The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-03-12
Tho state.
INDIANAPOLIS, March 9

Tho State:
| INDIANAPOLIS, March 9.
A terrible tragedy occurred in Madison
county, on Saturday last, about 8 miles
east of Anderson. George Statler, about
70 years of age, went to the residence of
Jacob Icenoggle, German farmer, aud
demanded of his two young men, William
and Isaac, aged Is and 10 years respect
lively, the loan of horse to go to a Ma
sonic funeral. The boys replied that they
, intended to use the horse themselves, and
refused. He returned to Icenoggle's
house about I o'clock in the evening, and
began abusing the family and using rough
and abusive language towards the two sis
sers of the boys. Very soon he got into
scufle with the oldest boy, and, with a
pocket knife, struck William three blows
with it in the centre of the breast, caus-
ing immediate death. Stattler now turn.
ed upon the boy Isaac, and, throwing him
upon the bed, deliberately stabbed him to
the heart. The murderer then turned up
on the father, cripple, who met him with
blow from stick Of wood, which disa-
bled his appraised arm, and broke the knife
blade. They then clinched, the old man
holding his own. Stattler said, at length,
"lf you'll quit, I'll quit" and upon being
released walked out of the house. Stat
Ter was arrested in few hours, two miles
from where the crime was committed
The people were restrained with difficulty
from making short work of him. The
The murderer is lawless desperate, and
has caused much trouble where he has
hitherto lived.
AT hotel in New Castle, it is said the
la ndlord keeps a number of cats to march
through the halls at night, making night
hideous with their yells, to keep the guests
awake, so that they will not have any ap-
petite for breakfast.
THE next fair of the Gibson County
agricultural and horticultural society will
be held from September 20 to October g.
inclusive.
The landlord of the eating house at the
junction, near Vincennes, has killed 1000
turkeys, and 10000 chickens, since he
took possession of that establishment. II
is turkey for breakfast, turkey for dinner
turkey for supper, and turkey in the coop
with chickens thrown in at every meal.
THE cooperative grocery store at Rich
mond has declared dividend of FIVE per
cent semi-annually.
THE canal from Terre Haute to Toledo
is reported in thorough repair, and will
reopen for business by the middle Of
April.
Several burglaries have been committed
in Cay County recently, and the citizens
have organized police force, and sue
ceeded in capturing two of the burglars.
A young man named Stout, in fit, fell
into the fire at his mothers residence in
Bloomington, Saturday, and burned out
both of his eyes, and also burned off one
Of his ears.
A young man by the name of Ferris,
living in Bigger township, Jennings coun'
ty, committed suicide on last Thursday
by shooting himself through the heart.
A New Albany moke, of the female per.
suasion called upon the mayor other day
and asked HIM where she would find the
maiden's claim Office" She was direct
ed to squire's Office, as the pace where
maiden's claims are usually settled.
A great deal of excitement prevailed al
Bedford on Monday, on account Of the
state prosecutor in the circuit court taking
forfeiture against the parties who bonded
| VIM. Sanders, the Woodward family MUIR
derer, out of Jail Sanders, it seems, has
fed the country and left his bondsmen to
pay S25, 900 over to the state.
Two families were seri ously poisoned in
Fort Wayne on Saturday, from eating
parsnips Of second growth"
William Moore, a Brazil miner, was Sc
riously, if not fatally injured, on Thursday
morning. He was at work in the shaft of
the Otter Creek coal company, when the
state roof fell upon him and crushed him
to the earth.
Lewis A. Cooper, residing in the north
east part of Clay county, procured H.
cense on the 10th inst to marry. He
then returned home and was found dead in
his bed the next morning. 1t is supposed
that he died of disease of the heart.
At a fire in Connersville last week, g
young man frantically attempted to save g
barrel of -four, which he accomplished by
rolling it out Of the mill, knocking the
head of the barrel In with his fist, pouring
the -four out on the ground, and throwing
the barrel into the canal.
Stephen Ashley, highly respectable
citizen Of Ownesboro. committed suicide
on the LIST inst, while laboring under tenn
porary insanity superinduced by ill-health
by cutting his throat with razor while
al! of his family except one little daughter
were at church.
A man named William Riley Cunning
ham died very suddenly at Seymour, on
Sunday morning. He had been suffering
from lung disease, and got very drunk OF
Saturday night. Some suspect murder
but others lay it to bad whisky.
A gang of Gipsies are in camp near
Cambridge City.