Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-09-14
Northern Indiana News.

Northern Indiana News.
Logansport has Blue Jeans saloon
There are AZ saloons in Michigan
City.
An unmarried man in Fulton county
has an annual income of $4,000. He
ought to be ashamed Of myself fol
living to himself alone
The farmers along the Wabash in
Vigo county are making preparations
TO build levees TO protect their lands
The Charlottesville Journal reports
that the wages Of teachers through
out that vicinity will be two dollars 9
day on an average.
Mr.. Shropshire, of Kentucky, ex.
hibited thorough bred short horn
heifer at the Tippecanoe county fan
which weighs twenty-five hundred
pounds, and is valued at forty thou
sand dollars.
Sylvester Nepper. switchman in
the Pittsburg yard, at Fort Wayne
attempted to get on freight cal
while in motion, Friday morning. He
slipped, fell under, and had leg cut
of.
In Forest township. Whitley county
several Jews have lately settled, and
the democrats there like them well
enough for every other reason, the
Commercial says, but that they are
republicans.
The Ninth Indiana Reunion prom
ises to be largely attended. 1t occurs
In LaPorte on the 18th of September
Gems. Milroy and Suman, and Col.
Moody and others of its prominent
GERS will be present.
The Rochester Democrat saws: In
their dreams about these nights. hun
dreds OF old ladies see in advance the
reports OF premiums, and conspicuous
above all other lines is the simple le-
gend. "One bed comforter, So.
Peter s. veeder, of Fountain coun-
ty, who died recently, left $4,000 for
school-house at Veedersburg, pro-
vided the citizens raise as much more
and build the house in five years.
His estate foots up to nearly quar-
OF a million.
The Yinamac Democrat mentions
a young man who came from White
Post one day week before last, for the
purpose Of being examined and get
ting proper certificate as to his fit
ness to teach, and before starting
homeward became beastly drunk.
A correspondent OF the Peru Re.
publican writes: On Sabbath, Aug.
q, about two o'clock, as the conere-
CATION was gathering for service at
Skillman's chapel, about four miles
north OF Peru, several persons OBJ
served large star quite visible rath-
er TO the westward. After Sabbath
school and preaching. which lasted
perhaps two hours, we looked again
for the star, which we found had NOV
ed considerably farther west and was
rapidly nearing the sun, and upon
watching it for few minutes we saw
it suddenly drop in the sun.
The South Bend Tribune relates
the following: A ten months old
child OF Chris Smells. who lives In
Madison township, has become a
monstrosity through some peculiar
disease which battles the physicians.
About six months ago its head began
swelling, gradually at first, and then
so rapidly that it was feared the dis
ease would prove fatal The swelling
began near the top OF the head and
extended downwaIds, finally reaching
the face and putting it up so that the
child Is blind. Its head now measures
3Si inches in circumference, and as
the average.siza of full grown head
is 22 inches, some idea may be formed
of the enlargement.
The Waterloo Press OF the 7th inst.
says; On Monday evening last Nancy
Clutter shot herself through the hear,
witha pistol, producing instant death
The circumstances were as follows
The diseased was at the house Of L.
5. Goodwin, just west of town, Mr.. G.
and his wife being down town. While
there, she found a loaded pistol. which
she took in her hands and handled II
for some time. While still having
hold of the weapon, in some manner
it was accidently discharged, the bal
taking effect In the breast of Miss.
Clutter. She walked to the door and
fell to the floor expiring before the
neighbors could reach the scene.
Captains Tuttle and Bull, two Chi
cago detectives, arrested, at Francis
vile, Saturday, two burglars, named
respectively Filkins and Davis, well
knownin Chicago, and NJ. v. B. War
ner, saloonist at Rensselaer,, who had
conspired to break into and plumber
the Rensselaer, bank. Captain Bull
had pursued the first two to the house
Of said Warner the night previous,
and lying concealed heard their talk
of the plans they had formed. and
learned that their tools were then un-
der the Baptist church steps, and so
found them. These men were the
comrades of one who was drowned
in the river below, months ago. when
escaping pursuit for then robbing a
store at the same place, who now is
made known as Bill Wray,a notorious
thief Of Chicago. The fellows are
jailed and will furnish some business
for Rensselaer, jurors and court.