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* MARINONI. 67 MARION. printing. His rotarj press was used by news- papers in all parts of the world. MARIO, niii're-ii, GiusKi"i>ii, Marquis di Can- dia (lHlO-8.'}). An Italian dramatie tenor singer, born at tjagliari, Sardinia. In 18;iO he received his eomniission as oiKcer in the Chasseurs Sardes, but abandoned his conunission and lied to Paris, where he later secured the appointment of tirst tenor at the opera. At the same time he changed his name to Mario. After two years' study at the conservatory he made his debut in IS.'fS" in Kobirt Ic Dinble. and achieved the first of a long series of operatic triumphs. From 1S45 to 1850 he fulfilled an engagement in Rus- sia, and on his return appeared in London, and . in 1854 he went to America. In his private life he was known for generosity to struggling artists. His repertoire embraced all the staged operas of Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, and Verdi. In 1844 he married the singer Grisi. He died in Rome. MARION", mar'i-on or ma'ri-on. A town and the county-seat of Perry County, Ala., 28 miles northwest of Selma ; on the Southern Railroad (Map: Alabama, B 3). It has tlie .Judson Fe- male Institute (Baptist), opened in 18.39; Marion ImmiuiIc Seminary, opened in 1836; Mar- ion Jlilitary Institute; and the Lincoln Normal School for colored ptipils (Congregational). An agricultural country surrounds the tovTi. Pop- ilatioi]. ill 1890, 1982: in 1900, 1698. MARION. A city and the eoimty-seat of Williamson County, 111., Ill miles southeast of Saint Louis. Mo. ; on the Illinois Central Rail- road (Map; Illinois, D 6). It has a trade in grain and live stock, and manufactures of flour, cigars, etc. In the vicinity are fine timber lands and deposits of coal, the mining of which con- stitutes the leading industry. Fruit-growing is of some importance. Population, in 1890, 1338; in 1900, 2510. MARION. A .city and the eounty-.seat of (irant County, Ind.. 65 miles northeast of In- dianapoli.s; on the Mississinewa River, and on the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and Saint Louis; the Pittsburg. Cincinnati. Chicago and Saint Louis: the Toledo. Saint Louis and Kansas City, and the Cincinnati, Richmond and Muncic rail- roads (Map: Indiana. D 2). lntcrurl>an electric lines connect the city with Indianapolis and cities of the vicinity. It has a hamlsomo court house, a large normal college, and a .$65,000 pub- lic library building. A National Soldiers' Home, which cost over .f 1.500,000. is three miles south of the city. Marion is the centre of a farming section and has good water power and a supply of natural gas. There are extensive maniifae- tures, principally of window glass, fruit jars, bottles, l)ar iron, and bedsteads; also flouring, saw and planing, linseed oil. an<l |)ulj) and paper mills; foundries, cornice and brick works, etc. The government is vested in a nuiyor. elected every two years, and a unicameral council. Mar- ion owns and operates its water-works and elec- tric lit'hl plant. Population, in 1890. 8769; in 1900. 17.337. MARION. . city and the county-seat of Linn County. Iowa, 6 miles northeast of Cedar Rapids; at the junction of divisions of the Chi- cago. Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railroad (Map: Iowa. F 2). It is situated in a fertile agricul- tural country and is a healthful residential city, and has the county buildings, a public library, and a park in the centre of the city. There are large freight jards and repair shops of the Chi- cago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railroad; also flouring mills, cigar factories, a creamery, a broom factory, and two greenhouses. Marion was settled in 1839 and was incorporated in 1852. Popula- tion, in 1890, 3094; in 1900, 4102. MARION. A city and the county-seat of .Marion County, Kan., 116 miles southwest of Topeka ; on the Cottonwood River, and on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fc :inil the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroads (iMap: Kansas, F 3). It has considerable trade as a centre of a farming and stock-raising region, and some manufactures, principally of flour. Population, in 1890, 2047; in 1900, "1824. MARION. A city and the county-scat of Marion County, Ohio, 45 miles north of Colum- bus ; on the Cleveland. Cincinnati, Chicago and Saint Louis, the Hocking Valley, the Pennsyl- vania, and the Erie railroads (Map: Ohio, D 4). There are a public library, a normal school, the Saw3'er Sanitarium, and a Y. M. C. A. building. Marion is the centre of a farming district, and has lime works, malleable iron works, silk-mills, a piano factory, and manufactories of engines, steam shovels, agricultural machines, etc. Pop- ulation, in 1890, 8,327; in 1900, 11,862. MARION. A city and the county-seat of Marion County, S. C, 95 miles west of Colum- bia ; on the .Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, and the terminus of the Carolina Northern Railroad (Map: .South Carolina. E 2). It is in a fertile region interested chiefly in cotton and tobacco growing, and has cotton and cottonseed oil mills, a foundry, lumber mills, etc. There is a public library. Population, in 1890, 1640; in 1900, 1831. MARION. A town and the county-seat of Smyth County. Va., 107 miles west by south of Roanoke; on the N/)rfolk and Western Railroad, at the terminus of the JIarion and R.ye Valley Railway (Map: Virginia, C 5). It is the seat of the Southwesteni State Hospital for the In- sane, aceonnnodating about four hundred inmates, and of the JIarion Female College (Lutheran). The principal industries are wood-working, mill- ing, mining, and stone-quarrying. Settled in 1832, Marion was first incorporated in 1871. The town has its own water supply, obtained by the gravity system from springs which are about three miles distant. Population, in 1890, 1651; in 1900. 2045. MARION, Francis (17.32-95). An American soldier. He was born at Winyah. near George- town, S. C. in which neighborhood his grand- father, a Huguenot refugee, had settled soon after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, in 1685. In 1759 he removed to Pond BIulT. near Eutaw. In 1775 he represented Saint John's Parish. Berkeley County, in the Provincial Con- gress, which adopted the Bill of Rights, and voted to raise forces after the battle of Lexing- ton. He was commissioned a captain in Colonel Moultrie's regiment. .Tune 2Ist. and took part in the occupation of Fort .Tohnson, which caused the night of the royal Governor. Lord William Campbell. After his promotion to major, in 1776. he was stationed at the unfinished Fort Sullivan (afterwards called Fort Moultrie), in Charleston Harbor. He showed great coolness during Sir Peter Parker's bombardment, June 28,