Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-14

the Wayne Circuit Court, the jury returned
verdict for plaintiff for $1,000 damages.
CRIME.
Four prisoners recently walked out Of
Fountain county's new $1,000 jail.
The Kokomo Tribune tells how Will Rayl,
an honest, Woodworking man, found that |
some one was stealing his corn from the field.
He set guard with a shotgun to watch it.
and when the thief came he was obliged to |
stop in the midst of his operations with load |
of buck-shot in his carcass.
a TERRIBLE outrage was perpetrated near |
Millersburg, Elkhart county, on the evening |
of the 2Sth ult. Two young girls, daughters |
of farmer, aged respectively Is and Is, left
home in the evening to attend singing
school in the village named. On the way
thither they were met by a colered barber
named Buck. and John Simpson, young
white man. The two ruffians seized the girls,
and notwithstanding their cries. carried them
a short distance from the road to a workshop,
and there outraged their persons in the most
shocking manner. The two fiends fed, but
were pursued by citizens and arrested. There
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and lynching strongly urged by many.
The jury in the Cihaush murder case, at
South Bend, brought in verdict against
Jonathan Hickman of murder in the first de-
gree and fixed the penalty at imprisonment
for life. When Judge Stainfeld announced
the verdict the prisoner received it with
broad grin.
MAN named Devanev has been arrested at
Fort Wayne, charged with the murder of
Anthony Mshsn, who died from the effects of
blow from bootjack administered by the
prisoner in a drunken brawl Christmas night.
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE Attica (Fountain county, Ledger COM
plains that the town is overrun with beggsrs,
who are principally stout, hearty men.
THE pedagogues of Indiana have just held
, their annual meeting at indianapolis. The
!, session was one of unusual interest. The at
tendance was large, and the proceedings
r embraced papers and discussions of more
than average merit.
} The Vincennes Sun says: There is such
an evident need of new State-House that we
, presume very few people question the pro-
priety of building one. The present building
is old, dilapidated, and in style of architecture
is about one hundred years behind the age.
The State of Indiana is great commonwealth,
| possessed of immense wealth, mighty re-
sources, and population of more than a
million and half of people, and she, there
fore, ought to have State-House common
surate with her wealth and standing. We
| cbo1l ha Of ban nd md
fine building, which will reflect honor upon
} the State"
.. THE SOUTHERN PENITENTIARY.
The annual report of officers of the In
diana State Prison South, located at Jeffer-
sonvlIIe, compliments the several officers of
the prison for their fidelity. Referring to the
Warden, it says:
"In our last report, we took occasion to express
our hearty approval of the manner in which the
Warden, Col. L. S. Shuler, managed the various
important affairs of the PRISON and the observa-
tons of another year only confirm the assertion
then made, that in our opinion he has no Superior
in the management of convicts."
Col. Shuer submits his sixth annual report,
giving the following figures:
Total receipts ..........--. sI9,9Il .63
Total expen dltures. 10 $50. %
Excess of receipts. Observation-Disclosures. 50. 3S
Total earnings. ........... -. 49,. g. 226. "a
Ordinary expenses. Observation-Disclosures. 50 1897 O3
|, Excess of earnings. Observation-Disclosures. 1928. 81
Cost of repairs. 81 ,577. 81
Convics' labor account for year is. 64,O95 20
Daily average number of convicts az work 3e5
The report of DR.. VIM. Fl. Sheets, prison
physician, states that the year has been an
unusually anxious one. During the summer
200 cases of dysentery were treated, II of
which were fatal; and during the year over
, 1900 cases of different diseases were under
treatment. The exac. figures are:
Total number treated. .................1,22 5
Percentage of deaths 1 $40
Treated in hospital. Observation-Disclosures. =. 224
Treated out Of hospital. ........... i ,001
The general health of the prison is good
at present.
The Chaplain, Rev. John W. Sullivan, re-
) ports that no one act of kind consideration
has had so fine moral effect as the substitu-
} ton OF new clothing for the degrading
striped garb heretofore worn. Religious ex-
ercises are regularly conducted and much in
terest is taken in them by many prisoners.
} The following table gives the counties rep
resented, and number from each
'igo. 57Davis ........ 1Dubos. 4
vanderburg.. Sc Martin. Henry. 4
jefferson 49, M nroe....... 81 Sullivan 49,.
Knox. 9sSwitzerland.. sFay-tte 1890. 3
Clark 80. =. IS Hancock. 7lSpencer.
| Floyd. 49,. .. isiCrawford 80. job son......
| Hendricks =. 10Rush ........ Jackson. 80. IL
| Posey $50. ii lGbson. Isl Dearborn 80.
| Ripley Franklin. Greene. 4
|, b BARTHOLOMEW 9Parker....... 81 p itnam. $500.