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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-08-12
A Whole Family P0isoned...Tw of the
Children Dead

A correspondent, writing from Wheat
land, Mercer county, Pa, gives the follow
ing particulars of sad case of poisoning
which occurred at that place on Sunday
last:
Henry Harkless, his wife and three small
children, while out walking last Sunday
evening, saw in the fields what they sup
posed to be mushrooms. They gathered
them plentifully, took them home and ate
them for supper. They proved to be what
are called toad-stooIs," rank poison.
The two youngest children, both bright,
intelligent little girls, one about three and
the other about six years of age the oldest
at HIS and the youngest at 11:i5, only
thirty minutes apart. The balance of the
family are in a very critical condition, with
but slight hopes of their recovery. The
family are highly respected here, and are
members ofthe Methodist Episcopal Church
of this place. All is being done by THEN
many friends to save the father, mother
and little boy. 1 will advise you if they
should be taken away.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-08-12
kleptOmania i'm Paris,

About year and half arc a rumor was
circulated in Paris, to the effect that the
beautiful and accomplished wife of Ernest
Feydeau, one of the most popular novelists
of France, had stolen very valuable hand
serchief at Partisan dry goods store. On
the boulevards, in the coffee houses, every
where, the rumor spread like wild-fre, the
lady in question being well known in the
aristocratic circles of the capital. She and
her husband had been invited to the balls
at the Tuileries, and had been everywhere
treated with the highest distinction. So the
scandal-mOngers of Paris had no sweeter
morsel to roll under their tongues. The
newspapers, however treated the affair with
considerable prudence; they mentioned no
names; but 10 one was ignorant of them.
Next day Ernest Feydeau published in the
newspapers brief card, stating that his
wife had been most cruelty insulted, the
proprietor of dry goods store and a police
officer having appeared at his house and
called upon his wife to demand
the restoration OF costly handker-
chief, which they had charged her
with having purloined FROM his
store. He added that the merchant in
question had already been sued for libel.
The court found in favor of the defendant,
and the honor of the lady WIS rehabilitated.
Similar affairs are matters of every day oc-
currence. Various ladies ofthe highest aris-
tocracy are affected with the mania of steal
ing at the dry goods stores what they might
honestly afford to purchase. Some of them
are SO well known as kleptomapiacs that
whenever they steal anything, the shop
keepers Immediately send to their husbands
bills for the goods purloined, which are al
ways promptly settled. Recently Nine. Y.
and her daughter, two aristocratic ladies,
were charged with being habitual sboplift-
ers. One of the clerks of a dry goods store,
where the movements of the two ladies.
nd repeatedly appeared very singular
and suspicious, noticed that the daughter,
a girl OF seventeen, walked away from her
mother and concealed bolt of silE, seven
ty-fve meters long, under her cloak. The
two ladies were taken to a private room,
where they were searched, aud the daugh-
ter convicted of theft. At the request of
the merchant, the house of the mother was
searched, and beside many goods belong
ing 10 the merchant, the police found there
the handkerchief which Mime. Fey deau had
been said to have stolen. Mother and
daughter were released on bail. and made
haste to leave Paris.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-08-12
FearfuIly Narrow Escape of a Railroad


