The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-03-13
Pen and Scissors.

iuiiiOii'y, anu inc iicc ulSE ScEOOlS
are to be- closed
The Georgia papers are gravely
discussing the rropriety Of dividing
Texas into six States.
Southern Democrats claim that
they should be given the two princi-
pal Offices OF the House. Speaker and
Clerk.
Coke. OF Texas, is a candid man
burning for notority. He admits
that he was and Is as Dad as JEFF
Davis.
The Executive and Republican
Congressman will act as one man in
the coming struggle with Democrat
ic revoluiionists.
Fears are felt in Gloucester, Mass,
that a whole fleet Of fishing vessels,
fifteen in all, were lost last month,
with all on board.
The Indianapolis Sentinel Demo
craD mildly expresses the o; inion
that Landers is the coming man fer
Governor In Indiana in 1880.
The Washington Republican says
that Congressman Martin, OF North
Carolina, is Republican, and will
not act with the Greenbackers.
Senator Thurman is a prominent
candidate for President. He puts
himself aud bis party on record as
the champions and defenders of jeff
Davis.
II is said that Hon. Geo. W. Julian
intends opening an office in Washing
ton for the practice of law. He will
give his principal attention to land
cases.
Major Reno has been exonerated
from the charges preferred against
him of cowardiy conduct at the battle
OF Little Big Horn in which Gen.
Custer was killed.
Most OF the western members OF
Congress re elected will remi in in
Washington until the beginning OF
the next session. Most of the eastern
members have gone home.
The governor Of Maine has vetoed
that part OF the pay roll OF the house
which allowed 20 cents per mile each
way 10 attending the legislature.
The veto was sustained in both
houses.
1t is said that the Florida Demo
Gratis indicted for election frauds are
willing to confess that they commit
ted frauds no. only in 1873. but also
in 1876. hoping thereby to elect
Tilden.
Tie fast mail service will not be
improved. Congress appropriated
only enough money TO keep it in its
present condition. There are mil
lions for Investigations, but not one
cent for necessities.
$50 West, young man." The Sau-
Francisco Post says tn, female prop
prty owners OF Alameda and Santa
Clara Counties pay taxes on IS 100000
OF their possessions. Many OF these
ladies are young and handsome.
And now il is said that Congress
man Weaver, OF Iowa, who was cleo
ted on fusion ticket, refuses to ret
with the Democra Y, and they claim
that he has repudiated bis contract
Weaver says there was no contract.
The seekers for Office under the new
and Democratic Congress are point.
ing for Washington by the thousands.
Their style OF mathematics is that
there are places for all, or that ten
will 60 into ono once and nine to
carry.
A large number or persons III
Monmouth county, n. j, invested
nearly s250.000 in the Mammoth Gold
Mine. Colorado, few years ago. but
the mine has not begun to pay, and
much distress in the county has re-
suited.
The amount for which Archbishop
Purcell failed exceeds the entire cap
ital Of all the national banks in Gin,
cinnati. and tho losses fall on class
OF people far less able to bear them
than the stockholders and depositors
In banks. 1t is a stupendous flaan-
cial disaster.
The Democrats and Greenbackers
OF Michigan have concluded to sur
render to each other, and make q
party that shall be neither, one or the
other. The Inter Ocean says that
they are so busy swallowing each
other that 1t is difficult to keep the
run OF the tail.
There has been several cases OF
cholera at Munich, and all the crows
have disappeared. The same thing
happened during the cholera vista
tons OF 1880 and 1854, and similar
phenomenon was noticed Mt Maurit-
ius, where the martins left during
the prevalence of cholera. The birds
felt the infection in the cir.
A dispatch from Berlin says the re-
lection OF the parliamentary disci-
pline bill was an ignominous defeat
for the government. Only the ex-
IRENE and some Of the moderate con-