The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-01-30

them, some one passed the door, and
the fellow calling to him saying he
wanted TO see him a moment, struck
out with the works in his hand and
has not been heard from since.
Quite a furry OF excitement was
caused in Mishawake, by the lectures
Of Prof. Clarke. The pastor of the
Methodist church, Rev. w. X. Collins,
objected TO the lecture on the anti
guilty OF man being delivered in the
church, and in his sermon Sunday
morning, told the audience and Prof.
Clarke just what he thought of him
and the men who had employed him,
in no elegant language.
Mis- Mahaley Beale, of Crawfords-
vile, has entered suit against Henry
l.. Hughes for $4,000 for alleged
breach OF promise of marriage. 1t
seems to be an aggravated case.
The day OF the marriage had been
set and all the preparations compile
ted, when the bridegroom elect sud
denly changed his mind, and two
days afterward married another girl.
The Valparaiso Vilette says that
Christian Summers, of Union town
ship, Porter county, going home
from Valparaiso with his son. got out
OF the sled to walk across the fields
quarter OF a mile to his home, and
when within ten rods OF the house
fell dead in the snow. A coroner's
jury decided that he died OF conges-
ton OF the lungs, one lung being
found unnaturally large, and the
other very small and grown fast to
the surroundings.
Bitters, OF the Rochester Sentinel
was a candidate for Director OF the
Northern Prison, and went to Indian
apolis thinking he had fair pros
pect for success. He says when he
got there he found number OF other
editors. who also thought their chan
ces good. But Senator Winterboth-
am remarked that "they did not want
any half starved country editors FOL
prison directors" and the majority oil
the members seeming to be OF the
same opinion the editors were count
ed out. and Btters Is not sure that he
will ever again work very hard FOL
the election OF pot house politicians.
The South Bend Tribune tells OF a
walnut treesin that county sold fol
$45 and cut down last week, which
was probably the largest in this vi.
entity. 1t measured six feet across
the stump. The owner obtained
four cuts from the tree, two ten feet
one twelve feet, and one fourteen
feet long. The heaviest OF these was
the twelve foot cut, which was
brought to the log yard on Wednes.
day. II was six feet in diameter and
weighed triile over 10,700, or nearly
five and half tons. 1t will yield s.,
900 feet OF lumber.
The LaPorte Argus says that &
tramp went 10 the Sheriff's Office IL
that city last week and wanted to be-
put in jail where he could get plenty
to eat. He insisted that he was {
dangerous man and had recently
killed five niggcrs." The Sheriff re
fused to take him in, and he straight
away crossed tile street and deliber
ately showed Wallis outside show
case On to the stone pavement
smashing it and its contents. Fol
this he was locked up 10 the city Jail
which was just what he wanted. Tn,
Argus thinks that a good horse
whipping was what he needed.
A woman about nineteen years old
with baby in her arms, applied 70
admission to the poorhouse at Soutl
Bend last week. She was refused
and went away. Friday morning he
baby was found lying in a basket II
the water closet OF the depot. will
two bottles Of mix and note, saying
that if the baby stayed with her !
would starve, and she hoped that il
this way 1t would fall into goot
hands. The baby and mother wer'
dressed plainly, but neatly and clean
ly. There is no clue to the paternit,
OF the child, and it will DO cared fol