Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-01
INDIANA NEWS.
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Clerk of the Supreme Court, fees on all business
Auditor Of the State, 81 500 and $1,000 for assist
ants-to be paid quarterly
Secretary of State $4,000 and fees with 81 900 for
Deputy-to be paid quarterly.
Clerks of Superior and Criminal Courts, fees on
the amount of business
In estates of $500, taken by widows, no tax on
collection.
Clerk, allowed So per day for attending court-to
De paid by the county.
County Auditor, 81 800, and fees on business
County Treasurer, 81, 900 and fees.
County Sheriffs, fees on business
Legal advertising, 81 per square (25O ems)
County Surveyors, fees on amount of work.
County Commissioners, 81 per day.
Road viewers, 81 so per day.
Prosecuting Attorneys, fees ON amount of work,
81 for convictions. ETC.
Justices of the Peace, fees on amount of work
Jurors, 81 per day and mileage.
Witnesses, 81 25 per day and mileage.
Notary Public fees amount of work.
business Enterprise.
To accommodate the great demand for house
at Evansville, Messrs. Heidelbach 4 Elsas, of
Cincinnati, will erect during the coming season
twenty-five or thirty dwellings, at cost of from
81. 200 to -, 500 each.
PATENTS have recently been issued to citizens
of Indiana as follows Bee-hives, n. c. Mitch
ell, Indianapolis wind-wheels, j. NJ. Kauff-
man, Goshen lemon-press, H. Newberger,
Fort Wayne pruning-shears, c. III. Billings,
La Grange thill-couplings, E. FARRELL Thorn
town; hay and cotton presses, b. ]. Day,
Evansville.
The Changers in the western part of Peru,
purpose combining business and religion in
practical way. They have undertaken to build
a two-story edifice, the lower half of which
will be used as chapel and the upper half
lodge.
THE new directory of Evansville contains
II, 160 names. from which it is estimated that
the population of the city is AZ, $50.
The new directory of Evansville contains H.
16O names, from which it is estimated that the
population of the city is 1880.
Personal.
LUTHER GRAY Auditor of Howard county,
has been compelled to resign his Office on &C
count of failing health.
Prof. A. NJ. Cow, of Evansville. last week re-
ceived from the President and Secretary of the
Navy notification of his appointment
member of the visiting and examining board of
the Naval Academy at Annapolis.
IT is stated in the public press. and apparent
ly by authority, that Hon. Jere NJ Wilson late
in Congress from this State, will
locate in Washington and engage in the prac-
tice of law.
A YOUNG man in Laporte found life insupport-
able because his girl went home from church
with hated rival, and thereupon undertook to
glide into the silent tomb by the aid of strych-
nine, but forcibly detained by a stomach
pump.
Mrs. BORDEN, wife of Prof Borden, Assist
ant State Geologist, recently attempted to COM
NIT suicide by taking morphine, at the family
residence in Clark county.
WM. BOILER, who has charge of passenger
trains of the Pan Handle road when passing
over the Union tracks few days since, found
a pocket-book in which was S19u cash. Soon
afterward Quaker lady of Richmond put in an
it was for her that the purse fell into the hands
of so honest a man.
CONSIDERABLE apprehension is felt at Fort
Wayne as to the whereabouts of John o. Will
Jams, well-known citizen and member of the
dry-goods firm of Wooster, Williams & Co. He
left about eight weeks since for Memphis on
business, and for the past four weeks nothing
whatever has been heard from him. He only
expected to be gone few days. and, as he had
a large amount Of money with him. some sus-
picions of foul play entertained.
Crime
WOMAN named Eve Peters an old maid liv-
ing alone in Melville, suburb of Terre Haute,
was found dead in her house a few days ago.
Her hands were chained behind her, and she
was tied by strip around her neck to the bed,
and there were indications that she had been
full investigation is to be made.
FRED CHENown.LE, at Columbus, is charged
with placing distractions ON the track of the
Evansville Terre Haute and Charlottesville
railroad last August, by which train vas
thrown from the track.
EIGHTY convicts in the State Prison at Jeffer-
sonville, at work in the foundry, made bold
and desperate attempt to escape one day last
week. They suddenly quit work, overpowered
the guard, tied and blinded them, and succeed
ed in partially cutting hole through the outer
wall, when general alarm was given. The
outside guard rushed to the rescue, and on top
Of the walls forced the convicts, at the muzzles
Of their Spencer rifles, to desist from a further
attempt at escape. The leaders in the con-
spiracy were promptly dealt with
LAPoRTE has had twenty fires in a very brief
period of time, all laid to incendiarism.
Legal.
Gov. HENDRICKS has approved the act pro-
viding that commercial paper fallingdue on GER
tain national and State holidays shall be deemed
as having matured the day previous.
In accordance with an act passed at the late
session of the Legislature all legal notices, in
cities where the population exceeds 5000 must
appear in both English and German papers.
Casualties.
A VICIOUS mare that he had just purchased
killed Alfred Henderson. young man of Rock
port, with kick, recently.
Mr. ROBERT WIrTESBERG, of Tere Haute,