The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-02-13

| Victoria WOodhull and Tennie c..
Claffin say they have settled in Eng
land for life. Their parents are with
them.
Pennsylvania's board OF pardons
has become such nuisance that it is'
likely to be abolished by the present,
Legislature.
The Presbyterian board OF relief for
disabled ministers has distributed
during the last twenty six years over
one m lion OF dollars.
Norway is the smallest nation or
Europe in most respects, but its COM
merce is such that its fleet is the
third largest In the world.
Workingmen in Philadelphia have
over $4,000 invested in cooperative
loan associations. which they findi
more secure than savings banks.
The city OF Elizabeth, New jersey.
is bankrupt The population is o.
000;- the taxable property is worth
$4,000 900. and the debt is S.. SOC. .000..
A Congregationalisti is described by,
DIR. Shaw, OF Rochester, as "a Pres
byterian who has left his catechism.
at home and forgotten where he laid
it down."
Last year Chicago took from the,
p stal department $971.531 worth Of.
stamps, st. Louis took $465 357, Phil
adelphia 1895. .ss1, Boston S945.Sl0;,
and New York 81 s66.4
st. Louis pays over 100000 for
teaching German ia her public.
schools, and the sentiment is so.
strong against it that unless abolished.
by the school board it is likely it willa
be abolished by the Legislature.
A Michigan farmer wrote to the.
Faculty at Yale College Tor was it.,
Cornell): ~what are your terms for
year? and does it cost anything ex-
ira IL my son wants to learn To read
and write as well as to row q boat?"
A Welshman named Thomas Row.
land died lately, at the age OF 103.
He left eight children, whose respec-
tive ages were seventy-one. seventy.
sixty y-eight. sixty-six, sixfy-fcnr. six
ty-one. fifty- eight and fifty-six, or 5l4
years altogether.
The Department OF Agriculture viii,
: this spring distribute seed OF new
Irish potato, from Peru. It is de-
sclibed as OF medium size, round.
bright yellow when cooked, very de-
, licious favor. and different from any
OF our own varieties.
q American tobacco now finds a mar.
ct in Spain. Our Connecticut seed
\ leaf has long been taken to Cuba for
/, wrappers, and Virginia and Kentucky
/, tobacco has grown In favor 80 that
a Spain proposes to contract for 10. .5O0,-
, 600 kilogrammes in March.
4 They have a committee to encour-
age the use OF horsefiesh as an article
A of food in Paris. This committee has
: issued a return showing that the
Q number OF horses. asses, and mules
4 slaughtered in Paris for consumption
i in 1873 was 1919. or 700 more than
: in the previous year.
;; The opinion in New York on change
s seems to be general that from en-
4 barge OIL trade in the East caused by
It the plague, will spring up an ex-
t. traordinary European demand for
: cereals OF the United States. a conse-
d Guent rise in prices, and a brisk and
8 profitable business in their transport
e tation from the West to the seeboard
d and to Europe.
d One of the oldest banking corpora
tions, as well as the most successful,
is the Bank OF England. It will be
" ls5 years old next July. 1t was first
h Incorporated by William Patterson. Q
: Scotchman, rs joint stock company,
Il with a capital Of s6,0o0.000. The
) charter was granted for eleven years,
h ard has been from time to time re-
o newed. Its present business is i'm
Y mense. For while the business was
e done in one room, now the bank oc-
Is cupies a large building in Thread
e, needle street. and employs some 500
% men.
O Mrs. Mary Holbrook died in Massa-
d chusetts few days ago. aged ninety
n three years. She was a remarkable
IS specimen of a well preserved old
~ woman, and in her history illustrates
l. in a significant manner how much
e may be accomplished even by an old
h person who is determined to succeed.
e. When seventy five years old she be-
e gan to make ~tidies." They found
IT ready sale ia Boston, and she extend
10 ed her operations till it was found
,r necessary to employ several old la
y dies to do the coaser work while she
e filed in the finer parts with her own
l. hands. In this way up to her nine-
N tieth year she had netted $4,000.
Is Secretary Schurz says he is more
g impressed with Chief Joseph than any
It Iudian he has before seen. He Is per-
l. haps thirty-eight in years. light
l. shade Of copper color, tall. 1.-the. well
n formed. clean-limbed, with thin. spir-
l. tied nostrils, small hands and dainty
. faaf His vaioa Ia ynucfoal and ho