Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-12-31
INDIANA NEWS.
INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS.

PATENTS have recently been granted to
Indiana inventors as follows: Metallic ridge
caps for roofs. Peter B. Laidlaw, Fort Wayne;
device for charging beer with gas, John C.
Kennedy, Goshen; process for filling fiber in
paper pulp, Hermann Dremling, Fort Wayne
hay derrick, Christopher Lidren. Lafayette
velocipede, James F. Mcclure, Connersville
wagon brake, George Seeger, Carks Hill
ironing board, Alva II. Swain, Winchester
NEW ALBANY has opened Merchants
Exchange, and is putting on city airs.
FLOYD county will build $50, 900 poor
house.
New ALBANY and Jacksonville have thus
far slaughtered nearly 60, 900 head of hogs.
THE corn trade is brisk through Spencer
county. About 100000 bushels have been
bought along the line of the railroad
PERSONAL.
THE following specimen of dd homineD,
argument is from the Vncennes Sun: The
average length Of farmers life is sixty-five
years, while that of printer is thirty-three ;
hence the necessity of paying for your paper
promptly. We have not long to live, and We
would like to have little money before we
de-
DEATHS.
THE New Albany Ledger chronicles the
death of BENZ. Aydelotte, one of the Oldest
citizens of Harrison county. He had reached
his SD year.
POLITICAL.
TIE following Indiana Po- masters have
been confirmed by the United States Senate
Mrs. L. F. Ewing, Logap-port; George
Langsdale Greencastle; A. ". Delong, Hun
tington.
CASUALTIES.
Two LITTLE children of John B. Whitmer of
Goshen, we're fatally burned, a few days ago,
by their clothes catching fire, during the
temporary absence Of their parents from the
house.
INcENDIAR1Es flourish about NoblesviIle.
A FIRE occurred at Petersburg, Pike county,
Sunday, Dec 20, which consumed the dwell
ings Of Elias Osborn, senior and Junior.
Elias Osborn, ST., veteran of the war Of 1912
was so badly burned that he has since died.
He was rs years old, and was one of the pi-
oneers Of Pike county.
CRIME.
GEORGE MARTIN, who killed his wife at
Cloverdale aoout three weeks ago. was SEN
fenced to the Penitentiary for life, at Green
castle, on Thursday, and sent Immediately to
the Southern Prison at Jacksonville.
Os Tuesday of last week, in Morgan county,
couple of men broke down the door of Mr..
JEFF Wooton's dwelling with fence rail.
choked him till he disclosed where the money
was, took s125 that he had, and quietly re-
tired
BURGLARS entered the sleeping-room of q
couple of Indianapolis printers the other day,
while they slept, and carried off their wallets,
containing Sl.2s. The burglars will know
better next time.
A YOUNG man named Samuel T. Botkin de-
| liberately took his own life at Farmland. Ran
dolph county, on Monday of last week. A
party Of young folks had met at hotel. and
| in the midst OF their enjoyment, without q
word of warning, young Botkin handed his
roommate the key to their room with his left
hand, at the same time drawing his pistol
with his right hand, placed it against his right
temple and pulled the trigger. His death was
instantaneous and the scene that followed
was beyond description. Besides several
other ladies, his own sister and young lady
to whom he was said to be engaged were pres