Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-03-22

:, on its Southern trip on the 5th.
Base ball on Sunday with girl Of IA a
|. short stop reveals deplorable state O
4 morals at Lebannn.
o Mrs. Mary McDaniels, the eldest persol
in Fort Wayne. died on Sunday, aget
ninetY-fvur.
!, A coal iiotilla going down the Ohio ha
= just reached Madison II contains 4. 600
600 bushels.
A Richmond sportsman returned from
English lakes with i0i ducks, ,olc goose anc
a lot of smaller birds.
l. Ferguson, residing southeast Of In
disnapolis, has dasghter IL years of
age weighing 256 pounds.
Sixty nine persons were taken into full
membership in the Methodist church, in
kosomo. during the year 1876.
At recent examination of applicants
for teachers licenses, in Fort Wayne, ff-
teen failed on the oral examination. ~
Lafayette Courier: The gambling dens
and houses of prostitution are being brok
en- up. The Council have so ordered.
The Terre Haute nail.works turned out
1850 kegs last month-thc largest pro-
duct in the same time since the mill was
started.
The total assessed value OF Wayne
county taxables ;s $25 3J2. .592; total tax.
including sl7,ssa.s4 delinquent. $29s.-
6S5. .8S.
The treasurer OF Evansville has pocket
ed about 5000 of interest on city funds
deposited; and now the city Is trying to
recover the same.
Franklin Democrat: Ii Is an old saying
that "a good sugar making is followed
by light harvest" We trust the rule
works both way.
One hundred and forty conversions
since the beginning of the great revival
at Centenary church. New Albany, and
still the work goes on.
The Superior Court Of Wayne county
was organized on Monday, the oath being
administered TO Judge Bickel, and also 10
the members of the bar.
The crusade Was opened at Henr, Vile
On Saturday. They visited Boilinger's
sixty strong. headed by Nj Prall. form
erly saloonkeeper OF that place.
Allen Richardson. president of the Lo.
gansport Banking Company, has resigned
that position and disposed Of his interest
IN the bank. A. L. Pogue succeeds him.
Work was resumed in the bottle depart
ment Of the New Albany glass works,
last week, giving employment to $50
hands. Blue glass bottles are In demand.
The indianapolis Hunting and Fishing
Association is making preparations for
State pigeon shooting tournament, to take
place in two or three weeks, date not vet
fixed.
indianapolis Journal: The township
schools at Brightwood and on the Bluff
road were closed yesterday on account of
the prevalence Of scarlet fever In those
neighborhoods.
A boy named Alex. Guilford, living
twelve miles west of Fort Wayne, was SO
badly crushed on Saturdayby heavy log
falling upon him that one leg will have TO
be smputated.
Five hundred men and boys engaged in
"a fox hunt in one Of the townships Of
Wayne county, last Saturday. and their
reward for the days exposure and toll
was the capture Of one solitary fox
The Indianapolis Journal says: 1t now
looks as II the twenty S. .0e0 stockholders
Of the southside Planning Mill and Lum.
Der Association would realize about forty
cents on the dollar from their investment.
The Rev. Edmund .. Hovey, profes.
sor of chemistry and geology in Wabash
college, Crawfordsville, died Saturday,
afternoon, aged Is. He has been con-
nected with the coi,,ge for A years, be-
ing one of lie first instructors.
The Rev. Edmund -. Hovey. professor
Of chemistry ana geology in Wabash col,
lege, Charlottesville, died Saturday after
noon, aged 20. He had been connected
with the college for forty-four years,
being one of it's first instructors.
L At Q recent meeting Of the Wabash
pioneers, in Toledo. The venerable John
G. Hunt presided. He was born in Fort
Wayne In 179s. when his father, Colonel
Thomas Hunt, OF revolutionary fame,
WAS in command of that military post.
Indianapolis Journal: Veedersburg Is all
0rn upover an elopement in that place
last week. A scamp by the name Of Har-
vey Rabb deserted faithful wife and
several children and eloptd with mar
ried woman BY the name of Mary Kinear,
who also leaves several children.
The second trial of Antonio Hepp, for
the murder OF Washburn, in Lafayette on
the night of the Sd Of July, which has
been in progress for the past two weeks,
closed Saturday. The Jury sitter being
out an hour and half returned verdict
OF acqmttal On the trst trial the Jury
disagreed.
South Bend Tribune: A new tramp
dodge was played in the city yesterday
A tramp knocked at the door Of mer-
chants residence, and when his wife
| went To the door, the tramp pulled open
his vest, showing his naked breast, and
said his shirt was in the wash and he want
ed TO get ten cents TO pay the washer
woman.
Marvin II. Bovee, the advocate of the
abolition of capital punishment il de-
nounced by the Plymouth Democrat and
other papers as swindler in small ways,
oft repeated. His plan ii is said Is to
raise money on subscription to a book
written by himself on the capital punish
ment question, and to get checks cashed
which are never paid.
Stub Woods, the keeper Of house OF
ill-fame in Elkhart. who MAS arrested b,
the authorities there for keeping disor
derly h"us. and lodged in Jail a. Goshen
Is threatening all kinds Of vengeance upoI
his accusers, and says he proposes t.
make 1t hot for some Of the leading citi
zens OF Eikhars who have visited hi
rancho.
Yesterday Michael Merriman n, living
hock Creek Centre, ten miles south o
Huntington who has been in the insan
asylum. ans was seat home about yea
: ago, Thoughts 10 have been p.rmanentl