The Boston Transcript gives the only
detailed account we have seen of another
railroad accident on Saturday last. 10 hap
pened at Rockingham, VT, on the Rutland
Il Burlington road. The following report
does justice to the bravery Of the engineer,
Edward Foss, and the thoughifulaess of
the baggage master whose name is not
given;
About half way between Chester and
Bellows Falls Is the town of Rockingham,
where we had al the elements for the most
terrible tragedy that ever happened i'll New
England, If not III the United States. They
were these: We were running at the rate
OF thirty-five miles an hOur on down
grade, round sharp curve, with mis-
placed switch, and 200 feet from that
bridge crossing a ravine of rough rocks so
/ feet below the track laid on this bridget
| To cap the climax, a locomotive was fol-
lowing us, and was coming madly down
the grade. not knowing but the track was
clear, as the engineer cannot see the switch
until within about forty yards of il. The
engine on our Train was a fine one-the
''Chester" under the care of Edward Foss.
one of the best engineers on the road. On
rounding the curve be saw the open switch
and Instantly reversed his engine and whis-
/ tied for brakes, but the momentum was so
great that the whole train ran on the Sleep
ers till the bridge was reached and then
the engine took slight turn toward one
side, bat being under such headway it
crossed the bridge and plunged headlong
down the embankment on the opposite side
turning nearly over, and with the driving
wheels iuriously revolving, as the engineer
had not shut of steam.
The tender was wrenched from the en-
CINE and baggage car, and lay some dis
lance down the bank, while poised at an
angle Of forty-ive degrees, within foot of
the edge of the bridge, stood the smoking
and first passenger cars; one foot more, and
the train with its one hundred or more
men, women and children, would have
been dashed on those cold, gray rocks,
eighty feet below. The passengers, when
they realized their condition, were silent
with horror. 1t would hardly have been
possible for one to have escaped if the car
had gone over the awful brink The en-
gineer was badly cut and bruised, but
was able to walk to house, some eighty
rods distant, and :. was found that though
badly hurt no bones were broken, and it
was thought that he would be able to be
conveyed to his home in Rutland that
evening.
He stuck bravely to his engine in the
face of almost certain death. The fireman
and the depot master of Chester who was
on the epgine) escaped with only few
bruises. The baggage was scattered about
amongst the trees and bushes, and one
trunk rolled down into the stream and
fioated about until secured by the baggage
master. With wonderful presence of mind,
the baggage master rushed back with flag
and stopped the coming locomotive, just in
season TO prevent an additional catastrophe
Of No orl1iror.r- nha1o cfor
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-08-12

10 s idle to expect health if the precautions neces
aary TO h neglected The human oreauiza
fOo is delicate piece Of mechanism. and requires as
ruucn intelligent and watchfuness to keep il in
order. qusste IN ths cement of the most
couphcate combination of levers, wfeeis and pinions
At his sssca OF The gear tie hOdy : peculiarly seDs
tive beeau It Is greatly weakened and reiaNed By
the continuous heat Tire sin, suymer. with its
miiiors wide open. very different sort of
tegcment from he compact hbrous covering which il
becomes under tho action Of the winters cid. The
nlrscies. too comparatively daccid, the nerves
-nui9uz. the blood poor and the while frame less
capable OF enduring far and resisting disease than
cool weather. shese indications OF adepressed
tou of the vital forces many unmist abeable
hints that Eaiu-e needs reinforcing
friu1ry stiulu'ants VII not eject this object Trey
i1su-o and eN.f-e. but do net Strengthen The only
rIeparsflo winch ran be depsnSed upon to iTnpart
staInal to the SEN and enable u to endure
the e. al the heated term without irving unces
the pressure. is Hos ft'fIf.R'S STOMACH BIT
TINS tonic ard ective pure. hs-rless
g.teriy fr0rn TIRE drawbacks which render of
fhs powerful azriuge1fs pcye IL meocal practice
more @ang sraus than the ailments they employed
10 cre st may 1s aei nistered VII a0ut fsar to Ibe
Wetse-t female invalid OF the most delicate child. TIE
c8flarftc ana aiteratIve -etbe Ingredients. which
corr h.e1 ~ those tonic nature IN its
keep the boysa free perfectly
GUAR, wHie the work OF invgoration is IL going
Tire finest bood cepurents which the herbal ain dom
affords aiso AMONG Is nts- that
and
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-08-12

Mr.. JAMES FISK, jr., has ordered flag
which ne purposes to present. to Miss Ida
Lewis. 1T is about three feet long and
one aid a half vide 1t is made OF white
silk. trimmed with red, with a silt stripe
around it. At one end is chcle with an
rescuinp two men from drowning. In the
foreground is the Lime Rock House, and
in the distance is saliDoat swampeo Win
two men clinging to it, and boy who is
struggling in the water; while In he Gen.
ter is Miss Lewis In boat a'one, wiihous
hat or rhawl, pulling to the rescue. At the
ctt,c- end is tho name "Rescue, IN gilt
LEI srs. Tha whole 10 in an elegantly cary
Cd tc-o O. black valnus end gu.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-08-12
AN INTERESTING CEREMONY.
A Ba,timors Lady T-Nesthe Veil,

