The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1878-12-26

Glow, OF Indianapolis, arrested Ru-
dowsky, saloonist and tobaconist OF
this city, Monday, and placed him I'M
der bonds for his appearance next
Monday, to answer the charge of de-
frauding the government on revenue
stamps.
-Crawford's Santa Claus made his
appearance Tuesday morning, ira
versins the principal streets. followed
by score or two Of boys as oblivious
OF the cold as they would have been
had he been the real st. Nicholas
loaded down with presents for each
OF them.
F. N. Williams, OF Tyner City.
came in this week and paid for the
REPUBLICAN more than a. year ia ad-
vance. and for the Cincinnati Times
and Chicago Inter Ocean. Williams
is a good fellow. either as a school
teacher or farmer, and knows that it
pays to keep posted.
The best way to care for the poor
is to give them work. Every honest
poor man Will prefer to work il he
can obtain il. There never was a
time when men who have money
could use it 10 so much advantage to
themselves in improving their prop
erty as now, when labor Is so cheap.
Logs are now piIing up around
Oglesbee's mill, and this firm will no
doubt get out an immense amount OF
lumber this winter. The snow will
no doubt make the lumber business
OF Marshall county better than it has
been for years, and will give employ
ment to many men who, bat for the
snow, would have been idle.
We shall make out the accounts
OF all those who are year or more in
arrears and send them to subscribers
this week. There are hundreds in
debred to US IN sums which seem iu-
significant to them, but Ia the aggre-
gate they amount to hundreds OF dol
lars to US. Our friends can pay those
amounts without any Inconvenience
to themselves. 1t requires money,
and a large amount OF it TO run the
REPUBLICAN office and keep it in
shape. We hope all will respond and
pay something. All to whom these
accounts are sent will. II we do not
hear from them 10 thirty days, find
them i'm the hands OF the Justice OF
the Peace or some other officer OF
their township.
John Henry, the thief who went
through John s. Bepder's house few
nights since, made an almost success
|ul attempt to burn the jill last |
Thursday night. A hole had at some
lime been burned through one of the |
planks OF the floor OF the cell ia which
ne was confued; taking husks from
his bad he set them on fire AID piled |
them in the hole until he got the floor |
10 burning. About midnight the |
smeli OF smoke awoks the Sheriff, |
who. slpposing it came from the
stove In his own room, got up, fixed |
The fire, turned the damper in tho |
stove pipe and went back To bed.
About four o'clock the smoke became
20 Intense az 10 awake both the Sher-
II AMI his wits. Both got up, and
Mrs. Ashley, on opening the door into
he ball. found IL filed with smoke.
Accusing the other members OF the
'amily. Sheriff Ashley rushed down
stairs, finding smoke everywhere but
unable TO see any fire; comiug TO the
cell in which Henry was confined, be
asked him IL there was fire in his
-oom, aud the fellow. now almost suf-
'ocated with SIN Ike, acknowledged
hat there was. Procuring help, the
prisoner Was removed to another cell.
when IL was found that "a hole bad
been burned down through the floor.
and that there WAS evidently consid.
cradle fire below. The men attempt
ed t.. put 1t oct by pouring water in
The hole. but finding this impossible.
the fire engine was brought, and al
though tho cell was flooded with wa
ter, they were unable TO put out the
fire until one SIDE Of the cell and a
portion Of the fipr, which IL made of
iOists spiked tog-ther NJ as 10 make
IL two or three fec In thickness, was
cut away. The dsm GO to the Jail l. |
il sud an old. rickety
structure can be damaged. Henry
has been taken to aaPoIte for safe
keeping. where almost all Marshall
county's prisoners al confined. The
Commissioners will PROBABLY think
after a while that it would not cost
more TO build a Jail thin to keep Our
prisoners in the jil OF another
county.
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