Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-03-02
INwo0D ITEMS.
ny GABRIEL MoossfrsE.

A Mrs. Barlow departed tins life on the
22nd. She left many friends and relatives
to mourn her untimely DEATH lnwood Is
having It's reasonable share of mud.
Many OF the farmers. think the prospect
good for sugar making and are making
calculations accordingly.
w. L. Morchouse has purchased the
entire stock OF dry goods of A. J. Whit
epbcrger. We welcome Bill back In the
mercantile business and hope he win have
thriving trade.
d. Hickman is driving q lively bus
mess IN the dry goods, grocerys. queens
ware and yankee notion trade; go 70
Dawes for your bargains and you will be
sure to come out and 60 on your way re-
joicing and with glad hearts, thinking you
have got one good bargain in your life
Group and Shaffer are kept busy seal
ing and paying for logs, and from the
looks of their log yard they will have
enough lumber to supply the whole west
ern country. They think of starting
their mill about the middle of March.
Last Saturday was lively day for In
wood. Several hard fights occurred in
our streets, but no serious damage done
as it was only bad whiskey feeling up
for the ground and not finding it in the
air took revenge on the side walk and
finding it hard on the muscles. finally
abandoned that and finished up in hard
swearing at the result
A. B. Andrews of our place is laying
very low with the typhoid fever but 1t is
thought he is on the mend.
Our old friend w. III. Ii. Stoner is still
In the drug business he also has the
Post Office and news depot in his store
and is always ready and willing to wait
on customers. But / am truly sorry that
he has such dislike for the fair sex for he
is certainly old enough to marry, but new
er mind Harrison remember the old ad-
age Faint heart never won Fair Lady"
and keep up courage and you will turn
trumps after while.
LATER.
1t pains me to chrsrrfe the foregoing
events which are the particulars of the
destructive fire of our place which took
place ON Friday night last. At about
half past eleven o'cIock the alarm Of fire
was given and the people ran hither and
thither until the fire was discovered to a
ceriainty, which was in the store roc'r of
Adam Await 1t appears that the fire
caught on the inside of the building, and
the rosm being closed up tight it was
impossible 10 see the fire until it broke
out Aound the chimney and when the
crowd gathered at the place the inside OF
the building was all in fiames, and they
found 1t impossible to save any thing in
the store no; even the books end accounts.
all was consumed. The wind being pet
ty high the fire soon spread and it was
only by the utmost exeriion of the people
that the store room of w. L. Morehouse
did not catch on fire. From that the
fire spread south and caught ON q build
ing belonging &c. John Greer occupied by
Joseph Cooper and from that to Steven
Meredith's and consumed that entirely
but they had ample time TO get every
thing out OF the house but by the utmost
exerIions Of the people the fire was pre-
vented from spreading any further. The
losses are as follows: Adam Await lost
The building and all it contained, insu-
rance $4,000, and the rest lost nothing
but the buildings and the damage done
in having to move SO hastily, excepting
J. B. Cooper, his loss was about SIS 90,
in goods that were in the celler which was
Impossible to get out. So the entire loss Is
estimated at about 81 500 90, with $7,On
insurance.
While the people were engaged in saw
ing the ,rcperty of the unlucky ones, some
fepd in human form busted themselves in
selecting things that were rescued from
the fire, it is hoped that they may be
found out and brought to Justice.