From the Washington -ess, July "a
At an early hour this morning a few
friends assembled in the little chapel of
the Sisters of Visitation, corner of G. and
Tenth streets, to witness the regular ad-
mission of novice to membership in that
order. AS soon as Father StoDestreet, S.
j., (the officiating clergyman entered the
sanctuary and assembled the altar, the young
lady (who was about to leave the world)
entered in full bridal dress, wearing a veil
and orange wreath, and accompanied by a
Sister of the order on either side.
Approaching the railing of the sanctuary
they knelt, as did the small congregation
present, which consisted of few 'wordly
ones" and a number of Sisters, who occu-
pied their small pews at the right, and bore
each a lighted candle. Appropriate re-
marks were then made by Rev. Father
Stonestreet. The altar itself was decorated
and lighted as for the celebration of mass.
The services began with chant by the
Sisters, and prayer by Father Stonestreet,
The applicant was first questioned as to
whether she had fully and freely derer-
mined TO leave the world and enter the Sis
rerhood, to which she uniformly answered
Eyes" and explained her desire at length.
Prayers appropriate to the ceremony
thrown of, and the white dress of the nov
ice exchanged for the dGrk heavy gown OF
the order. The hair was cut and the hood
and veil of a Sister substituted for the
more elaborate head-dress of a woman Of
the world. Again the suppliant was offer
ed choice between life IL the world and
life devoted to the Ford, when she again
distinctly repeated her selection.
She was then told that she should nc
longer be called Theresa Courcelle, but Sis.
ter Mary Lewis, and that henceforth she
was dead 10 the world. Here according to
the ceremony she Frustrated herself, with
hsr face TO the floor, and her body was Gov
cred with black pail. indicative of death
A solemn chant was sung for someminutes
while she lay prostrated.
After this she rose, again approached the
railing, received the crucifx and lighted
candle, and further prayers and instruc
tons touching the good choice she had
made in devoting herself to His service
who had said, ''Suffer little children I,
come unto me-" The whole ceremony i,
beautiful and interesting, and is L allowet
by the associations which surround it from
| early time.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-08-12
Gambling and Betting.

After an interval of nearly sixteen wears
(says the London Daily News The British
government finds itself engaged in a cru
SADIE against the evil of betting. We say
the government, because the police prose-
cutions of which we read almost daily are
not only too numerous, but extend over
too wide an area to be referred TO the dis
erection of one or two chiefs of police. For
a long time it seemed as though the extern
sion of education and the general progress
of society were likely to abate and finally
suppress the practice of gambling by a
gradual and invigorating constitutional ac-
ton working cure more thorough than
could be hoped Tor from the application of
external and local remedies.
The experience OF the upper classes ap-
peared to favor this view. We do not hear
now of Hoblemen stalking 5000 on a
single card, as Fox told Croker had been
done IN bis day, nor of losing and winning
Esq, 900 in single night Pitt went in
and looked at this kind of life, and WILDER
force attested displayed intense earnessness
when joining in the games, but soon per-
celved their increasing fascination, ard
soon abandoned then forever. Wilbeforce
himself kept bank ss,or one night only"
and won ESQ, bet the pain he felt at
knowing that much of this money was lost
by those who could pay without serious
/ inconvenience, cured hum of the taste for
play. Practical worldly sense in one char
acter, and kindness of heart in another led
to the same resolution. During the vrole
of the last century gaming OF some sort was
| thesordinary amusement for both sexes in
the best society, and it was rot uncommon
to hire protested gamester to keep The
bank al a private house for the evening.
The deepest gaming that had ever been
seen in England took place during the Am
erican war, but there was soma very HIGH
years preceding .he peace of 1916
So late as 1913 there We're as many as
twenty public gambling houses and ,elis in
Pail Malt, Piccadilly, and st. James, call
ed into existence by the success of Cock
ford, who had then retired, but about hat
time many of them were suppressed hit
long before that date society had grown OFT
of the vice OF private gambling, which fit,
years before had been the occupation OF
young and old, in and out of the season,
and in town and country. Between gaming
proper and betting as it is practiced with
reference to horse-racing, the distinction is
unessential; in each case there is a wager
depending mainly on chance. For the
last twenty years the increase of race meet
ings and the increased circulation of news
papers which for good or evil, augnents
every force at work in society, have enor-
mously stimulated the practice of betting,
until it may be said that there is no place
where money can be earned borrowed or
stolen, where horses are not backed.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-08-12
TRAGEDY IN ILLINOIS.


