The Plymouth Republican., 1879-05-29
NcighbOrh0Od Notes.

The city debt OF Goshen in nearly
$4,000.
Forepaugh's show will be at La
Porte, June 9Th. $50
Six law students were admitted to
the bar at Valparaiso last week. -"
Farmers OF adj Jiuing counties. are
buisily at work replanting corn.
Major Calkins, Congressman from
LaPorte, was at home last week.
There are I0.9s7 children in LaPorte
county between the ages OF and 81.
Butter sold on the streets OF War
saw, Saturday, at five cents a pound.
The Kankakee, in the vicinity OF
Mayville, is said to be swarmiog with
catfish.
Mother Heisler, one OF the Oldest
citizens OF Koscinsko county. died
last week aged So.
Mr.. and Mrs. Schuyler Colfax left
South Bend. Thursday. for an extern
sive trip in the Atlsntic States.
The Lagrange Standard commenc-
ed its 23i year last week. 1t Is one
OF the best papers In the north part
OF the State. et.,r +,
Tie strike OF the Brazil, Iud coal
miners has ended. and the miners
have resumed work at seventy five
cents ton.
Andy Wey's store In Peru was rob-
bed last Thursday night OF lot Of
cutlery and revolvers, amounting to
about go.
The Dwelling of W. C. Taylor. at
Larwill. was struck by lightning early
Sunday morning. and taking fire was
entirely destroyed.
Chaplain McCabe delivered his
lecture on the Bright side Of life in
Libby Prison" to large audience 10
LaPorte one evening last week.
The winamac Republican says that
nearly all the river fish in that vicini-
ty except bass. are dying and their
bodies are found covered with sores.
The residence OF John NJ. James. 10
Tippecanoe township, Kosciusko
county, was entered last Sunday
while the family was at church and
$50 stolen.
A. NJ. Webb. OF Fort Wayne, was
shot In his barn, last Thursday night
and fatally wounded. by a horse
thief. Mr.. Webb was one OF the best
known men In Allen county.
The Winamac Democrat says Pu.
laski county has been benefited more
by a juiicious system or drainage
than by all the political campaigns
through which the county has passed.
An eagle was killed in the south
part of Huntington county, on last
Sunday. which measured seven feet
three inches from tip to tip OF wings.
and three feet two inches from end Of
beak to tip OF tail.-Ne,cs.
The Ligonier Banner estimates that
there will be arrearages OF pensions
paid In that vicinity to the amount OF
twenty or thirty thousand dollars.
Two soldiers have already been paid.
One $1,377 and the other 81 200.
Lightning struck the chimney OF
William Rogers house In Peru town.
ship. Elkhart county, and descended
through the house into the floor
severely injuring Mrs. Rogers. Some
horses near the house were badly
hurt.
At South Bend, Sunday, Jacob
Strong, German aged sixty-two
committed suicide by taking NOR
phine. Monday A. &. Staley's barn
was set on fire AMI burned by chill
dren playing with matches. On the
the same pay Owen McLeary. In cold
blood shot Edward Gillen and wound
ed him seriously IL not fatally: both
are Irish laborers.
DR.. Latta, assisted by Drs. Harding,
Frink, and other physicians, perform
ed very delicate and quite difficult
operation, last Tuesday, on the person
OF Mrs. Podden, OF Harricon township
the removal OF an xtra-uterine
fbroid tumor, weighing nearly five
pounds. 1t was removed through an
incision made through the abdominal
walls. At last reports, the patient
was doing well.-Goshe'l Times.