Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-02-18
INDIANA NEWS.


Crime.
LYNCH PATTON, who killed John ". Nash al
Middleton yigo county. recently. surrendered
himself to the Sheriff few days ago.
ED. Brown was arrested at Hartford City a
short time since, charged with stealing SIS
from his roommate, and lodged in the Marion
Jail. During the night he succeeded in hang
! ing himself with chain that wss in the cell.
Early next morning, on the cell Icing opened,
he WAS found to have been dead some hours.
A QUARREL at Kokomo, few days ago, be-
tween John Sprunce and wife, had fatal ter
minaton. In attempting to strike his wife his
son William struck him ON the head with piece
of wagon felloe, crushing in his skull.
Personal.
A COUPLE living in Orange county have been
married over sixty-eight years. The husband
is in his ninety-third year, and the wife is
ninety-six. They have had twelve children.
eight of whom are living. the youngest being
forty-eight years old. Both of these old people
discarded the use of glasses twenty years ago.
and can read fine print without their aid.
Ex.Gov. CONRAD BAKER has resigned his
the Indiana Reformatory.
TINS is the way the Indianapolis Ne,cs an
nounces a contemporaries misfortune: lit is
reported that the Globe has received new ac-
cesson TO its editorial staff in the person of the
Sheriff. He is to be managing editor, it is said.
Deaths.
REV. DANIEL. Denote died at his residence
in Greencastle last week.
Casualties.
JOHN MCCLosKT, son of the baggagemaster
at the Union depot at Indianapolis, was run over
by freight train few days ago and instantly
killed
AN exploded boiler attached to Harrison &
Lopers saw-min ct Hinsdale, Morgan county,
played some very fantastic tricks, according to
the local paper. 1T moved right through the
undergrad. which was crowded with heavy
logs, knocking large-sized green hickory logs
endwise. After cavorting around among the
saw-logs. it turned its course, cutting off cor
ner-post as though it had been a cornstalk
Knocking down the mill building it crossed over
to the railroad track tore loose two rails and
broke the third in two, and finally stopped half
any person. although there were number of
people in the mill and in the yard
Miscellaneous.
QUITE a sensation was caused at Fort Wayne
few days ago. About thirty persons for want
of more comfortable quarters slept at the city
prison. Among these was a negro who Was
found to be suffering with smallpox, and
ais do of olt and nh
sued.
NEw CARLISLE st. Joseph county. is agitat-
ing the question of water works. 1t is pro-
pressed to adopt the stand-pipe system the esti-
mated cost of which is about $4,000.
c. E. MONTGOMERY. of Petersburg Pike
county heavy operator in pork and grain. is
building three Hat boats, in which he expects to
ship South $4,000 or 10000 bushels of corn
which he has on the bank of White river
awaiting the opening of navigation.
INDIANA has the honor of having established
the only Reformatory Institution for Women
and Girls in the United States.
NEW ALBANY is seeking to attract attention
by challenging any writer to equal the penman-
ship of professor in her business college for
$1,000.
The Fort Wayne papers say that frst-class
funeral would be jolly compared with the per-
played there the other night.
THREE persons were baptized by plunging in
the river at Muncie, Sunday last The weather
was extremely cold. and the ice about two feet
thick.