W INC MUD
Brief mention has already been made of
the killing of Deputy Sheriff Pratt, of
Tazewell county, ILL.,, bya band of horse
thieves of whom he was in pursuit, and
also the wounding of the jailer The fol-
lowing are the particulars of the killing,
the arrest of the supposed murderers, and
what followed their arrest:
The horse-thieves had been arrested but
their attorney succeeded in releasing them,
on the ground that no warrant had been
issued. Preparing proper papers, Deputy
Sheriff Henry Pratt, with three others
among when was the jailer, started after
them. This was Friday. Between am.
10 o'clock ct night, they met three men IN
the road who looked suspicious. Upon
their refusing to halt, the Sheriff and
party fired, using every shot When they
ceased, the desperadoes fired. The first
volley killed Deputy Sheriff Pratt almost
instantly, and seriously injured the jailer
The thieves succeeded in escaping, and the
party returned home.
When the facts were known the widest
excitement prevailed. At Pekin, on Satur-
day morning, Marshal Stone, with fifty
citizen-volunteers, armed to the teeth, sc
out to capture the Williams. They secured
the whole county, and found six men who
could not give a good account of them
selves. They were brought to Pekin and
put in Jail. The excitement was now at
fever-heat Men from all parts of our
country came pouring into Pekin, swearing
vengeance. A mob was soon raised, com.
posed of from 500 to 800 men, and embrac.
ing leading citizens of Pekin and Delavan.
The throng surrounded the Jail and de-
manded the prisoners. Not getting them,
they threatened to use force. Nothing
however, was attempted till late at night
when the crowd increased. The, ciamol
was kert up till three o'clock Sunday morn
ing, when the doors were broken down and
the mob rushed into the building and de
manded the keys of the cell where the ring
leader, Bill Berry was confined. Tn,
Sheriff refused, when a blacksmith wai
procured, who beat down the iron door O
the cell. Here n desperate hand-to-hanC
conflict in the dark took place between
the doomed man and the crazed mob. Du
ring the melee three men were stabbed b,
Berry, one it is thought fatally. A few
shots were fired at him, one passin,
through his head, He was finally over
powered ap1 dragged to the nearest tire,
and lyncheu, where his body hung unit
daylight
The excitement is by no means allayed
and the populace still thirst for blood. TIL,
officers are still in pursuit of another man
who is supposed to have shot Pratt. Wher
he is takena repetition of the above ma,
be expected.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-08-12
CURE YOUR COUGH
ALIENS LUNG BALsAM.
VHAT NE DOCrOP'S SAY.

Ffoci.r ii =. of Kosciuska Co, Indiana,
'cr tcrea past have used Hens Lang BslsaD
extensively IN my practice, and am satisfied ere Is
~ better ne iieine FOR lung diseases IN use"
Is8ar r. Dorau- NJ u. Of Logan Co., Ohio. says
ems Iunc Bnissm not ony sells rapidly. but
psrfect every within knowle
Having Co1ndezcs IN n and snO~iug that II possesses
vaulh zeal properties. freely use II IN my daily
pfaFice 1nc with unbranded success. AS expecto-
rant Il Is most certainly fsa ahead Of preparation
hsse ever yet known"
q. A her. of Missouri, SAYS: 81 recommend your
Balsan 10 preference any oher medicine for Coughs
and n ewes sstizfactIon-s
Aliens iUnF Bslsan Is the remedy 70 al L1rR
ant fnrost deu'ties- IL shcuic be thoroughly ed
before usns sny ether BAisaIn- II Sii when all
Others far. Directions accompany each bottle.
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Sid IS ST Druggists Cincinnati, Ohio.
Sold n Milwaukee hE H. BOs1orth Sons, Greene 4
Bu-tor, Rice Rising Drake Bres, Dohmen, Schmidt
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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-08-12
-
GE1 -

Extract from letter from Hon. NATHAN
LINDSEY, County Judge of Shelby Co.,
Iowa, dated Harlan, April 10, 1S67.-It is
decidedly preferred to any other iniment
sold in this section.
Extract of a letter from SAMUEL S. Hupp,
dated Fallsburg, Ohio, July IL, 1S66.-In
June last Henry Saffie had yearling colt
that had what was supposed to be Dipthe-
MA for more than ten days, so that it could
not eat, and the throat swollen almost shut,
and by the use of three or four applications
of the dollar bottles did the desired effect.
From A. G. MEL Lewisville, Coschocton
Co., Ohio, March, 1852. 1 have used your
Gargling Oil for the Scratches on my horse,
and it cured it with he first application.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-08-12

Messrs. McLA1N & Bros, Wholesale
Druggists, Wheeling, Va, say, under date
of July "a, 1865, that they can safely recon-
mend the Gargling Oil for more diseases
than it is recommended for.
From j. X. FISHER, Uniontown, Pa,
June 81, 1s67-Your Gargling Oil is doing
much better here than formerly, since its
virtues have become known, and the bot
ties put up for Family Use, without Stain,
are much sought for.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-08-12
Betting on Elections.

