The Indianapolis daily herald. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1865-1868, 1865-11-20
STATE Items.

The Plymouth Democrat of the 18TH inst
says:
We understand that ON sunday last some
scamp entered the house of Colonel Place. al
4 Laporte, duriug the temporary absence of the
/ family, and distracted some 700 I'm green
/ backs. The Colonel was lucky in having -
much. but deuced unfortunate i'm having il
thus mceremoniously appropriated. Those
having money on hand had better deposit il in
bank for safe-keeping.
We copy the following from the Delphi
/ Times Of Friday:
f The beautiful weather we have had for the
I past ten days has afforded splendid opportu-
nifty TO the spOrtsmen Of Delphi TO deal
death and destruction To- the squirrels. quails
and fish.
The Fort Wayne Sentinel Of Thursday
says:
The "oil-well" at Pierceton. KosciuskO
county. is progressing. Fortunes shadows fit
before the imsginations of those interested i'm
the enterprise. We wish them success.
FIRE--On Wednesday evening Of last week.
the Railroad shops at Cochran, belonging 10
the q. Il VI. Il. r.. were consumed by fire. to-
gether with three freight ears and about $4,000
worth Of tools.
LOST FooT.-An old man 10y the name OF
Jonathan Dubb was Knocked down and run
over by the locomotive on the &. III. X ID. X. r.
at Middletown station. on the 3d inst. lie was
standing on the track, and, IL seems, did not
see or hear the approaching train. His right
/ foot was so badly crushed that it was found ne
cessary To amputate it, BrOOkriUe Ameri-
can.
ACCIDExr.-On "Wednesday evening last
one Timothy Murphy. wcll-kncwn 10 many of
our citizens, while in state of intOXlcation. in
attempting TO cross the high bridge at Cedar
Grove. fell of IL into the channel OF the canal
distance Of some fifteen feet. on the hard bot
tom. and nearly killed himself. At least h,
i has laid inSen>ible ever since, and the phy>i
/ elan thinks he cannot recover BrOOkrUl,
AmericdR.
ANoTHER Fatal ACCIDENr.-The Liberty
Herald gives the particulars Of a distressing
accident whereby a son of Mr.. :. h. Mckee
ase.i about sixteen years. shot and NOR
tallv wounded by a son of Mr.. John smith
aged about thirteen years. on Wednesday last
/ The boys were out hunting together with
gun that would not stand cocked.and while On
deayoring to make the hammer stand. young
smith let IL slip. discharging the gun and lodg
mg its contents in the stomach and side Of Me
kee. who was standing hut few feet from
him. Mckee fingered until Thursday after
noon at ; o'clock. when death put an end Il
f his suifcrings.
Corn is selling at Lawrcnccburg at from
i5 60 30 cents per bu>hel.
Colonel James Morgan has received tn
appointment of Deputy Collector Of lnterna
Revenue for Decatur county. vice :. \. Bon
ner. Esq.
We copy the following from the Decatur
E0qie OF the nth inst:
On saturday last a serious cncOuntrc tool
place AZ Wiltshire. in which Dr. Kelly. of tha
place. came near losing hi life. IL l. but th'
repetition Of a story which illustrates the de
prasity Of the times and the frailty Of the hu
man family. and one " hich the press l. calles
upon toofrcqucntly 10 delineaic 10 seems tina
Harrison RCiChard. a veteran soldier. " no Tor
merry belonged % the 47th Indiana. found. oi
returning home. that an improper intimacy
had been going on IN hiS absence between tn
doctor and his wife. >martng under the dis
grace thus inflicted on hi family. he dctermin
. rd to punish the debauchcr of his wife. an,
finally. On saturday last. attacked the docto
in hi office. and beat him until he Wa in>cn
sfhle. and would probably have killed him /
heh had not been taken away 10y the hystander>
a. it l.. the doctoris In a very precarious situa
tian. Rcichari has len for parts unknown.
pIPrnFRIA.- rhi. terrible disease i PR, all
iag to considerable extent in our county
and j, particularly severe upon children
though there have BEEN several adults danger
ou,ly attacked At this season IT the YEAR pa
rents cannot De- too careful of the youngsters.
Jlspsr Courier.
\ German named Henry lIatlink. lNin
near seymour. was killed last week by IN
premature discharge of gun which hc wa
handling
Henry Norman. a citizen II Crawfor
county. Was rohhed on the highway. nea
Frcderick>hurs. last TUESDAY night. Of : -,
\ man named Nelson. who recently mad
murderou, a,saul ca a gentleman name
Merit. escaped from the New Albany Jail o
FRIDAY night last.
The Court House Al New Albany i neal
ing completion. The papcrs Of that city elair
it Will p, the finest IN the state The cosi ,
erection j. sieooc
colonel Places residence al I.aporte. va
hurvlariou,l entered last sunday. during IN
absence u the family. and robbed II sa.ooo.
The late tornado in Minnesota kicked "a
some queer pranks. IL blew eight oxen over
river right hundred Yards Wide. II took al
The water oui of pond. carried u mile an
then - 10 down on MAJOR Duran's farm in N
shape 81 a small lake. u blew mans boot
%. Another mans coat Was not only blow
short but actually buttoned from topic bottom
one lady went up like balloon. va carrie
two and half mile. aud was finally lande
astrids telegraph wirr. where she was foun
hy her grandson and relieved by ladder.
The los by the burning Of X. Gregg a 90.
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