Marietta
a city and county-seat of Washington co., O.; on the Ohio river, at the mouth of the Muskingum river, and on the Baltimore and Ohio, Pennsyland Marietta, Columbus and Ohio vania, vania, railroads, 80 miles S. E. of Zanesville. It was settled by Gen. Rufus Putnam and a colony from New England in 1788. It is the seat of Marietta College and is situated near a series of prehistoric mounds. It contains electric light and street railroad plants, a high school, National and State banks, and daily and weekly newspapers. It has an extensive river commerce and manufactories of flour, cars, tanned leather, carriages, boats, furniture, refined petroleum, etc. Pop. (1910) 12,923; (1920) 15,140.
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Marietta College
a coeduca- them remained on paper, largely because tional non-sectarian institution in Marietta, O.; founded in 1835; reported at the close of 1919 : Professors and instructors, 17; students , 300; volumes in the library, 82,000; productive funds, $591,183; grounds and buildings valued at $120,- 000; income , $76,540; endowments, $726, 740; president, Dr. E. S. Parsons.
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Marigny, Enguerrand de
A minister of Louis X., king of France . His wife and her sister were accused of having recourse to enchantments to harm the king, his brother Charles, and other barons, with the intention of freeing Enguessand, who was imprisoned. The ladies were arrested. Jacques Dulot, a magician, who was believed to have helped in these sorceries, was also committed to prison, where he took his own life, after his wife had been burnt. Dulot's suicide was considered a conclusive proof of Marigny's guilt, and the ex-minister was tried, condemned, and hanged on a gibbet which he himself had had erected during his term of office. The tide of popular opinion turned at the sight of his misfortune, and the judges dared not condemn his wife and sister-in-law. The king himself repented of having abandoned Marigny to his enemies, and in his will left a sum of money to his family.
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Marine Chronometer
A chronometer hung in gimbals, for use at sea in determining longitude.
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Marinette
a city and county-seat of Marinette co., Wis.; on Green Bay, at, the mouth of the Menominee river, and on the Chicago and Northwestern, the Wisconsin and Michigan, and the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul railroads; 49 miles N. by E. of Green Bay. There are hospitals, public library, electric light and street railroad plants, waterworks, National banks, more than 20 churches, and daily and weekly newspapers. It has lumber and paper mills. Pop. (1910) 14,610; (1920) iron works numerous
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Marinetti
FRANÇOIS, Italian poet, and apostle of "futurism" in literature; born in Alexandria, Italy, 1881, but during recent years a naturalized resident of France. He was the founder and editor of the international review, "Poesia." His works include "Le roi Bombance" (1905); "Le Futurisme" (1911); the manifesto of his group of followers; "La bataille de Tripoli" (1912); and "Le monoplan du pape" (1914).
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Mario
GIUSEPPE (mä'rē-ō), an Italian tenor; born in Cagliari, Sardinia, in 1810. A youthful escapade led to his forsaking Italy for Paris, where he quickly won his way into the most exclusive circles, and was appointed first tenor of the opera, changing his name at the same time from De Candia to Mario. After two years' study at the Conservatoire Mario made his début, Dec. 2, 1838, as Robert in "Robert the Devil," and achieved the first of a long series of operatic triumphs in Paris, London, Petrograd, and the United States. In his later years after his retirement from the stage he lost his fortune through disastrous speculations. He died in Rome, Dec. 11, 1883.
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Marion
county-seat of Williamson co., Ill., on Illinois Central railroad, 18 miles E. of Carbondale. It is a shipping point for grain, tobacco, and live stock, and the products of its factories include shoe machinery, gloves, and bric-à-brac. Coal mines in neighborhood. Pop. (1910) 7,093; (1920) 9,582.
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Marion
a city and county-seat of Linn co., Iowa, on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad, 6 miles N. E. of Cedar Rapids. Its industrial establishments include railway shops, and its factories turn out flour, cigars, and brooms. Pop. (1910) 4,400; (1920) 4,138.
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Marion (City and county-seat of Grant)
a city and county-seat of Grant co., Ind., on the Mississinewa river and on the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis, the Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis, the Toledo, St. Louis and Western and the Chesapeake and Ohio railroads, 68 miles N. E. of Indianapolis. There are a normal college, a Natio National Home for Disabled Veteran Soldiers, a public library, waterworks, National banks, street railroad and electric light plants, and daily and weekly newspapers. It has rolling and malleable iron mills, manufactories of glass, etc. Pop. (1910) 19,359; (1920) 23,747.
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Marion (City and county-seat of Marion)
a city and county-seat of Marion co., O.; on the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis, the Hocking Valley, the Erie, and the Pennsylvania railroads; 45 miles N. of Columbus. It contains a public library, Sawyer Sanitarium, St. Mary's School, waterworks, electric light and street railroad plants, normal school, and daily and weekly papers. It has manufactories of carriages, steam engines, dredges, pianos, mattresses, etc. Pop. (1910) 18,232; (1920) 27,891.
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Marion (FRANCIS an American military)
FRANCIS, an American military officer; born near Georgetown, S. C., in 1732. His education was very limited, and he was brought up as a farmer. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, in 1775, he was elected to ८ GENERAL FRANCIS MARION Congress, but shortly afterward obtained the command of a company in the regiment of Col. William Moultrie, taking a conspicuous part in the capture of Fort Johnson and in the defense of the forts at Dorchester and Sullivan's Island. In 1777 he was dispatched with 600 men to the defense of Georgia, where he served till that State was overrun by the British. During the time that elapsed after the ill-advised attack of the American forces on Savannah, and the subsequent Vol. VI-Cyc-І capture of Charleston, S. C., by the British, Marion, now an invalid, owing to the accidental breaking of a leg, was conveyed from place to place to avoid capture. But when he grew able for service, he gathered a band of young patriots about him, and formed that brigade which afterward became famous for its exploits. He disbanded his brigade in 1782. He died in Pond Bluff, S. C., Feb. 27, 1795.
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