Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-04-04
NEWS SUMMARY.
The East.

VIE at new 1ork on tuesday, killing hel
instantly, and he became a raving maniac
when he discovered what he had done...... "A
New York Immigrant swindler was on Tues
day sentenced to five years imprisonment
Mrs. E. SHAUsHANK died in dentists
chair at New York on Wednesday, from the
administration of laughing gas......The
Plattskill Falls Hotel, the New Mountain
House, near Saugerties, N. Y, burned on
Tuesday. The building was owned by R. E.
Pomeroy. Loss SIS, 900; insurance $40, 900.
The house Of asfarmer named Robert Bowles,
near Theresa, N. Y, was burned on Monday
night. The family were obliged to leave
the house in their night clothes, and sew
eral of them had their limbs badly frozen.
: Bowles was so badly burned while attempt
ing to save his children that he died next
day.....A Fonda, N. Y, dispatch of Wednes-
day evening says: "The train which left
here this morning, on the Fonda, Johns
town Il Gloversville railroad, with three en-
gines, is fast in a snow bank mile long and
six to ten feet deep, near Gloversville All
trains between ST. Lawrence and Prescott,
Ont, were snow-bound on Wednesday.
General Sickles states that he has negotiated
loan of 100000 at per cent. for the new
Erie Board on securities rating as high as
seventy. The new loan can readily be paid
off with the earnings in very short time,
and is only needed to tide the company
over the rugged places left by FIVE years of
Jay Gould.
JAMES BURNS and John McAvoy, of Pough-
keepsie, N. Y, found guilty of highway
robbery, have been sentenced to fifteen
years imprisonment.....A Watertown, N
Y, dispatch of Thursday says: GA severe
storm has prevailed in this region since
Tuesday last. Trains are all snow bound.
No mails for two days. The weather is in
tensely cold, with piercing winds. The city
Water Works are nearly all frozen up.'
ABOUT forty minor Tammany exiles, who
fed from New York to avoid arrest or the
witness stand, are congregated at st. John,
n. B., where they have formed a club and
are having a quiet, luxurious time. They
are well supplied with money, and have at
least half million in United States bonds
deposited in st. John banks. Peter B.
Sweeney recently paid them visit, and at
One OF the mills of the North Andovsr, Mass,
Mill Company was totally destroyed by fire,
together with its machinery, Thursday =. Mrs
Keep, widow of the late Henry Keep. has
given 100000 to the New York Homeopathic
Institution for the Blind.....H Marten, a
wealthy local agent of Holloway's medicines
In New York, has been sued for breach of
PAShiioS Al TAuyVUU OdIlaSeS ny MISS Marga-
ret Boutlgny, who alleges that he visited
her as an accepted sutton from 1868 to
1870. Two years ago he went to Europe and
ret rned with French mistress.
On Saturday man named Clark, in Cold
Spring, near Otis, Mass, by the most foolish
carelessness, with loaded gun shot and
killed his sister, aged % years, and wounded
her daughter, years old, so that amputa-
ton OF her arm was necessary.....A boiler
in the Trenton Rolling Mills, in JERSEY City.
exploded on Saturday, destroying the
blacksmith shop and portion Of the rear
building. Five men were injured, and one
Hughes, boiler tender, is missing. Loss
$4,000.
The West.
MRS. SCHAcT, who was Drained at st. Louis
on Monday with a poker by her maniac
husband, died or Tuesday night. AT
Lockland, o., on Sunday last, a negro named
Barhyde beat his wife's brains out with an
ak, IN fit of jealousy Adam Haines
shot and killed John E. TindalI on Monday, |
near Cannon City, Col......Q Quite a swindle |
has been perpetrated on farmers near Fort
Wayne, Ind, by sales of patent hay-forks. |
on the double note swindle system. The
aggregate amount will reach So 900. Efforts
are being made to arrest the rascals, but
thus lar have been unsuccessful.
THE spotted fever has been raging at Lo-
gansport, Ind, for the past FIVE weeks with
an average Of eight deaths daily. Business
is considerably affected 49,. A man lust re-
turned to Omaha from the Black Hills
eharacterizes the recent gold discovery SEN
sation as the worst sell he ever met. 1t is
bogus excitement, designed to attract the
immigration of such persons as must remain
1nere:.--' MOOD d CamPbell's planning mill,
wilkins 4 Marcellus's bolt factory, and
Bartletts Touring mill, at Rockford, were
destroyed by fire on Wednesday night. Loss
about $4OO00.-..The Ohio Falls Car Works
at Jetfersonville, Ind, covering more than
hve acres, were burned on Wednesday after
noon. Loss over 100000; insurance about
$250,OOO.
A cohMITTEE of citizens of New Albany, |
Ind, waited on the officers of the Ohio Falls |
Car Company on Thursday, and made them
a tender of $50, 900 in cash to locate their
works in that eity......The grocery store OF |
Devoe White, at Ripley, Ohio, was de- |
stroyed by fire on Thursday morning; also. |
King & Leggett's hardware store adjoining. |
Loss 100000; insurance $500.
The Missouri Democrat was sold at auction |
at st. Louis on Friday, and was knocked |
down to Mr.. Fishback, one of the former
proprietors, for 1856, 10O.... Governor Fair !
child, of Wisconsin, has written letter, /
stating that the report of arbitration in the |
matter of the Fox River and Wisconsin I'm
provement, as presented to Congress by the |
Secretary of War, will be accepted. Gov
ernor Fairchild is now in Washington, and
laboring earnestly in the interests of the
measure......Joh O'Neil, charged with aid
ing in the robbery and murder of a man
named Atkinson, some twelve miles from
Memphis, Tenn, last January, was arrested
in st. Louis on Friday....As Mr.. Allen
Hartung and son, of Green township, Summit
county, were returning home from Akron,
Ohio at the A. &c G. W. railroad crossing
their team became frightened and ran before
an approaching train. The son and both
horses were instantly killed. Mr.. Harting
was seriously injured.
10Y Saturday night, in saloon at Spring
field, H., Edward Duffy shot and killed
Henry Stoy and wounded Edwin slat-
er, the saloon keeper. The murderer
escaped. 1.-THE Protection Life Insurance
Company, of Chicago, has commenced
libel suit against the Masonic ADVOCATE, of
Indianapolis, Ind, placing the damages at
$1,000 ga young man about eighteen
years old, named Lewis Herted, committed
suicide at Garfield, Ohio, on Sunday by