The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-06-12
News OF The Week Condensed.

The publications are that Greenb2ck
Congressman will not support Gen.
Ewing.
Col. Charles N. Henderson, OF
Omaha, will. it is rumored, be made
Secretary Of War.
The bill to reduce the pay of the
letter carriers was defeated in the
House Saturday.
The Warner Silver bill will prob
ably remain with the Senate Finance
Committee until next winter.
There is no truth in the report that
Emperor William, II Germany, is Sc
riously ill, or dead.
The famine in Cashmere il taking
its course, and people are reported
dying 10y hundreds.
Cigar factories in Havana have all
closed because OF the failure of the
tobacco crop.
Forty thousand camels belonging
to the British transport service died
during the war In Afghanistan.
Pittsburg, Pa. and neighboring
sections were badly damaged Thurs
day evening by severe rain and hail
storms.
There was a heavy frost Friday
night through the greater portion of
Wisconsin. Much damage was done
10 corn, vegetables and flowers.
George Holzberger, Dubuque,
Iowa, beat his wife senseless and then
scalded her, on the 9Th. He has fed,
and she will die.
The Republicans prevented, Thurs
day, the passage Of the bill which
gives an appointment OF public
printer TO the Senate.
William Martin, OF Brooklyn,
abused his family Sunday night, and
his deformed daughter, aged II
years old knocked him down with an
AK, fatally iniuring him.
Burroughs & Persons Touring
mills, known as The Thread Mills"
Flint Mich, and largo amount OF grain
and -four were destroyed on the 9Th.
Loss. $4,000.
A special from Decatur, Ala. says:
The man Sanders, from Belmont
County. who dreamed that he should
subsist forty days without food and
not die, is dead, having starved HIM
self only thirtyeight days. At his
r quest his body was pres sew
eral days before being inferred, but it
showed no signs of life.
About one third of the ten thou
sand tailors OF Cincinnati are on a
strike for % per cent. advance in pay.
The clothing firms say they are pay
ing 10 to 10 per cent. moro than New
York prices.
The Lawrence House, Burlington,
Iowa. burned ea'ly Friday morning.
The flames spread so rapidly that the
inmates barely escaped with their
lives, losing everything. The build
ing and furniture were valued at
$4,000.
Chairman Sparks, OF the House
military committee, says it Is not the
intention OF his committee to take
any action On the Fitz John Potter
papers, recently referred to Congress
by the President, until the regular
session.
Laura Baker, aged 16, living near
Clarksburg, Daviess county, hung
herself, late Saturday evening, with
clothes line, In the wood shed, it is
supposed because her parents refused
to permit her meeting with lover.
Sitting Bull advises his followers
10 make terms with the United States
government and return to this coun-
Try. He and his immediate attend
ants have gone to spend the summer
months in the Saskatchewan country.
As Mrs. Honora Lacy was driving
to her homo In Chester county,
Pennsylvania, Friday evening, the
contents Of the carriage, cotton
and straw. were ignited by a
match. and instantly the whole inte-
rior Ut the vehicle was in a blaze.
The horse became frightened and
ran away. and before he was stopped
Mrs. Lacy was literally roasted alive.
The hail-storm throughout north
eastern and central Ohio Friday was
the most severe ever known. La Della
ware, o., the hail fell in perfect tor
rents, breaking windows and doing
other damage. The hail was as large
as hens eggs in some instances and
OF peculiar formation, some being
tar-shaped, others cross and hand
shaped, At Millersburg and all
through that section the damage of
crops was considerable.