The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-01-09

Items Of Interest. So asls
Bayard Taylor was city editor OF
the New York Tribune at one time,
with a salary OF twelve dollars .
week and one assistant.
Mexico's foreign creditors are NOT
very likely to become millionaires'
next year. Minister Foster says that
there is not money enough to pay
the Office holders, let alone bond
holders. fi' sHsea sifess sfi -
The Little Rock Gazette says that
one railway has spent over sl50.0OO
within the past three years to pro-
mote immigration into Arkansas,-
and thatitis now just beginning to,
reap the fruit OF its labors. D-e1
The Atchison. Topeka and Santa.
Fe railroad company has made q
sweeping reduction In passenger y
fare. The rate is reduced to. four
cents q mile on the main line and
all branches in Kansas, Colorado and
New Mexico--a reduction. of two
cents mile. SAY s-s ta- yrFlln1 1ieS
A man in Malta. ILL.,. has q stumor'
on his head forty Inches in circumfer-
ence and about eight in diameter. 1t
lays largely ON the left side OF his
head, covering his left ear and eye
entirely, extending as low as the ex--
tremeties OF his neck and upward
of four inches above the head, reach
lug considerably more than half way
across the high forehead.
Michigan aud Illinois rank a.
among the first OF Western States
having iittls or no State debt to pay.
Illinois has for years been virtu-
ally out Of debt, that remaining being
only such as payment would not be-
accepted on until due, and for which,
there Is ample provision. Michigan
is nearly out OF debt. All her bonds,
will be paid before they fall due--
A new industry is springing Up In.
Iowa in the shape OF muskrat farm
ing. A man with a good marsh can,
seed it down to rats and make It yieldt
him steadily after two years breed
| ing, about so an acre. The trapping:
Is winter industry whsSe there To-
plenty of leisure. and Is source OF
amusement to the younger members'
of the family. The market for rat
skins is steady and reliable.
The long tunnel through solid rock
to carry water to Baltimore "a being
cut In nineteen sections. the plnn'
adopted being to sink shafts to The
proper level. and then work In both
directions. The calculations must be
very exact In order to make the
headings meet precisely. Thus far
the engineers have been remarkably
suscessful, five sections being joined
without fool's deviatiOs froms
straightness. ..fti.s 49,, ...
AIRS Drake, OF Muhlenburg ooun-
ty. Kentucky has an apple which has
been in existence since the Reyolu-
tionary WAT. A soldier received the
apple from his bstrothed just as be
left to join the army. Of Washington,
kept 1t during the whole var. seturn-
cd after the surrender of Yorktown,
and married the fair giver. The sp-
pleis sacredly preserved in the FAM
lily, 1t Is dry and shriveled. nothing
remaining but the woody fibre.
Beverly Douglas. who yielded to-
the effects OF too long aud too cop
iousindulgence ia whisky, a few days
ago. and made vacancy in the rep
resentations of the first Virginia dis
trict. was very strong man and
quick During the late
campaign he was stuMping the
State with competitor Becoming
sincensed ut one OF the lafter's re-
I marks. be seized and hurled him
) from the platform, breaking his arm
, Miehigans new sl.5OO.O0 State
House.. at Lansing. In progress OF
construction for the past six years.
was formally dedicated New Years
day. 1t is a splendid structure. and
was economically erected. It has a
] third more space than the Illinois
unfinished Capitol. which has cost
, $4,000. 900. and is decided credit 30
the State. Six ex Governors par
ticipated in the ceremonies, which
!, lasted two hours, and were very
enthusiastic. The Legislature con-
> vened the same day.
Wells. Fargo & Cos. statement ol
the yield OF precious metals in the
, United States for 1878 gives gold al
s3S. .956. .23l ;silyer. s3s. 1881 the total
q is less sl7, .la2. than in 1871; Cal
!, ifornia shows an increase OF over t2,-
( 100000 gold. and deoreasss OF over
Q 81 100000 in silver: Nevada shows a
! falling off Of over $i6000 In silver
. most OF which Is In the failure OF the
Comstock lode. Colorado shows O
9 falling of OF sl7O0.000. The yield oi
!. goldand silver for 1879 will not prob
n ably exceed $70,000,000.
3 The report OF the Postmaster Gea
: eral OF England for the year ending
e March 81. 1873. shows shat there are
q new in the United Kingdom l3,76s
. ptstoffices. The total OF lsttere. post.
,, al cards. book packets. newspapers
r etc., which passed through the pos