The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-07-24

II poverty is a disgrace, mendeh
stockings are darned shame.

In the ten years ending June, 1851.
the English railroads had to pay ST.
1000 compensation for injuries re-
C, ived by railroad accidents.
Owing to the rot which has attack
ed the potato crop throughout France
it is estimated that the deficiency In
the same will amount to 5000. 900
sacks. ~
The devout men of Paris all carry
two books on Sunday-one prayer
book for the morning services, and
the other betting book for the af-
ternoon races.
1t is estimated by thoroughly in-
formed persons that from SIC 900, 600
TO $4,000. 600 Of Eastern capital has
been invested in mining property
within six months.
Mis- Sarah A. Dorsey, Of Mississfp-
pi. who died recently. left a will be-.
oueathing. her whole estate, including
two large plantations and an elegant
villa at Beauvoir. to jefferson Davis.
The bones OF mastodon were re-
Gently discovered near Denison, Iowa,
In sand bank. The tusk is five feet
long. A tooth Weighing nine pounds
has been seat to the scientific coliee~.
tion in Chicago. W -sf'
Mr.. James Gordon Bennett on hfs
first visit TO his newly arrived neph-
ew. the frst child OF his sister. Mrs
Isaac Bell laid il the cradle 100
United States bonds Of II .O01 each as
christening gift. p =
Mr.. James Paine. a wen known
English pyrotechnist, has come To
this country. Among other engage.
ments is one to light up Niagara
Falls with thousand Bengal iights
kindied at tho same instant by
electricity. fs-is irs si1
A party OF Icelanders numbering
two bundled md fifty persons are on
their way to the United States. in
tending 10 settle in Minnesota, a
State which already represents q
greater variety OF nationalities in its
population thaa any other.
The California ranchman or larmev'
is to a certain extent demoralized by /,
the climate, which allows him to per-
form outdoor work the year round.
Unlike the eastern farmer, there
fore. he Is inclined to lot things 60 by ,
the board. There Is lack OF thor
oughness in building, in planting,
and ia the care Of animals.
A Colorado man lately walked,
across the Missouri river at Leavsn-
worth with WATERSHEDS of his own
invention. The current was running
at fourteen miles an hour. yet he
crossed in nine aud half minutes.
He afterwards attached the shoes to-
gether, and made a life preserver. on
which he both sat and lay down.
The New York Herald sasy: -Of
so little moment are our politics just
now, that probably the best thing :
that could happen to the country >
would be to ke ep Mr.. Hayes In the
White House for another four years.
and tell him to go ahead in the same
tranquil and quicting way in which
he has so far conducted his admins
trntion."
James Palmer went into an UNDER
takers shop at Rivertown. Va. and
got measured for coffin. which he.
said was for man exactly his size.
"Have il ready this afternoon" he
said. "for the corpse will be ready by
that time. He then went to a rail-
road track near by. lay down on il.
and let train run oyer him.
On account OF the extremely bad.
condition of lands or flats on the
eastern shore of the Potomac river :.
lying directly south of the executive
mansion. Mr.. Hayes has arranged to
absent himself from the city during
the month OF September, In order to
escape the malarial atmosphere which
will necessarily arise from the quar-
ter mentioned. The President in
tends spending the greater portion Of
the month at his home in Fremont.
Ohio.
Although the friends of free whisky.
in the late Congress refused the
means necessary TO enforce the reye-
nue. laws, Commissioners Raum pro-
poses 10 keep the moon sinners
Stirred up. He has sent circular to-
all revenue collectors in the moon
shining districts. instruciing that the
districts be carefully policed, aud ALI
crooked stills seized. The deputy
collectors are instructed to act as
guards 10 prisoners, when possible.
in order to tighten the burden OF the
marshals.
A fully developed case OF leprosy.
exists near Salem, Ind. Her name is
Chriseson, and she lives twelve miles
north OF. that place. Her skull in
places has ac ually decayed away, so
that the brains have profruded and
been removed. The bones OF the leg
have gradually deos-nd uotiI tbev aro