Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-02-29

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THE first of the riot murder cases at
Los Angeles has resulted in verdict of not
guilty the District Attorney stating that he
had only Chinese testimony to offer, which
was not reliable. The defense introduced no
witnesses......A grinder employed in the
reaper works of F. H. Nanny, at Rockford,
H., on Thursday, was caught in q belt from
shaft, revolving at the rate of seventy-fve
revolutions minute, and almost instantly
killed. His head was crushed, and his bones
badly broken. The deceased was Swede,
named Charles Ingland, and was about %
years old...... Harry johnson, employed on a
wood saving machine, was killed at Mazo-
mamie, Wis, by the bursting of the fy.w ell,
pieces striking him in the head and breast
and killing him almost instantly.
A PRIVATE letter from Fort Benton, Mon
tana, states that during the latter part of
December the thermometer marked SO de-
grees below zero; that buffalo, antelope,
| cattle and horses were frozen to death in
| large numbers. On Jan. II, when the letter
was written, the weather had moderated to
| 20 degrees above zero......At Lagro, Ind, on
| Friday, the heading and stave factory of
| Scherschell 4 Bro. was destroyed by fire.
| Loss about Sc, 000......The jury III the case of
! R. j. Bright, State Printer of Indiana, on
| trial for perjury and overdraw, have re-
| turned verdict of not guilty United
States Deputy Marshal John Peeke, having
in charge man implicated in robbing the
| express at Muskoga, Indian Territory, was
shot and mortally wounded at that place, on
| the 18th inst, by some teamsters, with whom
he had some high words.
THE Kansas House, in Committee of the
Whole, on Monday, agreed to the senste
bill providing that nobody shall be hanged
for murder until one year after conviction,
| and not then unless the Governor issues the
warrant for execution, which he may never
do unless he SO elects......At Bowerstown,
| Ohio, on Sunday, a desperate young man
named George Clark shot his sister with a
rifle because she threw snow at him. The
ball passed through her right thigh, Just
below the hip joint, and thence nearly
through her left thigh. Clark was arrested.
......A barn belonging to William Freeman,
living about two miles from Darlington
Station, ILL.,, was burned on Saturday even
ing, together with nineteen head of cattle,
six horses, and large stock of farming
utensils. The fire was caused by the explo-
sion of non-explosive" lantern.....Ad-
vices from Lawrenceburg and Madison re-
port all the gorges broken and the Ohio river
full of floating ice between Cincinnati and
Louisville......At Horse Bluff, Wis, on Mon
day, an Irishman named John Murphy
stabbed and instantly killed Nick Cranz, a
German laborer, mistaking him for another
German with whom he had had difficulty.
......A Mrs. Gordon and her little daughter,
three years old, were so terribly harmed by
the explosion of a coal-oil lamp, in their
residence at Gayoso, Mo-, lately, that they
both died shortly after......A ire at Lima,
O., on Sunday night, destroyed John R..
Ashton's handle factory and saw-mill. Loss
$4,000; insurance 81 900.
The South.
Mrs. ELIZABETH DoUGHERrY was accident
ally shot and killed by her little grandson
at Paris, KY, on Sunday. Capt. James
Beggs, of Covington, late Deputy United
States Marshal, has been arrested and sent
to jail at Louisville, on account of deficit
of about $4,000 in his accounts.
JOHN W. JENKINS, prominent Republican,
has been arrested by the Sergeant-at-Arm
of the Virginia House of Representatives
for refusing TO testify IN the effort to ascer
tain the character of certain lobby schemes.
DUEL was fought at Bay St. Louis on
Thursday, between General A. S. Roden
Chief of Police of New Orleans, and Hon
George W. Carter, formerly Speaker of the
: House in the Louisiana Legislature. They
exchanged shots with rifles at sixty pace.
without effect. The differences were then
amicably adjusted......The Methodist Book
Concern at Nashville was DESTROYED BY fire
: on Thursday night. Loss SIS 900 insured
for $5,e0O.....A destructive fire occurred
at Sharpsburg, Bath county, KY, on Tues
day, consuming the Presbyterian Church
and five of the best business houses in town
Three men were arrested, charged with
r starting the fire, and it was with difficulty
/ that the mob could be prevented from
hanging them.
;. On Saturday night fire broke out il
a Goodall's clearinghouse, on Main street
It Memphis, Tenn. Owing to the scarcity o
water the building and several adionin,
ones were damaged to the amount of $40,
G 600; fully insured. Henrietta Conley, col
: ored, employed in Goodalls, was alseep a
the time and was burned to death. .....A Will
70 mington, n. c., special says the Lowry gan,
J. raided upon the town of Lumberton, AM
: carried off a safe from the store of A. n. Nc
:. Leod, with 200 deposited by various par
: ties for safe-keeping, there being no bank il
/ the sherif's safe. posse of police attempt
q ed the capture of the thieves, but were to
| weak.
7, HENRY DORSEY, aged 16 years, living fou
y miles south of Memphis, was accidental
, killed on Monday by the discharge of hi
e. own gun, while attempting to shoot will
oi compelled to adjourn, owing to the coal fam
l., inc.
d Washirgton.
h II appears from official documents that tn
e number of steamers on the Atlantic coas
- inspected in 1871 was LAO. The value
l. property destroyed by fire, explosion, coll
l. sion, and wreck, was 81 1924 900 lives los
" 519. Number of steamers inspected
water flowing into thu Gulf of Mexico, 1 ,077
property destroyed, $lss'4,OOO; lives los
e 695. Number of steamers inspected on th
d, lakes, $40; property destroyed, $4,000
v. lives lost, 235. Number of steamers il
n spected on the Pacific coast, $50; lives los
- 2o6. No statement of property destroyed.
l. THE Senate, in Executive session o
o; Thursday, confirmed the nomination
~ Gratiot Washburne, son of Minister Wasl
10 burne. as Assistant Secretary to the Leg.
e. ton to France, and also that of Samuel {
Wingard, as United States Attorney ft
70 Washington Territory.
at SECRETARY BOUTWELL, defends himself fro
!. the fault found with him for the selection
Ne the Bigelow block for the Post Office site
y Chicago by asserting that the Governmel
saved 5000 900 thereby, and that he was r.
commanded tn accent this hid lv a maiorit