Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-12-10
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The Supreme Court, sitting at Indianapolis
has J1ct delivered very important opinion
involving the rights of colorsd children in the
public schools. Under the ruling of the
Court, negro children are to be practically ex-
Guided from the public SCHOOLS of Indiana.
The case came up on an appeal from the
County Court of Marion ooanty. which held
that, where there were not fifteen colored
children in any school district, in which even
separate schools are provided, they had the
right to be admitted into the regular
school with white children. The Su-
preme Court geverses the decision holding
that schools provided under section % of the
first article of the Constitution are only for
citizens and at the time of the adoption of
the Constitution only white people were citi-
zens. The Fourteenth Amendment does not
delegate to the general government the right
to control the domestic affairs of State. and
it has been so decided by the United States
Supreme Court. Tho court says that the
Legislature having undertaken to provide
separate schools for eolored children, the
aw being that such shall be or
gani7ed where there are fifteen children
in the district, they are clearly of
the opinion that colored children are not
entitled to admission in schools provided for
white children so long as that act remains in
force. The decision Of the lower court was
made BY Judge Perkins, former Democratic
member Of the Supreme Court. Exception
was noted, and petition for rehearing..
The decision creates considerable interest in
legal and school circles. The opinion Was de-
liyered by Chief-Juetice Buskirk. Very few
districts in the State have a sufficient number
of colored people to organize separate
schools and the decision will practically cut
colored children oct of facilities for education.
AsLocK of buildings was burned in Muncie
on the night of the 25th nit. Less SO, 600.
Franklin had \ S12, 900 blaze on the same
evening.
HENDERSON, PARKS d Co., of Martinville.
killed a hog hast week which wsighed 1850
pounds. This is believed to hare been the
largest hog in the State \ He brought over
$50 in market iaiila haa40 4
3 WHILE digging a well at albion, Noble
county, which had reached depth of forty
feet, a portion Of the gravel near the surface
gave way, and buried a young man named
Frank Lindsay at the bottom of the well.
Death ensued before he could be rescued.
THERE are 407 convicts in the State Prison
South at the present time. This is the largest
humber of male convicts ever incarceratco
there since the northern prison was established
The Indications are good for further increase,
as nearly all the jails in Southern Indiana are
filed. ..r.f.
The State Grange closed its session on the
26th ult. The following members were elect
ed to fill the vacancies on the State Executive
Committee, occasioned by expiration of terms
of Office: Robert Mitchell, Gibson county;
c. c. Mcwilliams, Parke, and A. B. Line,
Franklin. y. W. Ziegler, of Laporte, was
elected State Lecturer. An appropriation of
$1,000 was voted in aid of grasshopper suf-
ferers, and each lodge in the State was re-
quested to give one dollar-in all q, 900. The
Treasurer reported s1s, 80 received during
the year, and So, 467.7s disbursed. The Sec
fetary reported s10,6s3.74 receipts, of
which S5,735.5S were expended in the tiansac-
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