The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-12-29

Inc o,.iio.
A will turkey weighing twenty mine
pounds was shot few days since over Oh
the Wabash
The snow was so deep in Lafayette on
Tuesday Of last week as to suspend opera
lions on ;he street railways.
People in Graysville, Sullivan county,
make practice Of getting drunk on Cali
fornia Bitters.
The Commissioners Of Harrison county
are discussing the question of funding the
county debt.
The Corydon Democrat thinks thousands
Of dollars might tie saved to Harrison
county yearly by the appointment of
county attorney.
John Martin died at Carlisle, Sullivan
county. ON the 18Th. aged sixty -four years
He had resided in Sullivan county since
his BOY hood.
John Lane has been arrested AMI held to
hal in $209. a charge of breaking int"
the store of w. !. Miles. in Sullivan. and
ard stealing lot of wine and brandy.
a Gentleman in Sullivan county Wit
messed few days since the rare spectacle
Of a wild turkey Icing attacked in mid air
10y II couple of young eagles, and killed.
AT a recent oyster supper Judge Brown
lee of Mario' came near suffncatir by a
piece Of oyster shell Stckingn his throat.
lie fna ~ rclived by the Use of an
emctic.
We saw field Of oats the other day thai
had been s"wcd with fall wheat. 1t had
head d out.-SuLiirdi County Union.
This is certainly renarkeahle no matter
whether it was oats or fall wheat
L. \ I"ucl committed suicide at the
boarding house of Mr. McFadden in sam
horn. Knox county. on Friday ofla>t week
10y taking strychninc lie had not been at
SanIorn bat short time and leaves wife
living at Wcstiicli Missouri
On Saturday of last week while Hardy
McClanahan. IA school teacher. was riding
int" Sullivan, his horse stumbled, throwing
the unfortunate man of in such a manner
as to fail on his head aud shoulders. 1t i
! feared that lie is fatally hurt.
The great law of compensation is univer
! sal ir its application. Our exchanges US
sure us that although the supply of milk
/ has been greatly reduced by the scarcity
whisky has been improved from the same
! cause.
William Kcai-v engaged in souiile
with Wesley Seigler in saw mill near
Union City, on Saturday Of last week, anil
wa. thrown asain.t the driving belt which
/ drew hrm against the E y wheel with such
force ~ to f.s,.t,iae his >iull. lie remained
irsen .lble until his Dc th. which occlrrt
ON sunday night.
Fort Wayne has II boot black, q native
of New Hampshire. who is only sixteen
wears old, h7- crossed the continent. visited
China. Japan. Australia. aud almost every
point of interest in South and Central
America The Sentinel says h" j.
":cmarable well preserved in behavior,
and ''thoro ghiy = 'Stea in regard to III"
countries he ha> visited.
The K"k"n" Trjbu"c says: :'Dr. Fuller.
Wi, was tarrcd aud ieathercd at New Lon
don. recently, and commanded to quit. the
county. returned here, last week, to he
nrcsen, at rs trial for divorce. He re-
manned Until thu. week, on Monday, when
! he was arrested on II ci,frge Of murder, and
taken lcfre the ,lavG-' The affidavit
charge, him with causing the death al h'+
! infant chill. through malpractice. lite
was committed to Jail in d,f,ult o: $40
600 AL.
The editor Of the Brazil Cnion WAS Il. r
+ rnr->trnch f.w dty> aro at indins on
/ the ease" # lis cnmpo>itorS - note an
( norhcing his intention t. repair to the
woods half mile south of the town, AMI
/ then and there commit suicide bv hanging
! hi,us,lf to tree. The remainder of the
! day was spent in ii lr mite bat friitteSS
search FIR tn cold corpse of the comp">-
ltnr. The e .tor horror was charged I"
disgust few days after on receiving II
note from the departed, dated at Indiana
polls announcing that he bad changed
his mind and got drunk instead, conclnd-
! idg with the mole-t request that his "litt lie
! bill, amounting To SIS, mi sht be REMIT ed.
/ By selling off part of the stock, and
mortga.ing the balance. the sum WAS raised,
and now boAth are happy.
Mrs. Hiram Miller, one of Tic carli-
! est settlers ut New ALBANY Ohaving
corrc To that place in lSl0). was sGi-
ou,Iy injured ii few days ago by fall