Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-05-20
ALL AROUND THE STATE.

Robert Jsmison, OF Franklin, Johnson
county, while recovering from drunken
spell, took dose Of laudanum, on the LIST
inst, to make him sleep. II killed him.
John Adams and Perry Thompson, Of
Morgan county, were recently taken out
and soundly thrashed By their neighbors
on suspicion of petty thieving.
A body found at Mann's Landing, on
the 10Th, has been identified rs that of X.
II. Rea, OF Madison who disappeared on
tho sth of March las:. The indications
are that he was murdered.
A man named ITeaion, working In n
marble>yard at Madison, went out a>hay-
ing, and after drinking freely fell asleep
his leg encased in spotted pants, hanging
over rock. A man out hunting mistook
the leg for a huge snake, and fired large
load Of shot into it, inhicting serious
wound.
An cN-cons,able Of Harrison county.
whose sense OF smell was lott 10y disease,
captured a pole-cst few days ago. His
friends Informed him Of the fact, where's
upon he observed that "hc thovghs the air
was mighty thick"
In Indianapolis, a few days ago, a child
was born which balanced sixteen pounds
a Afr.fn fh. haa hsAf
called the "Wclcomc Stranger" after the
great Australian gold nugget.
Samuel Williams, night Waterman at
the New Albany glass works, prepared q
trot-linc with six hooks. secured il TO =
tree, and next morning found six dogs,
who had been taken in by tue liver bait.
lie couldn't get the hooks from the
mouths of the dogs, and had To cut them
from the line and allow the CANNES to
scamper away with them.
A son. 6 years old, of John Smith, of
Mishawaka, was drowned on Sunday last,
by falling out of boat. His brother, .
year or two older. was with him nj the
time, but was SO frightened at the occur
renee that when he returned home and
was asked about his brother, lie did not
give the col rect information, but said that
he had gone away.
SAD AccIDxSr.-L.si Friday an inter-
es!ing and intelligent little daughter OF our
friend August Fritz, in Cass township, OF
this county, was killed from an accidental
shot from gun left standing in the room
where she and some of the older children
Of the family were playing. The little
girl was three years old; WAS laying on
the floor, when some OF the others acct
dentalIy threw the gun down on the floor,
when the contents were discharged from
the gun, entering the body Of she child
just below the left arm. and passing out
midway between the right arm and top OF
the hip bone. She died In ten minutes
Vino mac Dem.
John Austin died at New Albany, SUM-
day, aged 20 years. He was one of the
: pioneers of that section of Indiana. Hi,
first visit 10 the spot where New Albany
now stands was made in IsOs. For some
years lie resided at Shippingport. Ky, re-
moving thence to Charleston, while Indi
ana was yet territory. He continued t.
reside at Charleston until 1889, when III
changed his residence 20 New Albany
where he lived the remainder Of his life.
The Muncie Times says:
: "Our divorce laws nip mighty sharp il
their operations sometimes. On Saturda,
last, judgment was rendered in eur Grim
inal court, in divorce case, which sbou
used up one poor fellow. First, il depriv
ed him Of his wife; next of his baby, ant
y finally, by way of alimony and costs, O
: nearly al; his property. If the lega
shears had clipped little sharper the,
G would have nearly scratched him bald
headed"
Rochester is invested with quarter. @
. million-more or less--of dogs. Som
!. of them would be valuable on farm, bu
. the greater nlmber are ours OF low degree
Many are without owners who conside
e them worth feeding, and they rove abou
Il town al night, invading smoke houses an
! summer kitchens in search of food.
: certain brindle purp has made up his min
h that no soap shall be made at our hous
n this season, and accordingly devours til
|, soap-grease rs fast as it can be collectct
+ We have been feeding him on tartar~eme
10 &c, but there being only little soap greas
o in his stomach, the medicine can fin
y nothing upon which to act. He likes
DC considers it an act Of kindness to SO fl,
1, vor his feast--and distnrbs our slumbe
Of by baying for more. We shall be drive
re to patronize a vendor of strychnine. I
C. wcuns are almost out OF soap.-Spy