Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-05-13

attend these meetings and to whom they
would prove great blessing, who are not
now in the habit of attending Vidette.
The wife of Mr.. Joseph Y,ugling, resi-
ding about mile northwest of this place,
met shocking death last Wednesday af,
ternoon. Upon returning from carrying
dinner TO her husband, who il employed
in one of the stonc>tuaF les, she went into
the clearing TO burn brush, and while thus
employed, her clothing caught fire, and
the flames mus, have spread with such RAJ
pidily rs 10 render futile oil efforts TO ex>
extinguish them. There was no one near
TO render assistance st the time OF the ca,
tastrophe, and when found in the evening
she was stark and stiff in death, with not
a stitch of clothing on her person, save
her stockings and shoes; even her hair was
entirely singed Off Her limbs were con-
trscied and rigid, and her whole body Was
roasted to n brown crisp. In this condi>
dition she was found by her husband. She
was 60 years ofage,--Huntington Dem
ocrGt.
Goshen has had severe hailstorm. dam.
aging glass, etc. Some OF the hai.stones
were as large AZ hickory.nuts.
Vinccnnes was recently visited by ter
direction which did q vast amount Of
damage.
The Lagrange Democrat was destroyed
by fire few days ago.
1t is said that Andrew Dcloria found .
large sum Of gold and silver while gather
ing pea>brush on Sunday.
The Treasurer OF STATE paid, yesterday,
a warrant for 50 800 on account Of the
House OF Refuge, and $ll, s63 81 expenses
of the insane asylum, for the time they
were run without appropriations
Jour
A committee of Ladies, appointed by
those in charge of the revival meetings.
are engaged in visiting tie saloons aud i'm
viting the keepers to attend the meetings,
in Indianapolis
= large and enthusiastic Sunday School
Convention has beer In session at III diam
apolis.
On last Friday night the Fish Law went
into force Ii is now unlawful 10 trap
net. shoot, spear or seine Fish in any Of
the lakes or river. Of Indiana, except the
Ohio ard St. Joseph.
A few days ago, in Richmond, a boy l2
years old was killed by having an iron
frame weighing GOO pounds fall ON him.
Mrs Jane Ellis, DeKalb county, recent
had one eye scratched out by . lerocions
Cat.
Franklia Warren, AA cid citizen of New
Albany, died on the 9th. lie had been Q
magistrate for long time, and Mayor for
three years.
There was terrible Storm at New AL
bany and in its vicinity. "a Tuesday night
of last week Several barns were struck Ivy
lightning, and burned; and trees and outs
buildings and fences, were Frustrated. In
Harrison county, The immense fall of wa
ter brought up Indian Greek TO flood
hight, washing away large quantities. CT
fencing. flooding the bottom lands, and in
juring crops.
In Madison, on the evening of the l,h.
The Rev. Mr.. Flood was struck on the
head With a slung shot by so'se unknown
person, and knocked sensclcss. Mr.. Flood
had been threatened with personal vio-
violence for words used 10 temperance
lecture.
Mrs. Ellen Gibbs. sixteen years old, is
the wife of a man who was sc last Novem>
Der.
At Evansville. on the 9Th, George Slaw>
ter was murdered by John Waits in q
house Of i'll fame kept by Mollic Manning.
Watts picked up spii,oon to hit the VIC
man. Slawter inierfercd, when Watts shot
him in the breast and made his escape nj
once.
On Friday night Of last week the Stor e
kept by James Sheets, al Broad RIPPLE
In which is also The Post Office, was eL>
tered by two negroes and . white mar,
who carried away, among other things,
20 letters, ten dollars worth OF posta, .
stamps and dozen pocket knives. The
thieves took the direction of Indianapois
as their route could be traced by the lett. =
they had torn open and thrown by the
roadside. Murphy arrested one Of the ne
groes and they are now on the track Of
another one
The body of Alexander woodside, The
old man who drove his horse and wagon
owe. tic bank into White River, . week
ago last FRIDAY night, was discovered the
olher morning by two Germans, about
two miles below the point where he enter>
cd the river.
Joseph Hellinger, q farmer In Stcubeu
county, ploughed up an old boot in which
his little son found $500 in gold and silver
coin.
We learn through the columns OF the
Sentinel that w. H. Talbot, OF this city,
proposes 10 sue the Journal for libel, and
that he has engaged a large array of legal
talent for that purpose. II Dir. T. has q
surplus Of stamps about his clothes we
cannot suggest any way in which he can
get rid of il In more unsatisfactory o r
Improbable manncr.-Indinapiis 10 ur-
nat.
FEARFUL AooIpzNr-Miss Lizzie De,
motto, daughter of Rev j. B. Denote, OF
his piece, net With fearful accident on
the Wabash Valley Railroad, at William
sport, on the eth inst. A freight train was
standing OH the switch, leaving way for
tho passanOarc In, fhrouOl, I,ct a.