, 1874-06-13


bar, By tho Hon. .. D. Brown. Of that city:
--Yoster1ay at Bohoolcraft tl1oro wnH a change
IN tho temperature Of thirty-four degroos III
thrty.Bix hours, and there aro fears OF frost:
About B.45 o'clock yesterday morning snow
commenced FILLING at place on tho Grand
l.apids = Indians Railroad, named Noauton lo9
1nntles north Of Grand Rapids. Tt WAS very cold
tAcro yesterday oyoning, and tho prospects wore
good for another fall Of snow. Tho fall III tho
morning wnB quito light.
"A nan named Daniel MoIfossick was found
hanging to a treo about 8 o'clock yostorday
morning In 1Iiokeys woods, near tlio farm or
Thomas Noator, near Cnrrollton. Ho had tied
n rod aash to o limb about ton foet from tne
ground End rigging sp nooso o sYng nnHe1t p1sd
and Ind for tho past two or thren years been III
tho employ Of Thomaa Nostdr. lie was nomo-
what addicted to ardons spirits, and II ~ Sup
~ William MeIntor, Lcizor, NlIsher, 1soAa, md
Bertha Muster. Of Saginaw, Mich, we're arrest-
cd, charged with aottng fro to a building occ'l,
Wod by them as d ctothinR,atore: Ihe trial
oaulo up at tho present torn Of tho CIRCUIT Court,
and ali four woro conylotod. Yesterday Judge
Tonuant sentenced William and Loizor Moistcr
to raven years' hard labor each In tho state
Prison. .-.-.
The Board of TruBsuoa Of Purdue Univorsity
mot at Lafayette In regular sasson yesterday.
After an examination Of tho ground astd build
tngs, tho Doard elected A. shortridgo, Of H.
81, ODD POI annu1n, taking effect July /. Dir:
Shortridgo at present oocnplos tho position OK
Superintendent Of publloschools ct 1ntliauapolis.
Tho graduating class OF tho 1nfayotse High
School eavo au ontertainmont at tho Opora-
House 1aat ovonihg. Tho house was crowded.
Tho essays and orations were highly orotlitablo
to the claBs: Tho clasa gave reception to their
friends at tho residence OF D. Jenkins after tho
performances at the opera-11ouso wore con
cludol.
-Adyioea from ali parts Of Huntington County
show wheat looking better than \ few weeka
ago. although tho general crop Will not roach
tue average, Corn looks well. but there is mitch
complaint Of grul,B, rut-worms, and wire-worns.
DeeteB will, 1t il Toured, entirely ruin tho crop
OF potatoes.
An important suit has besn begun in tho
Circuit Court Of Huntington County by tho
Trustoos OF Huntington Township against the
Board Of Tr1stees Of tho City OF Huntington.
The plaintiffs complain that the ontlro City Gov
ernment ia Illegal, and must bo abolished. sev,
eral important legal questions are involyed, aud
some Of the hcHt lawyers Of Northern Indiana
arc engaged In the caso.
-Yesterday evening shooting ARRAY occurred
In front OF the nates' Hotel, indianapolis, ho-
tweon Lieut.. L. Warrington, Recruiting ohieor,
| U. 8. H., stationed thoto. and Tyler bfason. Tho
| trouble began olootion-day, when tho parties
| quarreled. Last night tfoy mot, words followed,
when Warrington drew revolver and ahot at
Three sh ota wero fred at Mason without effect,
| two strikiug tho wagon, ono missing. A. rovol-
| er vas handed Mason, but it was taken away boz
| fore had an opportunity to Hhoot. The by
| ISLANDERS Intorforod, separating the combatants.
| Both parties wero arrested, minor oncnse
charged, bail furnished. aud the parties ra-
| leased.
The grasshoppers are very thick in Groen Bay
Township. At present they are only working on
the hay-crop, which, It is feared, will all be de-
stroyod In that section OF tho country.
u. W. Engeo presented q $50 bill at the
bank in Fort Madison on Friday, Which waa
changed for him aud afterwards discovered to be
counterfeit. Flo was arrested and roleasod after
been Tictimizod in tho sAfne mannor.
"A few days ago II. r. Nhoin, City Troasurer
Of Burlington, resigned that position. Tho
resignation was quietly accepted, mud successor
quietly appointed Since thou all kinda Of
rumorH have prevailed that Rhein has been
guilty OF malfeaaauco IN Office and thnt lO Was
forced to resign. Rhein hns always stood high
in this community, and has many friends i'll all
| partieB.
Hugh Il. Colwol1 who robbed and fatally In
{n1ed A. L. Wing, young man from AUBURN,
hlo., wheu out riding, April Is, after tral ocou
| pying tho Diatriot Court at Minneapolis for q
week, was found guilty OF murder In tho first do
| gree, aud yesterday was Houtoncel to hard 1hbor
ln tile State Prson for life, with twolye days
solitary confinement on bread and water oaph
year. Colwc1l is ouly 20 years old.
| The State 6uprome Court, sitting at 81.
Paul, adjourned tho April torn yesterday, hav-
Ing cleared the calendar after forty-two working
days, tho longest torn on record.