The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-01
Items OF Interest.

In Salt Lake.
The blacks OF the south are drop
ping the cotton hoe, and taking up
the westward no."
All the coal mines at Brazil. Ind-,.
are shut down by there beirg 1900
miners on a strike.
The New York grain trade has es-
tablished a new grade OF wheat. to be.
known as mixed winter
Birmingham, Eng is importing
hay forks, clocks, apple-parers and
clothes pins from Philadelphia.
Although petroleum has been
known to exist Ia Japal for 1000
years, 1t was not utilized until 1875.
There are 1S5 tribes OF Indians left.
in the United States. and the Indian.
Agent must and shall be preserved.
1t is a mooted question whether
the average Congressman or the
Sheriff is the monarch OF the seize."
United States per csnt bonds are
worth more than per cents OF the
empire OF Germany, in the German
markets.
General David n. S.rother (@Porte-
Crayon') left Washington Saturday
to enter soon on his duties IS consul
A the Cifv ~ lY>x;o.
A Texas Democratic journal pre-
diets that il Tilden Is again nominal
ed it will split The party 70 pieces.
and skill it dead to the skin"
Several OF our exchanges are talk
ing about the next worlds fair: but.
what do they know about the affairs.
Of the next world we would like to
know.
An Omaha dispatch says the Cma--
ha Indians urgently request that the
Poncas. imprisoned Is disns. may be
permitted to return 20 the Omaha
reservation.
London has more Roman Catholics
than Rome, more Jews than all Pal
estine. more Irish than Belfast, more
Scotch than Aberdeen, more Welsh
than Cardiff.
| Russian prisons are 80 gorged with
political offenders, nihilists and the
rest. that it has been necessary to
convert large private buildings into
temporary jails..
A few drops Of amonia added to q
gallon OF water and applied once q
week to all pots Of flowers will do
much good and keep the pots and
earth from souring.-Des Noines (La.) !
Register.
Georgia is face to face with .
grave labor problem. The negroes
are said to be rapidly Withdrawing
from the labor market and settling
upon cheap lands and becoming their
own ~bosses."
A factory in Hanover, Germany.
makes glass in close imitation OF mar
BILE and the tables. Aoor, tiles. etc.,
which 1t turns out are preferable to
marble On account Of superior hard
ness.
On account OF tho special repres-
sive measures by Russia. it is expect
ed ttat a large proportion OF the 5000
to 10000 81 pected persons now In
northeast
The Richmond (va) State says:
The time is rapidly Gaming, II it has
not come already. when a great ma
jority even OF our Southern families
will have to learn the hard lesson of
doing their own housework.
Some colored men dug up, at Rock
Dam Texas. a pot containing $1,000 In
American gold. 1t turns out that the
money was buried Ly man named
McKinick, who was murdered by
bushwhackers during the war.
The demand fr Ameri an beef.
both dressed and On the hoof. Is In
crsasing to such an extent In Hol-
land that company has been organ
lied for the prosecution Of the trade.
The Dutch port OF Flushing Is the
headquarters OF the project.
A new method has been invented
for propelling the street car in New
York; 1t is an engine worked by COM
pressed air contained In tanks under
the seats. and operated by the man
on the platform; 1t will run ten or
twelve miles without changing the
tank.
1t is reported that the Bolivian
Government recently purchased s.
900 American arms, and 100000
cartridges. to be shipped by May lst.
An agent from Peru has also arrived
here. and made inquiries in relation
to vessels, arms and ammunition.
but disclaims any intention OF
making such purchases for the Pc
ruvian Government. Lively times
are expected between Bolivia, Peru,
and Chill.
Peter Smell, Milwaukee wis.,
seaman. met a fearful death from
hydrophobia In carrying out his be-
lief that dogs saliva has curative
power, Smell had scratch on his
nose. and let his pet dog lick 1t,
The wound healed, seeming to con-
frm the theory. But in short time
the dog died. and soon after Smell