The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-01-23

The world uses 5000 barrels Of re-
fined oil daily.
the Missouri Legislature. IAN. rs
elected Gen. James Shields for the
short term In the United States
Senate.
Cincinnati has q news. boy who 10
II years old, Is thirty-eight inches
high, in his shoes, and weighs only
thirty-six pounds.
Kearney's lateet prayer is: ~Eay
God Almighty strike the man dead
takes less than - q day duriag who
the coming winter
1t is believed that the Government
has made 100000 by the destruc-
ton OF fractional currency while in
the hands Of the people.
Gen. Tom Thumb and his wits are
giving public exhibitions agsin. The
General is rich. but says he 'is not
contented at home. rs he Ikea excite
ment.
Joseph Gainer, OF Scottsville. New
York, has just lost his wife. She was
l03 years old. His age is l07, and
they had been married eighty nine
years.
There are fewer blind people h
Switzerland. in proportion to popula-
tion. than In any other European
country. and more deaf mutes, idiots
and lunatics.
The ccldest spot In North America
Battleford. Canada, has . newspaper
nowly established-the Saskatch hewaD
Herald. Batfleford 10 750 miles west
OF Winnipeg. Manitoba.
st. Louis has seyen hundred law
ysrs, and this year the Law taxes.
them $35 per head. thus utilizing q
class hitherto considered utterly un-
profitable to the finances OF the city.
United States notes used 70 be 1t =
discount In Canada. but now tho
Northern New York banks have
agreed not to receive Canadian bank
notes except At . discount Of 2 per
centum.
Ex-Governor Marshall. OF Mhss-
sofa, is now in search Of his son
George. . boy Of fifteen. who has rua
away from home after an injudissous
course OF reading boys trashy beSks
and papers.
Caleb Gushing smoked Nike q steam
engine, and as though there was utfl-
ity 10 tobacco. He used profanity 10
iTpart intense emphasb In some an
CRY expressions. but never t1le on
meaninglessly.
A woman 81 years old. lfviag in
Washington county. ny, who has de-
scendants unto the third generation.
surprised the community In which
she lives BY giving birth 10 twins q
few days ago.
The Pope takes oceasioa to pso-
nounce ga favor OF the subjueaftos oa
women. He says the wife must BE-
subject to the husband ~ the sersant
Is to the master. the child to the pas-
snt. and civil divorce is all wroae.
Peter Herdic. the noted millionaire
bankrupt Of w!lliamsport Psassyl-
vania. has not been heard from for
ten days. and 1t 10 believed that he
has ned to Europe TO avoid arrest for
some OF his questionable transactions.
The son OF King Theodore. OF Abys-
sinla. who was taken to England a..
ter the fall OF MaetiaIa. b being sdu-
Gated for the Bri:ish army. He is q
slender and dusky youth. and naughty
and shrewd as becomes o descsndank
Of the Queen Of Sheba
There was . convention 1t Char
lotte. y. G. Jan. Is. OF Northern men
from i've Southern States. Resolu-
tions were passe showing the sdvaR-
tages OF the South rs place for peo-
pie seeking homes, and declaring
there was no social ostracism.
The chief Of the Chinese legation
was a. ked what his oountrymen who
wished to emigrats would do IL the
United States refused 10 receive
them. He replied that they would go
to Ireland. as that was the Only coun-
try not governed by the Irish.s
The San Francisco Pest says sthe
best Irish and Wiltshire bacon in
London comes from Chicago and st.
Louis. and superior Yorkshire hams
from Cincinnati The Post might
have added that the best Swiss
cheese in this country is made In Mil
waukee, and that most OF the French
mustard comes from Bufalo.
Home Amuss1leuts.
Simple experiments epliveu Iona