The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-02-06


, sr;all steamer is being built at Coving.
ton, TO run between Terre Haute and Lafay-
ette.
1t is ruinored that the Cleveland Coluu.
bus, and Cincinnati Railroad have leased the
BellcfoH,aine Railroad for ninety-nine years.
Capt. Charles II. allen, late correspondent
, at indianapolis Of the Evansville Journal,
:. has become editor Of the Terre Haute Ex.
, press.
1t has been found necessary to ampu,s,o
I the leg Of Daniel Sheltor, the alleged horse
thief shot by al officer at Terre Haute, while
attempting to escape.
\ great revival Of religion lie in progress at
Rockville, Parke county, aud many accessious
have been made both TO the Presbyterian
and Methodist churches.
The Greensburg Chronicle is offered for
sale-it is in its 10Th rolume--thoroughly ca.
tsblishrd, and is the only republican paper
in Decatur county.
Over three hundred thousan letters we're
received and sent out of the Jeffersonville
post-oflice during the year 1867. There were
also about the same number OF papers.
The Tcrre Haute Express notices that sew
cral prominent iron ar3 coal men were in tta.
city, en- Thursday last, looking at the advar.
tages OF Tcrrc Haute as manufacturing
point.
| Wel5orn, Sullivan, S Co, of Mt. Vernon
have bought ever 125,0oo bushels of corn,
thus far this season The Democrat claim.
that they are the heaviest operators in cora
on the Ohio.
Fifty barrels Of higl,wincs, marked rec,i.
fed whiskcy, in transit from Pcora to Louis
vile, were seized at Indianapolis, on Satrr-
day, and placed in bonded warehouse by the
government officials
den filed with stolen goods was urear,h.
ed at Lafayette on Monday night any
amount of household furniture, goods. ETC..
was discovered. Articles stolen two years bs.
fore were recovered.
The prisoners in the vigo county jail tried
to break out Sunday evening, but were de-
tected. The sheriff starved them for two
days, hoping that some of them would re.
veal the leaders of the plot.
1t is reported that the State Board of Ag-
riculture are about to trade their property.
known as Camp Morton, near indianapolis,
for larger tract OF land some four or five
miles south. on the Jeffersonvile railroad
Articles of association of the Terrc Hauto
iron works of Turner, Glover & Co, were
filed al the Office of the secretary OF state on
So+,
Of si20, 900, and will manufacture iron and
nails at Terre Hautc.
On Sunday last, the residence OF Capt T.
v. Wightman, eight miles southeast of In
dianapolis on the Cincinnati Railroad, was
| entirely destroyed by fire. The loss on
house and furniture amounts to $1,000, upon
which there is IN insurance Of s1,so0
Young Rinard who had his foot SO terribly
crushed by train on the Louisville New Al
bany, and Chicago Railroad, near Crawforls.
vile, on Saturday, after undergoing amputa.
ton, sunk rapidly until Tuesday morning,
when death put an end 10 his terrible suffer.
ing.
The jury in The case of Tea for the murder
hours, brought in verdict of guilty and sen.
fenced to confinement in the state prison for
life. Eight of the jury, originally, were for
hanging. new trial was asked, which will
be argued on Monday.
The Benton county skeleton has been idea.
ti6ed by his father rs that of young MAJ
named Morgan, from Grant county The
name of the man last seen in company with
young Morgan, and who was sent to the pen
itentiary for six years from last March on the
charge Of stealing his horse, is McCulloch.
Mary White, at indianapolis, gave John
Keatinge the alternative of marrying her or
going 10 Jail. lie preferred the former. and
Father Bessonies performed the ceremony.
The pair uttered no word and separated with
the understanding that they were never TO
meet again.
All Jacksonville. in her best bib and tuck
er, was out on the wharf ct that town syes-
terday afternoon TO witness the bSptizing
announced to come off, IL did not take place.
owing to the fact that the ice i'll the river
was SO thick it would have been hazardous
10 have attempted the ceremony.
Charles Dickens has been solicited 10 read
before the library assocationof indianapolis.
but has written to that society, that he viii
not read for them or ary other association.
The Journal of that city says he desires TO
pluck the American goose for his own ben
eft If that be his motive, he would frd
poor picking at Indianapolis.
John Anderson, worthy citizen of Ran
dolph county, was killed on last Saturday by
his team of horses running away and throw
| ing him from load of straw. A remarka-
BILE fact connected with this sad accident 10,
that he dreamed one week before, Just what
took place, and told his family and several
persons about il, and he was so impressed
with the trutLsulness of his dream that he
kept of of his wagon on one or two occasions
uring the week.
An Indianapolis despatch says:
A meeting of the canvassing committee
appointed OF Thursday night. to see what
could be effected toward raising funds to
secure the location of the democratic ma
tionsi convention in this city, was held last
night Already $1,000 are pledged, and
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