Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-05-17
Incidents and Accidents.


"A gentleman residing near Bangor,
Me, while taking down an old barn, re-
covered his watch which was stolen from
him twelve years before.
Some miscreant, day or two since,
cut in two pieces the portrait of George
Washington, hung in the chamber of the
New York Board of Aldermen.
"A son of Adam Reash, twelve years
old, died in Mansfield, Ohio, recently, from
the effects of stone thrown at him by a
playmate, which struck him in the stom-
ach.
-Fifty-cent stamps are beng extensive
ly counterfeited and showed" in Phila-
delphia The engravings are well executed,
but the notes are One-eighth of an inch
narrower than the genuine.
"A single-stone diamond pin, valued at
$4,000, was recently stolen from theper-
son of Mr. J. Rankin, of Binghampton, on
the View &Io~oa Paiirnad while the cars
were stopping at Bridgeport.
An old dog at Rockport Mass, sixteen
years old, deliberately walked into the water
on Monday, and drowned himself The re-
cent heavy tax laid upon his race Is sup
posed to have been the cause of the deed.
AT the regular meeting of the Sanitary
Commissioners of Cincinnati, held recent
ly, the Health Officer reported the number
of deaths during the month of April past
to be two hundred and seventy-eight.
which, by a singular coincidence, was the
mortality for the corresponding month last
year.
In Evansville, Indiana, recently, a man
lost the button of his shirt collar, and
crossed the street ~ ask woman if she
would give him pin to fasten his collar
She, thinking lac meant to insult her.
alarmed her husband, who rushed out with
loaded pistol, hot for vengeance 1t was
with some difficulty an explanation was
made. tf .-.l
In Philadelphia, on Saturday, May 4th,
two colored children were suffocated, hay
| ing set fire TO the room in which they were
placed, by playing with matches While
endeayoriDg to put out the fire, young
man named Richard Kelly was killed by
| the fell of an iron hook, and the sparks
| from steam fire engine set fire TO neigh
boring building, and it was consumed.
"A bit of sharp practice has been going
ON at Hudson, n. Y. A man contracted to
purchase farm. The "forfeit +" was $500.
A few weeks subsequent to this transaction
| third party came and offered the original
owner an advance of 81 800 for the farm.
The seller backed water" and paid the
| forfeit, when purchaser Number Two
didn't want to buy. Several parties have
| been duped in the same manner within a
short time. urt
AT regular meeting of Free Masons
at Columbus City, Iowa, and while the
| lodge was in session one of the members
had his horse stolen. The next morning
bottle of whisky was found near the spot
from which the horse was taken. A young
man by the name of John Gets drank a
portion of this liquor and in less than half
an hour he was a corpse. The liquor upon
being examined was found to contain ar
senic enough to poison ten men, and it is
supposed to have been dropped by the thief
hoping that some one would drink it, thus
raising an excitement and giving him bet
| ter chance to escape. -. aal -
| There seems to be no limit to human
| ingenuity in the evasion of SUMMARY laws.
| Vermont has prohibitory law and boasts
that it is well enforced, but those who want
| liquor find means to obtain it in the vii.
lagos, and lately an entirely new source of
supply has been opened. Distilleries have
been established, and the man who wants
rum takes a quantity of molasses to the
distiller, who converts it, receiving GER
| tain proportion as toll This business is
1
| ding il. And it is said that the distiller
| pays no tax on his business beyond the reg
ular income tax, so that not only is prohi-
bition defeated, but the General Govern
ment loses considerable amount of the
revenue it would receive if the distilleries
conducted their business in the ordinary
way. 1,s-i-5 er-f< 2il e- +S
The constables ferreted out and broke
| ND very ingeniously concealed gamblers
den at Boston, on Wednesday. The keeper
of the place was Nathaniel G. Goodwin,
who pretended to he. an agent for the Day
ton copper company, and had an office on
1 fremont street, with all the paraphernalia
of ledgeIs and stock certificates, and the
name of his company upon the door. The
premises were searched, and a closet found
with small pane of colored glass, and in
side Of the closet was man with tele-
1 aph machine Whenever a green one
IL cred TO try his luck he was seated at the
II IA with his back to the closet door, SO
tina an in the closet could see what cards
he held, and by wiies from the machine
running beneath the carpet inform the
"operaf IT the table, thus nsuring the
fleecin Every victim.