The Sacramento Union publishes an in
teresting decision of the Supreme Court of
California ON betting on elections. The
case was that of Johnson VS.. Russell, APP
pealed from one of the district courts.
johnson, the plaintiff, made several bets
on the Presidential election last Septem-
ber Russell was the stakeholder Plain
tiff allowed the stakes to rest without de-
handing the withdrawal of his own or any
part of the same till the 23d of November,
when, from the published election returns,
it became certain that he had lost his
money. Then he sent the stakeholder,
Russell, written notice not to pay the
money or any part of it over to the win
ner, and that if he did, plaintiff would
hold the stakeholder responsible for his
part of the stakes. Russell did pay
the money to the winner, and hence
son writing the opinion-frst that gam
bling on popular elections is against pub
lie policy, and therefore illegal; second,
that money wagered may be recover
ed at law if the party who staked il
makes demand for the same before the
event on which he wagered has been de-
cided; third, that if the bettor allows his
stake to remain in the Stockholders hands.
without any demand for his return until the
event has been decided, he cannot then
come into court and sue for its recovery
This was what the plaintiff did in the case
decided. ES waited and stood upon the
laws of honor till he found he had lost, and
then he appealed from the laws of honor TO
the laws OF the land. The court was unan-
imously of opinion that to allow him this
appeal would be to encourage fraud. They
reaffirm the dictum of the Court of Errors
of New York, in Vischer VS.. Yates, as the
law of California. which was that "either
party might disafirm the wager and recov-
er mis- money of the stakeholder at any
time before the happening of the event up
on which the wager was made; but that
the loser could not recover of the stake
holder after the event had happened and
he had lost his money-thet in that case,
as to him, the wager had become an exc
cu.ed contrac., and his repentance had
come too late.' The conclusion of the
opinion is that, ''after the money has been
lost and won, neithe- party ought to be
heard in court of justice"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-08-12
Crazed by Brigham Young.

The San Francisco Morning Call tells
this story: ga young IIan named Richard
w. Cooke, a naive of Iowa, was examined
before the Commissioner of Lunacy, on the
charge of insanity. During the investiga-
ton the mother of the unfortunate man
stated that she was niece of DIR. Warren,
author of Ten Thousand Year. and had
followed her husband to Illinois, thence to
Iowa, and finally to Utah, as the wander
ings Of the Mormors, 10 whom he had al
lied himself. necessitated. in Utah they
accumulated considerable property, which,
as is generally the case in Mormondom,
vas e.ven to Brigham Young for safe-keep-
ing. Eyen the deeds TO every piece of real
estate owned by Cooke were in some man.
ner C other mixed up with Brigham
Young.
"Abc at one year ago the husband and
father died, and then the family began to
look about to see what belonged to them;
but, turn which way they would, they could
find nothing without Brigham Young had
not only a claim upon it, but also a vested
right in il. After numerous interviews the
widow and children were informed that all
the property she believed to be her hus-
bands, and which she had helped to earn,
belonged to other parties, and that she ha1
nothing in the world. This intelligenoe
afflicted the poor woman sadly, but its in
fiuence upon her son was still more sad
He became greatly excited, and it was with
the greatest exertion he could be prevented
from seeking out those who had teen in
strumental in despoiling him of his birth
right, taking the law into his own hands,
and wreakipg upon them the vengeance of
an outraged and tottering reason.
\ $50 terrible did the anguish of the young
nan become, and so fearful that he would
b guilty of some tragic act did the mother
become, that she gathered together such
| funds as she could and weht to California,
in hopes that change of scenery and
climate would restore him to his normal
condiion. She arrived there three weeks
ago, but the change she fondly hoped for
did not take place. He sons fierce and
excited Aanrer gave way. but not to rea-
son. He has been sent to Stockton"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-08-12

From DIR. J. p. TERRELL, Warren, Ind.
March 3, 1851 am engaged in the prac.
tice of medicine, and find your Gargling
Oil an extremely efficient remedy in all
cases where an external application is in
Dictated.
From DIR. G. B. NEAL, Burris, Iowa.
Dec. 20, 1851 have practiced medicine
in this county seven years and cheerfully
recommend your Gargling Oil as the bes
liniment in use.