The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-04-09

ering from their momentary shock, the
Keep party in The name-ef 1atF. Ell; .--sss.
Fanshawe, Of New York have now
brought action here, praying for the ap-
pointment of receiver Of the road, and
alleging that the lively movements which
have recorded were fraudulent, and to
the prejudice of the stockholders. Here
the matter again rests for the time being.
The allegation that the extention is iniuri-
Gus to the stockholders, is sheer nonsense.
1t is only dangerous to the interests Of the
men who wish to have monopoly of the
railroads Of the northwest. To the Il. I.
road the value of the extention is mani
festly great, aud it is also most desirable
for the people at large, to whom the COM
petition of rival lines is ever advanta-
geous. Public sympathy is decidedly on
the side Of the T. L. road
\ squabble, in the highest degree inju-
rious to the interests of commerce,
lis now going on here between
the lake vessel owners and the ship
pers of grain, over the question of "short-
age" 1t seems that the elevator men
here have cheerful way of lading vessels
"short, giving, sag 1880 bushels of
10000, the amount ordered by the ship
per, as is proven on The weighing Of the
grain in Bufa 10 and now the shippers
seem determined to make the vessel men
res ponsible for this advantage The
courts have decided that they are not so,
and common sense shows that the elevator
men here are the parties who should stand
the loss. or to speak more correctly, make
good the deficiency; but the shippers are
determined to force new bill OF lading
upon the vessel men, making them re-
sponsible, and the vessel men have re-
5 olye1 not to carry another load Of grain
for which such form is required So
matters are at stand still. Feeling on
the subject runs very high. Ose Of The
five tickets for the annual Board cf Trade
election, which is held to-day,-is nomi-
mated and supported exclusively by those
who are in favor Of retaining the old form
of bill Of lading.
A mysterious ami horrible crime was
perpetrated here a few days ago. A wo-
man. believed to have been a Mrs. Grier,
who has since been arrested for the out
rage, managed to entice Miss Comstock
out on lonely road, and deliberately set
to work to pound her brains out with a
mallet The girls recovery is very doubt
full and Mrs. c. has been held for trial 10
$50 600 bail. The cause of the crime is
supposed to have been jealousy, Mrs. G..
taking an interest in young man who is
engaged to marry Miss G.
The latest grand triumph of mechanic
al ingenuity which has come within nv no.
tice and cue, to my thinking, of more
practical benefit to the world than the "a
nous "steam man." is new attachment
10 the Wheeler & Wilson sewing machine,
which actually makes button holes, and
makes them better, hands 1mer, and TWEEN
ty times faster than by hand. Already
the "Wheeler & Wilson" had become ia
nous as ths best family machine in the
world, taking prizes at every place where
it was called into competition mith others
its last triumph being the taking of n
gold medal the highest award at the Par
is exposition, but now that it achieves
what has hitherto been deemed IN i'm
possibility, the making of button-holes,-
what may net be expected of the future,
West, Farrar 81 Comfy the agents here for
this invaluable machine, have recently en-
tirely re-itted, furnished and decorated
their magnificent establishment at No. 100
Lake street, making it one Of the most ar
tistically beautiful business palaces in the
west, we'll worthy of the great business
they carry on. They have now exhibit
ton and sales rooms on the Grst floor, in-
struction and reception parlors on the sec
ond, and work rooms on the third, all
more like the rooms Of a rich private
mansion than public store.
The great billiard match between
McDeyitt and Foster for the champion
ship of America is to come off on We'd
nesday night, and already two thousand
tickets of admission have been sold, at 50
each. 1t is alleged that Foster has been
throwing off, in some exhibition games
in the past few days to influence betting,
and there is great deal Of excite
ment among billiard players about it.
McDewitt has recently been making some
enormous advantages.
The Merchants Union Express Co. was
robbed of between $4,000 aad $50 600,
few days ago, by Mr. G. S. Herbert,
/an old Nav York con6denea man and