The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1867-06-13
OLIVE learn from Mai. Reese tha,

OLIVE learn from Maj. Reese that
the oil company at Francesville in this
county, has reached oil, in small quaint.
ties, at a depth Of six hundred fees. From
present indications, the Maj. informes us,
that they expect to find a big flow of oil
at a depth of $50 or 675 feet Winamac
Democrat.
SUDDEN DEATn.-Last Wednesday, a
Miss Lipfert, who lived up the river while
in the act of throwing out a pan of water,
suddenly fell to the ground, and died in
less than an hour afterwards. 1t is sup
posed that she had the heart disease.
Wifamac Democrat.
The much talked of cotton mill at Evans
vile has commenced running.
The New Albany glass works will be-
gin operations again in about two weeks.
The buildings recently destroyed by fire
have been replaced with larger and better
ones.
Gold mining is about to be commenced
at Bluffton and Huntington. At the lat
ter place a quartz mill is being erected at
j COST Vi fIO,OVO.
Battle Ground City has been ~incorpora-
ted.
A fellow calling himself Maurice Fried
man, a native Of Russia, about thirty years
of age, five feet six inches high, auburn
hair, and prominent nose, is travelling
about in this State trying to impose him
self upon the Masonic fraternity, asking
charity which he does not need, and to
which as an impostor, he is not entitled.
If it was not FOR the auburn hair, we
should think that this Maurice was iden-
tilted with Hugo Friedman, the abscond.
ing local of the Daily Telegraph, who came
from "hinder Berlin"
Last week q young mare belonging to
John K. Youkey of this place, jumped
into Frank Harvey's wheat field. Frank
ran hey aboat the field trying to get her
out, until he became enraged. He then
cot her into his stable, beat her until she
fell, when be cut both her ears off close 20
her head, and then with his Ak Gus her
tail off, SO disGgurins her as to render her
worthless.
Youkey commenced a civil suit, which
Harvey compromised by giving another
horse and twenty-five dollars. There was
also an affidavit and Information filed, and
Frank WAS arrested and gave bail in the
sum of FIVE hundred dollars for his ap-
pearance at Court.--Franktort Crescent
A branch Of TIE Evansville and Craw-
louisville Railroad is soon to be built from
} Princeton or PatOka TO Mount Carmel.
\ genuine case CT cholera has occurred
in Newburgh, Warrick county. The pa
tient recovered.
On Thursday last Mr.. Solomon Smell.
ser, residing about six miles south from
this city, whilst handling a loaded reyol.
yer, the muzzle being pointed toward the
door, and just as his wife entered the door
way the pistol was discharged-the ball
taking effect in the right side of Mrs. SIS
neck near the jaw bone-inficting a seri-
Gus if not fatal wound. Mrs. Snelser was
living, at last accounts, but still in a very
critical condition, and her husband was
almost crazy in consequence of the results
of this deplorable accident Richmond
PuUadiuna.
At a grand army festival, in Richmond,
Miss Jennie Prescott was voted to be the
handsomest girl in America.
RoBBING.-Conductor John Smith
and one Of the brakesman, who have been
running on the road between here and
; Chicago were arrested yesterday By the
civil authorities, charged with robbing the
trains. About fifteen hundred dollars
worth of goods were found in Smiths pos
, session.-Richmond Telegram.
/, Miss Wright, a young lady in poor
health, took s%trychniue in Elkhart county
a few days since, with suicidal intent,
She failed.
Fl A yolHg man 10 tort Wayne, recently
married to a "fast" girl, committed sui
eide by swallowing strychnine last Wed
nesday.
Colonel S. 2. Oyler informs us that he
has just received a letter from General
Burnside, in which the General assures
him that the railroad from Indianapolis to
Vincennes, running, through this county,
is fixed fact" Az soon as the General
can find time to leave his home in the East,
he proposes visiting the West with the
sole view Of making the necessary arrange
ments to commence work on said road. 1t
is known got definitely, whether the road
will run through Martinsville or on the
, other side of White river.-MartinsviHc
Gazene.
a recent hail storm in Morgan county
broke much glass, killed many chickens
and played sad havoc with the fruit.
Sarah Crawford, ofNew Albany, for in
human treatment Of an adopted child, was
sentenced TO a fee ofS500 and thirty days
Imprisonment.
At Fort Wayne, on Friday last, Jack
Ryan, alias Black Jack, was sentenced to
fourteen years in the penitentiary, the full
5 extent Of the law, and a fine of one hun.
dred dollars. He was indicted sone time
since for assaulting and robbing a German
named Fiegle, near that city. The trial OF
, his pal, William Bateman, was to have ia.
j.. ken place the next day, and it is hoped
, the same punishment will be served on
| him.
The total amount Of personal property
in Vevay is s222,2S1.
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