The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1867-05-30
From the Indianapolis Herald.
State Items.

susceptible girls Of that city crazy, hirted
and promised to marry a score of them
finally got drunk, got in jail, and was only
released by q contribution from his lady
friends.
LYNx.-Mr. Benge, Of Miami county,
recently shot a large lynx. 1t was first
seen in the door yard of Mr.. Jackson
playing around like a kitten, and apparent
y enjoying Itself heartily. There was a
large fierce dog in the yard at the time,
but he would not 60 near the animal, and
seemed to be in great bodily fear.
Mrs. S. VI. Wagner, who drew the S.
600 prize in the Richmond lottery, is a
sister Of Captain Miller, who got up the
concern. Ofcoursc she is. The Millers
were always lucky.
Preston Christie, a wealthy farmer of
high standing in Ripley county was killed
Monday evening by a man named McLel-
Ian. y difficulty concerning a law suit
between them occurred, when Mcclellan
drew a pistol and shot him. The murder
er was not arrested Tuesday morning, but
officers we're in close pursuit in the woods.
There is great excitement in the county.
and lynch law is threatened ifthe murder,
err is captured.
LAMENTABLE.-We learn that on Fri
day last, Archibald Cumback was discov-
cred by a member of his family in the well
near his residence, in White Water town.
ship, in this county, struggling to keep
from drowning, but before assistance could
be rendered, be had sunk and was dead.
How he got into the we'll is unknown. but
it seems from what we have heard that he
had been in low spirits, but on that day
was in his usual good health and spirits,
ate u hearty dinner, and went out for the
purpose Of walking in his garden, and is
Supposed to have gone to the we'll to drink.
-BroOkrWe Democrat.
TIE CHILD MURDER.-It is ascertaiped
beyond a doubt that James NJ. Lawrence
and Mrs. Martha Phillips, who were ar
rested Wednesday evening, are the father
and mother of the child found in the river
a few.days since. Both are now in Jail.
The Grand jury were investigating the
case yesterday, and in the evening return
ed an Indictment, the nature of which we
can not state. Lawrence has heretofore
borne a good character; for 4 long time
was book keeper in the house of Black.
Ash & Co, and up to the time of his ar
rest was employed as a clerk in the hard.
ware house of Cory & Mancourt. lie
boarded with Mrs. Phillips, the mother of
the child, who resides on Mulberry street.
between Second and Third, and is, we
learn, the daughter of very respectable and
worthy citizen of Clay county, named Gre
gory.-1crre Hautc E.rp'ess.
Eliza O'Bricn, alias Minnie Donly, in
dicted for the murder ofC. Il. Fairbrother,
obtained 4 continuance Of her trial until
the regular term in September, On making
affidavit to the absence OF FIVE Witnesses,
residents of st. Louis, by whom she can
prove that Fairbrother became acquainted
with her while in service at Barnum's Ho-
tel, st. Louis, seduced and abandoned her.
and that she came to this city in search Of
him, and that he refused to recognize or
assist her.
HoRTICULTURAL-On the fara7 of ia
cob Miller, in Sparta township, is a peach
tree, which has been bearing fruit, to his
personal knowledge, thiYty'thrce years, and
the %nelghDors, many of whom resided in
the neighborhood when the State wgs a
Territory, testify that the tree bore
fruit forty-three years ago. The tree was
a seeding. 1t is a well known fact that
peach trees are of but a few years dura-
ton, and this is one of the extraordinary
exceptions. Not many years since the
fruit in the n~cighborhood failed entirely,
and the remark was made on a certain &C.
casion that upon the entire ridge it was
not possible to find two peaches. The as
ton, and that was the tree here referred
to, which contained about two Dozen
L~apreactbu'y Reyister.
The railroad in course of construction
from Plymouth, through Rochester to
Peru, will be completed during the coming
summer. The grading is finished and the
ties are upon the road bed ready TO lay.
All that is needed to finish the work is the
iron, and that will be forthcoming ere long.
This connection will make a direct line
from Laporte TO indianapolis the road be-
tween Laporte and Plymouth being finish
ed and to the Ohio river.
HORRIBLE.-A son of Jacob Dice, Esq,
living near Chambersburg il this county,
was killed on last Saturday. He was re-
from the field with a carriage in
which he had placed a large rake, used to
gather up corn stocks, when the horse
took fright, throwing him out and entan-
gled him in the lines and thus dragged
him one hundred yards, tearing the skin
off his head. He lived until two
the same evening when death put
an end to his sufforings.- Covjngfon
Friend.
INDIAN ANrIoUITIEs.-We learn from
Sullivan Democrat that a party of gen
of antiquarian proclivities recently
excavated a mound in the vicinity of Fair
and were rewarded by finding the
skeletons of som thirty-nIne Indians, in
the backbone of one of which was found an
head. In a vault were also found a
pile of bones, apparently brought
from some other locality. The mound was
feet high, and had been covered with
heavy timber. A battle with the Indians
was fought in that vicinity by a detatch-
ment under Lieutenant Fairbanks, during
the Indian war, but the size Of the trees on
The mound would indicate greater a~ntjouitv