Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-09-04
NEWS SUMMARY.
The East.


farmer of Washington county, Pa, wko disap-
peared some time ago, was found few days
since, BY his friends. picked in the dissecting-
room of the Philadelphia Medical College.
Munce was found drowned on the Sd of July,
and the body was removed to the Morgue,
whence it was turned over to the Medical Col
lege. Quite sensation was produced by the
discovery.
A FRIGHTFUL accident occurred in New York
the other day. The walls of a building which
. party of laborers were pulling down gave
way, instantly kllir- four of them, and
vounding nine others so severely they are not
expected to recover. Three of the wounded
have since died Michael Broderick of New
York. assaulted his mother-in-law. Broderick 8
son, aged 10. intercedei as a peace-maker,
whereupon the father turned upon his boy and
stabbed him fatally. Another son came upon
the scene, and was in turn stabbed by the
Infatuated parent, but not fatally. The muir
derer was arrested. New and rich oil dis
coveries have been made four miles southwest
of Titusville, Pa
A TERRIBLE accident occurred on the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad on the oath of August,
near Cameron, W. Va, by which four German
emigrants were killed, and fifteen or twenty
wounded. The accident was caused by the
spreading of the track, which threw the tender,
express car. and one passenger down an en-
bankment and all the coaches off the track.
The car turned bottom upwards, the trucks
with it. Some of the emigrants became en-
ragged, thinking the conductor and engineer
were trying to kill them, and set upon the Off
GERS of the train with stones, and they had to
Tee for their lives Belfast. Me-, has ex-
perienced disastrous conflagration, which de-
stroyed $50 buildings estimated loss, $780,,
600. =. Miss Seavey, of Belmont, n. H., aged
60. died the other day of voluntary starvation,
having refused food for twenty-eight days. A
sister of the deceased died in the same way
few years ago.
The accident on the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, near Cameron, W. Va, was not so
serious as at first reported. None of the emil
grants were killed. though several were Sc
1erel injured. AT Rochester. n. Y, last
week, passenger train ran into a carriage
which was crossing the track, smashing the
vehicle, and killing the occupants, James An
derson and Dennis Delany, one of whom was
horribly mangled. The engineer. John Day.
stopped the train as soon as possible, and got
of the engine to see what injury had been
done. In passing in front of the locomotive
he saw it covered with blood and brains and
Was so overcome by the shock that he walked
. few steps, when he fell. He was carried
into the smoking-car, and died in a few min
utes.
A FIRE in Lynn, Mass. last week, destroyed
S10o, 900 worth of property One Prof. Bel
lene, from France, performed a feat of ex-
traordinary daring at Niagara Falls, the other
day. He crossed the river on a tight rope,
1.5O0 feet long, opposite the Clifton House, in
sixteen minutes. Returning to the center. ne
cast his cloak and balance-pole into the
river and then jumped off into the water be-
meath, a distance of 140 feet. disappearing for
few seconds, after which he rose to the sur
face, and was picked up by men i'll waiting,
and went ashore in a small boat
Gov. DIX has written q letter to Mayor
Havemeyer, declining to furnish arms for the
New York police. There is trouble brewing
among the city authorities of Brooklyn. 1t is
stated that large amount of the citys securi-
ties cannot be found for the reason that the
late Assistant Treasurer specialized with the
funds. and the securities were gradually alb
sorbed. This gentleman makes counter
charges against other city officials whom he
claims are implicated in the affair. AID.
Nichols. of Philadelphia, has been sentenced
to nine months imprisonment for extorting
e The West.
THE report that Hon. Philetus Sawyer, of
Wisconsin, had committed suicide was a cruel
hoax, and arose from the blunder of an in
competent telegraph operator. A serious col
lision occurred on the Cincinnati and Marietta
railroad. near Loveland, Ohio, few DAYS age,
resulting in the death of three persons The
accident was caused by the freight train run
ming out of time. The conductor and
engineer have been arrested and will
I've prosecuted by the company for murder
John Gusts, a colored body-servant of George
Washington in 1882, died at Canaan. Washing
ton county. Wis. recently aged 1O7 wears
Great excitement exists in Baxter Springs,
Kan. over the discovery of lead in the streets
of that CITY, 1t is found in immense quanti-
ties near the surface, and the citizens general
ly have turned out to mining.
TEE desperadoes in and around Ellsworth.
Kansas. Infatuated at the killing of one of
their number by the Sheriff, threaten to de-
stroy the town, and the citizens have formed
themselves into military companies for its de-
fense.. The boiler in a shingle-mill at Spen-
Ger. Mich, exploded the other day, killing
three men and badly wounding four others.
JOIN HANCOCK, an old and respected citizen
of Payson, ILL.,, recently murdered his wife,
while laboring under fit of temporary in
sanity, and then hung himself The report
telegraphed from Lawrence, Kansas. and
widely published, purporting to give the par
ticulars of the boarding of a train on the Mis-
sour Pacific railroad by a band of ruffians
and the killing Of one of them by passenger
was miserable hoax. Sheriff Low, of Gallo
way county, No., who was shot by the mob
that lynched Kessler, is dead
THE exploring expedition sent out to ascer-
tain as to the feasibility of turning the Gulf
Of California into the desert of the Colorado.
in Arizona, has made surveys whichfu DEM
onstrate the prscticability of the scheme.
The Yellowstone expedition has had two en-
counters with the redskins, the particulars of
which are furnished by dispatch from Muscle
Shell River. The first fight occurred ON Aug. |
4, In which 80 troops were engaged for two |
hours against 800 Indians The firing was at |
long range, and but little damage done to |
either side, only two Indians being killed. |
While the tight was going on, several Indians |
left the war party. in search of stragglers. |
Coming upon DIR. Honsinger. the veterinary |
surgeon. and Balarain, the cavalry sutler. who !
were less than mile from the column. thew |
killed them and took their horses and valua- |
bles. Private John Ball of the cavalry. while |
out hunting, met with similar fate On the |
9th Of August, Gen. Stanley directed Gen. |
Custer to take his cavalry, numbering $50 |
men. and follow and punish the Indians. On |
the l1th he was attacked by about 500 Indians |
Uthe. banks of the Yellowstone river. who |
opened brisk fire. After the fighting had |
been going on some time Gen. Custer ordered |
. charge, which was calamity executed. the |
REDSKINS fleeing before the innof,,o,,s ONSET |