Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-06-04

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machine shop, and maDufa cturers of grain
separators, were in Plymouth last Mon
day morning, ON their return from Canton,
Ohio.
Our citizens think they ought not to
pay So per day for board, when they go
TO Maxinkuckee Lake, on a fishing ex-
cursion.
Quite large portion OF the business
of the LaPortc city council, has been to
consider petitions to refund taxes uniustly
collected.
Public School Anniversary at the NJ.
Z. Church, Tonight. viii Carleton,
author of "Over the Hills TO the Poor
House" will entertain the audience by
reading. The German Six Brothers
String Band will furnish the music.
Hon. WIN. Baxter, IN MS speech in
this city, on Friday evening, 22d ult.. paid
very high compliment to Hon. j. IL.
Thaycr, representative in the State legis-
lature, from Kosciusko county. 1t was
by his assistance that Baxter was enabled
10 get his temperance bill through the
| House.
One pound of Paris green mixed with
forty pounds of plaster paris, is French
dose that will Kill potato bugs. and make
potatoes grow, if timely and literally ad
miniStercd. Try it, and bring us ten per
cent. of the potatoes snatched from the
devoaring jaws Of the rayenous potato
bugs.
The Inwood correspondent of the
Bourbon fi,Tor s1,s that Jasper BaymaE
hid his hand Caught in a saw. in Schafier
Il Norriss' saw mill, a few days ago, and
lost two fingers by the operation. J. IL.
Blasinghau had the ends of his fingers
cut of, in q shingle machine.
Last Thursday night Mr.. Christian
Schilt's steam saw mill, in Bremen, was
destroyed by fire. 1t is supposed that it
took fire from sparks falling in the saw
dust, from the engine. Some lumber was
burned, and the engine was crushed by
the heavy timbers falling on it. Loss
estimated at $4,000. No insurance.
While Geo Anderson, engineer,
was getting drink of wafer last Thurs
day, at Etna Green, on the p. Fl w. &
G. Il. r., he left his engine in the charge
OF the fireman, and by some unaccounta-
BILE means the boiler burst, riddled the
engine badly, and. We are told. piece of
the boiler struck a boy, who was sitting at
the door of his hone, and broke his ara.
Ne.other person was injured. The boiler
was an old one, and was about to he laid
aside as useless and dangerous.
The Baltimore Sc Ohio Railroad has
secured the rishs way into Chicago
The Illinois Central track is to be used
from ParlsiGe station. The company
will this season Commence building an
engine house and car shops at South
Chicago, to cost 100000. This will
initiate the price of South Chicago lots.
Acre property is now selling in that
vicinity. at the mouth of the Calumet,
for $4,000, which could have been bought
for 5000 few weeks ago. Walkerton,
in St. Soscph county, will te vastly btle-
/ fltfPI Inv tho np,y rnai
The fuckers were in town yesterday
to settle little unpleasaniness that hap
peped some time since. This time il was
the old man who was selected for de
PENDANT, on a charge made by Mrs. Tuck
er for striking her with stick of stove
wood The old lady who is exceed
inglv affectionate and kind hearted, had
be n going without Shoes all winter
rather than 10 disturb the sensitive nerves
of her tyrannical husband by asking him
for money to buy a new pair. Levi, {
dutiful son Of the old lady, was not fal
off when the striking was done She just
asked the old man to give herthe money
and he told her to just go along about
her business, and used his authority in
rather reckless manner by striking th,
amiable lady. If the story is not true, i
is not our fault. Mrs. Tucker swore to i
F before Esq. Fish. She was somewha
offended at Mr.. Packard, who was coun
Gil for the saucy manner, in which IN
asked irrelevant questions. Said Packard
wanted to quarrel with her. Her voic
ran pretty well up the scale occasionally
; If the old man always keeps his tempe
and never strikes the old lady with stow
wood, he is saint; but We guess he amt
The old lady said that Tucker strucl
her with the stove wood on her arm an,
made it black and blue and green. Sh
acknowledged that her eyesight was bad
i Packard wanted to know If it might no
have been dirt on her arm. That was a
insult which she properly resented. ESQ
CLANCY managed the case for the STATE
q and did it manfully. At this writing W
4 don't know which side is victorious, BIZ
we have learned this much, that til
h Tucker family is seldom, if ever, {