Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-10-18
IN GENERAL

The Green County Bank ut Sprin yfield
| Mo. has gone into the hands of Il re
ceiver. Deposits. $6O.OOO: assets. Sl3o.-
600.
Heavy shipments of new dollars are
being made almost daily from the City Of
Mexico, destined for China and Japan,
via San Francisco. The total exporta-
tons of Mexico in the last fiscal year
were 1874 .S.n,.:i,r;. divided as follows:
United States So. 453 TE): England SO.
$4,000: France. $1.IO6OOO: Germany.
SG.414.999: Spain. S2.S32999: Belgium.
S6g9.000. and the remainder To minor
countries
An American baby has been born on
Her>chel Island. It's mother is the wife
of Captain A. &. Sherman. OF the steam
whaler Bcluga. lIerSche Island is
barren spot in the Arctic Ocean. Ii is
the extreme northern portion of Alaska
and of British North America. The
whalers. most of whom had been away
from home for more than eighteen months
when the baby was born. were greatly
interested in the event and sent many
presents to the happy mother. There
happened To he Il clergyman of the Church
of England al the camp. and he christcncd
the child Helen iIerschel Sherman. The
baby has taken very kindly 10 the mild
hut perpetual daylight of the summer at
!lerschel Island. and bids fair To thrive
there through the long. dull. winter
months. Its playthinGs are made from
whalehone and its cradle was cut from
pieces of wreckage by a ships carpenter
II. G.. Dun X Co.'S Weekly Review of
Trade says: The price barometer gives
indications that are not entirely favor
able. Cotton goods 40 ZIP. with increas-
ing evidence that the crop of cotton is
short Prices of other manufactured
products. of wool hides. and leather. all
show some decline. Il general abatement
in new orders being the principal cause.
With an immense volume of business. not
much exceeded in the largest month of
the exceptional year 1892 and with evil
denc" that in several important branches
the volume has surpassed that of any
previous year. there * Il growing uncer-
lainty about the near future of industries.
Money markets are neither strained nor
threatening. foreign exchanges i.o longer
raise apprehension. and fears for the
great Northwestern crops are past. There
have been few advances of wages of labor
during the last month and only few
works have been closed 10y strikers for an
advance.
Private dispatches received ut San
Francisco say that La Paz, Mexico. has
been completely destroyed 10y hurricane
The storm was followed 10y tidal wave,
the waters i'll the bay rising 10 an uIl-
prccedcnted height. invading that portion
of the city fronting on the bay and carry
ing out 10 sea men, animals and debris of
wrecked buildings as the tide subsidized.
McXicans in San Francisco say that they
had dispatches about Il severe storm
which prevailed all along the coast early
in the week. The loss of life is reported
heavy. but details of the disaster are
meagcr. La PaZ is the capital of Lower
California and situated on bay of the
same name. The port is well sheltered
and easily dcfcnsiblc against attack from
the sea. The city had population OF
1900. Il cathedral. Il government house
and n town house and the place was one
the abode of luxury. rs evidenced by the |
handsome dwellings of the wealthy class |
The city was also once the seat of extern |
sivc pearl fisheries. silver mining was OK
tcnsively engaged in and the commerce
of the port was not inconsiderablc.