Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-15
INDIANA NEWS.
Personal.


mother-Daniel Barbour, nearly IS, and Eliza
beth. his wife. aged S. both in good health,
and their minds very little, if any, impaired by
age. He walks with the assistance of a cane,
and directs the affairs of his farm. She is quite
active, and manages the affairs of her house
hold. They were married on the 4th of March,
1906, in Jefferson county, New York, and moved
thence in 1917, and settled in the wilderness. of
which they made farm near Terre Haute, and
there have resided ever since
EIGHTY acres of land and gold watch were
offered by James Hart to the first and second
best spoilers at an photographed contest at
Greensburg last week.
RI. Rev. BISHOP DwENGER, OF Fort Wayne,
has a painting in his possession by one of
the old masters that is valued at $4,000 If
this price be obtained. the reverend gentleman
will devote the proceeds TO the erection of an
orphan asylum. The picture is said to be
magnificent one.
NELLIE WILLIAMS, of Richmond, the young
girl who swallowed glass earring, several
days ago. and whose life has been despaired of,
had her throat opened by surgeons, rendering
her speechless, as her windpipe was opened.
During hemorrhage and severe coughing the
glass pendant thrown out of this opening,
and hopes are now entertained of her recovery.
and as soon as the wounds are closed her
speech will be restored. =
JUDGE I. c. WHITEsIDE for many years
prominent in law and politics at Logansport.
Ind, now practicing his profession in Chicago.
has been conducting an important case i'll the
United States Court at Indianapolis and visit
ing old friends along the route. The country
press of the West complains that Chicago con-
stantly plucks its ripest fruit from the profess
sional tree.
Gov. HENDRIcKs left for Washington City on
Wednesday. whittier he goes TO make report
as to the disposition of arms given this State by
the general government, such report being made
necessary by a recent act Of Congress. He will
also visit the General Land Office to look after
the States claim to recently developed swamp
land in the vicinity of Calumet dam.
Casualties.
OK Monday at Jacksonville fire burst
forth from the pattern shop of the Southwest
ern Car Company. located inside the main wall
of the State Prison. south, burning up 20. 900
worth of patterns. The loss to the State, if the
walls of the shop have to be rebuilt, will reach
500. 600. This is the third time the same build
ing has been burned.
THE Jeffersonville Ne,cs SAYS Yesterday
afternoon man with black mustache was
seen rowing in black skiff, near the Four
mile Springs above this city. The coal-tug
Panther came along with tow. and the man,
together with the slxiff, was sucked under the
barges, since which time neither have been
seen or heard of. The unfortunate man is be-
Eeved TO be John Colo. carpenter, living near
the OHIO Falls car works.
4 DESTRUCTIVE fire visited Shelbyville, last
week, originating in the drug store of McCrea
& Bishop. The total loss is about $40, 600 ; in
surance S15,0 900 as follows: McCrea & Bishop,
drugs. loss $1,000: insurance, 80, 600, in the
Phoenix and North British. John Hoop, Vol
,nteer printing office; loss, $4,000 insurance,
$4,000. Dorsey & Co., dry goods loss, 81, 600.
Dan Nefr, jewellery, $500; Harry whitcomb.
$500: L. S. Powell, $500; E. G.. MAYHEM, 5000;
Shaepfel Bros, dry goods, S1,000-no insurance
upon either: Judge Gleason's law office also.
J. y. McFadden's law Office. loss about IL, 500
each, partly insured in the Franklin, of Indian
apolis. Second Methodist church, sr.al loss ::
no insurance. The buildings burned were
worth about $40, 600, about one-half OF which is
covered by insurance
Railroads.
The Evansville and Charlottesville Railroad
Company give annual prizes to engineers who
Kill the smallest number of cattle in proportion
! to the miles run. This year man received the
first prize of 800 for having run %. 296 miles
without killing anything. The second prize Was
awarded to who during the year killed one
horse, one COW and two hogs.
INDIANAPOLIS, III order to secure cheap rates.
must go to Chicago They can now pay local
fare to that point and then purchase through
ticket to any Eastern city with less money than
is required to go East direct from Indianapolis
If the negotiations now pending between the
Baltimore and Ohio and the Cincinnati Hamil-
ton and Indianapolis prove successful. people
residing in the Meridian City may yet be bene-
fitted by the war between the trunk lines.
THE Toledo, Wabash and Western railroad
has cut passenger rates from Fort Wayne to
Eastern cities, as follows: New York, SI4 !;
Boston, S1S.
Statistics.
THERE have been III carloads of wheat
shipped from Lagrange since the LIST of January
last-about 80, 1000 bushels.
COLLECTION of county taxes at indianapolis
is uphill work, only $4,000 having thus far
been paid. when 500, 600 should have been
handed in to the Collector.
Business Enterprise.
THE premium list for the spring races of the
Northern Indiana Association which will take
place at Swinny Park On the sth 9th, 10th. and
18th of June. have been issued. The premiums
aggregate $4,000, including q, 600 purse for
a free-for-all trot, 81, 100 purse for trotters
who have never beaten 2:25, and Fl, 100 purse
for trott ers who have never beaten 2:3O.. This
society is connected with the National Asso-
citation. Red Cloud and other noted horses Will
take part.
SOME four years ago man came to hotel at
Bloomington. Monroe county, and asked to stay
over night saving he had NO rponav lint