exercise on them.
Parr. the man who murdered his
daughter because she refused longer
to permit his incestuous intercourse
with her, and who was convicted OF
murder in the first degree and sent
enced to be hung, died Tuesday
morning in his prison at Philadelphia
from poison self administered. He
was in all respects a libel upon hu-
manity, and the world Is web lid OF
him.