The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-01-30
STATE TEHS.

STATE ITE.HS.
The father Of young Morgan, who visit
ed Benton county last week. is well salts
fed that the skeleton found in the slough
is that of his son. lie identified horse
collar found on the ground, as one he
made himself before his son went west
The name Of the man last seen in compa-
ny with young Morgan, and who was sent
to the pentent;ary for six years from last
March, on the charge cf stealing his horses,
is McCulloch. He went to Stock
we'll, in this county. or near there, and
seemed to be flush Of money. lie traded
off one Of the horses in that neighborhood.
Young Morgan had considerable sum of
money gu his person when lie was murder
ed
We regret to announce the death Of our
townsman, Basil Browner, by suicide.
About nine o'clock on Wednesday night
Mr. Browucr took large dose of morphine
which caused his death Pecuniary en-
barrassment aud general depression Of
spirits is the supposed reason of his end
ing his own life Grecncastle Flag.
We were shown last week, by Mr. Alex
ander Heron, aspecimen cfthe paper man
ulactured in the paper mill at Wauwas-
Sc, in this county, made of poplar wood
and nothing else Ii is very fine arti-
Gle Of printing paper, put the purpose for
which the pulp IS mostly used Is to mix
with proportion of rag pulp, for the
manufacture Of writing paper. The mill
mentioned has about a thousand large pop
lar trees for use for this purpose; also
about FIVE hundred acres Of cornstalks for
use in making wrapping paper Corners
uale Eraminer.
Munco has literary society to "im-
prove the youthful mind" Muncie needs
something Of the kind.
lIr. IIami.tOn's little daughter Minnie
| (Andcrson, Ind, bright and beautiful
child of two years, was SO badly scalded
week before last By the accidental over
turning Of the kitchen stove, that she died
on Thursday last.
\ fire at Boonyilc, Warrick county, Gu
Tuesday morning, week ago, destroyed
property to the amount Of SIS, 900, oil
which $1,000 is covered by insurance
Two men were badly injured. and one IA
tally, it is supposed, by the falling of a
brick wall.
The local editor of the Fort Wayne
Democrat has been elected constable,
The Evansville Courier las special cor.
respondence from Paris, France, telling all
about Napoleon, politics and things.
Between forty and fifty negroes arrived
at Bloomington last week seeking employ
mont.
Any number of laborers can be procured
in Monroe county for their board.
Stone suitable for photographic purposes
has been discovered on the farm Of Mr..
John bingham, some four miles from
Corydon. The stone has been tested by
practical workmen, and pronounced Of a
good quality A force is now engaged in
quarrying it.
The price of Jacksonville city orders
have recently advanced from eighty-hve
TO ninety-Gve cents on the dollar. The
city is going to take zap its floating debt of
city orders by issuing and selling s25 900
of city bonds, bearing eight per cent. in
tcrest, and having five years to run.
\ vein of coal five or six feet thicls, has
been discovered in Grant county. titles
from thirty-fv to forty feet below the sur
face.
While workmen were endeavoring to
End a leak in gas main at New Albany
on Wednesday, the gas ignited from a
char coal furnace ten or twelve feet Oft, ma
king an explosion like that of a cannon.
Two persons, a man and little boy who
were standing by, were badly burned. so
much SO that the skin upon their faces
was blstered, aud may render them per-
manently disfgured.
The population of johnson county in
| 1860 was little over fourteen thousand.
It is now estimated to be seventeen tbous-
and. Then there were but nineteen ne
groes in .ho county, now it is estimated
that there are at least seventy.
The total number of prisoners in the
pepitentiary at Jeffersonvile is four hun
dred and fifteen, of whom twelve wo-
men.
Floyd county poor house has ninety-six
inmates, of whom eighteen are moSes.
There are thirty-eight deceased saloons
in New Albany, and good many unli-
censed.
a. Beitman, young man of good repu-
tation, at Vincennes, committed suicide
by drowning in the Wabash on Wednes-
day evening.