The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-08-14


county. died very suddenly Thursday
morning last Tie is supposed 10
have commit suicide but no adequate
cause Tor aeIf-dcstructi0n is known.
Capt Martin bad "a brilliant army
record. was thoroughgoing aud I'M
haential Republican, as well as man
universally respected hy lis ncibh-
bors His age was about - years
The posters for the fair. to be
held al Plymouth. Oct . 3 and 4, will
lie up in few days. Let vsrybody
recollect that this is a fair in which
every citizen OF tue county is inter
ested 10 making success We DO
nat dluk lt necessary u urge the
matter. is esery citizen 5g the county
knows that the large number of
Strangers who will be in attend
anee Will jadge our county aud its
eiazens ay the display that IS made
al the fair.
The Valparaiso Messenger tells
Of lively female tramp. who arrived
ia that city Monday Of last week. and
soon caused little excitement
among the staid, slow going citizens
of ihat quiet place 10y hugsiug Joe
Leonard on the street. splitting Ia
Marshal Srganrs face and hitting
Sheriff Malone a dir over the eye.
She could not have been ~Huckle.
berry Queen. for she was too busy
making preparations fer her marriage.
The particulars og which are given by
our Tyuer City correspondent,
We understand that Kucpp *
H8user and John ". Thomas wiu
probably combine their machinery
and establish their large manufac-
tuning establishment in Columbia
c ~ instead Of Plymouth That city
has offered them ara acre and half
# land in the best part Of the city
fol their work, if they viii locate
there. Plymouth will - nothing 70
secure manufactures of any kind.
Perhaps her capitalists can afford TO
have no such establishments here, bat
+ we are mi taken II they DO not think
differently in tie near future.
From Dr. Confer. We learn that
man named Henry. residing near
Walnut Grove Church. three miles
east of this city. fired lis pistol into
a crowd u persons who were passing
his door returning from church sun
day night The bali took effect 10
the body of Mss Shade. "a very est
Unable young lady. daughter Of Nh
John Shade Dr. Confer Wis called
to extract the bail The wound is
not considered dangerous bat il
seems that man who has no more
sense than t. ire into d crowd Of pei
s9Hs beceuse be iL.aks that some one
% them has done wrong should be
sent where pistols are not acces
siOle We learn that some person
threw stone against Henry's house.
and he replied by firing into 10 the
crowd.
The De- Moines correspondent
Of fhe Ca caeo III nal ia speaking
" fhe great inrr ase il the Use If
oat neai. says "rue oat meal mil
which started mere few weeks since
has demand for its prodaet exceed
ing lis cap .city. an viii be double.i
in size the present year. Il has "a
permanent contract Tor four can loads
Of meal per week from Glasgow, Scot
lani Another mill Will soon he IN
operation. Buyers are out contract
ing With farmers throughout Central
Iowa FOR their entire crop at from %
to y cents per oashel Q lie a con
trast with "A year ago. s. hen oats were
dru ia the market al from Y 10 l6
cents per bushel. and no sale at that,
when anything else could be got To
ship. Oats ia Central Iowa viii soon
become the staple crop Dat meal
sells in Plymouth for more than the
best winter wheat flour. and if the
establishment OF "a mill in Central
Iowa has increased the price OF oats
and caused such ID demand for oat-
neal that other mills are soon 10 br
: started, Why would it not be good
investment for some capitalists to
build an oat meal mill 10 this section
of country where outs can be- grown
successfully.
John Baugher'5 splendid new
saw-mill fOsy miles northwest Of his
city was entirely destroyed by nie
last Saturday morning. When Nj
Baugher awoke about five o'clock, il
was enveloped in flames. Tia ing a
sheet-iron roof the flames did mol
burst out at the top until the entire
tuilding was on fire Mr.. Banghel
had been saving ill about one o'clock
the day previous, when tie fire wa
put out. He was in the mill seyera
times during the afternoon and eve
!, ming and found everything cold. Hi
e wife and her sister sat and talked 10
e an hour in the mill after dark, an,
: saw no sign OF fire. Mr. Baugher wa
a in the mill after they left aud foun'
). everything cold. lie cannot accouu
!, for the fire in aay way only that som'
: iramps might have gone into the mi
to sleep and as the night was coo
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