Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-12-31

on which is said to have been written by him |
the words whisky and women Bows. be-
wareI" There was nothing found on his per-
son or anything known of his acts to drive |
him to the deed.
STATE AFFAIRS.
THE biennial report of the Board of Trus-
tees of the State Normal School located at
Terre Haute, asks for an appropriation of
S113, 16S for the purpose of finishing and fur
lishing the building, and 500, 900 more to pay
the faculty. The receipts OF the year have
been S29, 706.e3, and the expenditures about
5000 more. The school has 401 pupils-ls7
males and 214 females II has turned out Al
graduates. Sixty-two per cent. of the stu
dents have been of farm er parentage
Chauncey Rose pays the expenses of 20 pu-
pills, and has set apart 500, 900 of his estate,
the interest OF which is to be applied to the
education Of persons who are unable to pay
their own expenses.
LEGAL.
A PECULIAR case has been commenced in
the Superior Court of Indianapolis. Oliver
b. Stout, leading citizen, whose wife left
him few months ago and commenced an ac-
Con for divorce, sues his mother-in-law, Mrs.
Mary Taggart, for S4O.O 900. He alleges the
damages to have occurred through an aliena-
ton of his wifo's affections, by means Of con-
slant, steady, and contrived insinuations.
heavy force Of lawyers appear on each side,
and the case will be contested inch by inch h.
| The queer case of Blizzard vs. Hays has
just been disposed of in the Circuit Court at
Logansport. This was case of false i'm
prisonment, and has been before the courts
of this State ten years, have been taken to
Cass county on change of venue from White
county. The jury, after being out nine hours,
returned verdict of one cent. The costs of
the case, amounting to $4,000, fall on the de-
PENDANT, Hays.
| MISCELLANEOUS.
TIE Vevay Rereiue: "During the past
week Mr.. C. G. Doerner, of vevay, has ex-
amined pieces Of meat from about twenty-five
hogs. OF this number he has found four
affected with trichina. Looking through his
powerful microscope we saw very fine speci-
men of the worm-a hideous-looBing monster
Of dark gray color, with rings of white, and
a snake-shaped head"
THE township of St. Joe county. in which
South Bend is located, Lad 1877 applications
from the poor for assistance, which the Trus-
tee proved to be needy.
THE Antioch school-house. in Jackson coun-
ty, was recently destroyed by fire, believed to
have been the work Of an incendiary.
The colored people of indianapolis are
81 Do
and one Methodist.
THE eighth annual report of the Commits
sioners and officers of the Indiana House of
Refuge, located at Plsinfield, for the year
ending Dec. 81, 1874, has been submitted to the
Governor. The number of inmates is 26j
says boys admitted to this institution cannot
be called criminals, but are rather unruly
vicious lads, who are without home training
or whose parents are unable to discipline
Arguments are submitted showing why re
form schools cannot be self-sustaining which
is followed by long account Of the manner
OF teaching, disciplining and working the in
mates. The farm comprises 225 acres, 7s
being under tillage IS in timber, % in yard
and 80 in garden. During the past season is
acres we're planted in clover, IL in potatoes, %
with beans, fodder and corn, and q in oats
1850 bushels of potatoes were raised, and
SIS of oats. The productions of the garder
are valued at %, 4sO.5O and fruits at s433.s0
From 80 to ITO boys work in the chair factory
6 to in the tailor chop, in the shoe shop
and the remainder out of doors. The health
of the school is uniformly good, only two
deaths occurring, these being colored boys
occasioned by consumption. Appropriations
are asked for the purchase, draining. and fer
tilizing of more land, for the building of
hennery, and for the introduction of gas an
water into the building, all amounting to
about 100000. The Commissioners believe
the Indiana institution is as fully accomplish.
ing it's object as any similar institution in the
world. The suggestion is made that younger
children be placed in an orphans or children's
home, or in private families.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT DENNY, whose term OF
Office expired on the 9th OF November, has
submitted his financial report to Gov. Hen
from Jan. l. 1874, to Nov. G, 1874. The fol-
lowing is an abstract:
Total amount of school fund collected. S28 694 90
Tuition fund, being unclaimed witness
fees, and interest on school fund. 19,S75.15
Circuit Court docket fees. ........... Is 1881 SO
Unclaimed balances in estates. 1871. Is
County fund. I,444.69
Total. ...................... So, 372. 70
From this amount is to be deducted S43,
1904, having been collected prior to Jan. /,
1874, and being embraced in isformer report.
| Total collected on war claims from the
united states. 10
| Amount collected from United States on
| account of the per cent. due the State
from sale of public lands. ............. $3.50. IS
| Amount collected from Haskell, Morris
| Co. on claim transferred to State by A.
| II. Conner, State Printer. ...... 1.70s. 90
| From Bradley, Patterson, and others. 291S8.13
From Samuel Fisk on account Of general
fund. Observation-Disclosures. 547.70
/ From sale of lands in Clay county,. 333S. 80
Total of all collections from date. .s299 ss4 20
THE Indianapolis Sentinel is almost continu-
ally in receipt of letters from patients at the
insane asylum who declare in expressive sem
fences that they are not mad. The last one
contains the startling intelligence that There
are about four hundred of as here who would
| like to get out"
| American Apples in England.